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" port we have is from the unexhausted
" charities of your loyal citizens of Lon-
" don, and others your good subjects, and
" the pious care of our Governors, who
" are now teaching our little hands to
" work, and our fingers to spin.
" These threads, Madam, [holding out
" some yarn, which he held in his hand] are
" some of the early fruits of our industry.
" We are all daily employed on the staple
" manufacture of England, learning be-
" times to be useful to the world. And
" there seemed nothing wanting to com-
" plete our happiness, but the opportu-
" nity which this day affords us, of being
" the objects of your tender pity and
" compassion. One gracious smile from
" your Majesty on this new foundation
" will make us live----and live to call
" you blessed.
" And may God Almighty long pre-
" serve your Majesty, for the good of
" these your kingdoms, and your Royal
" Consort the Prince. So pray we, your
" little children: and let all your people
" say, Amen."
In another part of the house, called the
Keeper's Side, are kept beggars, vagrants,
dissolute and abandoned sturdy fellows,
who have no honest means of support; and
the lewd women who are taken up in the
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streets, where they spread debauchery and
contagion among unwary youth: all these
are kept to hard labour, and employed in
beating of hemp and washing of linen.
Many of these have been brought to a
sense of their crimes, while others have
voluntarily transported themselves to the
plantations.
All these are not only supported, but in
case of sickness, broken limbs, sores, or
wounds, have advice, physic and surgery
gratis.
Some years ago the Governors built a
very large, strong and useful building,
with three long rooms or galleries one
over another, which are filled with boys
and girls at work, who have a proper
number of men and women to instruct
them. They have here also a large and
convenient brewhouse for brewing their
own drink, and over that a malthouse.
In short, every thing here is managed with
the greatest prudence and œconomy.
Maitland.
LONDON WORKHOUSE yard, by the London
Workhouse in Bishopsgate street.
LONG ACRE, so called from its being built
on a long narrow piece of ground, anci-
ently called The Seven Acres. It begins
at Drury lane, by the end of Great Queen
street, and reaches to St. Martin's lane.
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