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Continued, Thursday,
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31st. Jany. 1799
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course of industry and occupation.
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Case of
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That, the Case of Convaleseents from Hospitals", a
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Class of Persons which was one of the original objects of
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the institution and is now intitled to it's Protection is
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very deserving of mention. It is withen the observation
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of those who have atended in the Circumstances of Beggain
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that many of the most deserving and necessitaces of them are
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Persons from Hospitals, from which they have been discharged
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without the pouse, of labor, or the means of support,
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and who, for want of such an asylum as Bridewell was
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intended to be have been driven to solicit the Charity of
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the Public as, Street Beggars. That (such is the infirmity
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of human nature) those who have in that manner
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discovered a sucessful and lasy trade, are not likely to
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discontinue it, and to return to a course of labour unless
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some assistance and encouragement is offered them for that
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purpose, and from the infortunate disposition of too many
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of our fellow creatures, if the Pauper does not receive
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charitable relief under such distressed circumstances.
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he is in many instances induced to prey upon the Public
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for his subsistences, and to use the language of the
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Rules of the House of Bridewell, drawn up in the year
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1557 being "Set at liberty in the Highways is made of
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"a Sick Beggar a whole Thief.
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That, the expence and difficult of providing,
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according to the original plan for Convalescents upon
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the establishment, would be inconsiderable, as they are of
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a description of Persons, who do not in general require
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reform or correction, but only want an asylum and
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reception, and that for a short time; that being many
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of them Artizans instructed in a Trade, and almost all
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of them habituated to employment, some of them might
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be able to earn more than the cost of their diet, if
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economically managed, would amount to, to whom the
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