The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-26 00:00:00

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,IN ,sTliertin IN Isos.
We 6114 been, afforded the opPOrtildit'y of intro.
during to the public notice. In abstiact fitm the:
balf-yeaily Report of theZomatittesi of the (Ref*
for' the Degibitc ; whence it appears, that iittring,
the last silt months they discharged 35 perionst male,
and, female, several of whom had been capitallx
victed, to situations, in which a greitt majority of
them were living in considerable estimation and that
they achbitted 38 persons, nearly the whole of whom I
had suffered, or had been liable to suffer the pe!.l
Dallies doe to those who are apprehended' Os the
transgression of the laws of, their country: rest
I numbers also of those who at former periods of tine
Institution had been restored' to the treOs "obtain-'
ing a virtuous subsistence, exe still uniter'the ey Of
the Refuge, doing well and bring, n Inciensing ere.- I
dit. This lteport cannot but be ezieediitgly gt*tiff-
Ing, as %tell to his Majesty's Government, who are
much interested in the experimenlal success of this
establishment, as to every lover of order and virtue
and it is rendered evident, that crime may 6e mocli'
diniinished by a ssatem of reform, °pertain/imam ,
the mind or offenders just relinvedlfrem penishmenp,.l
or the dread of it, before they become 6464,
by a repetition of guilt, to which so many thousands
have been driven, contrary to the reproaches of
• their own conscience. Every generous individual
in the British dominiqnp most feel a satlsfaction in
viewing the aims and forftl* Of their countrymen,
thus directed
,to promott•Wsielfire and happiness
of those, whose necesslfreg. *ere formerly consider-
ed irretrievable end hpPillesii; and it ,enpuot be
doubted, that sdequite'suppiTrt will be iffoided to in
Institution, in a Rational point of Ski'• of such
iitt-
poriance.

With the sameNiperlithindithiti`
mostly and domestic arrangetweats-or" The Refuge"
are confided to a Master and Mistress, their Matrons
atsl Assistantsl•the accounts are also inspected by
Visitoliklisho; with The Commtitnie,
4gt To- their` succeasinhtltisdance at the Isstitutiutt-
every week.' :
By This applioatton'of its means, and in this ac-
complithmettt. of its purposes, the Committee of
" The Refuge frir the Destitute" have the heartfelt
satisfaction to announce to the Public, that already,
with its hitherto scanty resources, during the_eight
years of its progressive good, they have 'stiatelicti
•from (he jaws of vice, and all Its concomitant snares'
ief seduction 'and degradation—have delivered front'
ignominy and unavailing remorse—have restored to
'their relatives and to society, nearly .six hundred
'objects, whO, but-for its salutary provision, would
'most probably have perished in The deep horrors of
crime, or sunk in destitution and despair:
i To the generous lid of a humane and discrimi-
nating pablii, the Managers of" 'fhe Refuge" with
confidence 'address themselves ; and when it is
tikstow'n, (hat froai the inadequacy of the funds (he
umber 'of unhappy applicants unavoidably rejected
...has far exceeded that of the objects admitted; they
Nave not hesitated, under the strongest impressions
of duty, to make their most urgent appeal for far-
ther extension of support to the Christian conviction
and liberal concurrence of every one who wishes to
contract the sphere of vice, and to diminish the
miseries of mankind—a consummation of beneficence
which they conceive cannot be more efficaciously
produced, than by opening wide the path of restora-
tion to the penitent colprit,andby interposing the sav-
Ing hand of seasonable succour betweeen the hottest
but fainting perserverance, and the impending rain
of the unfriended and hopeless Children of Ne.
cessity.