The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

HOGS I.lNs POOH.

Cmatinued from our Paper of 3 estertlay.l

It is to be regTettell, that from the nutty .itlahle
..rste with which the proceedings at Lon cow-
taenced, :t was found impossible to obtain a correct
trrord of the cans of all who were admitted hnt ao
soon as the l'ottnnittee of Examination was organised,
al.rtet;:itfir entry was made relative to each applcant,
and the following. may be considered a tolerably cor-
tect classification of 1376 ewes.

Sailors . 440
Soldiers
Lahearers
Servants
Widows 23
Charwomen .. 7
Sick 4!►
31arines ....... 6
Cooks lO
Drickla)ers l7
Watch Case Makers.. 5
limgalst 1
Clerks.
Deserted by Husbands

Brought up S(t2
Children 35
sarpentei .. 16
Porter%
Gardener,
Shipwright%
Saw) er%
Shnemak 9-4
!lair Drasaaii
Founders
rmoureris
.......
Nu trade

Total ~

Delou ring to London
yr Vicinity . . . . 100
The Country . . 479
14entlund
Ireland
tiuermiev. Jersey. and

Colonirq. bora

at Sa. I,r fouoilling . 77
. . . 9
St. Helena
Nn reference to berth-
place, or settlement . 109

the Isis of 31nn . .
Arcus

Teta' . . .

" Of the total milldam aatmitteal, no fewer than .1110
were sick, anal maul• seriously so. TO these .offering
objects, the most anxious anal um emitting attention
was gratuitously paid by Dr. Contiorr.t, of ivio.se kind,
:.litlicious, and important assistance, the mmitteel
thankfully availed themselves. The entire superin-
tendence of this department, requiring almost nw:
sant attention, was promptly anal cheerfully under;
taken by the waarthy Doctor ; anal performed in a man-
ner equally hounor3ble to the talents of the Physician,
and the feelings of the man.
" Divine Senice, was on Sundays re!!nlarly perform-
ed in the Asylum, by the Rev. Or. !Wke, the Rey.
Mr. Match, and the Rev. Mr. Watkins, anal the helm-
iour of the inmates was 'mast exemplary on these
occasions. Many of the Committee were present,
anal the sight of more than 7410 of their fellow-crea-
tu►res, rescued fro►n the extremity of mattering, and
a-•embled within the Ilonse of Refuge to join in
thanksgiving to the (Jiver of all good, abundantly re-
paid them for whatever exertions they haul been called
upon to make.

" In the meantime, the attention of the Committee
was att,acted to the other branch of their Auty, and a
t. ommittee, of which the Lord Bishop of Chester was
a zealous and efficient member, was appointed, frr the
purpose of affording relief to the destitute at their
on n homes. The sum of !OW/. !was voted for this
purpose, and the following Report received from the
Committee will best explain the manner in u laid' it
was applied.

" The Committee to whom was confided the distri.
lottion of the sum of 101n1/., yotett by the General
Committee, for the relief of the Destitnte P .or at their
own homes, having concluded the duty they under-
took to perform, beg leave In submit the following
statement of the cases which hare occupied their at-
tention, iu the hope, that the result of their labours
will be as satisfactory to the Subscriber.. -us the sn-
perintendence of this branch of relief has beet: grati-
fying to their own feelings.

" The total number of cases which hate been rrgister-
et, 11 - - - - - - 731
" Of which were rejected - - -
/IS

" Leasing the number of eases uhieh hale been re-
-
lieted 300

" Upon the best information the Committee Irtve
been able to obtain, they belle Ye the titmher of 'soli-
vidua:. comprised in these eases to base been 21%3;
Ist:owing, that the aserage relief in Homey, lia4 been
about 40s. to each case, and about tts. to each indi-

v;4IIAL

•' The first rare of the Committee trait to procure a
corretfind systematic statement of the circumstances
of nett applicant for relief; and to elfret this, forms
of it:instigation were prepared, which were confided
either to members of the Committee, or to persons
whose benevolence induced them to undertake the in-
quiri.-s, and upon whose faithful report the most per-
fect reLauce could be placed.

" The report of the investigation, accompanied
with such observations as the judgment and expe-
rience of the visitor suggested, was, in every instance,
rebutted to the Committee, before they determined
upon the nature or extent of relief applicable to the
case ; anti, whenever it was practicable, the individnal
who had wade the inquiry was requested to supetin-
tend the epplicatiou of the relief which was awarded.
The Committee feel it necessary to give this out-
line of the plan upon which they proceeded, that the
subscribers and the publir may be assured that no
pains were spared to detect fraud and guard against
deception.

" It will be obvious from the nature of their task,
that the attention of the Committee was principally
directed to the unolstrusive poor, to that class of per-
sons, who, by an appearance of decency, by the traces
of former respectability, and by the advantages of
superior education and manners, were distinguishable
from the generality of common paupers. Persons of
this description were brought before the notice of the
Committee, under circumstances of aggravated dis-
t►ess, wi o, although driven to the verge of pauperism,
were found, 'Tun investigation, patiently enduring the
s..verest privations, from an indisposition to meet the
shame of public exposure. or to incur the degradation
of receiving parochial aid. To such persons. relief
was promptly afforded, either iu niOney, clothing,
bedding, or food ; and finny honest and industrious
individuals were thus raked from the lowest depth of
home misery not only to temporary ease and comfort,
bet, by being repossessed of clothing, tools, der. which
had been pawned, Were re-instated in situations from
which they had by distress been driien, and in which
they are Dew honestly supporting themselves and
families.
(To be continued).