it was introduced into the last Report, should in this place be again brought forward into notice, as the grant was made within the period of the proceedings of which the Committee are now rendering an account. It will at once appear how important it was to establish a school upon an extended scale, in the populous vicinity of Westminster; and as there was a school there conducted upon the Madras System under highly respectable superintendance, and capable of being enlarged, the Committee are persuaded, that but one sentiment will prevail upon the appropriation of £200. to the Managers of it, in consideration of their carrying into effect, in that quarter of the Metropolis, the designs of the Society; and they have the greatest satisfaction in stating, that through the exertions of the Rev. Dr. CAREY, Head Master of Westminster School, who, in the midst of his other important avocations, has found leisure to attend to this charitable work, this appropriation of their bounty is now producing such effects in the religious improvement of the children, as to afford a striking exemplification of the System, and almost to surpass the most sanguine expectations of the Committee. The School consists at present of 182 Boys and 187 Girls, but it will be much enlarged as soon as a proper room can be found. There are now 106 Boys, candidates for admission; and as in this school the children are dismissed at an early age, that the parents may have the benefit of their labour, the rapid succession, of which the System is capable, is here seen to operate-they are dismissed early, but not without being well grounded in useful learning.

The school at Oswestry in the Diocese of St. Asaph, upon the borders of Wales, stands next in order as having also received from the Society a grant of £200.; and when it is stated, that Oswestry is the key to the Principality, and that it may be considered as a central point, at which masters may be trained for Wales, and from which the System may be disseminated through that part of the empire, and that the grant of the So

iety has been attended by the zealous co-operation of those, who in that part of the country interest themselves in the great work of National Education, and has enabled them to purchase a most eligible building, easily convertible to the purpose in view, which they could not otherwise have been enabled to procure, the Committee cannot but anticipate in this instance also the publick approbation.

The Parishioners of Whitechapel have long been distinguished as early promoters of the Madras System.-In the Charity School of that Parish this improvement of Education was first exhibited in all its efficiency; and the school in Gower's Walk, that monument of the indefatigable exertions of Mr. DAVIS, has been the object of great attention, since the publick mind has been roused to the general promotion of instruction amongst the poor as a great call of duty. In these two establishments 470 children are gratuitously instructed, and employed in useful trades: but the number, large as it may appear, was known to bear no proportion to the population of the Parish, and those, who had devoted themselves to the calling forth and administering this best species of parochial bounty, could not rest satisfied that they had executed what they had undertaken, till they had made a great effort to render the benefit complete. Accordingly under the conduct, and with the co-operation of their Rector Mr. MATHIAS, they made a personal enquiry through the Parish into the number of children, who were still left destitute of Education, and having ascertained that it amounted to 2,200 above seven years of age, they published their Report, and together with it submitted to their fellow Parishioners a Resolution to meet the emergency by the immediate erection of a school for 1,000 children, and then undertook a second circuit to receive their Contributions-their success was such as to prove that they had not over-rated the liberality of their neighbours, and their design appeared morcover so generally useful, that it received from many disFinguished individuals pecuniary support. Still however their

funds fell very greatly below the sum required for accom plishing so great an undertaking. To this Institution therefore the Society have made their largest grant, having voted them £300. and even encouraged them to make a second application, should they find their resources still deficient. Thus at the two extremities of this great Metropolis, as well as at Baldwin's Gardens in the centre of it, have the National Society provided large establishments for dispensing to the numerous Poor in these populous neighbourhoods the benefits of their System. They have now also the pleasure of communicating to the publick, that the dissemination of the same is advancing in its progress in those parts, which were better provided with the means of Education on the old Plan, since an establishment of similar extent, through the zeal and perseverance of the Rev. Mr. HESKETH, Curate of St. Mildred's in the Poultry, in conjunction with many others of the London Clergy and Laity, and under the Patronage of 14 of the Aldermen, and other very respectable citizens, is now in great forwardness in the heart of the City.

Of the schools in the Country whose exigencies have ap-` peared to the General Committee to give them a claim to assistance from its funds, those in the Forest of Dean are the first in order and importance; the particulars of which have been given in the last Report. We have now only to add that £50. has been granted to one of them, £100. to the other and the effect has been, that Mr. PROCTOR has erected a school and established a permanent Master in the Forest, and that Mr. BERKIN, relieved in some degree from the heavy charge which his zeal had brought upon him, still continues himself to act as Master of the school with encreased energy, and that each is rapidly introducing amongst the Parents, as well as the children, both in a civil and religious view, an amelioration of their condition.

Another school deserving particular consideration is that of Mr. WOLLASTON, at East Dereham, Norfolk, who sur

mounted many discouraging circumstances in the introduction of the new System into this populous Parish; having prepared a School-Room at the joint expence of himself and another Gentleman of the place, becoming himself the daily Master, till he had collected together 195 children, and had familiarized them to this method of instruction. The Committee have the satisfaction to add that in this case a donation of £50. from their funds has been productive of the desired effect, having tended to remove obstacles, and give popularity to the Institution.

To particularize all the circumstances, recommending the differerent Institutions which have received aid from the Society, would carry the Report to an unreasonable length. It will however be interesting to the Publick to know, that the grant made to Norwich of £50. was amply merited by their extraordinary exertions, and was applied in aid of a design of the first importance, viz. the providing a Gallery in one of their Churches, for the children of their central school. For the rest they trust, that the account given in the App. of the Societies and Schools to which they have contributed, will sufficiently explain the reasons of the grants. The nature of each, and the progress made by them, will appear from the summary of the Reports given also in the App.*

They will only add that in the Deanry of Tendring, Essex, where a regular plan was first laid down for extending the benefits of Education throughout the Parishes in the County, generally, their success has been so great, that out of 2,000 children in want of Education, 1,700 have been provided for. See Mr. SCOTT's Letter in the App:

Since the annual Meeting the following Grants have been voted. £300. to Sheffield, Yorkshire, the Inhabitants having built two SchoolRooms on a large scale, and thereby incurred a debt of £800.

£150. to Bingley, Yorkshire,

100. to Dalton, Ditto,

30 to Moulton, Northamptonshire,

25. to Sidbury, Devonshire,

80. to Billinghurst, Sussex.

50. to East Retford,

25 to Cowfold,

30. to Mile-End Old Town.

There are also two particulars in the Reports of the Diecesan Societies of Norwich and Winchester, which the Committee would not think themselves justified in passing over in silence, as being most effectual expedients for advancing the System. The former of these is the subdivision of the Diocesan Societies into Deanery Societies, each acting in conjunction with its respective Diocesan Society, and in subordination to it, which has been adopted at Norwich: and the latter, the appointment of a general Visitor, the important duties of which office have been zealously and ably discharged by the Rev. FREDERIC IREMONGER, of Winchester.

Another assistance given to the Schools in the Country, besides pecuniary Grants, has been that of providing them with training Masters, instructed in the Central School, and retained in its service, to be sent to those associated with it, for the regulation of schools either newly established, or to be newmodelled according to the improved System: and of receiving into the Central School Masters sent by the Diocesan or District Societies to be prepared for their office. In both these methods the Central School has been eminently serviceable to the Country at large, as will be manifest, when it is stated that of the former description 37 have been received into the employment of the Society during the last year, of whom 17 have been fixed as permanent Masters in different parts of the Kingdom, after having rendered temporary aid in many other places and of the latter 45 have been qualified for their office, and have been returned, with certificates of their proficiency, to the Diocesan and District Societies which sent them up. This is a very heavy article of expence in the Treasurer's account, but still the wants of the Country exceed the Committee's means of supply, and thus retard considerably the complete success of their exertions. The extent, however, to which the System has been spread, is very inadequately represented by the above numbers, as the Central Schools of many Dioceses and Districts have been instrumental as well