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Proceedings of Pullic SocUfies. [Jan. 1, 



a-wcck, at number of the select conittiittee appoint- 



prosent. 



Who is tlie president of tins institu- 

 tion? — His Grace the Archbishop of 

 Canterbury. 



At the commencement of tlie school, 

 is any part of divine service performed 

 by you ?— By one of the boys. 



What is read ?— The two Collects of 

 the morning service, the Lord's Prayer, 

 and the Grace of our Lord. 



Any thing at the breaking up of the 

 school?— Tiie Collects of the evening 

 service only, and, in addition to that, 

 one verse from the Evening Hymn is of the 

 sung, or the Doxology. 



The Rev. Geo. Guskin, D.D. 



Are you secretary to the Society in 

 Bartlett's-buildings for promoting Chris- 

 tian Knowledge?— Yes; and the So- 

 ciety has always had for one of its lead- 

 ing objects the assistance of parochial 

 schools in connexion witii the Church of 

 England, and that from the year 1698, 

 whuh is the date of our foundation. 



In what way do you render assistance 

 to parochial schools?— By assisting 

 them with books at about half tlie prime 

 cost, that is one of the modes ; all the 

 books that are used in the parochial 

 schools of London, and not only m Lon- 

 don, but all over England, where they 

 apply for them, they have them on the 

 terms of the society, which is about half 

 prime cost. 



In order to render assistanrc to any 

 school, do you require they should com- 

 ply with any other terms than being 

 merely connected with the Church of 

 England ?— No. 



What should you say, one year with 

 another, was about your expenditure ?— 

 Last year our expenditure was little 

 less than 40,000Z. and our income 

 was not so much ; our expenditure ex- 

 ceeded our income. I have not a very 

 accurate statement of it present, but, 

 upon consideration, I rather think the 

 income was about 40,000Z. and the ex- 

 penditure was nearer 50,000?. 

 Richard Corp, esq- 



ed by the court of Common Council, 

 "To inquire and report whether the 

 Corporation of the City of London have 

 any and what means of obtaining in- 

 quiry into, and reforming, the jircscnta- 

 tions and admissions of children into 

 the hospital ; and who, in presenting 

 such petition, acted under the resolu- 

 tion of the Court of Common Council, 

 whereby it was referred to the same 

 committee to take such measures in the 

 business as they should be advised." 



Do you remember the names of any 

 „. the individuals who promoted that 

 proceeding, and that signed that peti- 

 tion? — 1 reincniber some names ^:lio 

 signed the ])ctition ; Mr. Waithman and 

 Alderman Goodbehere were two ; there 

 were fourteen |>ersons signed. 



Upon wiiat ground did the applica- 

 tion to the chancf llor proceed ? — By 

 stating that the governors had admitted 

 cliihircn improper objects of a charita- 

 ble institution, or to thateflecf. 



Do you recollect, for insliiiice, any 

 objections that were made to Tho. Ford 

 Penn's admission? — ^Tliere was no ob- 

 jection ever stated to his admission. 



In the course of those proceedings in 

 riiancei y, were there any stated ? — The 

 objections were, like all the otiiers, that 

 they were generally in circumstances un- 

 fit for a charitable institution. 



^Vere any particulars gone into with 

 respect to Penn, in the proceedings in 

 Chancery? — 'I'here was an atlidavit, in 

 Chancery, of Charles Turner, esq. of 

 ]\Ionnt-hill House, near Rochester, 

 stilting that the man was in opulent cir- 

 cumstances, and able to maintain and 

 educate his children without the assis- 

 tance of the hospital, and giving the 

 particulars of his income and property. 



A\'a8 there any evidence given in an- 

 swer to Mr. Turner's afi:da\it, and in 

 support of Penn's statement in bis certi- 

 ficate? — The boys were discharged. 



Were they discharged upon this pro- 

 ceedhig being instituted in Chancery? — • 

 They had left the school before tiiat 



Have you brought the account of the time, 

 admission of children into Chrisl'sHospi- Was there any answer made to Mr. 

 ' "' ' Turner's aliidavil, or any other evidence 



tal ?_The account of certain children, to 

 ■which the committee alluded to, I have ; 

 here are seven accounts of the admis- 

 sion of the children who have been com- 

 plained of as improper objects of 

 charity. 



By whom was the proceeding in 

 Chancerv instituted respecting these 

 cases?— By a petition of individuals, 

 ■who were understood to be a certain 



given to show that Penn was in dis« 

 tressed circumstances? — I believe a re- 

 ference was made to the affidavit ; we 

 had only those presentations in opposi- 

 tion to that aflidavit. I was sent dowq 

 to Rochester to acquire what informa- 

 tion I could, but could not find any per- 

 son able to state in what circumstances 

 he died. 



Did 



