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Continued, Thursday,
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31st. Janry. 1799
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Select Committee
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Objects now
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in want
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Prostitutes not
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expressly named but
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of Bridewell are at the present time in the greatest want
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of it, to the great increase of Beggary and distress, and to
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the disgrace and detriment of the Community, Vizt. Idle,
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uneducated Youth, of both Sexes, who are advancing to maturity,
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and are becoming Profligate, and Vicious for want of
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Character or Occupation; Convalescents from Hospitals, who
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require gentle employment and nourishing food to recover
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intirely their Health, and Strength and the means and
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power of labour; and Discharged Prisoners, and other
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Persons, who, not having Character, or the means of,
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honest employment are frequently reduced to the deadful
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alternative, either to Steal or to Starve.
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Sen Plan or permission
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for mark recommended
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That, in order to diminish the number of Beggars and
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of idle and dissolate persons as well as to reform Beggary.
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it is the opinion of your Committee, that some general
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Plan or Provision for Work, should be adopted & encouraged
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within the Walls of this Hospital, where with the willing
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Poor, may more usefully to themselves and to the Public
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be employed, than they are at present, and whereby the
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froward, strong and sturdy Vagabond may be induced
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to live with increased comfort to himself, and with increased
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Profit to
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wealth.
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That your Committee is of Opinion, that with
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economical management particularly in the Articles of
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Clothing and Food, a small Revenue may be sufficient for
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great and extensive Purposes, that by a marked distinction
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between the industrious and the idle, and between the
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Vicious, and the well disposed, and by affording countenance
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and favour to those who endeavour to do well, reform
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may be effected, that by example, by encouragement and
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by holding forth the prospect of an improved condition of
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life, the energy, and the industry of Man may be awakened
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and brought into action in any situation, and under any
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circumstances; and lastly that by disinterested kindness,
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