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Chit Chat.
Lord Ingestre , General- Rolt , Mr . Brewster , Dr . Crucefix , and other gentlemen . The dinner arrangements were perfectly satisfactory , and Mr . Higgins made an effective toastmaster . We must not forget to mention , that the presence of ladies gave animation to the festivities ofthe evening . "—Times , April 29 . Such is the brief outline of the proceedings of the anniversary festival of this praiseworthy institution—an institution that claims the first
rank of all honourable tributes to excellence . The Royal Duke truly observed that he had presided at many public meetings , but there was not one to which he brought so entirely his heart , with his best feelings of gratitude as a man . All honour to him for that sentiment . To what does man owe every sentiment of honour and of virtue but to the mother who taught his infant lips to lisp , as his heart imbibed the precious words from her to whom he looked as to his God ? "Woman has hitherto been altogether forgotten . One would he tempted to refer this fact to the supposition that she did not require the aitl of man . Possibly
she might not , were she , like man , fitted to profit by the world ; but her sphere is home—and who has a home without woman ? The time has arrived when a class of educated ladies , whose earlier years have been devoted to form the youthful mind and train it by lessons of excellence , and who , by neglect of the world or by misfortune , have in their old age become acquainted with dire adversity , may find protection ; yet the promised work proceeds but slowly , for out of a list of one
hundred and twelve honourable candidates for the benefits of the institution on the 20 th of May , only three could be elected , leaving no less than one hundred and nine ladies hopeless of aid , unless from Him to whom they may address their prayer , that the generous and the grateful portion of mankind may press forward to support this most useful , because most needed sanctuary . We cannot conclude better than by stating that an institution has been established at Liverpool , which , taking the present one as its model , affords great promise in aid of the class of ladies to whom wc have alluded .
SINCERITY does not consist in speaking your mind on all occasions , but in doing it when silence would be censurable and falsehood inexcusable . THE PARSEE merchant , Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy , has contributed 500 / . to the Bombay subscription for the Irish . PROM THE LIMERICK CHRONICLE . My first doth comfort yield whene ' er ' tis cold , My second tells when death takes young or old ; My toute , a name the Brethren all revere , For truth , fidelity , and heart sincere .
To the Editor of the Limerick Chronicle . Charles Fort , May H , 1 W 7 . SIR , —In your Chronicle of yesterday ' s date appears a jeu d ' esprit to which I imagine but one answer can be given—our truly respected Brother " Michael Furnell . " His love for our Order will not require the first to nourish it . May it be long before the second tells us another great light has departed from us . Your obedient servant , E . B . HoDGKINSON . Quarter-Master Sergeant , . "jjth Depot ; II . K . T . and Kt . of . Malta .
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Chit Chat.
Lord Ingestre , General- Rolt , Mr . Brewster , Dr . Crucefix , and other gentlemen . The dinner arrangements were perfectly satisfactory , and Mr . Higgins made an effective toastmaster . We must not forget to mention , that the presence of ladies gave animation to the festivities ofthe evening . "—Times , April 29 . Such is the brief outline of the proceedings of the anniversary festival of this praiseworthy institution—an institution that claims the first
rank of all honourable tributes to excellence . The Royal Duke truly observed that he had presided at many public meetings , but there was not one to which he brought so entirely his heart , with his best feelings of gratitude as a man . All honour to him for that sentiment . To what does man owe every sentiment of honour and of virtue but to the mother who taught his infant lips to lisp , as his heart imbibed the precious words from her to whom he looked as to his God ? "Woman has hitherto been altogether forgotten . One would he tempted to refer this fact to the supposition that she did not require the aitl of man . Possibly
she might not , were she , like man , fitted to profit by the world ; but her sphere is home—and who has a home without woman ? The time has arrived when a class of educated ladies , whose earlier years have been devoted to form the youthful mind and train it by lessons of excellence , and who , by neglect of the world or by misfortune , have in their old age become acquainted with dire adversity , may find protection ; yet the promised work proceeds but slowly , for out of a list of one
hundred and twelve honourable candidates for the benefits of the institution on the 20 th of May , only three could be elected , leaving no less than one hundred and nine ladies hopeless of aid , unless from Him to whom they may address their prayer , that the generous and the grateful portion of mankind may press forward to support this most useful , because most needed sanctuary . We cannot conclude better than by stating that an institution has been established at Liverpool , which , taking the present one as its model , affords great promise in aid of the class of ladies to whom wc have alluded .
SINCERITY does not consist in speaking your mind on all occasions , but in doing it when silence would be censurable and falsehood inexcusable . THE PARSEE merchant , Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy , has contributed 500 / . to the Bombay subscription for the Irish . PROM THE LIMERICK CHRONICLE . My first doth comfort yield whene ' er ' tis cold , My second tells when death takes young or old ; My toute , a name the Brethren all revere , For truth , fidelity , and heart sincere .
To the Editor of the Limerick Chronicle . Charles Fort , May H , 1 W 7 . SIR , —In your Chronicle of yesterday ' s date appears a jeu d ' esprit to which I imagine but one answer can be given—our truly respected Brother " Michael Furnell . " His love for our Order will not require the first to nourish it . May it be long before the second tells us another great light has departed from us . Your obedient servant , E . B . HoDGKINSON . Quarter-Master Sergeant , . "jjth Depot ; II . K . T . and Kt . of . Malta .