The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND

DUMB.

A special general meeting of the governors and
friends of the Institution for the Adult Deaf and Dumb was
held yesterday morning at the board-room, 26, Red Lion.
square, Bloomsbury, for the purpose of examining the pupils
on the occasion of one preparing to leave the establishment.
The meeting, which was very fully attended, having been
opened by prayer,
2. 0. SIMPSON, Esq., observed that the purpose for
which they had met was to witness the examination of some
of the present inmates of the charity, in order to ucertain
their respective capabilities and their knowledge of religious
subjects. The examination would principally be directed to
' a young woman, who, during the time she had been in the
instituuen, had been instructed in needlework of va-
rious descriptions, and had been taught to understand the
Scriptures. But in addition to the female alluded to, several
others would be etatnined, with a view of ascertaining their
progress in the various branches of industry carried on in
the institution, the objects of which were to receive the adult
deaf and dumb, whether they were educated or not, and to
instruct them iu some trade, by means of which they would
subsequently be enabled to sustain themselves by their own
honest exertions.

The Rev. Dr. STOLLE, of the University of Leyden, then
proceeded to put different questions to the young woman,
who war about to quit the establishment, by means of writing
on a large slate board erected for the purpose. The answers
were communicated by • similar proois, and many remarks
of eat faction and surprise were elicited by the rapid
and correct, if not intelligent, replies set forth. In accord-
ance with the request of some person in the body of the
meeting, the rev. gentleman wrote—" What is God ?" to
which the pupil almost immediately attached the answer—
" Love, mercy, and goodness." In answer to the same in-
quiry one of the male pupils wrote " A spirit." The inte-
resting proceeding continued for some time, and the answers
in general fully proved the efficiency of the superintendence
of the teacher, Mr. D. Murray, who enlisted the Rev. Dr.
Stale in his examination of the pupils. The report of the
society was read, and laid upon the table, from which it sp.
pears that
After anxious but unavailing attempts to induce another society
whose funds appeared sufficient to continue their superintendence and
aid to the deaf and dumb beyond the period of childhood, this society
war instituted at a public meeting held on the 2lat August, 11341, under
the presidency of the Right Hon. Laud Calthorpe. It sou um-
Wished foe the large and generous purpose of rescuing the adult
deaf and dumb from ignorance, vice, Bud misery, and rendering them
mend and happy members of society, and preparing them to receive
the blessings of immortality. Fur those great tints arrangements
were made to enable the society to afford itustructbvi to thou who had
received none; to continue and advance the Munition of such as had
attended schools; to teach the !rodes of tailoring, shoemaking, and
millinery; to afford to the deaf and dumb the advantages arising
from Mmasent and cheerful society amongst themselves; and, above
all, to make them acquainted with the gospel of truth, and habituate
them to regular exercines of devotion. AU these means are sow in
operation in the institution, where a fully muddled teacher, a
mistreat of general needlework and millinery, a master tailor,
and muter shoemaker reside, and devote their whole time to their
respective duties. Prayers are read morning and evening, and on
Pund.iys the chapel is open, not only to inmates of the inatitation,
but to all deaf and dumb pumas suul their friends, with whom
prayers are laid, and religious iditrUCtioll is communicated forenoon
and evening, in a manner adapted to reach the understanding and
the heart of those who attend. There are now 18 persons under in-
struction in the institution. The benefits of thecharity are not, hot,
ever, confined to the inmates. The poor nod afflicted deaf and dumb
from all parts of this great city apply to this society for advice,
employment, and alms. Many of them are visited at their own
dwellings; and the teacher la occulonally called to the gaols and
pollee cells to afford advice, and generally when ors such er-
rands to shield humanity in its inmost degradation from
responsibility to human laws, which they neither understand nor
appreciate. In currying out these object., and making neces-
sary alterations on the house, a debt of about 430/. has been incurred.
To assist in liquidating this debt, the committee have presented a
memorial to the corporation of the City of London ; end considering
the nature and extent of the benefits which this lutitutioe--the only
one in the kingdom—will be enabled to confer upon a suffering and
afflicted class of society, if supported by adequate memo, the com-
mittee tender their best and anxious exertions to promote the objects
of the institution, and hope to be favoured with that counsel and aid
from this meeting, which will enable them to carry nut the beneficent
purposes of the satiety to a greater extent than they have hitherto
been enabled to do.
A variety of questions were put to the " bearing masters"
of the shoemaking and tailoring departments, and from the
replies given it appeared that the deaf arid dumb, although
not so easily taught as those possessing the powers of speech
and hearing, were found to be very apt ; and, comparatively
**peaking, hut little difficulty was experienced in instructing
them in the several trades.—The meet ng then separated.

THE MURDER OF THE TWO CHILDREN.

The inquest on the bodies of the two children
who were found dead on Saturday morning last, in the house
No. 3, Cupid's-court, was resumed yesterday before Mr.
B sker, when Jeremiah Donoghue deposed that he lives in
the opposite house, No. 9, in the court, and that between the
hours of one and two o'clock an Saturday morning, while
lying awake in bed, he distinctly heard the cry of " mur-
der " twice, and recognised it as coming front the girl Amine
Blake, whose voice he well knew. He rose and went to the
window, but not seeing any light, and hearing no farther
cry, he returned to bed and in about two hours after was
awakened by a now, when he dressed and went to the oppo-
site house, where he found that both the children had been
murdered.—The Coroner then read over the depositions of
Mr. Wright and Mr. Courtney, surgeons, of Whitecrces-
street, by which it appeared that upon • post smarten exami-
nation of the bodies the only external marks of violence
they perceived were a few scratches and alight bruises
upon the neck and face, particularly on the cheeks and
tip of the nose, as if from pressure, and that internally, they
found the duns mater and the substance of the brain, when
cut into, covered with numerous bloody points, and the pia
mater, u also the lungs, gorge I with dark fluid blood. Both
witnesses having been examined, stated that front all these
appearances they bad no doubt whatever that the chLdren'a
death had been caused by suffocation.—The Coroner then re-
capitulated the evidence to the jury, who almost immediately
returned • verdict of " Wilful murder" against Harriet
Parker, the foreman observing that the majority of the jury
were for accompanying the verdict with a censure upon the
crowfoot of the father. The mother of the children, who had
come up from Birmingham, was present, and produced the
certificate of her marriage, bearing data 1836, but she
was not examined.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE EUSTON
STATION. . _

The following are—someptirticulare of the dis-
tressing accident which occurred yesterday morning,
at eleven o'clock, at the London and North Western
Railway, by the falling in of the wail of a colonnade, de.
signed as a promenade for passengers, and forming part of a
new grand passenger hall. There wore a large number of
men employed on the scaffolding in the interior of the build-
ing, upon whom the superincumbent mem fell with a ter-
rible crash.
As soon as the dust, caused by the falling rubbish, had
subsided, v ehccking sight presented itself. Upon the re-
maining portions of the columns, and at the very bottom of
the building, the bodies of several of the workmen were
seen. Mr. Butterwick, the foreman of the works, gave
I orders for all hands to assist in extrication of the mea ;
and Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent of the North
Western Railway, who was in his office at the tine,
sent the police and porters to assist. In a short '
time six men were brought out, but they were so
covered with blood and rubbish, that the nature of
' their injuries could not be ascertained. They were
removed with all speed to the University College Hospital,
and were attended by Mr. Quoin and Mr. Evans, the house
surgeon. Another and another were then brought out, un-
til the numbs found amounted to eleven, and it was still
supposed that more were under, but in consequence of the
dangerous position of the scaffolding, the further search was
proceeded with most cautiously. They were conveyed to the
hospital, where they at present remain.
Ihe accident, for the present, cannot be accounted for.
Mr. Butterwick states, that at three o'clock on the previous
afternoon he inspected the whole of the wall, and found
everything correct, the columns being firm and good. Mr.
Bevan, the clerk of the works under Mr. Cubitt, who
is the contractor for the buildings, says that he
was on the spot at ten o'clock yesterday morning,
only a quarter of an hour before the wall fell,
and did not observe the slightest defect. Mr. Hardwick,
the architect to the company, was at the scene of the accident
shortly after it happened, but he is unable to give • positive
opinion as to the cause. The clerks of the works, Messrs.
Bevan and Hoare, state positively that there were no cracks
in the columns, which were built in the strongest manner
possible ; nor can they account for the sudden manner in
which they gave way. From an inspection of the ruins, the
columns appear to have given way, not in the centre, but
near the base. The weather, no doubt, had had a consider-
able share in causing the columns to give way. To give
some idea of the massive character of the work, Mr. Bevan
states that the quantity of brickwork which fell would weigh
between five and six tons.
Some of the servants of the company had a narrow escape,
for at the back of the wall is a passage leading from the