ThaA  having  thus  put  the  System  m  operation,  they  next  turned
tbeur  atteotion  to  the  providing  a  permatient  School*IU>om,  iqx>n  a
«iitabk  scale;  and  having  ascertained  that  ao  building  fit  for  th9
puqpoae  could  he  foood,  they  determined  on  makbg  a  new  erection  3
that  the  ready  adoption  however  ol  this  measure,  was  owinf
lipneipaliy  to  the  liberality  of  P.  Shbnston,  Esq.  who  imxa»&'
ately,  in  the  liandsomest  manner,  presenled  to  the  Society  a  portion
of  land,  with  a  dilapidated  buildmg  upon  it  (part  of  the  priory  of
St.  John),  and  conveyed  it  to  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  in  trust
for  ever  for  a  Central  SchooL  That  a  plan  and  estimate  being
•btaioed  and  approved,  the  building,  which  was  begun  in  February


hst,  vmn  rendered  fit  for  tlie  recepfiou  of  Children  by  the  1ft  of
August,  and  each  of  the  rooms^  replete  with  every  convenience
requisite  for  the  Institution,  being  in  their  diniensidlis  60  feet  by
to  in  the  clear,  accommodation  was  thus  provided  for  350  Chil-
dren, at  a  charge  to  the  Society  of  £600.
That  the  Schools  are  made  to  ser^x  the  double  purpose  of  an
Evening  and  a  Day  School,  the  attendance  in  the  former  in-
stance being  limited  to  three  evenings  in  the  week,  and  being  re-
served for  those  Children  whose  constant  emplojroents  prevent
their  attendance  during  the  day,  and  for  those  adult  poor  who.
