The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-08 00:00:00

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed •
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev, W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei'
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd,
man-square, to whom comm
ROYAL

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert. M.P.
Rev. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
ved by any of the above ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
I, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
ia. ications may be addressed.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows:
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Eamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-streef,Camden- Newington.
town. ' Maize-hill Cottage, Green- HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
205, Great Portland• street. wish.
West-hill, Putney-heath.
Hampstead.
For Young Girls in Danger. Established 31st July, 1854.
27, Church-row,
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
9, Honstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhnrst-hill. able bodily disease.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. ' Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee valid.
have under their charge three homes for servants of good 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless own homes.
servants annually. A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
open another house for this pitiable class. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
women and girls. It was compelled to refuge 524 appli- Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
cants, whose, histories are recorded in the applicant's book. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
The Society's Report (of which a coutributor writes, "I tension of the benefits of the CLarity, donations, and espe-
never read a report of any charitable institution which so cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
sympathy") may be had on application, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
Shaftesbury. Its hanbers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co. upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the will be thankfully received.
benevolent. DANL. (AMER, Sec. 1 FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary.
85, Queen-street Cheapside. ' No. 10, Poultry, London, E.C., September, 1868.