institution.

There is no prescribed time for the objects of this charity
to remain in the house, it being varied according to
circumstances. Every effort is made use of to find out their
relations and friends, if possible, to bring about a
reconciliation with them, and if they prove to be persons of
character, to put them under their protection. If, however,
the young women are destitute of such friends, they are kept
in the house till an opportunity offers of placing them in
reputable services, or otherwise procuring them the means of
obtaining an honest livelihood, and they never discharge any
one without providing for her. There have been but few
discharged beyond the age of twenty years.

The general business of the establishment is conducted by a
Committee consisting of 32 Governors, who meet at the
Hospital every Thursday at twelve o'clock precisely, except
on the first Thursday of every mouth, when they meet at
eleven. Two of them attend at the Chapel in rotation every
Sunday at morning and evening service, when a collection is
made at the door on entrance. The hours of divine service
are a quarter after eleven in the forenoon, and a quarter
after six in the evening; and on account of the fascination
of the singing, no place of worship in the Metropolis is
more worthy of the notice of strangers.

An opportunity is afforded to companies who wish to visit
this charity, by addressing a request by letter to the
Committee any Thursday, or to A. Bonnet, Esq. the Treasurer,
any day in the week, and no fees are allowed to be taken.

reformation of wretched outcasts from society. The principle on which
it is founded, entitles it to the countenance and support of the public,
and particularly of the female sex, the object being to reclaim and
restore to virtue such wanderers in the labyrinths of vice as are not
totally depraved."~43~~

"Admirable intentions indeed," cried Tallyho, "if they are but as well
carried into effect."

"The records of the establishment have proved its advantages to society,
or rather, I should say, to its conductors, for they are of a nature
which cannot be publicly exposed, without much private injury to
the individuals who partake of them. It is, however, not a little
remarkable, that till lately, on the very opposite side of the road, the
neighbourhood