ABSTRACT
A meeting of peculiarly touching character was held at Willis’s Rooms on Tuesday. Its object was to interest the public in behalf of the female offspring of Soldiers, whose condition is exceedingly hard, and who, therefore, are entitled to a large share of public sympathy. Due care has been taken of the education of the sons of Soldiers. There are the Royal Military Asylum and the Royal Hibernian School, both of which have demonstrated the excellence of their several purposes and systems in turning out some very good Soldiers and respectable members of society. But there is no institution for the reception of the poor little daughters of Soldiers. They must shift for themselves; and a melancholy lot is generally the result of the struggle. The Rev. R. Gleig the Chaplain General, always foremost in the good work of education, spoke very feelingly upon the subject:—
