The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-16 00:00:00

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.-THE
DREADNOUGHT.

On Friday the quarterly general court of the gover-
nors of this society was held at the offices, King
William-street, London-bridge--Mr. John Labouchere
in the chair. The secretary read the report, from
which it appeared that the society took all possible
precautions to guard against the spread of cholera
among the shipping of the Thames, and opened a dis-
tinct vessel for the reception of patients suffering
under that epidemic—a circumstance which they took
care to have notified to every ship entering the river.
They received from her Majesty's Government the sum of
2,351/. 55., in commutation of their interest in certain
fines levied upon merchant vessels by the provisions of
the Merchant Seamen's Act ; and a further sum of
55/, from the executors of the late Miss Hardwicke,
making in all 6051. from that lady's bequest. They
also received, in a letter from his Excellency the
French Ambassador, Count Walewski to Admiral
Bowles, a donation of 700 f., in the name of his Im-
perial Majesty Napoleon 111., to mark his appreciation
of the service which the society renders to French
seamen frequenting the port of London—an act of
patronage which he proposes to repeat annually. The
Secretary invested a sum of 2,5001. in the Three-and-a
Quarter per Cents. Upon Christmas-day a dinner, suited
to the festival was, under the direction of the medical
officers, supplied to the patients. Since the lst of Octo-
ber to the 31st of DeCember last, 12 seamen from her
Majesty's ships were admitted as patients, and 1736 from
British and foreign merchant vessels, which, with 101
on board at the first-mentioned date, made the total
number of in-patients 849 ; of these, 159 are at pre-
sent on board, sick ; 1 is convalescent, 4 fit for duty,
and 685 have been discharged. The total number of
patients admitted since the establishment of the hospi-
talship has been 70,228 ; the out-patients for the last
quarter numbered 379. The society commenced the
labours of the quarter with a balance of 211. 19s. 9d.
against them, and since expended 4,2401. 12s. lid.—in
all, 4,262/. 12s. Bd. • but as the receipts for that period
amounted to 3,7761. 3s. 11d., they have to commence
the year with a balance of 4861. Bs. 9d. against them.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The Secretary pen read a letter from Sir Jame Gra-
ham, with reference to the withrawal of the sums paid
from the Merchant Seamen's Fund, stating that it rested
with Parliament to determine if an equivalent assistance
should be directly afforded froni the public purse. He
would not encourage any such expectation, as no vote
of the kind could be proposed without the consent of
the Treasury; but that the Board of Trade was the
department to moot the question.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Emperor of the
French for his generosity, a bye-law was altered, and
the meeting terminated in the usual manner.

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