The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-07 00:00:00

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

The quarterly meeting of the members of this corpo-
raeiin was held yesterday at the offices of the society,
Crane court, Fleet-street. The chair was taken at one
o'clock by Sir Walter Stirling. The minutes of the
annual meeting having been read over and confirmed,
the meeting proceeded to take into consideration a re-
commendation of the committee to suspend one of the
bye laws of the society, and to sell out 5004 of the stock
in order to meet the pressing emergency of the large
amount of claims made upon the funds of the charity.
Dr. WEBSTER, in proposing the suspension of the bye-
law, said that he feared an erroneous impression had
gone abroad that this society was very rich, and did not
stand in need of the assistance of its friends, and this
would probably account for the present deficiency in the
funds of this charity. Sooner, however, than the opera-
tions of the charity should be brought to a stand-still,
he would move the suspension of the bye-law as recom-
mended by the committee.
The resolution having been seconded,
Mr. MORRIS said he thought that some explanation of
the reasons of the present deficiency in the funds should
be given. lie disapproved of the recent increase in the
salary of the secretary.
W. LANE, Esq., thought that the late grant to the
Caledonian Asylum was highly improper, and that at
least that society should pay something to the funds of
this society, for the use or the rooms and offices.
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING thought that the circumstance
should not be lost sight of, that there had been a lgrger
number of applicants during the last year, and also that
the allowances made to them had been larger than for-
merly.
In answer to a question put by Dr. WEBSTER,

The SECRETARI said that the amount of subscriptions
to the society was, for the years-1844, 2,3671. ; 1845,
2,6911. ; 1846, 2,7611. ; and that the number of indivi-
duals relieved out of the funds of the society had increased
since from 2,802 in the year 1837, to 4,611 in the present
year.

The resolution was then agreed to unanimously.
The SECRETARY then said that a matter personal to
himself had been obtruded upon the meeting by one of
the speakers, containing an insinuation that he had acted
improperly with the funds of the society. He totally
denied the charge, and hoped the committee would not
separate without appointing a committee to inquire into
the subject.
A warm discussion ensued between several of the
members, but, upon the suggestion of the Rev. Dr.
Cumming, the subject was dropped, it being finally
arranged that the Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Morris) should
go over the accounts with the Secretary himself, and
report upon the subject at the next meeting of the Court.
Several other matters of business having been dis-
posed of,
The CHAIRMAN, having vacated the chair, then moved
a resolution, embodying the sentiments of the society on
the occasion of the sudden demise of their respected
treasurer, the late Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P.
He was a scholar, a statesman, and a man of business,
whose energy of mind was equalled only by the amenity
of his manners and the kindness of his heart, and who
was ever ready to do all that in him lay to promote the
interests of this society and of his fellow-creatures.
W. DALLAS, Esq., having seconded the resolution, it
was agreed to nem. con., and the resolution in question
ordered to be forwarded to the Dowager Lady Shaw
Stewart, and bearing the signature of the secretary.
Mr. L.s.rNG then brought forward the motion of which
he had given notice with respect to a grant made to one
of the applicants. The circumstance has been brought
before the committee upon various occasions. The
grant complained of was, it appeared, recommended by
Mr. Nisbet, one of the governors of the society, but in
consequence of some irregularity in the application, the
grant was reduced from the sum of 101. to 31.. Mr.
Nisbet having been taxed with the irregularity, denied
all knowledge of the subject, and a committee was ap-
pointed to inquire into this subject, which reported ac-
cordingly. The object of the present resolution was to set
aside the report of the committee, as not founded in fact,
and to appoint a committee to inquire into the subject.
Mr. NISBET, whose conduct had been impugned,
stated that neither directly norindirectly did he kno w any-
thing at all of the applicant or the grant, and challenged
any person to say that he had ever been guilty of a
dereliction of his duty as a dispenser of the funds of the
charity. _ _

After a few remarks from Mr. Gillespie and Rev. Dr.
Cumming, to the effect that no possible good could arise
from re-opening the case, and much detriment to the
interests of the charity might ensue by opening the
question,
A warm discussion ensued, but, upon the motion of
Mr. Gillespie and Mr. Dallas, the subject dropped, the
original motion having been withdrawn.
The other business of the meeting having been dis-
posed of the thanks of the Court were given to the
Chairman, and the meeting broke up.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.
The resolution of the directors of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway to stop the travelling of the trains on
a Sunday has created much excitement in Scotland. At
the last meeting of the Town Council in Glasgow, Mr.
Bankier moved as follows:

" 1. That the running of railway passenger trains
with the mails on the morning and evening of the Sab-
bath-day, between Glasgow and Edinburgh, as has been
practised for four years past, is absolutely necessary,
there being no other mode of travelling or conveyance
between the two cities.

" 2. That the resolution recently adopted and acted
upon by the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway Company, to stop those trains, is a breach of
faith with the State, and of course with the country, in-
asmuch as the allegation in the preamble of their Act is
not implemented, and that it ought to be rescinded, and
that the morning and evening passenger trains on Sun-
day ought to be immediately se-established.
" 3. That the railway directors having disregarded
the remonstrances of the city of Edinburgh, the burghs
of Linlithgow and Falkirk, and other places, and par-
ticularly 01 a large and influential number of the citi-
zens of Glasgow, this Council feel it incumbent upon
them to intimate these resolutions to the Parliamentary
representatives of the city, with a request that they shall
oppose all Parliamentary proceedings in which this rail-
way company may be interested, until they comply with
the reasonable wishes of the public so unequivocally ex-
pressed.
" 4. That these resolutions be intimated to the direc-
tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company."
The subject then led to an extended debate, a number
of members speaking for and against the resolutions.
Mr. Bankier replied, after which the Council came to a
vote, when 24 voted in favour of the resolutions for the
resumption of the Sunday trains, and 17 voted for the
previous question. Majority in favour of these resolu-
tions, 7. The Council then adjourned.

LAUGHABLE APPLICATION.
A tall athletic fellow, whose appearance bespoke any-
thing but short commons, presented himself before Mr.
Yardley, at the Thames Police-court, and with a strong
provincial accent, said, " Zur, I comes here to consult
you about this ere piece of beef. I belongs to the brig
Ann, she's a collier wot trades from South Shields to
Lunuun. When we starts the captain agrees to give us
lots of the best of grub—(Laughter)—and a man aboard
a collier, yer warshup, works precious hard, and on
Christmas-day, of all the blessed days of the year, they
gives a feller sich stuff as this (here complainant,
amid roars of laughter, produced something he called
beef, but which seemed like a good sized coal, selected
from the cargo). Then, yer warshup, instead of small
stores, they gives us small beer, and if you tasted it, yer
warshup, you'd say it was precious small—(Loud
laughter)—and when we complains, captain says he'll
cum Capun Johnson over us, but he won't while I be on
board."

Mr. Yardley, who seemed much amused at the indig-
nant tone with which this complaint was uttered, with
lungs of such stentorian power it would have been im-
possible to have stopped the application, directed In-
pector Judd, of the Thames-police, to inquire into the
facts of the case.

Applicant—Thankee, yer warshup; but there be one
point more. I be a married man, and my wife and
young'uns be in Lunnun, and because I complains of the
grub, he keeps I aboard, won't let I go home of a night
to my wife.—(Laughter.) Be that;lawful?—(Laughter.)
The Magistrate, who could scarcely control his
risibility at the earnestness with which this facetious
application was made, told the applicant he was afraid
that, if the captain insisted on it, he must remain on
board.

He then retired, observing, " he wouldn't gee a button
for a feller that wouldn't speak for hisself when he wur
hungry."

A YOUTH DROWNED IN THE SIGHT OF HIS
FRlEND.—Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. W.
Carter, at the Bull Inn, Barnes, Surrey, on the body of
William Vaughan, aged sixteen. On Thursday morning ,
he was on board a barge moored off Barnes, and for '
amusement had been washing the deck with a mop. He
dipped the last dip to finish his work, but the mop
slipped from his hand, and in trying to regain the hold
of it he overbalanced himself and fell into the river.
Unfortunately there was no boat attached to the barge,
but there was a pair of sculls, which they threw towards
him. From the force of the tide and his powerless state
he could not reach them, and he was drowned. The
body was not found for two days afterwards. Verdict—
" Accidentally drowned."
TROTTING MATCH AT MITCHAM.—The two-mile
match for 251. a-side, between Jem Crow, the property
of Mr. M'Donald, and Peggy, came off yesterday, across
Mitcham-common. Jem Crow, although he give the
little mare 300 yards start, was the favourite, from his
well-known performances. The ponies, harnessed to
light match carts, were started at a little after four. For
the first half-mile Jem Crow did not get much of the
advantage he had given; in the middle of the distance
he had somewhat pulled ahead, but by no means enough
to alarm those who stood on little Peggy. Eventually,
Peggy went in an easy winner by a couple of hundred
yards. The road was dreadfully heavy. The time was
a second or two under eight minutes.
THEATRICAL FRACAS.—At the Greenwich Police-
court yesterday, Mr. Herbert, the lessee of the Deptford
Theatre, was charged with:having assaulted Mr. Cane,
one of the performers, by ejecting him from the green-
room, when he refused to perform until his arrears of
salary were paid. In Cane's hurried ejectment from the
green-room his nose came against the wall, and several
contusions and bruises of an anti-dramatic appearance
were the result. The magistrate recommended a com-
promise, which the parties effected by virtue of a
sovereign and a rumpsteak dinner.
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF SPIRITS.—Owing to
the high and increasing price charged by the principal
metropolitan distillers, the licensed victuallers generally
have given notice that within a short space of time they
will be compelled to advance the price of gin, whisky,
and rum to the extent of about threepence per pint, or
one penny per quartern.