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an improved plan, for the division and classification of
patients. It is plain chaste Doric architecture, and
from its superior internal arrangements, is probably
one of the most complete receptacles of its kind in
t\ie kingdom. The funds for its erection, was be-
queathed b^y a Mr Murray, a native of Perth, and
will contain one hundred patients. The Town's
Hospital, of Poor House, situated near to the west
end ot South Street, was founded and endowed by
King James the Sixth, by charter under the great
seal, dated 29th July 1587, ou ^ °f the lands, houses,
and duties, belonging to the Popish religious esta-
blishments ; it stands upon the site of the ancient Car-
thusian Monastery. There are three charitable es-
tablishments, called the Lethendy mortifications ; the
first in 1G60, provides for the maintenance of four
persons of sixty years of age, belonging to the Burgh
of Perth ; the second in 1686, to support one poor per-
son of the name of Jackson, failing a poor relation of
the Lethendy family ; and the third is a burthen on
the same lands for special purposes. Exclusive of
these, the City of Perth contains several other valua-
ble and well supported charitable institutions, viz.
the Perth Dispensary, a Society for the education of
the Deaf and Dumb, a Destitute Sick Society, a Fe-
male Society for the relief of indigent old Women. —
Perth Bible Society, was begun in 1812. There is also
several Male ami Female Schools, for educating the
children of the Poor, all conducted on liberal and en-
lightened principles.
Perth is among the first Provincial Towns in Scot-
land, for Literature and the Fine Arts. There are
nianv valuable institutions for these purposes, of the