The Sun. — 1847-01-26 (London, England)

BEITISU AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The opening soiree of the season was given last Friday evening, at the rooms of this society, which were as crowded as usual with an elegant and fashionable assemblage—Madame Dulcken Mr. Muhlenfeldt, Mr. Blagrove, Mr. Goffrie, Mr. Goodbere: Miss Birch, Miss Rainforth, Miss Dolby, Miss Ransford, Signor Marras, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Machin, Mr. Seguin, Signor and Madame Frederick Lablache, Miss Eliza Birch, and Miss Messent, contributed many agreeable morceaux in the musical department; after which an exhibition was made of a new life-preserver and life-buoy called the Nautilus, which appears to have these advantages over all preceding ones—namely, greater simplicity, the power of self-inflation, great buoyancy, easy portability, and a structure which preserves it against the risk of its air being exhausted by punctures or superficial injury. Mr. Buckingha thud gave an outline sketch of his late tour through Italy, including a visit to Herculaneum and Pompeii. He gave also some interesting details respecting the character and policy of the new Pope, with whom he had enjoyed a long personal interview, and after this he adverted in terms of just eulogium to the genius of a rising English artist, resident at Rome, Mr. Theed, specimens of whose talent were placed in the drawing-room for the inspection of the company. The Noble •President of the institute, Lord Devon, was present. ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION, RED leAsts.—On Sunday morning divine service Litat4 was to,_ formed in the chapel of this excellent institutive to a v full congregation, when the entire discourse and service as ;s rendered intelligible to the poor deaf and du b m creatures n by a new, most admirable. and rapid mode of interpretatio, which witness is both interesting and affecting. In cony sequence 01 the liberality recently extended to this valuable charity havii.g occasioned the liquidation of a large debt, a considerable number of deaf and dumb of both sexes, from the age of 13 to 17 will shortly be added to the already numerous inmates of the institution, who, in addition to being wholly maintained, are taught by the most experienced masters distinctive trades or occupations most suitable to the inclination, disposition patients. , or constitution of the various  13th ult. Accounts from Tampico rumour that a large body of Mexican cavalry had been observed in the vicinity. The British ship-of-war-Alarm, Lieutenant Mayo, had arrived in the port; the captain bad been left indisposed at Vera Cruz. From Rio Grand the accounts merely note the continuance of the moverrienp Consequent upon the changed plan of operations. The 3Y laid 4th Illinois Regiments, the Tenessee Regiment of Cavalry, and other-troops, were_either about to start, or had started, from Matamoras, en route for Tampico rid Moquete. The three regiments together amounted to 1,800 men. Great sickness existed at Matimoras. Several Americans had been murdered on the route to Camargo and Monterey. From the latter place we learn, that on the 12th of December General Taylor would start for Tampico vi(-2 Victoria, with one division of the army and it portion of a brigade. It vriis reported Ulm; General Urrea, with a troop of 6,000 Mexican cavalry, was at Victoria. It was reported, also, that Santa Anna had assembled a force of 28,000 men at San Luis. The chief, it is said :had imprif soned Ampudia, and other officers, on a charge of cowardice; General Wool remained at Parras, and Genered Worth at Saltillo.  Mexico had been again the scene of intestine disturbances. The State of Tobasco, resenting the neglect with which the Central Government treated the applications of the department for assistance at the time of Commodore Perry's recent attack upon Tobasco, had issued a pronunciamento dechiring independence. Yucatan, also, was involved in disturbance. Campeachy had pronounced against the reunion of the department with the Central Government. _ _ _  Canadian journals to the 30th of December add nothing to our last accounts.  Havannah advices to the 20th of December had been received. They merely state that a Yucatecos steamer had managed to enter the harbour, in the face of the Unite 4 States vessel-of-war cruizing on that ground, by hoistineth4 British fag:; o