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Continued Thursday 21st: Novr: 1793.
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Report"the Estates and Revenues of the Hospital of Bridewell could
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"be appropriated with greater effect than at present to the
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"benefit of the poor objects thereof and to report their opini-
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"-on thereon together with the Estimates of the probable expence
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"of such improvements as they might recommend."
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Now we of the said Committee whose names are
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subscribed do certify that we have met several times on
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the subject of the said reference and having viewed the dif-
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-ferent parts of the Hospital and considering the encourage-
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-ment of Industry and the correction of Idleness to be the
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primary objects of the Charity we turned our thoughts to
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the defects in the present systems and the best means of im-
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-proving them.
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The teaching of proper trades and occupations to
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Young Men who have no other means of obtaining those
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arts on which their future success and prosperity is to
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depend we consider as a very desirable object and not
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incompatable with the spirit of the Charity but the
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prevention of disorder among a great number of Young
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Men harboured together for Seven years requires a stronger
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power than ever has been or perhaps ever can be exercised
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within this Hospital even if the Masters were at all
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times men of diligence and ingenuity and exemplary in
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their Conduct which is not likely to be the case the
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same or a greater number of young Men might perhaps
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be employed with more advantage to themselves tho' at
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a larger proportionable expence in one or more Work
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shops under Task masters which seems to have been
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the first attempt of the Governors and is now in
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experiment by the Philanthropic Society; but the
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inconvenience of harbouring so many Youths will not
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be removed; and unless all of them have Parochial
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Settlements a great difficulty will be created in that
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respect.
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For reasons like these we conceive that the propor-
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-tion of the Revenue which has been applied to Artsmaster
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