The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-17 00:00:00

ii7bWEETING, nor. Sec..
CHARLKS NASH, Sec
rtinE RESC UT SOCIETY
b non, ,
Last year no fewer
1,1 l 45,---• '0 the 12 now in operation.
1 were rejected • rom
add another
Out 04,1),^r, friendless, young lema•esfof 3 087, who have
Wiehe,S to
,e,tl,_ sereNDS and room, making'
a total
details of a few
the 41 4W4 in seesears. Here are
P to ost re
cent -
by her father.
A'. ,a P .''' la, titlemother dead, deserted
--••• If „;„' 'Zed l'3 h0n,,,, ies J, both parents dead.
her mother.
'• D.' -'sed 17 ' --- dead, deserted by
r, aged , , fallen, father -. 13..' l5, fallen, mother dead.
A ll' -Zeclls, fallen: mother dead,
li, •' a.•-ed 16, fallen. both parents dead.
ts
• ``gecl 14, hemeless, de y her parents e. g • aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. 0," aged 17, fallen both parents dead.
Ii b.*, aged 18, fallen, father dead.
kie.. , aged 18, fallen, both parents read,
t'i,. t,t,?,• ed 17, f 'lien, both parents dead. _s. I) Z'e•dagd 17, fallen, both parents dead.
\ 0.1:111,,,;;Le‘Y hornet leendebmomth parentse
itt ewish to 'form would be
,for
have te,'•ll.lB, almost children, from the. age ot ES to 1., who
e 0.... en led astray from the path of virtue.
li'An% ;Irributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
u, aniei cooper, 85, Queen •street Cheapside; or by Messrs.
uretaY and Co.. Lonaba.rd-street. '
110. ME for LITTLE BOYS, TOttenham, N.,
o._„,ca for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
„',,,,n. s and agateof Boys, and those verging on crime,
.utler 10 years ot e.President— ROBERT BANBURY Esq 31.?
•, ,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. I Sir S. M P • eto, Bare, M.P.
Henry E. Gurney, Esq. I Abel Smith, Eaq 3S ;p
Samuel Morley. ER%
1
Treasurer—W 11. Winans, Esq., 78, Basin
Mr ghall-street, E.C.
Mr Alex. Anderson. I COMMITTEE.
Rev. li. M`Sorley.
. E. IL Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short.
Mr. E. P. Gedge.
I Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
„ Mr. Francis Lycett. • I Mr. 11, T. Turnbull.
4ionorary, Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 16, Suffolk-street,
l3a Pall-Mall East, S.W
nkers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-
street, I, .c ,
Thish, Rome was opened r
osepril, 1861. It was designed to
Lombard-
take in the little ones wh cheviot r and circumstances
~,18quality the,. for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
,i'vee precludes their admission to the It, fuges. Such are those
f),00, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are
left who who have been deserted by theirnatural protectors and
ti to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
I)areets may have at one time or other received parish relief,
pad Who are now friendless orphans. ,Such are those whose
barents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
'aill their children in the same path. Such are those whose
~II associations have already had their painful effect, and
altist lead them to a life of crime and misery.
The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is dentevi-
-1 from the police statistics, which show that in London
acirlsae, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
,::,ec, have been
apprehendeda for various offences, 79 of whom
gre convicted punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
,sarged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too
',Ting to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings
to ennui. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but
„st the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must
'"" etivise become paupers, and losing all Ideas of self-rell •
"ere and self-help be permanent burdens to the State.
. the Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established
toeLo retpue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the
hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour
.- •
qualm them useful members of society.
, The daily routine of the Ins'itution presents all the fea-
tures of a home, a school, and a woloillop. The little ones
are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals,
th ir suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every
naorninz is devoted to school work—reading and writing,
and ciphering. and Scriptural instructio with occasional
lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also
teamed 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 occupation.-
Making brown paper bags for bankers, andwhite raper 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,
forth.B
and so y
digging, planting, watering, weeding,
the house, scrubbing
degrees they are being made useful in
all the boots,
told Si while the elder ones clean
for an active
'raves, dm. In this way it is sought to fit them
Working life.
ut four years
There are now 50 little inmates from abo
Committeeof
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the or
.Weuld joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only waitr the necessary subscriptions.
for those who
The Committee feel constrained to p'ead
the cir-
cumstances thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to
they
cumstances of some who have been already admitted,
rs
for
life-18 it right to make a widow and her family paupe r jir
because one of them (the naughty boy of the fam kind
to
tell Wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it
her, b,cause she has so large a family, that you will not
~,,11) her to put house them into a Home, but that they mus
1-' go into "the ?" Is ►it doing the b. st we can for the
'tile destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it
these
to others ss we would they should do unto us that when
the little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
,„_e Streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "tun away,"
'_u_ll.e of us shou d be found to care for them, tospeak a kindly
.irj,° d to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ?
we leave them still on the doorstep, teasing by on the
k'egrer r,;;;Ie, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's
The
Ist mode of admission to the Rouse is twofold,
aro • 11)7 election of the subscribers. }toys thus admitted
fh_ received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till
'Tr are 11 years of age.
easeslth the view t o secure the election of the most deserving
stun. the he
have from the first discouraged canvas-
se and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
101 e voting papers contain a description of each case, as care-
iob3: Investiaated by the Committee, and with this informa-
ih the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
I)_!!triost eligible for free admission.
"„ By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
..,,Ti children must be under 10 y. ars of age at the time of
elolsslon. Those received on payment are admitted at any
dile aa sOOO approved by the committee,
Electio as
hen__
_no of children to be ad:aitted free will take place as
eatadz.,‘4Tu.t.l.r as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
or, till the Horne is fill ; they will then be held period!-
, Ponta of
mai at the Dlication for the admission of children may be
e papule, and of the HOrtOrat y 860retsry,