The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL,

..... tney vies_ _ corn-law—that political
" _n reply to a question from Captain HARRIS, nature of the ittcidente, the character of the principal per•
epei against the corn-law—th
upon one or two years service: Let them lo ,k into the die. differences ,hould disappear at the Horse-guards. But it had The CHANCELLOR of she EXGteesQuER stated that eonages, the forcible seyle of the writer, and her occasional
patches of the Duke of Welliegton during the Peninsular war, been said that a Whig Government had earned no debt of
gi a- all tier-eons would be discharged from 'he public works when- reflece
i"ns upon motives of human conduct. In all these
ever employment r, old be foetal for them in another way. requisites of a
good novelist Mre. Crone excels. Her cite.
y done tor it ? Why,
mend were fit to beat any army in the world, but that their much ; they lied done much. They had abolished corporal Mr. B. Di sit 4 ELI said, it weuld appear that the depots far racters are deli,ested with striking fidelity, and a thorough
and they would find that he said that the men under his corn- titude irom the army ; what had the
conduct was extremely bad; so much so, that he could not punishment in the army, they had done away with the the supply of rood in Ireland had been reduced from ninety-
trust a detachment away from him, as they would rob, murder, enormous charge of five per cent. on 'he pen-ions. three to swetity_tour, end yet the Noble Lord at the head of its dew;
•n.Y. Among the most successful are Abel White,
and plunder in every direction. He called them a band of and now they had introduced a measure for limited enlistments,
the Government told ?hem chat the ports of 'relate' were filled May Eliot, Luke Littentietie, and the heroine herself. Lilly
robbers. So m
—. much for the morality cf an efficient army
eo that now the soldier instead of being unhappy might look to 3"l"aint"nce with human nature and the passions that shape
with vessels laden eel, food, and a navy, to the extent of Dawson. The last of these, Lille- Dawson, is a creation not
to arrive in Ireland laden with semi- unworthy ( Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wellington had acquiesced in the time when his duties would actually become a pleasure.—
ItY).00;) tons, was shorn,. worthy of Scott. The gredual unfolding of a good and
hr cargoes. Now the q,„ti„„ they had to consider was this, gentle -heart as she passes through situations calculated to
the measure, and he was confident that he would net have (The Hon. Gentleman was here interrupted by cries of
done so had he one tithe of the fears that thellen. and Gallant "Divide.") He hoped they would not divide yet; he trusted were they not taking care of the stable when the steed was work the change is pourtrayed with consummate skill,
Member had. If they wanted to make the army popular they would allow him to express his opinion fully on a measure
was doing very much resembled that fable, for having reduced blew:Ate, powers of no common order. The story of " Lilly
stolen? It appeared to him that what the Government de
nmong the people they should do so not only among the youths, which he had so early befriended before the Gevernmerit had„ii.cacy, and truth. Every portion of the work, indeed,
the number of the starving population, they were introducing Dawson" will place Mrs. Crowe high among the living
but among fathers and mothers and sisters. They should see taken it into hand. The Hon. and Gallant Alember then read
Cat ime Bank
that their friends came back to them after ten or eleven years. a long letter speaking of the hardship of a private soldier in the food into Ireland sufficient to supply the demands of the oriel- writers of fiction.—john Bull.
nal number of ersons in
--(Hear, hear.l That would be the way to make the service British Army, and expressing an earnest hope that the benefits P want. DRAINING WITH ENGINE ASHES.—On the farm
sought after. He was sorry that the advantages of a Bill of the measure might be extended to those at present in the of Deldo h
re , the property of Archibald Buchanan., Esq., of
which Promised
Hon. Member's conclusions were baeed upon fallacious ar u- s -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
operation. so much should be delayed from coming into service. (The letter was signed " A British Soldier of eight
g
If ten or twelve thousand men • mews. Many of the depots to which he alluded were
came back to the years standing, who dares not sign his name," which elicited depots eight yeers ago, and filled with engine ashes, which are
country every ?ea the - coast- s • •-•r ii , ,„,
Copal
.guard Int', h people would soon desire to have a na- ironical cheers from the opposite side of the House, and among of reserve, and not depots of supply. For instance, the sell in suit anu eincient operation. The depth of drain is
, Scotland there are (inane made twenty-
disposition Was te atation for the Reform Bill, a strong the rctt from Mr. Disraeli.) The Hon. Gentleman said the guard stations had been •all converted into depots of reseTrvee. twenty six inches, and the width between each twelve feet.
tries possessed it.manifestedand
d for such a body. Most other coun- Member for Shrewsbury might treat ouch a signature with anThe bettom of the drein is cut three inches wide, and the
The soil a firm clay, foreign Governments desired would find that, in proportion as ironical cheer, but he must tell what he knew to he too dbeuit}(ints wutass
supply,
yn,e
icieuswsaervye
rt,hiai
at
dt hneuyt
been should
reduced,rema in sbout now.rem
remained depth of
is ashes used in filling then is about ten incites.
down the national guard, wed to put down liberty, they also put trite, that many a soldier dared not sign his name to such as they were last year.
Mr. PHILLIP HOWARD suggested that biscuits should dent half a century hence as they are at the present time.--
Colonel T. WOOD said, that a letter as he had read to the House. lie knew well that no
Gentleman had fairly desceibed he dill not think that the Hon. soldier dared sign his name to anything opposed to the views of form a considerable portion of the food sent to Ireland by the Cambrian.
honourably and gallantly served. _t_. army where he had so his officers, and the person whose letter he had read durst not Government, in consequence of the great scarcity of firing in SOUTHAMPTON,
ay. These drains promise to be as et&
SUNDAY.—The Ripon, steam-ship,
of other armies with those of our own
If. he compared the accounts reveal himself as the writer, but he had trusted to his (Major that c nintry.
Captain Moresby, on leaven=
fur Alexandria the docks yester day afternoon
the latter were Superior. He svae mhoe'rewould find how far La aid's honour. Another point deserving the attention of • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
.a
Wyndham's plan than any he had ever heai4n_rfavour of Mr. the Government, and requiring mitigation, bore upon the considerable quantity of biscuits had been sent to Irela
lacendin. the machinery, and was necessitated to put back again to have
Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from a p 9 Unfortunately deranged some part of her
that plan the soldier who served seven yeariP:arsed; under wives of the soldiers. He was sure that any Hon. Member of. it repaired. It was some important part which had broken,
and at the end of fourteen entitled to a that House who had seen the neart-rending scenes of separa- and information was immediately forwarded to the head
penny a day, years he
to his discharge, with a pension of fivepence a :ii: entitled tic* when a regiment was about to embark for foreign service, borough of Limerick against that clause in fire Bill for egoist-
I isine the number of ~.rn?lli. ie and the elective guardians. _ offices in London by the electric telegraph. In the course of
Tahe would agree with him that such a power was greater than the Au Hort. Meetuea presented a petition from the Town
between
the night a special train arrived from Nine Elms, conveying
present measure was not of a permanent character, ityid
had been atm: I
44
act Government had any right to arroga e. But the Right Hon. i a duplicate to the broken part, and the ship was to
Id out the indueernent that it should; and from
tted that Mr. Wyndbam's plan Gentleman the former Secretaty at War (4111 r. Sidney lier- missioners of Galway for an equalisation of the rate
the town and rural distric.... quently enabled to pursue her voyage this morniess. The
reasons he regretted
Bert)
doned. As there was no opposition to the Bill he would not shoa had proposed that the subject of education for the soldier :ontrose, Captain Burney, wag get in readinees in the
give it any, as it was a step in the right direction.d ha taken into consideration. That was but a tartly re- Mr. Al ACARTHY presented a petition to the same effect Sias
the two last, from the city of Cork. course of a very short space of thee, in case the Ripon
turns for a • The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Colonel LINDSAY objected to tee Bill, as it did not pro- to84, _ service long since done by the soldier. He begged could not have been repaired. The Ripon took out about
and Gallant Gentleman the Recorder
' the Han
sixty passengers, The Montrose has ample accommodation
vide for the old solaiers who were the depositaries of the Oise for Dub he
laugh t, r)--he meant the Right Hon. Clause 3 was agreed to.
founded the Dublin library (G t
eipline of the army, Some allusion had been made to de- the Learned Member to; tee liublin University--did he On clause 4 being proposed, fur that number.
Mr. HAMILTON moved that the words "direct the s
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T. a AMES'S THEATRE.--ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.
union; he would say with reference to that crime, that it was know who
mine there- 1 No, the guardians of each union in Ireland to'' should be left out; and
occasioned by the soldiers incurring debt and beet, es
._ Hon. and Learned M b • realaughter,) . —The Ethiopian
in line 36, that after the word "appoint," the words "in and for •
for
dissatisfied with the service. Wh, ogrey held out no in- ; (Laughter.)
ug
aeoc_i_iidnnotht
eseyeemart oi
61t0n:37t.:. ininserted; • . e mated, becae
sent
In ‘,..4,,,.eulpnrdeduritungartbblae doary seno
After the battle Member
dttcement to a min to enlist after servi weitty.one years ; 1 insale •
leave the I British army, after destroying in sT, •
good Queen Elizabeth—( La t • each union
.Ireland" should„ he and in the
sjiniSmeriteanta)ldee_rss—riltiheeonotri,Tuienatul,eitrhpe.mmteol„s..nt,a!uieeei-s
11" q'. at the t. ames's Theatre, on the off nights of the r rensh
that the words from "Ireland, to the end of the clause, shoe's! . 1 . ,
they did all they could to make himpines. am with undiminished attraction. We visited the
sument in comin m ration e, subscribed
army with disgust. By the warrant of 1833 it was I.n D/. to r ese rt ra e es-anish fore
theatre on 8 tuml.,v • venin, 1 w..r. (1,,1iv-h'.',l '''''
Mr. S. O'BRIEN hoped the Governmert would not , ~ , ~.,... .
t It was spent ' - of their galtent
stated that a man might have, after completing his service, g sehieventia .
de to the propositien te the Hun. Cieutieumn.
1 permanent peneiou of not more than 6,4 a day. Therefore graven brass; but they the I 1113 to the celebrated Usher •
i mice
After a few words front' Sir G. Grey, Mr. J. O'Connell, • 4 •
t will" a smile or a tear" Irvin their audators.
as it ways is, crowded. The house wall, i under it —..

f,peciai geoerwi Court the g‘.veruor.l et this
was held en Saturday zit the hospital, Ci,arle,-
.qreet, Berner,-street, to receive a report of the com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the government and
management of the hospi, al. Sr Robi-rt H. Inglis took
the chair. A dispute arose as to whether the a tithe
car), and houe-surgeon were entitkti to be present at
the Court.
The CHAIRMAN read one of the rules of the hospi•al,
(see. 12, oh 1), which prohibits their attendance. snit
which he (the chairman) said was absolute.
The apoittecary accordingly withdrew, and Mr.
Ruder:, %no temporarily filled the office of house-
surgeon, a* a rolunte.,r, tendered his resignation of that
office, arLi remained in the room.

Mr. HAWES read the report, which stated that the
comtnitte,, having collected ample evidence, had come
to the decision, that the order, discipline, and cleanliness
of the hospital by no means equalled those of other
metropolitan hospitals ; that the nurses were not
engaecd with sufficient care ; that these facts
proved the constitution of the weekly board to
be defective ; that the respective offices of matron, se-
cretary, and house steward (the last two offices being held
by one person), had not been properly filled; and that
there. was a want of cordial co-operation among the
officers. The committee begged, with reference to these
objections in the management, to suggest the following
alterations:—i. As regards the weekly board, that in lieu
thereof there be a new general board elected, to consist
of a president, vice president, and eighteen govetnora;
that a hook be kept, wherein to enter remarks aii:i sug-
gestioni, of improvement; that a.sub committee be ap-
pointed fur visiting; that six lay governor:; go out o!
office annually, by rotation, but that they be t lig i bie for
re-election. 2. That the offices of house stew,.rd and
secretary be no longer vested in one person, but that an
active and comp.teht house steward be imicediat-ly ap-
pointed. 3. That the secretary no longer reside in the
house. 4. The committee suggested that the duties of
the matron require revision. 5. That the number of
nurses are at present too few, the ni:,ht nurses being
allowed only six hours out of the twenty four for rest.
6. That in futurc there be a weekly report as to the
management of the hospital. And lastly, 7. After
mature considerati:m, the committee think it ess,iitiai
to the welfare of the hospital in general that dr. Tuson,
one of the surgeons, should resign his appointment.
On the CHAIRMAN putting the question of the achy-
thm of and printing the report to the meeting, great.
objection was off,-reel, on the plea of it being very unde
sit able to adopt so important a report without the must
careful consideration.

An amendment was also proposed, to the effect, that.
if the rep Art were pi-Hitt d, it should be with the omission
,:f the seventh suggestion respecting Mr. Tosou ; it being
contended that it would be highly unjust to 01,4 gentle.-
man to cast any imputation upon him, to attach anti
stigma to his character, when they did not even know of
what he was accused.

Str WALTER STIRLING did not see that in requesting
Mr. Tusou to resign in constquence of there being n
fisagreement between him and toe other medical offieec.,
tin. 3 cast any stigma on his character, either personal or
official.
W ith ref.Tence to printing the report without
•hat part r. luting to Mr. Tthion, Mr. MALTON
lid not think it competent in any nic,,ting to tidopi a
repin, and then to print it only i❑ port.
Afit,r much discussi.m, an amendment was carried,
resolving that tour copies or the report and two copie.
the evidence should lie on the table for the inspection of
Governors until that day five, weeks, until which time
the meeting was adjourned.

We beg to call the arention of the patrons of the
fine arts to a collection of water colour paintings (formerly
the property of a gentleman well known in the artistical
wort], James Stewart, Esq.), which we are sorry to say are
to be submitted for sale by auction on Thursday next, by
Messrs. Christie and Manson. Works collected with so
much judgment and taste ought not to be separated, and it
is greatly to be desired they should pass altogether into the
hands of some spirited collector. The drawings are of an
important size (most of them) and include the names of De-
whir, Cattermole, Hunt, Rayner, Wright, Austin, and other
distinguished artists:]-we have never seen finer specimens of
these great ntasters of water colour painting. We cannot
help recomme4ditig those of our readers who sincerely love
the works of this extraordinary- school to visit this exhibi-
tion on or before the day of sale.
THE SMITHFIELD NUISANCE.--A very distressing
circumstance, arising from the driving of cattle to and from
Smithfield market, through the crowded streets of the me-
tropolis, adds another fatal case to the numbers which have
occurred from this long existing nuisance. A young mar-
ried woman, named Lott, residing in Tudor-street. Black-
friars, and who was about seven months advanced in preg-
nancy, on Monday last went out in good health and spirits
to Fleet-street on an errand. She there became so alarmed
by an px from a drove, approaching the pavement, that it
was with difficulty she retraced her steps home, when she
was prematurely delivered, and, notwithstanding the utmost
exertion of medical skill, she could not rally from the shock,
but expired yesterday. The infant is likely to do well.
DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER WOOD, K.C. M.G.—
This gentleman, whe for so many years was connected with
our colonial Government, died late in the past weak at his
residence at Holles-street, Cavendish-square, at an advanced
age. He proceeded to Ceylon on the civil establishment in
1801, and after filling the offices of Member of the Council
and sole Commissioner of Revenue returned to England in
1811. He was subsequently Chief Secretary to the Govern-
ment of Malta and the lonian Islands, and up to the period
of his demise was Resident Agent in England for the latter.
The deceased was the son Of the late Alexander Wood,
Esq., and an eminent member of the medical profession in
Edinburgh, and in rried, in 1807, the eldest daughter of Sir
William Ferber, Bart.
c,,xpoNIAN
jahtk
ont)huirstwogrdeaoft
undertaking are proceeding rapidly iu the
this city. A number of houses in Kitson s-lane and Caldew
llainsitie, most of which were occupied by the poore,t de-
scription of tenants, have been removed for the Obstruction
of the line in that tart of the town. A temporary wooden
bridge has been erected across the Caldew, immediately
above, the present structure, for the convenience of the public

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