That all People who are not able to maintain their Children, may put them into this Work-House or Hospital at what Ages they will, where they shall be settled till the Age of ### Years, by which means they may in the end be of no Charge to the said Work-House or Hospital; And the good Effects will be these, Children will be bred up to Labour, Principles of Virtue will be implanted in them early by the Good Government thereof, and Laziness and Beggary will be discouraged. That the Antient People who are past their Labours shall have Lodgings, and Weekly Pay, or be otherwise provided for according to their Wants, who may still do something towards their Mantenance, and the Women may look after the young Children. That the Rates of the Poor of this City, being all united into one common Fund, may be enough to carry on this good Work; By which means the Magistrates will be freed from the Trouble which they daily have about the Settlement of the Poor, the Parish-Officers will be eased, the Poors Stock will not be spent in Law, but they will be provided for, without being sent from Parish to Parish, and their Children will be settled in ways of being Serviceable to the Publick Good, and not be bred up in all manner of Vice, as now they are. That the Governors of this Hospital or Work-House have Power to force all Poor People to Work in it, who do not betake themselves to some Lawful Imployment elsewhere, but spend their Time Lazily and Idly. That the said Governors have Power to settle out the young People at such Ages as they shall think fit; the Boys to Navigation, Husbandry, and Manufactures; the Maids in Service, and to bind them Apprentices for certain Years. That this will prevent Children from being Starved, by the Poverty of their Parents, and neglect of the Parish Officers, which is now a great Loss to the Nation; forasmuch as every Person if Imployed, would by his Labour add to the Wealth of the Publick. That this will encourage Men of Charity to make Endowments, when they shall see their Bounties so well laid out. That Application be made, in order to procure an Act of Parliament, for the better Carrying on this Work.