The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-16 00:00:00

B ASS ET ERR E, MAY 27.

SATURDAY last being the day fixed upon for the
Address to'be presented in behalf of the "institti-
far the Support and F.,,t4ication of poor and des.
titute Children," to His Excellency. Lord LAVING,
TON, the Gentlemen composing the Committee met
at theiniritution, at .two o'clock P.M. and walked
4iroCission with the Papils to, the Court. House,
,• and after being introduced, into the Council Cham.
ti,r, where they were .met by, His EXcellenty,' the
fdlowing Address was presented by the Rev. Mr,
NEWMAN

To the Right Honourable RALPH Lord LAVING..

TON, K. B. Captain-General, anti Governor itt,
Chief, in and over all Majesy's Leetvatti.
Charibbee Island% in America, Chancellor, Vice.-
Admiral, and Ordinary. of the same,
,ice. &c.
•
LO

WE, the Members of the Committee appointed
to conduEt the affairs of the Institutton for the
Support and Education of poor and destitute Chil-
dren," beg leave to approach your Lordship, in
the name of the Society at large, 'and on behalf of
the objeas of the Charity in particulars with, the
most cordial expressions of our gratitude for your,
ExcellenWs munificent aid and patronage of That
Establishment.

Your Lordship's zeal and unremitting attention
to advance the interests and prosperity of this Co.
luny have, long since, xivetted its affe4tines to ',nu;
but, in no instance, we conceive, has your Lcirdship
rendered it more essential service than by the
powerful co-operation, we derive to our Institution
from the splendour and attrastivc influence of your
Excellency's illustrious example anti liberal benefic.
tion to it, by both which your Lordship has given
us an additional and impressive proof of the excel.
lente, at once, of your heart and understanding.
We plainly discover the one in your benevolent dis.
position to the poor,• a disposition that will not
suffer any class or 'description of persons, how
humble and reduced soever, to escape its benign
tegard ; and' we no less plainly trace the other, in
the wisdom,of the enlightened Statesman who lore.
sees the advantages that cannot but . result tt; the
Community from the nature of our {plan;. fur, 'we
can easily imagine, that your Lordship will antic'.
pate from it, in tommon with Us, not only the
amelioration of the condition ,of the poor, but tic
probable means also of supplying hereafter ; a most
.valuable desideratum, in colonial policy, the progres.
sive increase and improvement of the inferior or.
,tiers of White People in the risinggeneration, who,
contemplating the blessings Kvi which they are in.
-debted to our foundation, svi4 naturally become
attached to their Benela:Ftors, and their Country by
the strongest ties of love and gratitude ; for how
much useful talent and ability may we not ,pope to,
elicit and animate ; h .w much virtue may we vice*
serve from ruin, under the encontaptuent and pro.
tedion here afforded them ! how many who might
have remained either a burden or a nuisance to tha
Community, may we live to see an ornaotent and a
benefit to it 1 how many, whose energies and indus.
try the chilling hand of penury might have repressed,
may, in future, thrive and flouriSh under the invi,
gorating rays of your Lordship's, benevolence 1 hog,
many, without such a refuge as the present, might
have been left to droop and .pine in solitude and
obscurity ! how many may, 'one day, die brought to
at a respectable and meritorious part on the theatre
of life, who, for want tif "our asylum, Might have
continued to the concluding scene, either supinely
dormant or dangerously attire but having fortified
their minds with the pure principles of religion.ami
morality, having taught theft) the means of earn.
ing a reputable subsistence, and provided for them
honest livelihoods, may we Dot reasonably expect,
. under the encouraging auspices of your Lordship's
countvance, gradually to diminish the number of
paupers, and to angtnent that of the self-supported
and independent, to reclaim vice, and to promote
the interests of virtue ? • No longer, with such re.
sources within his reach, shall, the sturdy lazy
:mendicant attempt to defraud; the feeling heart,
under the imposing pretext that.he,is unabsie to find,
employment, nor willing lahourlangeish in distress
for aftualavant of it ; no longer need ope class 9f
pootle a burthen on another, nor yet a tax upon
the rich ; nor the criminal plead his indigence or
necessities as the cause or extenuation of his crimes.

Such is the pious, such the, :glorious object of
this undertaking, which boasts its debut, its dig.
nity and consequence, In your Lordship's patron.
age; a patronage that shall transmit your Lordship's
name with immortal -celebrity and
.eclat, to the
latest. prosperity; .it shall eminently, distinguish
your Lordship's above all . preceding Adininistr.i.
tions, and form. aAemorable .xra in ,the, annals. Of
your native_country, Must rat i vt*,.af your Lordshii,'#
patriotism, benevolence, and miidom.

May Heaven'. prolong your Lordship's life and:
health to witness the truth of this prcditlion,
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to enjoy the heartfelt satisiktion of becivg the goid
elrets of your charity in children yet unborn.-7,
''May you live to hear the, t!Weet tnusi
,of their
.praises and their blessings from at better, anti hap-
pier rare of men, while they .celebrate the natal day
of an Institution reared undo-your. Lordship's care,
and which has rescued them from vice, misery; and
Want.

To which hit Lordihii wiled

Cr NTLEMENs

It is very natural to feel flattered, when we are
encouraged to hope, that our endeavours to fulfil, to
the best of our abilities, the obligitions imposed on
us by the station. in which Provmeuce his placed
us, are thought to be deserving the approbatien of
the society m which we live. fur we ought to be
very careful that public applauseror even .the fair
and honest approbation of our own conscience, do
not sometimes betray us into an unguarded miscort.
ceptiou of the ordinary duties of humanity, fer
works of merit and supeterogation. In the part whit
I have taken on the presertt occasion, I am not con.
,cirrus that I have gone one step beyond my ab.
solute and indispensable duty. My feelings as
man beat in unison With those of every private pro*
motet of this excellent Charity ; and the elating
which it has on me in my public situation, are of

.a nature, if pos4ble, still more patVerfal and co-
ereive. • To•save a destitute rising generation from.
thletnptations of vice, and dangers of,indigence
ai!( disrress ; to car it in habits of virtue atui in.
diithy, and in:principles of Religion and Morality ;
to rescue from "'the desart air the lower which. was
"•born•to blush. unseen,"and to bring forth from
obscurity talents which may hereafter be essentially
employed in the,public service, and rendei• the pos.
Sessors of them useful and creditable_ Members •of
)119•Cotrimunity, are surely objedi of the first con.
sideration to the Police and well being of every
'64vernment ; and I should ill deserve the station
which I have the honour to fill in this, were•l to •
Consider the subreet with indifference, or without a•
sTaoguine hope of seeing it brought to maturity. I
flatter myself that various and effedual sources will
be diseovered for its sUppOrt.. No doubt can 'be
entertained of the exertions of the Community, un.
tier whose eyes the foundation of this establishment
has been laid, its improvement will every day be
seen advancing, and' its advantages will be expe.•
rienced ; nnr do I despair of seeing the Contribo.
tions'extending beyond merely'the Residents on the
• Island, to those who; while they are, enabled by the,
affluence which they derive from it, to enjoy the-
. luxuries of the Mother Country, may think it a
debt which they owe to this, to assist and encou..
rage an institution, which is•no less:essential to the
future Interests as well as Honour of the Colony,
than gratifying to the immediate feelings of huma.
nity. In the promotion of. an undertaking so
- fraught with every animating 'consideration which
can delight a benevolent mind, and so important to
the perspeCtive welfare of the Island,' I likewise•feel
a confident persuasion of the strenuous and liberal
support of it by die other Branches of the Legisla.
ture, as well as by myself; amt' am -mistaken, if •.
theirwiidom may .not devise certain means for the
creation of a Fund, which Shall be more than com-
petent to the exigencies of the Institution, and yet
be neither feltby the Col9n?, nor oppressive to the
fiLLirter which may furnish it.
I trust that -it is scarcely necessary forme to as.
sure you of
.the cordiality and zeal - with
both in my Public and private capacity, I will,
With hand and heart cooperate with you, in every
measure which may contribute to crown your.‘ge-
nerous labours with success. In addition to the
ligation under wlikh I already consider myself to
you, for enabling ine to, testify my ardent wishes
for the perfedion of a design, which must long re.
main a monument o(the. wisdom and benevolence of
this Island,l have only to solicit you, to advise me
• inau time to time how I may most effeetually coo-
-1 tribute to its aid, and to be persuaded that I' shall
on no occasion be happier, than when I can render
my wishes for your success, as valuable as' they are
sincere.

The decent and contented appearance of the oh-
,
jeers of this Charity, with the gracious reception
which they met with from Lord LWVINGTON, and
above all,the lively interest that his Lordship seemed
to take in the future destiny of the establishment,
afforded matter fur the most pleasing contempla.
atm.

HASSETR,Ritit,I4AIt 20.

On Saturday last a Dinner was given by the Le-
gislature, at theCourt-House, in honour of His Ex-
cellency Lord LAvINGTON.; and on Monday even:
ing there was a BA given in honour of. his Lord-
shill at the, Court-liouse, -where there wag a'numer-
otts assernblage of Ladies anti Gentlemen. 13e.
tween eleven and twelve Etcellency
partook of an elegant Supper, and Seemed so, much
pleased .with. his evening's entertainment, that le
did not retire until a late hour. •