Star.
London, England, 1828-05-12 00:00:00

DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.

Wednesday the Anniversary Dinner of. the Governors
and Friends of this Asylum took place at the City of
London Tavern. his Royal Highness Vie Duke of
GLOUCESTER, Patton of the Institution, in the Chair.—
The company consisted of about 200 Gentlemen. His
Royal Highness was supported on his right by the
Bishop of WINCHESTER, and en his left by Lord DUN...
DAS. together with Messrs. DENISON and PALMER,
Members for the County of Surrey.
After the usual toasts were given, WM. NoTTIDOC,
E-q. Treasurer, read the Reedit.
In the course of the eve berg several of the ihildren
supported by the Institution were introduced,. holding
in their hands books, in which were contained specimens
of their writing, many of whom his Royal Highness
condescended to notice, and expressed himself lunch
pleased with the gratifying appearance which they
afforded.
One of them, a ♦ery intelligent looking young man,
19 years of age, delivered an appropriate speech. which
had been previously composed by him, and was ad-
dressed particularly to the Royal Chairman.
The Duke of Gtoucarran and the Bishop of Lou-
Dow severally addressed the company on the great
objects of the Institution, the many advantages which
it had hitherto conferred on the community, in restoring
to their country and sotiety a number of our unfortu.
nate fellow-creatures, who would otherwise have been
a useless burden to both ; and the still greater advan-
tages which were likely to result from it, if adequate
means could be procured for their accompli.iiment.
Several appropriate songs were recited by Messrs.
BROADHURST, FLTZWILLIAM, and other vocal perlor
mess, who added much to the conviviality of the even-
ing. At eleven o'clock the company separated.

The young French soldiers w: o belong to the cl
of 1825 and 1826, but who were suffered to remain in
tr eir own homes, have been called into a-tive service,
And are to set off to join the army on the 15th of next
srunith.
Yesterday morning at the usual hour the customary
sermon was preached in the chapel of Newgate, in con-
sequence of the order received by the Governor for the
execution of the following six unhappy individuals, to-
morrow. the 13th instant, viz. Russell Brown, aged 18 ;
John Brown, 33 ; John Baker, 98; Hambry Price, 28;
John Robert', 22; and Charles Smith, alias David
Eastwood, 30. The Sheriffs, and a few select friends,
arrived at the p iron about.% quarter to eleven. The
prisoners havi rg taken their stations, the Morning H) nm
was sung, after which the Reveread Mr. Cotton, the
Ordinary of t!‘e G'anl, read the formula of the Church,
And the Psalms and Lessons of the day.—During his
ulnequent address the unhappy men, who are so soon
to quit the world, appeared to be almost careless in re
gar dto their situation. Four of them, down to a late
bs.r yesterday, persis'ed in their innocence.—ln the
*Afternoon they w; re visited, for the last time, by their
relations. Smith, alias Eastwood, is a perfect gentle-
man in his manners, and strenuous exertions have been
used to obtain a commutation of his sentence, but they
have been unavailing.—ln the evening-the sis unfor-
tunite culprits were visited by the Reverend Ordinary,
Mr. Kelly, and M.. Baker, when they listened atten-
tively to the pious instructions which were administered.
Mr. Nightingale, of Carlton street, Nottingham, ob
*served, last week, a peacock upon a haystack ; having
lied the creature's legs with a handkerchief, lie directed
a lad to hold the bird, which he performed by grasping
its legs; but the bird, not fancying such restraint, spread
its wings, and after flittering a little, made a bold sally
from the haystack. Tile lad still kept his hold, and the
peacock actually carried him over tl.e hedge, in a
'straight line, upwArds of 20 yards; when by struggling
the youth brought hisoterial voyage to an end. and the
bird came to tbeground, was secured, and brought to
Nottingham. The haystack is about 22 feet high.
Summits, MAY 10.—This. day the Duke of CLA•
BENCIL, ha Lord High Admiral, visited this place, and
atter inspectingtrhe Dock-yard, retired to an office in
the Dock-yasd,,where a loyal Address was presented to
nim by the High Constable and three other individuals,
as a Deputation from the inhabitants of this.place; to
Which Address his. Royal Highness was pleased to ex-
press his grateful acknowledgments for the attention and
'respect paid to him and his august family ; but regretted
he had not the power to alter the name of the place to
Tort Clarence, but would lend his influence with the
Kitsch jointly with the iskobitants, in furtherance of
rich an object.
A. mot eau melees, meetingitixonted to-night of the
Members of the House of Conumearthan has appeared
in• the House since the We& Out of the 658 Mem-
bers returned. it is calculatesl,4ert • name than 80'
*ill be absent.
Saturday, in Covent-6arden Market, green peas were
=d for sale, for which three glinses•per quart was.
The downy of the tax of twenty shilling per cwt.
on foreign bitter imported last year was 200,0001.
cheese, at 10t. 6d. per cwt. 100,0001. or there.
4 the ea; therefore, on foreign butter and cheese
last year, amounted to 900,0001.

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POLICE 1 CELL!, E.
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GUILDHALL.
Hughes and .!mold, who have been detained since MOisday. fon or
smelting Mrs. Mathews, on Sunday last, were admitted ro. hail.
the Medical Gentleman who attended declaring her out of danger.
" No. 9 on the list, your Worship," said Sihnefield; and then
entered the dock a thick.set, middle aged, comfortable looking fe-
male, in the chaste costume of Newgate Market, her person fut•
mounted by a black battered shallow, that displayed a nankeen
cnioured cap tipping about her ears. Sbe seemed to fed the im-
finnan.... of her standing place, and !maintained a steady dignity of
mien until " take °IP your bat in Court, Sir," was uttered for the
benefit of one deficient in etiquette. So, taking the hint.ftom this
incident, she straightway duffed the battered.castor ; but as if in
consideration of its hard 'service, she placed it on her bosom kindly,
and held it as a loving mother would her darling baby. The pri-
soner was Mrs. Tssynee.
Alderman Saarrit--What Is the prisoner charged with?
Constable—With being drunk and disorderly, your Worship, in

Newgate. Market.
ALDICILKAN— What are you, Mrs. Turner ?
. Prisoner—l carry loads, your Worship.
At oms:awn—So I hear; but it seems that you overload yourself,
or at least you can neither carry them steadily not quietly.
Prisoner—Your Worship, it aU came of taking a drop, but I bad
had only two glasses, so help me G-'-d, your Worship, which lam
sure could not make me. the worse of it, you know.
Mrs. Turner, to the question " Have you ever been here before r
had jost answered " No, your Honour," when a constable informed
the Alderman that she had been once up for making a mistake.th
the delivery of some pork which the bad been entro,ited tornl'Ait
It appeared that Mrs. Turner, being in high,
gagers,spirwa rioting,
the spectacle of a man with a wooden l4B&icing pipe ha the
street, and some tine had taken the opportunity, of carrying sway
the half of her load of pork, and caused her moth. trouble..drunk
She bad not five shillings to pay the fine for being. and
disottittly, so the Alderman 'offered her to depart, cautioning bet
against the consequences of a third visit to the Justice floom—be It
either for liquor or posh, as she -was tether getting too well known.
BOW STREET.
A waiter in the Tavistock Hotel, Covent-garden, was charged
wish feloniously stealing a letter containing three Si. notes and two
virrereigns. It appeared that the letter in question was committed
to the care of the prisuoer for a Gentleman named Peel, who re.
sides at the Tavistock Hotel. The money was sent to Mr. Peel as
the balance of a 501. note, after deducting his bill. The letter was
placed upon a chimney-piece in the hotel, and disappeared with its
contents. Ledbetter, an officer, succeeded iu tracing one of the
stolen notes to a waiter residing at the Crown public house, Gif-
ford's Inn passage. This person acknowledged that the note was
given to hint to change by Thomas Ping;brocher of the prisoner,
who confessed that be received it from his brother on Wednesday last.
The book keeper of the Tavistock said, that when the letter was
missed no suspicion whatever attached to the visoner, whose cha-
racter, until this transaction, had been so unexceptionable that he
had lately been promoted to the situation of head walter.-The
prisoner was remanded.
A young man, a clerk in the Post office, whose name did not
transpire, was brought in custody to this office, and underwent a
private examination, upon a charge of stealing a considerable sum
ut money from a General Post letter. The prisoner was subse-
quently taken to the Post effice,and underwent an examination there.
Information of the following daring robbery, committed ender
circumstances of peculiar aggravation, was given to Ellis, one of the
principal officers :—lt appeared that on Thursday evening, between
eight and nine o'clock, a man entered the shop of Mr. Solomon., a
gold esti silver refiner, in the Strand, and told Mrs. Solomons that
he wanted to see some silver snuff boxes. A tray, containing
variety of various patterns in gold and silver, was accordingly
placed upon the counter. The fellow, after some time spent in
deliberating upon the price, &c. agreed to take two silver snuff
boxes, and be left the shop, pretending to go for some mooey to leave
a depu.it. He returned m about two minutes,' and daihing, a
quantity of vitriol into the face of Mrs. Solomons, he rofited by
her alarm, and ran off with the two silver snuff boxes. konunately,
the vitriol escaped the eyes of Mrs. Solomon.; those parts of Mts.
SuloMutle dreSs, however, upon which the liquid had fallen, were
completely burnt.
HATTON-GARDEN.
Saturday a young map. named Bechar/ Cruts, was charged with
rubbing Isis master, Mr. Ayturi, of Baruard's Inn, of upwards of
eighty volumes of books upon law, science, literature, history, &c.
also a dial clock, froths, fire irons, &c. and a number of legal docu.
merits relating to suits pending in Chancery. It appeared that Mr.
Ayton had removed from Barnard's Inn whilst the chambers were
being repaired, and during his absence the prisoner stole the books
and other articles. The prisoner said that he had taken some of
the books for the entertainment of his wife, hut that they should be
returned forthwith. The property was produced by pawnbrokers,
with whom It had hero pledged by the prisoner. lie was committed.

DIARY-LA-BONNE.
By the statute ;Id Geo. IV. cap. 84. it is enacted. " That if any
person shall, within the parish of St. blary-la-honne, blow any horn
or trumpet, or use auy other noisy instrument, fur the purpose of
trade or profit, such utlender shall, for every such uffence, forfeit
and pay any sum not exceeding 40$. and not less than 10s. and in
case the offender shall not, upon conviction, forth% ith pay the
;penalty, he shall be committed to the house ut Correction, there.
to be kept to hard labour, for any time not exceeding 14 dayssistir
less than tt4 hours, unless the penalty shall be smatler void." Tie
orwsni.o.'s horn, therefore, and the bells of the,errefial carter end
the muffin boy, were silenced, but the dustmen continued to 'sting
theirs until Friday, when one of them was taken into custody by a 7
Atreet-keeper, and brought, with his bell, haute Mr. llosents.
The sued-keeper gave his evidence, and told the Magistrate be.
had a particular order from the Vestry to take into custody all'
dustmen ringing hells.
Mr. Huseins Asked the defendant, why he did so? He replied,
6, We CHI% get dust, your Honour, without ringing—•they say we
are thieving it
Mr. Darke, the contractor, said he had paid the parish a large
-um of money fur the dust; and if his men could not be distin-
guished by the inhabitants from running dustmen, who take it away
raudult ntly, he should stiffer great loss; and asked Mr. Hoists,
whether they were nut only authotised, but requited toting their
bells, by the statute 7.5 George 111. cap. 73, winch-enacts—•• That
the contractor shall twice iu every week, or oftener, cause carts our
other proper carriages, to be brought into all the squares, streets,
and other places, for the purpose of carrying away the dust, dirt,
chitlins, and ashes, from the premises within the same, and at or
before their-approach, by sound of bell, or with an audible and
distinct voice. give notice to the inhabitants of their coming."
Mr. litmus, said that statute was iescinded by the later out;
sand although he, as an individual, thought it better for the dustman
to ring the bell, his duty was imperative, and be convicted the de-
fendant in the penalty of ins.
Mr. Darke paid it, and said if his man was not entitled to ring a
bell, the General rostrnan was not entitled to ring his; and intim
evening the postman was intercepted with bit bag of letters. His
&tent ttttt would have been injurious to the public; therefore his
promise to appear before Mr. Hoskins on Saturday muruing was
taken. He did not..however,Julhi it, and a summons was granted
to enforce it.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Information was given at this ulfice that the parish Church of
Waomon-the.H.U, Surrey,bad been broken into ao Friday morn-
ing. and robbed of the sacramental plate of considerable seine, re-
cently presented by the late Mrs. Gee, of Seddiugtorkrask.
WORSHIP!STIIEET.
—,Smirk was brought up on a charge of robbery, aggravated
by ingratitude of the blackest dye.
The prosecutor, Higgins, is a cobbler. About eight months ago,
the prisoner, whom he knew only by sight, applied to him, in a
state of the most Ceplorabk destitution, and requested permission to
sleep in his stall fur the night. He slept there, accordingly. for one
night ; but the following day the kind hearted prosecutor and hie.
wife contrived a bed for him in their own humble dwelling, and he
was wholly supported there for three months, miffed, and pro.
vided with clothes.
Mrs BILOUGIITON—Did you expect that he would ever repay you
for. your kindness?-..N0, your Worship, usid the Prosecutor. I
never desired a farthing of payment ; he was dim:weed, and I re-
ceived him out of compassion.
. The prosecutor seated, that on the last Monday in January, he and
his wife went out to walk with their children • anti the prisoner,
who had locked the' door, and warto give the key to-the protects
tor's wife, went with them. When near Tabernaria.squares how►
ever, he suddady disappeared, and they never saw. him again till
last Sunday, when he was in custody. He bad carried of the hay;
and when they returned home in the evening, they were compelled
to send for a blacksmith to pick the lock, when they feeadthet
boxes had been broken open, and all his appareicarriedolt, together
with about 41. in silver.
Mr. liammanan said, the prosecutor's conduct bad been above
all praise; •and imaging. could not a:press the basesessof theptk
soner's conduct. Mks was remanded.

Yesterday evening. as a little boy, about two years
uld..resisling at No. 28, Hatton Wall, was playing at
the one-pair window, beaverbalanced himself and ,fell
lon the leads in the front of the house. and then rolltd

off to the pavement, when be was ulcers sp by a Gen.
stomas who was passing. ascl•imasediately .costeled to
St. Bartholomew's :Hospital. It fossid:that lila
skull was most dreadfully fractured.