The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

[LEFT SPEAKING.)

DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR.—The thirty-
sixth annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution
was held yesterday, at the Dispensary, Dean-street,
Soho. The Rev. Thomas D. Lamb, who presided, stated
the claims which an institution, founded for the purpose
of affording relief to persons afflicted with deafness, of
whom there were very many in the metropolis, and who
rarely found means of making their affliction known to
the charitably disposed, had on public sympathy and
support. The report gave as the number of patients
admitted during the past year 1,388, cured 559, and re-
lieved 308, being an increase on the previous year of
cases admitted 359, cured 224, relieved 116. It stated
that diseases of the ear were consequent, to a very great
extent, upon intemperance, uncleanliness, over-crowding
of dwellings, bad ventilation, and damp clothing; and
concluded by paying a compliment to Mr. Harvey, the
resident surgeon, on the success uf his mode of treatment,
which was purely constitutional, the use of instruments
and operations being avoided except in extreme cases.
In the course of discussions which ensued upon the usual
resolutions, it was stated that though there had been a
considerable augmentation in the funds, the resources of
the charity were by no means adaquate to meet the in-
creased demands upon them. Thanks were accorded to
Mr. Harvey and the chairman, and the meeting sepa.
rated.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Another fatal railway
casualty occurred on the Midland line, near Kegworth,
on Friday last, the 15th inst. In this case also the man
fell a victim to his own carelessness. It appears that a
porter belonging to the company, named William Lester,
while the train was in motion, was attempting to throw
some bags into the carriages, in doing which ap-
proached too near the train, and his foot slipping, the
poor fellow got entangled among the wheels of the car-
riages' which, passing over him, mutilated him in the
most frightful manner, from the effects of which he
died. This is the third fatal accident which has oc-
curred on the Midland line within the last fortnight. The
jury, at the official investigation into the circumstances
connected with the death of Potts, who was killed on the
line nearNottingliam, on Saturday, came to the unanimous
opinion, " that if there were a regulation made by the
directors of the Midland Company which forbade the
line of conduct which had been the direct cause of the
deceased's death (viz., incautiously riding upon the
buffer of the carriages), that regulation ought to be
strictly attended to, and enforced by a heavy fine if not
duly regarded ; and if no such regulation had been
made, they trusted that the directors would consider it
?pieiurnpotant part of their duty to take the subject into
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parties repaired to the Dols,
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persons assembled to witness the scene;
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wood came up, and marched' off the cOliihata ants to the
guard-house, One of the men had received a very seri-
ous wound on the face, and the other had one of his ears
almost cut off.