The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-08 00:00:00

101VDON _HOSPITAL.

The 122 d anniversary festival of this institution
took place last evening at the London Tavern,,
Bishopsgate ; the Duke of Cambridge presiding,
supported by air Wm. Clay, Colonel Macdonald,
Mr. Wm. Catton, Mr. Wm. Davis, Mr. Thomas
Fowell Buxton, Captain. Pelly, Mr. Sheriff Twenty-
man, Lieutenan,',-Colonel Capper, Lieut-Colonel.
Davis, Captain Pik:et, &c. The guests numbered.
in all upwards of 1130 galtlemen, including many
influential persons who have always shown a.
special interest in thist excellent charity.
In giving the toast of " The Army and Navy,
and Volunteers," his Royal Highness spoke in eulo-
gistic terms of the late review at Brighton, and
observed that it had been supposed in some quarters
that there was a desire amofl the military autho-
rities to interfere with that body ; but be took this
opportun.cty of stating that no such intention ever
existed. I'Vhen, however, the Volunteers appeared
in large bodiOs on great public occasions, in order
to show their N 'able to the service of the country,
he thought it be tter that they should be associated.
with the regular .forces, because it was certAinly an
advantage that the different branches of the sm. vice
should be cemented:. This sentiment was cordially
acquiesced in, and the chairman afterwards p,:•4
ended to give the to ast of the evening—" Prosperity
to the London Hospital." In bringing this subject
forward, his Royal Wighness drew attention to
`the statistics of the hosp,ital, stating that one of the
great features of the instil. ution was to bo found in
the fact that it afforded relief in a larger number of
accident cases than the public could possibly con-
eive. The total number of cases of this description
from 1842 to the year 1861 amounted to 186,667;
and this fact alone testified to the general usefulsess
of the cha,"ity. It appeared that the annual expen-
diture of the hospital amounted to £lB,OOO, whilst;
the actual income derived from funded property
only reached 2.13,000. There was therefore an
annual deficit of .
C 4,000, and this deficit had gene-
rally been met in sjich a manner as to enable the
governors to maintain the character of the install.-
tion. There were, as, ,a rule, 400 beds constantly
occupied in the hospital!, and during the past year
32,000 patients had received relief within its walls.
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It was an extraordinaryact that no less than
12,000 accidents had been tree fed in the hospital.
this year, and many of them were a most serious
and painful description. He Fled ample reason to
believe that the management cif the hospital 'AILS
sound and economical, and would bear comparison
with that of any other institution of a similar
character in this vast metropolis. His royal high-
ness concluded by making an earnest appeal to the
company in behalf of the charity, and the result
was that a subscription list was announced Amount-
ing to £2,100.
The musical arrangements were under the able
direction of Mr. Francis, who had secured the
valuable assistance of Madame Weiss, Madame
Laura Baxter, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. Weiss.
The two ladies were warmly greeted at each dis-
play of their ability, and the general arrangements
of this department were all that could be desired.
Mr. Harker officiated in his usual capacity.

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