The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-03 00:00:00

THB DRAMATIC COLLEGA.

A meeting of the provisional committee of the
Royal Dramatic College took place on Saturday, at the
°dice, Bedford-street, Covent-garden; Mr. }SEN./MEIN
WENSTF.IIIII the chair.

The circular ceilvenhsg the meeting stated that Mr. Dodd
had refused to make the proclaimed uonveyance of land, and
had left unanswered the inquiry as to Ds engagement to
build a central hall. The ouounlUee bad therefore resolved
that all further corannlniCatlon with him should oases, acid
that steps should be taken to enable them to accept other
Led for the purpose of the college. It also stated that on
Mr. Dodd's determination being known two other and larger
plots of land had bean immediately offered. There wee •
numerous 'Mentioned at the meeting.
Mr. COLLINPOiID read the minutes of the various meet-
ings of the committee, and a report, which went fully Into
the dreamers- we attending Mr. Dodu's offer of the lead,
and the - and

course rwards taken by that gentleman,
which induced the committee to come to the resolution above
referred to. The committee had (lidded to call a pub&
meeting on the 12th inst., to consider the further steps to be
adepted for the establishment of the college, Ur. Webster
!meow placed the Adelphi Theatre at their diepoul for that
purpuee. It was also stated that several of the eubeenbere
had offered to increaae their subscriptions, in order to meet
any auditional demands on the funds in consequenos of the
failure of Mr. Dodd to fulfil his promise.
Mr. Wisest stated that the offer of Mr. Dodd might be
conaldmed ea at an end, but the committee had received
several offers of imitable sites. The Necropolis Company had
offered the charity eve wine of their land near Wirkteg, end
had promised so reserve See more acres at a misleraie price
should they be required in future. Mr. M-redith had offered
five arra of ascelient land near the Virginia Water at 304
per acre, including a small cottage end some other buildings
upon the lead. lite Rev. Edward Moore had es:•retoed his
readiness to offer five or riven acres of land at Oerrard'e-
mom, a short distance from Stoke Pug's, the birthplace of the
poet Gray. He thought that it would be advmable for a
sub-committee to be appointed, to go down and inspect the
land which had been mum eo generously oilseed to the college,
sou to be enabled to report to the general meeting of the
12th inst.

This was agreed to, and it was Meted that the offers of
those differeut gentlemen lat.:been acknowledged with thanks
by the executive committee.
A letter was reed trim the lessee, of the Surrey Theatre,
enclosing a cheque for 601. 16.. lid., the 'mats arising from
perfurtuanos at that theatre, in alt of the fonds of the
college.
The CitAlltliAN called attention to the Jews ball to take
place ou the 16th of Feoroary. at St. Janwe'a-hall, on behalf
of the institution, sad alter the tratwaction of WWI Otble
hostess. of a routine chancier the proceedings terminated.

CHARGE OF NEGLECT AGAINST A MEDICAL
Orvicsa or A 11xtott.—the Saturday a loner inquiry took
place before Mr. B.ker, deputy coroner, and a respectable
jury, at the Lamb Tavern, Luesetcatreet, Stepney, on view of
the body of Margaret Stroud, air piers old, who died under
the following dm ,—Cerulize Good's:4, No. 2,
Globe-terrace, Done-attest, said that she had had the care
of the deceased since her birth, and that rbe was a healthy
child. On Monday last she woe suddenly attacked with sick-
ness and retched very much. Witnees went, between 12 and
' 1 o'clock, to the Tel of the Stepoey Unite for •
medical order,which was adores-ed to Mr. France., a medi-
cal °Moo of te anion. She obtained it and showed it to
Mr. Francis, who said that he could not prrocnibe until he
MAIM the case, and that be would call about 3 o'clock. As he
did not null she Vat/ went to boo, when he n commended a
blister to to applied to the chill', cheat. She had reek:cud,
stated that she was labouring hard to got her breath. She
went to Mr. Arnold's for a blister salve, and applied it to
the child's chest, but she found no relief from It, and
eke soon after died. Mr. Francis called the next day.
Mr. Orton, surgeon, Regent's-terrace% mid that ha had made
a post-mortem examination of the body of toe deceased, and
that he found death to have arisen trout en effusion of serum
on the cheat. The sickness the child was labouring under,
In his opinion, arose front the etfapion, and it wise possible,
bad that been attended to upon its first appearance, its pro-
grams might have been chocked. Mr. Foods said that
.tartly altar he resolved the order to attend on the deceased
he was called upon to see a lunatic who wee brought into
the work honor by the police. Be was subsequently re-
quested to meet the guardian.% which he did, when the use
of the deceeeed child entirely escaped hi. memory. The
word " urgent" wee not written open the order. Sad it
been, he would have attended to the c. 60 imme.liately. The
jury returned the following verdict—" Natural death from
effueice of serum on the chest, awl the jury doom it their duty
to add that the evidence show. that Mr. Francis, the toadied
dime of the Singney Union. had received an order to Wend
on the doolord, but failed to do so, and did not attend sad
the child wee dead ; and they desire the coroner to mite to
the booed of guanflisas end to the Puer-law Beard."