The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-10 00:00:00

SEAMEN'S lIOSPIT NJ, SOCIETY.

Yesterday the Anniversary Dinner of the
above Institution took place at the City of London Tavern. It
was expected that the President, Viscount Melville, would
have presided on the occasion ; but an apology was made for
'his Lordship's absence, in consequence of his Parliamentary
duties requiring his attendance at the House of Lords.
At six o'clock a company of about 200 Gentlemen, chiefly
composed of Officers of high rank and experience in the Royal
Navy, the Honourable East India Company's Service, &c. was
assembled ; amongst whom we recognised Vice-Admiral Sir
R. King, Rear-Admiral Douglas, Captains Sir G. W. Welt-
phall, R.N. Sir C. Sullivan, R, N. Fowler, F. Digby, Dundas,
Richard N. Willoughby, Bowles, Young, Lines;- Sir Wm.
Key, Bart. the Rev. Sir S. C. Jervoise, SUThomas Tyrwhitt,
Sir F. Ommanney, 31. P. Sir James Little • Captains Clarke,
Locke, Larkins, Lachner, and Ripley, of the Hon. East India
Company's Service, Thomas Snodgrass, Esq. J. W. Buckle,
Esq. &c. &c.

At the solicitation of the company, WILLIAM MANNING,
Esq. 31. P: one of the Vice-Presidents of this Society, took the
Chair.

The usual loyal toasts were given, ar•.d drank with universal
applause.
Upon the health of the " Duke of Clarence (one of the
Vice-Patrons) and the Navy" being drank with three times
three,
Vice-Admiral Sir R. KING; as a member of that honourable
profession with which the Society was so immediately connect-
ed, and of which he was a member, begged leave to return his
sincere thanks.

The health of the other Vice-Patron, Prince Leopold, fol-
lowed with similar marks of respect.
Mr. MANNING, in proposing " Success to the Seamen's
Hospital Society," adverted to the great benefit arising from
this new but estimable Institution, which had for its object the
affording of relief to a class of beings, to whom, above all others,
this country was indebted for the great prosperity and enjoy-
ments of the present day.
The health of the President, Lord Melville, then followed,
with unbounded applause.
Upon the health of the Vice-Presidents being drank,
Mr. BUCKLE retnrned thanks, and congratulated the friends
of the Society upon seeing so numerous and respectable a com-
pany.

"-The Committee of Management" was then given, upon
which

Captain BOWLES, R.N. in the name of the Committee, ex-
pressed his sincere thanks for the honour shewn them. It was
most satisfactory to assure the company that this Institution
had, after a trial of four years, most fully answered the ex-
pectations of those by whom it was established, and that it bad
beyond all doubt relieved a greater proportion of human misery
than almost any other similar institution possessing the like
means. The zeal and assiduity of officers, in their several de-
partments, were highly gratifying and creditable to them. The
good order and regularity which prevailed on board the Gram-
pus was to be attributed to the unceasing exertions and exem-
plary conduct of Lieut. M'Crevy, the Superiaendant, and he
could not too strongly express the obligations Which he consider-
ed the Society was under to their whole Medical Department, as
well as to their visiting Physicians, Drs. M`Kinnon and Ro-
berts, whose valuable and gratuitous attendance had been of
such infinite service on all occasions, as also to their Surgeon,
Mr. Cornott, whose skill, humanity, and constant attention, ren-
dered him a most invaluable member of this Society. Before
he sat down, he begged to say a few words on the state of the
funds of the Society, a subject upon which he thought their
friends ought to be most fully informed, because, although the
Committee could not entertain a doubt that in this rich and
prosperous metropolis a charity like the present would ever
fall to the ground from want of support, and attributing the
confined support hitherto experienced purely to the circum-
stances of the Institution not being sufficiently known, yet the
certain income from annual' subscriptions did not exceed 1,000/.
per annum, not the third part of the necessary expendi-
ture. He trusted that none of those who had hitherto supported
the Charity would relax in their exertions until their finances
were placed upon a secure and permanent footing, which could
not be said to be the case until the annual subscriptions nearly
equalled the annual expences. They were under the greatest
possible obligations to his Majesty's Government. and espe-
cially to that department over which the Noble herd (whose
absence they all regretted) presided, to whom they were in-
debted for the most liberal and constant support. He confi-
dently trusted that at this period of general prosperity the suf-
ferings of so valuable a class of our fellow-countrymen would
not be overlooked by those whom Providence had blessed with
the means of relieving them.—(Loud applause.)
The TREASURE a (Wm. 'Williams. Esq. M. P.) then pro-
ceeded to read the Report, he pointed out in very animated
terms the great benefits arising from this valuable Institution
—the privations the objects of this Charity, from the nature of
their cailing, were subjected to, as well as from the change of
climate and disease; and he urged with considerable force that
there was no place of a description to afford that relief which
was the primary object of this Society. Ile regretted that they
did not meet with that aid from the British merchants which
might reasonably he expected ; he attributed this not to a
want of liberality, but to the imperfect knowledge they possess-
ed at present of the benefits arising from this Society—a So-
ciety which had arisen, not from any practical experiment, but
from absolute necessity, when the severity of the winter of
1817-18 rendered extraordinary measures necessary for the
protection of the homeless poor—when, for the first time,
it was known that the worne-out British tar formed so
considerable a portion of their unfortunate class. Nor
were the benefits of this Society confined to British sub-
jects alone ; for it would be perceived by the printed
Report that assistance was given to persons of all nations re-
quiring it; besides Europeans,.there were Africans, Americans
Turks, Chinese, and even those born at sea, who had partici-
pated of their bounties. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by
saying, that a sense of the 'Value of this Institution had extended
to the East Indies, and, through the medium of Mr. Buckle,
he had the honour of presenting a list of contributions from
Calcutta, the gross amount of which was 255/. 103. ( Loud ap-
probation.) He fervently hoped to see a considerable increase
in the friends of the Society, so that it might be enabled to af-
ford, upon an extended scale, those blessings to the afflicted
(which it had so happily commenced doing), until time should
be no more.—(General applause.)
It was announced, amidst much approbation, that the Eclipse
Margate Steam Packet Company had offered the use of their
vessels on any stipulated day for the purpose of a trip to sea,
the profits arising from which were to be added to the funds of
this Society. The same parties had on two several previous oc-
casions afforded the same liberal assistance, the amount of which
in the first instance was 00/. and the second 60/.
The general subscription in the course of the evening amount-
ed to upwards of 1,0001. Amongst the principal donations we
noticed—The Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, 200 guineas ;
the Hon. East India Company, 100 guineas ; John Wool-
more, Esq. 501. ; J. C. Clark, Esq. 20/. ; Wm. Manning, Esq.
a third donation, 10/. 10s. besides numerous donations of 5/.
and 101. each.

Messrs. Broadhurst, C. Taylor, J. Smith, Leate, Master
Smith, &c. occasionally afforded much gratification to the com-
pany by their professional exertions. The company did not se-
parate until a late hour.

A Statement of the Number of Patients received on board the
Seamen's Hospital Ship, Grampus, .from the 24th of October,
1821, to the 2d February, 1825, spewing the different Na-
tions to which they belong, and the Service in which they
have been employed :
Englishmen - 1,940
Scotchmen - 431
Irishmen - 351
Frenchmen
Germans -
Russians -
Prussians .
`Dutchmen -
Danes and Norwegians
Swedes -
'ltalians -
Portuguese
Spaniards -
East Indians

West Indians • .-
British Americans
United States
South Americans -
Africans
Turks -
New Zealanders -
New South Walcs .
South Sea Islanders
Chinese -
Born at Sea

Total -3,19 i;

IN WHAT SERV]
His Majesty's Navy
Honourable East India Compai
-Merchant. vessels of different N

:CE EMPLOYED.

.ny's Service
ations

- - 298
- 307
- . - 293

Relieved at the Establishmdri
the ships being -ready -

3,198
at Stepney, previous to

Total - - 3,369

A Mechanics' Institute is about to be formed
upon liberal prindpks at Sunderland, in the
county of Durham.

WATERLOO ERTOGE.—ft is in contemplation
to apply to Parliament for powers to dispose of Waterloo
Bridge by lottery. The entire receipts of this magnificent
structure arestill scarcely sufficient to pay interest to the an.
nuitants ; and the original shares have been sold lately, in
many instances, at nearly 94 per cer.t. below par—that is to say,
shares which cost ‘lOO/., are selling for 6/. 10s.

* Edinburgh Review, No. 78. Article, Periodical Press.
It has become so extremely rare to catch the critics in
6' saffron and blue," spinnhg any other than their eternal
political wheel, that I am here right glad to bear humble
testimony to the merit of their criticisms, or rather essays,
on the subject of Drama. Their opinions on this topic, (thinly
scattered over the pages of their Journal), are sound and free
from lies; and their observations, for the most part, strikingly
just. Too broad, excursive, and dreamy, perhaps, to be grasp-
ed for use by the dramatist, they are yet, as abstract theoFic
essays--leautiful !

t-See Letter ht of this Series, Sun, Nov. 12, 1324: and
Edinburgh Review, No. 73, Art Periodical Press.
+
4' Reader ! smile not ; for, by the trident of Neptune !—" it
•
is come to this.„ --The Manager for the time (a player !) is, to
the dramatic poet, the Meewnas of the day !—lf British taste
and-feeling continue to permit this deep degradation of Mel-
pomene and Thalia, they, at least, ought to be silent or ap-
plaud, when the "quadrupeds, German Pandemoniums,"ond
other witrts to the " dull'd and pampered" dramatic appetite,
are exhibited.

mean to include sentiment, imaii,oery, measure, cadence, as well
" By language,"
says Mr. Lacy, in his Fourth Letter, "'I
as choice of words.'"—To this definition of the word my °loser-
vations are equally applicable.