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Charitable Institutions, &C.
evil , may we not say this disgrace , to our great and wealthy commercial and maritime country , is ihe object of the present institution ; to which ; though rather out of our line of publication , we most heartily wish the utmost success , and we are happy thus to make it even imperfectly knoivn ; because we are sure it onl y needs to be knoivn to have its merits fully appreciated , and its design amply supported . —Lit . Gaz . We are glad to learn that a provisional committee has been appointed
for establishing this valuable institution . Among the gentlemen of the committee are to be found some of the most opulent and influential connected with the shipping interest in the port of London . They have put forth an excellent address in behalf of its claims to public support ; and ive regret its length prevents our copying it into our columns . It is to be hoped , hoivever , that it will find its way both far and wide , and that ere long we may see this asylum reared , to become a highly valuable institution to those who may need its assistance in the hour of adversity , and a monument of honour worthy of the first maritime nation in the world . —Standard , Jan . 21 , 1836 .
PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION . THIRD LODGE . A meeting was held on Thursday of the subscribers to this charity , at the Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-square , Clerkenwell , for the purpose of electing a secretary in place of Mr . Thomas Gresham , resigned . The attendance in the room was very numerous , and the balloting commenced before seven o ' clock , and closed at ten . The candidates were Brother C . Taylor and Brother J . Goody . On the scrutiny Brother J . Goody was declared duly elected , the numbers
being—Goody 67 Taylor . 37 Majority 30 The total number of subscribers exceeds 2 , 000 . This society , under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , has for its object the relief , indiscriminately , of every object of
distress of whatever religion , or of whatever nation , the only qualification required to obtain relief for a petitioner being a certificate from a subscriber that the case is worthy of the philanthropic consideration of the society ; and whether it be to soothe the sorrows of old age—to comfort fhe afflicted widow—to cherish the helpless orphan— -to assist the indigent family of the industrious mechanic—or to succour foreigners struggling under misfortune in this country , the feeling of philanthropy is never stinted while tbe funds of the institution will allow of its free exercise . —Morning Advertiser , Jan . 23 , 1836 .
ST . MARYLEBONE ALMSHOUSES . A meeting was held Feb . 24 ., 1836 , at the Court House , St . Marylebone , for the praiseworthy object of erecting almshouses for decayed householders in that parish . It must have been trul y gratifying to every benevolent mind to witness the cordial manner in which persons of all ranks , however much divided on other subjects , co-operated for tliis purpose . The meeting , which was very numerous , and at which the Rev . Dr . Spry presided , was attended by the Right Hon . Lord
Kenyon , the Dean of Chichester , the Rev . Dr . Penfold , J . E . Hovenden , Esq ., C . Towers , Esq ., W . Marr , Esq ., J . Fairer , Esq ., Mr . Sheriff Salomons , J . l . abouchere , Esq ., with tbe parochial authorities and other influential persons .
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Charitable Institutions, &C.
evil , may we not say this disgrace , to our great and wealthy commercial and maritime country , is ihe object of the present institution ; to which ; though rather out of our line of publication , we most heartily wish the utmost success , and we are happy thus to make it even imperfectly knoivn ; because we are sure it onl y needs to be knoivn to have its merits fully appreciated , and its design amply supported . —Lit . Gaz . We are glad to learn that a provisional committee has been appointed
for establishing this valuable institution . Among the gentlemen of the committee are to be found some of the most opulent and influential connected with the shipping interest in the port of London . They have put forth an excellent address in behalf of its claims to public support ; and ive regret its length prevents our copying it into our columns . It is to be hoped , hoivever , that it will find its way both far and wide , and that ere long we may see this asylum reared , to become a highly valuable institution to those who may need its assistance in the hour of adversity , and a monument of honour worthy of the first maritime nation in the world . —Standard , Jan . 21 , 1836 .
PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION . THIRD LODGE . A meeting was held on Thursday of the subscribers to this charity , at the Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-square , Clerkenwell , for the purpose of electing a secretary in place of Mr . Thomas Gresham , resigned . The attendance in the room was very numerous , and the balloting commenced before seven o ' clock , and closed at ten . The candidates were Brother C . Taylor and Brother J . Goody . On the scrutiny Brother J . Goody was declared duly elected , the numbers
being—Goody 67 Taylor . 37 Majority 30 The total number of subscribers exceeds 2 , 000 . This society , under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , has for its object the relief , indiscriminately , of every object of
distress of whatever religion , or of whatever nation , the only qualification required to obtain relief for a petitioner being a certificate from a subscriber that the case is worthy of the philanthropic consideration of the society ; and whether it be to soothe the sorrows of old age—to comfort fhe afflicted widow—to cherish the helpless orphan— -to assist the indigent family of the industrious mechanic—or to succour foreigners struggling under misfortune in this country , the feeling of philanthropy is never stinted while tbe funds of the institution will allow of its free exercise . —Morning Advertiser , Jan . 23 , 1836 .
ST . MARYLEBONE ALMSHOUSES . A meeting was held Feb . 24 ., 1836 , at the Court House , St . Marylebone , for the praiseworthy object of erecting almshouses for decayed householders in that parish . It must have been trul y gratifying to every benevolent mind to witness the cordial manner in which persons of all ranks , however much divided on other subjects , co-operated for tliis purpose . The meeting , which was very numerous , and at which the Rev . Dr . Spry presided , was attended by the Right Hon . Lord
Kenyon , the Dean of Chichester , the Rev . Dr . Penfold , J . E . Hovenden , Esq ., C . Towers , Esq ., W . Marr , Esq ., J . Fairer , Esq ., Mr . Sheriff Salomons , J . l . abouchere , Esq ., with tbe parochial authorities and other influential persons .