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106. Leeds, Edgar-street,

B. S.

6

10

10

60 126 18 18

40

8

49

24 40

26

121

24

73
24

28 29 47

50 26 29 27 23 13 13 9 5 5 31 43 103

56

103. Sowerby Bridge.-Inspected August 28th, 1849.-There are two distinct schools
here, one of which is devoted chiefly to factory children.
Both are conducted
by masters trained at Glasgow, of good qualifications, and diligent in their work as
teachers and trainers of youth. In the upper school a large proportion of the chil-
dren are young, which gives to it as a whole somewhat a disadvantageous appearance.
In the elder classes, however, the instruction was satisfactory, and the candidates showed
very good qualifications. The factory school, considering the drawback from the half-
attendance, is excellent. In both the discipline is good, as also the reading and arith-
metic. The other departments at present somewhat elementary.

104. Greetlands.-Inspected August 29th, 1849.-The master had only been a few
weeks at work after his appointment. The children (many of them half-timers) are back-
ward. They were however in an excellent state of discipline, and from what I could
judge of the new regime, I have reason to expect great improvement during the next year.
105. Halifax.-Inspected August 30th, 1819.-A very valuable institution, in which
between four and five hundred children are daily educated. The organization of the boys'
school has been much improved since last year, and the instruction is proportionally
firmer and more stimulating. The number of half-time scholars, and the rapid suces-
sion of new ones, necessarily produce some limitation here. The girls' school shows also
considerable improvement. Both of them are in an efficient state as to discipline and
instruction also.

106. Leeds.-Inspected August 31st, 1849.-This school, from the circumstances of the
neighbourhood, and the erection of several other schools in the district, has gradually
assumed the character partly of an infant and partly of a ragged school. Though
differing in character from its original intention, yet it is answering a useful purpose to
the vicinity in which it stands..

107. Staleybridge.-Inspected September 4th, 1849.-British system beginning to
mould itself to the form more adapted to a school furnished with pupil teachers. Disci-
pline very fair. Methods satisfactory for a factory school, in which the same amount of
instruction cannot be given as in others. Instruction mainly monitorial, but interspersed
with gallery lessons. Master attentive, and generally speaking efficient.

108. Oldham.-Inspected September 5th, 1849.-A school of tolerable size in which
great activity prevails. The master is quiet, but infuses considerable vigour into his in-
struction. The reading, owing partly to the provincialism of the district, is not very per-
fect in expression, though sufficiently fluent. Mental arithmetic good. Grammar mode-
rate. Geography and writing fair, and writing from dictation tolerably good. Candi
dates very well prepared on the whole, and showing considerable aptitude to teach.

109. Brooksbottom.-Inspected September 6th, 1849.-A training school, founded and
supported by Mr. Kay of Bass-lane, a well known friend and patron of primary educa-
tion. The most obvious feature of the school is the cheerful tone which pervades the

whole routine, and renders any other discipline than the regular order of the school almost
unnecessary. The children, considering their age and the half-time attendance of many,
show a very fair amount of knowledge. Reading, writing, arithmetic, and geography, a
fair average. Grammar and history, elementary. Dictation on slates, satisfactory. The
school as a whole very pleasing.

110. Burnley-Inspected September 7th, 1819.-These schools have been long estab-
lished, but have been more recently reorganized on the Glasgow system. At present
they are in a low condition, the attendance not very full, and the children for the most
part backward. In the boys' school a new teacher has been recently appointed, who ap
pears anxious to exert himself to raise the character of the education. The girls' school
is still more imperfect in point of instruction.

111. Thirsk.-Inspected September 18th, 1849.-Improving under the present system.
Discipline firm. Instruction vigorous. Pupil-teachers working very satisfactorily.
Master thoroughly competent to his work. Girls' school still sickly.

112. Ampthill.-Inspected September 20th, 1849.-The premises are excellent-a
large school-room, partitioned by a curtain, for boys and girls, and a separate room
for infants. The boys' and girls' school presents rather a small attendance, and
appears to have sunk from former neglect. It is, however, in good order, under a
competent master recently appointed, and the children are evidently making satis
factory progress. Reading and writing very fair. Grammar very well taught. Geo-
graphy given in collective lessons. Some of the children are very expert in mapping.
Infant school active and pleasing.

113. Ridgmont.-Inspected September 21st, 1849.-This school is situated in a
village where education was deeply needed, and it has been attended hitherto with
decided success. The school-room is small, but more than filled. The children are
of a somewhat miscellaneous description, many of them of an age rather fit for an
infant-school. The master has been working very diligently, and the pupil teachers,
one of whom is now recommended, have rendered very essential service. The reading
and arithmetie are fair; grammar and geography quite elementary. Some knowledge
of history and other useful subjects is also conveyed in collective lessons. As a
village school it is very sati-factory.

114. Biggleswade.-Inspected September 24th, 1849.-Held in a convenient room,
made from a malting-house, nicely fitted up, and now pretty well supplied
with apparatus. The order of the school is complete, the master having perfect
control, and conducting it with considerable vigour. The reading, writing, and
arithmetic are very fair. Geography and grammar have but recently formed part of
the routine. Some of the elder children, however, are making good progress in
these, as also in the elements of English history. Pupil-teachers recommended.

Tabulated Reports, in detail, on the British, Wesleyan, and other Denominational Schools, inspected by J. D. Morell, Esq.-continued.

Number of Children learning

Number of Children learning Number of Children No of Children

Arithmetic as far as

Writing on

Paper.

Slates.

Reading

Number of Children on the Books aged

History.

Grammar.

Geography.
Fractions and

and Reduction.

Compound Rules

Decimals.

Proportion and
Practice.

Division.

Composition

Numeration or
Notation.

Abstracts or

From Copies.

Ad lition.

Composition.
From Dictation
or Memory.

Books of General
Information.

Abstracts or

From Copies.

Holy Scriptures.

Easy Narratives.

Monosyllables.

Leifers and

...

1293,187
to 8 f.

1 to 7 112

60

48

50 75 75
12

1

23

24 24

2

13 13

very fair

(a) (b)

through

41 21 54

25 10

502]

General Report on Roman Catholic Schools; for the Year 1849. By Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, T. W. M. MARSHALL, ESQ.

MY LORDS,

20 October 1849.

THE period during which I have been actually engaged in the discharge of my official duties, deducting the time absorbed by the examinations of candidates for certificates of merit, and by other interruptions which shall be specified in their proper place, comprises the months of February, March, June, and July, and portions of August, September, and October. The number of Roman Catholic schools, of all classes-boys, girls, infants, and mixed-visited by me since the 6th of February, either by direction of the Committee of Council or at the request of local managers, is 105; and the number of children actually present in such schools at the several periods of inspection, 8112.

The willingness of the managers of elementary Catholic schools to co-operate with the Committee of Council is not, however, adequately indicated by these figures. A considerable additional number have already completed the preliminary conditions, and are now awaiting inspection; others are making arrangements with the same object. For this reason it has appeared to me expedient to reserve for a future occasion a general review of the statistics of primary education amongst the Catholics of England and Wales, and of the agencies and influences now in operation amongst them, either for the maintenance or extension of existing educational institutions. It would obviously be premature to attempt to deduce conclusions which might be modified by a more ample experience, and which can only be valuable or trustworthy when founded upon full and accurate observation.

But there is another and a special reason for the postponement of statistical and general statements, upon which I am desirous to make some remarks.

No one who possesses even a superficial acquaintance with the actual state and progress of popular education in the different countries of Europe can be ignorant of the fact, that amongst those to whom the instruction of the children of the poor in the various Continental states has been confided, the body of teachers trained in the Institute of Christian Doctrine, and commonly designated Christian Brothers, occupy an honourable and a prominent place. It suffices to have seen any of the large and important schools conducted by these admirable