Richard Figg, and were or not the boys who belonged to the said college taught, and by whom, in some and what other room? Declare, &c. THIRTEENTH INTERROGATORY.-Were you at any time and when admitted as a scholar into the foundation of Churcher's College in the pleadings in this cause mentioned? If so, set forth when and how and by whom you were so admitted, and how long you continued therein, and who was or were the actual master or masters of the said college, and who by name was or were ushers and assistants during your stay therein, and who occupied the house usually appropriated to the master of the said school, and what were the school hours, and what was the particular nature of the instruction and education which you and the other boys received while there? Was any attention paid to their religious instruction, and were the boys in the habit of attending divine service regularly, and where, and did the master or any and what other person attend with them? Set forth the particular branches of education, and the names of the persons who were employed to instruct the boys in each branch respectively, and whether they were persons duly fitted and qualified to give such instruction. Declare, &c.

FOURTEENTH INTERROGATORY.-Had the boys upon the said foundation any and what stated times for holidays, and for how long at a time? Were the boys in the habit of absenting themselves from school at any and what times beyond those regularly allowed to them, and how were the boys employed out of school hours? Did any and what examination of the boys take place publicly, or how otherwise, to see what progress they had made, and by and before whom did such examinations take place, and how often? Is there, or was there during the period you were a scholar on the said foundation, a school-room, or any and what room in particular, in which the boys on the said foundation are or were taught and instructed? In what part of the said college is or was such room situated, and were the boys regularly assembled in that room to be taught, or in any and what other place or room? Was any attention paid to the cleanliness of the boys on the said foundation, or were they properly, or in what manner in particular, clothed, and were they decent and clean in their appearance? Declare, &c. FIFTEENTH INTERROGATORY.-Was any part of the said college, during your continuance therein, let out to any person, and who by name, as a lodger or lodgers, or for the purpose of keeping a school for boys or girls; or was any and what part of the said college and premises made use of or occupied by private boarders attending the said school or college, called Churcher's College, or for any or what other purpose? Declare, &c. SIXTEENTH INTERROGATORY.-Are you acquainted with the nature of the qualification which is required in order to be admitted as a scholar to the said college? Were any boys admitted upon the said foundation who were not the children of persons belonging to the said Borough of Petersfield, in the pleadings in this cause named, at any time during the time you were at school; and did the number of boys, during the said period, exceed the number of twelve, and of what description of boys was that excess composed? Declare, &c.

SEVENTEENTH INTERROGATORY.-Was there any and what allowance, in money or otherwise, made to the boys upon the said foundation out of the funds of the said charity, during the time they were there or during their apprenticeships, for the purpose of clothing them; and was there any and what allowance, in money or otherwise, made for the purpose of apprenticing the said boys, and were the boys, after the expiration of their apprenticeship, entitled to any and what sum or sums of money or allowances, and were such allowances regularly given and made? Declare, &c.

EIGHTEENTH INTERROGATORY.-If so, set forth the nature and particulars of all such allowances, and of what the same consisted; and whether you, or any other and which of the boys, received such allowances, or any and which of them, and when and to what amount, and whether regularly or how often; and, particularly, how often and at what periods were the said boys clothed? Declare, &c. .

NINETEENTH INTERROGATORY.-Were you, according to the rules and regulations of the said college, and the Act of Parliament for regulating the same, entitled to receive or to be paid any and what sum of money upon the expiration of your apprenticeship? Did you, in fact, ever and when receive any and what sum of money in respect of such allowance? If so, set forth for what you received it, and the amount and the date and time at which it became due, and the date and time when it was so paid to you, and how and in what manner it was paid, and by whom? Declare, &c.

TWENTIETH INTERROGATORY.-Were you at any time, and when in particular, employed by any and what persons, and who by name, as usher and assistant, or otherwise and how, in the school called Churcher's College, to instruct any and which of the boys upon the said foundation, upon the vacancy of a master, or when or how otherwise? If so, set forth what sum of money in particular you received, as a compensation or remuneration, or otherwise, for such service or employment, and from whom you so received it? What were the duties you were required to perform, and did you faithfully discharge such duties, and for how long a time? What was the appearance and behaviour of the boys generally, during the time you so acted, and were they decently clothed, and who inhabited and occupied the said college during your stay therein? Declare, &c.

TWENTY-FIRST INTERROGATORY.-Did you know or were you acquainted with William Trimmings, in the pleadings in this cause named? Was he at any time, and when in particular, master of the said college, called Churcher's College? Did you at any time, and when, reside in the said college, and in what particular part thereof and how long did you reside there? And did you pay any and what rent, or any money in the nature of rent, and to what amount, to the said Mr. Trimmings, or any and what other person, in consideration of your so occupying and residing therein? and were there any other persons, and who by name, during that or any other period of time, occupying or residing in the said college, or any and what parts thereof, as lodgers, and for any and what other purpose, and who by name; and whether or not to any females? Declare, &c.

LASTLY. Do you know, or can you set forth, any other matter or thing besides what you have been already interrogated unto, which may in any wise tend to the benefit of, or be necessary to be proved, by the said Complainants in this cause? If yea; set forth the same and all the circumstances and particulars thereof, with your reasons fully and at large.

DEPOSITIONS of Witnesses examined by John Nursey Dancer, Esquire, one of the Examiners in his Majesty's High Court of Chancery in a certain Cause now depending and at issue in the said Court, in which his Majesty's Attorney-General, at the Relation of Nathaniel Atcheson, Esquire, Edward Patrick, Esquire, Henry Clifton Atkinson, Gentleman, Samuel Andrews the Younger, Gentleman, John Mellersh, Gentleman, Thomas Chitty, Gentleman, James Andrews Minchin, Builder, James Calvert, Mercer, George Leer, Brewer, William Newman, Glazier, John Chase, Grocer, James Monk, Grocer, and David Todman, Smith, Inhabitants of the Borough of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton, Complainants,

Deposition of Robert Steele, sworn and examined 23d Nov. 1821.

and Hylton Jolliffe, Esquire, Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, John Twyford Jolliffe, The Reverend William John Jolliffe, Clerk, The Reverend Thomas Robert Jolliffe, Samuel Twyford, and the Reverend Charles Edward Twyford, Clerk, the Trustées of Churcher's College, Petersfield, and George Dusautoy, the present Master of it, are Defendants: on the part and behalf of the Complainants and Relators Robert Steele of New Alresford, in the county of Hants, Schoolmaster, aged fifty-six years or thereabouts, at present residing at the house of Mr. Atcheson, No. 23, Duke Street, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, being produced as a witness for and on the part of the Paintiffs and Relators in the title of the Interrogatories named, was, on the twenty-third day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, shewn in person at the seat of Mr. Bicknell, who is the Clerk in Court for the Defendants in the said title named, by Mr. Thomas Wilson, who is the sworn Copyingclerk in the office of the said John Nursey Dancer, and who then also left a Note of the Name, Title, and Place of Abode of the said Robert Steele, at the seat aforesaid, and afterwards on the same day and year aforesaid, the said Robert Steele being sworn and examined, deposes and says as follows:

1st. To the first interrogatory this deponent says, that he does know the complainants, Nathaniel Atcheson, Edward Patrick, Henry Clifton Atkinson, Samuel Andrews, Thomas Chitty, and James Andrews Minchin, all in the title of the interrogatories named, and has known them respectively from the time of their youths; and he also knows the complainants George Leer and William Newman, both in the title of the interrogatories named, and has known the said complainant George Leer for nine or ten years last past, or thereabouts, and the said complainant William Newman for twenty years last past, or upwards: and says, that he does know the defendant Samuel Twyford in the said title named, and has known him for twenty years last past, and upwards; and he did many years ago know the defendant Thomas Samuel Jolliffe therein named.

2d. To the second interrogatory this deponent says, that he this deponent was, on the thirty-first day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, originally appointed to the mastership of Churcher's college, in the pleadings in this cause mentioned; and that he was so appointed at a meeting of the trustees of the said college, held on the said thirty-first day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four; and says that he, this deponent, did continue in the office or situation of nominal master of the said college, from the time aforesaid up to the twenty-third day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, but that he did not reside in the said college during the whole or any part of the time in which he acted as such nominal master of the said college, he, this deponent, having during that period, resided at a short distance from such college, and he was not otherwise absent from the said college, except it might be occasionally for a few days during the vacation times.

3d. To the third interrogatory this deponent says, that the salary attached to the office of master of the said college, or which was allowed by the trustees of such college during the time this deponent officiated as nominal master of the said college, as mentioned in his deposition to the second in

terrogatory, was forty pounds per annum; and that the duty of the said master was to instruct the boys educated at the said college in reading, writing, and arithmetic; and says that he, this deponent, did, whilst he officiated as nominal master of the said college, devote about eight or nine hours in the day to the scholars; and that the regular school hours were from seven till nine, and from about half past nine until twelve or after in the forenoon, and from two till five in the afternoon; and that the course of education or instruction pursued in the said school or college was, reading, writing, and arithmetic.

4th. To the fourth interrogatory this deponent says, that, save as hereinafter mentioned, no specific sum of money was allowed out of the funds of the said charity for stationery, books, and clothing, and other necessaries, in particular for the objects of the said charity, to the knowledge of this deponent; but says, that Richard Figg who was master of the said school or college for several years prior to the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, and to whom this deponent was for the space of the last ten or twelve years of that time assistant in the said school or college, was in the habit during the said last-mentioned period of supplying the scholars with books and stationery, and making out bills or accounts for the same, and of receiving the amounts thereof of and from the trustees of the said charity; and says, that he this deponent did, during the time he was assistant to the said Mr. Figg as aforesaid, distribute or give out to the said scholars such books, pens, ink, and slates as they had occasion for, and at such times respectively as they were required; and this deponent further says, that he was not, whilst he acted as nominal master of the said school or college, assisted by any person in the duties of his office, in the nature of an usher or assistant in teaching the boys, save and except that the Reverend James Cookson, who was appointed master of the said school or college, and who took upon him to act as such when this deponent gave up his office or situation of nominal master, did, during the said period, take a part in teaching the said boys: and this deponent further says, that during the respective periods when this deponent acted or officiated as assistant to the said Mr. Figg, and as nominal master of the said school or college as aforesaid, the religious education of the boys was attended to in the usual and customary manner in schools, such boys being taught and accustomed to read the Holy Scriptures, the church catechism, and an exposition thereof; and that the said boys were in the habit of constantly and most frequently attending divine service on the Sundays, in the parish church of Petersfield, and did also attend divine service there occasionally on other particular days; and further says, that the boys upon the said foundation at the said school, were allowed certain holidays; namely, a month at and from Whitsuntide, and a month at and from Christmas in each year, and every Saturday afternoon; and that the said boys were not in the habit of absenting themselves from the said school at any times beyond those regularly allowed to them.

5th. To the fifth interrogatory this deponent says, that there was prior to and during the time this deponent acted and officiated as assistant to the before-named Mr. Figg, and during the time this deponent acted and officiated as nominal master of the said school or college as hereinbefore stated, a school-room in which the boys were taught and instructed, and which said room was, as this deponent was given to understand and does believe, erected or built by the said Mr. Figg, and such school-room is situated at and attached to the south side of the dwelling-house part of the said college; and says, that the boys were regularly assembled in the said room to be taught, and that attention was paid to the cleanliness of the said boys, and that such boys were properly clothed, and were then decent and clean in their appearance; but that there was not any person in particular whose duty it was to attend to them in those particulars; and says that he, this deponent, never was in the habit of occasionally employing any of the boys of the said college in working and digging in the garden, or in ploughing or doing any other work for this deponent.

6th. To the sixth interrogatory this deponent says, that as far as this deponent knows or can depose, the only qualification which is required, in order to

be admitted a scholar to said college is, that the parents of the boys must be parishioners, or inhabitants of the parish of Petersfield; and says, that all the boys who were admitted during the time in which this deponent acted as nominal master, as hereinbefore mentioned were, as this deponent believes, and for any thing he knows to the contrary, so duly qualified to be admitted scholars to the said college; and this deponent further says, that the trustees did not, to the best of this deponent's recollection, hold any meeting during the period this deponent so acted as nominal master.

7th. To the seventh interrogatory this deponent says, that he did not, during the time he, this deponent, acted as the nominal master of the said college, pay any parochial or other rates, or any taxes in respect of the said college, or any part thereof.

Part of 8th. To part of the eighth interrogatory this deponent says, that he was employed and did act as assistant and nominal master in the said school or college during the respective periods hereinbefore mentioned, and says, that the before-named Mr. Figg did pay to this deponent the yearly sum of twenty pounds as a remuneration for his services as assistant to him the said Mr. Figg during the time he, this deponent, acted as such assistant, and that the before-named Mr. Cookson did pay to this deponent the sum of forty pounds as a remuneration for his services as nominal master of the said school or college, during the time this deponent acted as such nominal master as aforesaid; and that he, this deponent, was not paid, nor did he receive any sum of money for such services or otherwise, in relation to the said school or college, after the month of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five.

9th. To the ninth interrogatory this deponent says, that on the thirtieth or thirty-first of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, but on which of those days in particular this deponent does not now recollect with certainty, and previous to his receiving his appointment of nominal master of the said school or college, he this deponent did execute a bond, or some instrument in writing in the nature of a bond or undertaking, to resign the office of master of the said college, and that he so executed the same at the suggestion or by the desire of William Jolliffe, then of Petersfield, in the county of Hants, Esquire, upon the occasion of this deponent being about to be appointed such master of the said college as aforesaid, the said William Jolliffe being the then treasurer and one of the trustees of such college; but this deponent does not now recollect, with any degree of certainty, where in particular or in whose presence he executed the same, and says, that he, this deponent, did, in consequence of his appointment to the mastership of the said college, officiate as such master from the thirtyfirst day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four up to the twenty-third day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and that he, this deponent, went to reside at Winchester, in the said county of Hants, after he had quitted the same.

10th. To the tenth interrogatory this deponent says, that as he best recollects and believes, the said college and the premises belonging thereto were, during the time this deponent acted as master thereof as aforesaid, in very good state and condition with respect to repairing, and says, that he does not recollect the said college and premises being at any time in a ruinous condition for want of being put into good and tenantable repair; and says, that, whilst this deponent acted as assistant to the before-named Mr. Figg as hereinbefore stated, a floor was let down over the wash-house (part of the said premises) for the purpose of making a laundry, and that the same was done or ordered by or at the expence of the said Mr. Figg, for the private use or purposes of his the said Mr. Figg's family, and was not necessary or proper to be done for the purposes or objects of the said charity; and further to this interrogatory this deponent cannot depose.

11th. To the eleventh interrogatory this deponent says, that the house wherein the master of the said school or college resided was not furnished in any respect by this deponent nor, as this deponent believes, by and at the expence of the said trustees, or either of them, out of the funds of the charity; but that the same was, as this deponent believes and has no doubt, wholly furnished by the before-named Mr. Figg and Mr. Cookson respect