Respectable visitors and the neighboring families, may be admitted to attend religious service in the Chapel, at the discretion of the Superintendent and upon his responsibility, but they are not to be suffered to remain on the premises, or to talk to the children, or have any intercourse with them. It is made the duty of the Superintendent to publish this rule to the audience, as often as may be necessary.

No person shall be allowed to address the children at the meetings for worship, without the permission of the Superintendent or the Committee in Attendance.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

No spirituous liquors shall, upon any pretence whatever, (excepting by order of the Physicians,) be brought into any part of the premises of the House of Refuge.

No species of gambling, nor of plays or games having a tendency thereto, shall be permitted at the House of Refuge.

The wall, and ceilings of the wards, cells, rooms, and passages, used by the delinquents throughout the House of Refuge, shall be white-washed and thoroughly cleaned at least twice in each year; which work shall be done by the delinquents, except on particular emergencies.

same.

Every morning the day-rooms, work-rooms, passages and cells shall be swept; the pans emptied, the dirt and ashes, and all filth and rubbish collected in the yard, removed to the place appropriated for the The day-rooms, working-rooms and sleeping cells, shall be washed once a week, or oftener if requisite. The doors of all the sleeping cells, and also the windows, when the weather will permit, shall be kept open during the day.

The bedding of the House shall be hung up to air, whenever the Superintendent shall require it. The straw in the Mattresses shall be changed, and the corn-husk Mattresses scalded and washed as often as the Physicians may think proper. The blankets and coverlets shall be washed, at least once in three months, and in all cases clean bedding shall be provided for every new delinquent.

No delinquent of any description shall, on any account whatever, be confined in any apartment under ground, or where there is not sufficient light and ventilation.

Every delinquent, seized with any disorder, shall be forthwith removed to the Infirmary; and in case of any putrid or infectious disorder, to the Fever Ward therein. The cell, from which he or she was taken, shall immediately after such removal, be cleansed, fumigated, and white-washed.

Bibles and Testaments, and such elementary books as may be thought necessary, shall be provided for the use of the children, to be distributed among them, at the discretion of the Acting Committee.

The admission of visitors during the week, shall be restricted to Wednesdays and Fridays, excepting strangers, not residing in the city, and persons accompanied by or having a written permission from a manager.

Parents and guardians shall be permitted into the Refuge, to see their children, once in three months, upon the days appointed, under the inspection of the Superintendent and Teacher, and their visits shall be confined to the hours between 12 and 4 o'clock.

The Superintendent shall make weekly reports of the sums he receives from the contractors for the labor of the boys, together with the balances due, and the names of those contractors who do not pay every Saturday.

The Superintendent shall pay over to the Treasurer, at least once a month, all the monies he receives belonging to the House.

It shall be the duty of the Visiting Committee to call upon the contractors, whenever it may be necessary, and to see that they pay with punctuality.

Not less than from three to four hours shall be devoted to the literary instruction of the subjects of the Refuge. The Superintendent shall report the hours of employ, every month, so that new arrangements may be made by the Acting Committee to suit the changing seasons.

No boy or girl shall be permitted to receive money or presents of any kind, while a subject of the Refuge.

The Superintendent shall keep a notice of this regulation, on the boys' house and the gate, for the government of parents and visitors.

As no person can be received into the premises who is not engaged under contract, or committed according to law, it is made the duty of the Superintendent to report the name of any person or persons, male or female, who shall have staid in the Refuge during the week, or any day or night of the week preceding his report. And the Acting Committee shall take cognizance of the case without delay.

The gate-keeper shall not admit any person, without permission of the Superintendent, or by his express orders, unless he bears a permit from, or is introduced by, a manager. Any violation of this rule shall be reported to the Acting Committee, and will subject the gate-keeper to immediate dismission.

The person who may be appointed collector to the House, shall once a month furnish the Treasurer with a list of the subscribers and donors, from whom collections may have been made; and at the same time shall pay the moneys collected, into the hands of the Treasurer.

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, to examine the collector's books and accounts, at the period above named, and if any omission or defalcation is discovered, he shall immediately report the same to the Acting Committee.

The Treasurer shall, once a year, publish a list of subscribers and donors, in any two or more of the public papers.

At their meeting next after the annual election, the Board of Managers will appoint a Finance Committee, to consist of two members to serve for one year. Any vacancies in this committee will be filled up at the discretion of the Board.

The securities and vouchers taken by the Finance Committee, shall, as soon as received, be delivered by them to the Acting Committee, who shall cause them to be copied into their book of minutes, and then to be transferred to the Treasurer for safe keeping and collection when due.

A DISCOURSE

ON OPENING THE NEW BUILDING IN THE HOUSE OF REFUGE, NEWYORK; ESTABLISHED FOR THE REFORMATION OF JUVENILE deLINQUENTS. DELIVERED DECEMBER 25TH, 1825, IN PRESENCE OF THE MANAGERS OF THE INSTITUTION, THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY, SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND MANY OF ITS PATRONS AND FRIENDS.

BY JOHN STANFORD, A. M.

Once rude and ignorant we were,
With natures prone to stray!
Blest now by Pity's kindest care,
We hear of Wisdom's way.

The soul untaught is dark as night,
Where every evil dwells;

All hail Instruction's sacred light,

Which all this night dispels!-SS.

New-York, Jan. 10, 1826. At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, the following Resolutions were passed:

Resolved-That the thanks of this Board be presented to the Rev. JOHN STANFORD, for his very able and appropriate Discourse, on the opening of the House of Refuge, on the 25th of December last.

Resolved-That the Rev. Mr. Stanford be requested occasionally, and when his other public engagements will allow, to visit the House of Refuge..

Resolved--That the Rev. Mr. Stanford be requested to furnish a copy of his late Discourse, delivered at the opening of the New Building, for the use of the Delinquents at the House of Refuge. Copied from the Minutes,

ROBERT F. MOTT, Secretary.

To the Honorable Cadwallader D. Colden, President, and the Gentlemen composing the Board of Directors of the HOUSE OF REFUGE, for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, This Discourse is Most Respectfully DEDICATED, by

JOHN STANFORD.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE HOUSE OF REFUGE Owes its origin to the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New-York:-a voluntary association, formed by a number of citizens for the purpose of tracing the evils of poverty to their actual sources, and of suggesting and urging such remedies as might be deemed practicable, for a certain portion of those evils.

The results of the investigations and deliberations of this Society, were given to the public in several successive annual and special reports, which excited among the benevolent citizens of the metropolis, no inconsiderable share of solicitude that the city might avail itself of those suggestions; inasmuch as it was plainly perceived, that without some energetic efforts to arrest the progress of vice and its attendant poverty, the burthen of the city for the maintenance of its poor would increase to an alarming degree. Among those evils, the subject of juvenile delinquency presented itself to the Society in a formidable shape. The report on that subject, detailing the nature and amount of the evil, and proposing an establishment, separate from the City and State Prisons, for the confinement and reformation of juvenile criminals and vagrant youth, elicited so much cordiality of feeling, that the sum of $15,000 was promptly subscribed by the citizens, and a special Society formed, for carrying the plan into operation. These objects have been so fully approved by the Governor and Legislature, that the Society has been incorporated, and a legislative provision made for its support, which, with the liberality of the citizens, will, it is presumed, prove sufficient to secure its continuance and prosperity. The Institution was opened on the first of January, 1825, with nine subjects, sentenced by the police to the control of the Society. The number at the present time, (July, 1826,) is, 94 boys and 24 girls. When the buildings which are now in progress shall have been completed, the Institution will accommodate 140 boys, and 70 girls.

Four hours of each working day are devoted to literary instruction; and the remainder, with the exception of meals, and a moderate portion of time for relaxation, to the work shops.

The Managers are abundantly encouraged, from the success already obtained, to hope for extensive usefulness in the reformatory influence of the Institution, over the minds and characters of its subjects: most of whom, without such a timely agency, would in all probability be led, by the force of corrupt associations, into habits of deep and irretrievable criminality.