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London, England, 1822-06-14 00:00:00

MISS MURTFIRAITE.

(Presented by Led, Nary Ram)
A. elegant west wet dress, superbly embroidered at t►e
bowies in festoons of rich pearl beads, tastefully intermixed
with tulle; each festoon looped up with a hunch of wheat
oars of pearl beads ; body and sleeves tastefully embroidered
wit► beads to correspond, trimmed with broad blond leee,
wentFtf a rich white satin petticoat; robe of rich figured
pink earewm, limed with sou, trimmed with broad Aloud
Mee, and heeded with ■ border of pearl beads. Head-dress,
a■ elegant plume of ostrich feathers and pearls.

Yesterday the Anniversary Meeting of the children or
both sexes, educated in the Charity Schools of the cities of
London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, awl other
parts of the metropolis, was celebrated at the Cathedral
Church of St. Paul.
Soon after ten o'clock the streets leading to the church
were lined with the children passing in procession, headed
by their teachers and beadles, towards the Cathedral, where,
on their arrival, they were conclocled to the seats allotted
for them by the Gentlemes of the Committee, and before
twelve o'clock, upwards of 8,000 of the rising (menden),
clad in homely but decent and comfortable apparel, bad aa-
ambled.
The setts of the children were erected in a circular form,
rising one above another to an Immense height; in the
middle of the circle under the great dome was a temporary
pulpit, around which were pees and forms f.r the accommo-
dation of the company, and were filled with rank, beauty,
and fashion, amongst whom we noticed the Bishop of Lan-
daff, Dean of the Cathedral, the Bishop of Bristol, the
Right Ilunonrable Lord Bolton, Sir Thomas Aclaud, M.P,
Colonel Bagwell, Sir Claudius Stephen Hooter, Knight,
Alderman Thomas Smith, and Isaac Spencer, Esq. Mayor
of York.—The Countess of Mansfield, Lady Almelo')
Stanhope, the four Ladies Murray, Lady Georgina Batherst,
the Ladies of Sheriffs Garrett and Yenables, end the Lady of
.Alderman Hunter, Mrs. Massy Dawson, Mrs. and Mies
Chetwood, Moo. and Was Pread, Mrs. Holford.—The Rev.
Drs. Blomberg, Price, Kenny, D. W. Iladdehtey, and others
of the clergy were seated is the residential.), pew to the left
of the pulpit.
About twelve o'clock hie Royal Highness the Duke of
Gloucester, President of the Institution, arrived in his car-
riage, attended by Colonel Higgins. The Royal President
was met at the great western entrance by Messrs. Greenaway
and Stehle, the Treasurers. and the Gentlemen of the Cum.
antler, who conducted his Royal Highness to the great
chair appropriated for him on the right of the pulpit. Imme-
diately after the performances commenced with the 1001 b
Psalm, which was snag by the children, assisted by the Gen-
Omen of the choir, and accompanied by Mr. Atwood
on the organ. The first lesson ended with the choir Astrid.
the reading psalms, the children joining in the Gloria
Patel to each psalm. After the first part, To Dean, by the
choir' . After the second lesson, Jubffate Dm, by the
gentlemen of the choir. The grand Coronation Anthem, by
the choir. assisted by the children in grand chores. A prayer
for the King was read by Mr. Pack, one of the Minor
Canons; then followed the 113th psalm, sung by the chit
deco, sad finishing with the Hallelujah chorus. Immediately
after, au excellent sermon was reached by the Right Rev.
Father in God the Lord Bishop of Bristol, who look his text
from the Soh chapter of Mark, 37 • " Whosoever shall
receive one of such ehildren in my name received) me, and
whosoever shall receive me, received) not me, but him that
sent me." After the sermon, four verses of the 104th psalm
were digitated by de children, and a grand chorus, by Han.
del, was sung by the choir, joined by the children. Tbe per-
formance concluded with the Hallelujah chortle. The whole
was executed in a manner that reflected the highest credit
On the conductors. From the judicial arrangements that
were made for ventilation, only four of the children were
overpowered with heat the whole day. The Prince and
Princess of Denmark, and other noble personages, were pre.
vented from attending on account of the drawing-room.
The collection made it the doors was very flattering. After
the ceremony the children left the cathedral i• the same
order they entered, end the church-yard and surrounding
streets were filled with spectators, who enjoyed the auspiei•
ous sight. The Patrons and supporters of the Institution
repaired to the Old London Torero to
- THE DINNER.
At six o'clock about 200 of the patrons and subscribers sat
down to a most sumptuous dinner, consisting of all the de.
limits of the season. His Royal Highness the Doke of
Gloucester in the Chair, supported on the right by the Right
Rev. the Bishop of Bristol, and on the left by Sir Claudius
S!ephen Hunter. After the cloth was removed, Non Naas
Doaslne was song by Messrs. Pyne, Tinaey, Coster, and
Master Smith, after which Sir C. S. Hunter proposed the
health of the Doke of Gloucester, President of the
two, and his Royal High/sees re turoed thanks In a very hand.
some manner. A variety of toasts, songs, &c. followed.
About half past nit), the Duke left the Chair, and the rest
of the company passed the evening with the greatest hilarity.
The subscriptions amounted to upwards 01'310/.

The Strand is kept alive three nights in the
week, until a late hour, by Mr. MATHEWS ■nd
Mr. ALEXANDRE. The noise and confusion of
carriages attendant on these gentlemen render them
the disturber. of the repose of the neighbourhood.

The public curiosity is strongly excited to learn
the produce of the grand fete at the Opera House,
for the relief of the distress in Ireland. It is va►i-
ously estimated by report at from 4 to 5,0001.
IRISH SUBSCRIPTION.—Their Lordships the
Postmasters-General have been pleased to or-
der, that all letters addressed to the Irish
Committee, at the Qity of London Tavern,
shall pass free of postage, 'provided each let-
ters be enclosed in covers, having the following
direction : •6 On the business of the Committee for
the Relief of the Distressed Irish—FitAncts
FaciLtao, Esq. General Post-Office, Loudon."

_ .
A letter from St. "'ermine (Vender), says—
" On Friday the 30th of last mouth, between seven
and eight o'clock in the mottling. • noise similar
to that which •cwrriage makes when moving quickly,
was heard here. and in the neighbouring CONIAIIIII4I,
and this noise, which continued about forty seconds,
war accompanied with shocks of an earthquake,
which followed each other with such rapidity, that
they produced an effect similar to the vibration of
• cord in a slate of extreme trusioa."—(Preach
Paper.)

ROUGH.
Norfolk Circuit—Sir W. DALLAS and Sir Wm. D. DEVI'.
04ford Circuit—Mr. Baron GARROW, nod Mr. Sirjesot
HOLLOCK is spoken of iu the room of Mr. Baron Wooly.
It will be seen that with respect to the latter Circuit no
appointment is made, slthouahi II II k
Mr.
,v,ctint u .ot_
is
eorifidintly spoken of; it is, however qu.te certain th.t Mr.
Baum Woual will not form uue of the Judges ai the Assizes.
The drys for bearing of trials are not at present fixed.

IRELAND.

111111..

DUBLIN. JUNE 10.

It is said that Mr. Goulburn, m his Police Bill,
intends to convert the stall of the *militia in the
several counties into constables ; and that the
Adjutant of each regiment is to have an increased
Baldry of 3001. per annum.
Advice. received from (7lere, Mayo, Galway,
Cork, and Kerry, since our last, represent the suf-
ferings of the peasantry from want of food as al-
most beyond endurance. A correspondent of re-
spectability eniertains serious apprehensions for the
consequences to tke middle and upper ranks of
society front the united effects of "disease and de-
spair." if relief be not extensively and prompty ad-
ministered. It is some consolation to learn that the
crops of corn and potatoes appear to be in the' most
promising state in all parts of the i•land—bat we
should not forget, that long before the harvest can
be reaped, thousands, and tens of thousands, will
if nor speedily succoured.
The Circuits are expected to commence on or
about the 20th July.
About ten o'clock on Thursday evening a me-
lancholy circurustauce occurred at Countess's Bush,
near Carrick-ou-Suir. Two respectable farmers,
riding home in company to their respective dwell-
ins, were challenged by the sentinel at the guard-
honor, but not answering, they were fired at by the
soldier. The consequence was that one of them, Mr.
David Coghlan, was killed, and the other, whose
plume we do not know, was so dangerously wounded
as to leave little hopes of his recovery. The sol-
dier is iu custody.
WEXFORD, JIIIIB 6.
DREADFUL THUNDER STORM.

We never experituced a more dreadful storm of
thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, than that which
visited us on Tuesday. A dark morning, and u
dense, hazy sky, the usual precursors of such visi-
tations, gave intimation of its twin- approach. About
ten o'clock the storm commenced ; from which mo-
ment till three o'clock, when it ceased, scarcely a
minute elapsed without two or more peals of thun-
ders some of them tremendously loud and awful.
Fearful sod tremendous were the powers of the
storm, melancholy and destructive its effects. A
widow, of the name of Cogley, was struck dead
by the lightuing at Sledsgh, mid her house set on
fire ; but the flames were extinguished before
they made much progress. At Cleary's Town.
two miles from Sledogh, a woman named French
was killed while in the act of spinning. Her
daughter, who was spinning by her side. and two
servant boys, were laid prostrate on the floor ; but
they soon recovered. The chair on which the un-
fortunate women sat, and her wheel, were bro-
ken to pieces. Her, cap was much torn, but no
other part of her dress was injured. The electric
fluid rent the walls of her cabin in two or three
places. Two cows, belonging to a man named
Nicholas Murphy, were killed at Saunderscourt ;
sod another, the property of Mr. Nicholas Red-
mond, at the Rocks.
The great fall of rain also caused much damage
in every quarter. The cellars of smut houses in
the town and neighbourhood were completely inun-
dated ; iii some of them the water was from ten to
twelve feet in depth.—(lterford Herald.)

On Saturday night the Norwich Theatre closed
fee the season, being the benefit of Mr. J. SLOM•M.
The house, we understand, produced upwards of
tuoi. which no doubt Ws, to Mr. SLOWAN the best
comic song he had witnessed this season. and we
are happy to announce his success.—Mr. BBL-
I LAMY', farewell address was adequate to the put-
pose. and we obseteed him several times to be very
much effected.

Four diffrent witnesses stated that the child had been
grossly neglected by its mot►er ever since its With, and that
she app aced to have bad an extraordinary antipathy to it.
The sister of the child, a girl about 14 years of ago, had in-
formed them that the child bad been murdered by its
mother beating it, and that on Sunday last she pulled it off a
table on to the ground, by the hair of the head, and after-
wards kicked it on the forehead.

The girl in question;Sophia Ellis, was sent for and ex-
amined. She swore positively that she bad
any of the witnesses that her mother bad bastes the child
and had been the cause of its death. She also denied most
positively ever having sera her mother best the child ; but
after • strict cross-examination, she admitted that her
mother struck the child with her open hand, ou Seuday af-
ternoon last.

Kendrick, the braille, elated. that the girl admitted to him
that the mother bad dragged the child by the hair cad
kicked it.

The Jury viewed Ike body. It was a shocking sight ; the
leg bones were bent nearly double, and a large bevies was
very apparent on the forehead and cheek.
Mr. Plumb, a surgeon, said that be could not stale what
was the immediate cense of the death of the child. He
found six ounces of water we its brain, sod a blow or • shake
only in such a state of disease was likely to produce death.
The Coroner said, that be thought the mother's conduct
was most brutal. No dependence could he played on Sophia
Ellis's evidence, and if she were not so very young, be
world commit her for perjury.
The Magistrates were, however, bound to prosecute the
cave after such evidence, whatever might be the opinion of
the Jury. Verdict—Natural Death.