The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-08 00:00:00

NOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast and Destitute Boys, :and those verg'ng on crime,
under 10 years of age.
President—ROß
CEE R,T BANBURY, Esq., 111.1",
VI-PRESIDENTS. •
Stephen Cave. Esq.. M:P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart. M.P.
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Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Morley, Ks%

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COMMirrEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley.
Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short.
Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lyeett, Mr. R. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. n. Winans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C.
Honorary SeOretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 16, Suffolk-street,
Pall-Mall East, S.W.
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

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The mode of admission to the !Rinse Is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. B thus' admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and ,t aug,ht till
they are 11 years o, age.
With the view 16 secure the election of the most deserving
eases, the Commute have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of eaell case, as care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, anny, •"4 thin informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge foe. „../Azeives as to
those most eligible for free admission.
This Home was opened in April. 1864. It was designed to
take in the little ones whose charact• r and circumstances
disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are th,sse
who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beec,ome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish re,ief,
and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose
Parents are breakers of the 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 100, and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.
The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir-
cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they
ask—is it right to make a widow and her tamily paupers for
life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs
wild in the streets and is beyond her controltt Is it kind to
tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
trip her to put one of them into a Home. but that they must
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The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi-
dent from the police statistics, which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 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 losing all ideas of self-reli-
ance and sell-help be permanent burdens to the State.
The 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 deity routine of the Ins' Ration presents all the fea-
tures of a home, a school, 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 school work—reading, and writing,
and cipherin.r, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional
lessons in of and other subjects. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early
period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow,
they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after-
noons are occupied with various industrial occupations—
snaking brown paper biers for bankers, and white l riper bags
for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers tor any
who will buy them; picking the ooil for the mats, mending
the o othes, kc Some assist the master in the garden,
digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing
and sweepieg. while the elder ones dean all the boots,
knives, &c. In this way it id sought to fit them for an active
working life.
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payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of
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admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
titre as soon as approved by the Committee,
ltieetions of children to be admitted free will take place as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, tilt the Home is full ; they will then be held period'.
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