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REPORTS

OF

THE SOCIETY

FOR

BETTERING THE CONDITION

AND

INCREASING THE COMFORTS

OF THE POOR.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY,

BY W. BULMER AND CO. RUSSEL-COURT, CLEVELAND-ROW

ST. JAMES'S;

AND SOLD BY J. HATCHARD, 173, PICCADILLY;
ALSO BY BECKET, PALL-MALL; ROBSON, BOND-STREET;
PAYNE, MEW'S GATE; RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
YARD; EGERTON, WHITEHALL; CADELL AND DAVIES,
STRAND; AND VERNOR AND HOOD, POULTRY. ALSO BY
TODD, YORK; HAZARD, BATH; AKENHEAD AND SONS,
NEWCASTLE: BROWNE, HULL; EASTON, SALISBURY;
TREWMAN, EXETER; CLARKE, MANCHESTER; HOUGH,
GLOCESTER; AND LEE, AT LEWES,

Those Subscribers who are not supplied regularly with the publications of the Society, are requested to send their directions to Hatchard, 173, Piccadilly, fixing the place in the metropolis where they are to be left. Imperfect directions have been left in some instances; and, in others, none at all; so that it has not been practicable for the publisher to send the Reports round to all the Subscribers, so exactly and regularly as could be wished.

23d April, 1800.

JOHN

Bodl.

CONTENTS.

Prefatory introduction to the second Volume, stat-

ing the views of the society, and the progress

Extract from an account of the management of the

poor at Hamburgh. By the Bishop of Durham

Extract from an account of a cottager's family at

Hasketon. By John Way, Esq.

Extract from an account of a supply of flour to the

poor by a friendly society at Rothley, in Leices-

tershire. By Thomas Babington, Esq.

Extract from an account of rewards given by a

society near Dublin, for encouraging industry

and good habits among the poor. By Thomas

Extract from an account of the asylum (or school

of instruction) for the blind at Liverpool. By

Thomas Bernard, Esq.

Extract from an account of the Samaritan society,

for convalescents from the London hospital, and

for cases not within the provisions of public

hospitals. By the Rev. Dr. Glasse

PACE

Extract from an account of a society established at

Lymington in Hampshire, for the benefit of dis-

tressed females. By the Rev. William Gilpin 104

Extract from an account of a Sunday friendly so-

ciety for the aged poor, at Winston. By the Rev.

Extract from an account of a parish windmill, at

at Chislehurst in Kent. By the Rev. Francis

Extract from an account of the late improvements

in the house of industry at Dublin. By Thomas

Extract from an account of a provision for chimney

sweepers' boys, at Kingston upon Thames, with

observations. By the Bishop of Durham

Extract from an account of the rewards given by

the Sussex Agricultural Society to the industrious

and deserving poor. By Thomas Bernard, Esq. 158

Extract from an account of a charity for the relief

of lying-in women and sick persons, at Totten-

ham High-cross. By Mrs. Wakefield

Extract from an account of a provision for cottagers

keeping cows, at Humberston, in the county of

Lincoln. By Thomas Thompson, Esq.

Extract from an account of a society, lately esta-

blished at Cork in Ireland, for bettering the

condition of the poor. By the Rt. Hon. Thomas

Extract from an account of the institution, for

applying science to the common purposes of life,

so far as it may be expected to affect the poor.

By Thomas Bernard, Esq.

Extract from a further account of apprenticing

poor children. By the Rev. John Brewster

Extract from a further account of the improvements

in the house of industry in Dublin. By the Rt.

Hon. Thomas Pelham

Extract from a further account of the house of

recovery at Manchester. By Thomas Bernard,

Extract from an account of a society at Wendover,

for encouraging prudence and industry. By the

Reverend Joseph Smith

Extract from a further account of the advantages

of cottagers keeping cows. By Thomas Bernard,

Extract from an account of the extension of the

benefits of the charity-schools at Chester. By

Thomas Bernard, Esq.

Extract from an account of the society at Dublin

for promoting the comforts of the poor. By Lord

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