The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-27 00:00:00

COMMITTEE.

Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M`Sorley.
Mr. E. IL Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short.
Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. It. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C.
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street,
Pall-Mall East, S.W.
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, I, Lombard-
street, h .C,
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This Home was opened in April, i 864. It was designed to
take it; the little ones whose charact r and circumstances
disqualify the ii for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar
age precludes their admission to the Ri fuges. Such are the se
who, from neglect, are already on the real 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 relief,
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 10,. and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.
The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir-
cumstances of some who htwe been already admitted, they
ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for
life because one of them (the naughty boy of the fam ly) runs
wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to
tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
h Ip her to put one of them into a Home, but that the v must
ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the
little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it
doing to others es we would they should do unto :is that when
these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "tun away,"
none of us show d be fbund to care for them, to speak a kindly
word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe Ur m ?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, uassing 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 statis ics, which show that in London
alone. In one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
acre, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom
were convicted cad 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 thebeginnings
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-rell•
ante and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State.
The mode of admission to the House is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till
they arc 11 years ol age.
With the view t o s, cure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Committe 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,
i as care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most eligible for free admission.
2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of ag.a at the time of
admiss!on. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved by the Committee,
Elections of chi dren to be admitted free will take place as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi-
cally
Forms of application for the admission of children may be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary,