Is held in the chapel of St. Mary’s church. The children are taught
reading and writing; their number is about 162.
St. Chad’s Ladies’ School.
This is carried on in that part of St. Chad’s old church which escaped
entire destruction. It is a most praise-worthy establishment, and is
superintended by many respectable ladies of St. Chad’s parish, who devote
a considerable portion of their time in furtherance of this object of
their anxious solicitude.
The latter institutions deserve the close inspection of the benevolent
and humane. The recurrence of stated days, on which the well-ordered
artizan and peasant, emerging from the dirt and impurities of their
vocations, to practice the virtue of cleanliness, produces an easy
association between a sense of self-decency, and the reverence due to the
service for which the sabbath is set apart. To strengthen this feeling
and principle, becomes therefore an important object to all those
interested in the good order, peace and happiness of the people of the
British empire; and to enfix it as deeply as possible, the impression
cannot be made too early.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
In conjunction with this excellent institution, a District Society has
been established here for the purpose of co-operating with the Society at
Bartlett’s Buildings, in the distribution of Bibles, Testaments, Prayer
Books, and other religious books and tracts. The praise-worthy objects
of the Society are supported by some of the most respectable and opulent
residents in the county.—Secretary, the Rev. Archdeacon Owen, M.A.,
F.A.S.