The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-05 00:00:00

ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.

A general Court of the Governors of this Hos-
pital was held yesterday at the London-bridge
Railways Terminus Hotel to receive a report of the
proceedings of the Grand Committee in continuing
the negotiation with the governors of Bethlehem
Hospital, and also to receive the Grand Commit-
tee's suggestions with a view to prevent any further
delay in fixing on a site for a new hospital.
Sir John Musgrove, President of the Hospital,
took the chair, and there were about 50 governors
present.
The minutes of the last General Court and of the
proceedings of the Grand Committee since the 21st
of April last were read and approved.
A long correspondence between the Grand Com-
mittee and the authorities of Bethlehem Hospital

was alsa read.

Mr. BROOKES considered that the committee had
lost much valuable time in communicating with the
authorities after the very decided resolution that
body had come to not to cede to St. Thomas's Hos-
pital the site on which their building stood.
Alderman DARIN asked whether the committee
had had their attention drawn to a site in West-
square which had been mentioned by Messrs. Poole
and Gamlen, and which probably might be found as
convenient as the site at Bethlehem Hospital itself.
Mr. BAGGALLEY (the treasurer) said he knew the
firm to which the worthy alderman had referred, and
also the locality he had spoken of. There were about
126 houses on the site, letting at £4O, £5O, and £6O
a year, and they covered two streets. Still, the
question was an open one.
Alderman DAKIN said the owner of the property
would be a willing vendor.
The PRESIDENT said in reference to the extent
of the property (which was a point always to be
borne in mind) he believed it was about seven and
a half acres. _ _

Mr. SOUTH (the retired surgeon of St. Thomas's
Hospital, and who attended for the first time as a
governor) said he had no doubt the gentleman who
owned the property was anxious to be a vendor. He
(Mr. South) knew the property well, and it was, in
his opinion, as unfitting a position for a hospital as
as any that could be found.
Alderman DAKIN thought it a great pity that
their architect, Mr. Correy, and the professional
gentleman connected with Bethlehem Hospital had
not conferred together before any plan had been
prepared by the former gentleman.
The PRESIDENT—That was sought by the com-
mittee again and again, but was often refused by
the authorities of Bethlehem.
Alderman DAKIN said, after looking at the plan
proposed by Mr. Correy, that there appeared to
him to be such a mixing together of apartments
and arrangements, that the whole thing seemed
never intended to be successfully carried out.
Mr. TITE, M.P., agreed with the worthy alder-
man that there ought to have been greater harmony
between the two bodies. In the first instance the
Grand Committee proposed as the natural course to
be taken, if it were meant to come to a conclusion
on the subject, that the architects should meet and
discuss the general nature of the arrangements re-
quired ; because it was impossible to come .to any
conclusion with which they could approach the
Court of Chancery or the Leglislature until they
knew what to lay before those tribunals. But the
general resolution with which they were met by the
Bethlehem authorities was that Mr. Correy might
prepare a plan, but that they declined to come to
any arrangement in respect to it, as -it was =pos.
Bible to come to any conclusion as to what the build-
ing of a new Bethlehem Hospital would cost. Mr,
Correy had no alternative but to prepare the plan
he had submitted to the' committee, and that gene
tleman was not obnoxious in the least degree
to any of the remarks which had been made
upon the subject of that plan. As to the accom-
modatiOn afforded by that plan not being sufficient,
when it was so stated, the Grand Committee said
they would make one more attempt, and accord-
ingly they observed to the Bethlehem authorities
that it was no use going on talking and writing,
and losing time ; and then asked them whether they
and sit down and look at the whole ,
to that was, that a
would meet the Treasurer of St. Thomasl'sullesousoPnitaals,
practical men. The answer
similar proposition
n courtesy, the committee consi-
egrhaitcciovhi li:dalne ofnotor eet nbtaeenerd:
Ibe.wut that it must be
tt
eh
martl
theth e
this very reasonable the
Bethlehem
e tuhlsleuebhaealeffCe beenort,uhr
at .t
thHeac.voimn gmitthteeen made
dared that there was no intention on ,the part of the
msauuebinowirtiitttehidesetooofmmo
fohradthbe
matter President
liem sTe rl
cavaen :dun,
which they and the General Court desired.
obtmairn.3t.,.hAe
DsAituesofsaitdh,atthhaotswpihtaalt
Proved the inconvenience resulting
from unautbo-
eePnursptaotseeds
rised negotiations being commenced, The Grand
Committee of St. Thomas's Hospital was never

Mr. TITE begged to be heard; He knew nothing
of these statements. He had nothing whatever to
do with them. He was asked whether he would
give evidence to the court; he said yes, but upon
one condition, that whatever sums might be awarded
to him for his services (and he saw no reason why
he should work gratuitously for a railway—(hear,
hear)—he should be permitted to hand it over to the
fund he had some years ago created for the promo-
ticn of the medical school of the hospital. If there
must be an arbitration so must there also be sur-
veyors on both sides. This had been the case in the
present instance, and chargeb had been made on
both sides, which charges were now under the con-
sideration of the proper parties appointed for that
purpose.
- •

Alderman SYDNEY, without wishing to suppress
anything that might assume the character of a
charge against any member of that court who might
be fairly amenable to such charge, yet he would on
that occasion prefer hearing the report of the Grand
Committee.

Mr. BROOKES thought if there was anything in
the nature of a charge against Mr. Tite, that gen-
tleman being so well able to answer for himself,
the sooner the charge was answered ore way or the
other the better it would be for all concerned.

Mr. ELT,tcrT said he only intended to offer a few
words that might have aiibrded some vindicatth. at
a statement which had evidently been written by a
man who knew a great deal about the matter on
which he was writing. That letter broadly stated
that a claim 11,d been sent in for £740 by Mr. Tite,
and by Mr. Clifton (as we understood) for £740, he
having been up to a recent period a partner of Mr.
Tite.

Mr. TITE denied that that gentleman had ever
been his partner, or that he had ever been connected
with him in any way. He was an honourable and
honest man, but if he had received £lO,OOO for his
services he (Mr. 'rite) would have had nothing to
do with it.
The subjeet then dropped, and
The general report of the committee was read. It
stated that on the 20th of January last the Grand
Committee communicated to the governors the par-
ticulars and plans of seven sites :-1. Bethlehem
Hospital ; 2. Fishmongers' Company's land, Wel-
worth ; 3 and 4. Surrey Gardens ; 5. Land behind
Newington Church ; 6. Myatt's Ground, Camber-
well New-road ; and 7. Lambeth Thames Embank-
ment. The Grand Committee reported that they
expected the concurrence of the general court,
that it was useless to press their negotiations with
Bethlehem Hospital further. At the same time the
committee did not regret the delay which these
negotiations had occasioned, the object being to
benefit two great charities. The Fishmongers' Corn-

pang's land had been disposed of ; the land behind
Newington Church was a site possessing great ad-
vantages, and there was no doubt that it was only
second in value to the site of Bethlem Hospital ;
but the Court had been already informed that it
could not be obtained without Parliamentary coin-
pulsory powere, and the committee had been ad-
vised that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to
obtain such powers. In respect to the Lambeth
Thames Embankment that proposition had been
withdrawn. The Surrey Gardens were two feet
below high-water mark, and contained about 141
acres, but there were about 40 houses in the neigh-
bourhood which when purchased would increase the
quantity of land to about 17 acres. There was no
difficulty likely to occur with the parties to whom the
land belonged, but at the same time it was appre-
hendedht
that great delay and large expense
be occasioned by reason of the number 0 personsnaig
whose interests would have to be purchased. The
purchase money,including
for the 17 acres,
was estimated at £116,00e01. Peln'tiseiss' site was rather
more than smile and a quarter from London, Black•
friars, and Westminseter bridges,, and there was a
h
railway station at t
Elephant and Castle. Myatt's
ground was situate is Camberwell New-road, lead-
ing from Kennin gton Church to Camberwell-green.
It was about 20ft. higher than the level of Surrey-
gardens, and 18ft. above high-water mark. It tnight
he purchased without any difficulty, and the price for
20 acres was £26,500, and mote land to the extent, in
the whole, of 40 acres might be purchased at the same
rate of £1,325 per acre. This site was 21 mi es from
London and Blackfriars bridges, and rather a less
distance from Westminster-brid,,e. It was within
the radius that seemed to have been prescribed
by some of the parishes. The land at Newing-
ton available for a hospital was about 14 acres. It
was situated nearest to the ancient site, and would
have the advantage of a frontage to a new road con-
necting Kennington and Westminster bridge roads.
It was about the same level as Bethlehem. The
estimated cost, in the event of compulsory powers
being obtained, would amount to £90,000. The re-
port concluded by giving the statistics of the tem-
porary hospital at Surrey-gardens. From Sept. 15,
1862, to March 31, 1863, inclusive, there had been
215 accidents ;• 90 of those patients would appear to
have come from districts north of the Surrey-gar-
dens, extending to Wandsworth, Vauxhall, Clap-
ham, Camberwell, Say.; and 7 patients came from

Public interest has been for some time directed to
a vessel building in the Tees at the yard of Messrs.
W. Pearse and Co. (foimerly Pearse and Lockwcod).
It was currently reported that this ship was intended
for war purposes, and with the object of following
in the steps of the notorioas Alabama. All kinds
of reports referring to her have been in circulation,
one affirming that she had extra thick iron plates,
another that arms and ammunition were to be sur-
reptitiously supplied to her, a fourth affirming that
she was fitted to carry troops, and, lastly, that she
had a fighting crew engaged. It appears, however,
that none of these reports could be proved, es the
authorities have permitted the vessel co leave the
river. She left her moorings at Stockton with the
spring tide at 3 30 p.m. on Tuesday, and dropped
down the river to Middlesborough without diffi-
culty ; with the high tide of the following morning
she got over the bar and ran up to Hartlepool Bay,
from whence she started on her trial trip 7.30 e.m.
this morning.
The Southerner, for that is her name, is a pretty-
looking iron screw-steamer, 310 feet long from
figurehead to stern, and 38 feet broad amidships ;
registered tonnege, 2,000 tons. Her engines, made
by Messrs. Fossick and Hackworth, of Stockton,
have direct action ; 300-horse power, fitted with
superheating and feed-heating apparatus; the
diameter of the cylinders is 60 inches, and the length
of the stroke 33 inches. She is expected to attain
a speed of 12 knots an hour. The vessel has been
about 12 months in building, atmemets on
March 7—the day when the Princess A. xandra
entered London. She is built for Mess ~ Fraser,
Trenholme, and Co., of Liverpool. There is a
spacious saloon extending the whole width
of the ship, and accommodation for about
90 first-class passengers is provided. There are
also deck-cabins amidships for the butcher, baker,
cook, &c. There are twelve furnaces, and a
multitubular boiler. The crockery, saloon-plate,
cutlery, and cabin fittings bear the figure of the
Palmetto, and the letters C.S.C., which is under-
stood to mean " Charleston Steam Company." Ar-
rangements are made for warming and ventilating
the cabins, which are neatly fitted up. The plates
of the ship's side are stated to be of the ordinary
thickness, and the purpose of the ship is declared
to be " purely mercantile." The Southerner, it
appears, was ordered when it was supposed that the
war in the States would be quickly over ; but there
being no trade to Charleston, she is reported to be
intended to ply in the Mediterranean trade. She
has been built under the superintendence of Mr.
Butcher, of the Royal Naval Reserve, who took
out the Alabama, and who now takes command of
this vessel, the first officer being Mr. James Mit-
chell, and the second Mr. Jones. Both of these
gentlemen, as well as the boatswain, served, we be-
lieve, under Capt. Butcher before.
The Southerner, with the Palmetto flag flying at
the mizen and a flag bearing her name at the mein,
left the outside of the harbour at 7.30 a.m. this
morning, and steered due south, as fares Scar-
borough. The party, which consisted of upwarkds
of 70 ladies and gentlemen besides the crew, brea
fasted and dined on board, returning to West
Hart-
lepool at 3.30 p.m., and entering the inner harbour
h ears
per
p r e
veiled, and beyond a g
with safety.
earound swell During the trip the most beaultliftuhlewseatw
fectly calm. The speed attained was 121 knots, and.
the engine acted with great ease considering that it
was the first time of trill. The Southerner will
have her compasses adjusted in the bay of Hartle-
pool, and also have Borne farther additions made to
her fittings, &c. She will then, it is expected, pro-
ceed to Liverpool, where she will take her regular
crew on board and proceed to her destination.

pitotisvhasindlaseylef.befecreentlighc
I. wonder how a coroner lives, moves; and has his
being without being terrified
little unforeseen occurrenceiievi may not
te oh
rsri
et
du, nl
ts lest
raitn ge \a. e
brotherry turnc
coroner
ear
mind, that we were continually
lleldn
gethwoi wt
thhi lightlyt
he hgaccidentsm.o oc-
n curred,
ni s aceth eo of
lastou our ife
In all probability, however, thye coroner
per-
son in existence to feel these foolish fancies, as death in
his experience comes from so many and from such conflict-
mg causes, that the one balances the other, and thus keeps
his fears in a happy equilibrium. We are not all coroners,
however, and I must confess that for days after I attended
an inquest I looked much shyer at a crowded cross-
ing than was my wont, and took especial good care to
walk outside of ladders. If, however, accidents take place
according to a regular law, and we all go out in the morn-
ing with a hundred thousandth chance of breaking our legs,
a five hundred thousandth chance of being drowned, or say
a sixty thousandth expectation of stepping upon a piece of
orange.peel and fracturing our skull, we may at least be
less nervous about these matters, for, do what we will the
statistician in estimating the number of annual accidents and
offences, claims a certain right inns which we cannot avoid
or dispute.—Once a Week.
[ADVERTISEAINTI--11olloway's Pills.---Efficient Ape-
rients.—The iniportance of the regular daily action of the
bowels must be obvious to all ; it is only necessary, there-
„„ these pills as the medicine peculiarly fitted for
fore, totae They not only remo.ve indigt stion, which is
that purpose. _ t
]y the firs cause not constipation, but they purify
common
the blood, promote. the flow of healthy bile, and increase
the peri.stallic motion of the bowels without irritatine•
weakening them. Holloway's pills are by far the Bifrost
and safest laxatives fur the delicate, young, and sedentary
The purifying and regulating powers of his pills commend-•
them as the domestic remedy constantly required
obviate the first approaches of disorder or dibeabe Which
will threaten every household.