EDUCATION. 
board, each teacher must educate 20 pupils free of expense, and from the others they are entitled 
to receive Id. per week, the usual rate they cost the parish; but, as is commonly the case in 
mixed arrangements of this kind, the payments are very irregular—and the total received by both 
teachers from this source cannot be estimated at more than £5, viz., male £3_female £2. 
Presbyterian Meeting House School. —This establishment was preceded by the Pres¬ 
byterian Blue School, which had existed above a century. It owed its name to the uniform 
worn by the boys, which was blue coats with yellow collars. The number admitted was 12. 
They were educated and clothed, after which they were apprenticed to trades ; and these boys, 
with a precentor, formed the choir of the congregation. The school was supported by collections 
made at charity sermons. 
The present school was established in 1820, on a system altered from that of the old Blue 
School. The change originated in a suggestion made by the senior Presbyterian clergyman to 
the session and congregation, to abolish the uniform, and educate poor children of both sexes, and 
every sect. A subscription was forthwith opened for building a school-room, but the accomoda¬ 
tion was afterwards considerably enlarged, to meet the great demand for education. The total ex¬ 
pense of these erections was £450. 
A second suggestion of the same gentleman led to the separation of the sexes, and the ap¬ 
pointment of a mistress over the girls. The ladies of the Presbyterian congregation undertook 
the expense of this additional department, and appointed a committee to superintend it. The boys 
are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, the girls needle-work in additon. The Irish Society 
have increased their former annual subscription of £12 to £30, allotting £20 to the male school, 
and £10 to the female. The school requisites are defrayed from the voluntary subscriptions. 
This school was for many years in connexion with the Kildare-street Society, until its par¬ 
liamentary grant was withdrawn. 
St. Columb’s School. —The St. Columb’s school was founded in 1813, under the auspices 
of the Roman Catholic bishop, and clergy. In consequence, however, of a disagreement between 
that prelate and one of his curates, the work was for some time suspended. In 1824 it was re¬ 
sumed, and in 1825 completed. The expesnes, including that of erecting a lofty inclosure, 
amounted to nearly £1,000. 
This institution is now under the National Board of Education. 
Gaol School. —In the gaol one of the turnkeys acts as master, and the matron as mis¬ 
tress, in instructing the male and female prisoners. Males are taught spelling, reading, and 
arithmetic daily, for an hour in summer, and half an hour in winter. In the female department, 
in which arithmetic is omitted, instruction is given for an hour, daily, throughout the year. 
Private Schools. 
Classical. —There are at present three private classical schools, two of which are boarding- 
schools. These schools require no particular notice, in addition to the information contained in 
the subjoined table. This may, however, be the most convenient place to allude to a seminary of 
the above descridtion, which has ceased to exist. 
In 1806 a house in Bishop-street, without the Gate, was opened under the auspices of Dr. 
O Donnell, the Roman Catholic bishop of Derry, for the education of young men intended for 
the priesthood. They all lived in common, kept a servant, purchased themselves the necessaries 
of life, and paid for their owm teachers. It was closed about 1815, revived in 1821, and closed 
a second time in 1826. Some of the pupils used this as a preparatory school for Maynooth Col¬ 
lege ; others completed their course at it, and were then ordained by their bishop. The average 
number of students was from 12 to 15. 
English. — The Private English Schools are 29 in number, of which 25 are in thecity or 
suburbs, and 4 in the country. 
Several of them are highly respectable: they descend gradually to the humbler classes of 
society ; and the infant school, which closes the chain of intellectual instruction, from its novelty 
claims a separate notice. 
The Infant School (which those acquainted with the details of such institutions, will under¬ 
stand to be in a slight degree physical) was opened on the 7th of January, 1835. It is restricted to 
the children of the gentry. The terms are £4 a year, paid quarterly in advance. It is open daily 
(Sundays excepted) for senior pupils from 10 to 1, and for junior from 11 to 1, and again from 
2 to 3. . There is no play-ground annexed, but during the time of recreation, the pupils either 
remain in the school, walk on the walls, or are taken home by their parents. No holidays or 
vacation has been yet prescribed. Every parent is allowed to visit the school, and to introduce 
two friends. Should the institution succeed in the first year, it is in contemplation to erect a 
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