The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-29 00:00:00

GERMAN HOSPITAL.

Yesterday, the annual general court of governors
of this institution was held at the London Tavern.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE presided.
The report fur the first year congratulated the friends of
the institution upon its satisfactory position, u regarded the
amount of pecuniary support it had remived, and the high
reputation it continued to sustain. Reference was made to the
treasurer's report, as showing that the intones of the year
had enabled film to pay off the debt of 1,0001. incurred in the
purchase of premises, and of 6111. 13s. 9d. over-due for the
current expenses of the year 1847, the only rerasinirg
debt unliquidated being the sum of 6001., which was due to
his tdsjesty the King of Prussia. Tree wardsof the hospital
were constantly filled throughout the year, and the
applicants whom it was necessary to exclude were
sufficiently numerous to induce the committee to
hops that an extension of the acoommolatien may
be effected ; but in consequence of the negotiation. pending
with the Docks a d Birmingham Junction Railway, they
dil not offer any specific proposition on the subject. The
railway company ►ad determined to carry their line through
the lower garden of the hospital, and the committee stated
that it was not impossible that the noise and disturbance
arising from the traffic might render a change of domicile
necessary,liut they expressed shops that they might he empow-
ered to act as eircuttisrancee may render nectrestry. The report
concluded with an earnest appeal ti the present subscribing
members to urge their friends to come forward with contri.
buttons to its funds, and enable the committee to extend the
option of its utility. The total number of patients received
during the year was 2,147, and silos the foundation of
the hospital the total numbers received were—in-
patients, 16.200; out-patients 6.699. The receipt.
for the year, including a balance of 1,2281. 12e. 6d., were
3,3331. 04. 9d., and the expenditure exhausted this amount
with the exception of a balance of 911 1744 10d. The state-
ment of the Convalescent Fund showed a balance remaining
in bank of 1231. 3e. 7d. . . .

Mr. UPTON ongratuland the eubeetiben at large on
the sattersetory eharaettr of the report, sod moved its
adoptioe.
Mr. BACH seconded the resolution, which was curried

unaairsously.
Votes of thanks were then proposed and adopted to the
Duke of Cambridge for hie continued matinees of the
charity, to the vice-presidents and committee for their exer-
tions is its behalf, and to the medical gentlemen connected
with the hospital and diapeneary fee their valuable services
These gentlemen having return►d thanks,
Count Colloredo and It. Twining, Eaq., were 'tsetse vice-
presidents, and the vectineirs in the committee, caused by the
outgoing members, were filled up in accordance with the
rules of the charity.
Previous to the termination of the proceedings a enaver
cation took place aware the members present respecting
the consequences of the passage of the railway so near to the
hospital, and the secretary stated that in consequenes of the
precaution adopted in running the line through a deep cut-
ting, which was surmounted by a high wall, nearly all the
medical officers were of opinion that it would be productive
of no injury or inoenvenit nee to the patients.
A resolution approving of the terms on which the sob-
commi•tee bad sold the land to the railway ecompaey was
then adopted, and thanks having been given to hie royal
highness for having acted as chairman, the meetaog
re, aratad.

THE ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY BRIDGE NEAR
RoXittTßOH.—The deaths up to Saturday evening are nine,
and there are three or four other men still lying in so dan•
gerous a condition that very alight hope* indeed are enter-
tained of their recovery.
IRELAND AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.—
Yesterday the members of the corporation who wire cane,:
together no Thursday last at the Mansion house by the
Lord Mayor, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
great object of benefiting Ireland by the purchase of land
in that country, trembled in one of the large rooms of the
building The Lord Mayor, upon taking the chair, informed
the meeting that since be had the honour of presiding upon
the occasion en which he had convened the aldermen and
enamor-councilmen to consider a matter of such deep im-
portant*, it had been his good fortune to receive eneourage-
resent from meet influential parties to persever, in the grand
object. It was with the highest gratification he had to as-
nourate that, in comequenos of a letter which be had re-
ceived from an' individual of high rink in Ireland, be
had waited upon Lord John Revell and Sir George
Grey and received from these ministers the strongest weir-
ances of support and Resistance. in canying out soy phut sug-
gested for the advantage of Ireland by the corporation of
London. In his (tbe L,rd Mayor's) opinion, the most
eligible mode would be to assemble a court of common
council to take the que.tion into their consideration; but he
was ready to be guided by the advice of his friends around.
It was ultimately agreed that a requisition should be signed
calling upon his lordship to convene a wart to consider the
propriety of appointing a committee 'to inquire into the sub-
ject of purchasing land in Ireland. The requisition was at
once drawn up, sad his lordship stated that be would ap-
point an early day for the discussion of the question.
THE LANDING OP IRISH PAUPERS ON THE
COAST.—The Sean tarp of State has addressed a commur Jen-
tion to the Mayor of Cardiff, in reply to a letter from that
officer welling etlention to the evils of landing large bodies of
deicieute Irish on the coast, in which it is rated, " that the
offieen in emulated or watt-gnarl stations in the Swansea
district "—whica includes Cardiff and eastwards—" have
been instituted to keep a look oat on beats and vessels land-
ing passengers, to ascertain if poteilele whether th. y have on
b herd a greater ontrilser of procurers that apecified in the
act 4 Oro. IV., e 88 ; sad if are, whether they are licensed
by the collector of customs of the port whence they came to
carry sash passenger, and to t-h he tames of the %%nail
and ana.t.ls in web eases and report the saw to the autleori
cos of Cardiff."