red us, it is more bleffed to give than to

receive," we ought to look on those who want our affiftance, as fo many friends and "benefactors, who come to do us a greater good, than they can receive; who come to exalt our virtue, to be witneffes of our charity, to be monuments of our love, to be our advocates with Gop, to appear for us at the day of judgement, and to help us to a bleffedness greater than our donations can beftow on them.

LIMERICK SOCIETY,

For the Relief and Difcharge of Perfons Confined for fmall Debts,

WAS inftituted by the rev. Deane Hoare, on the 23d of September, 1775, and carried on, for fome years, by donations and annual fubfcriptions; but, for fome time paft, by little more than cafual donations.-Since its commencement, Mr. Hoare (the treasurer) by the payment of two hundred and eighteen pounds, thirteen fhillings, and a halfpenny, enlarged ninety-four perfons, whofe debts amounted to seven hundred and fifty-three pounds nine fhillings and eight pence, by which means fuch a number of poor perfons were not only reftored to their families and to the public, but they were at the fame time exonerated from the balance of five hundred and thirty-four pounds, fixteen fhillings and feven pence halfpenny, which they would never have been able to pay. Several others are at prefent under treaty for compofitions.

ST.

ST:

JOHN s.

O. R,

THE FEVER AND LOCK HOSPITAL,

WAS fet on foot by fundry donations and fubfcriptions; the promoters of this ufeful charity obtained the ufe of the building, called St. John's Barrack, near St. John's Gate, which was formerly occupied by the army, and was opened for an Hofpital on the 23d of February 1781. Since that time, to the 11th of January, 1786, the treasurer has received the fum of £829 13 10. 736 16.30

Difburfed,

Balance in hands,

92 16 1

THE number of patients received into the house, amounted to 546, of which number 466 were cured. The externs were 8887, making in the whole 9433 A proof that in a populous city, like Limerick, great numbers of poor perfons conftantly want the affiftance of medicine, and this confideration ought to incite every benevolent mind to contribute to this moft ufeful inftitution. The building being much decayed, was taken down in Auguft 1785, and a new one has been erected on the foundation of the town wall, in an elevated, healthy fituation. The house, which was finished in less than a year, and cost above five hundred pounds,-meafures ninety feet in front, is a plain, handsome structure compofed offtone, containing twelve very roomy apartments, and is joined to the magazine near Gg 2.

John's

John's gate, which is to be added to the Hofpital. The architect was Mr. James Williams, It is alfo intended to build two houfes fronting the main-street, the income of which will be a confiderable addition to this excellent charity, which was founded and promoted, chiefly by lord Pery's family.

AFTER enumerating the charities in Limerick, we have to lament that any inattention of the trustees fhould fuffer them even for a short time to cease. It is certain that the benevolent intentions of the donors have been interrupted, and that several good inftitutions lay dormant, until they were revived by bishop Gore, affifted by the rev. Mr. Deane Hoare, who with a clear head, and a good heart, has laboured much to bring every charitable bequeft to light, to examine and ftate the accumulation of their funds, in order to recover the arrears due. Bishop Gore brought this matter into the houfe of Lords, and when they complimented his Lordship on his laudable conduct, he pointed to Mr. Hoare, who attended the house for feveral weeks, and faid Mr. Hoare was the principal inftrument in forwarding this public bufinefs. It is hoped that honeft men will never be wanting in Limerick, to prevent the depravity of human nature, or the dictates of avarice, from operating to the prejudice of any ufeful charity.

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HISTORY OF LIMERICK.

PART V.

Containing a lift of the PROVOSTS, MAYORS, BAILIFFS and SHERIFFS from the reign of RICHARD the firft, to the year 1786.

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A. D. 1195

JOHN SPAFFORD,

IRST provoft or præpofitus of Limerick, elected and fworn on Monday after Michaelmas Day, and to continue fuch till Monday after Michaelmas of the year following.

Anno

The above Print, which is part of the arms of Great Britain, was used as the Mayor's Seal in the year 1768, but the proper Seal is the arms of the city, for which fee page

101.

THIS year, being the ninth of RICHARD the firft, the city of Limerick obtained a Charter to choose Mayors and Bailiffs

A. D. 1198.

ADAM SARVANT, the firft Mayor.*

John Bambery and Walter White, Bailiffs.

MAYORS.

1199. Thomas Cropper,

BAILIFFS.

IN 1207 was the firft Mayor in London, ten years after Limerick had one.

1210 Roger Maij.

1211 John Cambitor,

1212 Walter Crop,

1213 Robert White,

1214 Seward Minutor

1215 Seward de Ferendona,

1216.

* There are fome Mayors wanting in this Lifty which the Editor could not poffibly find out, though he has been favoured, with feveral Manufcripts for that purpofe.