Star.
London, England, 1826-07-21 00:00:00

LONDON GYMNASTIC INSTITUTION.

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Tuesday, sr numefous and tespecta'hte• Meeting of
persons resident at the Bast End of the metmposis was
held at the Blind Beggar Tavern, Betknal.green, to take
into consideration the practicability of forming a Branch
Establishment of the London Gymnastic Institutioa, for
those resident in this part of :Lcindon..:l-Dr. Gilchrist
was called to the Chair. ' • '
The CZAIIIIIIAN said,tkat if the practice of the ancients;'
and the sticcesatul cultivation of gymnastic exercilei in
Germany, and various other. farts of Europe, were not
decisive of the utility and practicibility of such Institu-
tions, they bad now-the decisive tact that such sin insti
union had been. suceessfullf introduced in this metropolis.
• Dri BrAes, in moving the ern Resolution. declaring the beset
' cid satire et gymnastic t..irerdess, stated-that the advantages were
self-evident.
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The SZCONDIR a the motion.spoke front experience
of the great effects of the system. He hod- been A poor
emaciated. hungry looking figure of a mai, with most
weakkams, end the exercises of the Gymnasium had
given him bulk and strength, and respectability of op-
pearance--(Lood applause.) Mei, mornings' exercise
had put to Right a complaint •brntrightrac.by• sedentary
habits, which medicine' had failed •to remove, and ise
'stood forth:like.one regenerated. 7i • ..; :
Captain Monatmoxs, of the ktryal Nay y/propeßtellirtii,l
Resolution, declaring the of a Bran_h Este.-
blistmeist for thax.pigi 4-two.lietrlpolis. ttr. P..r's.
who had ably written on the subject of public beitislot
had expressed
.great pleasure at prospect of su"cli,
institutions being e5t:866144.-in:: the Metrop.6qt ="14.:
could, With the Gentle:Man- whe4,44541 'SpoleenT bear'
the testimony otisis.experiepcoArk :the'effic.it-Y- of the
system of Gymnastics, and tir thigAtithrt plehsbrible
nature of the exercise.

Mr. Jones, in seconding the motion, said, that n
higher authority would be piciduCed for-tlie adopticm of
I these.exercises than that of the .e.sninent Dr. Bit kbeck
The Doctor said, It has long aisese:ared to me a de:
' sideratmos to o4taitt for the inhabitant.% of 'this crowded
Metropqikare, efficient, and anisnating methOds of
attaining that exercise which is so t ssenti4l to the pre.
nervation of healtfland strength off our population; a
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very large portion is confined through.theday in occu-
pations which are quite seientary.• ind- often also re•
quiring very unfaiourable, nay, evenliiilthievous posi-
tions of the body, during their coatinitaisee%--( Bear).
In conclusion, the Doctorsaid; imy confidence, I may
remark, does not rest upon tbe.jnituence of theixercises
of the Gymnasium.upon the inhabitants of the Grecian
States, as proclaimed by their poets and historians, but
upon unquestionable induction's from the nature of
non, as a sensitive organised, being, together with the
results of the few -.scattered eijirinsents furnished by
our own times. I need tiiit,nyT. that I fully believe
your plan must irrbeeesl;fitsfrioilnced under the very
power I ul,ittspice%-,Of Professor Ito. I ket ; and strongly
appreciating tisi *Ants of our' fellow-citizens, I cannot
admit the possitiily of failure in the very interesting
atterepritslmprstsve the•etiergies of the British nation.
(Cheers)—The nioVint'was carried by acclamation.
' Mr. Reviosstiiti titian:ller, of • Serninary 'near .Pen...
tonville, stated, that he had been recommended by Air
I,aintnee th tit the egter, tiftsiritnastie. -exercise; .ftr•
eradicate. a diiordkiect System, iumeactedintlie putsuit.
..of his avocations; belted tra•st:it witlf the atinostrsup
tesi.— A. number of Gentlemen spoke witlt.greatzbfitf
on the subject, anti Resoldtions for the 'formation of a
Branch Institution were carried unanimously. The
Members are to manage is by a Comniitfee, and it'utas
stated that the Centrai Institution would give it eyerf
assistance in its pow*. Thanks were- voted to the
Chairman, and to PrOfessor ; and after a cciu-.
siderable number of periOns had elirolled their names

and subscribed liberally, the-Meeting separated.
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•At apt)lit meeting held at Lancaster on' Vriday, it
was agreed-to establish a Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany in thatoown.„
The perfOrMance of TartrJe has been prohibited at
Paris. On the arrival of ...Madame MARS, the people
requested the performance of •that Comedy, but instead
of Tartujre; they were 'presented with theigencrarmerie.
DasTatmrivit Fraz.—Nyarly the "while- village of
Trevenneekt in the parish of Paul, near Pensinee, was
destroyed bar fire Otf.the'lllths-ifts‘ with .aqiintity of
grain, ricks of hay;:fifttlllte.lei..7 The loss is estimated
at upwards of 2090 t • arfit-no part.of .the property was
iosured. cretasioned by the carelessness
of 50/11e liclys,whist;refe arhosing themselves with
some sparks from which communicated with the thatch
of a pigAtieosid'Artin extended over the village.
• Last Week,* pciitton of theighabitarits .of Blackburn
expeiiericed a strong sensation of alum at the.disc.overy
Of an eitraardinary thistle, groling upon a farm belong-
ing Henry Leigh, at Lammocic.. .Th'e plant was
about a yard in height; and its stem was.of the shape Of
a two edged sword, somewhat bent, and without leaves
or branches, except at-a very short distance from the
flower: 'flre•flower • itselfe.was shapen much like a
'soldier'allehlet, and in the michile wlts * Very good re-"
.•• .
seinblanct of a nock's comb.

The public is aware that a settlement has been for
some time made on the coast of Africa, at or near
Sierra Leone, to receive the Negroes-liberated by our
cruisers from the savage ,tiadeis •in human creatures.
-Theso,Was alivays a..suspicion that the project might
ncst ru,si.coslulwrivell•as,.wAs intended. It hay in truth,
beeirixpenihnevand hitherto, we kir, but of.little use.
,319 t, perhaps, we may hail better'prospeots. Papers
respecting u the Liberated Africans Jocated in the

,Col my olLierraiteope"„ were moved for during the
last Bessiowsif.P4rli4enr and are now printed.
'-''Yesterdayk:n.fierpe go*, Si;ween- the hours of two and
14' de'clocke.at: play, proceeding from Holborn
into iledfordocita.erei setelf,-in- going down Charlotte-
street, two fellows carnsetp, and,, catching hold of her
-by the shoulders, threw her down upon her back upon
the pavement;, the fellow instantly put his hand upon
the'Lsd?'s mouth so as toprevent her giving any alarm ;
thkother fellow
,instantly proceeded to rob the Laiy,
and in a few moments' possessed themselves of a gold
watch, chain and seals, and other property, with which
they succeeded in making their escape by running to-
wards Church7street, in the Rookery. What renders it
the more singular .was, at the time there were several
peistans.passing within twenty yards of the spot without
witnessing the occurrence:
Ttrustunos WircuTuesday, the lovers of Botany
were_highly gratified by a sight of that extraordinary
plant,, the' Cactus Grandifiorus, or Night-blowing
Cereus," in' the garden of Mr. JOSIPIi DIILVILIg. Mown
Sion, Which put torth three exceedingly brilliantlowers.
The interest coked on this occasion was very great ; the
whole of theTishionables of the place crowlied to Mount
Sion to obtain a view of this curiosity.