and punishments. Blessed be the God, institutions for his pious purpose abound in Dublin. The objections raised against them will be outweighed by our Lord's ex ample of preaching to the poor; -objections of a mean and dastardly policy, imbibed in foreign elimes, where the human race are kept in slavery; nor less unchristian, than it is inconsistent with the feelings of Irishmen, A policy which pretends to foresee, tha by a religious education the poo may be raised above the laborious duty of their station. Our Lord and his apostles better understood the interests of society, and were more tender of its security and peace. They certainly never saw this danger; that the improvement of the poor might be the means of confounding civil subordination. They were never appre. hensive that the poor would be made worse servants, by teaching them to serve their masters on earth, from a principle of duty to the great MASTER of the whole family in heaven. These mean suggestions of a wicked policy are indeed contradicted by the experience of mankind. The advantag es arising from these seminaries to the public, and to the innumerable progeny of the poor, are unspeakable and incalculable. Let me intreat every good woman to visit more frequent the female schools; there they may behold hundreds of orphans,-who never knew the care of a father, or the fostering hand of a mother-saved from ruin, in the peaceful habits of industry, cleanliness and domestic offices; a sight exceedingly pleasing to susceptible mindsThese children are ever found grateful, and where gratitude is, many virtues will exist, but it is education must bring them into action. - Your next great object Lords and Gentlemen, is to discountenance vice, by reclaiming the unhappy young women, who are so numerous in our streets so pernicious to our youth, so disgusting Loevery parent and every guardian. You have seen the numerous good effects of Leeson street and Dorset street asylums, the patronesses of which are above ny praise great must be their happiness, unbounded must be their satisfaction, on relieving the poignant distress of the prostitute; many of whom, without their aid, might have been lost in the most unhappy sense of the word. Every benevolent berson will co-operate in a work of such exalted humanity, in which publie morals and public decency are so deeply ine es.ed. The poor, unfortunate female, iuined by the diabolical distimulation of a seducer, becomes in a manner an outcast of society. A deiuded example of human misery, which pleads more forcibly, than all the oratory of the bar or the pulpit. Sweet mercy!-how my heart has bled, To see the wretched creatures in our streets, Worn down with want, disease, flect on this dreadful devastation: and contumely! The world frowns on her, and few "while with eager hope And mad impatience, in a fond embrace, They grasp the poison'd cup:-the sorc'ress darts Her latent venom through their tortur'd nerves. -Then wakes remorse and an guish, downcast shame, The tottering fabric falls!-The shades of death Now quench the orbs that beam'd impure desire ! Who then, can behold, but with extreme horror, the wretchedness of those, who are scarce conscious of the guilt of sin, until they feel. severely feel the torments of it: and in whom punishment keeps pace with-I had almost said precedes-conviction! Surely to re Let us see one of the best ornaTM ments of the world. turned into the most loathsome and detestable thing in it-the chearfulness. of innocence sunk in the horrors and gloom of guilt-modesty buried in impudence, and the amiable graces of love and meekness transformed into the furies of iust and rio-I say, to behold such accumulated misery, cannot but excite the tenderest compassion towards those, who are exposed to, and threatened with the Where can they fulness thereof. find relief? They press for admittance into the houses above mentioned, but there is not room. Oh! shelter their unprotected heads, for they "who did feed delicately, are desolate in the streets." supp essthe pride of humannature, which not having fallen into the way of emptation, is not disposed to make allowance for its frailty and weakness. Wrong education, bad examples, strong passions, or even a natural depravity of morals, should render these miserable fellow-creatures, objects of commiseration. Gracious God! forgive us our trespasses;-let those who think they stand, take heed Once more we entreat the ladies to associate for this virtuous purpose, and it will become fashionable; for theirs is the empire of softness, of address, of complacency. 'Tis theirs to discountenance vice, and to promote virtue, by rescuing their own sex from misery and destruction; and by banishing ev ery dissolute character from their society. "The greatest human blessing is to bless, and happiest he who feels another's woe. He shares all the happiness of the acquisition, without the trouble of gaining it. W oever has a heart thus dilated, has a thousand streams of joy perpetually flowing in on him, and issuing from the pure FOUNTAIN of universal bene. volence. The promotion of,merit: the advancement of humble worth: -the relief of indigence;-the alleviation of any,species of misery are to him so many occasions of warm exultation; and If he can be instrumental in saving one soul from destruction, the gain is immense and unspeakable. men, how much is to be done in the important cause wherein you have voluntarily embarked. Consider how much your exertions are wanting to stem the torrent of vice. fet this address is not made to you alone, it concerns every good member of society, and encourages them to press forward with ardour to promote the great end of your institution. Be vigilant therefore, and you may be instrumental in averting the distress which threatens the kingdom in general. Most certainly God will direct your hearts and strengthen your hands in searching out the cause of the poor, and trying to alleviate their misery; for they are the basis and foundation of the state, and ought to be cherished by all who love the public welfare. At this awful period, so well depicted by Mr. Pulteney in the British house of commons ;-it is submitted to your wisdom and judgment, and will probably be attended with many good effects, if you would disperse widely in the houses of the The society or relieving indigent room keepers in Eustacestreet, and the strangers friend so ciety, in Whitefriar-street, have produced much good fruit. In the lonesome dwellings of the poor, where the affluent have little success, & where nope seldom comes; the members of this socie y of enrich and the poor, a short candid, find the friendless stranger, with the children of silent want and distress, unable to work, ashamed to beg, languishing in the hor.ors of disease and poverty, unknown and unreleived; many of whom have been saved from untimely death. Benevolent persons, who wish to relieve such real objects may send their donations to B. DUGDALE, 6, Dame-steet. manly address,adapted to the present exigency of affairs. 10 expose the designs of a cruel and sanguinary enemy, who never shews any lenity to friends or foes; to shew them how happy they have been, and may be, under our gracious king and excellent constitution. A short detached paper dispersed monthly will do more good *This Essay was sketched dur Behold then, lords and gentle- ing the late rebellion. than all the books you have published. You have however, given some good lectures to the upper ranks, you must now descend to the lower Whatever may have been the misguided, fatal proceedings of some deluded rebels, your countrymen in general are loyal, well affected, and soon crushed an unprovoked rebellion. They are worthy of the lenity shewn to them by government: for as there is not on the face of the globe, a more benign climate, neither is there a people who possess more good qualities. This opinion cannot be shaken by the late insurrection, for it is the common fate of natious, and nations more refined than ours. To conclude, lords and gentlemen, this sketch is presented to you, with all its imperfections. The author,deeply impressed with the great importance of your cause, has an humble and well grounded hope, that it will be serviceable to the rising generation, in pointing out the quick sands on which many of them have been wrecked and in reclaiming the The voice unhappy prostitute. : of your weak but unwearied asso- ed. Divine charity knows no distinction it proceeds from that immense love, which is too wondefful for us, and beyond our comprehension. Let us therefore press forward, rejoicing in the patience Dublin, May 1, 1801. P. S. I cannot help expressing my concern that many good men have withdrawn themselves from your association. Whether your committe have duly considered their proceedings; whether they have done those things they ought not to have done; or wasted or misapplied their fund; or whether their resolutions are arbitrary and partial, I will not at present attempt to examine. At another time I will, and as righteousness exalteth a nation; so it is hoped their future proceedings will evince that christianity and meekness, which will prove them to be founded in righteousness, for to them much is given, & from them much will be required. ON MATERNAL LOVE. It appears that the creator has been carefully to compensate the too fleeting enjoyment of love, by a most valuable benefit, in consequence of which even the meanest living creature seems to be an imated by an emanation from the Dely. This blessing is the tenDiely. der affection of parents towards their offspring; and this senument is divine, for it is disinterested, and remains undiminished tho' often repaid with ingratitude. It is celestial, because, ever entire, indivisible, and incapable of envy, it can extend to several objects at once. It is eternal and infinite; for it triumphs over love, and subsists beyond the grave. What an ex• pure flame, burns with a gross and brutal lust? Love has dipped only the point of the shaft with desire; when the whole weapon is envenomed by it, misery must attend those whom it wounds. VIRTUOUS HABITS. Be assured that whatever is to be your possession, no education is more necessary to your success, than the acquirement of virtuous Bad as dispositions and habits. the world is, respect is always paid to virtue In the usual course of human affairs, it will be found, that a plain understanding, joined with acknowledged worth, contributes more to prosperity than the brightest parts without probity or honor. Whether science, or business, or public life be your aim, virtue still enters for a share, into all these great departments of so ecrable monster would that mother appear, who should prefer a lover o her infant, to that helpless innocent, and amiable being, whose existence no hing but maternal tenderness can preserve! Many species of animals, that sacrifice their own lives for the sake of their young, would reflect disgrace on such an unnatural parent. -1 hey not only give them birth, but caress them even amid the agonies of death; and the occupation of brute animals seem to take the most delight is that of suckling their offspring. Maternal affuction is the pledge of love, by which nature derives from the heart of a mother, an ampie compensation for all her sufferings.ciety. It is connected with emiNothing equals the anxiety with which a mother seeks her lost child; Nothing can exceed her transport, when after a tedious separation, she at length recove s it, and embraces it as if it were just then born. The desire of secundity is the brightest charm in the cestus of Venus; nay, it seems to be the only one that can be valua ble in the estimation of chaste and virtuous women. These are the priestesses who keep alive the sacred fire of Vesa: and perish that contemptible wretch, who, instead of being warmed with this nence, in every liberal art; with |