e temptations to crime, incident to the state of
destitution in which they were found. What could be more
dreadful than to see from day to day those wretched miserable
little children, who swarmed in our streets, who knew as little
as we did how or where they could live, or who were their
parents and natural protectors?

"It must be felt, then, to be the duty of every good Christian
to endeavour to ameliorate the condition of that class of our
fellow-creatures. He could speak from experience of the good
that had been done by this charity, because he had, with the
Princess, visited the institution. The asylum was erected about
seven years ago near Tottenham, but as it was thought desirable
to move further into the country, about 90 acres of ground were
purchased near Farningham, in Kent, and the homes were
established there. He then described the education received by
the boys, their excellent schooling in such subjects as
arithmetic and geography, besides the industrial training, which
was a special feature of the institution. He found that they
were taught to make clothes, boots, mats, &c.; there was a
carpenters' shop and a painters' shop, and a paper-bag shop;
they had a printing establishment, a laundry, a bakehouse, a
garden, a farm, and there were means for teaching the pupils a
great variety of other useful occupations, so that they might go
forth good and honest young men, capable of gaining their own
livelihood, instead of returning to those haunts of vice from
which they had been snatched. The cost of the homes was about
L9000 a year, but he was sorry to say the institution was still
about L5000 in debt. Mentioning the munificent donation of
L1000, which had recently been received from some anonymous
benefactor, His Royal Highness concluded, amid prolonged cheers,
by urging those present to contribute liberally, and to try to
persuade others to support this excellent institution, and so to
rescue as many as possible of the poor little suffering children
of the country, who had neither father nor mother living, from
wretchedness and crime."

A list of subscriptions and donations during the dinner was read,
amounting to the sum of L3464, including L1000 obtained from friends by
Mr. Robert Hanbury, then the President of the institution, and L150 from
the Royal Chairman.

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