The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-04 00:00:00

THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, a quarterly court of the
governors and supporters of the Scottish Hospital was
held in the hall of the corporation, Crane-court,
Fleet-street, to receive the reports for the last quar-
ter. The Chisholm (treasurer) in the chair.
The minutes of the meeting of St. Andrew's day
(Nov. 30) having been read and confirmed,
Major ADAIR, the secretary, stated that there bad
been since relieved 236 destitute Scotch applicants,
who received 2161. 10s. 6d.
The annual account of the Kinloch Fund was next
produced. The receipts amounted to 2,1191.85. 10d,,
including 3931. 3s. 9d. stock sold; 1,623/. dividends,
and 1081. ss. Id. balance in hand. After paying all
expenses, there remained a balance in hand of 55/.
10s. Bd.

The following alterations of bye-law No. 12, after
a lengthened discussion,!were agreed to :—" That the
children of Scottish parents entitled to relief, be un-
derstood to denote children under twelve years of
age, and natives of Scotland, not under seventy
years of age, always excepting such cases of necessity
or sickness submitted to the relief committee ; that
no one should be eligible for the permanent pension
who has not resided five years in London, and that a
residence of not less than two years in London
should entitle an applicant to casual relief."
The report of the building cammittee, which re-
commended the erection of a corporation hall, or
asylum for Scotch destitute persons, &c., was next
presented and adopted, and the building committee
was requested to endeavour to obtain a site suitable
for such a structure.

Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Court
broke up.

PERUVIAN BONDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Mn.:EDlTon,—ln the note which I had the honour
to address you, and which appeared in your columns
an the 3d, headed " The Peruvian Government and
the Bondholders," there is a printed error which re-
quires to be rectified.
The nate, as it appears in The Sur, says, " and at
the suggestion of these gentlemen, an article was
superadded;" whereas it should have run, and at the
suggestion of that gentlenunt (meaning Mr. J. D.
Powles), an article was superadded to the proposals
about to be submitted to the bondholders, providing
for the nomination of commissioners to receive the
bondholders' money, for the benefit of the bondholders.
Whatever glory belongs to the suggestion appertains
exclusively to Mr. J. D. Powles, who, of course, had
no personal interest in the matter, and who, if the
commission for the handling and dandling of the large
amount annually payable to the Peruvian bondholders
on the present arrangement were offered to him,
would, with his usual disinterestedness, refuse it.
A FRIEND OF JUSTICE.
Thursday, Jan. 4.

WHERE ARE THE POLICE ?
_ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—They say we have a large and effective
police force in London. Where are they ? They
are never to be found when wanted. To-day I walked
behind a great sturdy filthy beast of a fellow from
near Leicester. square, a considerable distanca along
Piccadilly, and could not see a single police•constable
to point the man out to. He was a disgrace to
humanity, and in a state next to perfect nakedness,
and altogether the most disgusting object I ever saw
in a civilized city. What are the police about that
could permit such a naked wretch to traverse the
streets of London at two o'clock in the day, to the
disgust and horror of every female—numbers of whom
I saw pass him, and whose feelings I will not attempt
to describe.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Jan. 3, 1849.

A FRIEND TO DECENCY.

RAILWAY PROPERTY—NA-
TIONAL PROPERTY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU!
Sia,—Your able advocacy of the interests of rail-
way proprietors against the " Bears" of the Stock-
Exchange has earned for The' Sun the gratitude of all
lovers of fair dealing. Will you, therefore, allow me
to congratulate my brother railway proprietors,
through your universally-read columns, on the steady
and healthy advance already made, not only in the
market value of the railway stock of the substantial
lines, but also in the increase of traffic of both goods
and passengers ? To take one prominent example.
The Railway Record had lately a copied paragraph,
stating that the traffic returns of, the York and Ber-
wick Railway for the last six months, as compared
with the same period of 1847, had increased more
than those of any other line. This is remarkably
true ; the increase is both large and steady. For the
last week the returns are-1847, 10,8271.; 1848,
14,155/. ; being an increase of 3,328/. for an increase
of line to the extent of little more than 30 miles !
Such an example, coming from a thickly-inhabited
part of the country, studded as it were with hives of
industry, is most encouraging on all accounts, but
particularly as affording some evidence both that the
stock of established railways must again advance
shortly to something like its real value, and, what is
nationally more important, that the manufactures and
commerce of the country are gradually returning to
a state of prosperity.
Allow me to suggest that the market value of all
kinds of property must be greatly enhanced in this
country before the Ist of January, 1850 ; for the
immense accession of gold which the United States
are obtaining from New California will operate for
such advancement throughout the world, and nowhere
so speedily as in this kingdom : this operation is as
certain as that water will flow downwards. All
persons, therefore, who have property of any kind,
land, stock, or goods, should " hold bard;" let them
wait but a few months, and as sure as I hold a
pen they will put 25 per cent. more in their pockets.
" There's a good time coming, boys," and girls too—
patience now is a golden virtue.