The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-19 00:00:00

ROYAL INSTITUTION.

Yesterday a Meeting of the Friends and Sup-
porters .of the Royal Institution in the City-road, established
for the Education of Children of ,all religions denominations,
took place at the Egyptian-hall, in the Mansion-house, in or-
der to receive the Report of the proceedings of the Society
during the past year.
The Loan :Mayon took the chair at two o'clock, and in a
short address informed the fleeting of the object for which it
had been called. Ile stated, that, since the establishMent of the
school, 5,197 boys and 768 girls had been eduCated therein. It
bad unfortunately been found necessary to borrow a consider-
, able sum of money in order to carry on the school, and a debt
of 400!. still remained unpaid. lie trusted, hoWever, that the
liberality of the Meeting would enable the Governors to extri-
cate themselves from their temporary embarrassments.
The SECRETARY (Mr. Wilka) then red a report of the pro.
ceedings of the managers of the school, from its establishment
to the present period. It appeared from this document that
the children who had been received into the school during the
last year had, .in addition to education, been furnished with
clothing from the funds of the Society.
J. Slit u, Esq., MX., after expressing a hope that the
Meeting would consider it their duty to discharge the debt
which had been alluded to, moved that the Report be approved
and printed, and circuluted under the direction of the Commit.
tee.—Agreed to.
Scveral Of the girls educated in Ow school of the Royal Insti-
tution were here introdued to the meetingoiornii of them beat-
ing specimens of their ai ill in needle-work, of which the ladies
present approved highly ; others rend' to the meeting some
verses from the Scriptures as well as children of their age, Which
was about 10 years, generally read.
Mr. S.. Whitbread, ALP. ; Mr. W. Williams, M.P. ; Mr.
Leonard, M.P. 111 r. Mine, • and Dr. A. Rees, moved
various resolutions, the hist of which was a vote of thanks to his
Royal Highness the Duke of
The Duke of SUSSEX expressed the great satisfaction which
he felt at seeing so numerous a meeting, which was a proof of
the interest felt in the prosperity of the Institution. Ile always
considered that education was the best gift which a parent could
give to his children : tin Institution, therefore, which facilitated
the means of bestowing education upon the children of the
humble classes of
society was, in his opinion, deserving of the
support of every liberal mind. Ile concluded by thanking the
Meeting for the honour which it conferred upon him. The
Meeting then broke up. The friends of the Institution dined in
the evening at the London Tavern. •'

Er AyMARKET TH EATit E..--IThe- Comeuy of The
Heir at Law, "one of the most pleasant of our
best living comic writers, GEORGE COLMAN
the younger, last night attracted a numerous
audience to this Theatre. The characters alto-
gether were tolerably well allotted, and the
Comedy went oil with its usual eclat, the hu-
morous passages exciting general merriment, and
those of a pathetic nature operating with equal
effect. LISToN'S Lord Duberly is too well'known
'
to require any eulogium. Mrs. JONES, from the
Norwich stage, was sufficiently characteristic in
Lady Duberly. VINING, as , the phrase is,
" bustled very well " through the part of Dick
Dowlas, and W.WEsT gave due support to .110 me.,.
spun. After this diverting and well-varied comedy,
a new fa'rce was brought forward, under the title of
Mrs. Smith. The plot consists of the perplexitieS
which arise from two female lodgers of the name
of Smith residing in the same house. One Mrs.
Smith has a husband, and the other a lover. The
husband and lover, in speaking of the two Mrs.
Smiths, and not knowing that there were two;
excite each other's jealousy, and produce a very
ludicrous and diverting confusion. The farce in
itself is very
entertaining, and received all requi-
site support from Lima, VINING, Airs. ORDER,
and Mrs. CIIATTERLEY, and was received with
universal approbation.
Music.
vocal performer, had a Concert last night, and the
END Misses K Miss 1-lAnalswroN, a professional
RICK kindly opened their house, in
Duchess-street, Portland-place, for her advan-
tage. The Concert was very well supported,
and of course highly gratifying to the numerous
company who attended. Miss WARRINGTON sung
with great skill and taste. Signors TO'RRI, SOLA,
PA LLI A lIDIM, and Signora PA 'AJAR utst, Signora
IioItGoNDIC), and Mrs. and Miss ASItE, admirably
supported the vocal department. Madlle. PALLiN,
Mr. DRUCOINDUAY, SOLA, awl CIANCHETTINI,'
equally gratified the company on their respective
instruments. The music was well selected. During
the intervals the visitors received additional plea-
sure from the beautiful miniatures of Miss EMMA
KENDRICK, which were spread on the tables.
When the concert concluded, and the visitors on
account of Miss Meat NGTON had retired, a
select party of the private friends of the amiable
hostesses remained to partake of an elegant cold
collation, in which good humour prevailed to a
late hour.