The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-01 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

After our report left yesterday, the court pro-
ceeded with the adjourned debate upon the question
of purchasing Southwark-bridge, and throwing it open
to the public. It will be remembered that at the last
court a report was brought up by Mr. Robert Taylor, the
chairman of the Bridge-house Estates Committee, recom-
mending that Southwark-bridge should be purchased for
200,000 i., the bridge company being willing to dispose of
it to the corporation for that amount. In the course of the
discussion that then ensued a question arose as to the extent
of the property included in the purchase of the bridge
for the sum mentioned. The comptroller, being ap-
pealed to, said that all the property he understood to be
included in the purchase was the bridge itself, a small
freehold house that was used as the offices of the bridge
company, and a little piece of land railed in at the corner
of Pinion-street and the Southwark-bridge-road. Upon a
division the motion for purchasing the bridge was speed
I to by a majority of 40, the numbers being, for the motion,
79 ; against it, 39.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 31.—The. North German
Lloyd's steamer New York has arrived here with 323
passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, '230,000 dole.
in specie for England, 150,000 dole. for France, and 15,000
dol. for Bremen. She left New York at 5 p.m. on the
19th May, and experiencedstrong easterly winds throughout
her passage.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 31. The North American
Lloyd's steamer Merrimac, from New York on the 17th
instant, has arrived here. She brings 26 passengers for
this port, Havre, and Bremen, but no specie. On the 27th
she signalled the English barque Jenkins. On the 28th
she spoke a Bremen barque, showing a white flag with a
red border, No. 76 in the centre. On the 29th the French
brig Enterprise, and on the 31st, off St. Alban's Head,
she signalled the barque Heroine. It wished to be reported.
The Merrimac experienced easterly winds throughout her
voyage.

BROMPTON HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND
DMUS'S or THE Caren.—The annual court of governors
was held yesterday in the board-room of the hospital, the
Marquis of Westminster in the chair. Previous to the
commencement of the proceedings it was stated that 18 of
the 20 male patients who were sent to Madeira in Novem-
ber last had returned that day in a state of health which
most favourably contrasted with their bodily condition
prior to their departure from the hospital. One of the
patient' suddenly died in Madeira, and another remains iu
the island suffering from inflammation of the lungs. The
report stated that an increased amount of relief had been
administered during the year. No fewer than 1,259 per-
sons had enjoyed the benefits of the hospital as in-
patients during the year, the number relieved in
the previous year being 1,201. In the out-pa-
tients department the number of new cases coming
under treatment had continued to increase year by year.
In the past year the new out-patients prescribed for had
increased in a remarkable degree, the number being 8,386.
It appeared by the statement of **counts that the gross
receipts of the charity from all sources during the year
had been 14,885/. Os. 4d., which shows an increase of
1,3661. 14s. 10d. as compared with the receipts of the pro-
n.:Ms year, which were 13,5181. ss. 6d. The income was
composed of the following items : annual subscriptions,
5,3671. 3s. 6d. ; donations, 4,8851. la. Bd. ; legacies,
2,7831. Is. 6d. ; church collections, 7801. 15e. Bd. A long
discussion took place in reference to a motion made by
Mr. Rose proposing an alteration of the rule regulating
the admission of patients. The meeting *AS adjourned for
• month, when the subject will be again brought forward.