The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

LFKI3OAT SERVICES. —During the storms of
the past year the National lifeboat Inatitetkm, by its life-
boat and other means, contributed to the oaring of 707 81•288 a•
Qom different wrecks on our coed& The institaßon alio ex-
pended 421,874 in the lame period on ite lifeboat establishments,
baddition to granting 44,960 for rewards for saving life aanndd
exerchdag the lifeboat&
The committee of the Institution earnestly APPYLL to the
public for AbiIeTANCI, to enable them to meet the matinee&
heavy demands on Inatlfittion's 163 Lifeboat Stations.
Contributloos are received b the London and Country
Bankers ; and by the Secretary, Lewis, req., at the In-
stltatlon Johnittreet, Adolph'. L3odoll.

TORN BROOMPS PARIS FIRST CLASS
V moil LONDON 11121 mEDALS.—Manutsclory, 16, Hon
rletta-street, Coven London, W.C. This establishment
I. dosed at ti, awl as at 1 o'cloak.

25 OLD BOND-STREET (late Call and
Martin's Bank).—.l. W. RIME, Wake and Cloak
)faker Ito H.E. H. the Mem of Wales, having reconstructed
the above magatlcent Premises, invites an inspe,ttwn of
LETISTIC WOIKu, consisting of CLOCKS and BRONZES from
the &tellers of Italy, name, and England. Watches of every
construction, Diamond and line Gold Jewellery, Silver and
Electro-Plate.

DIAMOND and GOLD JEWELLERY of
Ottsbud Dedgns at moderate prteee—Mater of the Gold
Casket presented by the City of tendonirt to 11.1t.R. the Prince of
Wales. CC. OLD BONDATIt

MOURNING JZWELLERY for LADIES and
orarumri.
f 6, OLD BOND-STRUM

JEWELLERY for BRIDAL PRESENTS,
tbsolgood byltiUan and *each Article.
26, OLD )N MUM.

SILVER PLATE for TESTIMONIALS,
dadised upessilt tor their resoosevo Moats.
26. OLD BONIKITIRST.

SILVER PLATE, for RACING, FIELD, sad
AQUATIC SPORTS.
!A OLD BOND-BTDMIT.

SILVER PLATE for the SIDEBOARD,
Maar sod Tea Tables, to.
11. OLD BOND STRICT.

CLOCKS for the DRAWING, DINING, or
DiD ROOM.
IS, O%D BOND4IILUT.

CLOCKS for the LIBRARY Hall, Carriage, in.
20. ow Bomoorizer.

CLOCKS for CHURCHES, Turrets, and Stabled
se, OLD BOND-811rsM

WATCHES , Chronometers, Duplex, Levers,
Imalsis. itapsakirs, Ceatra ssoga&, Keyless,Chro-
nographs, de.
21, OLD BOND-OTRIZT.

BRONZES D'ART, by Rose and Isidore
Bonham Praia., Mew% Berm otc.
116, OLD BOND4rager.

T W: =IBM, Prize Mewl., London, Clam 33 ;
. Dublin. Mrs 10 : Honourable
BOND-STRUT. Hendon. London, Claes 15.
26, OLD

JW. BENSON'S STEAM FACTORY for
. CLOCKS and WATCHES, 58 and 00, LITDOA.TE-HILL;
WEST END EBTABLIIIHNE IT, 25, OLD BONNIT'RILET.

T.ONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
Teooll torEseidocen. -Rogismber, Ire will toe you
"EVANS," else Ms Covent-garden Paataskins, tad Os
Timms

gke ermfa.

altereassools hnsWis-rtor
10. Load= Womb*
pw, mob b. a. Nu Olbss ftoaodookoo.. by Two
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.H4YMAILI!LIT.

A 1141.7177110 AffACrIfYINT. Wows. W.
Szerea and Ossapion • Adm Cavendlah.—SZOTHEß BA3i.
Moors. sears sal auckitoas • Woo Nati Moors.
IN THZ HAYILLRICIT.—Aad A KISS IN THZ DAM.

This evimmia, Qum- otdeb TT 15
MOVER TOO LAID T$ KIND. Xmas. V EL Melva*
T. Mead, D. Murky, b. °album. F. Vlillarn J. G. Bhorti G. Mae
eay. and D. Oblinara : lames L. Moore and L Dodgem

LTCZVY.

Tim IVErnre,_ ILLITSTMIOI7B BIMANCMIR. Mr. H.
Widdicomb.—TlMl MABTEII 01P ILILVIIMEIWOOD. Molars.
raohter, Jordgn. Veda. Jimmy, Wkidlcomb, MlNpalrick, Exam;
Mrodaarm Tama. Moronity, Lima; C. Loam%

BirFANIA.

TIM 1 YW,q, TEI CAStraiii/D.—lirs. Howard Pa:S.-
11r. J. King and other, survivors from the wreck of the Loudon.
—Johnny one —OLD DADDY LONGLISIS AND Slit MOIST
CIRCUS. Mn. B. lank M. and Mdme. Btaissabach. —And Olmar.

HIGH 'WATER AT LONDON-11 IL
TIM DAY Mango& 61i. 1912..... 51. 411 A.
TO4101•0111-• Manta& Ob. &A....Aftwassa. 64 WM

i LONDON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20.

Ws rejoice to learn that the supper to the home-
less lads on Wednesday last was exempt from the
reproach of beginning and ending with a show. It
was a happy and kindly thought of the patrons
and conductors of an excellent institu-
tion, whose name speaks for itself—the
Boys' Refuge. Their object was to bring together
these deserted, homeless, and hopeless lads, as
a sort of deputation from an uncounted multitude
of desolate wayfarers in the stony wilderness of
London. It was to see and to show what well-
directed and organized beneficence might do at once
for this country and for humanity by rescuing
thousands of boys from the waste and slough of
misery and despair. Within ten days after the
Wednesday supper it appears that twenty-four
boys were actually received into the Refuge to be fed,
clothed, lodged, educated, and trained for service
at home or in the colonies. Such was the condi-
tion of these boys, that the " filthy rags they
" came in had to be destroyed at once," and
many had to be kept in bed until clothes were
found for them. We were mistaken in supposing
that the supper, and the grace before and after,
and the fourpence at the door, were the be-all
and the end-all of the entertainment. " Two pro-
" jects," we are informed by the Secretary of the
Refuge, "are about to be considered, with a
" view to make further provision for meeting the
" necessities of these homeless boys. The first is
" to ascertain if the Lords of the Admiralty will
" give one of the useless ships of war now lying in
" her MAJZISIIOB dockyards to be fitted up as a
" training ship for those boys who wish and are
" able to follow a seafaring life. The second pro-
" ject is to endeavour to obtain by hire or gift, an
" old-fashioned house, with about fifty acres of
" land, near London, where those boys not fitted
" for sea can be trained to agricultural pursuits,
" so as to supply the labour market at home, or to
" qualify them for colonial life."
Many who read of these simple projects will
begin to wonder bow it happens that amidst the
vast abundance and diversity of charitable organi-
zations in this country so little has yet been done
for the rescue of the boys who swarm as thick
and as foul in every court and alley of the
town as the vermin in the rags upon their limbs.
We have bad a Royal Commission to inquire into
the best means of saving the oyster " spat," but
the human " spat " of our city beds, which is
produced and consumed in thousands by famine
and disease, is only just beginning to be missed

and wanted for our fleets and our farms.
The first of these projects (the second is perhaps
less easy of attainment) for the support of the

homeless boys is one so obviously practical and
desirable that one is surprised at its appearance
so many years after the system of training ships
for boys has been adopted by the Admiralty, in
order to secure a constant supply of new blood
for the Navy, and to get rid for ever of the old
difficulty of manning shipe efficiently in a sudden
emergency. No one can have watched a group of
these London street-boys, whose origin, habits,
and language are a mystery, without regretting
that such raw material should be wasted in
the gutter when it might become part and parcel
of the strength and courage of England. No one
can have looked at those huge hulks of line-of-
battle ships in ordinary in the Medway or Hamoaze
without putting this and that together, and antici-
pating the admirable combination which the Secre-