T^p*' plan for nfteving the biirel. -^ 



That an annual report be nia.ie of the expenditure of 

 the money, and the good effected curing the year ; and 

 when the institution is establiihed. that their proceedings 

 be publiihed. 



That the money collected be laid out on proper secu- 

 rity, and trustees appointed for the management of it. 



This establiihment is intended for relief to the youngs 

 est of the blind, as soon as they can learn music, which 

 perhaps may be at nine or ten years cf age ; — to the 

 middle aged, by teaching them some art by which to en- 

 tertain their minds, and to gain an honest living ; — and 

 to the old, who are unable to learn any thing, by afford- 

 ing them some afsistance in clothes and money. One 

 great obiect of the institution is to attend to the morals 

 of the blind of all ages, e'pecially the young. 



Of late, an institution of this kind has been founded at 

 Liverpool, where forty -three blind poor, of ly;th sexes, 

 have been engaged in different branches of manui'actures, 

 snd earn, weekly, from 3s. to 6s. each. Tbev appear 

 rery happy in this new method of spending their time. 

 Eight are employed in making hui;ting, jockey, and ladies 

 ■whips, which are sol J for the benefit of the charity ; thir- 

 teen blind women spin linen yam, and reel it ; another, 

 totally blind from inrancy, cuts out the cloth into ihirts, 

 Iheets, and sacks, and makes it up : four blind girls and a 

 boy learn to play upon the harpsichord ; two make woollen 

 mops ; eight old people pick oakhum for caulking fhips j 

 six make baskets and r.ampers, and cover bottles for es- 

 -ortation ; and two make rope bears. 7 hus a clafs of 

 -r fellow-creatures, who were burdensome to their friends 

 or the public, and unhappy because unemployed, are ren- 

 dered useful members of society, and made happy in them- 

 ' rives, by being relieved from extreme poverty j and 



