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are made completely national, and not made to de-pend on voluntary subscriptions, and voluntary super-intendence, I have my fears as to their permanency.They should be placed on the footing of those in Scot-land, established in every parish more than a centuryand a half ago, to which is to be attributed thesuperior moral habits of the labouring classes in that country beyond all others in Europe. We expended4000l. raised by subscription, in erecting a newschool in this quarter of Westminster, for the educa-tion of 1000 male and female children, which schoolI founded in 1803. I send you our last report. We have in this great metropolis, many useful, andI am sorry to say, many useless charities, suggestedby benevolent well-meaning persons, whose mindsare not sufficiently enlarged to foresee that the expenseproduces little practical results; while others, such asthe hospitals for the sick and diseased, (where thebenefits are unquestionable) are overlooked. Many of the wards, in the different establishments, are occa-sionally empty for want of funds; and the admissionof patients, from this circumstance, is precluded. Inclosed I send you the under noted publications,which I hope may prove interesting. With great regard and esteem,I remain always, my dear Sir, Yours very affectionately and sincerely, P. COLQUHOUN. To THOMAS EDDY. List of Pamphlets enclosed. Biography of P. Colquhoun. Mr. Woodson on Savings Banks, by Mr. Wood-son. Minutes of a public meeting to promote hisplan. Dialogue to promote Savings Banks. Report on the Fever Institution. Report of the Westminster National School.