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Article THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Page 1 of 1 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Governesses' Benevolent Institution.
THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
In our last number we called the attention of the Craft to this institution—one certainly most entirely deserving of the attention of all persons who are desirous either to alleviate human sorrow , or to aid in bettering the condition of a class of individuals , ivhose most valuable services ' are too often not only rewarded insufficiently , but ivhose existences are rendered less happy than they ought to be , by the want ol appreciationon the part of their loyersof the hih qualities
proper , emp , g of mind and the moral excellencies of character necessary to fulfil their important offices , even with common propriety . We are glad to announce that since our last , the first dinner of the society has taken place , under the personal presidency of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , supported by a large number of noblemen and gentlemen , and also to state that a most liberal list of subscriptions was announced . There has also taken lace the first election of an annuitant on the funds
p of the society ; at the meeting for which purpose the report of the society was read by the Rev . David Laing , ill A .. F . 11 . S ., the Honorary Secretary , and , in fact , the founder of the society in its present aspect , from the ashes of an abortive attempt some years ago . Of the two meetings , the latter was perhaps the more interesting , from the large attendance of ladies , some of high rank and fortune , and very many members of the honourable profession it is the object of the society to
assist . We have great faith in this institution , and hope to see it equal tbe Literary Fund , to which it is a sister . If , however , it shall not reach . that high destiny , still , beyond its mere monetary aid , it ivill be useful to the amiable individuals it desires to succour , in calling attention and sympathy to their claims , their virtues , and their endurance , most forcibly stated in the list of cases on the polling list , which are delicately and properly given , with initials instead of names in full . E . B .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Vindication ofthe Character of a most deserving Brother from the supposition of having committed a Murder . Sin , —A public dinner was given this day at the White Swan Inn , Market place , Nottingham , to Mr . John Spencer , of Adbolton , on the occasion of his good name having been most providentially rescued from the foulest stigma that could be cast upon man . More than fifty highly be without
respectable individuals sat down on the occasion . It may not interest to advert to the circumstances ivhich had cast suspicion upon a worthy Brother of our Craft , and the providential manner in which his fair fame has been effectually cleared from the vile suspicion which ignorant and censorious people attached to his name . In the month of November , 1842 , Mr . Spencer , who is a marketgardener and a nursery-man , living at Adbolton , four miles from Nottingham , was returning home from the latter place , when , at the bridge over the river Trent , he found a young man , gardener to the clergyman of Holme Pierrepont , ( the village a mile further on , ) who was about to he
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The Governesses' Benevolent Institution.
THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
In our last number we called the attention of the Craft to this institution—one certainly most entirely deserving of the attention of all persons who are desirous either to alleviate human sorrow , or to aid in bettering the condition of a class of individuals , ivhose most valuable services ' are too often not only rewarded insufficiently , but ivhose existences are rendered less happy than they ought to be , by the want ol appreciationon the part of their loyersof the hih qualities
proper , emp , g of mind and the moral excellencies of character necessary to fulfil their important offices , even with common propriety . We are glad to announce that since our last , the first dinner of the society has taken place , under the personal presidency of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , supported by a large number of noblemen and gentlemen , and also to state that a most liberal list of subscriptions was announced . There has also taken lace the first election of an annuitant on the funds
p of the society ; at the meeting for which purpose the report of the society was read by the Rev . David Laing , ill A .. F . 11 . S ., the Honorary Secretary , and , in fact , the founder of the society in its present aspect , from the ashes of an abortive attempt some years ago . Of the two meetings , the latter was perhaps the more interesting , from the large attendance of ladies , some of high rank and fortune , and very many members of the honourable profession it is the object of the society to
assist . We have great faith in this institution , and hope to see it equal tbe Literary Fund , to which it is a sister . If , however , it shall not reach . that high destiny , still , beyond its mere monetary aid , it ivill be useful to the amiable individuals it desires to succour , in calling attention and sympathy to their claims , their virtues , and their endurance , most forcibly stated in the list of cases on the polling list , which are delicately and properly given , with initials instead of names in full . E . B .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Vindication ofthe Character of a most deserving Brother from the supposition of having committed a Murder . Sin , —A public dinner was given this day at the White Swan Inn , Market place , Nottingham , to Mr . John Spencer , of Adbolton , on the occasion of his good name having been most providentially rescued from the foulest stigma that could be cast upon man . More than fifty highly be without
respectable individuals sat down on the occasion . It may not interest to advert to the circumstances ivhich had cast suspicion upon a worthy Brother of our Craft , and the providential manner in which his fair fame has been effectually cleared from the vile suspicion which ignorant and censorious people attached to his name . In the month of November , 1842 , Mr . Spencer , who is a marketgardener and a nursery-man , living at Adbolton , four miles from Nottingham , was returning home from the latter place , when , at the bridge over the river Trent , he found a young man , gardener to the clergyman of Holme Pierrepont , ( the village a mile further on , ) who was about to he