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R VWARD FOR Aprat.HrxwitG saIUGGLERS.
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the Ae(*Mem. to ;hitt eubject.—Report to-mortow.
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Mink Ft%'lvry In 1340-%. Stmits.
The House !lien miliouriled.

REJUGE FOR THE DENIITUTE.

The Twelfth Anniversary of this S..ciety took
I.l,see yesterday at the Cry of I. Imo 'riven', and
we Were gimi to 1111(111141 It RIM itltro(11r11 0111* of
the st Hume ttttt and respeetillile Nleetings which
we ever remember at the A 00000 veraaries of Om

The object of this Society is to provide a place
of refuge for persona discharged f prisons or
the hulks, unfortunate and deserted females, and
others, who, thorigh willing to work, are unable.
front Imo of character, to lerlreure no holiest main-
tenance ; also, in cases of very mrgeut nrcessily,
fir otrtled temporally relief to distressed persons,
mitt' parochial or other assistance can he obtained,
and thereby to put Nu end to the plea of necessity
urged by many of the idle, disorderly, and prof-
I:g.oe characters that infest our streets. Persmis
ilisch.irgeil from 'petrol confinement, are cohsidered
the primary objects of this Institution. it is al-
most unnecessary for us to any' that such so lush-
tu:lon it daily advancing in public le, pitu.
At ssven o'clock Iris Royal Ifigliness the Duke
Yurk entered the room, a: eompanied by the
Fail of Liverpool, Lord Sid Ili, nod several
other distinguished public characters, his
Iltgliiiess rook the Chair, and the company bat
down to a sumptuous (hillier.
As soon as the cloth oils removed, the usual
liraltlis of the Royal Family were given bum the
Chair with loud applause.
Lord Sinmourti rose, and roposed the health of
the President of this valuable. Institution, his
Highness the Duke of York, who loaf been
Si, long us lino and steadfast supporter.—((:reat
ipplause.)
The ROYAL. CHAIRMAN rose and expressed the
gnaw ode lie felt to the Alerting, for the kind no-
lax they had taken of Ins support. Ile assured
them of the very tinier's. 'pleasure he felt at the ill..
I ceasing success of this lostitirtion, and at seeing
this day so Lege au usseradilage of men of milk and
chararier use. to promote its views. The snore this
IliSlillllloll WAS known, the greater must necessarily
lie i•ip public influence. Ills sunup), t should never ,
lie wroth% to its views; he rout( only, iu re-
turn fur the r unipliment they hail paid him, beg '
Cave to drink till their good 'widths, and prosperity
1.6 the Society of the Refuge lOr the Destitute.—
(Great upplum3e.)
I%lr. Low ARD roast Ea, the Treasurer, read
sortie of the 'Principal pecuniasy contributions uf the
present thy ; utn.inb them %%ere 30 guinear from
his Rop,l flightless the Duke of York, 50/. front i
the E irl or Lverpool. 25/. from Lord Sid ~,,, nth.
in 11.111111.1 M to las 'dormer duriaLotis ; and isp the
Course 111 the evening a very large amount of sub-
sciipUunr
was announced with great applause.
Dr. LI/sum:Tow lose to call the attention of
' the Urtling to idle great objects of this Institution.
II had been founded in 1803, hy the late Mr.
Whitaker; its objects were then let mild 81/IlreClirs
refl. though at that peliaal the amount of pauperism
Hod crime bore nu proportion to what it wifortu-
'irately did at the present day. The increase of
crime since that pet toil was in the proportion of 3!
to 30, and the difficulty of procuring employ went
for the pour had hardly increased in n less ratio.
'FI nriusery object of this Institution was the pro-
curing ruinloyinetit fur those who had incurred the
penalty of the law—to such persons it afforded a
reformatory shelter. The Institution had in-
deed the advantage of a Treasurer, who in the
hour of trial looked into his own purse to
promote their views, and was, in fact, in advance
thousands fur their benefit.—(Great applause.)—
It appeared by the Report or the Committee, that
during the last year, SU males had been admitted,
of which number 71 had (seers in some degree or
other brought before the tribunals of their country.
See the inestimable advantages of provitinig a re-
fuge for such characters, and placing nut only in-
dustry and bilirintiePs within their reach, but taking
this number of criminals out of the centre of crime,
and spot only shutting out society from the coistagiant
of their example sod influence, but in the cud con-
verting them to the 'practice of useful and proper
employments, to become good usetuisens of society.
If this Institution had not existed, what would
have become of such characters ? They would have
diffused far and wide crime and iniquity, and they
would have divsemitiatati the contagion of their
biers where slow they left the benefit of their moral
reiormailson and evaratple.—(Great upplumse.)— A
temporary Establiblitnent had been reared on the
Bth of June last, to relieve the parent Institution,
and preserve some of its benefits., which would other-
wise have Loren lost to society. In this retllioUrary
Institution 11.5 had betas admitted during the last
year. Thus the Society, in its double use, may
be said within that pee mud to have latbened above
Suu individuals. Thr greater pruportion oldster were
unhappy juvenile delioqiients, rod in this view the
fun& of the Institution were emitted to peculiar con.
bideratiou from the melancholy fact, that they were
unable to procure the adopt ion of that system of class-
sificatiou so essential iii the reformatory discipline of
an institution of this kind. The evil of juvenile de.
linquency had incrunord to an extraordinary de-
gree, au much littlest', that it was entitled to the
serious consideration oh the Legislature. To ottani
system of classification would be a great object.
This Institution went as far as it could in pro-
moting the great object. Since they had lust met,
its founder, Air. Whitaker, hail died, and it was
his consolation, though in want perhaps of sonic
comforts i* self. to look with heartfelt consolation
to the good lie bad dune iii promoting this great
object. Let other mess take example by the efforts
of this good and humble mail.—(dpplaese.)
Dr. LusilisoroN coticluded by proposing the
herlilaof the Earl of liveipoul, mid may they hope
lot the rapport of his I.urthliip in promoting the
views of this Institution.—/(:reat ups/reuse.)
The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, and returned his
Lest thanks fur the honour dour hint 011 the

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