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There are ho* in the bode 31 patients, of whom l 3 art much
recovered, and 19 not-woe& than when admitted.
The Treafurer alto reported the following fecal benefaaions flow
the laR quarterly report.
A Friend of the Prefident - L 73 0 0
Samuel Coade, of Lyme, Dorfa, F.fq. 30 0 0
Richard Eales, Efq. Clerk of the Peace of i is 0 0
the County of Devon
lideph Price, of 1 ondon, Efq. - So 0 0
Mifs and Mils Any Pearce, of Bradoinch,/
to 0 0 •
Exeter ,
John Pugh, of Thortrcrton,Efq. 10 10 0
By the hands of the Prefident, being the 1 5 5 0
half of a fine levied
By the hands of toe Re,. Mr Manning 3 0 0
The Rev. John Hole, 01 Woolfardifworthy 3 0 0
The Treafuttr, for J. N. of Exeter 3 3 0
Mils Adams of 'Faviftuek, a third benefaEtion 1 t o

189 19 0
Bettefaftiontalready adivertifed 6749 13 0

Total 4 6939 12 o
The humane tendency and importance of this cflablillament
are too °twilit:a to be inftfted upon, and Ault fpeak home to the
bufom and feelings of every individual endowed with refiedtion
and fallibility. In order, therefore, to ream the continued emir'. •
tenance and fupport of an enlightened and benevolent public, it is
hoped nothing more needs be limed than during a very fhort pa-
ri-d, by the bleffing of Pam IDICKCE on this inithurion, the lamp
of Reafun has been re ki,lled in the darkened and bewildered
minds of more tl.an t2O of our fellow creatures. By Which means
they have been in. he vi d from the molt deplorable of all the vifitations
to which our common nature is liable, and have been reftored to
the public, ufeful members of friday, and to their families and
friends,in fafety and comfort. There are at prefent in the houfe
32 other patients, many of whom are far advanced in their reco-
very ; and now that the new buildings are completed, there is am- ,
pie accommodation in the whole for upwards of fifty. The three
gardens and three airing grounds, furrounded by walls, coafift of
feveral acres. and the fituation is one of the molt falubrious in this
part of the ifland It is an inereafed fourcc of confaious fatisfadtion
to thecondndlors of this inititution to find, by the applications
they have received for its plan and regulations, that its fuccefs and
reputation have given encouragement to feveral fimilar cftablifh-
memo, which have been recently undertaken, or are about to be
attempted, in different parts of England and Scotland. On account
of its local fituation, this afyluva is peculiarly calculated for the four
wettern counties,butp •tientsare admitted lute it on very carp terms
proportioned to their ranks in life, from any part of the kingdom.
['his court will only add, and they dare it with the highelt fatif•
fadtion, they have good grounds for believing, that, in this Intlitu-
tion, the number of patients reftored to the enjoyment of reafon,
An proportion to the nunaher admitted, has much furpaffed that of
any futular eftahlithment.
SAMUEL FREDERICK MILFORD, Pcefident.

TO THE IN
AND THE CITY OFHABITANTS OF THE
CANTERBURY F KENT,
APERIOD of Forty Years has nearly elapfed from
the firit Publication of the KENTISH GAZETTE. Formed
at its commencement by the arduous and perfevering Induftry of
its late Proprietor, it acquired a character for fame and conic-
quence till then unknown in a Provincial Print—Supported by the
generous and loitering hand of the Puhlic, it has fince maintained
that charader notwithitanding its many campetitors, in the fulleft
extent. Our talk. therefore, comparatively light with that of its
ellabliffintect, will he to continue the fame exertions for Its future
conduct, and in confequence to hope a fimilar patronage.
To recall to the recolledtion of the Inhabitants of Kcnt,the Rate
of its trade, intercourfe, and located. at the above pc:Riad, is but
to look to its prefent Rate, and the general improvement of the
kingdom.—Various caufes have doubtl;fs operated to produce this
general profprrity ; but in no raped has the public mind been
more enlightened, than in the diffufion of fcience by means of the
public prints—from this caufe may he dednced the extenfion of
trade,and improvement of agriculture; the expanfion of intact%
and acquirement of knowledge, and ths refinement of manners
and melioration of morals.—.Thofe who remember the Rate of
the prefs in this county at the period above alluded to, will there-
fore judge what (bare the Kentifh Gazette has 1144 in producing
this good.
A provincial newfpaper cannot indeed lay claim to priority of
intelligence fuperior ;o that of the London prints, and it would be
intuiting the good !cow of the public to aflame it ; but to utility it
may arrogate a right ; it is the great vehicle of information of the
bufiads of the county, the record of its events, and the reglfter of
the common concerns of its inhabitants. It is calculated for the
grrat mars of its population, and, by a judicious feledion of intelli-
gence, and olifervations, applicable to every man's bufinefs and bo•
Com, may be made inftrumental to the belt of purpafes.
A Newfpaper thus concluded, will prefent a regular and well
digefted deuil of whatever is interefting in the p.ditical, comrner.
cial, and monsl world; a full and faithful report of the Rate of
the markets of corn, hops, hay, cattle, and coals; and, from its
extenfive circulation, will give the utmoft facility and advantage
to thofe advertifers whole intcrefts are required to he made public.
Having premifed thus much of the duties of this arduous un-
dertaking, we feel it a matter of moment to Rate the principles
by which the Kentifh Gazette will continue to be guidcd.—ln po-
litics, with all honeft men, there can be no fcbifm, we prorels and
hope to maintain an unqualified veneration for the Conititution or
our Country, both in church and Rate, as eftahlilhed by law and
confirmed by experience—we know of no medium, of no pan;
but our country; the Minifter of the day, be he whom he will,
if he ads for the general good, will have our voice, if on CI,
contrary, our decided oppofitiot, ; but in no cafe will we &viten
the juft boundary which marks the line of diftiatten between
berty and licentioufnefs—we make it no queftioh of prudence to
firpport the eitabliftted Govemment.-If, therefore, we err, we
(hall err on that fide.
In foliciting the future protedion of the Public to the KEN-
TISH GAZETTE, we bcg alio to requeft a continuance of that
patronage which has hitherto been given to the other parts of the
bufinefs of the late JAMES SIMMONS, in the various branehes
of a Frinter,Stationer, Bookfeller and Bookbinder. On the fup.
port of the Public we have no claim hut by our deferts—a period,
in no one of us, of Ids than twenty years of finitude, in which
we have each had no (null (hare in concluding the above branches,
has, we truft. without any arrogant pretenfions, given us (Iv.
rience. We fubmit ourfelves, therefore, to the Public protedion,
in the confidence that although we cannot " COMMAND" Needs,
yet it than be as much our Rudy, as our duty '• to osssava it."
We remain,veith the utmoft refped,
The Public's molt obedient and vefy humble Servants,
King's Arms Printing Mee CHAS PEI MAN ROUSE
and Library, Canterbury, GEORGE KIRKBY, Jun.
April. 1807. JAMES LAWRENCE.
•„• Advertifenients, &e. for the KEN fISH GAZ'n f E sre
received in London, by Taylor and Newton, No. .5, Warwick-
ilium and is fled at Peek's, Colfiteshoofe,Floet (treat.