Nor^lniviherland and Durham* 
[Dec. I, 
'495 
easily seduced, has acquired aTJo%verful reme¬ 
dy for that ignorance, and the mischiefs re¬ 
sulting from it, in the introduction of a new 
S-ystem of education, peculiarly adapted to the 
circumstances of the poor. It is to the adop¬ 
tion of this system, on a scale consmensurate 
•with the ivants of these two extensive coun¬ 
ties, that the patronage of the public is ear- 
Jiestly and respectfully solicited. We seek 
cot this patronage with any feelings of party 
3eal, or jealousy of the exertions of others. 
In the various disputes which h-ave arisen, it 
ia our fixed determination to take no par". 
We adopt generally the mode of teaching pro¬ 
posed by Df. Bell, because we believe it to he 
the best suited to our purpose; but, while wc 
make this declaration, we are anxious to dis¬ 
claim all intentien oi undervaluing thenseritf 
of any other system, or of precluding cur- 
selves from thankfully admitting any im¬ 
provement, by whomsoever it may be sug¬ 
gested. Our only object is, we repeat, ro 
rescue the children of the poor from chat stats 
of irreligion, vice, and misery, which is too 
commonly the lot of the uneoucated in every 
rank; and we look, therefore, with respect 
and jjratitude to all our fellow laborers in so 
good 2 cause. The busis of the religious in¬ 
struction, to be taught incur schools, will be 
the bible and the church catechism ; to this 
we mean to add such other elementary know¬ 
ledge as shall be suited to the station of tho6e 
■vrho are the objects of our care. The general 
course of proceeding intended by the society is, 
to collect and communicate information of 
the wants of the poor in Northumberland and 
Durham, in respect of education; to promote 
the establishment of new schools, and the 
re-modelling of old ones, according to the 
new system j tb afford, as far as its funds will 
permit, pecuniary aid to those schools which 
stand most in need of such assistance ; to sup¬ 
ply all the schools under its care with proper 
books j and to instruct persons who are, or 
who v/ish to Irecomc schoolmasters, in a new 
n)ode of teaching. And here we have sincere 
pleasure in announcing, that, by the liberal 
arrangements of the Bishop of Durham, the 
society, will always be enabled to have two 
perso.ns recommended by its committee, at¬ 
tending the Barrington School at Bishop 
Aucklrnd, lodged and boarded at his Iordsh‘p ’3 
espfiice, and taught to conduct a school ac¬ 
cording to the model there exhibited. As it 
is presumed, that diligent attention during 
two or three months will be sufiicient to 
complete their instrucduii, it is obvious that 
at cignt masters will thus be annu<iliy 
supplied for schools under the society’s dii-ec- 
•tion. Should more be wanted, his lordship 
has been pleased to permit, under certain 
ea-y regulations, any ether persons recom- 
H)ended by the society, to attend his school 
for the sam.e purpose. In order, tbcTelore. 
chat an institution, aiming at an object of 
such liigh irnpcrtancc, and employing means 
at once so simple and so tfiicacious may net 
be straitened in its exertions, we presume ta 
hope for the cordial co-operation of all who 
are anxious for the improvement of public 
• morals, or friendly to the best interests of 
the poor.’* 
At a late meeting of the Tyne Side Agri¬ 
cultural society, at Ovingham, the annual 
premiums were adjudged as follows; 
1. To Mr. Thos. Bates, of Halton, for the 
best cultivated farm, lOgs —No claimants 
fer the 2d and Si premiums—I. To ?.fr. 
John Gibson, of Thornbreugh, for the best' 
crop of Swedish turnips, 5gg.—.5. To Mr. 
Anth.Wailes, of Bear'., for the beat cow, 5gs, 
—:6., To Mr. Wm. Donkin, of Sandhoe, for 
the second best cow, 3gs.— -7. To Mr. Walter 
J.ihnson, of Stocksfield Hall, for the third best 
cow, 2gs,—8. To Mr. Anth. Wailes, of Bear!, 
for the best heifer, 5gs.— 9. ToMrs.Charltc n, 
cf Bearl, for the second best heif'er, Sgs,— lO. 
ToMr. Wn}. Jcbling, of Styford, for the tfii.'d 
best heifer, 2?s.—11. To Mr. Tohn Wren, 
ot Shibdon, for the best mare tor breeding 
can horses, Sgs.—12. To Mr. David Barron, 
of Dodley, for the best mare for breecia^ 
coach horses, 3gs.—13. To the Rev. James 
BirketC, Ovingham, for the best mare for 
breeding hunters or road horses, Sgs.—14, 
To Mr. W'm, Jobling, of Styford, for the best 
fen of breeding ewes, 3gs.—l.o. To George 
Gibson, esq. of Stagshaw-Close House, for & 
pen of shearing wethers, ’oeing the only one 
shewn, and which were considered by the 
judges to possess very superior merit to entitle 
them to the premium, .^gs.—16. To Mr. 
John Joblin, of Newcastle, for the best breed¬ 
ing sow, 3gs.—17. The premium of 5gs. to 
the laborer in hush-andry, who had brought 
up tlie greatest number of legitimate children 
to dt least seven years of age, without assist¬ 
ance from Che parish, was adjudged and paid 
to John For stes , of Maifen, having brought 
up KLEVEN to above that age. 
[The last premium is incommensurate with 
the merit of the party ; it ought to be at least 
five guineas per annum, during the joint lives 
of himself and wife j. and half such annuity to 
a second candidate. A single five guineas 
does not pay for the time lost in chiming 
so pitiful a premium. Such a society •^vould 
never have above ten or twelve furviving 
annuitants^ and who would withhold his sub¬ 
scription to support an object »f such evident 
and decisive importance ?1 
A new machine for cleansing and deepening 
Su.ndcrland harbor has. been set to ■v.’ork, anj 
promises to be a valuable acquisition to that 
port, having taken up and delivered into crats 
along .>iivle, firty-five to .s of ballast in thirty- 
five minutes ; and, vyhen the intended plan of 
conveying cne ballast so raised is carried into 
effect, bettcraccommoJatkin and deeber water- 
b.rths will be obtained for the numerous 
shipping which use that harbor. A steam 
engine of great power has been erected upon 
a floating barge, which continually drives 
round a numocr of iron buckets, fastened to a 
chain. 
