e guinea
annually, and they have accumulated a fund of upwards 2000 pounds.
Meetings of the society are held at the White Swan, St. Peter's, on the
first Monday in April and October.

Besides the preceding, here are some other public, and many private
charities and benefactions, which, together with those already
enumerated, serve to shew that the spirit of beneficence is not fled, nor
the hand of liberality closed.

Formerly, here were two workhouses for the poor, one the Duke of
Norfolk's Palace, hired by the Court of him for that purpose, and within
these few year, pulled down; the other in St. Andrew's, adjoining the
Hall, which is the only place occupied for that purpose at present.

The annual expence of maintaining the poor of Norwich, has amounted to
20,000 pounds on an average for the last 20 years, which has been raised
by an assessment on the half rental of occupations, at about 5s. on the
pound quarterly.

The workhouses falling to decay; inconvenient, unhealthy, and
unnecessarily expensive; an act was obtained, in 1802, for building a new
workhouse, without side the city walls, capable of containing 1300
persons. Seven acres and a half of land was purchased for this purpose,
in a healthy situation, near Chapel-field; but, after many meetings, and
various plans and estimates offered, it was determined not to build a new
house, but to enlarge and completely repair the old one in St. Andrew's,
some adjoining buildings were accordingly purchased, the whole new
modelled, and made convenient and comfortable for 600 people, and if
necessary, room can be made for 200 more.

Bridewell is in the Mayor's jurisdiction for the confinment of such as
commit petty offences or outrages in the city, is situated in St.
Andrew's parish. The north wall of which is about 79 feet in length, by
27 in height, and is considered one of the greatest curiosities of the
kind in the kingdom; it is incrusted with flints squared to about three
inches each, and cut to so great a nicety, that the edge of a knife can
scarcely be insinuated between the joints; it appears as regular and
smooth as brick-work; it was built about the year 1370, and seems to have
sustained little or no injury by time or accident, although the other
parts of the building have been twice nearly consumed by fire. There are
some other pieces of flint-work in the city, equally well executed,
particularly on the south side of St. Michael's Coslany church. The ar