The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-02 00:00:00

SCOTTISH iOSPITAL.

Tuesday being St. Andrew's day, the anniversary of
this excellent Charity was celebrated by a public dinner
at the London Tavern, Bishopigate-street.

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The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who, as a Scotch-
man, has always evinced the deepest interest in the pros-
perity of this national Institution, and subscribed so
largely to the promotion of its charitable objects, pre-
sided on the occasion. Nearly 300 sat down to dinner.
After the cloth was removed,
The LORD MAYOR rose and proposed—" The health
of our most gracious and beloved Sovereign the Queen,"
which was drank upstanding with three times three, and
followed by the National Anthem, of which Miss Steele,
a lady in the gallery, sang, as a relief to the professionals,
the last verse, with the most exquisite taste and effect.
The following toasts were afterwards given, and dre.nk
with enthusiasm—" The Prince of Wales," " The Queen
Dowager," " Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal
Family," " The Army and Navy."
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast, " Suc-
ceEs to the Institution whose interests they were assem-
bled to promote," spoke as follows :—The Scottish Hos-
pital extends its charity to mechanics, artisans, and
labourers, natives of Scotland, whom adverse circum-
stances have reduced to destitution in the metropolis or
its neighbourhood. The wives and families of these un-
fortunate individuals participate in its benefits. To some
pecuniary assistance is afforded to mitigate the pressure
of immediate want; to others a gratuitous passage home.
The monthly average of casual applicants does not, I be-
lieve, fall short of 250/. ; and besides so extensive an
appropriation of its funds, a sum of 8001. is annually set
apart for distribution amongst 80 poor persons exceeding
70 years of age. The Society, gentlemen, is so an-
'cient as the reign of King James I. ; and from
Charles 11., in the year 1665, it received its first
charter of incorporation. Its operations during the
great plague were on the most enlarged scale, and
signally conduced to alleviate the general distress.
A little more than a century later it obtained its second
charter from his Majesty King George 111., since which
time it has not ceased to maintain a very eminent posi-
tion amongst the host of our London charities. In 1830
a branch Society, for the purpose of forwarding to their
respective homes the poor whom we furnish with pas-
sages to Leith, was founded at Edinburgh under the
auspices of that most esteemed'afid illustrions personage
his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, ihan whom I may
safely say few indeed (if any) among the aristocracy of
our country more justly merit the elegant encomium :
" Those godlike men, to wanting virtue kind,
Bounty well-plac'd preferred, and well-designed
To all their titles."
—(Cheers.) To commend to your protection, Gentle-
men, an institution combining so great advantages,
and productive of such an amount of public use-
fulness,, would, I am sure, be considered a need-
less occupation of your time. ,I must, however, em-
brace this opportunity to state that such has been the
outlay of its funds during the past year, such the ex-
tent of the relief which it has afforded, and such the pro-
gressive increase of monthly applicants, that the gentle-
men who have kindly undertaken the direction of its af-
fairs will most reluctantly be obliged to curtail its opera-
tions amid the severity and multiplied distresses of the
approaching winter, unless, as I doubt not will be the
case, the generous and patriotic hearts of my more suc-
cesful countrymen respond with bountiful alacrity to the
call for increased contributions. In the course of the last
12 months the Corporation have, at a cost of more than
2,6001., relieved no fewer than 2,690 cases over and above
the 80 aged pensioners to whom I have before alluded ;
while the regular income, which they have re-
ceived to meet this expenditure, amounts only to
1,3001., leaving a deficiency of upwards of 1,3001. to
be' raised by the exertions of the liberal and hu-
mane. 'Bearing these circumstances in mind, and having
regard too to this most important fact, that, but for the
timely succours thus procured, thousands of honest and
industrious individuals would have been left to the
wretchedness of beggary in a country remote from home,
unprotected by parochial laws, I cannot but feel confi-
dent that the kind and benevolent qualities which so
peculiarly distinguish our English friends will be power-
fully developed in our favour. To them, Gentlemen, we
already owe much ; and I am persuaded that from them
we may certainly expect those further obligations which
the exigency of our case demands. It is unnecessary,
gentlemen, that I should any longer detain you ; and,
therefore. I beg to give you, with all the honours, " The
Scottish Hospital, prosperity attend it times
three, and one cheer more, followed by a merry chant
on the bagpipes by Mr. Mackay, piper to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed the health of the
Noble President of the Institution—" His Grace the
Duke of Sutherland." _

The Lord Mayor, who, we regret to understand, la-
boured under considerable indisposition, now vacated the
Chair, and retired amidst loud cheers.
Mr. Sheriff ROGERS was then called to the Chair, who,
having pronounced a high eulogium on the public and
private character of the Lord Mayor, his talents, his in-
tegrity, and his munificent charity, proposed his health,
and long life and happiness.—(Three times three, and
one cheer more.) _ _

This toast was followed by a Highland reel, performed
in the most spirit-stirring manner by Mr. Mackay, the
piper.
A great number of other toasts were given in the
course of the evening.
Before the company separated nearly 7001. was re-
ceived in the shape of donations, besides annual contri-
butions, an amount, we believe, never equalled at any
anterior anniversary, We had hoped to have given the
list, but'the dilatoriness of the clerk, Mr. Cutler, pre-
vented it.

THE OXFORD PROFESSORSHIP

OF POETRY.
As the election of this Professorship of Poetry is now
a matter of some little agitation in the " high places" of
Oxford, and the necessary qualifications for the vacant
Chair seem somewhat matter of dispute, it may not be
uninteresting to take a cursory glance at those who for-
merly filled the office.
The Professorship of Poetry for Oxford was founded
by Henry Birkhead, a barrister of the Temple, and
D.C.L., some time of Trinity, afterward Fellow of All
Souls. The Professor is elected by the Members of Con-
vocation for five years, on the expiration of which he
may be elected for five more. The Professorship, how-
ever, in common with all others which are in the gift of
the Convocation, cannot be enjoyed by two persons of
the same College successively.
The following is a list of the Professors, chronologi-
cally arranged from the foundation of the institution
down to the present time :

ax FORD PROFESSORS OF POETRY. 1708-1841.
1708. TOTeph Trapp, M.A., Fellow of Wadham, D.D. by
diploma.
1718. Thomas Warton, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen,
and B.D.
1728. Joseph Spence, M.A., Fellow of New College.
1751. William Hawkins, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke.
1756. Thomas Warton, M.A., Fellow of Trinity.
1766. Benjamin Wheeler, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen,
iafterwards Regius Professor of Divinity, and D.I).
1776. John Randolph, M.A., student of Ch. Ch.' after-
wards Regius Professor of Divinity, and D.D. by di-
ploma, Bishop of Oxford, Bangor, London.
1783. Robert Holmes, M.A. Fellow of New Col after-
wards Canon of Ch. Ch., Dean of Winchester, atj'd D.D.
1793. James Hurdis, 8.D., Fellow of Magdalen, and D.D.
1802. Edward Copleston, M.A., Fellow, afterwards Pro-
vost of Oriel, D.D. by diploma, now Bishop of Llan-
daff and Dean of SL Paul's.
1812 . John Josias Conybeare, M.A., student of Ch. Ch.
'Professor of Anglo-Saxon.
1821. Henry Hart Milman, M.A., late Fellow of Brasen-
nose, Prebendary of Westminster.
1831. Re-elected 1836, Dec. 13, John Keble, M.A., late
Fellow of Oriel.
1841. The present candidates for the Chair are Mr. Gar-
bett and Mr. Williams, the Puseyite.

Some weeks ago, Lord Moncrieff, of Tullihole,
one of the Lords of Session, was, with the special per-
mission of her Majesty, appointed Vice-Lieutenant of
Kinross-shire by the Lord Lieutenant, Admiral Sir
Charles Adam, now in chief command on the North
American and West India stations.