The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-29 00:00:00

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DISTRICT, BIRMINGHAM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE

SIR,—In 1848, I published some statistics showing
the state of my district—as concerns its population.
education, religion, and morals. I shall be obliged by an inser-
tion of the table in your paper.
The former statistics were framed upon information gleaned
from actual visits paid by myself, accompanied by my Scrip-
ture reader (the only helper I then had) to every house in the
district, and the corrections are the fruits of a second and
similar visitation. I find that the population has increased
from 9,336 to 9,558, and to its spiritual and moral destitution I
again wish to direct attention.

I am anxious particularly to call attention to the Parish
Schools, which are, I am sorry to remark, in a very inefficient
condition, in consequence of the wretchedly dilapidated sate
of the school buildings. This is the more lamentable, as in my
first visitation I ascertained that St. Bartholomew's district
parish contained 956 families, with children sufficiently old to
attend school; and that, out of this number, the children in
235 families received no education whatever, whilst the children
in 236 others attended Sunday Schools only.
Upon these facts I based an earnest appeal for pecuni •
assistance in carrying out my plans for the erection o ew
schools •in these, however, I have, I regret to say, bee nsuc-
cessful;for I have hitherto been unable to obtain a per site.
My only resource lies, therefore, in improvin: e present
school-house, which it is proposed to effect b . sing the roof,
repairing the boys' school, and enlargin; . • d improving the
buildings in other respects. To effect these alterations, the
sum of £5OO will be required ; and I trust that those who know
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and feel for the spiritual
wants of their poorer brethren, or who are interested in the
spread of sound Scriptural education, will afford us their kind
assistance in the present urgent necessity.
Donations will be thankfully received at the Bank of Messrs.
Attwoods, Spooner, and Co. ; by the Churchwardens of St.
Bartholomew's; and by .

Your obedient and obliged servant,
WILLIAM DUNCAN LONG, M.A.,
Perpetual Curate of St. Bartholomew's,

LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

P.S.—A second Scripture Reader has just commenced his
labours in my parish. I have made myself responsible for his
salary for three months, and now appeal earnestly for special
subscriptions to enable me to employ him permanently in a
district which contains 9,558 immortal beings. The following
donations have been received and promised towards the objects
of my last and present appeal :
Her late Majesty the Queen Dowager (for Schools) .t'lo 0
The Right Hon. Earl Howe. - . 5O 0
George Harvey, Esq. (for increase of Curate's salary) lOO 0
The London and North-western Railway Company (for

Schools) ..
Jamese
Rev. Taylor,
li Esq. William
(forun e
an Schools)on ,
L m(for Schools)
The Messrs. and Misses Swain (for Schools).
J. F. Ledsam, Esq.
W. Chance, Esq., jun.
Thejtev. J. Riland
e Misses James
. W. Winfield; Esq.
The Rev. W. Dalton
A Lady, by ditto
The Rev. J. Casebow Barrett
Samuel Hemming, Esq. (for Schools)
The Rev. Thomas Rawlins (for Schools).
Captain and Mrs. Moorsom (for Schools)
Robert Braithwaite, Esq., and Mrs. Braithwaite (for

Schools)
B. Davidson, Esq. (for Schools)
Collected at St. Augustine's Church, Watling-street,
London, after sermon by the Rev. W. D. Long (for
Schools)
T. P. M.
Lieut.-Colonel Plenderleath
Collected by Mrs. Beck (for Schools)
Collected by Mr. Storer (for Schools)
Ford Fenn, Esq. (for Scripture Reader)
The Rev. William Duncan Long (for Scripture Reader) 2 2
Mr. J. D. Massingham (for Schools) los. 6d.
25, Islington, Broad-street, January 19, 1850.

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