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some parties when those words are solemnly repeated:
6 We have left undone those things which we ought
to have done, and we have done thse things which
we ought not to have done."
It is high time these things were rectified : they
have been complained of over and over again ; the
Charity Trusts Bill, laid before the House of Lords
by a select committee (as I said before) exempts
Westminster from its reforming aims, but I trust
when it comes to be discussed in either house, the
words of the Bishop of Exeter will be repeated, and
cause thereby these schools to be included in the bill.
tt If the parties who are now members of these ca.
thedral bodies shrink from the performance of the
duties assigned to them, I shall be very glad to abolish
the institutions altogether ;" • and that the prophecy
of the Bishop of London will not be forgotten. wherein
he said—" Deans and canons may repose a tew years
longer in their stalls, unshorn of a single item of
dignity or revenue, but by-aid-bye reform wiil come
upotruni (itiheeniirasaramsotarlo.,nwgimwrainilal rtmheed, y
nd
I the spoils.-•—I remain yours faithfully,
tar will
a tnarll"d I.:1)i re
GEORGE GRIFFITH.
Kidderminster, June 21.

• Mirror of l'arliaalcut, July 30, 1840.

MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.

This institution which owes its existence to the
labours of Mr. Thomas Proper, has tici x established for
purposes partly eleemosynary, and partly educational. In
the one capacity it is intended to Jihad all as) loin to a
hundred pensionerr, who are to consist of decayed meti.cal
' men or their widows, who are to have to income of it levet
151. a year each, and who are to be provide 1 with furnished
apartments and such other assistance and accommodation
as the funds may permit. In the letter capacity the insti-
tution is to afford education, bow:1, lodging, and washing
to 110 boys, the sons of medical men, a majority of whom
are to pay a fee of 251. a year each, but a large prepottien
arc to be orphans, whose maintenance, elothing, and educa-
tion are to be entiscly gratuitous. Thu plan also contem-
plates, as soon as the finance's of the institution nil
permit, the entire support of a number of pensioners
who may be destitute of the required Meow. The
site of the proposed new college i• finely chosen on a hill
side, in the immediate vicirity of the Downs at Epsom—
within a rely short distance, ire fact. ..t the Grand Stand ;
and yesterday the locality became 'most the scene et an
extra Derby day in consequence of the announcement that
the first stone was to be laid by Prince Albert. Triumphal
arches were erec.ed, and various attempts at floral decora-
tion were made. The deem shops or so in which the little
town rejoices were closed "in consequence," so ran the
placards, '• of the generally expressed feeling on the part of
the inhabitants to do honour " to his royal highness—leaving
it thus in delicate ur.certaiuty whetile7 this mignanimr.us
conduct of the Epsom tradesmen was an act of loyalty or a
graceful concession to public opinion. Long be fore four
o'clock well dressed ladies and gentlemen were Peen wend-
ing their way towards the site of the new building; and the
crowd at last became so great as to render obviously
impossible any attempt to early out the minutely
detailed programme which had been arranged. About
four o'clock, however, a rumour began to be, circa:a:eel that
his Royal Highness would not come ; and, in a few minutes

labor M. Propert, in a voice broken with emotion, confirmed
the dire intellience, for he had j u-t received an intimation
from Buckingham Palace to the iffect that his [Loyal High-
ness was laid up, as it was appreher..ted, with measles. lc this
crisis the noble president of the institution, the Ear: Mau-
ve:3, had consented to act as the Prince's proxy, and FO,
after a short delay, the ceremonies commenced. The school
children sang three verses of the 34th psalm, after which the

Bishop of Winchester, habited ;a pcittiA'calabas, proceeded
with the office which had beat compiled for the tcea-
Sion. This was not a very elaborate atleir, consisting only
of the Psalm Nisi Dominos with the antiphon," The glo-
rious Majesty of the Lord our G(el be upon us. Pros-
per Thou the work of our hinds upon us' 0
prosper Thou our handywork," foilt wed by the
Lord's Prayer and a collect. The coins and a setoll,
illuinina'ed with the following inscription, were tht n se-
cured iu a glom vase, and deposited in a cavity in the larger
stone : _ .

.Hvnc Lapidtrn rrintvm
Edificii . Der.evolcntire Dicati .
Cvt:t . Stvtlioqvc . Johannis . Propett . Arnfigert ct .

Medici .

Vbi . Metlicorvm . Levantla . Svnt . Infortcnia .
Amoris Availio . Christiani .
Posvit . Illvstriasiinve .
Anertv,.. Prineeps . Regime . Conson
Die . Jvlii vi . AD. mucce.L.ll.
G.oria . Deo."

"On this Gth day, of July, 1553, H.R.H. Prince Albert
laid this first st,ric of the Medical Benevolent Co:leg, ; pro-

jccted, under Providence, by John Propert, Esq., bimeclf a
medical man ; in aid of those his fellow practitioners, who

having long ;nodded the suff.rings 01 oihere, need at last

the soothing hood of ftiendblus themstivet."

This inscription was also engraven on a brass tine and
placed over the eavi,y. The upper atone was then lowered
into its place, and, after certain mystic ceremonies, was pro-
nounced by the noble earl to have been " well and properly
laid." Three hearty cheers for the prosperity el the
institution were then given; and perhaps the most in-
teresting part of the proceedings then commenced, namely,
a procession of Indies who deposited purses upor tLe newly
laid stone. Nearly 1,6001. was thus ecreeted. Finally,
the bishop dismissed the assembly with the blessing, and
the proceedings terminated by the children singing the
Old Rundrmith Psalm.
. .

The company then adjourned to a spacious marquee,
where a collation had been spread for such as chose to stay
and partake of it. The some what beauty COUalllSSßilbt was
a sight that evidently appalled no small proportion of the
guests; who, impelled by the demon of reerliness, or un-
restrainably hungry, or dreading lest they should net be
able to secure anything like a fair quid for the very liberal
quo they had given for admission, fell lustily to
work, without waiting fur the trifling preliminary
of the chairman's anival. They were, however, seen
interrupted by the stewards, who entreated them to wait
until his lordship had taken his place. A momentary
pai.so ensued; and his lordship announced that. conscious
of his own inadequacy to preside over such an assembly, he
had only been induced to come forward by the intimation
he had received that the company could not commence
their luncheon until he had taken the chili:. An amazed
look and a titter of amusement ran round the tact ; and
the impatient guests fell to their viands once more. Once
more were they interrupted—Grace had not been raid.
That decent preliminary having at length been supplied ny
, one of the Ciente, present, the rand proceeded in peace
But seen another "difficulty" arose. The thirsty guests
demanded " pale ale," and the waiters tirought them
—Cape. alleging that a law bad been made by virtue of
which no malt liqudas Were allowed. It was curio to
cistern, how this startling announcement was received.
Such is the habitual regard of Englishmen for law by
whomsoever made, that not a few silently ennui, seed.
Others—and thews were men that wonld have been maim
if need had required—attempted to drink in meekness the
execrable water which the decaliter' serried to them.
But there were some resolute souls who were determined to
resist oppression to the last ; and an unezpect, a ally arrived
in the shape of a solitary bottle which was seen on one of
the tables, proving that the coveted drink was realie obtain-
able. The cry of " Bass to the renew " And All* pp or
Death !" was raised. The terrified waiters declared
that the bottle. which had constituted the
fatal precedent, had been conceded only benne,
the gentleman who had it was unwell. "We are all ill,-
was iiistantiy cherused round the tent. " Our doctors
have ordered us to drink nothing but Bass." The great
war of rile ale was transferred from the advenising
columns to the tented hills of Epsom. The contractor was
resolute, but resistance was vain. The stewards were
pressed lilt) the service, and at last the victory was won.
When at last, by this timely help, the viands had been
swallowed, the noble chairman gave the loyal toasts, in-
riding a special wish for the speedy recovery of his Royal
Itighress, and then proposed " Prosperity to the Medical
Benevolent College."
The healths et Dr. Propert, the Chairman, and other
gennernen were also drunk with much enthusiasm, and She
proceedings shortly afterwards terminated.
It only remains to add a few words respecting the new
edifice. The entire design comprises the three sides of
a quadrangle, with a detached chapel, occupying a por-
tion of the fourth The principal fee tee will be no iea
tkan nearly a thousand feet long. The entrance is under
a tower, and lee& into a specious hall, round which are di,-
woe,' the !mi. lines appertaining to the school. On tee
right will be the schoolmaster's house and the school-room,
' and on the lett es ill be the warden's residence and the gnat
dining hall. Each whip will consist of a vast cumber of
romns for the pensioners, in two sterieo, each tr cementing
three apartments and every convenience. It is proposed that
tdheehituhtun_er dine r
tihneirhamlleallor. sh.rohu,i,deotine.
been let to Messrs. Glenn and Co., of
1, and wilt complete only shunt tw
tallowedtiintP
ton t:
which°oi ns err sjhnr
Ad:2b2t ocl
thirds of the principal Fide of the huildina. It would
perhaps be desirable to alter the plan before the whole de
sign is carried out, so as to bring it into nearer conformity
with std precedents ; far the practice of the builders of our
colleges was rather to repeat the quadrangles than ot emceed
them beyond certain limits. The architectural , ifs et ul a
two-story faeede of a thousand f. et in length s .'! ee far
from good.
The list of saltecriptione yesterday wee beside,: v FAIL
Manvers with .7e2:. 10s., Sir R. R. HMO with I( !., Mr.
Winthorpe with 6251., the Brighton Railway Corn one 1001.,
and Dr. Forbes with 100/. 'Dig total,enun • includ-
ing OP) purses deposited on Illeitnne, was a out CH the
mould pretiously tidied being over 18,0001., ~.

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