BENEVOLENCE. 
In 1829-30, several paupers, both men and boys, were engaged by the corporation as sca¬ 
vengers ; the manure was sold, and the wages, which at first amounted to £1 a week, were to be 
spent on clothing. Much disappointment, however, ensued. From the eighth Report of the asso¬ 
ciation, published in 1833, it appears that although they had been for three years satisfactorily 
fulfilling their part of the engagement, no payment had yet been made, notwithstanding repeated 
applications. The case was one of peculiar hardship, as, depending on their new resource, the 
committee had burthened the institution by an unusual increase of admissions. The debt of the 
corporation was then £211 5s. and the treasurer of the association was £175 Is. 6 d. in advance. 
The sum of £50 has since been paid on account, and the sweeping of the streets resumed. 
The committee of this, as of many similar institutions throughout Ireland, have fre¬ 
quently had occasion to complain of a decrease not only in the number, but in the liberalitv of 
the subscribers, and yet the utility of such asylums, especially during the visitations of the 
cholera, has been fully substantiated. In one of their Reports the committee also advance, as 
permanent claims on public support and confidence, the economy observed in the management of 
the funds, and the vigilance employed in the examination of applicants. Beadles are appointed 
to apprehend beggars, who are committed to a bridewell, annexed to the establishment. There 
were formerly only two beadles, but in 1830-1 a third was added. In that year the number of 
arrests amounted to 286; in 1831-2 to 168 ; in 1832-3 to 184; and in 1833-4 to 173. The 
asylum is lighted with gas, the expense of which for 1831-2 was defrayed by the city member. 
By the death of bishop Knox, in 1831, the institution lost not only its most munificent sup¬ 
porter, but its virtual founder. The idea of establishing it was originally suggested by two gen¬ 
tlemen to that prelate, who immediately embraced their views, and subsequently exerted himself 
to overcome the prejudice of their opponents. 
In the ninth and latest Report it is stated that the diminution in the number of paupers on 
the books is no evidence of the proportional decrease of pauperism, but arose rather from the 
necessity of removing nearly 40 individuals, who, under ordinary circumstances, would have been 
still entitled to assistance. A second measure of relief was the borrowing of £100 from the 
fund raised, in 1832, for the relief of cholera widows and orphans ; for which sum the association 
is still responsible. And a third was a successful effort to recruit the funds of the association by 
applying to the Irish Society, who not only announced a present donation of £50, but a future 
increase of their annual subscription of £10 to £30. 
On the 4th of February, 1835, the number on the books was as follows :_ 
Interns. 
Externs. 
Totals. 
Adults, 
57 . 
. 68 . 
. 125 
Children, . 
17 . 
. 48 . 
. 65 
Total, . 
74 . 
116 . 
. 190 
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