The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-18 00:00:00

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, PADDINGTON.

The annual meeting of the governors and sub-
scribers of this valuable charity was held yesterday, at Use
Board-room, the president, Earl Maxvxus, in the chair.
An exceedingly voluminous report was laid before the
meeting, the extracts which were read from it alone occu-
pying nearly three-quarters of an hour. The document
(which has been printed) commences with a complete nar-
rative of the institution's progress from its first conception
in 1841, to the laying of the first stone by Prince Albert on
the 28th of June, 1848, its partial opening on the 13th of
June, 1851, and its subsequent history. What may more
properly be called the report for last year states the reasons
which had made it desirable to render the partial opening a
complete one, and to ir.creue the accommodation from 50 to
160 beds. The immediate result was the occupation of
about 112 of them, but latterly the whole number bad been
taken up, and in seasons of increased general sickness it had
been found necessary to employ a few extra beds. The pro-
gress of the institution had been completely satisfac-
tory; but a sum of about 7,0001. was still re-
quired to complete various important designs.
The principal of these was to enable the authorities of the
hospital to establish a medical school on the collegiate plan,
and to procure by that means the full recognition of the
institution as one of the metropolitan schools of medicine,
to erect a chapel and a dead-house, and to procure a charter
of incorporation. The total number of cases treated during
the year 1852 had been 6,541, consisting of: In-patients
discharged during the year, 1,122 ; surgical cases (particu-
lars not ascertained), 2 ; patients remaining in the hospital
on the night of December 31,140 ; total in-patients treated,
1,264. Out-patients admitted by letters of governors, 42c.,
3,375; out-patients treated as casual cases without letters,
1,692 ; total out-patients, 5,067. Poor married women
attended in their confinements at their own homes, 210.
The number of cases treated since the opening of the insti-
tution had been 8,529-namely, 1,673 in-patients, 6,604 out-
patients, and 351 women attended in their confinements.
The receipts during the year had been-for the building
fend, 2,4361. ss. Bd. ; furnishing fund, 9371. 45.; general
maintenance fund, 3,1541. 6s. sd. ; maternity fund, 1211.2 a.;
convalescent fund, 151. 10s. ; chaplain endowment fund,
1,0481. 10s. ; ditto dividend on investment, 15!. 13s. 6d. ;
on account of the medical school (pupils' fees), 871. 3s. ;
total, 7,8141. 14s. 7d.
The payments had been-on the building fund, 2,2491.
15s. 9d.; furnishing fund, 1,0821. 12a. 11d.; general mai*
tenants fund, 4,6111.35. 10d. ; maternity fund, 361.; chap-
lain endowment fund (brokerage), 11. 11. 61. ; total,
7,9791. 14s.
The total rem subscribed by the public up to December
31st, 1862 (including 2,8001., the estimated value of land),
had been 47,5671. 9s. sd. ; total sum disbursed, 46,3141.
Is. Bd. ; leaving a total balance of cash in hand of 1,2531.
7s. 9d. The expenses incidental to the collection of sub-
scriptions, including advertisements, rent, clerks' salaries,
public dinners, etc., during 9 years and 9-10 months, had
been about 2,5001. During the past year the sum of 1,0431.
10s. 6d. had been invested in the purchase of 933/. 16s. 2d.
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities on account of the
. chaplain endowment fund.
The report was unanimously received, and cordial thanks
were voted is the noble chairman, after which the meeting
broke up.

BRITISII AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY
Yesterday the twentieth anniversary of this insti-
tution was celebrated by a public breakfast at the London
T , and subsequently a meeting was held at the same
place, for the transaction of the public business of the
society. The charity is wholly of a religious character, and
its object is to provide on board ship and otherwise means
for the religious instruction of British and foreign sailors
trading to and from the ports of the United Kingdom.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN I
RAILWAY.—A coroner's jury was yesterday empannelled at
the Railway Arms Inn, Farnham, Surrey, by Mr. Woods,
the coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of Charles
Canning, aged 20, lately a porter in the service of the
South Western Railway Company, who was unfortunately
killed, on Saturday last, by a " survey " train catching him
as he was about to get from the line to the platform. It
appears that, shortly after six o'clock on Saturday evening, !
the whistle announced the arrival of a train, and
the deceased, thinking it was a passenger train
just due, hastened across the line, and endeavoured
to get upon the platform, catching hold of a fence
to assist hirg, when his foot slipped and he swung from it,
still holding on the fence—when at that moment the
"survey" train, in which some of the directors and officers
were viewing the state of the line, passed through the sta-
tion without stopping, as would have been the case had it
been the expected passenger train. As it passed, the steps
of the carriages appear to have struck the unfortunate men,
who was hurled some 20 or 30 yards forward on the line,
and killed upon the spot—the lower parts of his body being
almost literally twisted round from their natural position.
The inquest was adjourned after evidence in identification
of the body had been taken.
SOUTH EASTERN linu.wkr.—Traffie receipts for
the week ending May 14, 1863 :—£14,210105. 114.; ditto,
week ending May Id, 1.13.52,.£12,3971. 171.114, Increase
1863, £1,812 13s. Od. .