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

N°. 22.133.

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entered for a plate, is at zero in racing circles. Ranger,
who was nowhere in the Derby, wins aS bard, if not a
harder, race in France with ease; and Tim Whiffler, said
to be another Eclipse in his speed and powers of staying,
or, we should rather say, powers of going, runs a dead heat

of the Stand, when he made his effort, and in the next
stride headed the favourite, and won by two lengths. The
race was run in 4 min. 231 sec.
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h Buckstone, and in the end Buckstone wins. Amid all
the din and clang of betting yest•rday Tim WLiffler was
the only horse who excited fear, and before whose name
the odds shrunk down to zero.

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He walked quietly down the Course--beyond all doubt,
one of the most perfect racers that ever trod the turf ; and
the same may be said of Buckstone, though, from the ab-
sence of the same almost metallic gloss upon his coat, he
scarcely showed to 'the same ad vantage as his beautiful rival.
The other horses, with the exception, perhaps, of
" Caller Ou," scarcely excited notice, though
('arisbrook went along with a stride which seemed
t) promi,A; that if running was wanted he would
cut out more than was agreeable for his oppo-
nents. The start was made, and Eleanor, who was to make
the running for Tim Whiffler, led at once at a fearful pace.
Quick as was the pace, however, Buckstone waited on Tins
Whiffler throughout. After half the race was run Eleanor
fell into the rear, having discharged her duty; but, though
Tim Whiffler still led, Buckstone was not shaKen off, and
step by step and stride by stride he gained upon the favou-
rite with a speed that was really wonderful to witness. Tim
Whiffler made desperate efforts to retain his advantage,and
kept Buckstone to his level as in a most exciting race they
rushed along, amid the cheers of thousands, and passed the
chair at such a pace as horses have seldom
paned it before,
and without the difference of a fraction of an inch between
them. There was the usual confusion, and cheers and
counter-cheers for b th horses, whom the supporters of
each were confident had each won until the signal for a dead
heat went up. This even sunning made the second contest
even more exciting. It was a wonderful race. Even after
the long course and awful pace of the first contest both ani-
mals ran splendidly, but the wonderful power of Buckstone
was not to be challenged by anythis g on the Heath that
day, and, though the race was close, yet it was with seem-
ing ease that Tim Whiffler was beaten. .
A large force of the Metropolitan Police, chiefly from the
famous A division, was on duty on the course, and main-
tained the most perfect order. Berkshire, however, has a
constabulary of its own, and one would have thought that
the assemblage of 100,000 people under the eyes of royalty
was an occasion on which it might have been displayed.
Esther, however, it had executed a retrogade movement upon
Abingdon—of course, from purely strategical reasons—or
was massed to overawe the turbulent population of Daley
Downs, or perhaps, having just lost its chef, who has been
promoted to the command of the City Police, it has disbanded
itself, and only attended the races incog.—certainly not ene
individual of the force could be discovered. and the result
was the greatest disorders all round the course beyond the
reach of the Metropolitan Police. The heath was fired
in several places, and in one case the flames extenoed
to a plantation of tall firs, which were entirely destroyed.
The gardens in the neighbourhood were overrun and plan--
dered, and no attempt was made to keep the road traffic
in order. If Berkshire is to support a police, there never
was more occasion for its service, and never were its duties
more conspicuously neglected.
The following are the details of each race :
A Platew ar
do
sf 100 Oe sousght f fora r
age.
ea .
6 subs. 3-yr-olds and up-
Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn colt, 4 yrs, 9st 31b
(Ashmall) 1
Mr. D. Lane's Glance colt, 3 yrs, Bst 71b
Mr. T. Goddard's Petersham, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ....(Daley) 3
Also ran Kangaroo, and Curie..
Betting-5 to 4 on Lady Evelyn colt, 4 to 1 offered agst
any other.
Petersham jumped away with a decided lead, having
Curie, Glance colt, the Lady Evelyn colt, and Kangaroo
lying up; but before they had proceeded 200. yards Curie
slipped up and fell, giving Fordham a severe fall, and he
was immediately removed from the course, Ashmall at the
same time narrowly escaping a little mishap, his horse
coming down on his nose and knees, but was cleverly picked
up. These mishaps gave a long lead to Petersham, who
with the Glance colt went on with a long lead, followed by
Kangaroo to the mile-post, where Petersham bolted, leav-
ing the lead with Glance colt, who came into the straight
with a slight lead. Half way up Ashmall brought up the
favourite, and won in a canter by a length and a half.
Petersham was a wretched third. Kangaroo did not pass

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n committee of supply, motion made, " That a sum, not
exceeding £5,329, be granted to her Majesty to defray the
charge which will come in course of payment during the
year ending the 31st of March, 1864, for the maintenance
and repairs of embassy house, &c., abroad." Whereupon
motion made, and question put, that the sum do not ex-
ceed £4,929. The committee divided—Ayes, 71 ; Noes,
68.

AYES —74.
Adeane, H. J. Gard, R. S. Quinn, Peter
Ayrton. K. S. Gosohen, G. J. Rogers, John
Baines, E. Hassard, M. D. Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Bar ttelot, Col. Henley, J. Russell, Sir Wm.
Blackburn, P. Hennessy, J. P. Salomong,Alderman
Bowyer, Sir G. II ibbert, J. Scholefie.d, W.
Bramston, T. W. Hill, Hon. R. Sclater-Booth, G.
Bridges, Sir B. Hodgkinson, G. Scourfiela, J. H.
Browne, Lord J. T. Jervoise, Sir J. Scully, V.
Bruen, Henry Kinnaird, Hon. A. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Burrell, Sir P. Lawson, W. Smith, Augustus
Buxton, C. Leighton, Sir B. Smith, S. G.
Childers, H. C. E. Lennox, Lord G. G. Somes, Joseph
Cobbett, J. M. Lever, John 0. Stewart, Sir M. R.
Collins, T. Lewis, Harvey Sullivan, H.
Coningham, Wm. Longfield, Robert Talbot, C. R. M.
Cdx, W. Lyall, G. Tomline, G.
Crawford, R. W. Lygon, Hon. F. Turner, J. A.
Dalglish, Robert MacEvoy, E. Verney, Sir Harry
Dodson, John G. Martin, P. W. Westhead, J.
Edwards, Col. Mildmay, H. White, Jas.
Ewart, William Northcote, Sir S. H. Williams, W.
Ewart, J. C. O'Ferrall, M.
Ewing, H. E. C. Paget, C. TELLERS.
Ferrand, W. Parker, Major W. Cecil, Lord R.
Filmer, Sir E.' Peacocke, G. H. Sykes, Col. W. H.

NOES —6B.
Acton, Sir J. Gilpin, C. Morris, D.
Atherton, Sir W. Gladstone, W. E. O'Hagan, T.
Bagwell, J. Greenall, G. Paget, Lord A.
Baring, Sir F. Grenfell, C. P. Pk...et, Lord C. E.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gray, Capt Palmer, Sir R.
Beecroft, G. S. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Palmerston, Visct.
Berkeley, C. Grogan, Sir E. Peel, Sir R.
Black, Adam Hartington,Marquis Peel, F.
Bruce, H. A. Headlam, Thos. E. Pinney, Col.
Buchanan, W. Henley, Lord Repton, G. W. J.
Butt, Isaac Horsniwn, E. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hubbard, J. G. Selwyn, C. J.
Chapman, J. Hutt, W. Stacpoole, W.
Clay, James Jermyn, Earl Stansfeld, J.
Cobbold, John C. Johnstone, Sir J. Stuart, Col. W.
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Kinglake, A. W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Denman, G. Kingscote, Col. Waldron, L.
Dunbar, Sir Wm. Laird, J. White, L.
Dunne M. Layard, A. H. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C.
Ennis,John Leslie, W. Woodd, B. T.
Evans, T. W. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R.
Farrer, J. Mainwaring, T.
Eitzroy, Lord F. Martin, J.
Fortescue, C. S, Moncreiff, J.

" BESSEOROUGII,
COVENTRY, Stewards."
H. Rous,
C. ALEXANDER,

ST. TROMAS'S HOSPITAL.

TELLERS.
Brand, H. B.
linatchbull-Hugeas

the post.
A Plate of 100 says ; 2.yr-olds to carry 7st ; 3-yr-olds, 9st
21b; maiden 2-yr-olds allowed 31b, and maiden 3-yr-olds
101 b. T.Y.C. Entrance 1 soy each, to go to the fund.
44 entries.
Mr. Longfield's Gem of the Sea, 3 y rs, Bst b
61
(Custance) 1
Lord Glasgow's Senorita colt, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Aldcrett) 2
Mr. T. Taylor's Gentle Kitiy colt, 3 yrs, Bst 61b
(W. Bottom) 3
The following also ran :—Erin-go-Bragh, King of
Italy, Vaulter, Vindieta, Brother to Rubini, Sheridan,
Perseverance, Duchess of Kent, Imposition, Wild Rake,
and Stainley.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Erin•go-Bragh, 4to I agst Senorita
colt, 6 to 1 agst Gem of the Sea, 8 to 1 each agst Perseve-
rance and Vaulter.
At the third attempt they left the post, in close company,
but after running a few strides Gem of the. Sea, going in the
centre of the course, drew in advance, having Perseverance,
Vindicta, Erin-go' Bragh, and the Senorita colt as her im-
mediate followers, the latter lying wide on the stand side.
On reaching the Stand Gem, of the Sea drew away ; the
Senorita colt at the same time took the second place, but
failed to reach the leader, who won very cleverly by a neck;
half a length between the secend and third. Etin-go-Bragh
was fourth, Perseverance fifth, Brother to Rubini sixth,
Imposition and King of Italy being the next two; the last
two were Duchess of Kent and Vaulter.
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sevs each, h ft, for
3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b ; maidens allowed
71b. Old mile. 11 subs.
Mr. Merry's Gladstone
Baron Rothschild 's King of the Vale .......... (Wells) 2
Batting-6 to 4on King of the Vale.
The son-favourite made all the running, and won very
cleverly by three parts of a length.
First Year of the First Biennial Stakes of 15 soya each,
10 ft, wis,Lh Ot; 2-yr-olds carry 781, and
3yr-old
geldings allowed 31b.
saed
Winners extra, with maiden allowancee. The second
200
sib added
; fillies and
horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
63 subs.
Mr. Merry's The Scottish Chief, 2 yrs .. .... (H. Covey) 1
Mr. John Day's Master Richard, 2 yrs (Deacon) 2
Captain A. Cooper's Knight of Snowdon, 2 yrs
(Dowling) 3
Mr. W. G. Craven's Naughty Boy's dam ,loocol yrs
(rgan) 4
The following also ran :—Airedale, Roseneath, Gen-
tilhomme, Baldwin, Glendusk, The Orphan, and Procella.
Betting-6 to 4on The Scottish Chief, 100 to 30 agst
Knight of Snowdon, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
1 hey ran nearly in a line to the foot of the hill, where
The Orphan, lying wide on the left, took up the running,
with the favourite in the centre, having Knight of Snow-
don, Master Richard, and the Naughty Boy's dam colt lying
up with 'him. Approaching the old Stand the' favourite
came out and won in a canter by a length, twice that dis-
tance separating the second and third, and a head between
third and fourth. Glendusk was fifth, Procella sixth, Rose-
neath seventh, and Baldwin next. The last three were
Gentilhomme, Airedale, and The Orphan. Immediately
after the race 10 to 1 was taken in hundreds about the
winner, but subsequently 9 to 1 was the highest offer.
The Gold Cup, by subscription of 20 sous each, with 200
added from the fund, The cup will be of 300 sovs value ;
the owner of the second horse to receive 50 soya out of the
stakes; weights for age. About 2i miles. 28 subs.
Mr. Merry's Buckstone, 4 yrs. Sat 7th • • .. (A. Edwards)tl
Lord W. Powlett's Tisi Whiffler, 4 yrs, Bat 71b.
(S Rogers)i2
Mr. T. Valentine's Hurricane, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (carr. Bst 51b)
(Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Carisbrook, Caller Ou, Eleanor.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Tim Whiffle, 9to 4 agst Buckstone,
9 to 2 agst Caller On, 100 to 8 agst Carisbrook, and 20 to 1
agst Hurricane.
Eleanor, for the purpose of serving her stable companion
immediately rushed to the front, and made play at her best
pace, the favourite going on second, with Carisbrook and
Buckstone third and fourth, and Hurricane and Caller Ou
lying away. On passing the Stand, Buckstone ran past Mr.
Boyce's colt, and went on in waiting upon the two leaders
to the foot of the hill, where the pace somewhat decreased,
and on approaching the lime kilns Tim Whiffler joined his
stable companion, the pair running in company to the old
mile post, where the filly was disposed of, and was seen
in a few strides after in the extreme roar, leaving the
command with Tim Whiffler, who came on with a
decided lead to the road, where Buckstone drew for-
ward, Carisbrook still lying third, Caller On at the same
time quitting her rearward position, and taking the fourth
place. Rounding the b-nd for home the two leaders ap-
peared to get upon closer terms, and as they opproached
he distance sh uts arose from the stand of " Whiffler
wins," but which were speedily superseded by the shouts of
the partisans of the yellow jacket and black cap as Buck
stone reached his antagonist at the enclosure, the balance of
favour, as the two ran locked together to the end, remain-
ing equal until the fiat of the judge (who was unable to
separate them) was made manifest by the exhibition of the
numbers 4 and 5 side by side, making it a dead heat.
Hurricane, who ran past the others, who pulled up, was
placed third by tile judge, although beaten off a long way.
The other trotted past the post at similar intervals. The
race was run in 4111 in. 381 sec.
Deciding Heat—Petting 7 to 4 on Tim Whiffler. who
made the running at a .strong pace, followed by Buckstone
under waiting orders te' the entrance into the straight,
where the latter got closet', and Edwards, with commend-
able patieuce, bided his thaw uutil they moiled the cents

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Half a mile. 16 entries.
Mr. G. Angell's Vigil. 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (£100).... (Perry) 1
Mr. G. B. Bruce na Rob Roy, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (L 100)
(H. Covey) 2
Captain Goff's Pyrrha, 2 yss, Est 61b (£1OO) . • Plordan) 3
The following also ran :—Ali Pasha, Gossamer filly,
Quadrille, Coupon, Rockley, Supple, The Countess, and
Demon.
Betting-100 to 30 agst Rob Roy, 5 to 1 each agst Ali
Pasha and Supple, and 7 to 1 agst Vigil.
Supple, in company with Rob Roy, The Countess, and
Rockley, made play, with Vigil on the extreme right,
heading the rear division. In this way they ran to the
road, when Vigil went to the front, made the rest of the
running, and won in a canter by half a length ; two
lengths between the second and third. Rockley was
fourth, and Supple fifth. The Countess and Demon were
the two last.

The New Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b, winners previous to
starting of 100 soya value, including the winner's own
stake, to carry tlb extra. T.Y.C. 51 subs.
Baron Rothschild's Sister to Queen of the Vale, Bst 71b
(ino bib extra) (Wells) 1
Mr. R. Sutton's Vacuna, Bst 21b
Mr. Orme's Mary Copp colt, Bst 71b (Rogers) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Sarah colt, King George,
La Belle Ferronniere, Linda, Dispute, Blue Bell, Langford,
Aunt Judy, Battaglia, and Goldylocks.
Bating-5 to 4 eget Battaglia, 4to 1 agst Sister to Queen
of the Vale, 10 to 1 each agat Miss Sarah colt and Golay-
locks, and 20 to 1 agat Vacuna.
The lot ran in a body to the road, where Vacuna emerged
from the centre and came on with a clear lead on the stand,
waited upon, by Sister to Queen of the Vale, Battaglia, the
Mary Copp colt, the Miss Sarah colt, and Aunt Judy to
the enclosure, where the two leaders singled themselves out
and finished a fine race home, the Baron's filly winning in
the last stride by a short head. There were two lengths
between the second and third, King George was fourth,
Langford fifth, Miss Sarah sixth, and Linda next. La
Belle Ferronniere and Aunt Judy were last.
The Royal Stand Plate of 200 soya, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 10 soya each; 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weights
for age. Winners extra, with certain allowances. The
second horse to receive 25 soya out of the stakes. To
start at the distance post, and go once round and in. 12

subs.
Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Wells) w.o.
A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr•olds ; colts,
Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; those got by stallions or out
of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b, if both,

61b. Swinley Course. 3 subs.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck'e Summerside, Bst 41b (Parsons) w.o.
FERNIIILL STARES.—During the afternoon the follow-
ing notice was exhibited :
" Tomato is the winner of the stakes, but the stewards
fine Baron Rothschild's trainer 25 sovereigns for not weigh-
ing at the proper time, and for neglecting to observe that
the wrong number was up. No blame is attached to Mr.
Manning.

THE FIRST CLASS WOKINGHAM STAKES.—Upon the
publication of the weights for this handicap, Lord Bate-
man directed his filly the Queen of '1 rumps should be struck

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 also read.

Mr. BRooKES considered that the committee had
lost much valuable time in communicating with the
authorities atter 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 DAMN 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
ht it a great pity that
coDnlAdxbieN found.thoug
as
any
Aldermen t that

their architect, Mr. Correy, and the professional
gentleman connected with Bethlehem Hospital had
not conferred together before any plan bad 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.

Alnerman 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 oat. _

_
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 impos-
sible 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 gen-
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
would meet the Treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital,
and sit down and look at the whole question as
d before, and
similar proposition had been negative
purposes
practical men. The answer to that
uld not enter
that the President and Treasurer co
at it must be
tam the matter of themselves, but th was, that a
submitted to the usual Court. Having then made
offer,and which had not been
the committee consi-
dered very
.th reasonable
mdeertedwithat there was no intention on the part of the
authorities of Bethlehem that the committee should
which they and the General Court desired.
common
courtesy,
Mr. J. ADAMS said, that what had been stated
obtain the site of that hospital for the
proved the inconvenience resulting
from unautho-
rised negotiations being commenced. The Grand
Committee of St. Thomas's Hospital was never

STAMPED ....sd.

;Authorised to negotiate with the authorities of
Bethlehem. Those gentlemen not only did not
desire to leave their present building, bu:. they had
to authority whatever to part with it.
Mr. BAGGALLEY (the treasurer) begged to state
that the authorities of Bethlehem Hospital did at a
General Court Lffirm the principle that they were
anxious to go into the country. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ADAMS repliCe that no ouch proposition flout
those authorities had ever been pl2.ced before that
court.

The PRESIDENT then rise and said he wished to
claim the indulgence of the Court while he briefly
adverted to a letter which appeared in the newt-
papers of that morning, and which was deserving
of some attention, inasmuch as it had reference to
one of their own body, and also to other mat-
ters concerning the proceedings which had taken
place between the hospital and the rail way company.
The letter referred to charges made by the surveyors
acting for the hospital in its recent disputes with
that company. When he saw Mr. Tite (to whom
the letter personally referred) he asked that gentle-
man whether he would like to make any statement
to him as President of the hospital; and after con-
sideration Mr. Tite had authorised him to state, in
answer to the allegations contained in the letter,
that the charges said to have been made by the sur-
veyors were by law payable, not by the hospital bat
by the railway company, that the amounts were to
be settled by the arbitrator, who had not to the pre-
sent time given any decision or any opinion what-
ever on the subject. In justice to Mr. Tite he (the
President) had to state that that gentleman had never
taken one shilling for any professional services ren-
dered to the hospital during a long period of years ;
and that when he was requested to assist tt.a go-
vernors «ith his professional advice, and to give evi-
dence on their part in this case, he told the treasurer
that whatever sum might be paid to him by the rail-
way company would be given to increase the en-
dowment instituted by him in that hospital several
years ago for the encouragement and promotion of the
medical school ; but that he would decline to receive
in this case, as in all previous cases, one shilling
from the funds of the hospital in any way whatever.
Mr. ELLIOTT asked whether the statement just
made by the President was intended to be an answer
to the statement published in the newspapers ?
The PRESIDENT—Quite so.
Mr. ELLIOTT said he hand no hand whatever in
writing that statement, but he begged to ask whe-
ther it was not the fact that £B,OOO had been
claimed for professional services, which must be
paid by somebody, either by Bethlehem Hospital or
by that charity ? Was it not the fact that £1,050
had already been paid out of the Hospital fund
to Mr. Hunt, who would not wait ? He was too
good a judge to stand all those protocols that had
had passed. Was it not a fact that Mr. Tite had
made a claim ?
Mr. TITS begged to be heard. He knewnothing
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-
tion 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 charges 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 one way or the
other the better it would be for all concerned.
Mr. ELLIOTT said he only intended to offer a few
words that might have afforded some vindication of
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 had 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. Tite) would have had nothing to
do with it.
The subject 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, Wal-
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 he same time the
committee did not regret the delay which these
negotiations bad occasioned, the object being to
benefit two groat charities. The Fishmongers' Com-
pany'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 com-
pulsory powers, 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-
hended that great delay and large expense might
be occasioned by reason of the number of persons
whose interests would have to be purchased. The
purchase money,including expenses, for the
was
more was estimated at £116,000. This sitew
a 3
more than amile and aquarterfrorn London,
Black-
friars, and Westminster bridges end and there was a
Castle. Myatt's
railway station at the Elephant
erwe
bll New-road,
ground was was situate in
ing from Kennington Church to Camberwell-green.
It was about 20ft. higher
.than the level of Surrey.
gardens, and 18ft. above high-water mark. It might
he purchased without any difficulty, and the price for
20acres was £26,500, and more land to the extent, in
the whole, of 40 acres might be purchased at the same
This site was 2-1- mica from
rate of X 1,325 per acre.
London and Blackfriars bridges, and rather a less
distance from Westminster-bridae. 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, &c.; and 7 patients came from