GUASGOW. 
he sits fi peek to apeess the inhabi- 
n the magistr. Sc etenanoes The com- 
aes hold. stated: w kly and quarterly vi en 
and numerous committees watch over the particular 
concerns of every ent, . This act being in force 
"for seven years, gave ‘the inhabitants an boar arr 
observing its beneficial ences ; accordingly, in 
1807, a hy oh act was sins, without requiring any 
material alteration, other than that'the rate of assess- 
t was increased on rents of £4, and under £6, from 
1. to 5d. in the pound; £6, and under £10, from 6d. 
“Td. ; £10, and under £15, from 9d. to 114d; £15, 
® and upwards, from 1s, to 1s. 3d. ‘The commissioners, 
under this act, have merited and received the ge- 
I approbation. of the citizens, who have rarely toe 
called on for the maximum rates, 
Abstract Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements 
Jor the year ending 25th July 1814. 
Sum contributed by the city of Glasgow £800 © 0 
Fo ag raat Pe ean erates 
of the streets . EO oo debits #1 OS212.9 
Amount of fines . . . ov 6 ms Gia 6° « - 15709 
Be eR £8343 5 8 
Salaries to the master, clerk, wpassesiti trea- 
surer and surveyor. «ssw +. « £640 0 
Wages to 19 officers OP pasar i . 793 10 
78 watchmen, at 11s. per week ...... 2230 16 
15 scavengers, at t1s. per week .... 
8 patrole, at 2s. per day “eg ooh ca 
1 ditto, 15s. ditto rrigie! 
% 
© 
© 
Co woocoous 
Carting du from the streets ...... ° 455 8 
Lighting 1264 lamps, from 20th August 
- to 5thMay ... iP vie) Ste, SeOee 16 
10 ditto part of the season, ipa 3 922561 
Oil for watchmen’s lamps, clothes to oficers 
watchmen, rent of office, fire. engi 
and secret service money, .... . . 923 15 5 9 
"£8833 5 8 
aii 807 8 renewal of an act of Parliament was ob- 
ed, appointing the magistrates and council trustees 
fe statute bour conversion within the city, and autho- 
rising them to assess the inhabitants of dwelling-houses, 
whose rents are under £5, in 2s. yearly; £5, and un- 
der £10, 3s. yearly ; £10, and upwards, 5s. yearly ; 
horses, 15s. each; and each ploughgate of land, (60 
aeres,) at 60s..: the followi persons being always ex- 
empted,—clergymen, vie 3 schoolmasters, militia 
men enlisted under the act of 1779 and 1782, and pau- 
‘pers. The nett proceeds of 1814 are £1445, which is 
all expended on the streets and common sewers. 
This city has long been conspicuous for the number 
and yaceiante ce of Gk nsestiig ate a there were 
more 1400 students atten e university. Of 
this number 800 were enrolled as Poiciunts of philoso. 
, and of the Greek and Latin languages, .. 1400. 
n the Andersonian institution there are 280 stu~ 
dents instructed in natural phil osophy, che- 
» materia oat and Tibia. -. 280 
y and mecha~ 
in the O mel ——— there are four. 
reat a Bose op eiicubtentedk ON 
210 and Ayr, and of the presb 
saad Asasshtihlervosinnieilcasile of; the city, of the 
teachers of the Latin, and a rector, june gives 
instructions inthe Greek and Latin languages, 
and in geography. The number of students 
in this seminary are)... . 6 ses eee ee 520 
2900 
The foll are benevolent foundations, in which 
ty of all the children receive a substantial education, and 
some of them clothing and money annually : 
In Hutchison’s school there are... 84 boys, 
— Trades-house school, . + + 108 
— Wilson’s school, - 
— Town’s hospital, with addition 90 § boys and 
of maintenance; . .. 5+ peal 
— Miller's school, +... 62+. 60 girls, 
The Highland Society “educate and 
put out to apprenticeships,. ... . 80 boys. 
The Highland Society also educates 60 
boys and girls belonging to High- 
landers, ..... tee RINE o he 
In.Lennox’s school, « «+ +++ «+. 52 girls. 
— Fleshers school, ........ 5 55 { me a 
— Peddie’s school, 45. girls. 
— Routledge’s school 70 girls, em-| 
ployed at the public works, are 
taught, in the evenings, to read, 
sew, knit, and spin, ... 70. 
In the six schools under the patron- 
age of the kirk-sessions, there 
are 450 boys and girls nerere 
to read and spell, . «2. + 450 
On benevolent foundations, where 1214 
no'fee is)paid, 4. 4).6 is ose! 
In the Lancasterian schools a sm: } 
fee is exacted; . 2... ....545 560 
In the Sunday schools, under the-in« 
spection of a committee from the 
town council and general session, 
nar 73 sand girls are taught’ to 
e Bible, and repeat the 
sl ‘Catechism, ‘gratuitously, 800. 
In the Sunday schools, under the ‘ 
joint management of members of 
session and dissenters, 1740 boys Gs 
and girls are taught to read the 
Scriptures gratuitously, .... . 1740) 
In 1799, the presbytery of Glasgow 
ascertained, that there were 60. 
ivate schools in the city, where- 
in the various branches of elemen- 
tary education are taught, at va- 
rious rates; in addition to such.as 
are above described. If we sup- 
pose, that, during the course of 16 - 
ears, the number of these schools 
ve increased to 75, and that 
each school averages 45 children, 
the total will be. 2... ca es 3875 
eo yo gsgnes educated bce 1 10,589 
A number of these schools have juvenile libraries at- 
490. tached 'to them. 
This city is the chief seat of the synod of Glasgow Ecclesiasti- 
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