CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND).
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 24 May 1850;—for, A COPY " of the Report of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the 17th day of April 1849, relative to the Embezzlement of several Sums of Money by Edward Welksley Mathews, the late Accountant to the Board/'
(True Copy.)
Dublin Castle, 10 June 1850.
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N.
Redington.
Ordered, ly The House of Commons, to be Printed, 14.
June 1850.
A COPY of the Report of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the l^th day of April 1849, xelative to the Embezzlement of several Sums of Money by Edward Wellesley Mathews, the late Accountant to the Board.
Office of Charities, 35, Lower Gardiner-street, My Lord, -* ~~~~~ ~~ " ~~——-—ij?-^priri849
In obedience to the directions of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, I have the honour to transmit to your Excellency the accompanying special report and resolutions.
I have, &c.
(signed) Daniel McDermot.
To his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Board of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, II April 1849.
Report of Mr.
Corballis, read.
Resolved, That a copy of the said report, together with a copy of these reso¬ lutions, be transmitted to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Board that a prosecution should be commenced against Mr.
Edward Wellesley Mathews, and that the attention of his Excellency be called to the fact that none of the funds under the control of the Board are applicable to the expense of such prosecution, and that there¬ fore the Board cannot direct Messrs.
M'Causland and Fetherston, their solicitors, to carry on such prosecution, unless authorized by the Government.
Resolved, That the attention of his Excellency be also called to that part of the report which relates to Mr.
Secretary Mathews, and also to the propriety of requiring security from the present accountant.
Resolved, That the further consideration of tlie report be deferred until a future meeting.
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