The Sun. — 1821-12-03 (London, England)

PROVI. DENT INST ITU'flON..Anunig the various expedients to lessen the sunniest' idlerfeti'and vice among the inferior classes, none has opeiated With• greater success than the Institution which we are this day met to patronize and support. It strikes at the root ofpaupyrisin and itulistriminitegrattritous boOnty,—two of the Most 'fortitidable obstructiOns to muinal .imProvement with 'which the poor in general hare to contend. Your Committee are happy to perceive that the fundamental. principle of this Institotion is at length recognised and acted upon by several parishes; and that alpirit of enquiry, as to the best merle relieving the necessitous, is noW abroad. The parish of ,Walcot, in Bath, has adopted aplan' which in one year reduced the paruChial expenditure i,0331. The parishes of Cliester hearing of this system of Parochial .Ecomossy, applied to the Ovepeers of Walcot for information on .the subject, which by the latter Was readily afforded; and which unequivocally states that, except in cases of sickness, extreme old age, and infancy, tend was never bestowed, but as the stimulus or the reward of industry.' Nothing can be more rational nor more productive of real advantage to the distressed poor than the plan detailed by these -judicious Parish Officers, which, if' universally adopted in connection with Provident Institutions supported also by the parish, will go far to annihilate PauperiSm, and to wipe off this foul reproach from 'the social economy of England. This, aid nor suicide, has besanne out Island's shame, and the mass of our population will never be virtuous, contented, or happy, until it is completely renioved. By a reference"to a paroChial expenditure of the past arid present year inOur own. parish, it will be evident that our rates have been materially reduced, while our !populai idtt has been rapidli on the. advance. This is in a great riiiiiisOre tO be attributed to the wisdom, energy, and firmness of Mar Assistant Overseer, Mr. Chassereau, and the room:age:went afforded blurb). the Directors and Guardians; and it isOnly necessary for these authOrities to support the Provident Restitution, toi render the poorlrates for the future an insignificant.bagatelle. Your Committee report, with unmingled satisfaction, at; • increase of one hundred poor "families' as subscribers Waite • Institution, making a .total of 130, during the present year; comprising no less than 539 indisiduals, the greatr part of whew, in all probability, would have 'required, during" the winter, parochial assistance; hut who are nnw, in anseqtrenee of having regularly paid their weekly money, entitled to a very liberal provision of the principal necessaries of life At a season of the year whet' otherwise they would have been exposed either to the moral degradation of pauperism, or to the must distressing personal privations. In order to supply the requisite articles of food, clothes, and fuel, of the very hest quality, to these deserving families and individuals, the Committee have effected the folloWing contracts :—Meat 31.1. Per pound ; Flour, 16d per gallon; Coals, 16u1 per bushel; Flannel, 13d per yard; so that. the' poor family which during the skimmer months subscribes to 64'; per week, receives 8s 6d per week during thirteen weeks in' winter, which is laid out by the Committee on the above rooSt advantageous terms; nearly doubling the amount in the necessary articlesof life. The funds of the Institution are in a flourishing state., and • will enable the Committee to commence the ensuing year under the most flattering auspices ; still, however, exertions, are necessary, as it.may fairly be anticipated that as the ad-' vantages of the lost it utiondaccome better known, the number of applicants ,will greatly increase. It is confidently hoped that an Institution . which confers unntingled good on the -objects of its benevolence; which thrOws every farthing of its. income into the treasury of industry and .economy; which draws the line between virtue and profligacy; whick lessensthe parochial barthetii at the very Moment it is inoutoting, in the highest degree, the well-being of those who would otherwise .increase those burfliens,—will continue to enjoy. the patronage of the great, .the contributiens of the wealthy, and the personal support of all who desire to ameliorgte the condition of the poor, and to advance the interests of genuine morality. Your Committee likewise indulge sanguine expectations that a certain sum will be annually allowed by the Directors and Guardians; fur the purposes of the Institutiors„feeling as they do, perfectly assured, that a sum so devoted will .1u; a very short time treble its amoont, in a saving of the poorrates. Ihry would also respectfully suggest-to the benevolent visitors and residents of this intrueuise town, that if they would make the Provident Institutiop the chief Medium of their bounty, they would 'protect themselves from imposture, and no longer be doomed to encounter the importunity of the idle and vicious. Thos would our streets be freed from their worst nui!attee, while every individual that really required assistance, arid had a reasonable claim upon the compassionate, . would be effectually. relieved. At a GENERAL MEETING of the FRIENDLY and PROVIDENT INNTITUTION, held at the Old Ship Tavern on Thursday, the Sid Niue., Sir DAVID SCOT'!', Bart., in the Chair, Resolved—l. Thai this 'Meeting derive the highest satisfaCtion from the Report of the• Committee now read, as it displays the anxiety of the .deserving poor, to place themselves, by industry and .economy, at 'the greatest possible distance front the degrading evils of pauperism; and that the same be printed for general circulation. Resolved-.—II. That .the thanks of this Meeting be given to the. Committee, Or the impoitant.Oarvices rendered by them to this Institution, and that they be requested to continue the lame for the ensuing.year, with poWer to auld.to theirionnLer. Resolved—lll. That this meeting sincerely regrets the absence of the Right Hon.the,Earl of Chichester, the I'n:raid:tit, arid the Must efficient friend• to this Institution, and especially • that such absence is occasioned by indisposition. DAVID scorn.  Resolved—lV. That the thanks of this Meeting. he given t Sir David Sc;nt, Bait., the Chairman, fur his able ..and im partial conduct in the Chair. • J.