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scribe to the doctrines of the established 

 church ; for, supported as they are out of the 

 public funds, they ought to be open to all 

 classes, instead of being monopolized by a 

 seventh part of the community. 



The children are comfortably loged, well 

 taken care of, and considerable attention is 

 bestowed on their instruction. The neighbour- 

 ing gentlemen act as visitors ; and every Sunday 

 a minute is made of the condition of the school 

 and improvement of the scholars for the in- 

 spection of the board. On some occasions, 

 the official inspector and the visitors have dis- 

 agreed ; and on the board supporting the party 

 of its own appointment, the visitors have 

 seceded, and abandoned the school to the 

 direction of the inspector. The boys read 

 tolerably well under the old method of teaching; 

 in favor of which the inspector is so pre- 

 possessed, that he assured me lie did not 

 believe that the old system is capable of 

 improvement. It is scarcely to be credited 

 that any individual, holding such a station in 

 life, could be so totally unacquainted with 

 what is passing in the world, and which has 

 excited so much inquiry in his own particular 

 vocation. 



The revenue of these charter schools, arising 



