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be thought undesirable (as it will undoubtedly prove to be irn practicable 

 building, and particularly bridges, is one thing in our days, and was 

 another in Mr. Vicks's), the donor directs 4,000/. to be employed in loans, 

 and (>,000/. for the founding of an hospital for illegitimate children. 



ELEANOR HAMMOND, in ]774, left to the society 200/. for shoes to the 

 women of St James's parish, and also 400/. to be given to twenty-four 

 widows of the same parish reckoning the interest at three per cent 

 These charities are distributed on All Saints' Day. 



ALICE COLE left in the hands of trustees, for charitable uses, the two 

 rectories of Worle and Kewstoke, in Somersetshire. The last conveyance 

 was made in 1787 to three persons, one of whom is dead, the second in a 

 state of incapacity, and the third has never acted, and seems not discover- 

 able. The property is therefore in danger of being lost. The tithes are 

 let at 124/., and the holders hesitate to pay. There are 2,350/. in the 

 three per cents. ; and two houses, purchased from savings, in St. James's 

 Back making the whole income 21 61. 10s. Of this income, 41. are 

 paid to each of four hospitals; 12/. 13s. 4<, a fee farm rent, to the 

 crown ; a chief rent of 21. \7s. to the chamber of Bristol; and the secre- 

 tary takes 3/. 3s. No one apparently has authority to act but the secre- 

 tary, and his authority must be very questionable. The trustees some 

 years ago contemplated a school, and actually built a house for a man 

 and woman to teach children in, on a piece of ground given them by the 

 city. Somebody should stir in this ; it seems a very fit occasion for the 

 corporation to do so. The Commissioners class this charity among those 

 which are under the management of the merchants ; but how they are 

 connected with it does not at all appear. 



Charities in the Parish of St. Mary Redcliff. 



FRY'S MERCY HOUSE, situated in Colston's Parade for the mainte- 

 nance of eight poor women. The present value of the endowment is 

 49/. 10s. Id. Expenditure 5\l. Is. Id. The women have 2s. 6d. a 

 week. But, by a recent bequest, another sixpence is added to the 

 allowance. 



PILE STREET SCHOOL, for clothing and educating forty boys of this 

 parish and St. Thomas's. The income of the charity is I73/. ; about 

 110/. of which depends on annual subscriptions. The expenditure is 55/. 

 for the master; about 651. for clothing, and 23/. for coals, books, &c., 

 which, with repairs, bring it up to 150/. or 160/. It is under the control 

 of the vicar and twelve parishioners, and sixteen of St. Thomas's. 



ALMSHOUSE OF REDCLIFFE HILL. A very ancient institution origi- 

 nating with William Cannynge, in 1448, who founded two chantries in 

 Redcliff Church, for two priests to sing at the altar, for two annual 

 obits, 'and moreover to distribute certain monies yearly for ever to the 

 relief of the poor. The lands belonging to the chantries were of the annual 

 value of 34 /. 19s. 4^., out of which 26/. 8s. was given to the poor pro- 

 bably to the alms-people. Upon the seizure of the chantries this payment 

 of course ceased. There are still fourteen alms-people occupying the 

 rooms as paupers ; the whole surviving funds appear to be 1 6/. paid by 

 the corporation to the vestry of Redcliff. They participate slightly in 

 the general charities of the parish. The same imperfect account must be 

 given of the TEMPLE-GATE Almshouse, which consists of eleven rooms, 

 occupied by the same number of paupers, and no better endowed than the 

 other. 

 QUEE.V ELIZABETH'S FREE GRAMMAR AND WRITING SCHOOL, was 



