industry and prudence for which the labouring and working classes were formerly so much distinguished; and its immediate object is, to induce the young men to make a periodical deposit of some part of their earnings in the savings bank, and not bring a burden on themselves and their parish by unreasonably early and improvident marriages. RULES AND REGULATIONS (ABRidged). 1. That this Society shall consist of honorary members; i. e. those that shall contribute 5s. and upwards annually to its support; and benefit-members; i. e., those for whose benefit the Society shall be established. 2. That the Society be under the direction of a Committee of seven of the honorary members, meeting quarterly, two of whom shall be appointed joint treasurers and secretaries. 3. That the benefit-members shall consist of young unmarried men, engaged either in trade or agricultural labour. 4. That every benefit-member be admitted at a quarterly meeting of the committee, three at least of the committee signing his ticket of admission. 5. That every benefit-member of the age of 20 years and upwards shall deposit in the hands of one of the treasurers not less than one shilling per week; and from the age of 14 to 20, not less than sixpence. Parents may, through this Society, deposit in the savings bank, for children under 14 years of age not less than threepence per week. The children so depositing will not be restricted to any class of persons in particular; but the amount added to their deposits, from the funds of the Society, will not exceed one shilling per annum. 6. That a ticket be furnished to every benefit-member, specifying his name, age, abode, employment, and day of admission; and another on which the payment of his deposits shall be noted from time to time, and signed with the initials of the treasurer. 7. That an account be opened with the savings bank at Brighton for every benefit-member. 8. That one of the treasurers shall, quarterly, (or oftener) carry to the savings bank the sums paid into his hands since the last investment. 9. That a book be kept by each treasurer, containing a list of all the members, and also a statement of the funds of the Society. 10. That another book be kept by each treasurer, in which, at the end of every year, an entry shall be made of the amount standing to the credit of every depositor in his savings bank book, and that whatever amount of interest be carried to the credit of the depositor in his savings bank book, the same amount be carried to his credit from the funds of the Society, and noted in the book of the Society accordingly. 11. That at the expiration of every third year from the date of the admission of a member, a premium be allowed to him from the funds of the Society, and carried to his credit on the books of the Society. 12. That the amount of the premium be regulated according to the means of the Society, and be given in proportion to the amount of the member's deposits, the rate of premium for the year ensuing being always settled at the annual meeting of the committee. 13. That no member shall be entitled to the sums standing to his credit on the books of the Society till he attain the age of 27. 14. That in case of a benefit-member either marrying before the age of 27, or ceasing to deposit, he be no longer considered a member of this Society, neither shall be entitled to the amount that would come to him from the funds of the Society, but that the amount standing to his credit be proportionably divided among the 20 benefit-members longest standing on the book of the Society. Observe This 14th Rule does not apply to the member's own deposits and interests in the savings bank, but merely to the further benefit that would have come to him from the funds of the Society. The Society will use its utmost efforts that the great encouragement which it now offers to the virtues of industry and prudence shall be continued to the full; but if, from the increased amount of the deposits, or any other cause, it shall at any time be found expedient to make a material alteration in the Rules, a general meeting of the honorary and benefit-members will be summoned for the purpose. PREMIUMS OFFERED TO THE BENEFIT-MEMBERS. 1. Every young man who shall have been a benefit-member of this Society for the space of five years, not having been on any occasion more than six weeks in arrear of his deposit, and not having forfeited the good opinion of the committee by any great breach of good conduct, shall receive the reward of a Pair of Half-Boots, value Fifteen Shillings. 2. Every young man who shall be a benefit-member of the Society at the age of twentyfive, having been a member for the space of six years or more, not having, &c. (as in 1.), shall receive the reward of either Six Silver Tea-spoons, or Clothing to the amount of 11. 5s. 3. Every young man who shall attain the age of twenty-seven, as a benefit-member of this Society, having been a member for the space of seven years or more, not having, &c. (as in 1.), shall receive the reward of a Silver Watch, with the words "Industry and Prudence" neatly engraven on the back. July 23rd, 1834.-Fourteen of the landed proprietors have engaged to furnish the premiums among them for the next twenty years from the date hereof, in certain proportions. TABLES shewing the accumulation of the several Rates of Deposits required by the Rules of the Society. TABLE I.-Shewing the accumulation of a Weekly Deposit of Threepence for 14 Years. 11 15 9 In these Tables the calculation of interest may not be accurate, but is sufficiently correct for the purpose. From the foregoing Table it will be seen that a parent having the resolution to make a weekly deposit of Threepence for a child from the time of its birth, will have realized a sum sufficient, and more than sufficient, to clothe and apprentice it, by the time that it arrives at the age of fourteen years. TABLE II.-Shewing the accumulation of a Weekly Deposit of Sixpence from the age of 14 to 20, and One Shilling from the age of 20 to 27, with the additional interest accumulating from the Funds of the Society. Interest from £0 0 11 04 5 Allowed from £0 0 11 0 1 8 6 11 0 3 4 0 6 11 0 From the foregoing Table it will be seen that a young man entering this Society at the age of 14, and having the industry and prudence to remain in it till the age of 27, will find himself at that time in the following condition : Supposing him to have made the lowest rate of deposit which the rules of the Society allow, he will be possessed of money to the amount of 341. 17s. 10d. He will have received the several premiums of 1st, a pair of half-boots; 2nd, either six silver spoons, or clothing to the amount of 11. 58.; and, 3rd, a silver watch. Besides and above all this, he will have acquired the habits of industry and prudence,―he will have gained the good opinion of his neighbours, he will have the satisfaction of reflecting that he has done what he could to help himself,—and for his prospects in life afterwards, let him take the instance of any two persons, one of whom has husbanded his earnings, the other wasted them, and in their case respectively he will read his own. A Report of the progress which the Hurstpierpoint Society has made in the first year of its establishment. The number of young men who have deposited in the year 1833 has been 24, and the amount of their deposits 82l. 10s. 6d. Thirty-seven boys and thirty-five girls have also deposited. The amount of the boys' deposits being 321. 18s. 2d., and the amount of the girls' deposits being 347. 17s. 9d.; making altogether a list of 95 depositors, and the aggregate amount of the deposits 150l. 6s. 5d. From the result of the first year's experiment, and the flattering commencement of the second-from the readiness and punctuality with which the deposits have been made, and the very proper feeling evinced by the depositors-there is every reason to hope that the efforts of this Society will be attended with the happiest consequences to the depositors themselves, and to those who take an interest in the character and condition of the parish. Then follow a list of 21 honorary members, subscribing altogether 187. 1s.; and another list of donors of single shillings, to the number of between 90 and 100. So slender are the finances with which much good may be done.* T. On the back of the Tract is the following note : Such a Society as the foregoing may be formed in many parishes with every prospect of success; and the Rev. J. C. F. Tufnell will be happy to explain (to any person who will call on him for the purpose) the method by which the plan may be conducted with very little trouble, and without the hazard of mistakes.—Hurstpierpoint, May 13th, 1834. IRISH CHURCH PROPERTY COMMISSION. THE lay commission to inquire into the state of church property in Ireland, and into the number of catholics and protestants in the different parishes, is issued under the Royal seal, and directed to the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne, and Edward John Littleton, Thomas D'Oyley, Sergeant-at-Law, Thomas N. Lister, John Wrottesley, George Barrett Lennard, Edward Carleton Tufnel, Daniel Maude, George Cornwall Lewis, William Henry Curran, William Tighe Hamilton, Acheson Lyle, and William Newport, Esquires, Barristers-at-Law. It recites "The expediency of an inquiry into the state of religious and other instruction, and the means of affording the same, now existing in Ireland; it will authorize and appoint the commissioners, any two or more of them, to visit every parish in Ireland, and to ascertain on the spot, by the best evidence which they can procure, there or elsewhere, the number of members of, or persons in communion with, the united church of England and Ireland in each benefice or parish, distinguishing, in the case of such benefices as comprise more than one parish, the number belonging to each parish separately, and to the union collectively; and also to state the distances of the parishes in each union from each other respectively to state the number and rank of the ministers belonging to, or officiating within, each benefice, whether rector, vicar, or curate, and whether resident or non-resident-to state the periods at which divine service is performed at each parish church or chapel, and the average number of persons usually attending the service in each-and to state generally whether those members have been for the last five years increasing, stationary, or diminishing;-to ascertain the number of the several other places of worship belonging to Roman Catholics or Presbyterians, or other protestant dissenters, and the number of ministers officiating in each—the proportion of the population of each parish belonging to each of such persuasions respectively-the periods at which divine service is performed in each of their chapels, and the average number of persons usually attending the service in The Editor, who has had the pleasure of knowing the writer of the above letter, as well as Mr. Tufnell, and the Society, for years, has great pleasure in adding his testimony to all that is here said. each, and to state generally whether those numbers have been, for the last five years, increasing, stationary, or diminishing. "To ascertain the state of each parish with reference to the means of education, the number and description of schools, the kind of instruction afforded therein, the average attendance at each, and the sources from which they are supported; and to state generally whether the numbers attending the same have, for the last five years, been increasing, stationary, or diminishing. "To inquire generally whether adequate provision is now made for the religious instruction and for the general education of the people of Ireland. To report such other circumstances connected with the moral and political relations of the church establishment, and the religious institutions of other sects, as may bring clearly into view their bearing on the general condition of the people of Ireland." The commission will have the usual power to summon persons, to secure the production of evidence, and to administer oaths; to inspect and copy all deeds, records, and papers of all cathedrals, advowsons, and ecclesiastical institutions. It will be aided by a secretary (Mr. Barrington) and four clerks. EDUCATION AT LIVERPOOL. SIR,-Having deemed it expedient to withdraw my attention as much as possible from the irritating contamination of the daily press, I was not aware of the statement respecting public education in the town of Liverpool, by churchmen and dissenters, alluded to by your correspondent, R. W. B., nor of the conclusions attempted to be drawn from it. Being also satisfied that our true churchmen and real dissenters were going on very amicably together, and that they would continue to do so if infidel politicians and republican agitators would let them alone, I have never wished to institute any invidious comparisons, or stimulate any provocation but that which might lead to love and good works. But, since an enemy has done this, I will endeavour, as "a man of fact," to supply, as far as it is possible, the statements which your friendly and judicious correspondent, R. W. B., requires. The population of the parish is 165,175; that of the town and neighbourhood, within the boundary of the new parliamentary borough, may be about 220,000,-and it is to this boundary that my statement will refer. The schools mentioned will be thus within the boundary of the new borough. The church schools are as follows:St. Bride's Day and Sunday 60 Sunday St. Michael's Sunday South Corporation Day and Sunday 700 60 St. Luke's Infant 110 School of Industry Blue Coat Hospital 70 98 350 Ditto Infants 120 St. Jude's 80 There are, however, schools now built as buildings attached to the new churches in Great Howard-street, Joxteth Park, St. Augustine's, and All Saints, which will, in a few months, accommodate 1500 more; the total accommodation for church children will be, therefore, 7971, and will continue to increase. The above numbers will, I think, be found substantially correct: partial errors there may be, but not materially affecting the calculation as to the number of scholars-not on the books, which is sometimes intentionally deceptive, but of scholars-bonâ fide attending the schools. The summary comparison will, on a superficial view, appear as follows: Church, day and Sunday, 5074; Dissenters, day and Sunday, 4316; giving a majority to the church of 758. |