Star.
London, England, 1815-04-13 00:00:00

4anum Fut TIME Law AND DUMB.

The friends and supporters of the Asylum for edtt-
caring the Deaf and Dumb, dined together a•
th
City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-streelt, on Mon.
day, his Royal Highness the Dike of Gcouce.sTatt
the Patron, in the Chair. We hive often, on similar
loccasions, witnessed and admired the manly and pa-
4riotic, as well as humane feelings of the DUKIII but
we never recollect to have heard him more impressive
in recommending to public support this most imp•lr-
tent Institution, nor more apparently delighted and
affected by the demonstrations of its utility and suc-
cess, furnished to him and the very respectable as-
semblage of benevolent characters who filled the
room, by the recitation, pertinent answers to questions
proposed, the books, &c. of some of the children now
under tuition, clearly evincing their attainment of
langnage, written and articulate, though deprived
by Nature of the • ordinary in-let to the mind—the
11 sense of heating I
1 Many interesting details of the affairs of the Insti-
tution were given by different Gentlemen. We heard
that, from its commencement in 11792 to the present
Period, nearly four hundred children bad been ad-
mitted, many of whom are now filling useful stations
in society, and participating in all the advantages the
light of revelation and 'hes' intercourse can confer.
Slow of them enabled, by honest industry and intel-
ligent application, to contribute their annual mile to
the support of the very Institution which received
them while destitute of all intelligence, little better
than mere automata, and made them what they are !
That one hundred and sixty are now in the Asylum,
an,' still a very numerous list of candidates for ad-
mission. These facts spoke home to the bosoms of
All present ; and, indeed, as was well observed by the
pious and eloquent preacher (the Rev. ROBERT Hone,
son), who, in a sermon of uncommon merit, pleaded
the cause of the Institution, on Stmday last—" Let
this Institution be known, it will make its own way!"
Donations and Subscriptions were announced in
the course of the evening, amounting nearly to £BOO,
and, zeal and harmony pervaded the company to a
late hour.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India-
house, for the election of six Directors, in room of the
Ram W. F. Eiphinswae Janie; pattioa, Es 9
Jahn Toglig; Esq. ,Jams Daniell, E.q. and
John Bebb, Esq. John Bladen Taylor, Esq.
who go out by rotation. At six o'clock the glasses
were closed, and delivered to the scrutineers, who re-
ported the numbers to be, for
Jacob Boianquet, Esq. 1.179 Rich3rd Twining, Esq. 1521
Joseph Cotton, Esq. 15ii3 Witl/04 Wigrtnt, Esq. 1203
Edward Parry, Esq. 155? kichard Parry r:sq.
'thomas Reid, Est 1551
Whereupon the first six were declared duly elected.
Ditunv-LAxe.—Mr. Baumcv, who was some sea-
sons ago an actor on these boards, reappeared last
night an the arduous character of Fa/atqf We confess
we were very agreeably surprised by the exhibition ;
it is. among the best personations of the humorous
Knight that we have ever seen. Mr. BARTLEY seemed
to know what no .other representative of that part
seems to be aware ot, that Fairly is as much tbs.
tinguished by his intellect as by his waiTery ; and,
Consequently, that. buffoon gesticulations, vulgar gi
maces, and fat tones, would but poorly pourtray the
man whom 811.savireatt has gifted with all tho•ze
combinatims of fancy and fine sense, as well as
gaiety, which almost justify the infatuated attach-
ment of the nobletminded 13, ince. The Hotspur of
Mt. S. PEN LEY was tolerably se trited.
coy EN T-GARDE:C-1 he NoZle Outlaw continues to
receive the applause which it met with on its first
appearance. It is a wild romantic story, taken from
BeAustosr and FIATCHEtt, which has a churn for
.those who have nut lost the relish for the old poetry
of their country. or for the gallant achievements of
chivalry, the devotedness of female love, and the ge-
nerosity of heroism—the frolics of youth, and the
testiness of age, form the various and exciting ingre-
dients of this composition. The music by BlslloP is
pretty. particularly a quintetto at the end of the first
act. The scenery in many parts is beautilid.
Out BAIL-ay.—Yesterday Isaac Moore was indicted
for stealing '27 bushels of coals, the ptopetty of Wil-
liam Charles Thomas, of Teddington, Middlesex.—
Toe coals were stolen out of a barge, and traced to
the possessi•in of tilt prisoner. Guilty.—T. Smith,
I'. Jones, and Wit i tm Fenn, were convicted of steal.
ing from the Taunton waggon, between Hammer-
smith and Brenttorel, a bale of serge, and other ar-
ticles.—A Coffee-house keeper, in Newman-street,
was indicted for violating the person of Susannah
Smish, twelve years old. The prosecutrix assisted in
the bar of the coffee-house, and occasionally attended
on the prisoner, who was subject to fits. The offence
was said to have been perpetrated in the prisoner's
bed-room ; but the story was altogether inconsistent,
and the prisoner was acquitted:
PREMATURE DEATH.—A singular circumstance
occurred yesterday se'nnight. at the house of a noble
Lord in the neighbJurhood of Chelsea : two' cats
having committed depredations on the larder, by gra-
tifying their appetites with a fowl. the housekeeper
ordered a foo:boy to destroy them. In accomplish-
ing the destruction of the last animal, he found con-
siderable difficulty, and its piteous moans. while
under the hands of its executioner, operated in so
powerful a manner on the nerves of" the lad, that he
observed to his fellow-servants—" He felt so shocked
at killing the cats. that he newer would kill another as
long as he lived."—Soon after making this obser-
vation, his countenance became changed, and unable
to stand. his whole mass of blood appeared affected.
Medical advice was called to his assistance, but he
expired the next morning in St: George's Hospital.

Gil vraTEtt A'
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.11)OE TO-MORROW.
2 minutes after 5
24 minutes atter 6

April 3, at Cardosees. W Mam Cunainglume. Esq. of Entyr-
king, to Albs Cram Mazweli, youngest daughter of SJ David
Maxwell of Cardooess, Eart.'
At Dumfries, April S. Mr. William Dalrymple, writer, Edir.-
burgh, to Miss Mary Gordon Campbell, oldest daughter of Mi.
Campbell, Cuff.

At Deal, on the I7tb ult. J. B. Wallace, Bp. aged Si, Head
Clerk in the Military Ailditor General's <Mee, in the service of
the Hoe. East India Company. The above office be filled above
26 years, sous to obtain the esteem and respect of an. And when
the state of Ids health rendered it necessary that be should resign
his once, and 'mum to bis native country, the Hon. Company
expressed Moir bib sense of hie senders by granting biro alitieral
pension for life: By his death, massy molt& to lament the loss of
a sincere, cogstant, and ileums Ickad.