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Sr. John, KB., April 5th, 18t5. • Dear Sir, — Having seen extracts in the English papers, from Mr. Doyle's Report on Miss Rye's young emigrants, I was struck with its unfairness to that lady's work, in so far as New Brunswick is concerned, and regret that he tad not pressed his inquiries in this direction, where he would have learned,JRhat with one exception, her children have found good homes, and that where diffictnty has ar'sen, it was only what might have been expected under the most favourable circumstances. Many a ■ pare)it gives his daughter into the keeping of a man who violates every promise he made; many a child, in the best regulated families, turns out vicious and depraved, and does Mr. Doyla expect Miss Ryo to do more for hsr children than a father or mother could do for their own child, or are we to look for perfection among children who have been brought up amid vicj and poverty, when those possessing every advantage of example and counsel do so often fall ? Here I know of two girls " /ho have fallen ; but they had in their very looks, on arrival, a looseness which augui'od ill for their future. They were both placed in the families of two of our leading shipowners: the wife of one is deeply interested in our Orphan Asylum, Old Ladies' Home, and every good work. She strov*with the girf, reasoned, threatened, but it availed no. ; and so with the other. No visitation covild have prevented this ; and thus, when one or two failuies appear, they are heralded over the land, while the hundred successes are not heard of. As a rule, these children succeed best in the country : this was Mi^-^s Bye's judgment when here, and she always preferred r.uch applications, and her view has proven emincntlj' wise. "J'wo, or at most three others who came with Miss B,yG, grown girls, and for whom she was not responsible, became a bye word; but her young people; girls fj'om six to twelve years, and boys from ten to fourteen, have found happy homes and kind protectors. Many enjoy the comforts and privileges of the best families in our country, taking position in their families as sons and daughters, where there were no chiklren, and as brothers and sisters whore there were. I cannot believe that Miss Rye's course in Ontario is different from her course in New Brunswick, and I fear that Mr. Doyle is influenced by a spirit of injustice to these workers and their work, and desires to destroy it. I nmst bear testimon}' to the extreme devotion to her work hoe — the persistent enquiries made befoie placing the children, many applicants being rcfuisod, unless she was pei"sonally satistied of their means, their moral character, and even their disposition, on one occasion denying a clergyman of tlie Episcopal Church, with whose application she was not satistied. In the work of phiciiig the cliildren, she was assisted by leading ladies and gentlemen of our city, and not even their^recom- mendation would be taken until she had personally talked with each applicant, and satisfied herself that all was right. She also appointed asGuiudiins — to whom either 2 the children or their employorn could appeal, uiul to whom they were told to apply, in case of difficulty — lion. G. E. Ivin^, Attornoy-General, Rev. Canon Scovil, Thomas W. Daniel, E^s([., J.P., and my.self. I have not hoard one of my co-guardians say that tlio}'^ have had a coniplaiiit from (ullior, oycept those named ahovo. I had two, one fiom a man who look a lad with a painful skin disease and otherwise weak, but he retained the lad, and was kind to him; the other, onl}' last month, a girl who complained of a drunken master, but praised his wife. This girl appealed to me : it was reported to Miss Kyo, Avho gave permission to her to leave and go to another home, which I approved, and where she will be a companion, and |)robably succeed to the property of the childless and well-to-do old couple who have lakeii her. I have made enquiry in various quarters during the last month, and while I could wi'ite particulars oi'sccn-es of these children in their happy homes, from mai y of whom 1 am often hoaiing, 1 know of no single case where a child has been treated unkindly, or of a J Lome in which they arc not better ort" than it is probable they would have beoii in thci;- old homes, if there was causu ol' complaint, I should have heard it : the children's indentui-es could have been appealed to, and redress had. They know this, and every one of the?n knows me, as I was 2>resent at their I'cception and their going away. 1 assisted Miss Rye on every occasion, and they were specially told to write to, or apply to mo, should tiiere be occasion. I have had no complaints but those Jiamod, and it is reasonable to conclude that there were none to make. 1 doubt not if Mr. Boyle went among them, he n'ould tind some who would bo annoyed because they could not have their own way, and who did not live Humptuously every day ; bijt tliis house to house visitation would be a mistake, it would give an unwise oppoAniiy to children disposed to grumble; while no one would lake such children if ^)y wore to bo submitted to such inquisitorial treatment by Ciovernmeut officials. Miss Rye brought about 150 chihiren here, and all the applic.itions for them were sent to me. Over four hundred of these were received, and a !;iigc proportion approved. At the present time over two hundred little girls, from live to twelve, could ho happily provided for in a week, so that it will be seen that we have ])ienty of lumies to ])ick from. Jt was not necessary for Miss iije to vihit thof'e various homes; her Committee, composed of the first ladies and gentlemen bore, including some of our clergymen, knew the circumstances and character of the applicants; and the marked success which has attended her work iii this Province, has justilicd the recomnuindations of that (Committee, ll's Excellency Goveitior Wilmot took a deoj) interest in the work; some of the children are scholars in the Sunday School of which hois Superintendent. Our ]»resent, (Tovcmor, Hon. S. L. Tilley, C.13., has also porsouji! IciiowltMlge ol* her work. Letters IVoin l»oth these gen- tlemen I enclose, which you are at liberty to use in any way. Miss Rye's first visit to us w;is in November, 1870. She was received by the Directors of the rrotoslan*. Orphan Asylum, the lady Directors giving the use of their Orphanage, and their own personal attention to the children. Second visit in October, 1871, and last ia July, 1872. On each occasion she was my guest for a fortnight at a time, and I can boar testimony to hcu- unwearied labours, no mattoi how tired or late the hours; she thought only of the children and their future, and no hours were too long, or work too hard, in their interest. Their devotion and love for her was most touching: each morning in going to tho Orphanage, tie little ones at the windows, on seeing hei", would dance with delight, exclaiming, "I see Miss Rye!" and they would flock around, taking hold of her, begging for a kind word, or a kiss, fi-(jm their noble-heavte(i benefactress. Miss Rye brought a letter of introduction to me from Capt. Smith, of Tt. M.S. /Scandinavian. Since then he lias i-epoatedly assured mo of hei care of the children while at sea. 1 can bear similar tostimory on land, as also Governor Tilley's letter shews; and ifc grieves me to learn that iie who has done so much, :ind at such immense self-sacri- lice, to make hundreds cfsoro and sud ones happy, should bo thus annoyed, and the seeking after pecuniary advantage attributed, where I am satisfied the work had its reward in tho purest motives, in a desire to aid the poor orpluined ones of the Old World lo obtain good homes in this New World. 3 to Upply, n Scovi'l, guardians 3- I had MHO weak, ^hi who )d to mo : > another ' .siiccood 1'. I while I >m mm y lia.s been probable I whoiiki I rodrosH Jit their ind they lavo Jiad ere none lo would lot live stake, it no one eatment all the Bceived, lo girls, bo seen . live to itlemen •of the •ovince, )vornoi' I in the n.S.L. se gen- by the use of 'isifc in for a mattei c, and 'ing to 5 with old of is Rye avian. 3a. 1 and ifc ■sacri- id the ad its eOld No honours which could be bestowed upon Miss Eye am too hjirh for lier to receive, unlo oppor- ocially im o iav an 1 and Mi'8. vJiom aro londucted 080 name ihout her. tiHfactory which he hunsivick. 1875. id photo- pleasiiro )t having U8. Our e attends ;an speak 11 treated, 1 cared for d in this I for your ighi over cted with ISDN. .875. 5w lines, las made ountry as 3 reports, s^ho are, I and they link that sure I am country, iliss Eye, it deal of h like to 3LA«„ ■ ' '■'.■■.. .; FauDKRicTON, N.H., 10th April, 1875. Miss M. S. Rye, — Your comn unication was received in duo time. The girl we have is honest, kind and tnitliful, although not what we hoped she would 1)0 in every particular; yet we arc pleaded to .say tfiat she is much improved; as you may suppose by looUing at her ])ln)togiaph. In reply to the observations of Mr. Doyle, 1 must otn|)hatically say, — their (the girls') situation in this country is decidedly better than where the}' came from. With great i*es]>ect, I am, Yours very truly. To Miss Rye. M. S. Hall. Pekkv, 7th April, 1875. Respected Friend, — Your note is at hand, i-equesting photograph of my girl, which, 1 regret to say, I am unable to send, as we aro to :i miles fjom an artist, and no public conveyance to town. Maiy Ann is very well, and is getting to bo a smart, bright girl, after nearly four years tiial with her stubborn nature, for wjien 1 took her she certainly was the most uncultivated child I ever saw. It is a noble work in which you are engaged, talcing the forlorn ones of earth and placing them in families where thoy i-eceive instruction and aro fitted to care for themselves ; and you will be rewarded for your life of sacrifice, if not in this worlil, there is a brighter world beyond where the wicked cease from troubling, and whore the weary are at rest. I Very respectfully, Mrs. p. F. Loucks. To Miss Rye. LETTERS FROM THE PROVTNCE OF ONTARIO. ■, The Parsonage, Oakville, April 12th, 1875. My Dear Miss Rye, — 1 intended to write to you before this, concerning the * extraordinary report of Mr. Doyle, which I saw printed in the Globe. It appeared to me to be so singularly erroneous, and is so contrary to my experience, that i could hai-dly credit what Mr. Doyle wrote: — that he ha(l examined 400 of the children brought out to this counti'v. There are several girls placed out by you in my j^arish, and in every case they are doing well, and are far betLer off than thoy could be in Rngland. I would like to state a fact which you can make Avhat use of you please. Some eight to ton years ago, when I was ministering in Oshawa, a thriving manu- facturing placo, a number of workmen came out with their families. They wore sent to me by a clerical relation in the east of London. There were also some girls brought out by you. The latter were placed out at servico and wore taught and made u.seful. One of them I married to a mechanic who owned ids home. The former were also placed out; but instead of continuing in their jjlace, were continually shifting. Their parents took their wages, and as they grew up they left service for factory woi-k, and of more than one I could tell sjui tales. Mr. Doyle seems to have put out of sight the fiaet that your girls are removed into a good moral position, and I know of no case where too much work is laid upon them. With twenty-five 3'^ear8' experience of ministerial life in Canada I am convincoil that your work hay I eon beneficial to the class whom you have tiilcen hold of, and I should 6 rogar.l it us a grout injury to tiKm if a report, f'oundod on ignorunc*' of thin country j^^ .^^.j should i»i'ovont youi" further v.oi Ic uinoni^ thorn. I'^]| . I know Knt;lund and ('aiiiuhi vvoll ; and I am Hure that you havo hoon tlio nioan>^u^. '^.^ placing thoiu ii of Having many of these girlH from a viciouH life in England, and of Canada, whcro they ma}- grow up virtuous wives and mothern. Yours faithfully, John Hell WouaELL are <•<> have serviu in gooth well, — they never had a day's sickness during the two yoarcwmM they have been with us; they seem to be pleased with their present situation, and I you. am ec^ually well pleased with thoni. They are l)oth advanced in housekeejnng; an.l 1 for milking cows and nursing poultry, I think they could not bo sur|)assed. lviuttini.'yOHr f and sewing is their hcjbby, and 1 can assure you they are no mean hands at it — ii fact, I would not part with them for their weight in gold. As foi" Mr, Doyle to 8a\ that those children would be better in a workhouse than sent out here, it is absurd Miss J perhaps he has an object in saying so. We have but one table, and 1 see that thej havo lots to eat and the wherewithal to put on, which is more than the workhoiist can attbrd. If you can, give us a call, we only live throe miles from Canfiold, am then you will have oculai demonstration. Yours faithfully, % David Reed. S iutere Miss M. S. Rye. the cc P.S. — My daughter, Mrs. fiamsay, wishes you to remember her. She has signed**^ "^I your papers. If you have any more children send one. niost * thi'ou Galt, 26th April, 1815. *"lV' ^ ' evidei Dear Miss Rye, — The girl, Maria Lucas, was grown up, and I paid her monthlv [ wages as f would to any other servant. She has left me, so I regi-et that I am unabii lyreat to comply Avith your request to send her })hotogiaph ; and I am truly sorry to !')a]r pai.( y that 3'our arduous duties have been so ill requited, for I consider Mr. Doyle's repori ' Ji entirely erroneous, unjust and unwarranted, and that your labour of love, anxiety aru childi philanthrophy deserves all praise. With kind regards, believe me. Yours sincerely, Miss M. S. Rye. JT A. DiSTIN. Raymond, Mississippi. then' I sorvic would oxcep . J My Friend, — As you request, I will write you a few lines t^ state that the girl- 8»tisti left here, nine in number, in our charge, as far as I know (and I have a fnii whicl you chance to know, my husband being a medical man) are doing well, and have goon ofiipit homes. 'Tis true the}^ work, but not so hard as even to jade their appearance in tin *^*^ ^^ least or cause them to be the least discontented, and they seem to be cheerful and happy **' ^^^'y I will write and send my girl's (Sai-ah Williams) photograph as early as convenient k«<-l>i The Doctor has asked me to write in his stead, as ho is engaged at present, ^ ;= Very respectfully, :: '- Mrs. S. M. Dupree. Miss M. S. Rye.- ■ --- -^^^--^ . -^i*w-^,^,.^^^ . ^v ^ :*- r^_ and h incori that 1 -ij^v. wv •:■-*. vv%; Engh _, wouk Raymond, Mississippi, 14th April, 1875. whicl Dear Friend, — Y'^our circular has been too long unanswered, not, however WoilOELL. f t''"^ <^'0""<'7ntt ,i,.(j(^l^ and coiiniMiUvMitly wo huvo Itoon nimble to ccmpty with your ruquoHt in full; Iho woiithiu", too. Iiiis Ih'cii oxti-omely iucloiiuMit xcuHt' wo hiiv. 1<» ollVr. As to tiu' misrepro.scMjtutiuiiH Di'Mr. Doylo, mo I'ar nn wo aciiiix thoiu I'^mf^ concoi'iuMl, liis icprosontutions iire ontin^ly ut vjiriiini'o with tlu" facts. Our ^iris hi|\'c ^roatly iini>i'o'.()xeessivo Ittboin- to pei'tbi'in. The one I hav(% Mnriu (Irant, is a dolieute ed ii: refuting any statonionts contraiy to facts, and that ■er and other childj'on, and from the commencement thereof have iiad much ])leasure in assisting in what I consider She has sicnei'*'* '^*'^'''^*^'''^^'^^^ ''"*'^'^'^'^'^^"'^' '^^^'' ^"^^^ England and my adopted country, and also ° 'most beneficial for the children. 1 IukI the pleasure of a visit from your Inspeetoi", Mr. Doyle, when on his tour thj'ough Canada last summer, and as ho has been pleased to mention Mrs. Jiobson Anril 1875 ^^^^ myself in his report, 1 beg to express my extreme surjirise that the whole of the _ ^ ' ' evidence given by ns 1o him has not been embodied therein. iu lier monthly | mi^ [j^ receipt from Mr. Doyle of a copy of the report, which I have road with lat 1 am unabit g^^at care, and bog leave to state to you what T considei' the inaccuracies of that sorry to learrp^vt which fclales to the poriion of the work Avith which I am conversant. Doyle's ropoii As stated on page II, I have placed in homes more than one hundred of these /■o, anxiety am oi,ii,|i-en. but insteail of only about 10 i)er cent, doing well, as stated in the report, then', are at least 1)0 per cent, doing veri/ well. Page 12 gives the ideas of a girl of 16 or T7, that adoption, as sho calls it, means service without wages. I would say that I have had application from parties who would wish to obtain a girl in the manjier mentioned, but certainly those are very exceptional cases, and would under no circumstances be entertained by me. . As regards rates (jf wages secured by Miss Hjq for the children, I am perfectly , w^Q^ w^Q ^r\y\. sutisticd that they are qtiite as high as tiiey are capable of earning ; as a proof of I liavo a fail ^^''*''^> f would state that 1 have at present two servants, 18 and 21 years of age, nd have gooc employed in my house as cook and housemaid, to whom I pay S5 each per month, loarance in tlu *"*^ who, being natives of the country and well acquainted with the duties required ifuland hii»5i)y of servants lure, either of whom my wife, who has had a long experience in house- * keeping, would ))rcfcr to any two workhouso girls she has seen. On ])age 12 Mr. Doyle gives Miss Rye's description of three classes of homos, and ho i^tates the prop«)rtion of children placed in each class ; the proportion given is iocorr(M"t ; my experience being that GO per cent, are jilaced in Nos. 1 and 2, and that no t)no, knowing as I do the habits and mode] of living of the labouring classes in England, with the pinching poverty to which too man}' of them have to submit, would compare them to the plenty and Avholesome focxl of the homes of the 3rd class, which he (Mr. Doyle) seems to despise — where they all have three full meals per not, however <^y, and nineleen-twontieths of them meat at each menl ; this, I think, will bo un- vhero wo have #cj[)ec tod news to many in England ; nevertheless, it is strictly true. A^. DiSTIN. Mississippi as convenient ssent. DUPREE. pril, 1875. il $ I' i On mgo 13, referring to the cIuhs ot perMonn with whom childrer have boon placetl, I would wtutu that none of tiio.so witli whom I have iot't children have boon josh than Hvo yoai'H resident in their loeulit}', and the average, on the wliole, wo .Id nof, be loHs than twriity years, and DU j)or c-oiit. of these are IVoehoMerN ; a'ld 1 would quote a remark nuule to nie by Mi-. Doyle, whilwt driving from ono homo to another, that in all his travelling experionce he had Hoen no part of the world, with the Hinglo exception of the Plains of Lond)ardy, equal to this part of Canada in beauty and fertifity. 1 quite agi'oe with Mr. Doyle, an niontioiied in the namo imge, that it is not desirable to place the children in towuH and villagos, and 1 hnvo refused many applications on that ground aloi e, as 1 am cojivinced tliey are mucli more likely 1* succeed when placed with farmtirH, where tlie mistiess of tho family doori a part of the work, than in places where other sei-vants are kept. On page 14, commenting on some of the liomes whore children liave boon placed, in reply 1 can say emphatically that none have been so placed by me. On the same page 1 notice that Mr. Doyle is afraid of tho workhouse children being c(mtaminated by contact Avith arab or gutter ctliildj'on; now having had a portion of each class pass through my hands, 1 unhesitatingly say that I much prefer the la lor class, as they are moi-o industrious and obedient, less inclined to be stubborn and sulky, and decidedly more grateful for what has been and is being done for them. Tho lack of industry on the part of the former class I attribute to tho mistaken system of training in the English workhouses, where the children, instcjul of being made to dc the work of the establishment so soon as they are old enough to do so are waited upon, according to their own account, by hired servants, w ho have to be paid by the J'liiglish taxpayer. •• 1 agree with Mr. Doylo that so long as tirst-class homes can be obtained in Canada it is not desirable that chiklren should be sent to tho United States- never- theless, occasions arise and applications are made from such a class of homos in that country that I consider it woukl be ci'uelty to tho children not to fill them- to one such at liochestor, 1 sent a girl throe years since, and have since visited her thrice- she is with a middle-aged lady and gentleman (whose own family are married) of independent means, and when I saw her in August, 1874, slie wa.-} attending a select ladio.-*' school, and taking music lessons from a master who aitendod at the house for that purpose ; tiie lady with whom slie lives t )ld me that she had just declined an invitation to an evening party from an old friend, simply because her adopted daughter, now 17 years of age, had not been included in the invitation; she is an English workhouse girl, and when she arrived from England Avas suffering from a severe attack of ojithalmia, from which she did not entirely recover for nearly tAvo years. Pago 15 would lejid the English public to infer that tho interest taken in tho children by leading persons in tho Dominion when tho movement first commenced had to a great degree subsided. Allow me to say, that tlio more I see tho benefits tho children are deriving, tho more interested 1 have become in tho work - and as for emploj-ors saying that they would never take another of the same class, I can state that 1 have more than one application from parties with whom I have placed children, for a second, whilst the first was still living with them ; ono instance of the kind I pointed out to Mr. Doylo, and ho saw and conversed with the firl. As for the statement of page 16, that no imiwovement in the condition of the child takes place by emigration, but that it is simply a change of country I think it is sufficiently answered by ra}- remarJis on page 12. On page 16 I see Mr. Doyle stattis that it is not desirable to place girls in homos in Canada, until after a preliminai-y training of two or three years; 1 am happy to say we have no class of persons in our country who wordd bo willing to take children and farm them in the manner he suggests; if we had, i could quite agree with him in the necessity of a rigid inspection. Page 17 gives a melancholy account of the n'>glectcd and filthy state in which many of tho childi'on arrive at their adopted homes. All I can say in reference thereto Mk d havo boon boon I08H f M not, be ould quote other, that the Mingle beauty unci b it in not used many likely 1" 1 a })art of een placed, in the wime ntaminated 1\ class ptlHH 18H, an they Bulky, and mistaken id of being 1 to do so, • have to be ibtainod in ites; never- mes in that ?,m; to one her thrice; married) of ing a select le house for :leclined an or adopted ; she is an i'ing from a nearly two ikon in the :!ommonced, the benefits rk; and as class, I can lavo placed tance of the ition of the try, I think Is in homes im liappy to ikc children ee with him ;e in which ence thereto in, that I have never received children in that staU; irotn Miss Kye: and the intoreuce to bo ' charge ai-e in constant Htlcndancoat sc. h)I ; twenty-fivo j»or cent, additional attend a j)ortion of the time, say thi-oe months per annum; whilst tim remainder, tifty per cent, being of ages varying from 14 to 17 years, are almost, without exception, attendants at the ditt'ei-ent Sunday schools in the neigh- bourhoods in which they reside. I do not suppose it was ever ex])ected by the friends of the movenu^nt in I'iUgland that these chiMren, or evon a large j)er centage of thoin, were, on their arrival in Caiuida, to l)e educated and brought up as young ladies. Page 19 states, that the opportiuiities Mr. Doyle had of collcciing irdbrmaticni were circumscribed. Now I drove tiiat gentleman in my own carriage to see betwetm forty and fifty of those children ])laced out by mo, with eveiy one of whom, 1 think, he had a jirivate conversation. I also offered to tal>' him to see every one of those on my books, but he replied he w^as delighted and porfecHysatisiieil with what he h<'>d ali'cady seen. If i\Ir. l)oyle is dissatislied with the oppoiluTiities he ha' ; but as an Englishman 1 claim to know what English workhouses are; and liaving lived in Canada twenty-two years, I know something of what Canadian families lu-e, and knowing furti)or the regulations of the Western Home, 1 can by no means agree with the English Inspector's state- ment, that girls sent from tliat Home lo Canadian iKmseholdors are in no better con- dition than the}' would have been in the English workhouse. There may be some exceptions possibly, but i\A a rule, their condition and circumstances are immensely improved by their i ■'moval from England to Canadian fcimilies. I remain, dear Madam, Yours most respectfully, ^ Eev. James Chance. Miss Rye, Niagara. Buxton, tth May, IStS. My Dear Miss Eye, — I received j-our kind note a few days ago. The report of Mr. Doyle meets with no favour in Canada; his statements are not in accordance with truth. I send you with this letter a copy of the London Advertiser, in which there is an article that expresses my views on the subject of children emigrating to this country. There are four now (of your children) at Essex Count}', Ontario. I see them every month ; they are treated as the children of the familios in which they are. They are going every day to school with the other children of the families in which they are, and attenc Sabbath school and church. The families are Pi-esbyter- ians, and the children are trained uj) under religious influence with their own. They receive and send letters regularly to their friends in England. There is a bright future before the children in this country — their position in life will be far better than it would have been in England. Those that are nine and ten x'cars of age acknowledge it, and hope that yon may bring out tl.e remainder of the families. J understand they have many little brothers and sisto.u, at home The condition of those above-me..tioned is the condition of nir-vtenths of those that comt "ui/ to Canatla. Let me know when you have more little girls in Chatham. Miss Grant still expects to get a little girl when you bring thom to Chatham. With kind regards. I remain, yours tridy, Miss Rye, Niagara. Rev. W, King. 14 Crayhurst, 3rd May, 1875. My Dear Madam, — T i-eccived your tv/o circulars, both asking Mr. Johnson and myseli' to forward the photographs of the two little girls we got from your Home. I would have enclosed thorn herewith, but we live some thirteen miles from the (!!ount3' Town, which is the nearest place at which we could have them taken, and the roads have been, and are still in su could give ; in consequence, the Home is always open to the writer, who has frequent ojiportunities to witness the unselfish devotion and self-abnegation of Miss Rye in her attendance on tho children, who, fj'om pressure of work, or inefficiency of servants, has often bathed and combed tho children with her own hands, a Uviij's attending to their little ailments and administering to their wants; and we have known her so prostrated by over-work as to be coi\fined to her bed for days. Mr. Boyle says that one of tho children complained to him that the food was unfit to eat; this may have been a parallel and exceptional case, similar to one Known to the writer, where a girl complained of being tired of turkey ; but this must have been a most exceptional case, as in six years I have never heard the com- plaint made before. In refoj-ring to Mr. Dojde's report, I nm fully satisMed that he had pre-judged Miss Rye's work before he left Liverpool. He told Mrs. Ball and m3'solf, more than once, that he came to Canada prejudiced against the work, but that his prejudices had all fled, he could never have believed that such homes could have been found for tho children as he saw them in ; and further, iie told us n^ost distinctly that he had no doubt but that Miss Rye's Homo would bo the centro of 'emale children emigrating to Canada. How he can reconcile these statements r tade not only to us, but to different gentlemen in Niagara, I cannot understand, and can only account for by an implicit belief in the doctrine of man's total depravity. As Mr. Dojde also ol)jects to children being sent out here without preliminary ti'aining in industrial schools — this, to learn ev^en tho rudiments of an oducation,would occupy at least two yeai-s time, and as he ftlso says, they should not bo sent out here older than nine or ten, this alone would shut out a very large and desirable class. Why ho should lay so much stress on this point, seems strange to me, as the education he de in] /w| in I ari thl th ml II 10 work, tho ).sccuting It; 3vcntod mo. tho matter for almost r tho cities she choso in Canada ; ' U9cd as u ceording to ncnts of an 10 oxtremo ommunica- of a largo iving-homo idcnce, and 3 her care, lO class, nor i^est of our ycrs, from he children )rtunity of 3ctor, who I i^oriod of horson and ) decidedly me knows itering on ises might promised /he wi'iter, bnegation work, or her own lir wants ; her bed was unfit 10 Known his must the com- Iged Miss lan once, 3 hjul all for the had no ligj'ating dift'jrent implicit lim ; nary m,would mt here Why itioa he desires could bo obtained hero, morally, religiously /ind domestically, far bettor thaii in tho best schools of any union, for hero they mix with tho children of the country 'without any distinction of birlli, country or class. Wo, in Canada,fool justly proud of our school system ; the whole country is divided into school sections, in which t' claw obliges a school to l)o maintained free to all people, and all children icsidin^, in such section botwoeu tho ages ot seven and fifteen are obliged to attend a largo portion of tho year. It is sometimes difficult to enforce the law, but persons obtaining children of Miss l{ye, are always in such position that tho law can reach them without producing any hai Iship, and there is every induce- ment tor tho trustees to enforce such law. Mr. Doyle also says, that girls, es])ocially between the ages of eight and ten, should have some ])roliminary domestic training if possible in Canadian homes. Now this is just what Miss Rye is doing, only in a much better way. If, as Mr, Doyle suggests, the aiTangoment is only to be temporary, without any reference to tho ulterior usefulness ho so much. objects to, it would necessitate a payment in money for the board and teaching. This would bo nothing loss than a mercenary aft'air; it would lessen the childrens' motives to obedience, and the guardians to a conscientious discharge of their duties. Besides this, from an extensive i nowhsdge of Ontario, I know that such homes could not be found, for though plenty of persons aro willing to care for, and train a child for futui'o usoiuiness, none but such as vice had reduced to poverty could be found that would una / take the charge for such money com- pensation as the Poor Law Boards are accusi nod to pay in Britain. Mr. Doyle considers that inspection is ti. 5 sine qua non for success in regard to " this work ; like tho groat apostle — he magnifies his office. My connecticn with tho .work as one of the guardians, has brought mc mm-h in contact with the (jhildron in their new homes, and I am personallj' acquainted with over one huna. Port Dalhousib, Ont., 26th April, 18t5. Miss Ryb, — These photogi*aphs are of William and Elizabeth Daniels, tho child- ren that Mr. Cole and Mr. Buckbee got. We are very much pleased with the children, and they seem to bo pleased with us, and are desirous to hear from their friends in Wales, and would bo much (»biiged if you would see that one of those pictures reached their friends. They have written twice to the teachers of Neath Union, and have received no answer. When Mr. Doyle was here he promised to find out their fVionds, and also promised them a letter before last Christmas. I think it would be great satisfaction to the children if they could get word from their friends. We are, yours truly, J. C. Buckbee & R. D. CoLB. Miss Rye, Niagara. The Rectory, Wellington Square, April fith, 1875. Mt Bear Miss Rye, — Your recently- received letter should have had an earlier reply, but for illness in our famil3^ I now avail myself of a little leisure to meet your wishes, but am sorry I cannot send 3'ou a photograph of the little girl you placed with us, as the last on© she had she sent to her brother in England, and with- m out ^oiii;^ into tho city (u tlitticnity to U8 just now) hHo couUl not liaVo otliorn tiilcon. Ilowovor, I ciiii trill}' ii^sui'f you, wtTo her proHont u|>|m .u-anco, Imhits mid ac(niir«- monts, (&('., c()iili'aste(l with Uio.so slic possossofl when slio cauio to um, tlmy would prove strongly enough thai her emigration and sottlcin'ent in oui* colony have heon very utlvantuireouM to hei-, as I know may henaitl, if not of all, yet of a largo jii'oportion of tho young poo])k! hj'ought ont under your cui'e ; of course there are eases of disap- pointmeiit — may J ask ivo there never (tntj meU in the old eountry f Some little ones may have fallen into injndicioiis or undosirah'.e hands, andHutfei-ed accordingly. Can this always he avoided in lOnglund, where, douhtloss, there must he crowds of wise, careful men like Mi*. Doyle, and a much more limited tield to he su])ervised, so that mistakes or failures there are far loss excusahle than here. But in truth your disaj> pointments as to the result of your Inhours cannot he very groat. All round mo 1 tind little ones sent into l'amili«!s from the "Western Jlome.'' and suhstantially benetitted hy the ai-rnngemont. Through your instrumentality these little half- fledged helpless ci-eatures drop into snug nosts whore their uselessness is kindly borne with till time and patience correct it; all their wants amply snp])lied, friends secured to tlmm, and thi*„ugh homely hut wise discipline, a foundation laid for future well-being. I cannot conceive anything moi-e unreasonable than Mr. Doyle's censures on you and Miss Macpherson. The Canadian pul)lic know how both of you courted the fidlest en(|uii'y and insi)ection. 1 have still hy me an invitation to moot Mr. Doyle at the Western Jlonie, taking my little girl with me, so as to allow him an opportunity of judging foi- himself, hut although he was also coi-dially invited and ox|)ectcd, ho did not, I l»elio\o, ;aail himsell'ofyoui'courtesy, and so lost tho advantage ottered him, which can hardly he set down as a fault of yours. Youi's, with sympathy and regard, Kate J. E. Gribn. Miss Eye, Niagara. Extrani from a letter of the Hon. Mrs. Isaac Buchanan, Hamilton, Ont., dated May 15th, 1875, to Miss Eye. • "As to tlie charge of over-scvority in the management and correction of the children in " Our Western Home," it seems to me to he simply ridiculous. The Homo is open at all times and seasons to too nuiny kindly people to admit of such a suspicion. The good children know and feel that their conduct is justly appreciated, and so no doubt do the naughty ones ; and it is only fair to all that this should bo so. But I am sure all who know anything whatever of tho details of management at " Our Western Homo" will readily hear testimony to the unvarying kindness and unwearying care, in sickness and health, whether moial or ]dl3^sical, in wliich good and haii alike par- ticipate. Nor is it only the neighbours who have taken an interest from the first in your noble woi-k who will so testify ; but tho children themselves, not in tens but hundreds, would, if called upon, do so with oi.e voice. The very interesting sight, so many of us from a distance had an opportunity of witnessing at Niagara last Septemhor, and which Mr. Doyle missed for reasons best known to himself, (I know he was.iuvited io be present.) was quite enough to confute, to tho entire satisfaction of all who wore there, any number of such reports as the cruel one Mr. Doyle has given. It was diflticult to realize that tho hundreds of happy, rosy, comfortably dressed children who sat down to lunch as your guests with their guardians and the rest of us, and wh.o wore so eager to monopolize the attention of tho hostess — their old friend — their " dear Miss Bye," — had been not so very long before the pauper children, or waifs and strays of England, and on whose comparative welfare here and there, Mr. Doyle re])oi'ts — to say the least of it — in such very equivocal terms. Noi* were their guardians ajjparently less satisfied and happy than the children, and lot mo hero remark, by no means looked up to the part that Mr. Doyle has given them to i)lay, as if addicted to harshness and getting all they could out of the children at as small a I'oturn in wages as possible ; but rather they seemed as a whole, rather a kindly sort 21 lOi'H tulcun. 1(1 a('(|iiir(!- Iioy would 3 l)«en voiy proportion )s of (liHaj)- ) little ones nf^ly. Can ]h of wise, jd, so that your disa})- ound mo I distuntiidly little halt- i is kindly icd, f^end!^ I for future c'h censures ^^ou courted o meet Mr. ow him an invited and advantage rd, Grien. dated May of people, who would not ask anything of the children which they would not ask of their owp — oven if this involves a little occasional healthy, it maybe hardish, work out of doors, say in the hay-tield. during the short, busy Canadian season. 1. foi-one, could never reconcile such a scene with the possihilily of there being any real ground for ac"Cusar,ion against you and your ;nanagonient of tlie chil^uainted with, they are all well cared for, and may, by industry, rise to an equal position with any in the country. An Kn;;;lish gentleman, some two years ago, whilst speaking to our little girl, said: " Vou 'cannot tell what has been done for you in bringing you from tho work-house t;) this home in (vaiuida. " lie said that the children brought out by you wore a burden to tho public at homo, and at most would never expect to get above a life of toil ; here they woi'o the light of many a solitary home, and in most cases had an equal chance with children born in Canada. Hoping that your work of love and charity for the holjdess may prosper, ;, .^ j I remain, yours i'aithfully, * .'' ,'■'■, ,■ .,, f J. Seaman, • '. . Priest of the Church of England. ..,, Miss ]Vt! S. Rye, Niagara. ' ' J .' . . >■: ■; '-;, • i. . '- '* 23 May, IftTB. tho Kn^lisli In- ir letter before, horsolf. 1 f'or- jiai'tioK with Khglish work- •e all well cared )untry. ig to our little g you from tho ight out by you t to get above a 1 most cases had prosper, UN, ', of England. ■I m m SyNopBis of Years of Re,mlenct on samr Property in Canada of Persons taking Mits Rye's Children, from 18«() to 1874. One hun(lro, 40, 45, 28, 2^ 4, 8, 3, 7, 8, 10, 35, 10, 4, 17, fi. 10, 25, 15, 30, 12, 20, 5, 5, 16, 20. 3, 23, 5, 2«;, 10, 10, '1, 30, 5, 9, 6', 37, 11, 41, 12, 14, 15, 14, 10, 7, 10, 6, 10, >', 20, 16, 20, 54, 6, 58, 32, 6, 26, 5, 18, 14, l-^ 22, 20, 24, «, 5, 20. 10, 26, 10, 30, 25, 24, 10, 14, 5, 52, 20, 40, ^ 5, ,30, 5, 20, 23, 6, 30, 6, 46, 47, 10, 24, 12, 16, 6, 15, 14, 18, 14, 18, 17, 3, 40, 'h 14, 28, 20, 38, «'>, 20, 30, 3, 46, 19, 20, 25, 25, 36, 17, 17, 10, 5, 20, 20, 10, 26, 5, 4, 5, 5, 26, 25, •h 30, 10, 5, 7 5, 3, 5, 13, 5, 16, 20, 35, 37, 44, 33, 35, 6, 3, 6, 15, 26, 12, 10, 30, 12, 34. 12, 3, 8, 10, n. 0, 7, 21, 7, 23, 20, 11, 20, 16, 30, 36, 23, •> •J, 4, 30, 35, 30, 10, 6, 22, 8. 20, 4, 50, 5, 7, 4, 5, 10, 33, 40, 10, 37, 19, 5, 10, 5, 3, 5, 5, 21, 20, 15, 5, 10, 13, 14, 13, 20, 33, 12, 6, 12, 3, 4, 40, 27, 10, 10, 10, 5, 20, 20, 14, 10, 11, 11, 5, 30, 25, 10, 34, 25, 14, 7, 10, m, 15, 10, 5, 7, 10, 4, 9, 53, 24, fi, 40, 31, 31, 25, 20, 34, 15, 10, 15, 9, 3, 3i, 25, 7. 30, 10, 4, 18, 28, 10. T), 20, 36, 5. 15, 3, 3, 17, 4, 45, 6, 10, 35, 25, 25, 30, 8, 20, 27, 17, 10, 18, 6, 6, 20, 25, 19, 3, 37, 14, 27, 28, 20, 5, 10, 22, 10, 25, 10, 14, 14, 16, 10, 16, 15. 30, 25, 30, 0, 7, 3, 18, 20, 20, 25, 25, 11, 25, 34, 4, 7, ni 5^ 4, 4, 40, 5, 32, 20, 57, 10, 20, 10, 20, 27, 17, 7, 11, 30, 30, 10, 14, 20, 5, 25, 30, 20, c, 10, 4, 10, 14, 30, 24, 15, 15, 12, 5i, 18, 25, 5, 36, 35, 40, 30, 25, 10, 16, 5, 35, 10, 27, 5, 20, 38, 16, 7, 63, 4, 10, 18, 30, 40, 18, 52, 25, 29, 32, 30, 26, 12, 5, 19, 5, 6, 16, 21, 26, 18, 10, 30, 51, 11, 25, 24, ^4, 60, 30, ^, 23, 30, 19, 5, 6, 16, 19, 5, 3, 35, 14, 26, 5, 20, 28, 10, % 3, 13, 24, 3, 18, 20, 25, 25, 20, 5, 17, 6, 15, 4, n, 10, 10, 10, 40, 32, 36, 15, 24, 20, 20, 10, 30, 40, 5, 5, 2;5. 10, 5, 9, 14, 10, 13, 20, 22, 15, 10, 7, 14, 14, 7, 20, 12, 4, 25, 2*, 30, 10, 30, 30, 25, 10, 30, 23, 27, 24, 14, 10, 3, 4, 3, 10, 40, 51, 25, 5, 14, 25, 30, 16, 16, 11, 45, 19, 36, 37, 14, 18, 30, 35, 5, 11, 17, 5, 40, 5, 11, 18, 18, 30, 9, 6, 30, 19, 20. 16, 25, 13, 18, 5, 10, 10, 6, 35, 60, 18, 3, 10, 20, 4, 40, 20, 35, 40, 20, 6, 9, 10, 20, 20, 30, 5; 19, 53, 6, 48, 22, 25. 1.5, 3.5, 11, 16, 12, P, 30, 8, 50, 12, 60, 15, 5, 10, 20, 30, 20, 5, 34, 8, 35, 3, 16, 20, 18, 10, 13, 25, 10, 37, 10, 3, 20, 28, 5, 18, 20, 20, 23, 11, 6, P. 13, Doyle s Report. — Many of them arc yeomen, farming their own land. * * * but some of them again are only recent settlers — men who have just taken up their allotments. I have several times driven through miles of forest, to find tho child of whom I was in quest, in a remote log-hut or ** shanty," the settler's first homo, just put up upon the few acres oi recently cleared land.