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life thus long to finish this work, to the glory of Thy name." "After this foundation was established," says Stow, he lived not above two days; whose life would have been wished equal to the patriarchs', if it had pleased God so to have prolonged it."

In the month of November, 1553, the repairs of Christ's Hospital were completed, and a number of children were admitted into it. "On Christmasday in the afternoon, while the Lord Mayor and Aldermen rode to Paul's, the children of Christ's Hospital stood from St. Lawrence-lane end in Cheap, towards Paul's, all in one livery of Russet cotton, 340 in number; and at Easter next, they were in Blue, at the Spittle, and so have continued ever since."

The institution was enriched by a succession of pious benefactors, most of them citizens of London. King Charles II. at the suggestion of Sir Robert Clayton, the lord mayor, granted a second charter in the year 1676, with a gift of £1000 yearly for seven years, to endow a Mathematical School for Rugy boys, and an annuity of £870 was added for the purpose of educating and placing out yearly ten boys for the sea service. Out of this number, fire every six months pass an examination before the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House previous to their entering the Navy. The boys on this Roundation are distinguished by a plated badge, with an appropriate device, www nisam the shoulder.

To the your loss, the governors established a school in the town of Recetast, for the education of both boys and girls of an early age. The pupuls are now taught chiefly according to the plan of Dr. Bell. As it regards The boys, the instruction they here receive is intended to prepare them for the more advanced education of the London school. The number of boys at Leviton is 400, about 200 of whom learn Latin. There are about 80 The mumber of pupils in beth London and Hertford, including the uchry girl, is nearly 1200. The average income of the Charity somewhat **** 440,0,

The buildings of the establishment in London have been erected at After the great fire of 1666, which destroyed Christ varu periods Church, and garly damaged the Hospital, a considerable portion was A but under the superintendence of Sir Christopher Wren, out of a fund auherribed by the city, to which Sir Robert Clayton (whose name has abendy been mentioned) legely contributed. The new Hall, the front of which is a thum Newgate-street, was opened in 1829, and the first stone i was band by the late Duke of York, in October, 1824. James Shaw was the andreet, and the cost was defrayed by a public subscription. The Commone of the Hospital are,

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to fue to the amount of £500, if they are approved by the acting * No fustice has occurred for many years of a benefactor tendamunt being rejected as a governor.

fue to the amount of 4500 may also become governors, by the * Viderman, who has the power of so nominating one Goa douth after his becoming an Alderman. The number of governors Thoth be without limit. The total number of governors at the beof lost your was did

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tinues an alderman. The present President is Alderman W. Thompson, Esq. M. P., who succeeded Sir William Curtis.

The right of presentation is as follows: The Lord Mayor may present two in his year of office, one as alderman, the other as mayor.

The President presents three in the year, two as president, and one as alderman.

The other twenty-four Aldermen have each one presentation annually, provided any children can be received.

The Treasurer presents two annually as Treasurer, and one besides in his turn as governor.

The other Governors fill up the remaining number of vacancies in rotation, beginning each year where the presentation of the last year ceased. The following regulations for the admission of children were revised and settled by the Court of Governors, April 28, 1809:

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I. That every Governor may present the child of a parent, not free of the City of London, nor a Clergyman of the Church of England, either on his first, second, or third presentation, as he shall think proper; and so on, one in every three presentations.

II. That no children be admitted but such as shall be between the age of seven and ten years, which is to be proved by such certificates, affidavits, and vouchers, as are now, or shall be hereafter required by the orders of the General Court.

III. That a child whose parent or parents has or have two other children under fourteen years of age to maintain, may be admitted by a presentation, although such child has one brother or sister, and no more, already on the charge of this Hospital. IV. That no child shall be admitted who is a foundling, or maintained at the parish charge.

V. That no children of livery servants, except the freemen of the City of London, or children who have any adequate means of being educated or maintained, or who are lame, crooked, or deformed, so as not to be able to take care of themselves, or have any infectious distemper, as leprosy, scald-head, itch, scab, evil, or rupture, or distemper, which shall be judged incurable, shall be taken into this hospital on any account, or by any presentation, whatever; and if any such shall happen to be admitted, and afterwards be found disqualified in some or one of these instances, they shall immediately be sent home to their parents, or to the parishes from whence they came.

VI. That none be admitted without a due certificate from the minister, churchwardens, and three of the principal inhabitants of the parish from whence such children come, certifying the age of the said children, and that they have no adequate means of being educated and maintained: the said minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants engaging to discharge the Hospital of them before or after the age of fifteen years, if the Governors shall so require. If the father is minister of the parish, the certificate to be signed by the officiating minister of a neighbouring parish.

VII. To prevent children being admitted contrary to the above Rules, they shall be presented to a General Court, who will examine into the truth of the certificates, vouchers, and testimonials required, touching their age, birth, orphanage, or other qualification, or refer the same to the Committee of Almoners, strictly to examine whether the allegations contained in each separate petition and presentation are true, and conformable to the right of the presentor, and the above regulations; and all such as shall be found otherwise shall be rejected.

Two hundred and ten boys were admitted last year, which is somewhat above the average. This number was in addition to ninety, who are on the foundation pursuant to the wills of deceased benefactors. Of the latter four are from Guy's Hospital, the munificent founder of which left property to Christ's Hospital to the amount of £400 yearly.

Wilson's History of Christ's Hospital, from which most of the following particulars are taken.

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Poetry.

Ir is thought that this department may be made as instructive as interesting to parents and other persons engaged in education by confining it very much to such poetry-good rather than, but by no means exclusive of, original-as bears directly upon the objects of this Journal; e. g. illustrative of childhood — what a child is, and how his

character and tone of mind are affected, and often chiefly formed, by circumstances & vidct meas are not to take little or no account. It will be a pont a twi gamet our readers are only led to take inte que practical consideration, that school is but a very small part of education, and that & chile e na though theorists of great influence are wont to regat at treat him as he were) a dwarf man,-a reasoning carlatag alma, but rather a creature teeming with imagination and feeling, and ine.

The flowing extract from The Excursion." will serve as an introduction to the series. We are far more atrait of its proving new to the many, that it to the few, indeed, to the most ardent admirers of the author, the newness of its connexion may give it somewhat of an air of novelty.

THE BOYHOOD OF ZEE WANDERER.

Among the hs of Athol he was born:
Where, or a smal bereditary Fart

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His Parents, with their numerous Offspring, dwelt:
A virtuous Househood, though exceeding poor!
Pure Livers were they all austere and grave,
And fearing God; the very children taught
Stern self-respect, a reverence for God's word,
And an Labitual piety, maintained

With strictness scarcely known or English ground.
From the sixth year, the Boy of whom I speak,
In summer, tended cattle on the Hills;

But, through the inclement and the perilous days
Of long-continuing winter, he repair d.
Equipp'd with satchel, to a School, that stood
Bole Building on a mountain's dreary edge,
Remote from view of City spire, or sound
Of Minster clock! From that bleak Tenement
He, many an evening, to his distant home
In solitude returning, saw the Hills
Grow larger in the darkness, all alone
Bebeld the stars come out above his head,

And travell'd through the wood, with no one near
To whom he might confess the things he saw.
bo the foundations of his mind were laid.
In such communion, not from terror free,
While yet a Child, and long before his time,
He had perceived the presence and the power
Of greatness; and deep feelings had impress'd
Great objects on his mind, with portraiture
And colour so distinct, that on his mind
They lay like substances, and almost seem'd
To haunt the bodily sense. He had received
A precious gift; for, as he grew in years,
With these impressions would he still compare
All his remembrances, thoughts, shapes, and forms;
And, being still unsatisfied with aught
Of dimmer character, he thence attain'd
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