The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-09 00:00:00

HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging, on crime,
underlo years of age.

President—ROßEßT BANBURY, Esq., M.P,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
1 Stephen Cave, Esq.. M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart, M.P.
Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Saa uel Morley, Esq• _

COMMITTEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. I Rev. H. MiSorley.
Mr, E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. 1 Mr. Alfred Short
Mr. E. P. Gedge. I Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore. f Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. R. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. H. Wilians, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street, E.C.
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. (,harles, 26, Suffolk-street,
P.ll-Mall East, S.W
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

street, k, :C.

The mode of admission to the House is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. Rip; thus admitted
are received five, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught !ill
they are 11 years o age.
With the view ,o secure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Commitie have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care-
ful y invest4iated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to jiidge for themselves as to
those most e 'igible for free admission.
This Lime was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to
take ha the little ones whose charact r and circumstances
disqualify the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are th se
who, from neglect, are already on the roa to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish re•iet,
and who are now friendless orphans Such are those whose
parents are breakers of t':e law, or are in prison, and who
train their children in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime and misery.
There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the neces,ary subscriptions.
The Commit.ee teel constrained to p'ead for those who
c'nnot thus plead for themselves ; and, ri terrine; to the cir-
cumstan es of some vho have been already admitted, they
ask—is it right to ma) e a widow and her mily paupers for
li'e because one of them (the naughty boy of the tam ly) runs
wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to
fell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
h 1p her to put one of them into a Home. but that the must
ail go into " the house ?" Is it doing the b,,st we can for the
little destitute orphan to send him to the workhonse. Ie it
doing to others as we would they should do unto -8 that when
these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to " ua away,"
none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly
word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th m ?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, tagging by on the
other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's
keeper ?"

The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi-
dent from the police statbeics' which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under to years of
age, have been apprehended for various offences, 70 of whom
were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too
young to punish. though not too young to learn the beginnings
of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but
for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must
otherwise become paupers, and los!ng all ideas of self-reli-
ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State.
fhe Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established
to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the
one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour
to make them useful members of society.
The daily routine of the Institution present. all the fea-
tures of a home, a sehoot, and a workshop. The little ones
are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals,
their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every
morning is devoted to echo 1 work—reading, and writing,
and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction. with occasional
lessons in WjeCte and other subjects. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, ant that at a very early
period in lite, earn their living by the sweat of their brow,
they are here at once taught habits of industry. So he after-
noons are occupied with vas ions industrial occupations—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white 1 aper bags
for tradesna, n, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for The mats, mending
the c othes, &c. Some a-sisr the master in the garden,
Wigging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the hou4e, scrubbing
and sweeping, while the elder ones lean all the boots,
knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active
working life.

2d. 11-,f payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All ohil'iren must be under 10 Tars of np,‘ at the time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
tlnv es soon as approved by the 'ommittee,
Elections of chi.dren to be ad.aitted free will take place as
frequentl,, as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, till the Home is fall; they will then he held period:.
cally
Forms of application for the admission of children may be
had at the Homo, and of the Honorary Secretary,