The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-11 00:00:00

E.C,

The mode of admission to the Hthise is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till
they are 11 years 01 age.
With the view 1 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, 1864. It was designed to
take is the little ones whose character and circumstances
disqualify them 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 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—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for
life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) 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
help 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 tarn them into
the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "rug 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, passing 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 statistics, which show that In London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
ace, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 or 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 self-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 daily routine of the Ins: itution 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 ciphelins, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional
lessons In of jests 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—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white raper bags
for tradesm( n, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending
the c other, &c. Some assist the master in the garden,
gigging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, 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. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of age at tho time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved by the Committee,
Elections of children to be ach-aitted free will take place as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, til, the Home is full; they will then be held period),
:ally
Forms of application for the admission of children:may be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary,

IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT
ASSOCIATION (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the THIRD ORDI-
NARY GENERAL MEETIA G of the Shareholders in this
Association will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, in the City of London, on TUESDAY, the 23d day of
January next, at One o'clock p.m. precisely, for the purpose
of receiving the Report of the Directors and Statement of
Accounts, of declaring A Dividend, and for general purposes.
By order of the Board,
W. C. WINTE KBOT am', Secretary.
27. Lombard-street, London, Dec. 29, 1863.

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Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
448, Strand, London ; 15, Whitefriargato, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro'.
Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same nime.

The Cattle Plague.
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HUNT IN GD ON.

The cattle plague has assumed such an alarming
aspect in this county that the county magistracy are
completely at a loss as to the best course to pursue
with a view to its stoppage. The agriculturists are
anxious to get their uninfected cattle out of the
county as quickly as possible, but the Quarter'Ses-
sions interdict prohibits this course without the sanc-
tion of the petty sessional bench of the district,
combined with a certificate from the appointed vete-
rinary district inspector, certifying that the animals
proposed to be removed are perfectly free from the
disease. When the beasts are healthy and free from
the disease the certificate of the inspector is easily
obtained, but not so the order from the petty ses-
sional bench. Farmers have waited upon the vari-
ous benches, and urged strong cases to obtain the
sanction for removal. One of their arguments is
this—Supposing a farmer had a herd of, say, 20
cattle on his farm ; one might die, yet the other 19
remain, for a time, perfectly healthy. Now, unless
the magistrates give au order to sanction the re-
moval of these 19 beasts, they must be kept on the
farm to die, and the magistrates would be morally
responsible for their loss, 'because if the magistrates
had sanctioned the removal of these 19 healthy ani-
mals (as certified
rein the veterinary insbeetor) Opy
wouid nave been yeu to Lon:l6n or some otuer
market and slaughters d. This is one of the argu-
ments of the farmers Of this county, as there are a
great many who have no symptoms of the disease
on their farms nor ever had, and who would send
off their beasts to market before their farms were
affected, thereby lessening the number of animals
in this county and consequently stopping the pro-
gress of the disease to a certain extent, as there
would be fewer beasts to be attacked. The disease
is pretty well understood by this time to be both
epidemic and contagious. More people, however,
contend for the contagious nature of the disease
than the epidemic. As an instance of the latter,
at a place called Bluntisham, about eight or
nine miles from Huntingdon, the disease broke
out on five farms in a single night. Those
were isolated farms, and every necessary precaution
had been taken to disinfect the premises previous to
the breaking out of the disease. On one farm in the
same neighbourhood 18 fat beasts died and were
buried in the short space of five days. Disinfectants
are plentifully used. On many farms the men's
shoes, the horses' feet, and the cartwheels are washed
previous to entering the stock-yard. Numbers of
farmers applied to the magistrates during the early
part of the week for permission to remove their un-
infected stock, but the magistrates declined to give
any decision. This may arise, perhaps, from the
fact that the adjourned Quarter Sessions will be held
on Saturday, and they would like to have the opinion
of the whole court on the matter.