The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-25 00:00:00

COMMITTEE.

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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 Lye,ett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.O
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, LB, Suffolk-street,
P.ll-Mall East, S.W.
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

E.O.

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 ill
they are 11 years o; age.
With the view I o secure 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, as care-
fully investigated by the Committee, anti with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most eligible for free admission.
This Home was opened in April, 1884. It was designed to
take in 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 those
who, from neglect, are already on the road 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 plead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir-
cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they
ask—ls it right to make a widow and her tamily paupers for
lite because ono 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
11,1 p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they 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 as we would they should do unto us that when
these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "run 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 tit. m ?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, ()arising 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 stalls! les' which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under to years of
ane, 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 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-reli-
ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State.
he 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 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 echo .1 work—reading, and writing,
and cipherimr, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional
lessons in objects and other subjects. But they are also
tratued to work. As they must all, and 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 the after-
noons are occupied with various industrial occupations—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white r aper bags
for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending
the c'othes, &c. Some assist the master in the garden,
tagging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, .crubbing
and sweeping, while the elder ones (lean all the boots,
knives, dm In this way it is sought to fit them for an active
working life.
2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved by the Committee,
Elections of children 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 childrekmay be
had at the Some, and of the honorary secretary,

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rath
way Terminus, King's-cross.

Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LES, K.G
President—B is Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH, K.G.

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This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and f act es.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; lorries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Liverpoci ; and at the Hospital. from 10 tills.
STANFORD SMITH, Secretary.

American Financial and Commercial News.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Money abundant. Gold, 1445.
Exchange on London, 1595; on Paris, 3f. 55c. Stocks
dull. New York Central, 97 ; Erie, 921; Five-Twenty
Bonds, 1021. Cotton heavy—middling upland, 48c. to
49c. Flour heavy. Wheat dull. Corn declining. Pro-
visions steady. Coffee very firm. Sugar quiet. Molasses
steady. Petroleum quiet—crude, 41c. ; refined, 67c.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Government securities are steady
with moderate sales. In Railway mortgages and State
bonds little done. ltailway shares were generally higher in
the morning, but after the Board were freely offered at
lower prices. At the Second Board 5-20 s, old issue, sold
at 1021 to 1024 under purchases for foreign account. Erie,
under reports of sales at 574 in London, sold as high as
93.?,-, and closed at 924. The sales in London were for ex-
port to Now York to deliver on short sales. The market re-
mains wholly in the control of professional operators, and at
the close the following quotations were made :—New York
Central, 971 to 971 ; Erie, 924 to 93 ; Hudson River, 109 to
1095 ; Reading, 1165 to 117 ; Michigan Southern, 754 to
755 ; Illinois Central Scrip, 1331 to 135 ; Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, 941 to 94i ; Rock Island, 107 to 107 i ; North-
Western, 36 to 365; do. Preferred, 6411 to 65; Fort Wayne,
105 to 106; Ohio and Mississippi Cektificatos, 281 to 284 ;
Canton, 455 to 46 ; Cumberland Coal, 45 to 45; Mariposa,
14i to 15 ; Quicksilver, 48 to 481.
Money on call is 7 per cent., and doted in some quarters
more active. Loans are made ia rare cases at 6 per cent.
In commercial paper no change ; best sells at 7 to 9, and
second rate at 10 to 15 per cent.

Exchange is firm at 1091- for leading names at 60 days
on London.

London financial advices by the Hibernian, at Portland,
are to the 24th of November. The Bank of England has
reduced its rate of interest to 6 per cent., and the bullion in
the Bank had increased £778,000. Cotton was id lower
on American. Five-Twenties were quoted at 641; Illi-
nois Central, 83 to 831 ; Erie, 57 to 57k.
Freights are more active. The engagements to Liver-
pool are: 70,000 bushels wheat at Gid to 7d; 1,000 bales
cotton at 5-16 d. Per steamer: 14,000 bushels wheat at 7d;
7,000 bushels corn at God; and 7,000 bushels peas at 71d.
To London: 300 barrels flour at 2s. A brig to Cork
for orders, with privilege of west coast of Ireland, at
6s 3d.

The following shows the exports (exclusive of specie)
from New York to foreign ports for the week ending De-
cember 4, and since the beginning of the year :

1863. 1864. 1865.
For the week $3,505,610 $3,998,585 $5,618,019
Prey. reported 156,885,289 198,503,869 150,805,778

Since Jan. 1 160,390,899 202,502,454 156,423,797
THURSDAY, Dec. 7, p.m.

The report of the Secretary of the Treasury is regarded
in some quarters as putting the national finances in a less
favorable light than the facts warrant. The public will
be much pleased if the Secretary has made this mistake on
the right side, for it is an error which insures an earlier re-
sumption of specie payments than people deem possible,
and for which they aro unprepared. Instead of a deficit
of $112,000,000 in the fiscal year ending January 30, 1866,
a careful writer estimates that it cannot exceed $15,000,000,
and bases his statements upon the following data :
Estimate of Actual and
Iteport. Probable.
Unappropriated Oct. 1
Gold Customs to Juno 30 100,000,000 135,000,000
Internal Taxes to June 30
Lands and Miscellaneous

To ether 5372,658,515 $170,158,515
To pay g
all Requisitions
The Treasury will not, upon a deficit of $15,000,000 or
of $50,000,000, be obliged to issue another dollar of new
legal-tender currency, and instead of a margin of seven
months for speculations upon the necessities of the Trea-
sury, liquidation must be entered upon at once by over-
trading banks, of which there are many hundreds, and
overtrading merchants and speculators too numerous to
count. The estimates of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1867, are amended by tho same authority and placed as
follows :

Estimates of Probable
Fiscal Year 1866-7. Report. Income.
From Customs in Gold 5100,000,000 $150,000,000
Internal Taxes
Miscellaneous and Lands 21,000,000 21,000,000

Total Income $396,000,000 $521,000,000
To pay Interest 141,512,000 141,542,000

Balance 5254,458,000 $379,458,000
Support of Government 142,776,000 142,776,000

Applicable to Public Debt $111,682,000 $236,681,000

(From Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite 4. Co.'s Weekly Circular,
December 20).

The 1, China," brought our usual advicos from Now York