CITY OF LONDONDERRY. 
There is in Derry a Depository of the Sunday School Society. And as intellectual Instruction has been followed to 
the after-walks of Life, so may the head Moral Instruction appropriately close with the following Summary, compiled 
principally from the recent “ Report of the Commissioners of Public Instruction.” 
Religious 
Persuasions. 
Population. 
Extent of accom¬ 
modation pro¬ 
vided in places 
of worship. 
Average attendance 
as stated by the 
Commissioners of 
Public Instruc¬ 
tion. 
Places of Public 
Worship. 
Periods at which Divine 
Service is performed. 
State of the 
Congregation. 
Number of Clergy¬ 
men. 
r 
Cathedral. 
?wice every Sabbath, once 
each on Wednesday and 
Friday, and all Church ho¬ 
lidays. 
Increasing. 
:. The Dean, who isby 
office Rector of the 
parish, and 3 Cu¬ 
rates ; the former, as 
Dean, is also Rector 
of Clondermot and 
Faughanvale, which 
with Templemore, 
form the corps of the 
Deanery ; and also 
of the perpetual 
cures of Inch, Burt, 
and M uff, which 
have been formed 
out of Templemore. 
Chapel of Ease. 
Twice every Sabbath, and on 
the principal holidays. 
Increasing consi¬ 
derably. 
1. The Chaplain. He 
has no cure of souls. 
3,314 
2,320 
1540 
1. The perpetual Cu- 
Free Church. 
Wesleyan Methodist 
Meeting-house. 
Ditto. 
Twice every Sabbath, and 
once each on Tuesdays and 
Thursdays. Prayer Meet¬ 
ings on Monday and Tues¬ 
day evenings, and meeting 
for Prayer every morning 
at 1 past 6 in Summer, and 
8 in Winter. 
Ditto. 
Increasing. 
rate. He has no 
cure of souls. 
2. 
l 
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Primitive Wesleyan 
Meeting-house. 
Presbyterian Meeting¬ 
house. 
Twice every Sabbath. 
Twice every Sabbath, and 
Lecture every Thursday 
evening in a large School¬ 
room. 
Increasing. 
Increasing. 
i. 
i. 
Presbyterians. 
6,083 
3,100 
1,700 
Seceding Meeting-house. 
Twice every Sabbath. 
Slightly increas- 
1. 
Covenanting Meeting¬ 
house. 
Ditto. 
Increasing. 
i. 
Independents.. 
164 
350 
175 
Independent Meeting¬ 
house. 
Twice every Sabbath, and on 
Monday and Thursday 
evening. 
Increasing. 
1. 
Roman Catholics . 
10,299 
2,000 
2,500 
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Roman Catholic Chapel 
Three Masses on every Sun¬ 
day and holiday throughou 
the year. One Mass every 
morning. Two every morn 
ing in Lent and Advent 
exclusive of occasional extn 
Masses. 
Increasing. 
4. Including a Roman 
Catholic Bishop, who 
is Parish Priest. 
19,860 
7,770 
5,915 
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