the parish church of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton, in which a seat was purposely appropriated for the said boys, and that the said master did not attend with the boys at the said church, but that the said Durant did attend there with them whilst the said Durant was usher or assistant as aforesaid; and that the said Robert Steele used to be in the said church, though not actually attending with the said boys there, whilst he, the said Robert Steele, was usher or assistant; and that, during the interval between the time of the said Robert Steele and Durant being respectively such ushers or assistants as aforesaid, one of the oldest of the said boys superintended or attended to the others of the said boys whilst at church; and further to this interrogatory, this deponent cannot depose. 14th. To the fourteenth interrogatory this deponent says, that the boys upon the said foundation had stated times for holidays, namely, a month at Midsummer and a month at Christmas; and that the boys were not, to the best of this deponent's recollection, and as he believes, in the habit of absenting themselves from the said school at any times beyond those regularly allowed to them; and says, that the said boys were employed by their friends at home out of school hours, and that a public examination of such boys did take place on three or four Sundays in each year by the clergyman of the parish of Petersfield, in the said parish church, in order to see what knowledge the said boys had of the church catechism, such examination being before the congregation assembled in the said church during the time of Lent, as this deponent now best recollects and believes as to the time; and this deponent further says, that there was, during the time this deponent was a scholar upon the said foundation, a particular school-room, in which the boys on the said foundation were taught and instructed, and that such school-room was situated on the south side of the said college; and that the said boys were regularly assembled in the said room, by the ringing of a bell, to be taught, and that attention was paid to the cleanliness of such boys, and that the said boys were, as this deponent believes, properly clothed, and were decent and clean in their appearance in general. 15th. To the fifteenth interrogatory this deponent says, that no part of the college was, during the time this deponent was a scholar therein as hereinbefore mentioned, let out to any person as a lodger, or for the purpose of keeping a school for boys and girls as this deponent believes; but that, as he best recollects and believes, there were four or five private boarders who attended the said school or college during the former part of the time this deponent was such scholar, and that such private boarders did occupy some part of the said college to sleep in; and further to this interrogatory this deponent cannot depose. 16th. To the sixteenth interrogatory this deponent says, that he is not acquainted with the nature of the qualification which is required in order to be admitted as a scholar to the said college; and further says, that one Joseph Brown, who was not a child of persons belonging to the Borough of Petersfield, was admitted upon the said foundation whilst this deponent was at the said school, and which said Joseph Brown was, as this deponent now best recollects and believes, the only boy who was not a child of persons belonging to the said Borough of Petersfield, who was admitted upon the said foundation during the time this deponent was at the said school; and more particularly to this interrogatory this deponent cannot at this distance of time depose. 17th. To the seventeenth interrogatory this deponent says, he believes that there was some allowance in money or otherwise made out of the funds of the charity for the purpose of clothing the boys upon the said foundation during the time they were there, and during their apprenticeship, and that the allowance made for the purpose of clothing such boys during their apprenticeship was paid to the masters to whom the said boys were apprenticed at the time of taking them. And this deponent further says, that after the expiration of this deponent's apprenticeship he received the sum of twenty pounds from Mr. Trimmings, the then master of the said college, and, therefore, he believes that the said boys were each of them entitled to the sum of twenty pounds upon the expiration of their apprenticeship, except as to those who might conduct themselves improperly; and this deponent believes that the said allowances were regularly given or made except as aforesaid; and further to this interrogatory this deponent cannot depose. 18th. To the eighteenth interrogatory this deponent says, that the allowance of clothes made to the boys upon the said foundation, during the time they were in the said school, consisted of a hat, coat, and waistcoat, leather breeches, linen for shirts, worsted stockings and shoes, and this deponent did receive such allowance regularly; and further to this interrogatory this deponent cannot at this distance of time depose, save as he has hereinbefore already deposed. 19th. To the nineteenth interrogatory this deponent says, that he did, after the expiration of his apprenticeship, receive the sum of twenty pounds in his deposition to the seventeenth interrogatory mentioned, for the purpose of enabling him, this deponent, to set up in business, and which sum this deponent believes he was entitled to, according to the rules and regulations of the said college; but the particular time when he received the same he does not now recollect, and says, that the said sum of twenty pounds was so as aforesaid paid to this deponent in money; and further to this interrogatory this deponent cannot depose. Last. To the last interrogatory this deponent says, he cannot depose thereto. JOHN EAMES. WILLIAM LOUCH of Brentford, in the County 1st. To the first interrogatory this deponent says, that he has seen the Deposition of relator, Nathaniel Atcheson, Esquire, in the title of the interrogatories William Louch, named, and he does know the relators Edward Patrick, Henry Clifton sworn and exAtkinson, Samuel Andrews, John Mellersh, Thomas Chitty, George Leer, amined 7th DeJohn Chase, and David Todman, all in the said title named, and has known cember, 1821. them respectively for eight years last past, or thereabouts; and he has seen the defendants, Hylton Jolliffe and Charles Edward Twyford, both in the said title named. 21st. To the twenty-first interrogatory this deponent says, that he, this deponent, did in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and for about the space of five years from thence, know William Trimmings, who was at that time master of the college called Churcher's College in Petersfield, in the county of Hants, and says that he, this deponent, did from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fourteen to the fifth day of November in the same year, reside in or occupy the whole of the front of the said college and the kitchen behind the same; and says that he, this deponent, did pay to the said William Trimmings the sum of one pound one shilling per week during the whole of this deponent's residence or occupancy as or for rent, in consideration of this deponent's so residing in or occupying the said parts of the said college, and for the use of the out-offices belonging to the said college during the said period; and this deponent further says, that previous to this deponent's so as aforesaid residing in or occupying the said parts of the said college, that is to say, from the twenty-fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirteen to the eighteenth day of December in the same year, this deponent's son, William Louch, did reside in and occupy the same parts of the same college as a lodger, and that he the said William Louch the younger, did, as this deponent verily believes and doubts not, pay to the said William Trimmings the sum of one pound one shilling per week during the whole of the said last mentioned period as or by way of rent for the said parts of the said college and the use of the said out offices, and this deponent believes the same, by reason that he, this deponent, did frequently see his said son pay the said weekly rent to the said William Trimmings, and which said rent was paid in advance up to the thirty-first day of the said month of December one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. W. LOUCH. FRANCIS BREWER of Petersfield, in the County who is the sworn Copying-clerk in the office of the 1st. To the first interrogatory this deponent says, that he does know the parties complainants and defendants in the title of the interrogatories named, except the complainant James Andrew Minchin, and the defendants John Twyford Jolliffe, and Thomas Robert Jolliffe; and has known the complainants Nathaniel Atcheson, Samuel Andrews, Thomas Chitty, John Chase, and the defendants Hylton Jolliffe, William John Jolliffe, and Charles Edward Twyford respectively, from their youth; the complainant Edward Patrick, for forty years last past and upwards; the complainant Henry Clifton Atkinson, for fifteen years last past or thereabouts; the complainant John Mellersh, for thirty years last past and upwards; the complainant James Calvert, for twenty years last past and upwards; the com plainants George Leer, William Newman, and David Todman respectively, from their infancy; the complainant James Monk, for five years last past or thereabouts; the defendant Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, for forty years last past and upwards; the defendant Samuel Twyford, for forty years last past or thereabouts; and the defendant George Dusautoy, for twenty years last past and upwards; and he did know the complainant James Andrews Minchin, in his life time. 13th. To the thirteenth interrogatory this deponent says, that he was some time in or about the month of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, as he now best recollects and believes as to the time, admitted a scholar into the foundation of Churcher's College in the pleadings in this cause mentioned; and that he was so admitted such scholar by William Jolliffe, Esquire, one of the trustees of the said college, and now deceased, as being a child of a native, and resident of the Borough of Petersfield, in the county of Hants; and says, that he continued a scholar in the said college until some time in the month of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five; and that Richard Figg was the actual master of the said college prior to and at the time of this deponent's admission to the said school, and from thence up to the time of his the said Richard Figg's death, in the month of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, and that from the time of the death of the said Richard Figg, or soon afterwards, up to the time when this deponent quitted the said school in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, the Reverend James Cookson was the actual master of the said college; and says, that Robert Steele, Mark Mitchel, Henry Burch, and Joseph Scullard, were the ushers or assistants in the said school from the time this deponent first entered therein as a scholar, up to the time of the death of the said Richard Figg; and that from the time of the appointment of the said James Cookson to the said mastership, until within a short time prior to this deponent leaving the said school, the said Robert Steele was assistant or deputy master in such school, but he did not reside in the said college; and that William Mercer, one of the scholars upon the said foundation, was usher or assistant in the said school, from the time of the said Robert Steele's quitting the said office or situation, until the time when this deponent left the said school as aforesaid. And this deponent further says, that the said Richard Figg did from the time when this deponent commenced scholar in the said school, and up to the time of the death of him the said Richard Figg, occupy the house usually appropriated to the master of the said school; and that the said James Cookson did occupy the said house from the time of his aforesaid appointment, until this deponent left the said school as aforesaid; and this deponent further says, that the school hours were from seven till nine in the morning, and from ten till twelve in the forenoon, and from two till five in the afternoon; and that the particular nature of the instruction which this deponent and the other boys received while at the said school, was reading, writing, and arithmetic, mensuration, geometry, and trigonometry, or such parts thereof as was consistent with the ability of the boys, and that attention was paid to the religious instruction of the said boys, who regularly read the Bible, and were taught the church catechism, and to explain the scriptural parts thereof; and says, that the said boys did regularly attend divine service, twice on the Sunday at the parish church of Petersfield, and that the said Richard Figg did attend with the said boys at the said church during that part of the time hereinbefore mentioned, whilst he was master of the said college; and that the said Robert Steele so attended the said boys from the time the said James Cookson became master of the said college up to the time he the said Robert Steele left the said school as hereinbefore mentioned; and that the before named William Mercer did so attend with the said boys from that time until the time when this deponent left the said school. And this deponent further says, that the boys were instructed in the different branches of education, by the master and assistants of the said school generally, and no person in particular was employed to instruct them in any of such branches; and says, that the persons employed in the instruction of the said boys in the said school during the respective periods here inbefore mentioned, were duly fitted and qualified to give such instruction as was given to the said boys. Last. To the last interrogatory this deponent says, that several boys namely, Joseph Brown, Thomas Brown, James Maunders, George Scott, John Richardson, and William Trimming, who were the sons of persons not resident in the Borough of Petersfield, were at different periods admitted scholars into the foundation of Churcher's College aforesaid, and that the said Joseph Brown was admitted one of the said scholars some short time previous to this deponent's leaving the said school; and as this deponent now best recollects and believes the said other boys respectively (except the said William Trimming), were admitted scholars at or about the respective times hereinafter mentioned (that is to say), the said Thomas Brown some time in or about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, the said James Maunders some time in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and two; the said George Scott some time in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and five; and the said John Richardson some time in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and seven; but this deponent does not now recollect at what time the said William Trimming was admitted. FRANCIS BREWER. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, CHURCHER'S COLLEGE, PETERSFIELD, THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. H. JOLLIFFE, ESQ. AND OTHERS. THIS was an information filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General against the defendants, Hylton Jolliffe, Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, and Samuel Twyford, Esquires, the Reverend William John Jolliffe, the Reverend Charles Edward Twyford, John Twyford Jolliffe, Esquire, and the Reverend Thomas Robert Jolliffe, trustees of Churcher's College, Petersfield, praying the Court to remove them from their offices as trustees, and that other fit and proper persons, under the sanction of the Court, who are resident in, or in the immediate neighbourhood of the College, and who are not the immediate relatives or connexions of the defendant Hylton Jolliffe, may be appointed trustees in their stead; and that the present trustees may be compelled to render an account; and that the balance due from the late William Jolliffe may be paid with interest, and the scholars may be boarded and lodged within the College, according to the founder's intention. Mr. Heald, in the absence of Mr. Wetherell, having mentioned the case, Mr. Glynn opened the pleadings. From the information it appeared that in 1722, Richard Churcher, of Petersfield, East India merchant, bequeathed 3000l. Bank Stock, for establishing a college in the borough of Petersfield, consisting of a master and ten or twelve boys, as the trustees should judge most convenient, according to the annual income; the boys to be taken out of, and belonging to, the Borough of Petersfield, of any age from nine to fourteen, that were healthful boys, and whose parents could give security to the trustees to oblige their sons to be bound apprentices unto masters of ships that made their voyages unto the East Indies, after they had been educated in the arts of writing, arithmetick, and the mathematics, chiefly that part as related to navigation, and after they had had their diet, clothing, and tutorage free at the bounty of the founder of this college, which was to be called by the name of Churcher's College; and, in order to purchase an edifice capable of receiving a master and ten or twelve |