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men, and it was necessary to give them salaries the 

 donations then ceased. 



The following investigations will acquaint the 

 reader with the system pursued by these new admi- 

 nistrators. We may here observe, that not only 

 has scarcely any foundation been created since the 

 Reformation, but that the property of the ancient 

 foundations has been for the most part squandered 

 away : this was the cause that, a few years ago, 

 permission was granted for the establishment of the 

 Sisters of Charity, and leave for them to take the 

 charge of some of these asylums. They have occa- 

 sioned such a revival of public confidence, that in 

 the city of Cork the Protestants themselves have 

 begun to make donations, which they entrust only 

 to these Sisters of Charity. 





