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observing the greatest order and neatness to pre- 

 vail ; not less commendable than creditable to 

 those intrusted with its superintendence. Doctor 

 Bell's system of education is here pursued. 

 The children are admitted from ten to twelve 

 years of age, and they remain for three years ; 

 when they are apprenticed to some handicraft 

 trade : the apprentice fee, which the governors 

 have now in contemplation to increase, is at 

 present but five pounds : the children acquitted 

 themselves very well, both in reading and ac- 

 counts. Coercion is rarely resorted to; for 

 where a sense of shame fails to produce the 

 desired effect in young minds, little amendment 

 can be expected from any other kind of punish- 

 ment. Few instances have occurred of any of 

 the children conducting themselves so ill as to 

 compel their expulsion. Steady uniformity, 

 and well established order, soon procure that 

 implicit obedience which is one of the most 

 valuable principles of the new system ; the 

 happy and salutary effects of which appear in 

 the cheerful compliance and content of the 

 pupils. The garden j which is extensive, is in a 

 great measure cultivated and managed by the 

 children, engrafting, by this more active ap- 

 propriation of their time, a certain degree of la- 

 bor and industry, on recreation and amusement. 



