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I had myself, with my own hands, arrested the first 

 beggar we had met ; and I requested them not only to 

 follow my example themselves, by arresting all the 

 beggars they should meet with, but that they would 

 also endeavour to persuade others, and particularly the 

 officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the 

 garrison, that it was by no means derogatory to their 

 character as soldiers, or in any wise disgraceful to them, 

 to assist in so useful and laudable an undertaking. 

 These gentlemen, having cheerfully and unanimously 

 promised to do their utmost to second me in this busi- 

 ness, dispersed into the different parts of the town, and 

 with the assistance of the military, which they found 

 everywhere waiting for orders, the town was so thor- 

 oughly cleared of beggars in less than an hour that 

 not one was to be found in the streets. 



Those who were arrested were conducted to the 

 town-hall, where their names were inscribed in printed 

 lists provided for that purpose, and they were then dis- 

 missed to their own lodgings, with directions to repair 

 the next day to the newly erected Military Workhouse 

 in the Au, where they would find comfortable warm 

 rooms, a good warm dinner every day, and work for 

 all those who were in a condition to labour. They 

 were likewise told that a commission should imme- 

 diately be appointed to inquire into their circum- 

 stances, and to grant them such regular weekly 

 allowances of money, in alms, as they should stand 

 in need of ; which was accordingly done. 



Orders were then issued to all the military guards 

 in the different parts of the town to send out patrols 

 frequently into the streets in their neighbourhood, to 

 arrest all the beggars they should meet with ; and a 



