The charities of London in 1861 : comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general conditions of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London / by Sampson Low, junior.

  • Low, Sampson, 1822-1871.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The charities of London in 1861 : comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general conditions of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London / by Sampson Low, junior. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the College consists of sis sessions of four months each, and is com- pleted in three years. The College is divided into four classes, viz :— 1st, Systematic Theology; 2nd, Church History; 3rd, Exegetical Theology; 4th, Hebrew. To these are added Occasional Lectures on Pastoral Theology, and the History of Doctrines. Professors, Rev. Peter Lorimer, D.D., Rev. Thomas McCrie, D.D., LL.D.—Trea- surer, A. T. Ritchie, Esq., 26, Poultry.—Secretary, Rev. Wm. Dinwiddie. Tilers’ and Bricklayers’ Almshouses, King Henry’s Road, Ball’s Pond. For 14 freemen or liverymen of the Tilers’ and Brick- layers’ Company or their widows, who receive an allowance of from £8 to £10 per annum; preference is given to liverymen and their widows. Treasurer, William Lee, Esq., M.P.—Clerk, Mr. Arthur Bird. Tower Hamlets Dispensary, 1792, Commercial Road, Well- close Square. Last year’s income, £269. 3500 persons receive the benefit of the dispensary. Hon. Secretary, Thomas Stone, Esq. Training- Institution for Burses. See St. John’s House. Training- Refuge for Destitute Girls, 1850, 1, Lisson Street, Marylebone Road. The Institution has been full during the whole year. It is only able to accommodate 33 girls, from 11 to 15 year-s of age, consequently several have been refused admission, on account of the number being complete. Trinitarian Bible Society, 1831, 29, Red Lion Square. The number of English Bibles issued during last year was 862, and Testaments 418. Foreign, 36 Bibles, 559 Testaments, 1133 portions, in addition, more than 1000 Testaments have been distributed in Portugal of the edition printed in Lisbon. Income during the past year, including that derived from sales of Bibles, etc., £1153 10s. 9d. Treasurer, John Cunliffe, Esq.—Clerical Sec- retary, Rev. Henry B. Clissold, M.A.—Hon. Secretary, James J. Cummins, Esq. Trinity Home. See St. Marylebone. Trinity Hospital and Almshouses, Deptford, 1537 ; rebuilt 1788. The pensioners of the two buildings consist of decayed pilots and masters of ships, or their widows. The single men and widows receive about £12 per annum; the married men about £18. The almshouses have been endowed by bequest of Capt. Fisher, in 1711, for the widows of ship-masters and several others, and now number altogether 28. Pensions, £18 per annum. u Truss Societies. See under City, General, National, and Rupture. Turkish Missions Aid Society, 1854, 7, Adam Street, Adelphi. The object of this society is to aid existing Evangelical missions in the Turkish empire, especially the American. In the 6 mission fields over which the American missions extend, there are now