In every large asylum there are probably convalescents of two distinct classes. 1, Convalescents about to be dismissed nearly, or quite, recovered; and 2, Convalescents who, under favourable circumstances, would be discharged, but who are considerately permitted to remain, because they neither have friends able or willing to receive them—nor are themselves equal to the effort of procuring suitable employment—nor, again, are they, in many instances, persons who from their antecedents or habits can suitably be transferred to the Workhouse.