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Proceedings of Public Societies. 



[Jan.l, 



the president considered to l)e carried in 

 the aflirniative ; whereupon a division 

 was demanded, and in such division the 

 numbers appeared to he, for the qiieslion 

 41, against it 45; the conrt was then 

 moved to resolve, <hat the fi^ovtrnors 

 now assembled in court are of opinion, 

 that Dawson Warren, adniiftcd on tlic 

 foundation, is not a chiki that comes 

 within tlie rules and regulations esta- 

 blished for the admission of children to 

 the benefits of this charity, but this 

 -court, in pronouncing this opinion, 

 would feel themselves mnch concerned 

 to act with that rigonr which would 

 prejudice or injure the child, tliey there- 

 fore suffer him to he continued ; which 

 motion, having been seconded, was, upon 

 the question being put, carried in the 

 negative." Tlicre was nothing further 

 done at that meeting. 



What fnrther was done? — On the 

 281h of March, 1809, I entered on the 

 regi.stcr his discharge in these words, 

 " Dawson \\'arrcH, discharged, with 

 consent of tlic president, by his father, 

 the tnhiister of Edmonton, in conse- 

 quence ^»f the regret he felt upon learn- 

 ing that tiic cjuestion respecting the con- 

 tinuance of his son U|>on this foundation 

 has produced a disunion of sentiment 

 among the governors, likely to he preju- 

 dicial to the interests of the establish- 

 ment." 



How long had the boy been upon the 

 establishment altogether? — He was 

 clothed upon the 9th of July, 1807. 



When was the first notice taken of his 

 ease? — In March 1809, in eonscf|nence 

 of a motion made in the Coiuniou 

 Council. 



Were there any fiuthcr proceedings 

 with respect to Mr. AA' arrcn .' — Nothing- 

 further. 



AVIiat were the proceedings with re- 

 spect to Mr. Proby's case ? — There were 

 affidavits produced, and one from him- 

 self, showing tlie state of his circum- 

 stances, by which it appeared that he 

 had two livings, amounting to about 

 400/. a year, out of which he had to pay 

 a curate ; that he had received 3500/. 

 from his father, and had an expectancy, 

 on his mother's decease, of 3000/. more, 

 besides being eiit tied to about 80/. a- 

 year in right of his wile, together with 

 1000/. of marriage portion, but that his 

 father had left him [>l. only by his will, 

 and that he was himself in debt. 



What other proceedings were held 

 with respect to Mr. Froby's case, by the 

 hospital? — At a meeting of the commit- 

 tee, upon the 11th of January, 1809, at 



wliicii fourteen nirnlbers were present, 

 the Rev. Baptist John Proby, father of 

 the boy John Carysfort Proby, admitted 

 in April 1808, attended the committee, 

 to answer the assertion in a pan)j)hlct 

 recently published, signed by Robert 

 Waithman, respecting his income; and 

 it was ordered, that the committee 

 should be summoned to consider spe- 

 cially of this case. The committee ao- 

 c(n'diiigly met the Jst of February, 1809, 

 seventeen governors present, it is re- 

 corded thus — "The committee having 

 been summoned to consider the case of 

 the boy, .lolin C'arysfoit Proby, as by 

 order of the last committee, in conse- 

 quence of the public charge, that the 

 said boy is not, from the circumstances 

 of his father, the Rev. B. J. Proby, a 

 proper object of admission into this lios- 

 pit;d ; it was resolved, after vrry mature 

 deliberation and investigation, that the 

 said child is a fit and proper object for 

 maintenance and education in this hos- 

 pital. 



How long did the boy remain altoge- 

 ther? — He was admitted in April 1808, 

 and discharged in July 1810, the father 

 then w riting a letter, in which he stated 

 he found his circumstances suihcieutly 

 improved to enable him to educate his 

 child himself. 



Besides those cases brought forward 

 in the proceeding in Chancery, have you 

 any others, of persons who improperly 

 or doubtfully availed themselves of the 

 charity, which have come to your know- 

 ledge ? — I know of none, of my own 

 knowledge. 



If any con)plaints respecting such had 

 been made to t!ie governors, must they 

 not have come to your knowledge, from 

 your official situation? — They must; I 

 recei%ed a notice from the city, mention- 

 ing other cases as being improjier objects; 

 preparatory to the above-mentioned suit; 

 tiie city solicitor inclosed me the parti- 

 culars, as under, in,which the following 

 cases, besides those already mentioned, 

 were specified; the two sons of Egrrton 

 Stallord, the son of Mason W right, the 

 son of Jonathan Hammond, the so^i of 

 the Rev. M. AA ild, the two sons of Dr. 



3Iark!iani, the son of— Ives, of 



Chertsey, and the son of Tluatcher. 



Upon receiving this notification, what 

 did you do ? — I laid it before the gene- 

 ral court the day after, who ordered, 

 after .some debate, That such letter, and 

 its inclosnre, should lie upon the table ; 

 and the clerk was directed to inform 

 the city solicitor of this resolution ; and 

 nothing further was doue, 



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