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2d. That a go.lll frre be constantly• kept up in

the room.

3d. That there he plenty of dry clean straw in
the room ; to be distributed' to each poor person
so admitted, h sufikient tfiiiintity to form a com-
fortable bed.

4th. That there be a regular supply of whole-
some broth, to be distributed warm, in the quan-
tity of a boson full to each person so admitted.
sth. That a few blankets be kept, to be used in
e.o.e of imminent necessity ; bnt not to be gene-
rally allowed,: on account of the inevitable danger
of small vermin accumulating in the roin).

6th.. That there be a proper person appointed.
to the care of the room.; viz.. Ist, to see that the
fire is constantly kept up, and properly guarded ;
2d, to see that the -straw is dry, and to cause a
fair and equal distribution of it, and to take care
that the blankets which may be nsed be regularly
cleaned from time to time, and others used in ex-
..
change; 3d, to gk'e out soup in equal portions, or
as the case shall render necessary ; and 4d), to
separate the applicants of different sexes, awl pre-
vent quarrels and distm hance of every kind."

However simple such an establishment may ap-
peal, it is all that is absolutely ncee.saly fur the
moment; and whoever has seen the barns of be-
nevolent farmers in the country strewed with poor
travellers, sheltered from the pi!iless storm in the
cheap manner heredeseribed (or even a. cheaper),
will be cutiviaced of the sufficieocy of the reured)L

this-part of

of cielidicants.

I, only re,tiaio:t to prortrAe, that the words
" Dorniitorib.or Slictter for the Poor" be
affixed iia vai loos pAris of the tow!), with a direc-

Lion to the room approloriated to such purpose.
. But it is inroortant to remark, that, although a
real and substantial benefit may be procured by
the relief of momentary diatress, nothing can be
thoroughly e\iell done.on the subject; unless the
scheme of The Dormitory be adopted 'oy, aMI be-
come au appendage of, some great Public Chari-
table establishment. Iu fact, it is an outer room
of 'same such est tiblishment which is %taming for
conipletiou of the pin-pose in view. In such a
room, the Objects of compassion might be safely
received without distinction ; and in order to ob-
viate the danger of abuses from imposture, the
poor persons so received might, before their dis-
missal in the morning, be subjected, to an exami-
nation of their cases by visitors appointed by the
Establishment, when the really needy might be
fat titer assisted according to their respective wants
and misfortunes, and the impostors (if any) dis-
cisarged, and deterred from a-seeond trespass.
If, therefore, any such annexed room could be
obtained, and made the general and permanent
solace of the miserable poor, it would be expedient
that associate rooms should be opened, one in every
• parish, from which such pet-sons as are really ob-
jects of charitable attention might be removed to
the principal depot. This, you perceive, Sir, is
multiplying the expense, which I have above
stated as small, but nut increasing it ; as each pa-
rish would, of course, defray the expense of its
own room, and the establishment of a principal
room, annexed, as I have proposed, to some great
Public Charity, would justly become a matter of
public subscription ; and it- would, of course, fall
under the consideration of the Committee tip-
pointed bey the Meetings now in action.
From a conversation with the Conductor of the
Ilendicity Enquiry, I was, some time since, led to
conceive, that a room io- each parish might be
provided, and all the exp4'zpses of the purpose here
desired, defrayed, for an annual soneof 40/. or 501.
But I tun willing to suppose the-it the expenses-
would be four or even five times .as great, and to
stare there a.t 2001. per (minim. Still the retoedy
must be.conidt.red as cheap, in comparison with
the magnit ode of tlieoo.il.
I .have little snore, Sir, to, afhl. lam an inha-
-bi7ant of the Parish of tio's in the Field 3,
and cannot timi any reason .ruby twenty inhabi-
tants of that parit>h should not be able and'
ing to sobstribe ten poonds each for a purpose so
satisfartory and consoling. I ani sure, ,11, would
sleep tyre better from the coosciousneas that they
assiate I in imparting the lilesailig of sleep to the
miserable; and if such a subscription should be
set on foot, I can answer for two subscribers.—
That you may be enabled to call on me to make
good my words, I enelos:e.yon my name and ad-
dress; and in the mean time shall put no other
signature to this letter, than that mark which I
presume
was first used in remembrance of him
who taught us to visit the sick and needy in their
fflict ion , anti " to do unto others, as we would
that they should do unto us."