To have called a public meeting
to discuss his fate before deserting him, would have been a
refinement of inhumanity. The committee were rather ashamed when
they met. Instant measures were taken to recover the child and
place him in good hands. The duchess again provided
baby-clothes. The next Sunday sermons were preached on his
behalf in a score of chapels. The collections amounted to L 800,
a sum increased by donations and subscriptions to the handsome
total of L 1360 10s. 3 1/2d.
It will be seen hereafter what the committee did with the baby,
but I happen to have an account of what became of the funds.
They were spent as follows, according to a balance sheet never
submitted to the subscribers:--
Pounds s. d.
Committee-rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 0 0
2 Secretaries employed by the
Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 0 0
Agents, canvassing, &c . . . . . . . . . . 88 6 2
Printing Notices, Placards,
Pamphlets, a "Daily Bulletin of
Health," "Life of Ginx's Baby,"
"Protestant Babyhood, a Tale,"
"The Cradle of an Infant Martyr,"
"A Snatched Brand," and other
Works issued by the Committee . . . . . . 596 13 5
Advertisements of Meetings,
Sermons, &c .
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