The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-19 00:00:00

SHELTER FOB THE 110 USELESS.

This gavial lastitatio• goes in to deserve more and
1111041160 ostensive pstroaage which it bas received and
is still rorivirf, sad it may perhaps administer pleasure
to those subs/Mbar who ass prevented from personally
witnessing the elbow of sitar loosisty, if we state s;:nrtly
the lospreanoos sada upon as on the spot. The first
fooling esteited It one of pain, at setting so many mi-
send& and helpless objects reduced to the necessity of
sigh relief; bat the least refection converts this pain
into comparative pleasure ; for a glance at these friend-
less paupers is suisieat to convince the most indifferent
spectator, that dm change of than it from absolute
destitution to orb • degree of comfort, that all
thtmaht of their past distress seers absorbed in their
(radials. Of 100 priors, ma* and female, art
housed and fad in this new asylum, not one bas boos
heard to utter a murmur, either as to the beha-
Ars if the sopadateadeatit, or the quality of the
food, or the same of the aseotutoodation .; and wises
it is rasidored how much profligacy and dispositioa
*aril may fairly be believed so exist among a proud,-
Miss. maltitado thus poured at ones out of the streets
dtilisosso aware, it dew, we ottscsive, relies tha highest
SONS es the mangers of this charity. to have afforded I
no apporinaity far any fooling, but those of at ion*
eantantroat. The arrangements are u
The waishoor resists of three spa.
:=:llstson Oa the lower fast lik Nos. side • kitchen,
with all other castraismoss boinegirg to that portion of
a hors; on the Mbar sib le Mair lilted up, where
prawns are tattioised to implies into the claims of each
not he or oho arrives (for the appearance
rawasa
.aryl9is as
a suatistit passport for the night), but on
the nowt day. in rift that ram ray be sent to their
res="4parishes, and rims ray be furnished with
Ivresst as the Coussitte• try be able to
, Soot, also. there is aceounoodati•a
triAltyalibrilii. *hi MC II Ittrodsor di sigh‘so
nasioesis pros. should their isitorieroom b• necessary.
The anat, whisk is the principal boor. is divided into
two compartents, both of which an for the male sp-
ittle's's.; and the markt ornpartsseat is appropriated
risk to Are who an sick. The larger ono is again
wparaild into two divisions. sash of which Is boarded
to the wza about two feet from the ground; sad
the spar forrod on each side of the room between
these bards and the wall, is filled with clean straw,
The straw is so abundant as Sat merely to tarnish a
bed. bat a marls, also for tiara who rest is it. and an
interval is allowed of shoat two or *roe feet between
rah lodivitiaal. On the higher rosy are the roues,
the somber of whom, however, duos not aronat to
Md
Ilk but of those away have infer and ors sock-
dldren. To thaw so mitered. a superior issdal-
is give.; besides the straw. they 1111“ the Wasik
if disk woollen rags; *aro are also UM, to attend
IMO. It Is needier is say that there is in cssionnica-
tie, bettor the anis sad freak wards. braes titer
err of corfortaltio asst. the Crunittoo ripply their
lodger with a sobetralai meal might sad amorilig ; and
thre who acs enable to leave their praises in the day,
hue a third meal. The rooms are as IMO lighted aid
ntoemod bytes, and the vetatilatioa, though of all things
the rase Micah to manace, is more perfect that we
hanisktir Mt it is say roan with the same lieltilif if
ponder is it.
Os the whole. this aryltnn, for its ellipticity. Its per
adaptation to the porpoise intended- and IN active
sad esorgrie managraest, Is one of the ran pleasing
objects on which a benevolent mind can rose as an Mos-
*ratios of that great moral truth, that wherever misery

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exists, Providence has supplied nteans'of couateraeting
and relieving it.
When Lord Sidmouth received ithe Lord Mayor's
communication upon this subject, he transmitted to the
Board of Admiralty and the Treasury the substance of
that communication. Thr Admiralty immediately di-
' rotted that the warehouses in which naval stores were
meetly kept should be examined, and that if any arti-
cles of clothing should be found, they should be distri-
buted amongst the poor, as the Committee thought ex-
pedient. It was ascertained that a quantity of articles,
of which the distressed stood in great need, were under
orders fur public sale. The order was immediately
countermanded, and costs, waistcoat*, and trawlers, to
the extent of abont 130 suits, were directed to be seat
off to London-wall.
Mr. Bodkin, Secretary to the blendicity may. re-
ceived yesterday, from the Lord Mayor, intimation of
what had been done by the Board of Admiralty, and his
Lordship requested that the Committee should be in-
formed of the very prompt co-operation of Governmeot
with the views of those who started and proceeded so
zealously in the work of extensive charity.
Five hundred and sixty unfortanate creatures were on
Motwky might comfortably lodged in the place of re-
foie, at London-wall; four-fifths of that number are
sailors. Very few women have been compelled to look
for protection to the asylum.
Yesterday two merchants of the city visited the place,
and stated that the moment the ice should be broken up
the? wonld give employment to 120 of the seamen.
Mist of those persons at the asylum belong to parishes
at a considerable distance from London. Two hundred
and tifty were examined on Monday, and of that number
no more than twenty-three bad claims oo parishes within
the metropolis.