Vlll INTRODUCTION. 



was hired for their use. This has been floored, 

 white-washed, lighted, and warmed ; and the 

 walls covered with many amusing and instruc- 

 tive drawings and coloured prints, presenting a 

 very cheerful aspect. Seats and small tables 

 have also been provided, together with a library 

 of amusing and instructive books, in addition to 

 newspapers and periodicals. 



When the " Home " was thus completed, the 

 Author was requested to inaugurate it with a 

 Lecture, which he willingly undertook to do. It 

 was listened to by a most attentive audience, 

 and suitable addresses were also made to the 

 men by his friend Mr. Cordy Burrows, and 

 other gentlemen present. These lectures were 

 continued from time to time, as occasions 

 offered, during the period the Author remained 

 at Brighton, and last winter he resumed the 

 practice ; and he has reason to be gratified with 

 the result of his labours, for his assertion will be 

 borne out by many others, that a more well- 

 conducted, sober, and attentive set of men 

 than his hearers have seldom been collected 

 together. 



