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 HISTORY OP BISHOP AUCKLAND. 123 We have some famiKar faces among us who were students in that establishment, and from them we learn some curious stories of one of its masters. He was fond of his glass, and at times prolonged his stay up the town beyond the stipulated dinner hour. On those occasions, when he arrived at school, he usually found it in a state of considerable confusion and uproar, and if any difficulty arose as to the identity of the ringleaders, his usual method of dealing with the matter was to flog every boy in the school Like Hood's model — Severe by rule, and not hj nature mild, He never spoils the child, and spares the rod. But spoils the rod, and never spares the child, And soe with holy rule deems he was reconciled — and the howling heard on those occasions, especially when " Dominie" had had an extra glass, was something frightful He had, however, a rather summary way of stopping it A gag, made of wood was placed in the mouth of the most noisy, and this procedure soon restored the young urchins to their usual quiet The costume worn by them in those days was much in keeping with the rest of the establishment. They wore a long blue frock coat, similar to the one worn by them at the present time, but their nether extremities were encased in a pair of leather breeches, a pair of wooden clogs heavily ironed and a coarse worsted cap completing their toilet When the Barrington School was built in 1810, Lord Crewe's charity became incorporated with that establishment, and the amount allowed for clothing the boys was increased to £60, but the sum paid for instruction remained'the same, namely, £20. The following is an official statement of the accounts of Lord Crewe's Charity, made in conformity with the provisions of "The Charitable Trusts' Act," October, 1853 (16 and 17 Vic., c 137, sea 61): — Statement of accounts of the Charity called Lord Crewe's Charity for Poor Boys, in the pariah of St. Andrew's Auckland, in the County of Durham, of which the following persons are the trustees, viz., Rev. Qeorge Howard Wilkinson, incumbent of St. Andrew's Auckland, and the managers of the Barrington School, where the boys are educated, and to whom the money is paid by Lord Crewe's trustees out of the general fund in their hands, for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1866. Ikoome and Rstentte fob the ykab inddto on thb 31st Dec, 1866, whe t hek aotuaxly pau> ob then due : — Money payment from Lord Crewe's Trnstees for Cloihing 30 Boys Do. Do. for Educating the same OicMAimiialliiooiM H«t Annnal laoom.. £ ■. d. 30 20 £ 1. d. 30 20 60 60 Receipts and Expenditube fob the teas ending on the 31st Dbcekbeb, 1866 : — BEOBIFCS. EXPENDITUBE. Balance in hand from last year From Treasnier Do. Do Do. Do. for educating boys ... Balance dne £ ik d. 1 4 7 16 15 20 1 9 11 Baines'BiU Hutchinson's Bill Thompson's Bill Hedley'sBiU Treasurer of Barrington School... £ ■. d. 1 11 6 1 10 1 10 28 3 20 62 14 6 62 14 6 Balance Sheet containing Statement of the fobeooihg Account. Due to Treasurer .. 1 1. d. 9 11 I certify that this and the foregoing Statements are correct. Dated this 2nd day of May, 1867. Audited and found to be correct. O. H. Wilkinson, Trostee. Digitized by Google