Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-21 00:00:00

Reefs on the 2Gth Dec
siderable part pillaged.
The William Bryan and I

on the 9t
A

rque is reported to have been wrecked at Papensee (Of*
:Hemel) ; crew drowned. Masts and wreckage were drivell,..o
shore on the 14th Januaay, and it is feared more disasters
taken place

A large female figure-head, 5,
16th inst., near Pwllheli.

g, wag picked up oil the

The ship Cumberland, from New Orleans, arrived here, repo n-
,,s
that on the 2nd January, in at. 39 N, lon. 61 W, she spoke Lr.,
George F. Patten, from Bristol to New York, which was Ter
masted on the 24th Dec., in lat. 42 N, lon. 62 W ; she was 113,0
jury-mast, foresail, mainsail, and mizentopsail, and intend
making for Bermuda. While lying to saw a ship stance
towards her, nine miles distant
Westbourn, 'SP/Caught, hence
mast and jibboom, and cargo slightly damaged
HOLYUEAD, Jan.l9. —Part of the cargo of the
on shore in Carnarvon Bay, has been dischai

much damaged.
CALLAO, Dec. 10. —The Persian, Sac
put into Shoal Bay, south of
a leak in the stern butts, near the water..
stopped, and the vessel proceeded on the sth D

to Cft

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DOCK BOARD,
eelli e,_ 'weekly meeting of this Board was held at
one
Titc'e& yesterday, Charles Turner, Esq., in the chair.
La other members present were—Messrs. Farnworth,
llotlirde. M"dell, Rankin, Anderson, Moss, Hutchison,
to ---1, Bushell, Hubback, Seger, Forwood, Arnold,
Toti!l'aaite, Langton, Smith, Bold, Inman, Evans,
14' site,
nolme, and Lockett.
tetiblelltildaetf_iorn°e E
WORKS COMMITTE .
eedings of this committee, including a recom-
to receive the tender of Messrs. Mather,
Zar,,Q, kind Co., for sheet iron, were read.
kr* Shaul moved that the proceedings be confirmed.
rega
,i inaird referred to a statement made by him,
Purerhg the notices issued by the Board for the
ifof Saturn land on the other side, at the special meeting.
ality ~...
d f, Ls,•Re said, the chairman at that time
- bun either ignorance or mis-statement,.
the -,e therefore thought it due to himself to explain kiifileygrssotuinst
,foiriehis statements. In order to be more
wrote to Messrs. Nelson, solicitors to
kessssrrs• Pollard and Co. and to Mr. Keightley, solicitor to
land ;:' Mawd4ey and' Smith, the two parties w
zion 14 ~.
w , ;Im'.. most important that they should get posses-
pimaf, in order that the works might begin. Mr. Laird
bet to read a correspondence which had
Tie beehtween him and the parties he named, when
purch airman said, the correspondence referred to the
ties chase °f land upon the other side, for which the par-
members somethino• like a million of money. If
tio__ erS of .
the Board put themselves into communica-
wilaetlNllith the opponents of the Board, and asked them
that or everything had gone on as they could wish—for
tqas really what the present correspondence amounted
the einttheroeustgsht it would be highly detrimental to
Defoe,ch of the Board that the whole
4, a correspondence should be gone into
kte 'ue. Public. If the board were to enter
place a history_of all the negociations which had taken
41, it Pon the subject, showing everything which had
butell place to their opponents; he thought it could not
pled,)°, ice
to the interests of that trust. He
con-b,,,eu Ills word and honour that, so far as his ability was
net—rned —and he might say the same for the solicitor—
taken, Moment had been lost, and all . proceedings were
a a-s-theY were advised, which were likely to produce
tipper result. (Hear, hear.)
10,r• Shand was also opposed to going into matters
ef',l,ll in a private correspondencebetween members
..11e board and 'Parties outside. (Hear, hear.) .
tta7r. Laird said as some donbt had been cast upon his
tin'erilent, he felt bound to bring forward some confirma-,
we of t.
pl,e matter then dropped. •
ea,:e proceedings of the Warehouse Committee were
44rined, upon the motion of Mr. Hubback.
MARINE COMMITTEE.
tolle committee recommended
"40e that the mooring place
bilLuerly used by the Collins steamers, be used a mooring
( for the The follow school-frigate
ing was read : Conway.

MANAGEMENT OF THE DOCKS

REPORT FROM MR. HAU UP.
bi;qn the general routine duties of
r theng
i the past year.
Observatory, no
Vevial alteration has. been made d
been regularly communi-
c„e Greenwich mean time has.
ea by the dropping of the time-ball, and
bt „ to the port .
bai"ae regulation of the electric clocks. The astrono -
have been
bt,-IT observations made during the year . h
• 'vfished; heretofore, in the Astronomische Nachne -
tee. as.
4,, and RI the proceedings of the Royal Astronomical
atuetetY. The observations taken with the self-acting
havebeeil tabulated for each
bear °meter and rain-gmage
the
te' of
the day throughout year. The pressure,
have been
, ‘4Perature and humidity of the atmosphere. _
,_ .
eZul 1
q., ar y observed daily, and compared with similar The taken during the twelve preceding years.
e
ated to
the results thus obtained have been communicated pf Oledieal officer of health and to the registrar-general
t, nu
that
4„ ,_-.8, deaths, and marriages, in the same way
all nave been given during former years. The records
Of te observations and calculations are preserved and
difficulty
4„.that they may be examined without by
..4 1)4 e acquainted with practical astronomy.
we
1,4_41 addition to the ordinary duties of the observatory,. .
tapese, after some years' perseverence
in exlaining its advai
re,,to mariners, succeeded in establishing a systematic
a ''aed of testing chronometers, which is no 7 so
has
sil:,?„__reeiated that a business of considerable magnitude
e
he‘e"tig up in this department. 392 chronometers have
to n tested during the past year and some idea may b
rked of the service which has been rendered to manners
13Y the,,et recorded number of imperfections which have been
vi._e,,_ ed, and from the fact that during the eleven months
iiii.. mg the 31st of December last attempts were made by
~,,u.olakeis to remove these faults in 116 of the cases
„a:6 n were .pointed out to them. Our records show that
tvl -e.attempts to remove faults have been successful in a
nervo! large Inajorit_y of the chronometers, and great im-
d:!_e!lients have been effected thereby. The thermal
is. JuFement has been foun imperfect in a large
:!I_ol33tr df the instruments tested; in some of them suffi-
„"e_!l! o cause au error of from one to four miles a day in
r`_74ll)'solongi t dby merely changing the temperature
rety r thirty degrees. • Numerous cases may be seen
4ar.., feFenee to our records, in which the errors detected
.._ti Pointed out (in the thermal adjustments) have, been
betuerle ed and the chronometers thus operated upon have
g, 4_lbsequently found to be trustworthy instruments.
the -Lae average number of chronometers on hand during
its t!'ast year has been about 130, a number too large for
we e,nlanage convenieatly with the accommodation that
he'tehin, ; present have. The applications to have chrono-
: itested are gradually increasing ; and it will not
re,y° s'ble for us to carry on the duties of this departa-
'lit efficient]. 1 '
new and
Y much longer, without the addition. of
<, t much larger room to test the chronometers in.
the,„4 this port there must be generally upwards of one
41.,0ansd chronemeters which are used for nautical
Rei,, 'e • These instruments only require testing. when
irre,lwhen they get out of order as shown
cleaned rity of the rates at sea, or when they havebeen.
deiie or repaired. The test shows whether the various
am ate
Whendj nstments have been properly attended to
Win this is found to be the case the instra.ment
the generally perform well for three or four years ;t a
aditt°44 uf chief time it should be cleaned and he
z_
et stments ully examined again. When chronto-
aaers are in good condition the fess they are out of he
bett„,B °f,eaptains, or those who use them at sea, the
at 8 '''
since it is by keeping a record of the performance
thea and on shore, in warm climates and in cold climates,
ka • their peculiarities will be made known to the
thermers themselves who have to use their judgment as to
In cimecoee of Confidence they are justified in placinginthemt.
Part',.uts, Vert, however, chronometers are for the nips
ti '4`'eu by persons on shore, who obtain the Greenwich
tit'ae front the Observatory. This practice of sendingt
xliri en shore to be rated has doubtless arisen fromat
thelie
tb eitlt of obtaining accurate Greenwich timehto
'44P When in ot • and it would be a great oon d
vain
,p r ,
pesitains lf • bll were removed to a more elevate
i our time- a
It w
,_,", such as the top of the . .
Victoria Tower; where
the north
tle,Lc)tud be seen by nearly all the ships in
f '"' Notwithstanding the difficulty which now exists
_ t'' abt •• or ainint,.. accurate time in these docks, the captains
1,14,,anY of the ships lying there keep their c
chronometers °,,Lonard instead of sending them on shore for the mere
A'''rPese of obtaining their errors on Greenwich time.
-9Pl* .•
' itmade at the Observatory for
111, 'cations are frequen y
means
ni. 1 Correct time, which is taken to the ship by
,I)ocket watch. This trouble would be avoided, and the
'ke at the ship obtained much more accurately if the
tittle.
removed to the
t ball now al the Observatory, were _
_up
~
'l5 ' Victoria Tower.
Pof the" JOHN HARTN .
" Observatory, Jan. 17, 1859,"
fThe committee recommended that all chronometers
ont to the Observatory by masters and owners of vessels
ofrating only be subject to a charge of
then purpose
3 Gd. that
te . each, andchronometers sent by makers for
Eitiiis.
ft a er the Ist of March,
Pay one guinea each,
is-ga to
g.

Ln-,
4r• Afondel moved the confirmation of the proceed-
a. •

r. Bold said, the shipping interest, generally, were
vailt°lls that the ball should be removed from the Obser-
-11, °l.3' to the Victoria Tower, and believed that it would
att
Th ended with great advantage.
The Proceedings were confirmed.
tole e proceedings of the master porters' committee were
Lrmed on the motion of Mr. Rounthwaite and Mr.
I)3.o°Ye -"el gave notice that at the next meeting he would
t
tei erred that the management of the badge-porters be
to that committee.

iir sl PILOTS COMMITTEE.
QIN
e zdd moved the confirmation of these proceed-
re came before the board for the first time.. He
htt7.-4rKed that they were a little incongruous at present,
Da: that they would soon be reduced to order. The
leon'tlent of money, and the transfer of securities had
Tiblade, and the necessary orders carried out.
itilee proceedings were confirmed.
tietnn.letter
Proeetdings of the docks' and
Were confirmed quays' committee
-vas. read from Mr. Charles G. Cowie, en-
„the he path
Copies of memorials from residents in Chester to
e Office in reference to the mooring
tev. replies of the ferry steamers crossina. the Mersey, with
of Vessels in
PUMeller
the report of AdmiralbEvans. The cu.._
"vrapa„e as already been macl public in the local
kit
re.
toiii'ecorrespondence was referred to the marine com-
„
ni Laird proposed a motion, of which he had given
.1.4411490 n the same subject. It was —" That it be an
114tnektc)n to the" marine committee to take into their
eteqt a,te cideration the propriety of carrying' into
"La Power given to the board by section 221 of Oa

Consolidated Act, relating to the mooring and anchoring
of vessels in the river, more especially as applies to the
anchoring of the ferry steamers." Mr. Laird kaid, while
the Corporation had charge of the river, they recom-
mended that a space should be kept clear between the
landingpage and Woodside pier. A plan was prepared
for the purpose, but before final steps had been taken,
the control of the river was taken out of the hands of
the corporation. That plan he should be happy to lay
before the committee if his motion were carried. Mr.
Laird strongly enforced the necessity of some steps being
taken, urging the imminent danger there existed of great
loss of 'life occurrinn, some day by one of the ferry
steamers coming into collision, during foggy weather,
with some vessel lying at anchor across her way. He
mentioned that the average number of persons crossing
per year was twelve millions, of whom seven millions were
computed to go by the Woodside steamers, and the
remainder by the other ferries. In foggy weather much
greater numbers were taken by the Woodside boats,
partly because fewer boats were allowed to cross to Wood-
side, and partly because passengers who ordinarily availed
themselves of the other ferries, had recourse to that of
Woodside.
Mr. Boult seconded the motion.

This Concluded the general business,

LIVERPOOL MAGDALENE INSTITUTION

Mr. Mondel said, when Mr. Laird gave notice of the
motion, it-seemed to him that a special committee ought
to be appointed for the purpose. Since then, however,
he had had opportunities of conferring with his co-mem-
bers of the marine committee, and they would cheerfully
undertake the task of considering whether they could
devise means of assuaging the fears which existed. (Hear,
hear.) He hoped, however, that the board would grant
the committee power to obtain the assistance of a short-
hand writer to take down the evidence which they would
have to call.
Mr. Bus:iell said, that whatever evidence might be ob-
tained, there could be no question as to what ought to be
done. He thought, where so many lives were concerned,
commerce ought not to be regarded.
Mr. Shand thought there ought to be some regulation
to prevent the steamers from taking too great a crowd of
passengers at a time. A vessel in a fog might, unde-
stgnedly, come to anchor just iu the place where the
steamers were to pass, as well as anywhere else, and if
the boats had so many people on board as to be umnanage-
able, it would be scarcely possible to avoid danger.
Mr. Bold did not see much use in taking a great deal
of evidence. The pilots would probably give evidence
that the thing could not be done, as in the case of the
first landing-stage being proposed, they gave evidence
that if it were constructed, no vessel could ever be docked
in the George's Dock; and evidence of a parallel nature
in reference to the construction of the large landing-
stage. . _ . _ _

The motion was carried, with the addition of the
suggestion made by Mr. Afondel.

Mr. Bushell proposed, according to notice, the follow-
ing motion, " That a Special Committee be appointed to
confer, with the Customs' authorities as to how -far it
is practicable or desirable to extend the present working
hours of the Custom-house, and further, to take such
evidence and to make such enquiry as they may deem
necessary to elucidate how far it is possible, by any
means, to increase the working power of the docks and
quays ; and that the committee be empowered to employ
a short-hand writer to take notes of the evidence received
by them," Mr Bushell said, if the motion Vere carried,
the committee he would propose would be the members
of the Docks and Quays Committee, with the addition
of . Messrs. Hubback, Arnold, and himself. He
thought it would be generally agreed upon,
after the discussions in that Board in relation to dock
extension, and seeing the immense amount of capital
now involved in their dock works, that it was very
important to decide at once whether it would be possible
to make the docks and quays at present in existence do a
greater amount of work than they were accomplishing
now. _One good would certainly result from the inquiry
he proposed, if nothing else, that that question would
be at rest, that inquiry would have been made, and it
could no longer be urged, when it was found desirable to
go to Parliament for further dock extension, that the
present docks and quays, if they were efficiently worked,
would accomplish all they sought to achieve. (Hear, hear.)
There could be no doubt that the duties of the committee
would require a great deal of firmness and independence,
for he had little doubt that they would meet with much
opposition. He proposed, in the course of the inquiry,
that they should take a ship in each of the different great
trades of the port—the cotton trade, corn .trade, guano,
palm oil, sugar, wine, spirits, &c., and follow the history
of each ship from the inoment of her entry into the
river, observe the day she was docked, the day she was
berthed, the day when she began to diskharge, and the
progress every day of her discharge, so That they would
arrive at the whole system of working the docks, with
the system of lumpers, of quay porters, of carters, of the
customs, and everything connected with the dis-
charge of a vessel. The customs would supply the
information required on their part, because, to a
certain extent, this motion would put them upon their
,defence, as they would desire to show that they
were, with their present hours, competent to the fulfil-
ment of the duties which belonged to them. He knew
that they did assert that the detention of ships was not
with them, and that the extension of the customs' hours
would not accomplish the object which the Dock Board
were seeking' and were prepared to show that the diffi-
culties which had arisen in the working of the docks,
were rather caused by the internal arrangements of the
docks themselves, than by any lack of power, will, or
time, on the part of the customs. The evidence of the
parties to be called, would possibly be tinged with the
colour which belonged to their own individual and pecu-
liar position in relation to the discharge of vessels, but.
the board would know how to brush aside all
that ought not be received implicitly. He
proposed, if necessary, to ascertain by documents
the comparative time occupied in the London and
other docks, in the discharge of vessels similarly
loaded. The system of dock dues would also form an
important part of the inquiry. lie was told by ft large
shipowner that he had a guano vessel so long in her
discharge, notwithstanding all the efforts which could
be used, and the thieats of fines, that he was compelled
to remonstrate, and he was told by the merchants who
received the cargo that they had made a calculation, and
it was cheaper to pay the dock fines, than to take the
cargo from the quay. He believed the quays were in
too many instances being made into markets. (Hear,
hear.) Produce was kept there by all the means in the
power of the merchants until they. could get a market
for it, and send it from the quay instead of from their
warehouses. On these and other grounds he proposed
his motion.

REPORT

Mr. Arnold seconded the motion, believing that it
would effect some good, but at the same time remarking,
that he thought the• true remedy would be found in an
extension of the dock warehouse system. -

Mr. Lockett opposed the motion, upon the ground that
the duties of the docks and quays committee already fully
occupied their time.
Mr. Evans quite agreed with Mr. Arnold regarding the
dock warehouses. If they had warehouses on the edges
of the quays they would provide for every diffienity, gain
time, save half the expense to the merchant, and save the
pavement of the town.

Mr. Laird supported the motion, believing that the
labouis of the committee would do a great deal of good.
Mr. Boult concurred in the necessity for the committee,
but thought Mr. Bushell would do wisely to include a
larger number of members not upon the dock
and quays committee. He observed that the rents of the
dock warehouses were sometimes thirty and even fifty per
cent. higher than those of other warehouses in the town;
that the porterage charged was much higher than upon
the open quays, and that, if a ship went into the Albert
or Stanley Dock, it would cost her more to discharge,
with all the appliances there, than in open docks. Many
merchants preferred the expense of carting produce away
from the warehouse docks to paying the extra porterage
and storage there.

Mr. Sh-and moved as an amendment, that the question
be referred, in the same terms, to the docks and quays
committee, and that the names of Messrs. Hubback,
Bushell, and Arnold be added to that committee.
Mr. Hutchison seconded the amendment.

The Chairman supported the amendment, on the
ground that it was but a fortnight since the board
appointed the committee for the manazement of the
docks and quays, and as the present subject especially
came within their province, he did not like to be a party
to the appointment of a special committee virtually to
supersede them.
Mr. Bushell contended that the province of the docks
and quays 'committee was the daily ordinary working of
the docks, and that the present subject did not come
within their province. He also stated that he believed
he could-not with equal efficiency work with the commit-
tee on this subject unless he were its chairman, which he
could not be, if it were referred to the docks and quays
committee.

The board then divided, when there aypeared=

For the amendment Messrs. Anderson, Forwood,
Holme, Hutchison, Inman, Langton, Lockett, Mendel,
Rounthwaite, Segar, Shand, and Turner —l2.
Against,; Messrs. Arnold, -Bold, Boult, Hubback, Moss,
Smith, Bushell, Evans, Farnworth, Laird, Rankin, and
Tobin —l2.

The voting being equal, the Chairman gave his casting
vote in'favour of the amendment.

Mr. Bushell declared that, under these circumstances,
he must decline to act on the comrfAlttee. He considered
the course 'taken by the board eras virtually to put aside
the inquiry.
MY, 6auth au4 Oiler rentlemcn urged Mr. Bushell to

year: --.

THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 185

remain on the committee; but that gentleman still de-
clined to do so, declaring that he regarded the inquiry
as virtually. put aside.
.Mr. Smith moved that Mr. Mondel's name be added
to the committee, which was carried.
Mr. Arnold said, he too must decline acting on the
committee; but the Chairman said, the question was now
disposed of.
Mr. Smith gave notice of two motions for the
next day—one to rescind the resolution adding the
names of Mr. Brocklebank and Mr. Hubback to the marine
committee, as being irregular; and, the second, to sub-
stitute the names of two other gentlemen for those of
Messrs. Bold and Laird on the parliamentary committee,
on the ground that the declared opinions of these gentle-
men had rendered them unfit to give any assistance in
carrying out the resolution of the special meeting on
Saturday last.

The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to
this institution took place in the Savings' Bank, &Id-
street, at twelve o'clock yesterday. It was announced
that the Rev. Rector Campbell would take the chair, but
in the unavoidable absence of the rector, the chair was
taken by William Gregson, Esq._

The 'Rev. M. Moore opened the proceedings with
prayer.
The Chairman, in opening the business, observed that
at the Social Science meeting held in Liverpool lately,
there had been a great deal of discussion upon the
subject of reformatory institutions, and a great deal was
said in favour of them and against them. He, therefore,
thought tt would not unseasonable upon his part, to avail
of the present occasion to state the principles upon which
he conceived that branch of reformation work—namely,
that of endeavouring to reclaim fallen women—could be best
vindicated. It soem-xl to him that that institution could
be clearly vindicated up on two grounds : on the lower ground
of social expediency ; and on the higher ground of Christian
principle. With regard to the ground of social expedi-
oncy, they all knew that the present state of society in
that, and other large towns, was such a compound of good
and evil, that it was utterly impossible to expect that the
peculiar evil with which they had to deal, could ever be
entirely expelled from it. They had no authority to
expect anything of that kind—it would he thoroughly
fanatical to do so, and, in fact, they had authority
against it. They were told that the wheat and the tares
would be mixed up together to the last. But
because they could not entirely get rid of it,
that was no reason why they should allow it to remain as
it was. The state of society might be bad now, but it
would be worse if they had no such institutions. If
they. could not eradicate the evil they could at least
diminish it, and deprive it of some of its injurious effects
upon society. If women of the class to whom he alluded
were left without any chance. of escape, what would be
the consequence ? Most of these women begin
their career in immorality and impurity, and very
soon after fell into a course of actual crime.
They associated with the very worst of their
sex—they committed breaches of the law,. and
in addition to their outrages upon public decency; they

commenced the system of invading- private property, and
committing offences which no doubt would add very
largely to the criminal statistics of that and other large
towns. It must be remembered besides, that these
women, bad as many of them appeared to be, were not
altogether hardened and seared. Many of them were
visited with uneasy consciences ; they were haunted by
the memory of the respectability, the comfort and the
endearments of horn; which they had lost ; many of them
were so wearied and. disgusted with their sinful lives
that they would be only too glad to escape, if they
knew how. It was that women, in that state of mind,.
that institutions such as that, proved to be a source of
mercy and blessing ; and it was a very peculiar and
admirable feature of that institution that it afforded such
easy access to those who wished to enter it. (Hear, hear.)
In other institutions there were all kinds of preliminary
forms, which had to be gone through, whereas in that
institution the door was open every day in the week, and
every hour in the day, so that any poor woman who really
wished to turn away from a life of sin and to betake
herself to better things had only to knock at the door.
(Hear, hear.) The number which could be received was
indeed very small compared with the number of outcasts on
the streets : but, . still, if only one could be saved out of
a large number, they knew, upon the highest authority,
that there would. be joy in heaven. (Hear, hear.) Upon
the higher ground of Christian principle, the chairman
also advocated the objects of the institution, and com-
bated some of the arguments raised against it, many of
which he declared were 1,800 years old, and had been
stated and triumphantly refuted in the New Testiment.
The Chairman then read the following

"At the last annual meeting the committoe were
enabled to congratulate the subscribers and friends of the
Magdalen Institution on its satisfactory management and
on its favourable results as a penitentiary ; and they desire
to express their gratitude to Almighty God that the year
just concluded justifies them in reporting that the
management continues to be excellent, and that the results
have become even more encouraging.

" The matron exercises the same unwearied watchfulness
over all departments of the important work, and evinces
the same heartfelt interest in the welfare of all the inmates
committed to her care. This has been shown not merely
by her anxious solicitude for their temporal and spiritual
good while under her charge, but also in procuring
situations for them when fitted for. service. Through her
good. offices five have been comfortably provided for during
the past year.
" In the early part of the year no ordinary difficulty
was experienced in obtaining efficient officers for the
subordinate posts, though for some time past that difficulty
has been happily overcome.
"In spite, however, of every hindrance, the work has
been steadily carried on, and the gross earnings Of the
inmates have arnaunte 1 to upwards of £450, showing an
increase of more than £34 on the previous year, and of
£7l on the year 1856. _ _ _

"The following is the statistical account for the past
NuMber of inmates, January Ist, 1858, 38 ;
'admitted during the year, 34 ; total, 72, how disposed
of : sent to service, 8 ; restored to friends, 3 ; discharged
at their own desire, but now in situations, 4 ; sent to
other institutions, 2 ; dismissed as unsuitable, 3 ; dis-
charged at their own desire, 10 ; absconded, 1; went to
hospital, and did not return, 3 ; at present in hospital,
3 ; total, 37—leaving in the house 35.
" Of the 35 still remaining iu the house two are already
provided for, and will shortly leave for their respective
destinations; and of the remaining 33 only three have
been in. .the institution above two years, whereas the
number of,sach cases at the beginning of the year was six.
" Of thOse sent out during the year two had been pre-
viously promoted to places of trust in the institution.
One of these, after a year's service, had a good situation
provided for her ; the other had been restored to her
friends, and is since married.

" Of the eight sent to service during the past year, the
committee have the satisfaction of knowing that all are
doing well, with the exception of one, of whom they are
in doubt.

" Of those restored to friends, one was received by her
brother at the end of her two years, and he, though in
straitened circumstances, made a thank off,Ting of X 1 to
the funds. It may here be mentioned that the mother of
one of the present inmates, in gratitude for her daugh-
ter's rescue from a life of sin, made an offering- of the
same amount, when she came to visit the child that had
been lost, but who was now found.'

"Of the fourteen who were discharged at their own
desire, the. committee rejoice to be able to state that all
have not returned to a life of infamy. It is ascertained
that three have obtained situations, and that a fourth is
married; and of those who loft in the previous year, one
is married, and showed her sense of the advantages of the
institution by bringing a girl for admission. These
women had much to undergo before they became respecta-
bly settled, and several of them bitterly repented leaving,
and begged earnestly for re-admission.
" By these instances it is seen that the institution is of
advantage even to, some, who are not directly provided
for by the committee. It is shown that the discipline of
the institution imparts a knowledge of work, a habit of
industry, and a strength of character which enable those
who have only partially received its benefits, to withstand
the temptations and inducements which would otherwise
have led them' back again to their former life. It is
found, however, as the result of experience, that it is
better for them to remain their full time, as the greatest
improvement generally takes place towards the latter
portion of ;their stay.
"The importance of the industrial element is also seen
in its serving as a test of sincerity. Some few left after
the first week when they found they would have to rise
early, and work hard. They preferred a life of indolence
and sin to one of virtue and industry.
"It is rernArkable that none have been dismissed for
ants of insubordination. One was sent away for urging
an inmate ,to steal, and another because she was .detected
in a system of deceit, and no hope of reclaiming her could
be entertained.
" Of the ten discharged at their own desire, though it
may be found hereafter that some have succeeded in

obtaining situations, yet, in the absence of any testimony
respecting•them, the committee refrain from expressing
any such hope, even though they have four verified
instances during the past year of well-doing under similar
circumstances ; and one from the previous year, The
institution can only be considered responsible for those
whom it places in service, and not for those who leave it
under the plea of providing for tlzermelves, Of this latter