go without permission of the Apothecary or Nurse, until his return to his own ward. The square called the New-play-ground, the Sick-ward, and a few out-buildings, form the west side of the whole fabric. THE WRITING-SCHOOL stands at the north end of the Hall, over the New Cloister, the front looking into the play-ground called the Ditch. It is a building well adapted for the purpose, and will accommodate upwards of 500 boys, and is said to have cost about 5,000l. The statue of Sir John Moore was originally placed in a niche at the upper end of the school; but it has since been removed, and is now placed in the front of the building, on the outside, under the clock, with the following inscription: "Anno Dom. 1694. This Writing-school and stately building was begun and completely finished at the sole charge of Sir John Moore, Knt. and Lord Mayor of the City in the year MDCLXXXI. now President of this House; he having been otherwise a liberal benefactor to the same.' Under the Writing-school is the north-west gate (leading to St. Bartholomew's Hospital), which has been lately closed in consequence of projected improvements. Part of this Cloister has recently been partitioned off, and a convenient building called the Lavatory erected for the boys to wash themselves in. It contains every convenience for accommodating from 100 to 150 boys at one time. The house occupied by the Steward joins the Writing-school, and a few paces further is the Grammar-school. These are the only two buildings now remaining on the north side of the Hospital, which has within the last two or three years been greatly enlarged; and it appears that still further improvements are in contemplation. THE GRAMMAR-SCHOOL is a handsome modern building, capable of accommodating about 500 children. A portrait of John Smith, esq. ornaments the upper end of the school. To those who have been Blues the opposite view requires no description; for the information, however, of those who have not, it may be necessary to state that it was taken from the south side of the Ditch, a play-ground so called, from the town-ditch running under it, which was arched over by Mr. Calthrop, as before stated. The building which joins the Grammar-school is inhabited by the Steward; and the north end of the Writing-school is seen at the end of the view. On the South side of the entrance from Little Britain is the Treasurer's house; and the other houses in this play-ground are occupied by the Matron, Masters, and Beadles. The Steward has also a small office on the south side, opposite his house. Proceeding in an easterly direction, leads to the south-east entrance from Butcherhall-lane, Newgate-street; and in this space (which is called the Counting-house-yard) stands the Counting-house, and several other houses, which are inhabited by the Clerks and some of the Masters. The Treasurer has also a back entrance to his house at the end of the Counting-house, and his garden runs at the back of all the houses on the east side of this yard. The opposite building is occupied by the boys; and in a niche in the centre, fronting the door of the Counting-house, is a statue of King Edward (considered the most perfect one), which represents his Majesty, standing on a black marble slab, in the act of delivering the charter. THE COUNTING-HOUSE is a neat brick building, containing the necessary offices. On the ground floor is a good room for the Clerks, in which are the following portraits: Thomas Singleton, esq. 1653; William Gibbon, esq. 1662; Thomas Barnes, 1666; John Fowke, esq. 1691; Mr. Dyer, jun. and Mrs. Catharine Dyer. Over the Counting-house is the Courtroom, a handsome room of the Doric order of ar |