STATEMENT of the ACCOUNTS of the CHARITY called OZELL PITT'S GIFT, of which the following Persons are the Trustees; viz., the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of Poulters, London, for the year ending on the 17th day of March 1881. 1.-GROSS INCOME arising or due from the ENDOWMENTS for the year ending on the 17th day of March 1881. Date. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 45 11 3 1 8 6 The master, wardens, and assistants of Poulters, London, under Charter. Arrears due at commence- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. The money left under this Charity has long since been invested and become consolidated in the Company's stock in the Bank of England. 2.-RECEIPTS. Amount. Date. 1880. £ s. d. Balance (if any) in favour of the Charity, at the commencement of the account Further receipts, viz. : 1880. July 1 Thomas Goldfinch, pensioner October By one year's dividends on 45l. 11s. 3d. New 31. per cent. stock STATEMENT of the ACCOUNTS of the CHARITY called ROBERT WRIGHT'S GIFT, in the Parish of All Hallows, Lombard Street, in the City of London, of which the foll cwing Persos are the Trustees: viz., The Masters, Wardens, and Assistants of Poulters, London, for the Year ending on the 17th day of March 1881. 1.-GROSS INCOME arising or due from the ENDOWMENTS for the Year ending on the 17th day of M.arch 1881. STATEMENT of the ACCOUNTS of the CHARITY called THE NEPTON'S TRUST ESTATE, in the Parish of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, in the City of London, of which the following Persons are the Trustees; viz., The Master, Wardens, and Assistants of Poulters, London, for the year ending on the 17th day of March 1881. 1.--GROSS INCOME arising or due from the ENDOWMENTS of the Charity for the year ending on the 17th day of March 1881 2-BALANCE IN HANC and RECEIPTS on account of the Charity during the year. Amount. Date. 3.-PAYMENTS on account of the Charity during the year. Amount. 1880 March to £ s. d. 1880. Balance (if any) in favour of the Charity and in hand at the commencement of Apr. 1 Paid pensioners on estate the Account 13 Premium and outfit, Wilkins The like on 1,664l. 2s. 5d. The like on 6667. 13s. 4d. 48 13 19 10 104360 July 1 Proportion dinner bill Paid pensioners on estate Date. £654 0 0 Sept. 30 Premium and outfit, Nowlan 4.-An ACCOUNT of all MONIES owing to or from the Charity, so far as conveniently may be stated, at the close of the year ending on the 17th day of March 1881. Amount. Outstanding Debts or Liabilities of the Charity, and to what Persons, and on what Accounts. Amount. £654 0 0 Saddlers' Hall, Cheapside, HAVING the pleasure of knowing you from having met you at this Hall, I beg to address you to ask the favour of your informing me the names of the Counsel of the Charity Commissioners, as I am desired by the Court of the Saddlers' Company to take their opinion upon a trust matter. Apologising for troubling you I beg to remain Dr. Sir, Yours faithfully, (Signed) 'To Thos. Hare, Esq., CHARLES O. HUMPHREYS, Charity Trust Commission Office, Saddlers' Hall, Cheapside, MY DEAR SIR, October 10, 1864. MANY thanks for your note. I intend taking the opinion of Mr. James Wickens and another counsel, and then of placing that opinion before the Charity Commissioners for their advice and direction in the matter, Yours faithfully, (Signed) Thos. Hare, Esq. MY DEAR SIR, CHARLES O. HUMPHREYS. Saddlers' Hall, Cheapside, November 25, 1864. DINSDALE. HAVING the pleasure of knowing you I beg to send herewith a letter to the Commissioners which I shall feel obliged by your placing before them together with a case and opinion of counsel, which when done with I shall feel obliged by its return. You will see by my application to the Commissioners that I have acted under your kind advice, and have fortified the question by an opinion of counsel. I have sent the letter and case in a separate envelope lest you should not be in town. on Yours faithfully, (Signed) CHARLES O. HUMPHREYS. Thos. Hare, Esq. I HEREBY give notice that, under the authority of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, I shall, the 186 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, be at the Saddlers' Hall, Cheapside, in the city of London for the purpose of inquiring what endowed Charities are subsisting under the management of the at THE SADDLERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY OF LONDON. UNDER the advice of Mr. Good, the chief clerk to the Commissioners, permit me to request the favour of your writing to me an appointment, where I may have the honour of laying before you most important information as regards the false returns made for several years past by the Saddlers' Company as regards the several charities or trusts in their hands. I have been one of the livery for nearly 40 years, and a member of the Court of Assistants for 15 years, and am prepared to support upon oath the information I am prepared to give. Soliciting an early appointment, CHARITIES OF THE SADDLERS' COMPANY. In reply to letter of the 7th instant, requesting an appointment for the purpose of making a communication on the subject of these charities, I have to inform you that the inquiry concerning them which I prosecuted under the direction of the Charity Commissioners has been concluded, and my report to them has been made, and I have no authority or jurisdiction to commence another inquiry without a further order of the Board. If, as you state, you possess important information as regards the false returns which you allege the Company have made for several years past, the proper course will be for you to state in writing to the Commissioners the particulars of such false returns, specifying the dates, sums, and other items which should have been introduced, or which have been improperly inserted. The Board, with this statement before it, will be able either to direct a new inquiry founded on your specific allegations, or to call the attention of the accountant in whose Department the annual returns are deposited to the incorrectness of those returns and direct him to demand an explanation of the discrepancies you mention. Of course I need not add that a vague and general charge not definite and specific, as I have pointed out, cannot be, and ought not to be, made the ground of any such proceedings. I am, &c. Mr. Dinsdale, Signed) T. H. 10, Devonshire Road, Upper Holloway, N. |