The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-01 00:00:00

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

The Annual General Court of the Governors and Sub.
scribers to the Scottish Hospital and Corporation, took
place yesterday, at one o'clock, at their Half, Crane-court,
the purpose
of officers ce r s passingfor
forthe the purpose of passing the accounts of the last year,
the el
business connected vt ith the the
Celoeetirpoornatt?ofna,
Corporation.a r
uf ' ngt h,
e andlasteytheare;
The Court was very fully attended, and the Chair was
taken shortly after one o'clock by the Hon. Mr. FRASER,
the brother of the Earl of Saltoun.
Sub-Committees.
losho.
cthe m
ntetpteoersts. ofu Upon
oe Committees of
act,.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and can-
firmed,ltelief anasd wtehree
mshcsartitteL,
tahpeprierovaidnige
of
ff
the
ee
being proposed for confirmation,
theperson Stannadmi Standing
ICV?i
Mr. MORRIS moved as an amendment that the
election
of Beadle should be postponed for a month. He
partly on the ground that the health of Wart
si 1 did
sa
unfitted
him for the situation, and also on account
to his opponent. lie believed that the Sec of
his
conduct
retary had most
improperly interfered in the election f o Wishart.
.‘ll...ll‘vineoN seconded al
postpone-
ment of the election of Beadle e motion for the
in which the advertisement was' lie believed the manner
worded had precluded a
great number of candidates
from putting forth their
lic to all who were coinPetent.
the
situation ought to be made pub-
Mr. MAXWELL said
that the Committee which had
approved of the eh, •
fully looked through'enon of
Wishart, had most care-
all the certificates, had found
theta most favourable
they would be acting
to him ; and he considered that
most unfairly if they now and
Wishart was
Mr.
~axwe not an eligible candidate.—(Hear, hear.)
,e '" ll concluded by movine. that
,the minutes Of
the Standing Committeeshould 1 '
1,1,..,,v..__. be confirmed.
I'-' Ite • Mr. CI MN LNG seconded the motion. He
believed that ‘Vishart was a person well qualified, In
every respect, for the office of Beadle.
Th c. 1, i ,ev. .. ,r. BROWN, Of Swallow-street, thought
there had been some slight degree of feeling
mixed up with the election of Beadle.--(Cries
of .. No, no.") lie thought the Court would
do well to set it down as a general principle that it was
unwise and unreasonable for them to overhaul and re-
verse any decision that had been conscientiously come
to by any of their Committees ; that was sound com-
mon seme—(llear, hear)—because all the gentlemen
whom they entrusted with their confidence must be
supposed to be men of honour, and such as would ex-
ercise the powers entrusted to them not for the good of
any particular candidate, but for that of the Corporation
at large.—(llear, hear.) tinder these circumstances he
thought the appointment that had taken place should bo
ratified.—(blear.) As, however, some feeling seemed to
exist among some members of the Court upon the
subject, he thought. it would be better to remit the
mailer to the consideration of a Committee, formed of
gentlemen who were net on the previous Committee,
Mr. CURRIE felt no hesitation in acceding to such
proposition, but felt bound to oppose the confirmation of
the minutes of the Standing Committee.
Mr. DaLLas could not see any harm that was likely '
to arise from postponing the matter, and he thought that.
the Court should adopt the proposition of Mr, Morris.
-
Mr. Daviosos asserted that. undue influence had belt
used on the Committee in favour o: Wishart.—(" No,")e
Mr. MURRAY, with some warmth, denied that any un-
due influence had been used. . _ _

AiORRIS said his great objection id Me. Wishart
was his personal conduct towards an individtiat who was
in the same society as himself. What the Corpoition
wanted was a man upon whom all could place reliance;;
and Mr. Wishart's conduct, he thought, did not entitle
him to that confidence. He would venture to say, that
many Subscribers would not have attended at the election
of Wishart, had it not been for the special request of the
Secretary that they should do so.—(No, no.)
Mr. WALKENSHAV thought. it Was the duty of the
Court to sustain the finding of the Committee.
After some further conversation,
The CHAIRMAN put Mr. Maxwell's motion for the
confirmation Of the Report of the Standing Committee,
and declared it to be carried, there being 26 hands held
up in its favour, and 19 against it.
The minutes were then ordered to be confirmed, and
Mr. Wishart was called into the room, and sworn in.
The Duke of Sutherland was unanimously re-elected
President of the Society.
The Duke of Argyle was elected one of the Vice-
Presidents, in the room of the Marquis of Lothian ; as