were bequeathed for purposes in many respects similar to the foregoing,
and were under the management of the old Corporation; but by the
provisions of the Municipal Act the distribution of them is vested in
trustees appointed by the Lord Chancellor.
Several other charitable societies exist in the town, whose object is to
afford gifts of money, clothing, medical assistance, and religious
instruction, to the necessitous sick poor; as well as for the
distribution of the scriptures and the public formularies of the
established church, and for the propagation of christianity both at home
and abroad, the detail of which would exceed the prescribed limits of
this publication.