The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-03 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

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AT a MEETING of the WEAVERS'. COR,-
PORA.TION,' or Guild of the Blessed Virgin Marv,
on Monday the zd July 1894, being Public Quarter-diy, the
following Address (accompanio' with: a Snuffle
.made of
Irish ()AK, oill'4lllelited with gold). was unanimously voted
to the lt ight. Honourable JOHN FOSTER:

" The proudest Meed which the Public Voice can bestow,
or individual Merit receive, is the sincere Applause callixt
forth by Public Spirit, successfully exerted in thecrurnotion
of a Nation's Welfare.
4, For years we have Watched your progress and Mtnessed
your toils in the wide field of political economy ; your attec-
tion• for yotir.cduntry has been constantly. nianiti:►ted by.
your support to her Laws, and your exertions in promoting
her Manutaclure, her Trade, and her Agriculture; uninfected
by the phresizy of Party, her advancuiwnt .has been your
chief object t alike opposing the storm which at times has
borne upon her, and alike shunning the delusive gleam of
that momentary sunshine which would have beamed the.
lustre but upon your elf, you have ever stood her Champion
undaunted, and her Friend unsoduced.

" We are .not of those, who benefiting by the -Building,
despise the diligence of hint who bu►lds ; nor can we Sutter
Ow drudge!), of patient eabrt,, which, while it •woorks
seen, is still actoinplishing the good of Society, to work on
unheeded and unregardeti, No; your 'abilities we admire,
and your labours we applaud ; abilities which it is the lot of
but. tew to possess, and labours which but -few arc willing
to sustain.

" Accept then, Sir, the free-will olnring of Nen who
know how to appiccratc worth like your's ; their praise is
truth. which no demo:tom can dehle ; which all are bound
to utter, and modest merit to receive ; and so long as Ireland
be found engraveit upon the Map of the World, so lung
shall the 11411 W Of t't)S I'ER be found eugravert upon the
Hearts of IRISHMEN."
Resolveil, That a Shuttle, made of Irish Oak, ornamented
with Uotd, and inscribed with the following words, shall
u` company this Address "To the Right Hon. fohn roster,
the triend of Ireland—the Protector of her Manufactures.,— the Encourager of her Agriculture—arid the Promoter of
" hcr ; this Token of Gratitude is respdetfully otfered
" by inc Corporation of WeAvers, July 1). I 1104,"
keSOIVed, That our Brother Thomas Abbott, Esq. (the
Right Hon. Air. Foster being in Loudon), be requested to
forward this Address.

Resolved, That this Address, with Mr. Foster's Answer,
shailbe inserted tint= times in the Loudon Papers, the Cou-
rier awl Sun; 'and in the Oublin Journal, the Dublin Even•
rug Putt, Cid Hibernian tuUlll4.

Signed by Order,
CHARLES WALSH, Cik. Cld.

Mr. FOSTER's ANSWER.

CINTLZME N,
. Minty years ;um you admitted me into your Corporation,
with the most honourable Marks of your good opinion; and
1 receive, with the most grate:lll Acknowledgments, this
Clattering Testimony of its continuance.
To improve and extend the Manufaelures of our Native
Country has ever been my anxious wish, and the object of
my constant endeavours. Could any thing relax toy efforts
for a moment,, your approbation, so kindly marked by ho.
nouring me with an Irish Shuttle, the hmblem of your
Trade,, would rouse them to exertion, partictilirly for the
support of that Loom which is under the peculiar piotection
of our respectable Corporat ion.
Attached to it, and to you. as a Brother Member, by every
sentiment of duty, gratitude and respect, I remain, with
sincere, esteem,_

. • Your very f4ithful, obliged, and devorM
humble Servant,
v JOHN FOSTER.
London, fuly 36, 1804. •

LOST, supposed to have been forwarded by .the Chester
Coach, about the titli of Oetooer
AMAP .of an ESTATE,' about five feet long,
addressed OW. I). Walker,, chester. Whoever will
bring the same to No. zo, Wardour-street, shall receive
FI V E GUINEAS Reward.