Star.
London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

JEWISH' HOSPITAL.-

Thursday the Anniversary Dinner of the Friends and
Supporters of the Jewish Hospital, at Mile End, -was
celebrated at the City of London Tavern. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Patron of the Insti-
tution, in the Chair. A very numerous and respectable
company attended.
After dinner, the usual toasts of 41 The King," " The
Royal Family," &c. were drank with the ordinary
applause.
The children educated at the Institution, and in-
structed in various branches of handicrafts, were paraded
round the room, exhibiting several fine specimens of
workmanship, especially household furniture of diffe.
rent descriptions.
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN then stated, that the time
was come when it became his duty to state to the Meet.
ing the origin, the nature, and 'objects of the Insti-
tution, which hi; Royal Highness did in terms corres-
ponding exactly in. substance with the following very
brief abstract of the Statement of the Committee :
"The peculiar state of the Jewish Poor had long ex-
cited the attention and commiseration of their more
opulent brethren, as also the sympathy of their fellow
citizens of other persuasions; there existed no work-
house, no asylum, where imbecile age might find shelter,
neither could the young be bound as apprentices to ac-
quire the knowledge of handicraft trades, religious re-
straints preventing their becoming inmates with any
but those of their own faith ; hence the aged were
doomed to linger out their last days in misery, and the
rising generation exposed to all the evils attached to
a wandering life, in search of precarious subsistence ;
to remedy these evils, the late Messrs. Benjamin
and Abrahani Goldsmid, with a goodness of heart
and an activity of beneficence never surpassed and
never to be forgotten, roused the charitable feelings of
a large number of opulent and liberal friends, irom
whom donations were received, and the Jews' hospital
was established. Twenty years hive since elapsed, and
Igreat have been the benefits produced by this Institu-
tion—the subscript ions and donations during that period,
tog Cher with the annual produce of its inviolate fund,
have been so ample as to have allowed not less than
225 inmates to have passed under its shelter; at the
pi e,ent period its protection is extended to twelve aged
persons, while at the same time 49 boys and 27 girls
are maintained, educated, and taught handicraft trades
under its root ; s n that it may be ranked as a national
ornament to the Jewish Community, eminent for the
excellence of its purpose, and bearing the stamp of ap-
probation by having a Prince of the Blood Royal as its
avowed patron and protector. But all human measures
are subject to change; a great number of its opulent
benefactors have ceased to live, and others in generous
moments have become Life Governors ; hence a serious
diminution of annual subscriptions has taken place, and
unless some efforts are -made by the generous public to
supply this want, the means necessary to support the
pre.eut number of persons, and to carry on the manu-
factories, will fail, and thus the great and nation +1 object
of rearing Jewish youth to handicraft trades will neces•
sway be abandoned, and the noble plan for the ameliora-
Ition of the general state of the Jewish poor shrink into
a mere alms house."

His Royal Highness then proceeded to state, that
they all knew his creed, and that was--that no man
who was an honest man, and loyal subject, ought to be
precluded by his creed from earning his livelihood in
any honest manner he choose—(Applause.) This was
the creed of many men in this country, and he sincerely
wished and hoped that it would, ere long, be the creed
of all. When he saw the same sun which shone upon
hini shedding its beams on all mankind, he did not
arrogate to himself the prerogative of determining dog
matically that he himself, and those with whom he
agreed, were in the right, and that all others were in
the wrong ; but merely claimed the right of deciding,
in his own person, what was best for himself, and most
comfortable to the dictates of his own conscience. He
supported this Institution as one which was well calcu-
lated to form goad, moral. intellectual, industrious, and
loyal subjects. From personal inspection he knew that
this Institution was well ci,nducted, and that in point of
economy it might form a: model for the management
of Institutions of the same nature. It was, therefore,
an Institution which well 'deserved the support, not
only of the Jews, but of all classes of the community.
His Royal Highness concluded by proposing, •' Pros-
perity to the Jewish Hospital," whictiwas of course re-
ceived with loud acclamations.

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The President of" the Institution (Mr. Goldman)
then proposed " The Health of the Royal Chairman,"
to whose patronage and exertions the Institution was
so much indebted, and whose exertions ought ever to
be remembered with gratitude as long as there was a
Jew in England.
The Duke of Sussex returned thanks, and pro.
posed " The Healths of the President and Vice-Presi-
dents," observing, that there were here a President and
Vice. Presidents who had duties to perform, and who
really did perform them.
The Collections at the Synagogue at Mile. End and
during the day amounted to upwards of 450/.
The following verses, the composition of a young
Jewish Lady, were well recited by one of the girls (..1
the Institution, apparently not above ten years of age:
" As o'er the earth with liberal hand
Lov'd Spring her bounty spreads,
lie you, fair Pity's chosen band,
Shed blessings o'er our beads.
" You guide the steps of erring youth—
Lighten the weight of age,
Teach us the glorious ways of truth—
Their many pangs assuage.

I, and forlorn!, •• ' •

The offspring of despair,
It seem'd that our life's clouded morn
Would pass in grief and care.
" But, as some star's mild influence gleams
Bright through the shades of night,
Wen so your virtue kindly beams ".
On us a cheering light.
Ok! may of deeds like these, the ince
hum memory meet depart,
Burever find a sacred place
In each o'vrilowl• g beam"

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