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Article FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Festival In Aid Of The Girls' School.
" The Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , with their respective Grand Masters , Lord Fitzclarence and the Duke of Leinster , " were much cheered . Bro . TENISON , J . P ., barrister-at-law , being called on , replied in an animated address , acknowledging the compliment paid to the Duke of Leinster , the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the Irish Freemasons , over whom he ( Bro . T . ) said his Grace so ably and so honourablpresided .
y Bro . LEWIS , in brief terms , proposed " Tlie Health of the Noble Chairman "—who acknowledged the compliment . The children were then introduced , and presented , as usual , a most interesting scene ; alluding to fhe subject , the noble Brother in the chair made a very touching appeal to the meeting , more especially to those better part of society in the gallery . " Let them , as we do ( observed the Chairman ) , look on the interesting objects as the means
hy ivhich the All-wise has directed our endeavours to do good—to encourage virtue—and save many from vice . " The Institution had been established nearly sixty years , during which period many young women had become examples in society . He recommended the young folks he addressed to bear this in mind—to benefit thereby , and conduce to their own happiness and credit . Lord Ingestrie then paid a merited compliment to Mrs . Crookthe matronand her assistants . After which ,
, , he invested Laura Crisp with the silver medal , as a reward for general good conduct . A hymn , composed by Sir George Smart , " AVhen Social Virtue breathes around , " was sung by the children in the gallery . The children then retired amid the most affectionate applause of the meeting .
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Bro . Cabbell , the Treasurer of the Institution , whose charity was proverbial ; he had given for seventeen years , an annual Donation of Ten Guineas , besides one of Fifty Guineas ; but he was still more endeared to the Institution for his unceasing and dignified services —( great cheering . ) Bro . CABBELL acknowledged the kindness of the meeting , with evident feeling . Since their last meeting , all present had to deplore a loss—felt by himself most acutely—the honoured and revered the late
Vice-Patron and President of the Institution , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , who left behind him a character teeming with abundant proofs of his support of honour , interest and charity . He then adverted to the great moral advantages in the Girls' School , which he strongly recommended to the patronage of the ladies —( cheers . ) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Medical Officers of the Charity , ivhich was most warmly welcomed .
Dr . GRANVILLE rose , and on behalf of his colleagues and himself , returned their united and cordial thanks for the general and kind reception of the toast . He had been honoured for twenty-three years with the appointment , and had often returned thanks for a similar mark of kindness . The wheel of fortune was slippery ; and in these awful times , ivhich affect relatives and their interests , what serious lessons in life did this charity present to the reflective mind . The nature of disease
to ivhich the juvenile objects of the society were naturally subject—often owing to the changes of fortune—required all the caution anil experience of the physician to alleviate . As an instance of vicissitude , it should be remembered that the grandchildren of the benevolent founder had been inmates of the Institution which he , in the hour of prosperity , had been
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Festival In Aid Of The Girls' School.
" The Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , with their respective Grand Masters , Lord Fitzclarence and the Duke of Leinster , " were much cheered . Bro . TENISON , J . P ., barrister-at-law , being called on , replied in an animated address , acknowledging the compliment paid to the Duke of Leinster , the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the Irish Freemasons , over whom he ( Bro . T . ) said his Grace so ably and so honourablpresided .
y Bro . LEWIS , in brief terms , proposed " Tlie Health of the Noble Chairman "—who acknowledged the compliment . The children were then introduced , and presented , as usual , a most interesting scene ; alluding to fhe subject , the noble Brother in the chair made a very touching appeal to the meeting , more especially to those better part of society in the gallery . " Let them , as we do ( observed the Chairman ) , look on the interesting objects as the means
hy ivhich the All-wise has directed our endeavours to do good—to encourage virtue—and save many from vice . " The Institution had been established nearly sixty years , during which period many young women had become examples in society . He recommended the young folks he addressed to bear this in mind—to benefit thereby , and conduce to their own happiness and credit . Lord Ingestrie then paid a merited compliment to Mrs . Crookthe matronand her assistants . After which ,
, , he invested Laura Crisp with the silver medal , as a reward for general good conduct . A hymn , composed by Sir George Smart , " AVhen Social Virtue breathes around , " was sung by the children in the gallery . The children then retired amid the most affectionate applause of the meeting .
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Bro . Cabbell , the Treasurer of the Institution , whose charity was proverbial ; he had given for seventeen years , an annual Donation of Ten Guineas , besides one of Fifty Guineas ; but he was still more endeared to the Institution for his unceasing and dignified services —( great cheering . ) Bro . CABBELL acknowledged the kindness of the meeting , with evident feeling . Since their last meeting , all present had to deplore a loss—felt by himself most acutely—the honoured and revered the late
Vice-Patron and President of the Institution , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , who left behind him a character teeming with abundant proofs of his support of honour , interest and charity . He then adverted to the great moral advantages in the Girls' School , which he strongly recommended to the patronage of the ladies —( cheers . ) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Medical Officers of the Charity , ivhich was most warmly welcomed .
Dr . GRANVILLE rose , and on behalf of his colleagues and himself , returned their united and cordial thanks for the general and kind reception of the toast . He had been honoured for twenty-three years with the appointment , and had often returned thanks for a similar mark of kindness . The wheel of fortune was slippery ; and in these awful times , ivhich affect relatives and their interests , what serious lessons in life did this charity present to the reflective mind . The nature of disease
to ivhich the juvenile objects of the society were naturally subject—often owing to the changes of fortune—required all the caution anil experience of the physician to alleviate . As an instance of vicissitude , it should be remembered that the grandchildren of the benevolent founder had been inmates of the Institution which he , in the hour of prosperity , had been