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GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF EDUCATION

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EEPORT OF A MEETING

EDINBURGH

ORIGINAL RAGGED OR INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION,

HELD IN THE MUSIC HALL, EDINBURGH, ON FEIDAY THE 14th APRIL 1848;

WITH THE

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

or TUB

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT,

&c. &c &c.

EDINBURGH:

JOHN ELDER, 139, PRINCE'S STREET;

WILLIAM COLLINS, GLASGOW ; AND JAMES NISBET & CO. LONDON.

HDCCC^Lvnr,

.SMC*

PATRONS.

Qifi Grace the Duke of Argyll.

The Right Hon. the Lord Phovost.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Staie.
The Right Hon. Lord Belhaven.
The Hon. Lord Jeffrey.

The Hon. Lord Murray.
Sir Adam Hay, Bart.
Charles Cowan, Esq. M. P.

QBHBBAXi COBKMZTTBB .

Dr W. P. Alison.

Patrick Arkley, Esq.

Alex. Alison, Esq. of Blair.

Rev. Dr W. L. Alexander.

William Bonar, Esq. of Warriston.

J.C. SHOB^E,Esq.\Y.S f

Dr Beilry.

John Bowie, Esq . "W. 8.

James Blackadijer, Ejsq.

Walter Cook, Esq. W. 8.

Rev. Dr Candlish.

James Craufurd, Esq. advocate.

John Cowan, Esq. advocate.

John Carmen t, Esq.

Alexander Clapperton, Esq.

James Cunningham, Esq. W. 8.

Rorert Christie, Esq.

Alexander Cowan, Esq.

Rev. D. T. K. Drummond.

William Dunlop, Esq.

Rev. R. W. Fraser.

Rev. Dr Grant.

Captain Grove.

Rev. T. Guthrie.

John Hope, Esq. W.8.

ACTZiro oo:

Professor Balfour.
Rorert Bryson, sen. Esq.
Dr George Bell.
Dandeson C. Bell, Esq.
N. C. Campbell, Esq. advocate.
Alexander Campbell, Esq.
John Cook, Esq. W. 8.
William Cowan, Esq.
George Duncan, Esq.
Dr R. K. GreVille.
James Gray, jun. Esq.
George James Gordon, Esq.
Henry D. Hill, Esq. W. 8.

Maurice Lothian, Esq.

John Maitland, Esq.

John Murray, Esq.

Rev. T. M'Crie.

Rev. James Miller.

Davip >I c Farlan, Esq.

James M'Laren, Esq.

William M'Crie, Esq.

f rqfessqr Filler.

Alexander Earl Monteith, Esq.

David Mylne, Esq.

Professor More.

James Peddie, Esq. W. 8.

J. W. Pillans, Esq.

Alex. Pringle, Esq. of Whytbank.

Rev. William Rohertson.

William Reid, Esq.

Ralph Richardson, Esq.

Alexander 8clanders, Esq.

Dr Smyttan.

Alexander Stuart, Esq.

Rev. John Sym.

Rev. Andrew Thomson.

James TYTLER,Esq.Woodhouselee.

William Whitehead, Esq.

Sheriff Jameson.

Henry Johnston, Esq.

Andrew Jack, Esq.

Dr Maclagan.

Professor Allan Menzies.

John Macfie, Esq.

George Meldrum, Esq.

John Neil, Esq.

John Smith, Esq. Governor of

Prison.
G.. M. Torrance, Esq.
Thomas Thomson, Esq. W. 8.
Richard Whytock, Esq.

OrriCE-BUABERS.

Rorert Christie, Esq. 26, St Andrew Square, Auditor.

George Duncan, Esq. 59, Princes Street, ) Jo{ Trecuurerit
Rorert Bryson, sen. Esq. 66, Princes Street, )

JoHNCoo^Esq.25,Dru^ > ^ Seoretarie8t

George Meldrum, Esq. 53, York Place, )

The

FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, <k

The Annual Meeting of the Edinburgh Original Bagged or In-
dustrial School Association was held on Friday the 14th April
1848, in the Music Hall, Edinburgh. The immense hall was filled
with a respectable audience, who appeared to take the liveliest in-
terest in the proceedings. His Grace the Duke of Argyll presided
on the occasion ; and on the platform we observed Sir Andrew
Agnew, Bart. ; Sir James Forrest, Bart. ; the Hon. B. F. Primrose ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Cadell ; Major Dalziel ; R. E. Scott, Esq. ; John
Swinton, Esq. ; Henry Davidson, Esq. ; Tbonias Constable, Esq. ;
Captain Petley ; James Cathcart, Esq. ; Joseph Gordon, Esq. ;
George Baillie, Esq. ; Dr Omond ; George Forbes, Esq. ; Benjamin
Bell, Esq. ; John Cadell, Esq. ; Dr Neill; Robert Stevenson, Esq. ;
William Thomson, Esq. ; Robert Clark, Esq. ; James Gray, Esq. ;
J. Gibson Thomson, Esq. ; Henry Johnstone, Esq. ; Henry Paul,
Esq. ; William Wood, Esq.; William Bonar, Esq. Warristou ; John
Bowie, Esq. ; James Blackadder, Esq. ; Walter Cook, Esq. ; Alex-
ander Campbell, Esq. ; William Duniop, Esq. ; John Hope, Esq. ;
Alexander Pringle, Esq. of Whytbank ; James Tytler, Esq. of
Woodhouselee ; William Cowan, Esq. ; N. C. Campbell, Esq. ;
Robert Christie, Esq.; John Cook, Esq.; George Duncan, Esq. ;
Pr R. K. Greville; Dr M'Lagan; William Whitehead, Esq. ; Dr
Smyttan ; Dr George Bell ; Robert Bryson, Esq. ; John Smith,
Esq. Governor of E dinburgh Prison ; Richard Whytock, Esq. ;
George Meldrum, Esq. ; Professors Alison, More, Fraser, Balfour,
and A. Menzies ; Rev. Drs Makellar, Cunningham, Candlish, Begg;
Rev. Messrs Davidson, Glass, Gillies, Tasker, Drummond, Andrew

Thomson, R. II. Stevenson, G. Smith, A. R. Bonar, G. Scott, Lines ;
H. Robertson, Esq. Sheriff of Renfrewshire, &c. &c.

The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr Stevenson
of St George's.

The Duke of Argyll said, he was happy that the first occasion
on which he had ever the honour of presiding at a great public
meeting in the city of Edinburgh should be to support, not the prin-
ciples of any party or the tenets of any sect, but to promote an ob-
ject which must commend itself to the judgments and hearts of all.
(Applause.) When, he first received the summons of the Commit-
tee to take the chair on this occasion, he confessed that he was dis-
posed to decline the honour, not certainly on the ground of any want
of interest in the objects of this Society, but from a feeling that it
might be better occupied by some of the gentlemen who had taken
an earlier and more active part in organizing the scheme, and in di-
recting the attention of the public to its duty and importance. When,
however, he recollected the views with which that request might pro-
bably have been made, — when he remembered that it might be the
wish of the Committee that all classes of society might be seen tak-
ing an active part in the good work, — when he remembered further,
that it was the duty of those who occupied positions of any influence
in society, whether that influence was derived from their own ser-
vices and exertions, or whether it was derived only from the services
and exertions of those who had gone before them, and from whom
they derived that hereditary name which they bore, — he determined
no longer to decline the summons ; and he was sincerely grateful to
the Committee for having placed him in the chair on an occasion so
interesting and important; and he was not less grateful to the meet-
ing for the cordiality with which they supported his nomination
it. (Applause.) It was usual, he believed, for those who presided
on such occasions to give some explanation of the objects of the
meeting, and the principles to which their support was asked. He
was sure they would excuse him if he declined to enter into any de-
tail of subjects which were matters of such public notoriety, and if
he resolved to stand but a few minutes between the meeting and the
gentlemen to whose care the various resolutions were committed.
He need not tell them that the object of this Society was, in the
language of Mr Guthrie, — whose absence they must all deeply re-
gret, — to reclaim the castaways, and to bring them within the

pale of civilized life, and, it might be, within the folds of the
Christian Church. (Loud cheers.) Nor need he tell them that
at an early stage of this Association, — almost at its very commence-
ment, — a difference of opinion unfortunately arose as to the prin-
ciples on which religious instruction was to be conveyed in the Rag-
ged Schools. Neither need he remind them of the decision which
was given by the public of Edinburgh when the question in dispute
was put to them. (Applause.) He did not wish to refer to this
subject in any spirit of controversy, still less in any spirit of censure
upon those gentlemen who differed from the Committee, because
for all of them with whom he was in the least acquainted tie enter-
tained the most sincere admiration and respect ; but he confessed
that he thought it of importance that, on the first anniversary of
the Association, another distinct utterance should be given by the
public who were now assembled, in favour of the principles of the
Committee. (Great applause.) If he believed that these principles
were sectarian in either their tendency or effect, he was sure he
would not be one of those to advocate their adoption. (Renewed
applause.) But he thought that he might refer with confidence to
the names of the gentlemen whom he now saw around, representing
many of, if not all, the great religious denominations in this country,
—he might appeal to their names, and ask whether it was possible
for an Association receiving their support to be sectarian in its ob-
jects or effects ? (Hear, hear.) In truth, he was not afraid of such
a danger. His fears would rather point to another quarter, and had
respect to another nature. He did not fear that any system of pub-
lic education would be sectarian in its tendency; but he much rather
feared that, under the influence of feelings of liberality, which were,
he thought, greatly mistaken, one of two results would follow, —
either that religious instruction would be altogether separated from
the secular education of the country, or that it would be driven
to and confined in sectarian channels only. (Hear, hear.) Be-
tween these two extremes, he did not know that they could find a
more satisfactory and reasonable medium than the system upon
which this society was founded, — a system which consisted, on the
one hand, of the open Bible — (cheers) — but which permitted chil-
dren of every religious denomination to follow their parents on Sun-
day, should their parents be able to show that they really belonged
to any Church at all. (Renewed cheers.) He was aware that an-

other plan was proposed, short of separating religious instruction
from public education, by which the children of the various religious
denominations should be allowed, at separate times and places, the
Services of clergymen of the religious denominations to which they
belonged. With reference to that scheme, he was greatly surprised
to find that it should be favoured by those who professed a dread
of sectarian teaching. It appeared to him that, under such a scheme,
they refused to take advantage of a principle of their nature, — a
principle so powerful, that he believed it would go far to overcome
the great zeal of those belonging to any particular creed,— he meant
the principle that, by putting faith in the honour of others, they
were in possession of a surer guarantee for their line of conduct than
otherwise. Take any member of a religious community, — take a
teacher belonging to any denomination, — and place him in charge of
a school, the children of which belonged to various religidus deno-
minations, and tell him that he was to impress upon their minds the
doctrines and principles of the gospel as strongly, but also as simply,
as he could, and he would ask whether there be as much chance of
his teaching being of a sectarian tendency, as the teaching of the
man who was called in for the special purpose of teaching reli-
gion in connection with his own peculiar views. With regard to
the other extreme, — that of separating altogether religious instruc-
tion from secular education, — he was sure that he need not here say
anything on the subject. He need not enter his protest against a
system by which they exposed the lower classes to the evils of a dan-
gerous and corrupt press, without supplying them with any of those
principles which would enable them to choose good and eschew
evil. (Cheers.) Surely this at least was not the time m which
they should be disposed to do away or to dispense with the enlight-
enment of religious knowledge; for, indeed, it was impossible to
speak on the subject of education without adverting to those won-
derful events which had recently taken place, and which, he was
sure, must have filled them all with feelings of some anxiety, if not
with positive alarm. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps they might think
that, in alluding to these events, he was pursuing a course which
had become common-place. There was hardly a speech delivered
on any platform in the country within these six weeks, — there was
scarcely a speech delivered in Parliament, — in which reference was
not made to the events which had taken place, and which events

were not made use of as arguments for the particular purposes to
which the speaker Was addressing himself. He was not a little
surprised to see, some time ago, in a paper connected with this city,
a letter purporting to come from a gentleman of well-known name,
— a letter which referred to these events, and drew from them
the lesson that the public mind should he impressed With the
vast and paramount importance of phrenology. (Great laugh-
ter.) One would have thought from it, that the great work to
be done under heaven was to arm a corps of philosophers With
callipers* and to send them forth measuring heads, and taking the
diameter of developments. (Renewed laughter.) He would be
ashamed to refer to these events, to apply them to any purpose which
would not commend itself to their calm judgment. He would tell
them that, in establishing these Ragged Schools, they were taking a
very long or a very important step towards meeting those dangerous
tendencies which were appearing in the present day. He would
not tell them that it was pre-eminently a work of policy, but he
would say that it was pre-eminently a work of faith,— faith, he
meant, that these children were the children of a common Father,
and that in doing their best to educate them in the blessings of
religion, they were doing a work which was well-pleasing in the
sight of God. And was it a matter of small moment, at a time
when they saw much that was doubtful around them, — when al-
most every question of public policy was beset with difficulty, — was
it a matter of small importance that they had a work of Christian
charity to which they could apply their hearts and put their hands,
and of which they could say, that whatever else was wrong, this
assuredly was right? (Great applause.) There Was a passage in
the works of the late Dr Arnold, to which he could not help advert-
ing upon such an occasion, as it seemed to him to be peculiarly
happy and appropriate. It occurred in one of the sermons of that
remarkable man, published under the title of the " Three Comings,"
and referred to the text of Scripture,— -" When the Son of Man
cometh, shall he find faith upon the earth T Dr Arnold referred
to three senses in which that coming might be taken>— first, ia that
sense the greatest of all to which the language of ancient pro-
phecy expressly pointed ; second, to that coming which must come
to all at death ; and, lastly, to that coming which had happened
frequently before, and probably would happen frequently again,-—

the coming upon the earth of works of sore judgment upon the na-
tions. Dr Arnold asked whether, if such a time should come in
our days, by the operation of those causes which they saw daily go-
ing on around them, — whether by famine, or by a deficient harvest,
the trade of the country should be stagnated, — whether, if that
stagnation should produce discontent, — if discontent should rise into
revolution,— if revolution should break up the fastenings of society,
and turn us loose upon a scene of calamity and crime, — he asked
whether in such a time we would be found abounding in works
of faith? He (the Noble Duke) thought that this was a question
which it well behoved them to put to themselves over and over
again. He did not say that times of this character were coming
on them, or were now at hand, because he trusted that, in the mercy
of God, they might be averted from this country ; but surely he
need not remind this assembly that events had occurred during the
last few years, even in this country, and more particularly in another
country with which they were very closely united, which showed
with what suddenness and ease judgments might be brought upon,
the nations. Now, if such judgments should come upon them, would!
they be found prepared to meet them ? Could they look back upon I
those years, those wonderful years, of prosperity and peace which this
great country had so long enjoyed, and say that they had used their
best endeavours to spread the knowledge of the gospel and the bless-
ings of religious knowledge among the great masses of the nation^?
Think what wonderful years they have been. It was many years
since they heard the sound of war ; but could they say that during
these years they had used one-half the zeal and energy for providing
the people with religious knowledge that they had used to provide
them with the means of material support ? (Hear, hear.) He fear-
ed that they could not say so. It therefore well became them, when^
clouds of danger were certainly threatening around them, to take to
such works as those of the Ragged Schools, and to go forth among
the population of the country with the open Bible, enlisting as far as
they could the endeavours of all the religious communions in the
country. (Applause.) If they did so, he trusted that the events
that were taking place around them might not only leave them un- ;
harmed, but might positively leave them better than they were be- ]
fore. He trusted that if these efforts were continued, they might yet ;
hear the whole of their population singing with a fervency which their-'

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fathers had never known before, — "God save the Queen" — (loud
cheers) — and with the Queen, the institutions with which they had
been so greatly blessed. They would not cling to these institutions,
he hoped, in any spirit of vulgar or extravagant worship. They
would not regard them as the image of their own virtues, of their
own glory, or their own courage. They would not herald
them forth, as others were now doing in the w r orld, in a spirit
of paganism, as a new Christianity — (hear, hear) — but they would
father found their affections upon that principle on which alone
allegiance to all the Governments of the world ought to rest, —
they would look on that allegiance as but the type and shadow of
the allegiance which they owed to One whom no disaffection could
resist, and whose throne no revolution could overthrow. (The
Noble Duke resumed his seat amid loud applause.)

Professor Balfour, in the absence of Sheriff Jameson, read the
following Report :—

First Annual Report of the Edinburgh Original Bagged or Indus-
trial School Association, 1st April 1848.

The Committee of Management of the Original Ragged Schools
of Edinburgh, in presenting their 'Annual Report, have to congra-
tulate the Association on the large measure of success which, through
the blessing of God, has already attended their efforts, and to im-
press upon them the necessity for continued exertions, in order to
carry out fully the object of the institution, — the reclaiming of those
children w T ho are living by begging or the commission of crime, who
have no one to care either for their souls or their bodies, and who
are growing up in ignorance of their duty alike to God and to man.
The object is one well fitted to call for th the sympathies of all who
are intereste d in the welfare 01 tne f^ rjlmd^hsrw^aS^ovS^
P??5^ i£9^£^?^ S22^ order among the community. Sad experi-
ence Fas convinced all that the lower classes have been too much
neglected, — that they have been allowed to grow up in ignorance
and vice, until they threaten to overturn the bulwarks of social
order. Our calendars of crime have increased to an awful extent,
our prisons are full, the arm of the law is becoming paralysed, and
is scarcely able to cope with the extent of the malady. Some more
effectual remedy must therefore be adopted, more decisive although
less coercive in its character.

It is not enough that a temporary check is given, — something
must be done to get at the root of the disease. The wound cannot

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be healed slightly ; there can be no peace until it is probed to its
source, and the healing process begins from below.

We may construct dams to prevent the inroads of the ocean, and
we may hope thus to say, Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further ;
but if these are to be effectual, they must, like the dikes of Holland,
be stocked with plants, whose spreading roots and vigorous growth
cement all the parts together. As the mud brought down by the
mighty river is interrupted in its progress by the reeds and rushes
which spring up in its course, and is thus made to contribute to the
fertility and verdure of the country, and as the drifting sand which
threatens to overwhelm the plain is arrested in its devastating career
by the bent and the pines which are planted in it, so it is With the
bulwarks of society. They must be cemented by the healthy growth
of a religious, moral, and industrious population. The very scum and
off-scouring of society must, like the river-mud, be made to contri-
bute to this end ; and the shifting and excitable masses must be
brought into a quiet and sober condition, by having reared from
among themselves a population which will act as a barrier to crime,
and whose extensive ramifications will ultimately consolidate the
restless spirit of agitation.

If we wish to preserve our institutions, — if we feel desirous to
retain the blessings now enjoyed in this highly favoured country, —
we must make the foundation sound. It is not enough that the
upper and middle classes should be well and religiously educated, —
we must extend our efforts to the very lowest classes of society.
This is the true method of insuring the wellbeing of the people.
What was it that distinguished Scotland in days long gone by ? Was
it not an educated, God-fearing peasantry ? This was the means in
the hands of the Almighty which preserved her civil and religious
liberties in troublous times ; and to this alone we can look now-a-
days for a continuance of these blessings. In these later times there
has grown up and been developed into formidable Imd dangerous
magnitude a class almost unknown to our forefathers, the offspring
of our large towns and long neglect, — a class not merely ignorant and
untaught, but nurtured and educated in all the vices and crimes of
our cities, and instinct with the spirit of all eviL It is this class, —
the " Arabs of the city," — which forms the special and exclusive
object of this Association ; and let us thank God that the task of
elevating and reclaiming this outcast race is not yet by any means a
hopeless one, if it is set about cordially and in right earnest. Let
us educate properly those who are lowest in the scale, raise them in
their moral and intellectual condition, give them correct ideas of
comfort and domestic happiness, and we shall not only improve their
condition, and render them happy, contented, peaceable, and not
given to change, but we shall also exercise a beneficial influence
on those above them in the scale of society. The foundation being
sound and well constructed, the building reared upon it will corre-

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spond, and mutual respect and confidence will be secured among alt
clas

These are not the days for idleness and sloth in the cause of edu-
cation, when superstition and infidelity are raising their heads, and
goading on the masses to acts of lawlessness and crime, — when em-
pires are shaken to their centre, when Sabbath desecration and its
accompanying evils are making inroads on our hallowed institutions,
— when the tide of intemperance is flowing in a fuller stream than
ever, — and when the vial of wrath seems to be poured out, so as to
infect the very atmosphere which we breathe.

In stemming the current, it is not enough that the people receive
secular knowledge. This may improve the intellect, but it can never
change the heart ; it may quicken the activity of the mental powers,
but it will not illuminate the moral perceptions ; it may make the
child an accomplished villain, but it will not of itself render him a
good member of society. It is only when a Bible education is made
the basis of all learning, that a blessing from on high can be expect-
ed to accompany our labours ; for in the Word of God alone are
hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. It is thus only that
man can be raised in the scale of being, and that a true progressive
development can be secured. The man who truly feels that God
reigns is sure to be a quiet and orderly citizen. He who fears God
honours the king. Let us then be up and doing; let us work
while it is day : the present gloom may soon pass into dark night,
— there is no time for delay. Let Britain take the lead in this
glorious cause ; let her raise up an ensign among the nations ; let
her, by attention to the religious and moral wants of the poorest of
the people^ set a noble example to all, and show to the world that it
is righteousness alone which exalteth any people.

Your Committee are satisfied that no institutions are better fit-
ted, by the blessing of God, to promote these important ends than
Ragged Schools, founded on pure Bible principles, — those principles
which have been so ably advocated by Mr Guthrie in his noble
* Plea' for the destitute, — advocated by one whose graphic delinea-
tions must touch the heart of every true philanthropist, and whose
enthusiastic and stirring appeal on behalf of this cause is fresh in
the memory of all. The Committee have to regret that he has for
a time been prevented from taking part in the excellent work which
he has been the honoured instrument of commencing in this city;
and they earnestly pray that he may ere long return in renovated
health, and may be enabled again to join in the active promotion of
a cause which is so dear to his heart.

The Committee cannot omit the painful duty of referring in this
place to the irreparable loss they have sustained during the past
year in the death of Mr Sheriff Speirs, who, from its commence-
ment, took the warmest interest in the establishment and manage-
ment of the Association, — a man who, amid all the pressure of pub-

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lie and official business, ever found time to promote schemes of
Christian benevolence, and to give them the countenance of his high
station, and the still greater benefit of his sound judgment.

The Committee have already printed and distributed among the
members of the Association a pamphlet containing the result of eight
months' experience of the schools ; and therefore they deem it un-
necessary to enter fully into details on the present occasion.

There are now three schools in operation, — one in Ramsay
Lane, attended at present by an hundred and five boys ; one at 533,
Lawn Market, containing ninety girls ; and a third in Warriston
Close, in which there are seventy children of both sexes under ten
years of age ; giving a total of two hundred and sixty-five children.
These constitute, however, a small portion of the actual number of
children in Edinburgh who are fit objects for such an institution.
It has been computed that there are between one and two thousand
children in this town who live a vagrant and profligate life, either
destitute of or uncontrolled by parents or guardians, and with no
means of instruction. Increased efforts are therefore required to ex-
tend the benefits of an institution which can only be said to have
accomplished its design when it brings all these children within its
pale.

The training of the children is conducted on a religious basis,
the authorised version of the Bible being the foundation of all the
instructions which are given. The schools are conducted without
respect to denominational differences. They are open to all, and
are actually attended by children whose parents profess to belong
to all denominations, Roman Catholics included. The parties ad-
mitted are those only who have no other means of getting edu-
cation and subsistence, who have no claims on a parish, who have
no one at home to care for them, and who live by begging and
by crime. None are admitted who have not resided for at least
twelve months in Edinburgh. Every case is carefully investigated
by the Committee, and by a Superintendent appointed for the pur-
pose ; and care is taken to exclude all who have the means of receiv-
ing school tuition elsewhere. The Committee have reason to believe
that a very marked effect has been produce^ upon the statistics of
juvenile crime in this city since the opening of these schools ; which
will readily be believed when it is known that there are in the
schools at present seventy-eight pupils entered as police subjects, —
that is, children ascertained to have once, or oftener, passed through
the police courts.* It has been stated by many, however, that not-
withstanding the existence of this institution, the number of children
begging in the streets is very great. But it is to be remarked, that
in many instances these are either parties who have only been resi-
dent in Edinburgh for a few weeks or months, and who are not en-

* In confirmation of this statement, see letter from Mr Smith, Governor
of Prisons, Appendix, No. V.

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titled to the benefits of the charity, or Irish paupers whom the Poor
Law Board has offered to send home to their parish, but who refuse
to go, and remain as vagrants. The Committee feel that in admit-
ting such cases they would do harm, by inducing paupers to come to
Edinburgh, and enabling them to effect a permanent settlement.

The schools are conducted on the following general plan : —

The children have a daily allowance of plain and nourishing
food, sufficient for their support.

They are kept under the inspection of the officers of the institu-
tion every day of the week, from an early hour in the morning till
a late hour in the evening.

On week-days they are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and
geography ; and are employed for a certain number of hours in such
sorts of work as are suited to their respective age and sex ; and, when
weather permits, have exercise out of doors.

Sound moral principles, founded on the truths and precepts of
the Gospel, are assiduously inculcated by the teachers ; and religious
exercises, of which reading a portion of the sacred Scriptures forms
a part, always precede the secular instructions of the day.

On the Lord's day the children attend and receive food as on
week-days ; but the instruction is confined to religious subjects, Di-
vine service being conducted in the school by one of the city mis-
sionaries. If any parties who can be properly trusted wish to take
their children to another place of worship, they are permitted to
do so.

Baths are provided for the daily ablution of all the children,
with the exception of those whose state of health forbids their use.

With the view to cleanliness, and to prevent the spread of infec-
tion, clothing, to be worn only during school hours, has be^en pro-
vided for the children. The more destitute are also supplied with
articles for home wear, according to the urgency of their need.
During the prevalence of fever last winter, which visited our schools,
both in the pupils and the teachers, with fearful severity, extraor-
»dinary efforts were imperatively required for mitigating the pesti-
lence, by providing baths and clothing for the children. A special
subscription of money and clothing was opened, and liberally sup-
plied for this purpose. In carrying out this object, as well as in the
general management of the schools, the Association are under deep
obligations to one member of the Acting Committee, — Mr Gordon,
—for his unwearied exertions.

A medical man is attached to the institution, who pays regu-
krr visits for the purpose of attending to the bodily ailments of the
children ; and in the event of absence from school, they are attended
at their houses and lodging-places.

Many of the children, who are orphans and have no home, are
lodged with respectable parties, who take charge of them at night,
and report upon their conduct. This arrangement, wholly unanti-

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cipated at the formation of these schools, has, in peculiar cases, been
forced upon the Committee ; but they need not say that it is most
carefully guarded from abuse.

Many of the children have shown such proficiency, and have
behaved so well, as to be recommended to situations.

An abstract will be found in the Appendix, showing the number
of the children admitted during the past year, with tneir place qf
birth, their ages, and other particulars.

In conclusion, the Committee are happy in being able to state, that
they have had every reason to be highly satisfied with the efficiency
of the Teachers and the Superintendent, to whom, under the blessing
of God, they attribute in a great measure the success of their first
year s trial. There is every encouragement to proceed in the good
work. Many are the instances of marked improvement wnich
might be adduced. The boy who had grown up in ignorance and
vice has become the apt scholar ; the little urchin who had been
early trained in importunate begging is now the quiet and docile
pupil ; the young thief, in place of being sent to prison, has been
taught in the school his duty to his fellow-men ; and the more har-
dened delinquent, who had been often convicted, and in whose
. features were portrayed the marks of vice, has been softened by
kind and gentle treatment, his countenance bespeaking the change
which has passed over him. These are not fancied cases ; they are
realities which can be pointed out to every visitor.

It has been peculiarly delightful in some instances to see the
mind which had been sunk in gross ignorance, and whose powers
had all been perverted to the worst ends, shaking off the darkness
which had brooded over it, rejoicing in hope, and opening to the
glorious light of Revelation. What more ennobling occupation than
to be instrumental in training such a mind into the paths of virtue,
in plucking it as a brand from the burning, and in seeing the once
degraded victim of Satan and sin, clothed and in his right mind,
sitting at the feet of Jesus ! This is the grand consummation of all
our wishes ; and well does it deserve our united and persevering ex-
ertions. One soul saved is of higher value than the whole world !

The Committee earnestly pray that the good seed sown may ere
long bring forth fruit abundantly, and that the schools of this Asso-
ciation may be the blessed means of turning many souls from dark-
ness into light, and of converting a moral wilderness into a garden
of the Lord.

An abstract of the accounts is appended to this Report ? from which
it will be seen that the current expenses of maintaining the schools
have amounted to £820. 10s. 6d. When it is considered that two „
of the schools have been open only a part of the year, one of them
only a few weeks, it will be obvious that the expense of the next
year will be much greater ; the Committee estimate it at one-half
more at least. On the other hand, the contributions entered as an-

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nual subscriptions amount only to £567. Is. 6d. It is confidently
hoped that much of what was bestowed last year as donations will
be continued annually, so as to enable the Committee, not merely to
sustain, but greatly to extend their operations.

Of the sums received as donations, the Committee felt that they
were not entitled to use the whole in the support of the schools, but
that a portion should be set aside as a reserve fund, to be used, if
necessary, for building. Should they receive the support from the pub-
lic which they confidently anticipate, and which will enable them to
carry out their scheme to its full extent, they will soon be called
upon to expend a portion of their funds in building one or more
schools ; in which case they have reason to hope, from the correspon-
dence they have already entered into with the Committee of Council
on Education, that they would receive a grant to assist them in the
erection of such schools. Under these circumstances they have con-
sidered it highly expedient to establish a reserve fund of £500 for
this object. What remains in the hands of the Treasurers and in
bank will not do much more than settle accounts still outstanding,
so that the schools depend entirely for their support upon the con-
tributions that are to be received this year.

Mr H. J. Robertson, Sheriff of Renfrewshire. — My Lord Duke,
and Christian friends, I rise to move the approval of the Report which
has just now been read. From the time when I first read Mr
Guthrie's heart-stirring " Plea for Ragged Schools," I have ever
taken a deep interest in them ; and up to the present hour my hopes
for their success have always been rising. The present Report only
deepens that interest, and adds to those hopes. Many of its topics
are cheering ; and if any farther encouragement were wanting, I
should find it in surveying this great meeting, in considering by
whom the chair is this, day filled, and in listening to the truly noble
sentiments by which the business of this meeting has been com-
menced. (Cheers.) Planted by Mr Guthrie in this city, these
schools have been watered by the contributions, the good wishes,
and the prayers of all denominations of Christians* They have
taken root kindly; they are making progress upward ; and already
give promise of precious fruit in due season. They have three cha-
racteristics to recommend them. In the first place, they deal with
youth and infancy. They seize the morning of life, when impres-
sions are easily made, and are like to be permanent. Then, again,
they take up those that have none to care for them. They interfere
with no legal guardianship, — they supersede no moral responsibility.

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Their pupils are they who must otherwise grow up either beggars or
thieves. Above all, they impart to these children of want and of
darkness, the treasures of heavenly wisdom, — the light of gospel
truth, in all its fullness. (Cheers.) They give them the Bible, — the
glorious Word of God, — full and free. What a combination is here !
Founded in love, attended with hope, they are calculated, under the
blessing of God, to lead directly to grace and peace. (Applause.)
The supply of their temporal wants is a beautiful union of one charity
with another. And what may not be expected from that union !
Even when the attendance is short or irregular, it is a step in a right
direction, — it is an exchange of light for darkness, — of kindness for
neglect, — of good instruction for evil example. (Applause.) Say
that a child attends but for a month or six weeks at our schools,
and is then drawn back into the darkness and misery of its former
life. Yet the remembrance of that short period will not fade from
that child's memory. It will remain a spot fresh and green, in its
sad experience of crime and of suffering. It will be the spring of
many thoughts : perhaps in sorrow or sickness it may be the point
of access to the heart for an arrow of the Spirit, and serve to raise
up the desire for better things, by associating in the mind of the out-
cast, the kindness by which its hunger was fed, with the Christian
anxiety which, at the same time, presented to its acceptance the
bread of life. (Cheers.) Or if the child remains for a longer period,
and, by an attendance of years, acquires habits of industry and of
cleanliness, — has its affections called out, — its respect for others
awakened, — how great may be the benefits to itself and to others !
The child of darkness may carry the light to others, — to its unna-
tural parents or its hardened associates ; and a ray may thus pene-
trate into recesses of crime otherwise inaccessible. (Applause.)
With these hopes and feelings I trust that this Report will be widely
disseminated ; and I therefore move, that it shall not only be approv-
ed, but printed and circulated. Mr Robertson concluded by moving
the following resolution: — "That the meeting approve of the Re-
port of the Committee, and direct it to be printed and circulated."

Mr Tvtler of Woodhouselee said, — My Lord Duke, and Ladies
and Gentlemen, I beg cordially to second the approval of the very
gratif} r ing Report which we have heard read, and of the resolution
proposed by Mr Robertson. It would be very unbecoming in me

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were I to take up the time of the meeting, either in recapitulating
anything which has been already stated, or in anticipating what the
meeting hare yet to hear from those who are to follow me, and who
are so much better entitled to occupy your attention. I would only
therefore beg to recommend, to any of those who have kindly con-
tributed their pecuniary aid to this excellent institution, but hare
not yet personally visited the schools themselves, that they would no
longer deny themselves the gratification they will experience in do-
ing so. It is indeed impossible to contrast the condition of these
poor children when they first entered the school, — the pallid, ema-
ciated, and unhealthy appearance of many of them, and their indif-
ferent, joyless, and even sullen expression of countenance,— with
their present healthful, happy, and contented appearance, — to see
the excellent system of training which is followed, the judicious al-
ternation of instruction with useful occupation and amusement, and
to observe the attention and emulation which these poor children
now exhibit, — without being satisfied that we are at least putting
them in the way, and giving them the fairest chance, of becoming
religious, moral, and useful members of society. We must all
lament, as has been feelingly remarked by our Noble Chairman, the
absence on this occasion of that most benevolent and distinguished
man, to whose eloquent and most Christian pleading in behalf of
these poor outcasts we owe the formation of this institution, and all
the benefits which have resulted from it. And when we know the
cause of that absence, we must still more deeply lament that his un-
wearied devotion to his extensive pastoral duties, and his exertions
in all the duties of universal benevolence, should at length have told
too severely upon a not over-robust frame, and that he should have
been obliged to seek, under a milder sky and in a temporary relaxa-
tion of his mental and bodily exertion, the restoration of that health
which he has perilled in his Master s cause. I am certain I do not
go beyond the feelings of the meeting when I say, that our warmest
wishes and prayers attend him, that it may please that Almighty
Being, whose he is, and whom he serves, to restore him in renovated
health to the scene of his labours, and that he may yet be spared for
many happy and useful years, to see the work of the Lord prospering
in his hands.

The motion was enthusiastically agreed to, as were also those sub-
sequently proposed.

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The Key. Jiy dmw Thomson said, be hoped, although be came be-
fore the meeting very unfit to address them, that bis presence would
be taken as an expression of bis deep interest in the Bagged School
scheme, and of his sincere gratification at the unequivocal indication
of the effects produced by them, given by the interesting Report just
TWA ; a&4 be joined most cordially with the gentlemen who had
preceded him, in expressing a wish that their esteemed friend Mr
Guthrie,—- whose praise was in all the Churches, — who occupied the
enviable position — would he call it ? — pf having risen in the eyes of
different denominations above the particular section of the Church
with which he stood connected,— had been present amongst them,
bptb that Jhey might have been once more revived by bis peculiar,
picturesque, spirit-stirring eloquence, so natural, and so mighty in
its very naturalness ; and he still more wished that his friend had
been present, that he might have had the gratification of bearing
stated the result of the Bagged School scheme, so far as it had air
ready gone. He (Mr Thomson) confessed that he would rather
have his name identified with the foundation of the Bagged Schools,
than have it sounded as the leader in a great battle-field, leading
thousands on to victory. But the work had only yet been begun.
It had been begun most auspiciously indeed, but it had only been
begun. He wished them to keep this fact in mind; and he
thought the appearance of the present audience offered pledge and
token that the scheme would not only be continued, but extended
far and wide. (Cheers.) They ought to feel that, so lopg as there
was a single outcast child in Edinburgh, — so long as there was,
in the picturesque language of Mr Guthrie, a single Arab or cast-
away,-— their work was not altogether accomplished: nay, they
should feel that they were bound to some extent, having taken the
initiative in this great cause, to extend the influence of it to every
large city in Scotland, and even in England, until we have gathered
every wanderer within the benign embrace of some such institution.
What has been proving so good for Edinburgh and Aberdeen, was
good for every large town in the country. (Cheers.) There was
one thing which gratified him exceedingly, and that was, that cer-
tain fallacies that had prevailed for a considerable period on the
subject of education were now being dissipated. There was one
fallacy which had exerted a most injurious influence, and that was,
the idea which prevailed that education, especially in the younger

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years of a child, was principally to be confined to the intellect, and
that it had very little connection with the individual's moral nature*
Thig was a great mistake, and it was pleasing to think that the
Ragged School system, and other such systems, were speedily dis-
sipating it. It was not even possible that the education of an in*
dividual could be confined to his intellect If they did not rightly
educate him morally, he was sure to be wrongly educated morally.
(Hear, hear.) In the wider and juster sense of the expression, there
was no such thing as an uneducated child. The true view of the
matter was, that everything that a child heard and saw was part
of his education,— everything, especially, done within his own do*
mestic circle,— everything, in fact, which could make a moral im-
pression on the child's mind : the spectacle of a drunken father,—
the still more revolting spectacle of a drunken mother,— the hearing
of licentious or profane expressions,— the acts of pilfering of which
he was cognizant, and in which he might come to share,— all was
education,— education in its most important sense, — the education
of his moral nature. In the "Arabs" of Edinburgh, the process
of moral petrifaction was going on from their earliest years ; and
ere they had reached manhood or womanhood, the maturity of
their wickedness was often desperate and revolting. New it was
one great excellence of the Ragged School, that, to some extent, it
provided a home for the child, — a school for his affections,-— carried
him forth from the midst of those intensely vitiating circumstances
with which he was surrounded at his own fire-side,— -if he even had
a fire-side, — and placed him in the midst of virtuous restraints and
kindly and genial influences. And to his mind it was the crown*
ing excellence of those Ragged Schools which had brought them
together to-day, that they employed, as the great instrument of the
children's moral training, God's instrument of moral training, — that
the whole system was pervaded and hallowed by the Word of God
and prayer. He had no confidence in a system that looked askance
at the Bible, — that almost treated it as if it were in the way, and
as if men could get on well enough without it in training and re*.
forming the young. A Ragged School without a Bible was like
the tabernacle without the ark, or like the porch of Siloam without
the pool of healing. (Cheers.) It was undeniable, whoever was
to blame for it, that a certain portion of society had fallen below the
reach df our various Christian and philanthropic institutions. Good

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had been done by the Sabbath School, — incalculable good; but
there was a stratum of society so low and difficult to reach, that
even the best of our older institutions had failed in bringing them
within the range of a rigorous and systematic agency. Some new
expedient was needed for getting down to the lowest stratum of so-
ciety, and acting on it with an elevating and transforming power.
The Ragged School was that expedient. It might be considered
to bear the same relation to the Sabbath School that the subsoil
plough bears to the common plough. (Hear, hear.) It brought
the lowest portion of the soil to the surface, and exposed it to
the influence of sunny breezes and genial dews. (Loud cheers.)
When seasons of great social excitement came, such as that which
had just been passing oyer Continental Europe, we behold a new
argument for the Bagged School. In the riots and plunder which
had lately disturbed Glasgow, it was found that the majority of the
rioters were totally uneducated. But the spirit of riot and violence
was by no means general in Britain. And why was it that, while
almost every throne in Continental Europe had been shaken, the
throne of their own Queen had been standing comparatively stable ?
If they had experienced something of the influence of the move-
ments on the Continent, which had upset thrones and dynasties, old
by many hundreds of years, they had only felt the last faint ripple
of the revolutionary wave. And to what did they mainly owe this ?
He believed that they owed it, under God, above all to the pervading
intelligence and Christian principle of the larger sections of British
society. And in this also lay his hopes for the future. If Great
Britain could only command an aristocracy animated by something
of the spirit which had been breathed by the distinguished nobleman
who had presided on this occasion — (cheers) — they had reason to
hope for the permanent peace and prosperity of the country — (hear,
hear). And they would allow him to add, that the interest mani-
fested throughout Scotland, and by no means unequivocally mani-
fested throughout England, in the great cause of the Sabbath, was
another delightful token for good. (Cheers.) It was one of the
most interesting facts that had come under his notice for many
a day, — a fact full of meaning and encouragement, — that for the
prize essay lately advertised on the Sabbath question, nearly a
thousand workmen had become competitors. (Cheers.) Here,
then, was another token for good. And, last of all, he found in

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such institutions as the Ragged Schools of Edinburgh, another
rare and certain token that Great Britain was not destined to be
shaken or broken to pieces in the midst of the general commo-
tion. (Applause.) These were the true Conservative elements
of society. Experience had lately shown us anew, that when men
rise in great multitudes for purposes of plunder and disorder, the
restraints of police and military are not sufficient. They might
check the individual for the time, but they left him as they found
him, nay, exasperated by the very restraints imposed on him, — more
ready for riot and plunder than ever, when favouring circumstances
occurred. We want something that shall not merely chain the man,
but change him. We want an influence that will not merely bind
the demoniac, but expel the demon. But the demon laughed at
the mere expedients of police, or the manipulations of phrenology,
or the influences of a merely secular education. Its language was,
" Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye ?" The Bible,
-—the voice of Jesus,-— is the great exorcising power. The late
Sheriff Speirs had once said, in one of those noble sentences whose
truth and compactness almost give them wings,-— "One Bible is
worth a thousand penal statutes, and one missionary is worth a
legion of policemen." I would take the liberty of adding, that one
Bagged School is worth many jails. The jail only chains the
tiger ; — the Ragged School takes the tiger, and changes him into a
lamb. The reverend gentleman, after proposing the following reso-
lution, sat down amidst loud applause : — " That in the present con-
dition of the population of this country, especially in the large towns,
such institutions as the Industrial Schools of the Association, by
which a sound education, founded upon the Bible, is brought to bear
upon the lowest classes of the community, are of vital and urgent
importance."

The Hon. B. Primrose seconded the motion.

Dr Candlish said, — The resolution which has been put into my
hands is as follows : — " That this meeting rejoice in the success of
the schools of the Association, which provide for so many children
in this city, entirely beyond the scope of the ordinary parochial, con-
gregational, or other local schools for the poor; and cordially recom-
mend to the support and sympathy of the public an institution so

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Well fitted, with the blessing of God, to produce the best and hap-
piest results." I feel that it is altogether unnecessary to detain the
meeting at any length. I rather appear here, if you will allow ta#
to say so, as representing my friend and brother whose absence hasp
been so often referred to to-day ; and I am sure I only do him
justice when I say in his behalf, that his heart must be eheered, en-
couraged, and refreshed, when the doings of this meeting are com-
municated to him. I feel satisfied that his bodily and mental health
will be the better for reading the report of this great meeting. He
rejoiced that the voice which he uttered, — the seasonable and salu-
tary tone of warning which he gave forth, — has issued in the estab-
lishment of these schools, and in this token of public interest lit
them. The motion congratulates the Association on the success of
the scheme. It may seem premature to boast of success, — ft may
seem premature even decidedly to pronounce an opinion as to the
measure of success which has attended it, the experiment being in
operation only for a brief time. We must allow that the plan must
be tested by longer experience ; but we hare heard enough in the
Report submitted to the meeting to encourage us, to make us thank
God, and to take courage to go forward. (Hear, hear.) I know
not how many of our friends here will comply with the invitation
which has been given to visit these schools. Perhaps, were they to
Send a deputation, rather than go in a body, the schools might be
preserved in better order. At all events, I am sure I can confirm,-
by personal observation, the remark which has been made, thai the
countenances of the children at these schools already indicate a
healthful tone, a cheerful and joyous spirit, and a spirit of perfect
Order, tranquillity, and decorum. (Cheers.) I rejoice in the testi-
inony borrte to the diminution of imprisonment and punishment ill
the case of the young, — I rejoice to think, that now, to a large ex-
tent, the school is substituted for the prison — (renewed cheers), —
I rejoice to anticipate the result which a few snort years' will, I
hope, bring about, — the result, namely, that juvenile punishment
will altogether cease to form a part of the proceedings of our courts.
(Hear, hear.) Punishment must be inflicted with reluctance by a
parental Government, and its agents the Judges; and especially
in the case of juvenile offenders, one would almost question the le*
gitimacy of any other kind of punishment than simply correction,
discipline, and reformation. The resolution points to a feature m

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these Ragged Schools, which may go far to eommend them to the
confidence of the Christian public, — the feature, namely, that they
do not interfere with any other machinery that is in operation for
benefiting the people — (hear, hear) — and, in -particular, that they
are carefully conducted upon the principle of touching as little as
possible, — or rather not touching in any case at all, — the legal or
the moral responsibilities of parents and guardians. I am sure that
none of us, however earnestly we might contend for the keeping up
and extension of these Ragged Schools, will ever plead for them as
the panacea fbr all the ills of society. For my own part, I look upon
the necessity that exists for these schools as the greatest possible na-
tional calamity; and I regard them very much in the light of a ne-
cessary evil, — an evil the necessity fbr which has arisen from cen-
turies of neglect, and from that apathy which has lowered the po-
pulation of the country far below the ordinary and stated means of
religious and moral education. (Applause.) In saying this, am I
at all underrating the value of these schools? Quite the reverse;
I am simply assigning to them their proper place, and rejoicing in
them as a step in the right direction, — shall I call it a step in the
way of removing and repairing the neglect of former generations*
and preparing the way for a return to a sounder and healthier state
of things ? (Hear, hear.) Can any one deny that the right con-
stitution of society is such as not to admit of the necessity of such
institutions as Ragged Schools ? and can any One advocate the cause
of these Ragged Schools otherwise than with the earnest hopg and
the fervent prayer, that by means of this very success they may soon
destroy the very necessity that exists for them. (Applause.) Ill
this view I can most cordially and earnestly go along with all that;
has been said in favour of the system of Ragged Schools. I look
upon the system as one that is rendered necessary by the condition
of society. I look also upon it as a System which, if right means bo
employed, and if Ragged Schools be not trusted to its all fa all, and
if other means be used, will Soon render itself unnecessary; and,
moreover, I look Upon it aS a system which, in the manner hi which
the schools are conducted by the Association, is conducted with per-
fect safety, without interfering with any of the othef means fbr am**
liof ating the condition of mankind. One cannot but See that the
Ragged School system is one attended with some little danger of be-
ing abused. It were indeed an abuse of the Ragged School system*

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if it were to interfere either, on the one hand, with the efforts of
private and the ordinary means of education for the people, or, on
the other, with the moral and legal responsibilities of parents and
guardians in the land. But I understand, and I know, that it is
one main object of the managers of these Ragged Schools to keep
them as far as possible apart from the ordinary means of education,
and to do nothing that has a tendency to relieve parents and guar-
dians either of their moral or legal responsibility; (Hear, hear.) I
hold that the safety of such schools consists in their being kept
totally separate and apart from ordinary educational institutes, as
was done by this Association. I should regret from the bottom of
my heart to see. the system of Ragged Schools carried out otherwise
than as distinct and separate institutions. I hope that we shall not
see the day when there will be a mixing up of the principle of Ragged
or Industrial Schools with the ordinary schools of the community.
I hope that we shall not see the day when in the ordinary schools of
the community it shall be deemed necessary to win the attendance
of scholars by providing them with meat and clothing. Keep these
Ragged Schools, as this Association does, clear and clean separate
from all other educational institutes, — refuse to receive, as the As-
sociation refuses to receive, the children that are or may by possi-
bility be attending your other schools in the community, — refuse to
relieve parents and guardians of their moral and legal responsibility,
— and you have these Ragged Schools dealing with a definite class of
the community, — with a definite class of children, — simply those
that would, but for these Ragged Schools, be living either by stealing
or by begging. It is for these children alone that Ragged Schools
are intended. If this principle be sacredly regarded in practice in
Ragged Schools, as this Association has attempted to do, we cannot
but entertain the hope that, rescuing from the street those who
through a sort of necessity, one would almost say, are driven to steal
or beg, and bringing them under the influence of a sound religious
education, you do what in you lies to diminish yearly the class on
whose behalf the schools were instituted. It has been already
stated, that these Ragged Schools are necessary in Edinburgh only
for a certain definite class, who can almost be numbered. I think I
heard the number already stated as somewhere about two thousand.
In respect of the number, therefore, of the objects, you may regard
the schools as limited ; and I trust from the bottom of my heart that

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they will also be limited in respect of the period during which their
existence will be necessary. (Applause.) Say I this to discourage
in the least the extension of these schools ? The very reverse. We
must overtake the whole of the two thousand before we can dream
that we hare reached the root of the evil. It is only when we have
provided substantial schools of this sort for the whole of these two
thousand children, who would otherwise be begging or stealing, that
we can begin to cherish the hope that we are in the way of reducing
the necessity. (Hear.) The necessity exists not only for keeping up
the present schools, but for doubling, trebling, and even quadrupling
the number of them. That necessity exists ; and it is only when
this Christian community shall have thoroughly taken the whole of
the two thousand children off the streets, and brought them within
these blessed schools, — it is only then that you will have the ma-
chinery in operation that tends to cut off the source of the disease,
and gradually but effectually to render Ragged Schools for generations
to come unnecessary. (Great applause.) I feel that it is scarcely
needful to add another word. Let me just express this single
thought, as your Lordship has so well put it with such solemnity,
--and I cannot deny myself the satisfaction, or rather I cannot avoid
discharging the duty, of expressing the strong feeling with which I
concur in the remarks made by a previous speaker, that the safety
of the commonwealth required such an aristocracy as we now have
in the representative beside us — (renewed applause) — let me just
express this single thought ; — if troublous times are at hand,-— if
dark clouds are hanging over us, — if there be a spirit abroad which
a single spark might kindle, — it is some consolation to reflect, — it
gives me some measure of hope to think, — that this happened when
the community, the Christian community, of all classes, have not
merely been guilty of great neglect, but have been beginning to re-
pent of that neglect. (Hear, hear.) I rejoice to think that these
Ragged Schools, and other similar Christian efforts, do not take their
rise under the pressure of mere necessity. I rejoice to think that it
is not the mere rumour of rebellion,-— that it is not the mere rumour
of war, — that it is not riots in our streets,— which originated these
institutions ; but that they were originated before any revolutionary
or warlike sound was heard, and that they took their rise in the
conviction growing on the public mind, that not only had a great sin
been committed, but that that sin must be repented of. (Loud

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cheers.) I look upon the benevolent undertakings of the present
age, haying in view the amelioration of the condition of the humbler
classes, — I look upon such efforts as those that may be said in Eng-
land to be represented by that most philanthropic nobleman Lord
Ashley — (applause) — and, I trust, that will henceforth be repre-
sented in Scotland by the Duke of Argyll — (renewed applause)— I
look upon such movements for the amelioration of all classes at
tokens for good, mainly because they are signs and tokens of repent-
ance. I say not this under the conviction that an apprehension of
coming judgments on that account should be less. On the very
contrary, it is often upon a repentant people that God sendeth chas-
tisement Chastisements, and not judgments, — and I trust this
country of ours, however chastened, will not ultimately be judged, —
oftenest come upon a repentant people ; and I rejoice to think that
all classes of the community have been in an attitude of repenting of
sin, and repairing the evil, before these troublous times come upon
the earth. These Ragged Schools, and all the other efforts which are
making just now to spread education among the people, are only scanty
and meagre fruits of repentance. " Let us bring forth fruits meet for
repentance." What is the great and crying evil of this our day,—
the great and crying sore of society, — but that sore which Ragged
Schools and other similar institutions rather indicate than remove ?
What is it but the wide gulf of separation between the upper and
ldwer classes of the community ? (Hear, hear.) We have been
drawing off from our brethren in the humbler classes ; and there is
a wide distance between the upper and lower classes ; and by the
Upper classes I mean all who compose such a meeting ad this. This
is the growing sin, — the growing evil,— of our da f ; and I will jtotf
take leave to say, that it may be very well to support these Ragged
Schools, and other similar institutions ; but if the better classes would
really repent of their sin thoroughly, — if thfcy would really seek W
repair the evil, — they ittUst do a great deal more, — they must thtow
themselves, soul, body, and spirit, into communion and fellowship
With the humbler classes, — they must make a bridge ovet the wide
gulf between them and thfe other classes of the community. (Ap-
plause.) We must go anictog the outcast of the people,— we must
descend to the Cowgaterf, to the lanes and streets of the city,— we
must go out and compel them, by Christian persuasion, to come in
with us into the kingdom of our God. (Renewed applause.) I will

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jttst make another reference to what has been already said as to visit-
ing these schools. I would rejoice if the Christian men and Chris-
tian women of this assembly would not merely go and see the chil-
dren in their Bagged School, but if, when they so yisit them, they
could possibly take them out of the school. I would rejoice if phi-
lanthropic and Christian men and women were to go to search out
children from these schools, and were to rescue them from the
wretched hovels where they can scarcely be said to sleep. I would
rejoice if, not content with seeing these children in the Ragged
Schools, our philanthropists Were to spare no means and no ex-
penses to get the children So rested, if possible, into 4 better and
more wholesome atmosphere. The air of the Ragged School is a
blessed and Serene one when compared with the oaths and cursing
of a drunken household ; but Still I would fain have them removed
elsewhere,— I would fain hare those who are really interested in
these Ragged Schools, looking into and examining die case of each
particular girl and boy, and devising means for having the best of
them weeded out from the Ragged School, and placed in circum-
stances where they would hare a better chance than these schools
afforded, for making them respectable and useful members of the
community. It may be thought by some that I am underrating,
undervaluing, and discouraging these schools. This is far from my
Intention. I plead for their true value to be this,— that they raise
from the gulf of utter and hopeless rain, to a platform where there
is at least a possibility of salvation, some of the two thousand out--
cast children of the city. But we ought never to forget, that it is a
low platform after all. No one Would say that these Ragged Schools
would suffer by such a weeding out. On the contrary, their highest
end would be attained, — their highest object would be reached ; and
the children would be placed on a [ latform where there was more
possibility of their restoration to social and civilized life, and of their
being really brought back to the bosom of society ; and they would
be put in the right way for serving their country and for serving
their God. With these views I commend these Ragged Schools,
on rational and Scriptural grounds, to the countenance and support
of all the people of God. (The reverend Doctor resumed his seat
amid great applause.)

Professor More seconded the resolution.

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The following resolution was proposed by the Rev. Dr Alrxandkr,
and seconded by Walter Cook, Esq. W.S. : — " That his Grace
the Duke of Argyll, and Charles Cowan, Esq. M.P., be added to
the patrons of the Association ; and that the General and Acting
Committee be re-appointed for the following year, the vacancies
which have occurred being filled up by the following gentlemen, viz.
— -In the General Committee — The Rev. Dr Grant; the Rev. A.
Thomson ; Alex. Earle Monteith, Esq. ; David Mylne, Esq. ; Pro-
fessor More ; Rev. John Sym ; Robert Christie, Esq. ; Alexander
Gordon, Esq.; and in the Acting Committee — Dr George Bell;
Alexander Campbell, Esq. ; Dandeson C. Bell, Esq.

It was moved by the Rev. D. T. K. Drummond, and seconded
by Dr R. K. Greville,— " That the following shall be rules of the
Association: — 1. That ten vacancies in the General Committee and
five vacancies in the Acting Committee shall be made every year, — •
including those caused by death or resignation: That the retiring
members shall be those at the head of the roll, and shall be eligible
for re-election. 2. That the appointment of office-bearers shall be
made by the Acting Committee, subject to the approval of the
General Committee."

Sir Andrew Agnew proposed a vote of thanks to his Grace the
Duke of Argyll, for the manner in which he had discharged the
duties of Chairman, which was enthusiastically responded to.

The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Dr Makellar ;
and the meeting then separated.

APPENDIX.

No. I.

Abstract of the Account* of the Edinburgh Original Ragged or In-
dustrial School Association, from the commencement to the Z\st
March 1848.

KZCE1VED.

1. Annual Subscriptions . . £567 1 6

2. Donations .... 1304 9 2

£1871 10 8

3. Special Donations to Fund for Clothing and Baths . 134 6

4. Proceeds of Work done in Schools . . 14 13* 14

5. Received for Board and Lodging for certain of the Children 8 17 7(

6. Interest on Bank Account to 31st July 1847 . . 29 4 6

7. Incidents . . . . • • 4 5

Total sum received

£2062 6 10

PAID.

1. Preliminary Expenses of Association, viz., of Public

Meetings, Advertising, Printing, &c.

2. Expense of repairing, altering, and fitting up premises

in Castlehill and Ramsay Lane, for Schools

3. Furniture for Schools ....

4. Current Expenses of maintaining 8chooIs, viz.,

1. Rent, gas, insurance, &c. . £20 5 8

2. Salaries of Teachers, Inspector, Su-

perintendents, Cook, &c. • 251 12 3

3. Provisions . . . 411 10

4. Fire, Light, Medicines, Ac. . 54 14 6

5. Lodgings of homeless Children ♦ 36 3 4

6. Clothing and repairs . . 22 16 7

7. Industrial materials and other furnishings 23 8 2

Total . . . —

Carry forward, . .

£122 8 5

237 15
45 10

820 10 6
£1226" 4 4

30

Brought forward, . £1226 4 4

5. Payments out of special Fond for Clothing and Baths 125 13 11

6. Allowance to Collectors . . . . 26 13

7. Incidents . . . . . . 1 12

8. Sum set apart as a special Reserve or Building Fund 500

Total payments .... £1880 3 3

9. Balance,— in Bank . . . £150 16 10

in Treasurers' hands . 14 7 3

~ in Inspector's hands . 8 12 11

of Special Fund for Clothing and

Baths . . . 8 6 7

182 3 7

Sum equal to the amount received . £2062 6 10

Geo*«e Dujtcax, > T . . „
Robert Bwpit; 1 '«*■***•""".

Certified by Robert Christie, Auditor.

^ I P.M'i' 1 .'." !

No. II.

Abstract showing the Number and Circumstances of the Children
admitted to the Schools, 31*1 March 1848.

Total number of children admitted since the open-
ing of the Schools ....

Of whom, born in Scotland
~ in England

~ in Ireland

Total as above

Number above ten years of age
Number under ten years of age

Total as above

Number that have died

Number that have gone home to Ireland

Number that have left, or been discharged

as not fit objects
Number that have found employment .
Number that have removed to a higher

class of schools
Number on the roll at 31st March 1848,

- Total as above

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

310

199

509

186

11

113

82

2

115

268

13

228

-

■ -

.

310

199

509

161
149

118
81

279
230

■.. -'■

. — ..»..

.... p

310

199

509

9
3

7
4

16

7

119
21

54
14

173
35

5
153

8
112

13
265

310

199

509

81

The number on the roll at this date are distributed as follows : —

In tbe Boys' School . . . , . 105

In the Girls' School ..... 90

In the Juvenile School (under ten years of age) . 70

•265
Of those on the roll at this date there are, —

Police cases, t. e. children ascertained to have once Qf
oftener passed through the Police Courts . . 78

Note. — Of these, 18 are under 10 years of age.
Children with both parents dead . , . 20

Children with one parent dead . , . . 118

Children deserted by parents .... 24

Children that could not read the alphabet on entering the School :—
In the Boys' School . . . . 40

In the Girls' School .... 29

And nearly all in the Juvenile School.

No. III.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS.

It if repte$ted thai any omiitiqns or errort that may 64 found in the following lutt
may be immediately intimated to the Treasurer*.

A. B. 9. 44, Melville Street .

A.H. ....

Abtrcrombie, Misses, York Place

Adam, James, Esq.

Adam, Walter, Esq. 39, George Square

Aikman, Miss, 94, Lauriston Place

Ainslie, Hon. Mrs

Aitchison, Miss, 16, Windsor Street .

Aitken, Richard, Esq. Trinity

Aitken, Miss, Edinburgh Prison

Alexander, Messrs J. & J., Lauriston Place

Alexander, Rev. Dr W. L.

Alexander, Rev. Mr, for boy John Christie

Alison, Dr, Heriot Row

Alison, Miss ....

Allan, Sir William

Allan, Mrs, 24, Windsor Street

Allan, Miss, Southfield

Allan, Miss M., 4, Hillside Crescent .

Allan, Miss, 4, Hillside Crescent

Allardice & Sclanders, Messrs

Ailardice, David, Esq. . . •

Allester, David, Esq. 9, London Street

Alison, Alexander, Esq. 22, Moray Place

Allison, Miss

Annual.

Donation*.

£1

£0 5

10

5 5
10

2

6

1

5

P 10

1 1
7 6

10 6

1 1

5

10

5

5

2 2

10

1 6

10

1 1

1

32

10
5

3

Anderson, Adam, Esq. 98, George Street

Anderson, Archibald, Esq.

Anderson, C. Esq.

Anderson, D. Esq.

Anderson, John, Esq. 109, George Street £0 5

Anderson, John, jun. Esq. 31, St Bernard's Crescent 5

Anderson, T. 8. Esq., for himself

Ditto for Lady

Anderson, Mrs, Viewforth
Anderson, Mrs, 4, Salisbury Road
Anderson, Miss, Atholl Crescent
Anderson, Miss
Anonymous, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Ditto ditto

Ditto ditto

Anonymous

Anonymous from Constantinople
Anstruther, Sir R.
Arbuthnot, Sir R.
Arbuthnot, Lady

Arbuthnot, Mrs Carnegy, 18, Royal Terrace
Arnot, James, Esq. 5, Wemyss Place
Arnot, Misses

Arrol, Mrs, Frederick Street
Argyll, Duke of
Argyll, Duchess of
Aytoun, Mrs, Fettes Row

B., per Rev. Dr Gordon

B.G.

B.J. .

B. J. • • •

B. M., 7, Hamilton Place

B. R., 3, West Newington Place

Baildon, H. C. Esq. Prince's Street

Baildon, Mrs, Prince's Street

Bailey, William, Esq. Portobello

Baillie, George, Esq. H.E.I.CS.

Baillie, R. G. Esq. 17, Walker Street

Baird, J. W. Esq. 4, Drummond Place

Baird, V. C. Esq. Prince's Street

Baird, Mrs, 20, Warriston Crescent .

Balcarron, Robert, Esq. 19, Nicolson Street

Balfour, Dr J. G., London

Balfour, James, Esq. Wine Company .

Balfour, Professor

Balfour, Robert, Esq. 19, St Andrew Square

Ballantine & Allan, painters, being discount

from their account
Ballantine, George, Esq. 6, Lauriston Lane
Barclay, Miss, 7, Carlton Terrace
Barron, George, Esq. W. S.
Barron, John, Esq. 67, Great King Street
Barry, J. H. Esq. 70, Queen Street
Baxter, Mrs, 1, Moray Place
Bayley, J. Esq. 13, Regent Terrace .

10
5 5

10

1 1

10
10
5

10 6

10 6
10

£2 2

5

10

1 1

2

1 o

5

5

20
10
5
10
2 18
5

10
1

1
1

10

10

5

2 6

2 6
2 6
2 6

1

2

1

16
5

10

Annual.
Beattie, Messrs & Sons, Bread Street .
Begg, Rev. Dr, 15, Minto Street

Beilby, Dr . . . . .£100

Belfrage, W., Esq. 75, George Street . 10 6

Bell, Alexander, Esq. 12, India Street

Bell, Benjamin, Esq. 120, George Street . 10

Bell, D. C, Esq. 7, Darnaway Street . 2

Bell, Master John A. 12, India Street
Bell, Hugh C, Esq. 12, India Street .

Bell, John Beatson, Esq. 20, Great King Street 10

Bell, John, Esq. 81, Great King Street
Bell, J. M., Esq. 4, Forres Street . . 10

Bell, Mrs, York Place ....
Bell, Miss Margaret, 12, India Street .
Bertram, Mrs, Liberton . .

Biggar, Mrs, sen., 15, Glaremont Crescent . 5

Black, Adam, Esq. Drummond Place . 110

Black, Alexander, Esq. . . 10 6

Black, D. M., Esq. St Andrew Square
Blackadder, James, Esq. 34, Abercromby Place 10
Blackwood, T. Esq. . . . . 10 6

Blair, Hugh, Esq. WJ3. . . . 110

Blair, Wm., Esq. 1, Walker Street .
Blair, Miss H. .

Blair, Miss H. Torphichen Street

Boag, James, Esq. 20, Windsor Street • 5

Bonar, Archibald, Esq. . . . 10 6

Bonar, William, Esq. Warriston . . 5

Boog & Rogers, Messrs, 80, Prince's Street . 10

Boogie, , Esq. Rufford Hall

Borthwick, James, Esq. 14, Claremont Crescent 5
Boston Church Sabbath School, Dunse,per Rev.

T.W.Brown
Bowie, John, Esq. W.S. . . . 10

Box, Fine, Ramsay Lodge

Boyd, , Esq. of Broadmeadows .

Boyd, John, Esq. 2, York Place

Brett, C, Hiq. •

Brisbane, Sir Thomas and Lady

Brodie, J. C, Esq. W.S . 2 2

Brodie, Miss, 22, Royal Terrace . . 10

Broughton Place Juvenile Missionary Society

Brown, Rev. C. 19, George Square . . 5

Brown, J. T., Esq. 7, Upper Grey Street

Brown, Thomas, Esq. Gayfield Square . 110

Brown, Mrs, 19, Regent Terrace • . 5

Brown, Mrs, 18, St Patrick Square •

Brown, Miss, Lanfme . . • . 3

Brown, Miss, Melville Street . . . 10

Bruce, G. C, Esq. 39, Melville Street

Bruce, John. Esq. Abbotsmeadow

Bruce, John, Esq.

Bruce, John, Esq. 59, York Place , . 5

Bruce, , Esq. 39, Melville Street .

Brunton, William, Esq. 40, George Square

c

Donation*,

£5

10

1

7 6
2 6

10

2 6

2 6

10

5

5
2
10

2

18 5

3 3
5

10

5 5
20

10

1
10

34

Brunton, Miss, 19, Warriston Crescent
Bryce, David, Esq. 131, George Street
Bryce, W., Esq. 12, Carlton Terrace .
Bryce, Mrs, 19, Dean Terrace]
Bryson, Robert, Esq. sen. Prince's Street
Buckmaster, Thomas, Esq. George Street
Burge, William, Esq. 10, North Bridge
Burgess, James, Esq. 3, Hunter Square
Burke, Francis, Esq. 40, York Place »
Burnet, Captain, Monboddo
Burnet, Mrs, 4, Moray Place .
Burn, R., Esq. W.S. 3, Archibald Place
Burns, Thomas C, Esq. George Square
Burns, T. Esq. George Square
Burton, J. H., Esq. .

CD

Cadell, Lieutenant-Colonel . »

Cadell, John, Esq. 20, Picardy Place
Cadell, Miss, 3, Torphichen Street »
Caithness, Countess Dowager of
Callender, A., Esq. 27, Upper Grey Street
Cameron, Charles, Esq. 9, Coates Crescent
Campbell, Alexander, Esq. 6, Charlotte Square
Campbell, Arthur, Esq. 3, Drummond Place
Campbell, Rev. George O. 26, Buccleuch Place
Campbell, J. A., Esq. Albyn Place
Campbell, J. Esq. Newington .
Campbell, N. C ? Esq. .
Campbell, William, jun., Esq. WJ3. .
Campbell, Right Hon. Lady Emma
Campbell, Mrs Dr, and Family
Campbell, Miss, 35, Heriot Row
Campbell, Miss, 8, Heriot Row
Campbell, Miss, 117, Prince's Street .
Campbell, Miss, 48, Ann Street
Campbell, Miss

Campbell, Miss Marion, 35, Heriot Row
Carlton, F., Esq. . .

Carment, J., Esq. . . * .

Carmichael, Miss . . .

Carnegie, Captain, 7> Atholl Crescent
Carnegie, Misses
Carphin, Mrs, 8, Salisbury Road
Cathcart, James, Esq. 17, Great King Street
Cattanach, William, jun. College Street
Cay, Miss Dundas, Hong Kong, per Rev. Mr
' Chalmers, Mrs Dr .

Chalmers, Mrs William
Chaplin, Thomas Robertson, Esq. 11, Glo'ster
Charteris, Honourable Ladies .

Cheape, Mrs, 31, George Square
Cheyne, Henry, Esq. 6, Royal Terrace
Chiene, Patrick, Esq. Abercromby fclace
Children, Two . .

Christie, Alexander, Esq.

Annual.
£0 5
10
5

10
2

10
2
10

2 2

110

2 2

5

Guthrie

Place 2 2

10

Donations.

£0 2 6
5

2
1 O
10 O

110
1 10 O
10 O

5

2 2
1

5

5

15

5

5

1

10

5 5

5

2 6

2
2

30

2 6

35

Christie, Messrs John and Son, George Street

Christie, Robert, Esq. 26, St Andrew Square

Christie, R., Esq.

Christie, Mrs John

Churchman, An Established .

Clapperton, A., Esq.

Clapperton, Thomas, Esq.

Clark, Mrs

Clarke, Robert, Esq. 31 Hanover Street

Clay, Rev. J. Hill, Burton-on-Trent

Clephan, Captain, R.N. Minto Street

Clouston, R. C. Esq. Queen Street

Cockburn, G. F., Esq. B.C.S.

Cogan, Miss, Maitland Street

Compton, Thomas, Esq. Holland Lodge

Constable, Thomas, Esq. Thistle Street

Cook, Alexander, S., Esq. 3, Darnaway Street

Cook, John, Esq. W.S., Great King Street

Cook, Walter, Esq. W.S., Drummond Place

Cooper, Messrs J. & Co. 2, South Bridge

Cooper, Mr, 10, George Street

Cormack, David, Esq. 24, Nelson Street

Cornwall, James, Esq. 4, Belle vue Terrace

Corrie, Thomas, Esq.

Cotton, William, Esq. Prince's Street

Cousin, David, Esq, 17, George Street

Cousin, Mrs . . . .

Coutts, Mrs, Bruntsfield Place

Cowan, C, Esq. 287, High Street

Cowan, D., Esq. 49, York Place

Cowan, John, Esq. advocate .

Cowan, William, Esq. silk-mercer

Cowan, Messrs, 17, Prince's Street

Cowan, Rachel, Lawnmarket

Crabbie, Henry, Esq.

Craig, Alexander, & Co. South Bridge

Craig, James G., Esq.

Craig, , Esq. 6, Carlton Street

Craigie, Henry, Esq. W.S. . .
Craigie, Mrs L.

Craigie, Mrs and Misses, Dunbarnie
Crawford, Rev. Dr, Northumberland Street
Craufurd, James, Esq.

Crichton, , Esq. 12, Dean Terrace

Crichton, Hew, Esq. 13, Nelson Street

Crichton, Mrs Colonel, 2, Eyre Place

Crichton, Mrs

Croall, William, Esq. York Place

Crombie, John, Esq. 90, Lauriston

Crosbie, George, Esq.

Crosbie, Miss, 19, Walker Street

Cruickshank, George, Esq.

Crnickshank, Miss, Meadowside

Cullen, Miss, 8, Dublin Street

Cumming, James, Esq. British Linen Company

Annual.

£0 10 6

5 6

5
1 1

1 1

Donations.

5 5

1

2
2
5

10
3 17
10

10

1

10

1

2 €

5 5
10

1 1

2 2

1

5

10 6

2 6

5

£1

1

1

2 6
1

3

3

10

1 1
1
2

2 6

2 6

1 1

5

I
I

3

5
10

2 6

2 6

2 6

10

5

5

2 6
4

2 6

10
6

15

36

Ar.ni'al. Douationf.

dimming, Mrs E. Cheltenham • • £2

Cuuninghame, C.,Esq.W\S. . . £0 10

Cunninghame, James, Esq. W.S, for himself and

Lady 10

Cunningham, Lord .... 600

Cunningham, Rev. Dr, 17, Salisbury Road 2 6

Cuthbertson, Miss .... 026

D. Mrs, 2, Hamilton Place ... 010

D.W.

Dalgleish, John, Esq. 1, Park Place

Dalmahoy, P., Esq. ....

Dalzell, George, Esq. W.8. .

Dalzell, J. A., Esq. Whitehouse

Dalziell, Major ....

Dalziell, Miss ....

Darling, William, Esq. South Bridge .

Davenport, Mrs ....

Davidson, H., Esq., per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Davidson, Robert, Esq. 28, York Place

Davidson, Mrs, 14, Ann Street

Denham, James, Esq. 3, Lauriston Lano

De Year, Thomas, Esq. London

Dewar, J., Esq. ....

Dewar, Mrs, Melville Street . ,

Dick, Francis, Esq. West Preston Street ,

Dick, Miss, Gillespie's Hospital

Dickie, Miss .....

Dickson, H. G., Esq. Fettes Row

Dickson, H. G., jun., Esq. Fettes Row

Dickson, G. H., Esq. 20, Hill Street

Dickson, Samuel, Esq. Fettes Row

Dickson, Mrs, Claremont Street

Dickson, Mrs Richardson, 11, Brunswick Street

Dingwall, Mrs, 32, Rutland Square •

Douglas, F. B., Esq

Douglas, Lady William

Douglas, Miss, 9, Nelson Street . ,

Douglas, Mrs, 19, Young Street

Doull, D., Esq. 21, Nicolaoa Street .

Donation

Ditto •

Ditto I

Ditto • .

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto, per D. Chalmers, Esq,

Ditto, per J. D., do. .
Drummond, Mrs, Shandwick Place
Drummond, Mrs Home, Prince's Street
Drybrough, Andrew, Esq. 14, Regent Terrace
Drysdale, William, Esq.
Dudgeon, Lieutenant-Colonel, Carlton Street
Duguid, Miss ....

Duncan, Flockhart, & Co. . . 2 2

., per Mr Grimmond

5

7

6

1

3 3

1

1

5

3

2

5

2

5

5

10

10

1 1

10

1

2

6

2

6

2

6

10

5

10

6

5

1

10

10

5

1

2

6

2

2

6

1

10

7

6

2

6

2

6

5

1

10

1

1

10

5

2

6

2

6

37

Duncan, George, Esq. 59, Prince's Street

Duncan, James, Esq. W.S. Queen Street

Duncan, John, Esq. 2, Heriot Row

Duncan, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Carlton Terrace

Duncan, W. S., Esq. 28, Heriot Row .

Duncan, Thomas, Esq. 78, Great King Street

Duncan, Mrs, 7, India Street

Duncan, Mrs, 34, Minto Street

Dundas, John, Esq. 25, St Andrew Square

Dundas, Mrs Hamilton

Dundas, Misses Hamilton

Dunlop, A., Esq. 67, Queen Street

Dunlop, John, Esq.

Dunlop, Alexander, Esq. of Clober .

Dunlop, W., Esq. Wemyss Place

Dunlop, Mrs, 4, Gilmour Place

Dunn, James, Esq. 4, Teviot Row

Dunn, Thomas, Esq. 24, Duke Street .

Dunsmure, James, Esq. 26, Castle Street

Dunsmure, James, Esq. M.D. 26, Castle Street

Durham, Mrs General, 44, Moray Place

Dnthie, Walter, Esq. 6, Great King Street

Dymock, R. L., Esq. Frederick Street

Dymock, W. M., Esq. do.

E.L

E.W.M

Edraonstone, Alexander

Edmonstone, Thomas, Esq. 1, Wharton Place

Edmonstone, Miss, 11, Manor Place .

Ellis, A. G., Esq. W.S.

Ellis, W. M., Esq. Albany Street

Elphinstone, Colonel H. B. Jnveresk .

El ph in stone, Miss

Erskine, D., Esq. of Cardro$s .

Erskine, Miss, Manor Place .

F. J. and W. 35, Nicolson Street

Fairbairn, Dr .

Fairbairn, Dr, 53, George Square

Fairley, James, Esq. 67, Lauriston Place

Fairley, James, Esq. 14, Abercromby Place

Falconer, Cosmo, Esq. per R. Christie, Esq.

Farquharson, Mrs, 12, Glo'ster Place

Farthings gathered in by a little girl

Ferguson, J. H., Esq. 21, George Square

Ferguson, John M., Esq.

Ferguson, William, Esq. 31, Dm mm on d Place

Ferguson, Mrs., 3, Wharton Place

Ferguson, James, Esq. 12, Hill Street

Ferrier, Miss, York Place

Ferrier, Miss, 10, Nelson Street

Ferrier, Miss, per Mr Gibb

Finlay, G. L., Esq. 130, George Street

Finlay, Mrs., 5, Coates Crescent . .

Annual.
£5 5
10 6
10 6
10

10

1
1 10

5

10
2 6

10

1 1

10

1 I

5

5

5

10

1Q

10 6

Donation!.

£0 10 6
10

5

21
2
5

5

5

10

10

10

3

2 6

1 G

10

10 6

10

20

1

5

1

38

Annua]

Donations.

Finlay, Miss •

£0

10

Finlay, Miss, Blacket Place

10

Finnie, Mrs, 112, Lauriston

10

Fleming, Rev. D. Camden

£10

Fletcher, Miss Eliza, Leamington

10

Forbes, (Sir Charles, Bart.

10 10

Forbes, George, Esq. West Coates

5

5

Forbes, P., Esq. 17, Broughton Place .

5

Forbes, Miss .

10

Forman, John N., Esq. W.S. .

10

Fowler, Henry M., Esq.

1

Fraser, Professor, 24, Ann Street

10

Fraser, Mrs, 10, St Bernard's Crescent

6

Fraser, Miss, 10, Middleby Street

10

Freeman, P., Esq. Coventry .

5 12

Friend, A, to Mr Guthrie's Ragged School, pe

r

Miss Brown

1

Friend, A, in Lancaster

2 6

Ditto to the Cause, per Dr Gordon .

5

Ditto, per Professor Balfour

5

Ditto, in New York

10

Ditto, per Dr Makellar

25

Ditto, per Professor Allen Thomson

2 2

Ditto, from A, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

1

Friend, A

2 6

Ditto . . ...

5

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto ....

2

Friends ....

7

6

Friend, A

5

Ditto ....

2

6

Ditto ....

2

6

Ditto ....

5

Ditto ....

1

Ditto ....

1

Ditto .

'.

2

Ditto ....

10

Ditto ....

5

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto ....

1

Ditto, per James Souter, Esq. Great King £

street

10

Friend, A ....

2 6

Ditto, 11, Royal Circus

4

Friend, A

1

Ditto ....

5

Ditto ....

2 6

Ditto . . .

1

Ditto ....

2

Ditto ....

16

Ditto . .

5

Ditto . * , ,

r

2 6

39

Friend, A, to Ragged Schools

Ditto, Castle Street
Friend, A

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto to Ragged Schools

Ditto ditto .

' Friend, A

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto
Friend, A, per Mrs C.
Friend, A

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto, 17, Clarence Street

Ditto, ditto

Ditto
Friends, Two .
Friend, A •

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto, 9, Windsor Street

Ditto, 5, Hillside Crescent

Ditto, 59, George Square

Ditto, 5, George Square

Ditto, 10, Hill Square

Ditto, 12, Minto Street .

Ditto, 7, Minto Street

Ditto, 15, Buccleuch Place

Ditto, 6, West Preston Street

Ditto, 6, Salisbury Place

Ditto, 1, East Newington Place
Friends, Two, from England
Friend, A, 7, Middleby Street

Ditto, 12, Middleby Street

Ditto, 25, Upper Grey Street .
Friend, A

Ditto, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Ditto, per Rev. Mr Jaffray
Friend, A

Fullerton, Lord, 27, Melville Street
Fullerton, Miss J. . ...

Fullerton, Miss, 9, Maitland Street
Fulton, James, Esq. 19, Archibald Place

G.C.M

G.G.J.

G. W., 1, Lothian Street

Galbraith, John, junior, Esq. Craigleith House

Annual.

Donations.
£0 6

£0 2 6

2

1
4
2

2 6

5

10
8

10
S

2
5

3
2 6

5
5
10
2 6
5o

1

1

2

1

2 6

1

2 6
2

2 6
2 6

5

2
10
2 6
10

3

10

1
3
5
5
5

2 6
5
5

40

Annual.
Gall, J. & Son ....

Galloway, Mrs, 55, Melville Street

Gardner, Major, St Bernard's Crescent . £0 10 6

Gardiner, Thomas, Esq. Frederick Street
Gavin, Miss, 30, Rankeillor Street . .

Geddes, John, Esq.

Geddes, John, Esq. 49, Albany Street . 10

Geddes, Miss H., Newport
Gentleman, A ....

Gibb, H., 2, South College Street

Gibb, H. M., Esq. Koyal Hotel . . 10

Gibson, Alexander, Esq. 7, Saxe-Cobnrg Place
Gibson, John, junior, Esq. W.S.

Gibson, John, Esq. W.S. 3, North St David Street 5
Gibson, Robert P., Esq. . . . 10 6

Gibson, Mrs .....
Gilchrist, Miss, 8, St Colme Street . . 2

Gillespie, Miss, Fettes Row • . 5

Glasford, Mrs ....

Glen, Rev. John, 39, George Square
Glen, Mrs .....

Goldie, Archibald W., Esq. 8, York Place .
Goodsir, Mrs, 3, Queen Street

Goold, George, Esq. Scotland Street . 5

Goold, Rev. W. H. 28, Buccleuch Place . 2 6

Gordon, G. L., Esq. Forth Street . 5 5

Do. do. do. for 1848 . 10

Gordon, Robert, 2, Melbourne Place

Gordon, Mrs . . . . 2 6

Gordon, Mrs, 9, Buccleuch Place . . 2 6

Gordon, Mrs Joseph, 5, Royal Terrace, for a girl 5 5
Gordon, Miss, 5, Royal Terrace, for a girl . 5 5

Graden, Miss, 11, Atholl Crescent
Graham, Archibald, Esq. Frederick Street
Graham, , Esq. George Square . 10

Graham, Miss ....

Graham, Miss, Rutland Street . . 10

Grant, Dugald, Esq. 37, York Place

Grant, Rev. Dr, Northumberland Street . 10

Grant, John, Esq. North British Railway . 10

Grant, J., Esq. 10, Lauriston Lane . 5

Grant, L., Esq. Madras Army
Grant, Mrs, Dunbroon Cottage, Nairn
Gray, G., Esq. W.S. North Bridge

Gray, James, Esq. . . . . 10

Gray, John, Esq. 35, George Street . 5

Gray, Robert, Esq. 1, Argyle Square

Gray, Lady, Warriston House . . 2

Gray, Miss, 23, Lauriston . . . 10

Greenshields, Mrs B. Prince's Street . 5

Gregory, William, Esq. Alexandria .
Greig, Thomas, Esq. Buccleuch Place . 10

Greville,Dr . . . . . 10

Grey, Rev. Henry, D J)., 24, Warriston Crescent 110
Grieve, — — , Esq. ,

Tonation*.
£0 2 6
3

2
1

10

1

10

2 6
2 6

2 6

5

2 6

5

10

10

5

1 1

10

2 6

10

5
10
10

10

1

10

41

Grieve, Miss, Newington Cottage

Grove, Captain, R.N.

Gunn, J., Esq. 433, Lawnmarket

Gunn, W. M., Esq.

Guthrie, Rev. Thomas, for two years

Guthrie, Miss, 2, Carlton Terrace

Annual.

£0 10
2
5
10

10

Donations.

10

Haig, David, Esq. 3, Duncan Street

Haig, Mrs, Viewforth

Haldane, J. A., Esq. Drummond Place . 110

Hallard, Frederick, Esq. advocate . 10

Hamilton, Alexander, Esq. 29, Rutland Square 10

Hamilton, James, Esq. . . . 10 6

Hamilton, John, Esq. 1, Scotland Street

Hamilton, John, Esq. 80, Nicolson Street

Hamilton, Sir William, Bart. . . 110

Hamilton, William, Esq. George Street . 5

Hamilton, Mrs J. . . . .

Handyside, H., Esq. . ... . 026

Handyside, Mrs ....

Hardy, James, Esq. 1, Lynedoch Place

Hardyman, J. H., Esq. 5, Howard Place • 2 6

Harkness, Mr, Bedford

Harrington, Mrs, West Grange, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Harrison, George, Esq. St Patrick Square • 10

Hart, John, Esq. Preston Street . . 10

Harvey, James, Esq. 10, Picardy Place . .

Harvie, Miss, 45, George Square

Hay, Sir Adam, Bart. . . . 10

Hay, Miss Dalrymple . . . 10

Hay, Miss Georgina ....

Hay, Miss S. D. . . . . 10

Heddle, Miss, George Street . . 5

Henderson, Rev. Dr

Henderson, John, Esq. S.S.C., St Patrick Square 5
Henderson, William, Esq. 20, Nelson Street . 5

Henderson, , Esq. 2, West Claremont Street

Henderson, Mrs, 18, Walker Street . .050

Henderson, Mrs, 15, Windsor Street • 10

Henderson, Misses . . . . 5

Henderson, Miss, 130, Prince's Street
Henderson, Miss, 130, Prince's Street, per Rev. Mr

Guthrie .....

Hewat, Alexander, Esq. Colebrooke Row, Islington
Hewat, Lady, per R. Christie, Esq. 26, St Andrew

Square .....

Hewat, Miss .....
HiU, H. D., Esq. W.S. . . . 5

Hill, Mrs .....

Hodges, , Esq. 1, Upper Grey Street 2 6

Hogg, Miss Jane, 5, Middleby Street . 10 6

Hogg, Miss Jane . ...

Holcomb,Mrs ....

Home, J. H., Esq. . . . . 10

Home, Miss Fairlie ....

£0 2 6
5

10
5

5

2 6

10

10

5

1
5

20

2
2 6
5

10

5

2 2

10

10

3

10 6
10

10

42

Horn, Robert, Esq. 46, Heriot Row

Home, D., Esq. W.8. 10, Atholl Crescent

Hope, John, Esq. W.S., Moray Place

Hope, Misses, 12, Moray Place

Howden, A., Esq.

Howden, James, Esq. 56, North Bridge

Howden, Mrs, Walker Street

Hughes, J., Esq. 37, East Claremont Street

Huie, Alexander, Esq. 132, George Street

Hunt, Mrs Colonel

Hunt, Mrs, 26, Stafford Street

Hunter, A., Esq. Abercromby Place

Hunter, John, jun. Esq. WJS.

Hunter, R., Esq.

Hunter, Mrs, 10, Coatee Crescent .

Hunter, Miss Ann

Hutton, Alexander, Esq. 8, Graham Street

Annual.

£10

10

1 1

6

10

10

5

6

J. R., Great King Street

Inglis, Miss, per Miss Home Fairlie

Innes, G. M., Esq. ....

Innes, J. B., Esq. 23, Queen Street

Innes, Mrs G. A.

Interest on Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank Account

Ireland, , Esq. Broughton Place

Irvine, John, Esq. W.S . . . 10

Irvine, Patrick, Esq. . . . a 2

Jackson, Edward James, Esq. 6, Coates Crescent

Jackson, Mrs . . - . 3

Jaffray, Mrs, Frederick Street . . 5

Jameson, Sheriff . . 3 3

Jamieson, Andrew, Esq. 137, Princes Street

Jamieson, Alexander, Esq. 66, Grassmarket 5

Jamieson, Peter, Esq. 6, Nicolson Square

Jardine, John, Esq. 9, Great King Street . 10

Jeffrey, D., Esq. 6, Lynedoch Place . 10 6

Jeffrey, Lord .....

Jeffrey, Mrs, 10, Buccleuch Place

Johnston, Rev. George, 6, Minto Street

Johnston, Henry, Esq. 32, Heriot Row . 5

Johnston, John, Esq. . . . . 10

Johnston, Thomas, Esq. Albany Street

Johnston, Mrs, 14, Pitt Street

Johnston, Miss, 34, Queen Street • . 5

Johnston, Messrs W. & A. K. . . 2

Johnston, A. K., Esq. Lauriston Lane . 10

Johnstone, Mrs ... . . 026

Jollie, Walter, Esq. 75, Queen Street

Jones, Mrs, Danube Street • ,

Keith, Dr J., 10, Wemyss Place * . . 10

Keith, William, Esq. accountant, 50, Castle Street 10 O
Keith, Hon. Mrs . . . •
Kell,Mrs

Donations.
£110

2

5
2 6

6

1

1 1

2 6

2 6

5

10

50

10

10
5

2 6
5

10
10

10
2 6

5
10

43

Kennedy, W. P., Esq. St Andrew Street

Kennedy, John, Esq. W.S.

Kennedy, John, Esq. jun.

Kerr, 0. J., Esq.

Kerr, Robert, Esq. 53, Albany Street

Kerr, Miss, E. C, per Mr Whytock

Kerr, Miss, 9, Druinmond Place

Kermack, John, Esq. 20, Broughton Place

Kidston, A., Esq, 25, Queen Street . .

King, Miss Georgina

Kinloch, Sir David, Bart.

Kinloch, Lady, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Kinnaird, Colonel D., 1, Meadow Place

Kilgour, Miss, 8, Wharton Place

* Kirkaldy," per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Kirkaldy, Mrs, 22, Windsor Street

Knight, James, Esq.

L.W.M. . . .

L., Mrs, per Mr Gib

Lady A., in England, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Ditto, ditto, ditto

Lady, A Young, per Mr Guthrie
Lady, A, per Mr Elder, Prince's Street

Ditto, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Ditto, ditto

Ditto, per Mr G. Reoch

Ditto, in Berks, per J. Maitland, Esq.

Ditto, in England, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Ditto, who attended meeting in Music Hall, per
Mr Elder, 139, Prince's Street .
Lady, from A ...

Lady, A, per Rev. Mr Guthrie
Lady, A . . . . . 10

Ditto ....

Ditto ....

Ditto ....

Ditto, 76, Great King Street

Ditto, Druinmond Place
Lady, A . . . .

Ditto ....

Ditto, 6, West Newington

Ditto, in England ...

Ditto, in Dumbartonshire, per J. M'Donald, Esq.,
38, York Place .
Laidlaw, Miss, 3, West Newington
Laing, Mrs, 16, Meadow Place
Laing, Miss, per Miss Abernethy, 110, Lauriston

Place ....

Laird, Hugh, Esq. Kilmarnock
Lamont, Alexander, Esq. Royal Circus
Lass, A Servant, 33, George Square . 10

Lass, A Servant, 1 Duncan Street
Laurie, Dr, 23, Rankeillor Street
Laurie, Robert, Esq. . . .

Annual.
£Q 10

10 6

10
10 6

10
5

Donations.

£2
2

10

3

10

10

1
5

100
5
1
5

1
1
1
2

1

10

1

1

5

2 6

2 6

1 10

1

10

5

5

2 6

10

2 6
2

2 6
2 6
5

44

Laurie, W. H., Esq.

Law, Miss ....

Lawrie, Miss

Lawson, Mrs, 35, George Square

Learmonth, Misses

Leishman, Miss, 7, Lauriston Lane

Leith, , Esq. 12, York Place

Levy, M. A., 96, South Bridge

Lewis, James, Esq. Cannongate

Lightbody, Mrs, Danube Street

Lindsay, James, Esq. 8, Duncan Street

Lindsay, J. M., Esq. W. 8.

Linning, Miss

Littlejohn, Mrs, 2, Minto Street

Livingstone, Mrs, Forge Lodge

Locke, William, Esq. London, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Logan, Edward, Esq. 141, George Street

Logan, John, Esq. Queen Street

Lothian, Maurice, Esq. ....

Love, ^ illiam, Esq. 32, Albany Street

Lovebairn, Misses

Lowe, John D., Esq. 69, George Street

Lurgan, Lord

Lyon, G., Esq.

Lyon, J. "W., Esq. 7, Brunswick Street

Macandrew, John, jun., Esq. Dublin Street
M'Alpin, Win., Esq. 31, Buccleueh Place
Macara, Laurence M., Esq. W.S.
Macaulay, Dr

Macaulay, T. B., Esq. M.P. .
M'Bryde, A^ Esq. George Street
MacCallum, George, Esq.
M'Coll, A. S., Esq. 11, Hillside Crescent
M'Crie, Thomas, Esq. 45, George Square
M'Crie, William, Esq. George Street
M'Culloch, Mrs, Kingston, Dublin
Macdonald, Mrs, Powder Hall
M'Ewan, James, Esq , per Be v. Mr Guthrie
Macfarlan, John F., Esq. 17, North Bridge
Macfarlane, D., Esq. per E. I. C. 8. .
Macfarlane, Mrs and Misses .
M'Fazen, P. ....
Macfie, John, Esq. Regent Terrace .
Macgregor, Miss, per Rev. Mr Guthrie
M'Intosh, James, Esq. 25, North Bridge
M'Intosh, Mrs, 11, Clarence Street
Mackay, James, Eisq. Forth Street
Mackay, John, Esq. 121, George Street
Mackay, T. G., Esq. 7, Albyn Place .
Mackay, Mrs, 127, Prince's Street
M'Kean, Alexander, Esq. 22, Bristo Street
M'Kean, Mrs . . ...

Mackenzie, Captain, 42, Castle Street
Mackenzie, Donald, Esq. advocate . .

Animal.
£1 1
2

10

10
5
7

1

10.

5 5

5 5

1
5

5

2
5

2
10

5
10

2 6

6

10

10 6
10

2 6

2 6

6

10 10

10 6

£0

3

10

10
10
110

5

10

7 6

20

5
5

6

5

2 6

10

10 6

45

Mackenzie, James, Esq. 23, Queen Street

Mackenzie, John, Esq. 11, Abercromby Place

Mackenzie, Thomas, Esq. of Ord

Mackenzie, Hon. Mrs Belmont

Mackenzie, Mrs

Mackenzie, Mrs

Mackenzie, Mrs, of Kincraik, Ross-shire

Mackenzie, Hon. Misses, Castle Street

Mackenzie, Miss, 173, Prince's Street

Mackenzie, Miss, 57, Lauriston

Maclachlan, Stewart, & Co., South Bridge

Maclachlan, Mrs, 108, Lauriston Place

Maclagan, Dr, George Street •

Maclagan, Dr, Douglas

Maclagan, D., Esq. jun.

M'Laren, Duncan, Esq.

M'Laren, James, Esq. 42, Minto St .

M'Laren, Mrs . . ...

M'Lauchlan, Mrs, 6, West Preston Street

Maclaurin, Mrs, 48, Frederick Street .

Maclean, John S. K., Esq. Trinity

Maclean, Mrs, 77, Prince's Street

Macleod, Major W., 23, Walker Street

M'Micken, Thomas, Esq. Stirling

M'Nair, Mrs, London Street •

M'Neil, Miss, Ann Street . .

Macredie, Mrs, Perceton, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

M'Ritchie, Mrs, 4, Gayneld Square

Macwilliam, Mrs, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

M., 21, Melville Street

Maitland, A., Esq. 53, Melville Street

Maitland, E. F., Esq. 31, Melville Street

Maitland, Joseph, Esq. 2, Salisbury Road

Maitland, Penny, Esq.

Maitland, Miss, Alva Street, per W. Cowan, Esq.

Man, Poor .

Manor Place, No. 4

Marshall, William, Esq. 18, Albany Street

Marshall, William, Esq. 100, Prince's Street

Marshall, William, Esq. 10, Archibald Place

Marshall, Miss, for Mary Maclure

Martin, Alexander, Esq. 79, Queen Street

Martin, John, Esq. W.S.

Martin, Mrs Colonel, 33, Regent Terrace

Martin, Miss, per A. Stuart, Esq.

Martin, Miss ....

Matthead, Miss Stratford, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Maughan, Mrs, Melville Street

Maxwell, Mrs, 5, Archibald Place

Maxwell, Miss, 4, Saxe Cobourg Place

Mayne, R. Esq. 42, Melville Street .

Meek, Mrs, 7, Archibald Place

Mein, Alexander, Esq. 26, North Bridge

Mein, Archibald, Esq. 94, George Street

Meldrum, Mrs, York Place .

Annual.
£0 10 6

10

10

1 1
10
10
5

Donation!.

£10 10
1

5
5

5

10 6

2 6

2 6

5

10

1

3

2

2

10

5

5
10

5

1 10

5

1 1

1 1

5
2 2

1

5

10

2 6

2

5

10

30
6

5

1 5
5

5

5

1
5
2
10

2 6
5

46

10

1 1
1 1

Annual.
Melrose, Messrs A. & Co., 93, George Street , £0 10
Melville, John, Esq. 20, Albany Street
Member, South Leith Free Church
Menzies, John, Esq. 61, Prince's Street • 10 6

Menzies, Professor . ... . 550

Menzies, Miss, Barnsmuir

Menzies, Miss, 4, Park Place . • • 5

Middleton, Captain, Waltham Lodge

Middleton, , Esq. .

Millar, Andrew, Esq. 5, West Nicolson Street

Miller, Archibald, Esq. Warrender Lodge . 10

Miller, James, Esq. 37, London Street

Miller, Professor . ..... 220

Miller, Dr, 32, Buccleuch Place . .

Miller, John, Esq. 132, George Street

Miller, John, Esq. 129, Prince's Staeet

Miller, William, Esq. 4, Hope Park . 5

Miller, Mrs, 32, Buccleuch Place

Milliken, Miss, 37, Charlotte Square

Milne, David, Esq. advocate

Milne, Lady '*

Minchin, Mrs Admiral

Minto Street, No. 4 . . . 2 6

Mitchell, James L , Esq. 8, Randolph Cliff

Mitchell, R., Esq. 8, Regent Terrace . 6

Mitchell, , Esq. 35, Ann Street . . 5

Mitchell, Mrs, 23, Regent Terrace . . 10

Mite, A, from children under four years of age

Moffat, Henry, Esq. 15, Argyle Square

Moir, George, Esq. 41, Charlotte Square . 10

Moir, Miss F., do. . . , . 10

Money found in Mr Ferguson's Shop

Money in School Box .

Money in Boys' School Box .

Money in Girls' School Box .

Monro, George, Esq. 28, Northumberland Street .

Monro, George, Esq. 3, Regent Terrace . 5

Monteith, Alexander, Esq. 140, Prince's Street 7 6

Monteith, Alexander, E., Esq. Dairy House 2 2

Monteith, Lady Stewart

Montgomery, , Esq. . . . 10

Moore, Mrs . ...

More, J. S., Esq. Great King Street . . 110

Morrison, Lieutenant-Colonel H., 27, Heriot Row

Morrison, R., Esq. 6, Heriot Row , . . 6

Morrison, Robert, Esq. 8, South Grey Street 2 6

Morrison, Mrs, 44, Castle Street . . 2 6

Morton, Alex., Esq. 14, South Bridge

Mowbray, J. T., Esq. W.S., 27, Dundaa Street 10

Munro, Miss . ...

Munro, Miss, 31, Buccleuch Place

Murdoch, Mrs Burn, York Place . . 5

Muir, Andrew, Esq. 20, Buccleuch Place . 6

Mure, William ....

Mure, Mrs, 8, Albyn Place ..... 100

Donations.

£0 10
10

10

6

10 6

2 6

10

1 1

10
6

15
2 11 6
2 14 4
18 9
110

3 3

10

5

10

5

5

10

2 6

47

Murray, John* Esq. 24, Ainslie Place
Murrray, J. T., Esq. W.S. 31, Queen Street
Murray, William, 2, Newington Place
Murray, William, Esq. of Henderland
Murray, Miss, 4(5, Moray Place
Murray, Miss, 123, Lauriston .
Mushet, James, 33, Nicolson Street .
Mylne, Mrs, 35, Charlotte Square
Mylne, Miss, 6, Torphichen Street

Napier, George, Esq. Great King Street

Nasmyth, Robert, Esq. . . . .

Neaves, Mrs, Charlotte Square

Neill, Dr, Canonmills .

Nelson, Mrs, per Rev. Mr Guthrie »

Nelson, Mrs, 28, Buccleuch Place

Nelson, Mrs, 14, Minto Street

Nesbitt, James, Esq. S.S.C.

Nesbitt, T., Esq. Hanover Street

Newbigging, Patrick, Esq. M J).

Newbigging, Sir William

Newbigging, Mrs W., per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Newbigging, Miss

Newton, James, Esq. 33, Great King Street

Nicolson Street, 45 . , . .

Nimmo, Messrs P. and J., North Bank Street

Nisbet, D., Esq.

Offering, A Thank, for Restored Health
Ogilvie, Messrs J. and A., 30, North Bridge
Ogilvy, J. S., Esq. 53, George Street .
Ogilvy, Major-General, 12, Abercromby Place
Ogilvy, R. G., Esq. W.S.
Ogilvy, Mrs, Portobello
Ogilvy, Miss, do.

Ogle, Robert, Esq. . • »

Oliphant, W., Esq. bookseller .

Oliphant, Thomas, Esq. Charlotte Square
Oliphant, Mrs J. H., 2, Atholl Crescent
Oliver & Boyd, Messrs . .

Oliver, Thomas, Esq. Newington Lodge
Oinond, Dr, 43, Charlotte Square
Orr, James, Esq. Forth Street
Oswald, Colonel

Pagan, Dr, 3, Melville Street
Pagan, Miss .

Panton, William, Esq. High Street
Parker, J., Esq. 44, George Square
Pass, Edwin, Esq. Frederick Street .
Paterson, John, Esq. 11, Salisbury. Place
Paterson, Mrs, 21, Drummond Place
Paterson, Mrs, 36, Heriot Row
Paterson, Mrs, 26, Windsor Street
Paton, Mrs, 5, Lauriston

Annual

Donations.

£1

1

£1

1

10

6

10

1

10

2 6
2 6

! 2

2

6

1

1

1

1

1

'. e

10

10
5
3

l

i

1

10

i

1

25
1

10

4

t

6

1

6

10

10

9

10

1
1
1

1

! o

2

6

10

10

6

10

21

! i

10

10

1

1

1

5

2

6

5

5

•

1

10

5

5

2

48

Patrick, William, Esq. W.S.

Patrick, Mrs, 4, Glo'ster Place

Patten, George, Esq. 38, Frederick Street

Patton, James, Esq. Tillicoultry »

Pearson, Alexander, Esq. W.8.

Peddie, James, Esq. 36, Albany Street

Peddie, Rev. William, 57, George Square

Pender, J. B., Esq.

Pender, Thomas, Esq. 2, Hillside Crescent

Penney, William, Esq. advocate

Perigal, Arthur

Perrin, Mrs, Dublin

Peter, Miss ....

Petley, Captain, Mount Esk, Lasswade

Pillans, J. W., Esq. Salisbury Road

Pitman, Mrs, 15, Inverleith Row

Pollock, Mrs ....

Porteous, William, 377, High Street

Primrose, Hon. B.

Pringle, Alexander, Esq. of Why tbank

Pringle, Robert, Esq. W.S. .

Profits, part of one year's

R. C. • • • »

R. G. ....

R. S., per Mr Bryson

Ramsay, Rev. E. B., Ainslie Place

Ramsay, George, Esq. 12, Alva Street

Ramsay, Mrs, 8, Charlotte Square

Ramsay, Mrs, 15, Melville Street

Ramsay, Miss, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Ramsay, Miss, 12, St Andrew's Square

Ramsay, Miss, 32, Melville Street

Ramsay, Miss, Inverleith Row

Ranken, Thomas, Esq. 68, Queen Street

Ranken, Mrs, Southfield, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Rattray, A., Esq. Hercules Insurance Company

Ray, Miss ....

" Reader, A, of Mr Guthrie's Plea" .

Reddie, James C, Esq. India Street .

Redpath, Alexander, Esq.

Redpath, Mrs, 6, Archibald Place

Regent Terrace, 22

Reid, Alexander, Esq. Warriston Crescent

Reid, William, Esq. Hill Square

Rhind, Robert, Esq. 46, Albany Street

Richard, W., Esq. 24, Regent Terrace

Richardson, Messrs, Brothers

Richardson, James, Esq. 48, London Street

Richardson, Mrs, 4, Archibald Place

Riddell, Mrs General

Ritchie, Mrs, 17, Minto Street

Roberts, Mrs, 3, Ainslie Place

Roberts, Miss, do. .

Robertson, James, Esq.

Annual.
£10
1
1 1

Donations.

1 1
10
5

10

1

£12

2 6

2 6

1 10
1

2 6

5

1

1 1
10

10

1
5

5

2 6

2 6
10
5 5

1 1

2
10

5
10

2 6

5
5

3

5

10

1

3 6

10

2

10

10

5

10 6

10 10

5

1
1
5

5

49

Robertson, James, Esq. 31, Buccleuch Place

Robertson, John, Esq. 38, Minto Street

Robertson, Lord

Robertson, H. J., Esq. 76, Great King Street

Robertson, W. Esq. Register House .

Robertson, Mrs, 16, Moray Place

Robertson, Mrs

Robertson, Miss

Robison, James, Esq. 55, Lauriston

Rolland, James, Esq. 29, Melville Street

Romanes & Paterson, Messrs, North Bridge

Romanes, James, Esq. 4, Buccleuch Place

Ronaldson, William, Esq. St Patrick Square

Ronaldson, Mrs

Ross, Alex, Esq. 19, Inverleith Row

Ross, , Esq., per Mrs Thomson, East War-

riston ....

Ross, Mrs, Glo'ster Place
Ross, Misses, 16, Buccleuch Place
Ross, Miss A. ...

Ross, Miss G. ...

Ross, Miss R. ...

Ross, Miss ....
Ross, Miss ....
Rowarth, Mrs, per Miss H. Blair
Roy, Mrs, 22, Drummond Place
Royal Terrace, 35
Russell, Francis, Esq. advocate
Russell, George, E., Esq. 41, East Claremont Street
Russell, Miss

Rutherford, Rev. H., 2, Hamilton Place
Rutherford, Robert, Esq. 64, Great King Street
Rutherford, William, Esq. 6, Regent Terrace
Ruthven, Lady, per Rev. Mr Millar

Annual.

£1 1
2

2 6

1 1

1
15
2
6

St Bernard's Crescent, No. 4

Salter, Miss, 15, Windsor Street

Sandon, Mr and Mrs, Dublin, per Miss Abernethy,

110, Lauriston Place
Sandy, George, Esq. W.S., 3, Buccleuch Place
Saxe-Coburg Place, 11

Ditto, 12

Ditto, 29

School, Infant, per Mr Gib
Scott, Andrew, Esq. 30, Drummond Place
Scott, Archibald, Esq. 33, Heriot Row
Scott, Dr, Dean Terrace
Scott, John, Esq. W.S., 21, Abercromby Place
Scott, John, Esq. of Melby
Scott, R. E., Esq. 57, Great King Street
Scott, Peter, Esq. South Bridge
Scott, Sir William, of Ancrum, per Rev. Mr Guthrie
Scott, W. D., Esq. 63, Great King Street
Scott, Mrs T. G., 22, Heriot Row .

Scott, Miss, 46, Ann Street

D

10
1

7

5

1
10
1
1

10

10

1

5 5
10

10

10

2 6

Donations.
£0 5
5

5

10

10

2 6

10

10
2 6

6
10

5

6
2
10

5

10

5

5

2 6

5

6

2 2

1 1

5

10

2 6

50

Seton, Mrs, 13, Coates Crescent

Seroth, Miss M.

Sharp, Miss J. 36, George Square

Shaw, John, Esq. Broughton Place

Shaw, Patrick, Esq. advocate

6heaffe,Lady .

Shepherd, James, Esq. W.S. Albany Street

Sibbald, Messrs J. & Sons, 64, George Street

Sibbald, Mrs, 8, Meadow Place

Simpson, George, Esq. George Street

Simpson, Mrs Professor

Simpson, Mrs

Simpson, Mrs ....

Sinclair, A., Esq.

Sinclair, John, Esq. 2, Wharton Lane

Skinner, J. H., Esq. 18, Carlton Terrace

Skirving, Mrs, Haddington

Sligh, Miss ....

Sligo, Mrs ....

Smith, Messrs & Co. oilmen, Blair Street

Smith, , Esq. Craill

Smith, John, Esq. R.N., per Rev. Mr Guthrie
Smith, John, Esq. 105, South Bridge .
Smith, R. M., Esq. 4, Windsor Street
6mith, William, Esq. Saxe Coburg Place
Smith, Mrs Elizabeth, 22, Melville Street
Smith, Miss, 9, Archibald Place
Smollett, Miss, per Rev. Mr Guthrie
Smyth, C. P., Esq. 1, Hillside Crescent
Smyth, R. Esq. 1, Hart Street
Smythe, William, Esq. Great Stuart Street
Smyttan, G , Esq. Melville Street
Snody, Andrew, Esq. S.S.C. .

Sopwith, , Esq., per Mr Gib

Souter, James, Esq. 80, Great King Street

Spalding, W. M., Esq. W.S. .

Speirs, the late Sheriff

Speirs, Hon. Mrs, per Mr Kennedy

8pence, William, Esq. Brunswick Street

Spittal, Mrs J., 11, Nicolson Square

Spottiswood, Miss, 16, Moray Place

Sprott, Thomas, Esq. 10, Druinmond Place

Sprott, Misses, Rutland Square

Sprott, Misses, Rutland Square

Sprott, Miss, 17, East Claremont Street

Stankie, G. & H. 6, Hill Square

Stark, Miss, Salisbury Place .

Steele, J., Esq.

Stephenson, J., Esq.

Steuart, James, Esq. W.S.

Steuart, Mrs, 32, Royal Terrace

Stevenson & Co. Thistle Street

Stevenson, Allan, Esq.

Stevenson, David, Esq. civil engineer _

Stevenson, ,Esq. 11, St Bernard's Crescent

Annual.
£0 10

1

Donations^

10

1

2

1

10

10
10

1 1

1 1

10

10

5

10

2
10

1 1
5 5

10

£0 5

10

1

1 12
5
5
2

10 O

5 5

5 O

5 O

10 O

2
2

10 O

5 O

10 O

10

10 ^

2

5

10

5

10

^ 110

10

5

5

5

51

Stevenson, Robert, Esq. civil engineer

8tevenson, Thomas, Esq. civil engineer

Stevenson, Mrs Allan, 11, Windsor Street

Stevenson, Miss B.

Stewart, Hope, J., Esq. 35, Alva Street

Stewart, J. D. Esq. of Bruce

Stewart, Mrs Shaw

Steuart, Honourable Miss, per Rev. Mr Millar

Stewart, Miss, 17, St Andrew Square

Stirling, John, Esq., Stockbridge

Stirling, Mrs ....

Stirling, Mrs, 1 1, Hill Street .

Stirling, Mrs, 4, West Newington Place

Stodart, J. R., Esq. 2, Drummond Place

Stoddart, Mrs J. . .

Stoddart, Mrs, Bellevue Crescent

Stoddart, Miss, Bellevue Crescent

Stoddart, Miss A.

Stone, George, Esq.

Stormonth, Miss

Strachan, Andrew, Esq.

Stuart, Alexander, Esq. 14, St Patrick Square

Stuart, Alexander, Esq. 26, London Street

Stuart, Honourable Charles Francis, per George

Dundas, Esq.
Stuart, Sir James

Stuart, Mrs . . , .

Stuart, Miss ....
Sutherland and Knox, Messrs, booksellers
Sutherland, Joseph, Esq. George Street
Sutherland, Mrs, 6, Blacket Place
Swan, William, Esq , 4, Duke Street
Swanson, James, Esq. Canary
Swinton, John, Esq.
Swinton, Misses, St Bernard's Crescent
Sym, Rev. John
Symonds, Mrs, 1, Queensferry Street

T. W. K., 15, George Square

Tait, Andrew, Esq.

Tait, Andrew, Esq. jun.

Tait, George, Esq. Abercromby Place

Tait, J. C, Esq. 2, Park Place

Tait, William, Esq. 12, 8outh Bridge

Tait, Mrs ....

Tawse, John, Esq. advocate, 49, Queen Street

Taylor, John, Esq. 2, Abercromby Place

Taylor, Mrs, Montpellier, per W. Cowan, Esq,

Thomson, Alexander, Esq. Newington Place

Thomson, Professor Allen

Thomson, Edward, Esq. 34, Alva Street

Thomson, James, Esq. 24, Buccleuch Place

Thomson, D. J. Esq. Blacket Place .

Thomson, Thomas, Esq. W.S.

Thomson, J. Gibson, Esq. York Place

Annual.
£1 1

10

2 6

10

10

2

5

10 6
10 6
10

1 I

2 6

5

1

5
10 6

10
5

10 6

2
2
10

Donation!.
£5 5
2 2

2 6

5
1
1
1

1

5

5

5

5

10

2

3

5

1 m
5

3 3

10

2 6

2 6

2
5 5

5
10

52

Annual.

Thomson, Robert, Esq. Great King Street . £0 10

Thomson, , Esq. per Mr Ross

Thomson, W. A., Esq. 18, North Bridge . 5

Thornton, R., Esq. North British Railway . 10

Tibbets, George, Esq. 38, South Bridge

Tod, George, Esq, 4, Nicolson Square . 10

Tod, Henry, Esq. 39, York Place

Tod, James, B., Esq. 5, Pyfe Place . . 110

Tod, James, Esq. W.S. Dublin Street . 10

Tod, John, Esq. S.S.C.

Tod, Mrs, Morningside . . • 5

Tod, Mrs, 133, Prince's Street

Torrance, D , Esq. 34, Buccleuch Place

Torrance, G. M., Esq. . . . 5

Tower, A., Esq.

Tower, Mrs, Alva Street

Tower, Miss, ditto

Traill, Thomas Stewart, Esq. . . 10

Traill, Miss . . . . . 5

Trotter, Archibald, Esq.

Trotter, Captain

Trotter, Mrs, 50, Ann Street . . . 5

Turnbull, D., Esq. W.S., 34, India Street " . 10

Turner, Misses, 22, Royal Terrace . . 10

Tuting, E. B., Esq. Newhaven . 10

Tytler, James, Esq. . . . . 5

Tytler, Misses . . . . . 2

Ure, Mrs, 19, St Bernard's Street

Urmston, , Esq. Atholl Crescent

Urmston, Mrs, Atholl Crescent

Vallance, George, Esq. Register Street . 5

Veitch, Mrs

Veitch, Miss, 5, Buccleuch Place

Virtue, Duncan, Esq. . . . . 2 2

Virtue, William, Esq. . . . . 110

W. A., per Professor Balfour
W. E. .
W. A.

W." D., 123, High Street

W. J., 59, Nicolson Street

Waddell, William, Esq. W.S., 33, Royal Terrace

Walker, James, Esq. advocate

Walker, James, Esq. 21, Queen Street

Walker, W. B., Esq. 6, North Bridge

Walker, Misses

Walker, Miss Ann

Walker, Miss Ann, per Mr Grimmond

Wallace, Dr, Plymouth

Wallace, James, Esq. 24, Royal Terrace

Wallace, James, Esq. 23, George IV. Bridge

Wallace, R., Esq. Kilmarnock

Wallace, Miss, Torphichen Street

Donations.
£0 5

5
5

10 6

1

2
1

10
5

10
5

5
2
2

5
10

2 6
2 6
2 6

5
2 6

10
2 6
10 6

10

110

5

5
10

1
10 6

10
5

53

Wallrond, Miss, of Calder Park

Ward, Mrs, 3, South Charlotte Street

Warden, Adam, Esq. M.D.

Watson, H. G., Esq. 123, George Street

Watson, Mrs, 19, Windsor Street

Watson, Mrs, 19, Royal Terrace

Watson, Mrs, 14, Argyle Square

Watson, Misses, 31, Warriston Crescent

Watson, Miss E., 18, Leopold Place, for a girl

Watt, Mark, Esq.

Wauchope, Mrs D.

Wauchope, Miss, 54, George Square

Wayfarer, Glasgow

Webster, James, Esq. 74, Queen Street

Weir, Thomas, Esq. 19, Frederick Street

Weir, Miss, 41, Moray Place

Weir, Miss ....

Wellwisher, A, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Welsh, David, Esq. 7, Northumberland Street

Welsh, John, Esq. 1, Scotland Street

Welsh, Mrs, 59, Melville Street

Welsh, Miss, 63, Castle Street

Wemyss, Countess of .

Whigham, Robert, Esq. 79, Great King Street

White, John, Esq. 34, George Street .

White John, Esq. 3, Duke Street

White, Robert, Esq. 1, Drummond Place

Whitehead, John, Esq. S.S.C., Fettes Row

Whitehead, William, Esq. 41, South Bridge

Whitson, Mrs, Hart Street

Whytock, Richard, Esq. 7, George Street

Wielobycki, Dr, 25, Montague Street .

Widow, Poor ....

Widow's Mite, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Wigham, John, jun., Esq. 10, Salisbury Road

Wilkie, Andrew, Esq. 7, Duncan Street

Wilkie, Miss ....

Willis and Williams, Messrs, George Street

Wilson and Martin, Messrs, St Andrew Square

Wilson, James, Esq. Woodville

Wilson, James, Esq, 29, James's Square

Wilson, James, Esq. 3, South Bridge

Wilson, Patrick, Esq. .

Wilson, R., Esq.

Wilson, R. S., Esq. Royal Bank

Wilson, William, Esq. C. S. .

Wilson, Miss, 40, Rankeillor Street

Wilson, Mr C , per Miss H. Blair

Wingrave, Matthew, Esq.

Wingrave, W., Esq. Nbrth Shields

Woman, A Young, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

Wood, , 20, Esq. Regent Terrace

Wood, William, Esq. accountant
Woodburn,Wm.» Esq. 13, Archibald Place
Wright, Messrs P. and R., George Street

Annual.

Donations.

£0 10

10

£0 5

2 6

2 6

5

10
5

10
5

1

1

2

10

10

6

5

3

2

6

2 2

10

5

10

1

1

10

2

6

1 1

10

1

5

1 1

10

6

6

1

1

10

5

10

5

10

5

5

5

5

1

1

5

2

6

10

10

1

2

6

5

10

1 6

1

54

Wright, James, Esq. 20, George Square

Wright, Mrs

Wright, Miss C, 37, Charlotte Square

Wright, Miss, London

Wyld, Mrs, Salisbury Road .

Wyllie, , Esq 7, Buccleuch Place

Wyllie, Mrs, 98, Prince's Street

Wyllie, Mrs, 14, Carlton Terrace

Y. Z., per A. Bonar, Esq.

Young, William, Esq. 16, Minto Street

Young, Mrs, Burntisland

Younger, William, Esq.

Yule, Mrs, Broughton Hall

Annual

.

Donations.

£1 1

£0

2 6

5

2 6

5

1

6

2 6

1

2

6

1

1

1

2

SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CLOTHING FUND.

Abercromby, Miss ....

£0 10

Anderson, Miss Ann ....

10

Arkley, Mrs, Great King Street

9 5

B.A

5

Baigrie, Miss .....

1

Baillie, Dr ......

10

Bolt, Miss, per Miss Gray ....

10

Bonar, Mrs, Lauriston ....

6

Brown, , Esq. of Fairlie

10

Bruce, , Esq. 39, Melville Street

10

Campbell, Misses .....

3

Campbell, Miss Marion ....

10

Carnegie, Miss .....

1

Carnegie, Miss .....

10

Chalmers, John, Esq. Bridge of Earn

2

Clothes sold . . . . .

14 6

Currie, Miss, Portobello ....

2

Dunlop, A. C, Esq. Royal Terrace

5

Farquharson, Mrs, 27, Albany Street

10

Ferrier, Miss

2

Field, Mrs, Great King Street

1 2 6

Forbes, Mrs George ....

2

Friend, A, in Portobello, per Rev. Mr Guthrie

2

Friend, A, in Haddington ....

10

Friend, A . . .

5

Gauld, Mr John .....

2 6

Guthrie, Miss, of Craigie ....

10

Hill, Miss

10

Home, Lady .....

10

Home, Miss, Fairlie .

1

55

Innes, Mrs G. A. . . . . .£100

Interest, Bank . . . . . . 13

Jones, Mrs, Waterloo Place . . . . 5

Kerr, Mrs and Miss . . . . . 2

Lady, A, per Dr Smyttan . . . . . 5

Lady, From a .....

Lady, From a ..... .

Laing, Miss Agnes, per Dr Niven, 110, Lauriston Place
Leven Lodge Sabbath Morning School, per Mr George Hay
Lyon, Mrs, Forth 8treet .....

M'Kenzie, Hon. Mrs .....

Man, a Poor ......

Masterton, James, Esq. Liverpool

Matheson, Miss, KinelJan .....

Meikleham, Mrs ......

Mylne, Mrs ......

Norvell, Miss ......

Paul, Mr Robert ......

R., Mrs, per Rev. Mr Guthrie ....

Roxburgh, Captain .....

Sale, Proceeds of, in Gibb's Saloon, of Fancy Articles sent by

Ladies in France, and received through Professor More
Scott, Miss Caroline .....

Thomson, Mrs Alexander .
Thomson, Mrs, Morland Cottage .

Walker, Miss Ann, 11, Ann Street

Watson, Miss ......

5

3

1

4

2

1

1

1

1

1

5

5

1

7

6

10

79

15

6

12

1

1

1

1

DONORS OF CLOTHING.

Adam, Mrs, 6, St Vincent Street.

Alison, Mr, 6, Hermitage Place.

Archibald, Mr, 45, Prince's Street.

Arnott, J. Esq. 5, Wemyss Place.

Argyll, her Grace the Duchess of.

Auld, Mr, Lawnmarket.

Baird, Mrs.

Balfour, Mr, 3, St John's Hill.

Balfour, Mrs.

Bethune, Lady.

Bethune, Miss.

Blair, Mr, Drummond Place.

Bonar, Mrs, and friends, Warriston.

Brooks, Miss.

Brown, Mr G. 137, George Street.
Bryce, Mrs, 19, Dean Terrace.
Buckmaster, T. Esq. 135 George St.
Cadell, Col. Randolph Crescent.
Callender, Mr James, Valleyneld.
Cathcart, Misses, Great King Street.
Cathcart, Miss, 30, Melville Street.
Campbell, N. C. Esq. 35, Howe St.
Campbell, Mrs.

Campbell,MrsG., Bellevue Crescent.
Campbell, Mrs, Craigie Hall.
Campbell, Miss, Heriot Row.

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Chalmers, Mrs, Merchiston.
Charters, Mrs, 15, Atholl Crescent.
Cleghorn, Miss, 26, Queen Street.
Conar, Mr, 6, Prince's Street.
Cowan, Chas. Esq. M.P.
Cowan, John, Esq. advocate.
Cowan, Wm. Esq. 15, Prince's Street.
Craigie, Mrs, Charlotte Square.
Crease, W.& Sons, 420, Lawnmarket.
Currie, Mrs, Portobello.
Dalmahoy, Mrs, 60, Queen Street.
Dalziel, J. A. Esq. of Whitehouse.
Dalziel, Miss, 31, Charlotte Square.
Darling, Mrs, 25, Royal Crescent.
Dickson, John, Esq. Addinston.
Douglass, Lady William.
Duffin, Mrs, South Charlotte Street.
Dunbar, J.

Dymock, Mrs, Pitt Street.
Elder, Mr, 4, Fife Place.
Elder, Mrs, Meadow Place.
Farquharson, Miss, 27, Albany St.
Finlay, J.
Forrett, J.
Forrester, J.

Friend, A, per G. Duncan, Esq.
Friend, A, 33, Regent Terrace.
Friend, A, 3, Archibald Place.
Friend, A, 3, Francis Place.
Galloway, Mrs, 55, Melville Street.
Gordon, G. J. Esq. 9, Forth Street.
Gordon, Mrs Captain.
Gordon, Miss, 31, Scotland Street.
Gray, Jas. jun. Esq. 7, Catherine St.
Gray, Mr J. 66, Great King Street.
Grieve, Mr, Mound Place.
Grove, Captain, Doune Terrace.
Guthrie, Rev. Thomas.
G.D.

Hamilton, Mrs General.
Hart, Mr, 4, Preston Street.
Hay, Mr, 21, Parkside Street.
Hay, Lady.

Hewat, Mr, 12, St Andrew Square.
Howden, Mrs, 8, Carlton Terrace.
Jameson, A. Esq. 10, Blacket Place.
Johnstone,Major,8, Carlton Terrace.
Johnstone, Miss, 31, East Clare-

mont Street.
King, Georgina (a servant).
Lady, A, per John Smith, Esq.
Lady, A, per George Duncan, Esq.
Lady, A, per Robert Bryson, Esq.
Lady, A, per Miss Cathcart.
Lady, A Young, and her friends

in England.

Liddle, Misses, 15, Atholl .Crescent.
Lindsay, J. M., Esq. 19, Melville St.
Livingstone, Mrs, 14, Buccleuch

Place.
Logan, Mrs.

M'Farlane, Mrs D., 8, Ainslie Place.
M'Intyre, Mrs, 3, Clarence Street.
M'Kellar, Dr, 8, Walker Street.
M'Laren, J. Esq., 8, Hamilton Place.
M'Pherson, Mrs, Belville.
Marshall, Miss, St Vincent Street.
Martin, Mr, 79, Queen Street.
Matheson, Mrs, 5, George Street.
Meiklejohn, Mrs.
Meldrum, Mrs, 53, York Place.
Millar, Mrs, London Street.
Miller, Mrs Hugh.
Morris, Mrs, 132, Prince's Street.
Muir, Mr, Music Saloon.
Muir, Mrs, 8, Albyn Place.
Muir, Miss, 8, Albyn Place.
Muir, Mrs, Regent Terrace.
Muirhead, Miss, 24, India Street.
Murray, Mrs, 46, Castle Street.
Myrtle, Dr John Young.
Nisbet, Mrs, 4, Henderson Row.
Oliver, Mrs, Regent Terrace.
Petley, Capt. P. M'L.l, AlbynPlace.
Petley, Miss, 1, Albyn Place.
Playfair, Miss J. H.
Preston, Capt., St Andrew's Square.
Rankine, Mrs, Southfield, Liberton.
Redpath, Miss, 6, Archibald Place.
Robertson, Mrs, 2, Scotland Street.
St Andrew's Free Church Work

Society.
St George's Free Church Work

Society.
Saunders, Miss, 4, Summerhall.
Savile, Miss, 3, Hailes Street.
Singer, Mrs, 11, Comely Bank.
Skene, Mr, 40, Heriot Row.
Smith, Rev. G., 4, Randolph Cliff.
Smith, Mrs.*

Smith, Mrs John, Prison.
Smyttan,Mrs Dr.,20, Melville Street.
Souter, Mrs, 80, Great King Street.
Sprott, Misses, Rutland Square.
Stark, Mr, 3, Pilrig Street.
Stewart, Mrs, Nelson Street.
Stewart, Mrs, 32, Royal Terrace.
Stormonth, Miss.
Strang, Miss, 7, Scotland Street.
S. J. W.
Thomson, Thomas, Esq. W.S. 37,

Moray Place.

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Tennant, Mrs, 9, Lynedoch, Place.
Trotter, Mrs.
Wallace, Miss.

Watson Institution, Dean.
Whytock, R. Esq. 7, George Street.
Yonng, Dr, 61, Gteorge Street.

SUNDRIES.

Mr P. S. Fraser, a donation of School Books.

The Bible Society, two hundred Bibles and Testaments.

Mr Johnstone, Queenferry Street, a quantity of Butchermeat.

Mr M'Laren, Hamilton, a donation of School Books.

A Friend, 4, Gloucester Place, Two Cheeses.

Joseph Hubbock, Esq. merchant, Liverpool, One Barrel of Indian Meal.

A Farmer, One Cart Load of Turnips and Vegetables.

No. IV.

Extract front a Letter by the Rev. Thomas Guthrie.

Leamington, April 1848.
If I had had strength, I could have done not a little sei<ice to the cause
since I came into England. It would be a grand enterprize for a man to
perform and live for, to go through the large towns of this great and wealthy
land, developing this cause, and laying the foundations of such institutions.
I have been under the painful necessity of declining all work, even in so
good a cause. I wish somebody would rise up and enter this field.. It
would be a grand thing to organize an association for securing men, and
providing means to send them as missionaries of this cause through the
breadth of England: I thought at one time, if I should have been laid
aside by Providence from the work of the ministry, of devoting my life;
so long as it was spared, and such strength as I might have, to this work.
But I am now so much better, that I trust by the end of the season to be
fit for my proper work again. I pray the Lord to be with you at the meet-
ing, I will be looking forward to the report of it with anxiety;

No. V.

Letter from Mr Smith, Governor of the Edinburgh , Prison.

Prison of Edinburgh, 12th April 1848.
Sib, — In compliance with the request of the Committee of the Indus-
trial Ragged School, that I would inform them what had been the effect
of the Schools on juvenile crime, it affords me very great pleasure to say,
that the number of commitments to prison of boys thirteen years old and
under, was about fifty per cent, less in the three months ended March last
than in the corresponding three months of last year ; and that I think this
most gratifying circumstance is mainfy to be attributed to the influence of

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the Ragged Schools. In my letter to the Governors of George Heriot's
Hospital in October 1845, urging that body to institute industrial schools
on the foundation of that charity, I stated that in the preceding three
years no fewer than two hundred and forty-five children under ten years
of age had been committed to prison ; and submitted that there existed
strong grounds for believing that well-appointed schools of industry, where
the multitudes of miserable children would be fed and taught, would tend
materially to remedy so very sad a state of things. I am glad to think
that the schools instituted by the public are beginning to exhibit the de-
sired and contemplated effect ; and I have no- hesitation in expressing my
belief, that they have already been the means of preventing much crime
and misery. The motive for supporting these schools on the score of the
greater economy of preventing than of punishing crime, is comparatively
a very low one ; still it is not unimportant ; and it may be well for the
public to know, that if £5 a-year is not paid for the education and main-
tenance of a poor little boy at the Ragged School, £11 a-year will probably
have to be paid for him in the Prison of Edinburgh, or £17 a-year in*4he
General Prison at Perth.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

J, SMITH.
Mr Sheriff Jameson,
Conyener of Committee of Bagged Industrial Schools.

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