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PROVIDENCE ROW NIGIIT REFUGE,
FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and-
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that
they aro homeless and starving. The Manager, &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, and have
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS aro earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D., No. 22,
Finsbury-circus, E.G.

DONORS AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE REFUGE.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G.
The Earl of Abergavenny. Messrs. Dimsdale, Drowett,
The Earl of Desalt Fowler, and Barnard.
The Earl of Denbigh. Messrs.llanbury and Lloyds.
The Earl Grey, K.G. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave
The Earl of Harewood. and Co.
The Earl of Eglinton. London Assurance Corpora-
The Earl of Kenmare. tion.
The Earl of Durham. Royal Exchange Insurance
The Countess of Albemarle. Company.
The Lady Ellen Browne. Sun Fire Office.
The Lady Camilla E. For- R. W. Barclay, Esq.
tescue. J. Betlien, Esq.
.
Mrs. Barnswall.
Miss Burton.
Mrs. Curling.
J. Henry Challis, Esq.
Dr. Carvalho.
R. Crawford, Esq., M.P.
H. Cazenno, Esq.
Mrs. Chesterton.
A. H. Campbell, Esq.
Miss Douglas.
Messrs. Durant & Co.
Messrs. Dawson & Sons.
Miss Dobson
Cursctjoe Furdonjee, Esq.
Miss Franklin
Dr. Gull.
C. Gould, Esq.
H. E. Gurney, Esq.
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J. Knight. Esq.
L. Lloyd, Esq.
J. Lewis Mioville, Esq.
Miss M‘Mahon.
C. Manning, Esq.
Miss Martin
Breton Martinez, Esq.
Messrs. Ponsford and Sou-
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F. X. Pereira, Esq.
Mrs.
H. 2: Prescott,liiacr. Esq.
F. Philips, Esq.
N. H. E. Prowett, Esq.
M. R. De Quadros, Esq.
G. A. Shee, Esq.
11. Riddell, Esq.
IT. Riddell Esq.
Messrs. Ralli Bros. '
Messrs. De In Rue and Co.
Miss Rombold.
Mrs. Simpson.
Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Southby.
Messrs. Tucker and New.
F. Ward, Esq.
G. Basil Wcod, Esq.
Miss Young.
J. Young, Esq.
Messrs. Zulueta and Co
&c. ac,

The Viscount Gage.
Field-Marshal Lord Gough,
K.P.
The Lord Dormer.
The Lord Petro.
The Lord Leigh.
The Lord Chelmsford.
The Lord Cranworth.
Baron de Rothschild, M.P.
The Hon. C. Langdale.
The Hon. W. Browne.
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Sir Robert Gerard, Bart.
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J eejeebhoy.
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Tho Worshipful Company of
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Tho Worshipful Company of
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of
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Saddlers.
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iellrtVeehr°BabtiPrrfulloCrsompany of
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Australia.
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Australasia.
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cial Bank of Ireland.
The Directors of the Char-
tered Mercantile Bank of
India, London, and China.
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rial Ottoman Bank.
The Directors of the London
and County Bank.
The Directors of the Union
Bank.
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Yaolits and Boats.

(From Land and Water.)

The peculiar English amusement of yachting, which
has become so immensely popular, and attained such vast
proportions, is worthy of a space in your excellent jour-
nal, so well devoted to the sports, pastimes, and muscular-
Christianity of tire Anglo-Saxon race ; and I therefore
propose giving a series of papers on the subject, in which
will be traced the history and progress of the science of
yacht building, rigging, sailing, &c.
The first reliable record I can find of yachting, or plea-
suring on the water, in this country, is that of King Edgar,
who in the year 973 was rowed in his barge on the river
Dee from Chester to the Monastery of St. John the Baptist,
by eight tributary princes or kings, Edgar himself taking
the helm. The names of these kings were, Kenneth, King
of the Scots ; Malcolm, of Cumberland ; M'Orries, of An-
glesey and the Isles ; Dyfuwal, Griffith, and Howell,
kings of Wales ; Jago, king of Galloway ; and Jukil, of
Westmoreland. Divine Service having been performed,
Edgar returned to Chester in the same manner, and on en-
tering his palace, exclaimed, "My
.successors may indeed
boast of being kings, since they can command the service
of so many princes." And well may we say, in the words
of a poem of the early part of the 15th century :
_ _

_ .
" Such another rowing I dare well say,
Was not seen of princes many a day ;"
though I cannot prove that these feudatories followed the
1
practice spoken of by Ossian, who says :
"And all the way to guide their chime,
With falling oars they kept the time,"
the Anglo-Saxon bat-swan, or boatswain, beating time
with his staff. 1 think there is no reason to doubt that
Edgar's boat was a pleg-sm:p, i.e., play-ship or pleasure-
vessel of the Anglo-Saxons, whose vessels are said by the
old chroniclers to have had ovens, fire places, and other
domestic conveniences, and were usually accompanied by
boats covered with hides, as tenders or attendant boats.
The classical ancients had several kinds of pleasure
vessels, amongst which may be named, "Cubiculata;;"
" Lusorize ;" "Navigiolum, ad animum, oblectandum," and
the Thalarnegus, a yacht or vessel of parade and plea-
sure; 1 might add the names of several others, but
the definitions of them are not quite clear, and it is
needless to say anything of the Egyptian boats. The
first mention of the word yacht in this country I
find in "Pepys' Naval Minutes," who says the name of
yacht was not known in England until 1660, when
the Dutch presented one called the "Mary," to Charles 11.
Johnson, in the sixth edition of his "Dictionary" (1785),
says the word yacht is a Dutch one, and signifies a small
ship for carrying passengers; in Falconer's "Marine
Dictionary" (1815), it is said to be a French word, and is
described as a vessel of state for conveying princes, ambas-
sadors, and other great personages from one country to
another; various kings and princes of this country have
had pleasure vessels, and often cruised in them, but the
Commissioners of the Royal Dockyards were amongst the
first to institute regular yachts as a part of their establish-
ment, one having been built for the Commissioners of
Portsmouth Yard about 1790, and named the " Mercury,"
and this same yacht I saw afloat and under weigh last
autumn at the visit of the French fleet ; she looked in
good condition, but very old-fashioned from her peculiar
rig. There is also another old yacht of the same kind at
Chatham, where I saw her about a year ago lying off the
dockyard, and looking in good order. It is amusingltlotkceolni:
treat the form and rig of those two vessedleslst
and
designs
hood considered the perfection of navalmeo
day, in the construction of which everything
requisition.
wealth, and luxury can procure
not
Waterloo forget
to that ao tn we o
of owethe
in their day), with that of the exquisite
thraftntgotfhtahtespetieesneenet,
1 Yach Squadron, Mr. Asshe-
pastimes in this country that in any
earliest members
sueniocadnlEinn.egslsisch.f gentleman,our and firm up-
holderthe A earlym Amongst
sr
et co eti hpetreoftf I:
iti,nhegens
oßwyleattm l :1, must
tf
way conduced men. Ile was cruis-
ingff the coast of the Netherlands when the news of the
battle reached the Coast, and he at once got under weigh, and
was the first to reach Eugland with the announcement of
ft 1
ai i l
l thatspe
or
tfitshn. e
ton Smoi
the glorious victory. The Royal Yacht Squadron w4sinsti-
tuted early in this century and from that date yachting and
regattas made giant strides till our present fleet is one of the
most splendid evidences of the wealth and hardihood of
our present generation. America has many yacht clubs,
and some very fine vessels of great speed in them ; but,
generally speaking, accommodation and comfort aro sacri-
ficed for speed, the result being extraordinary fast vessels,jut
with comparatively little room in them, and they are
ore
of very light scantling. Tho French have a yacht club
dwith anchors
and
two, but are at the best sorry amateur sailors, thinking
and
more of the polish and shine of the vessel
theatrical appearance of the men,
sea-going qualities of their vessel and °Mc
of their mon. -
on every button, ribbon, coat-cuff, ancd"ceolileai
nr than of
seamanship

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OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
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