CHARLES WATERT0N, ESQ. 



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ested members of society, are now again amongst 

 us, — helping the needy, — instructing the ignorant, 

 feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked. 

 Wherever their establishments appear, we may 

 truly say with Jemmy Thomson the poet, that 

 they are, " the good and grace of all the country 

 round." 



So it is with Stonyhurst, — " the safe retreat of 

 health and peace." Her newly-finished square 

 within the ancient portal, — her recent accommo- 

 dations for scholastic purposes, — her warm and 

 spacious ambulacrum in case of rain and snow 

 storms, and her magnificent church of cathedral 

 grandeur, — her library and her theatricals prove 

 incontestibly, what can be effected, when sterling- 

 piety, fine taste, and prudence go hand in hand 

 for the greater glory of God ; — " ad majorem Dei 

 Gloriam," — the noble motto of the glorious founder, 

 St. Ignatius de Loyola. 



And now let me observe, that, our higher orders 

 of society, have not the whole of the honey, from 

 this productive hive. Here the poor, whom our 

 dear redeemer has so often, and so pathetically 

 recommended to the care of all his followers, find 

 pity, food, and comfort. 



Without any formal visit on the part of paid 

 inspectors, without occasional announcements from 



