No. 69. Order in Council for severing the Rectory of Elingham from the Mastership of Saint Mary Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge, and for authorizing the Sale of the Advowson of the said Rectory. Gazetted 28th February 1843. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of February 1843, PRESENT, The Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the third and fourth years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to carry into "effect, with certain modifications, the fourth report of "the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Re"venues," duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a scheme, bearing date the eleventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, in the words and figures following; that is to say: "We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the third and fourth years of Your Majesty's reign, intituled An Act to carry into • effect, with certain modifications, the fourth report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Re' venues,' B 4 ' venues,' have prepared, and now humbly lay before Your Majesty in Council, the following scheme for severing the rectory of Elingham from the mastership of St. Mary Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge, and for authorizing the sale of the advowson of the said rectory: "Whereas it is by the said recited Act enacted, that so soon as conveniently may be, and by the authority therein after provided, such arrangements may be made, with respect to benefices which are annexed by Act of Parliament or otherwise to the headships of colleges in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, as may enable the respective colleges, if they shall think fit, to sell, or themselves to purchase, the advowsons of such benefices, and to invest the proceeds in proper securities, with provisions for the payment of the interest and annual profits thereof to the respective heads of colleges for the time being; and that, upon the completion of the said arrangements respectively, the existing incumbents of such benefices respectively shall be at liberty, upon resigning the same, to receive the interest and annual profits of the proceeds arising from such sales respectively:' And whereas by an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for confirming the annexation of the rectory of Elingham in the county of Norfolk to the mastership of Mag'dalene College in the University of Cambridge,' the said rectory of Elingham, in the county of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich, was annexed to the mastership of Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge, and is now held by the present master thereof, the Honourable and Reverend George Neville Grenville, according according to the provisions of the same Act; and it is expedient that the said rectory should be disposed of, according to the provisions of the said first-recited Act: "We, therefore, recommend and propose, with the consent of the master and fellows of the said college, testified by their having sealed this scheme with their common seal, and also with the consent of the Right Honourable Richard Griffin Lord Braybrooke, as visitor of the said college, and of the said George Neville Grenville, testified by their having respectively signed and sealed this scheme, that the advowson of and perpetual right of presentation to the said rectory of Elingham shall be severed and disannexed from the said mastership; and that the said advowson and right of presentation, together with all endowments, rights, privileges, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, may and shall be sold and conveyed to such person or persons or body corporate, in such manner, and subject to such conditions, and for such price or sum of money, as shall be determined upon and approved by us, but not for a less price or sum of money than shall be approved by the visitor and master of the said college for the time being; and that upon the completion of such sale the said George Neville Grenville, or his successor, master of the said college, shall be at liberty to resign the said rectory of Elingham; and upon the said rectory becoming vacant the said master, and his successors in the said mastership, shall thenceforth become entitled to receive the interest and annual profits of the proceeds arising from such sale. "And we further recommend and propose, that the monies arising from such sale shall be paid to us, and shall be invested in such manner as shall be approved by by us, with the consent of the said visitor and master, or their successors, for the benefit of the master of the said college for the time being. "And we further recommend and propose, that nothing herein contained shall prevent us from recommending and proposing other measures relating to the matters to which this scheme applies, in conformity with the provisions of the said Act." And whereas the said scheme has been approved by Her Majesty in Council; now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, is pleased hereby to ratify the said scheme, and to order and direct that the same, and every part thereof, shall be effectual in law immediately from and after the time when this Order shall have been published in the London Gazette, pursuant to the said Act; and Her Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct that this Order be forthwith registered by the registrars of the dioceses of Norwich and of Ely respectively. WM. L. BATHURST. No. 70. Order in Council for making better Provision for the Cure of Souls in the Parishes of Bisley, Trowbridge, and Batley. Gazetted 3d March 1843. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of February 1843, PRESENT, The Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the third and fourth years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to carry "into effect, with certain modifications, the fourth "report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties " and Revenues," duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a scheme, bearing date the twentyfourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, in the words and figures following; that is to say: "We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the third and fourth years of Your Majesty's reign, intituled 'An Act to carry into effect, with certain modifications, the fourth report of the • Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues,' have prepared, and now humbly lay before Your Ma jesty |
