Star.
London, England, 1825-11-28 00:00:00

NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

The Anneal Election of this most excellent Chrity,
took place on Thursday, in the Corinthian Hall, Flee-
masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. The Stock Mar-
ket or Corn Exchange never exhibited a more animated
and business-like groupe than throughout the Hall on
this occasion. There were sixteen vacancies reported,
four of which were in the nomination of the Ccmtnit-
tee, and the remainder to be chosen by ballot: booths
were forme.' round the rocna in alphabetical order, at
whid: the L,cal Committee presided to receive the
votes, and the area was filled principaly by Ladies of
the first distinct on, young and old, with polling papers,
canvassing the different subscribers on behalf of the se-
veral candidates; pens and peocilii were in great requi-
sition, and the fluctuations of the election were calcu-
Wed with as much arithmetical nicety, and knxious so-
licitude, as ever were bestoaei upon an intricate and
hazardous speculation in the Three per Cent. Stock or
Long Annuities. It was, in truth, one of the most
complete illustiariOns of active benevolence that could
possibly be afforded.

The National Benevolent Institution was founded in
the yetr 1812, by the philant nopic Peter tlerve, Esq.
from whom it has acquired the d..inomivation nt "Iler'e's
Charity," and the object to Lich its funds hive been
appropriated is " the relief of respectable and worthy,
but distressed persons in the middle ranks of lilt, of
whatever country or persuasiou." Within a period of
thirteen years, eighty-six persons have been adini;t d its
I:ensioner., and received by quarterly payments the
sum of 4,7541. 10s. an 1 there is no doubt that so many
individuals have thereby bean rescued from a work-
house, or from the via more painful alte:na:ives of
n.isery or crime. There are now upwards of :ix thou, nd
subsctibers to the Institution, amongst whom may be
reckoned hisßoyal Highness the ri ince Leopold uf Saxe
Coburg, her 110 Ilighnes7. the Duchess of Kent, the
Dukes of Devonshire, Gordon, and Leeds, and almost
all the Nobility. and Gentry of the Kingdom.
The contest was kept up with great spirit from eleven
in the morning until tour in the afternoon, but in cou-
sequence of the great number there were then to poll,
it was adjourned.

A frail one was on Friday brought before the slagis-
trate at the Town-hall, for clearin; ant an honest tar,
named Goodm in, and detained. When Jack saw his
DaWish cooped, he found that she had left him half-a-
crown by mistake, which he tossed to i:er to buy s )me
gin, as he said, to keep the poor devil's spirits up !
Tom SHERIDAN was saying, that if he got into Par-
liament, be wt.uld not stand neon princ;ple, as his fa
ther had done, tes the ruin of his fortunes, but would
stick a bill on his forehead, with the inscription " To be
let." " That's very well of you," rejo neJ the father,
" but you might as well be exi.lic;c at once, 'lsom, and
say, To be let unfurnished."
Dr. TYE, orgAni,t to eon anis:rent, was more,
correct and, delica-e in his ear than in his temper. It
once happ ned that the (4,1 el was so little satisfied with
the peevish old Gentleman's performance, that she sent
the verger to tell him that he played out of tune ; upon
which, after an angry exclamation, he t eturneJ for an-
swer, that her Majesty's ears were out of tune.
The pace of a bachelor is sober; he would hardly
mend it to get out of a storm, though the storm were
to threaten a deluge; but shew him a woman who is
entitled to the compliment of his hat, and he will shuffle
on as if he was walking for a wager. His housekeeper or
his laundtess he can talk to unreservedly, but any other
of the sex, whose condition is above a useful dependent, is
his terror. A c,ffee-house is his sanctum sonctorum
against bright eyes. and dazzling complexions; here he
lounges out half his days—at home be sits down to his
unsocial meal, and when his palate is pleased, Le has no
other passion to gratify. It may also be said, that the
felicity of a married man never stands still ; it flows
perpetual, and strengthens in its passage: it is supplied
from varirsus channels; it depends more on others than
himself. By a union with the gent( elest, most polished,
most beautiful part of the creation, I is mind -is liar.
monized, his manners softened, his sodl animated by
the tenderest, liveliest sensations. The house of a mar-
ried man is Lis paradise; he never leaves it without
regret, never returns to it but with gladness—the friend
of- his soul, the wife of his bosom, welcomes his ap-
proach with susceptibility ; joy flushes her cheek—
mutual are their transports. Infants climb about his
nknees, and contend which shall catch the envied kiss of
paternal fondness. To the existence of a married man,
there is no termination; when death overtakes him, h.
is only translated from one heaven to anothei ; his
glory is immortalized, and his children's children repre-
sent