The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-18 00:00:00

• SOCII:7T OF ST. PATRICK.

The following is the Circular Letter Of thgt•trtily
excellent Institution :
BENEVOLUNT-SOCIttY OF Si*. PATitidK.

I'OLTNI)ED IN LIVERPOOL;
.IVAIICEI 17, 1807.

The Right lion. Earl LLI AM, Permanent Patron.
In presenting' you with a Copy of the Rules and.'
Regulations by which it
,is proposed to, govern this
Society, the Committee can have no ddlibt you will
feel rather gratified than'offended at die iapportunity
which is afforded to you of recording your approba-
tier) of this very excellent and laudable Institution:
The donations that haVe been .made,'and the;itiuniM
subscriptions that have been entered into, in support
of the Society, are very liberal indeed ; and from the
little exertion hitherto'made, they May justly be con-
sidered as purely spontaneous Thus .our benevolent,,
Institution has opened. under preiSpeas the' tiiest
pleasing, and with expe&ations of increasing patron-
age and of permanent stability.
The great, valuable, and prominent nbje& which
was contemplated in Ireland, by our illustrious
Pa-
tron, namely, the gratuitous instruction Of the poor
children of that country, without any reference to
their religions tenets, is • the 'ground-work upon
which we have modeled outlet:nu Inatittition.
In ails town we Cannot look 'around us without
witnessing the numerous 1'6°611166ns of its benefi-
cence as well as greatness, and, considering the ex-
tent of the Irish population (little perhaps, if any,
under 10,000), it certainly has, with Many been a
matter of astonishment, if not of reproach, that the
establishtnent,of an Instittition so conducive to the
general happiness, and so essential to .the public Mo-
rals, 'should have been so long deferred. We must,
however, in justiee, assert, hint our MON!' &lends
have, upon all occasions of public emergency, or of
individual calamity, evinced a Spirit of the roost en-
lightened philanthropy. For ourselves, too, it may
with justice be asserted,:that the very circumstances
• which made the establishment of the Charity essen-
tial to the public good, did, in a great degree retard
the execution of tt ; for our Irish, po;:ulittion, until
lately, consisted almost exclusively, of the poor and
distressed classes 3 and the exceptions, even as 'they'
exist now, when 'estimated With relation to the ex-
tent of Our Irish population, are numerically insig-'
Pificant.
• •In alMost 'every region of 'the world .tVe
promiscuous distribution of the Irish ; 'but, of
ttie
.poorer sort, an extensive share is allotted t') 113. •"110,,
these distressed beings the instability or the tin&utt-•
tion of trade are the • feartial and indtibitable
~1111 M of misery. SoMe must unfbitimately. be'abt4tcitto:
4Oneil to iheSe peril:o,2i' and mischievous Purpcises,
which a condition 'of unavoidable necessity. Is.
bu
apt to create or to encourage ; and destitute perhals
of food, as well as education, they cannot reitsonablyi
be said, in such a situation, to ad under the precise
or appropriate intlien67 ore choice; , 7
It would be idle and unpurpOsed to .eriter,info any
elaborate exposition'7of theadmntages which `niu,t
incoutestibly result frorn
the poor to hie moral diktpline of
be equally idle to deny, that amongst that commintitY,
there exists 'mach ardour of mind, With little 'ol' ral
cultivation. This ardotir itiust -derive Trti
particular :eilicaCy from the nature Of the 'eddcatioti
under which it regulated J, and; of eeurse,'lt Will j
shoot forth to evil or to-good,m thecultiire 1s ltekl'!,
less or diligent. Indeed; next to those' great and
tumultuous evils to which' alnitist every cOmmuttity
is constantly xposed by the effervescence or irregula-
rity of human passions, pethaps nothing can be more
revolting:to:the moral nature of man, than that want
of knowlege to which those evils lutist ingeneral be
referred -; and 'when we consider hoW delightfUl 'it
is to prevent crime, and how painful to indica pu.
nishment—hoiy'feW can be said tote innocent with-
out instration, or Why witliiipt ignorance---there
sorely can be no duty more exalted in its claims, Or
'more blessed in its cousegnences;:than that very,im-
portant one. which aull4 ruin the rich to disperse
the poor the solid and the permanent advantagest
ts:
education.
. Such :lire the animating-imptilses. of patriotism,
that the Farther we sire reniored from our cothltry,
stronger is our attach/tient to it: It is the distant
broth that-is most 'deeply rooted to its native land.
Individually a, spirit 'of charity.exists amongst •
That vials etigtT, active, and sedtildus to discover
, objests upon which to exert its herievalenee ; bn't no
great scheme dl benevolence can be accemPlislied
without
In ihis the
work
foofrce o
charity
' general•yaiaenedi
tun% id
3ttely ceaxiei
ertdi exertion.--
to participate.

At present the attention of the Society i difectqk
to the edticatint, ciothing; and apprentic!np tlie4tit-
tiren of p6or'and distressed Irish ; to. preserA.: otlietn
the innocence and Si uniiie integrity of t 379,4 t

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to e:-lablisli'hnd re'tine 'Ate Moral reeling---to 4!!Sirc
them, by Means that diie 'wise, into .the Pra&iciut
habhrthat are virtuous, will .iurely be regarded; even
.upoil the most.cohnuon.maxitns ot'prudenCe; a; 'ate
:attainment of very itnportancobjetli; .
As we move on in the increase of our funds,, it is
possible` that the Institution ithelf May a;;;;litue.2
a more ,diffusive charader. . We may look to thp
ag6d, as well as to the young, • that theinAttent
may be supplied with tbod, and the ignorant with'
light and, in fat 9, that the charity may hocome
still mote worthy of our Noble Pattron, and our. W..
loied Country.
SobScricptions or donittions will be receNed by.
Messrs. A. Haywood and Co.' and Messrs..'Roscoe,
Chrke, and. Roscoe, l& rakers, Liverpool ; 'or 110 y
be transmitted to Them throttei 'any
..leipertAbiti

,W.,e recommend the insertion of tin* ,Letter to.
.the Editors of the London and Provinciat,lournals;
that an opportunity may be given to the henevo;ent
natives of Ireland,' residing in different parts of thiS
country-, to dispense their assistance to the ftistitti .
tion. The establi.shmeut in this town,being a place
of great resort with the poor aticl thittes-ied Irish;
may ,becotne twit eiteuilvely. nteful 5 an& WC :{idt,
happy, to find that
.it is the wish of several of ,
Direttors to bind the pupils, after a' suitable eduCa.,
tion; -to same of our .rnogt expert f:fritters. Their
return tip their native country, under such citcuin-
stoce.s, must be regarded as a matter ofgri=st na-
tional advantage, and., we trust, may be the .ffleam
of recoMmedding the 'lnstitutio'n to the liberal Lou-
tidence:ef the Irish 'Nobility, Gentry, and others.

Mr. Prrf.--The Committee appointed to CO.
duff th 6 re4,iit,i) of a Siaftte of the !ate Irteit 114611..,
lArNt:Ptrr* in the Senate 146 We of Corabriatid, 11:fvu
agreed with Mt. NOLLIKINS, the,,ettlehritted. Aytiil4
who 'has engaged to finish it in three yeari.

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