HC Deb 06 April 1911 vol 23 c2564W
Mr. GUINEY

asked in what year was rent first paid to the Aldworth family for the use of the market house as a petty sessions court house by the grand jury of the county Cork; in what year did the last of the lives mentioned in the lease of the site cease to exist; and are the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests at liberty to hand over the balance of the Aldworth bequest for the purpose of assisting to erect a town hall and library, on proper representation being made by the people of Newmarket?

Mr. BIRRELL

I understand that rent appears to have been paid for the Newmarket Court House to the Aldworth family by the grand jury of the county Cork for the first time in the year 1866, a presentment for that purpose having been passed at the spring assizes of that year. I have no information as to the year in which the last of the lives referred to ceased to exist. The Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests are not at liberty to hand over the balance of the Aldworth Bequest for the purpose mentioned in the question. The fund has become an educational endowment.