The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-08 00:00:00

OCT. S. TKE NATIONAL REGISTER. • • - ASYLUM FOR a Di4F AND DUMB. , , • •, TheContmittee of this 160 tution haying been enabled; through the generosity of the public, to erect a spacious and well adapt ed building for the reception of the numerous claia ants. on the Society's bounty, revolved to .celebrate the completion of this part of their labours by publicly returning thanks to the Al mighty, and by invi .. tutg the Subscribers and Mends to the un dertaking to dine together on the occasion. The sth instant was the day fixed, and in the morning a most appropriute and elo quent Discourse was delivered to a numerous and respectable congregation in the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen, Ber mondsey, (in which parish the Institution began in 1792) by the Rev. Samuel Crowther, Vicar of Christ Church, Neulate street, when a handsome collection was made. - In the aftetnnon upwards of three hundred Gentlemen assembled tat the City of London Tavern; the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor In the Chair, supported by the Sheriffs; Henry Thornton, Esq. M.P. Treasurer; and many of the first respertubilitv, Clergy and Laity. After an excellent dinner, the cloth being removed, IV. a nohil Domini," was sung in a fine style; the first watt was the " King," which was given by his Lordship, with un common energy, and drank by the whole company with the most ardent.loyalty; the " Queen and Family," and other loyal sen- Aiments, were given, anti welt received. When his Lordship gave, " Success to the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb," it was received with that unbounded applause which strongly marked the humanity and benevolence of the Assembly. indeed this Institution is, altogether, in its rise and progress, one of the most striking it:stances of the characteristic benevolence of the age and nation hi which it has been established. Near seventy chil dren, male and female, now pupils in the New As)lutn, were in trtithived and conducted round the room, shewing speciinens of their pr,ggressin writing, arithmetic, and know letrge of language, written aA articulate; some of them stood ou the tattles and rpoke the folio wiu .lines in a inanne , , so clear, and feeling, that it was evident they unders(9od every word they altered. 11l can a tongtie, so.lately mute, Express the joy we feel; Yet, bless(:ct with ulterance though slow, We .can't our,ioy conceal! . The Deaf awl I Itiolb afar Apt! near Would hail this itapp:v dos, if. we, to. their -despotic'. ig hearts, The tidings could 1 1 14 vey .T.hat,.now, a new .Asyltuu*.s raisA Where all may find Relief--- • stern titeqream ofmmay tears,. E.zise.matiy.a pacent's..grief!,• • Then how could we Por lips refrain, From u4eritat thanks. to y oiate Whose bounty...has• bestow'd the haon; —Unli.cuuded thanks are doe! But here wcre taught to look above • And own " the great First. Cause .1" ~T t . From whom man holds his life•and brealk ti And every comfort draws ie *I'S :?•.;+• I' I , , . The effect of this ex hibition, • wiiik*it was highly gratifying, was deeply affecting to all present, and every bosom si.e..med to throb in nuison with glowing gratitz:de for the pod done to these, otherwise pitiable but inert interesting fellow-beings. If any foreigner was•present. how he must have been :truck at . beholding the chief Magistrate of the first city in the world pre siding as.it were at the altar of British private benevolence, urging his fellow citizens by his example and his elo quence to assist in this good work. His Lordship read many lists of subscriptidns and benefactions, with such apparent heartfelt gratification, as proved how much he felt in the cause. As nearly as we could judge, a sum amounting to between six and seven hundred e ounds, was contributed in the course of the nay. The only subject of regret to theeoin::ans, was the unavoidable absence of the Royal Patron, His Highness the Duke of Glou cester; on his health being proposed, it was greeted with the warmest plauditb from-every corner of the room. • In this ;rest Metropolis lumen's Sums are daily expended in luxury arid the rtu ., . :1 of plisaiiire, teliich generally end in disappointment. How much mere ytti ~ ,al and commendable would it be to devote a suisil portion of such spare ti . iey to an adventure hi the protect novel and very popular State Lottery, and taitteby to obtala the chance of 4 speedy Fortune ? The Tickets and Shares may be purchased at Swift anti Co.'s OtEcit.i, No, 11. Poultry ; No. 12, Charing awd No. 31, Ald.t.ite High-street, until the 19th of Tads Meath. The Drawing will begin and end on the 90th. INDI2I SHIPPING. . • Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House,'when the under-mentioned ships were thus stationed and timed, yi;.— . • We`x ford, Earl Camden, and Arniston, for Bombay and Chaim; to be afloat the 231 inst. sail to Gravesend 7th Nov. stay there forty da%s, be in the Downs 231 December. Winchelsea and Elphiostone, fur Bomb:mold Cbin2, and Or Ocean,fur St. Helena, Bencoulen, and China; to he afloat the 7th Nov. sail to Gravesend yid ditto, stay there thirty days, be in the Downs 28th December. Alfred and Woodford, for Madras and China; to he ninat the 22d Nov. sail to. Gravesend 7th Dec. stay there forty slays, be in the Down, 23(1'January; 1810. N. S. Prince of Wales, Hugh CeNlon, and William Pitt, for Madras and Bengal; to be afloat 7th December, sail to Gravesend 21st ditto, stay there thirty days, be in the Dowais 27th January; 1810. Preston aril Phoenix, for Madras and Bengal ; Cirencester arni Surat Castle, for. China direct ; to be afloat the 6th January, 1810, sail to Grave,cnd 20th ditto, stay there thirty days, be is the Downs 20th February. David Scott, Alnwick Castle, and Canton, for China; %lie afloat the 20th January, sail to Gravesend Stl February, may there thirty days, he in the Downs 12th March. Earl St, Vincent, for Bengal, and Exeter, for Bombay; to be afloat the 18th February, sail to Gravesewl sth March, stay there thirty days, be in tae Downs 11th April. Thomas Grenville, for Ceylon and Bengal ; to be afloat 18th February, sail to Gravesend 5111 March, stay there thirty dit3ti, be in the Downs lith April. Huddart, Northumberland, Tigris, and Eaphratev, for 'Madras and Bengal; Alexander, and Sir S. Lushington, for L'oalt,ay; to be afloat the 21st December, 1609. Sovereign. Indus. Diana, and Ann, for Madras and Ilear,hl; to be atioat the 3d February. ISI9. Idarrier,for Madras and Conga! ; Sir W..l3t•nsiev, for T levz,al; Lord Eldon, for ,Viatteira and 8010 bay ; CO! bay; to be afloat the sth March, 1810. Tile Royal Fa:ni!y, aad Lad!ci nni Geatle;nea ki d Fpcl i f•t;.:.. V A ittlit,id OIL, for :nuist:.ni.v t!..! ildir when dressi:ig, cvlti a is s, gr e it a rishe: of the hair as to prevent its torah:; grey to'itil pro:notes tits growth, and makes the hair grow thick and loo? . ; prev:- its it 4 fa off, at 4 restores it on itJ places. L•itlits and Gentleiran %t h., v. eAr falsc h.fr will ad! the !tussle. Oil a valuable al - tWie to use when ilres , ing, as it ,Ives it gietai. It is :.;eneraily remarked that persons wcaria; fa1..30 slier Y ei.s4t time wcari!g, it bezonies d;:y and salt; and is easily discovered; tiy asst' ttM itaSsia Oil it preynts Its beiiig 2.; it !seep, the hair soft, and read ens its appearance nitarat. o:eievin the Libel oa the ontoiide wralipec of c , tch Ibi/etk. i s R us3 laa ;old ink, " Moriirikittslcy and iiriacer soy wit;itrA that s i .;:naturig a r e zoc:,iecrtits. Price Is. p:.:r bottle, or one bottle coi.roi.de; foot: s.nall, at one g . .liarA, or six guinea houses at live h.:mi.:lg.—Sold wiasiesair stet retail by the Proprisitor, Priace, No. t), Oxfoial-Ors.7q ; am?, app,istraeat, 11r. Smith, Perfumer to bee Boedsstreto; ;ta d Sons, Pe:furriers to her Majesty, Vchbornes. , :treat; avid bti or's: of thekriaei:sat perfumers or medicine venders in En7:land,lre!and, mid Scotamea. POLICE. Bow Srastwr, Oct. 3.—Mr. Scholey, bookseller, of Pater• roster-row, applied to the Magistrate for his instructi•!n , to proceed in the vice of an extraordinary fraud practised upua him. He stated, that having oeca , ion about Ti week sicee draw a check upon his Bankers, Messrs. Rainsbottnin and in favour of a Mr. Miller, to whom he WU* Lombard-street, paying a bill, by mistake .he tilled the check for 3isBt; itt.tea.l cif a smaller scan; but ionnediettely on discovering his mi ! .t :; &,., Fat tore thefirst check into pieces, and threw the ((IQ jnejilh m: bis CO untiag-;ioutie Boor, and then wrote smother for t he proper tm4.n ; but on receiving the usual return from his banker's hook on Nloodav, he was f.‘stouished .to find ainongzt other vouches, the identical check before mentioned, which he bad torn in liiere!... neatly pasted together in a niece of blank paper, and had been paid by the bankers to some person unknoun, bss account. lie immediately went to the bankers to inquite into the circumstance, and was informed that the check was paid to a man calling himself Thomas Thomas in a 301.4 i. Bunk E:tg land note, and some smaller ore=, the numbers of milicti were now given to Mr. Scholey. He proceeded to snake fe'rther io quiry at the Bank of England, and thore found those notes had been changed for their amount in smaltnotesi but no desetiiptiusi could be remembered of the person. The Mogi,irate therefore could only advise him to advertise the transactioo, a icls the description of the person woo brought the claeck•to Rs MS tintliOnt. 649