"Nay, sister! that would be still more than your former allowance. But you shall com"mand." Having been in the neighbourhood of Middledean, for near two months this last summer, I thought it might be useful to give a plain state of the case, and to shew how much may be done for the good of oneself and others, with a shilling a week, in the course of three months. At the same time I should observe, that the effects of what Mrs. Jones has done, are not confined to Dame Thomson's house, nor yet to the parish school, nor even to the village. It has extended to ALL THE WORLD, FOR FIVE MILES ROUND and the progress of doing better and better was not interrupted between Midsummer and Old Michaelmas Day, when I left that part of the country. By the last letter from Bishop's Wearmouth, dated the 27th of October, 1808, I find that the eldest boy, John, is going apprentice, without any fee, to a very eminent plaisterer at Durham; that two or three respectable families have applied as a favour, for his sister Peggy Thomson, as a dairy maid; and that it is the talk of all that country, that Mr. Briggs is paying his addresses to Mrs. Jones-and more is said,—that it will not be for the want of the good offices of her younger sister, if the match does not speedily take place. 7th November, 1808. INDEX. Page ADDRESS to Parents of poor scholars, AMERICAN ACT, as to education, BAMBURGH SCHOOL, account of, BELL, DR. his mode of instruction, -, advantages of it, 286 270 20 193 19 36 BENEVOLENCE, its gratifications, 65 BERHAMPORE SCHOOL, account of, 193 BETTY THOMSON, her history, 310 BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL, account of, 208 BISHOP BARRINGTON, on catholic emancipation, 78 BOLDRE SCHOOLS, account of, 105 BOROUGH FREE SCHOOLS, account of 159 Boys, the teachers in Dr. Bell's schools, 28 CAMPSALL SCHOOL, account of, 167 -, rewards of, CHARITY, a subject of indefinite research, 272 57 58 CIVIL ORDER, its benefits known to the poor, COMMENTARY on the Society's Reports, CORRUPTION in religion connected with ignorance, Cow Pox, prejudices against it, Cows of cottagers, how insured, 9 310 2 339 369 DANGER from improper books, DAY SCHOOLS, their superior advantages, DISSENTERS, active in promoting education, DIVISION OF LABOUR, adopted by Dr. Bell, Page 42 15 28 39 35 225 10 5 6 13 38 43 48 52 * 53 65 66 67 68 FEVERS INFECTIOUS, treatment of them, 334 201 GARDENS of cottagers, 2 FOUNDLING CHILDREN, instructions to IGNORANCE, the mark of a corrupt religion, call for improvement in the condition of the poor, of measures to be adopted there, 204 43 370 2 47 and 66 80 82 IRELAND, returns as to the education of the poor, impediments as to education there KIRKSTALL SCHOOL, account of LABOUR, its division adopted by Dr. Bell, LADIES COMMITTEE for the female poor, - MALE ATTENDANTS ON LADIES, objections to POOR, their care and instruction peculiar to Christianity, Page 249 251 294 369 123 221 35 45 47 240 182 244 112 20 179 1 RELIEF, if not a spur to industry, promotes idleness, Christianity, 9 59 249 31 30 175 279 62 at Campsall school,⚫ RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY, Contrary to the spirit of REWARDS at Mr. Lancaster's school, RICH, their duties, RICH AND POOR, of the union between them, 75 160 272 10 60 20 41 105 |