The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-10 00:00:00

KING.eg COLLEGE HOgIPITA.L,
I Yesterda y the eighth anniversary festival in aid of fate ,
funds of this institution took place in Stationers' E
whose amp to accomnioda,ions were kindly placed at' the
disposal of the stewards when the extraordinary dem; tnd
for tickets, .es soon as it beciNme known that Sir R. Beer
had consent ed to preside, rendered it necessary that.
some more s,uacious spar. menr should be provided than. -
was availabh ) at the Albion Tavern, where it had been,
previously announced the dinner would take place. The
attendance was most numerous, neat 300 being seated,
at the tables, and the enthusiastic rea ,ption of the Right.
lion. Baronet on entering the dining i /all, and through-.
out the evening, may truly be said to ht tve been as com-
plimentary to the chairman as his presen, ae and advocacy
proved beneficial to the charity.
The dinner was admirably served by 1176ssrs. Staples, ,
of the Albion, and embraced a profusion of all the deli-
egriell of the season.
Ud
Mr. Biakemore, Mr. Tvinin J. Round,
the right of the Chairmen sat the Duke of St.
g, M:.
Sir
re
J.
As,
ntu:sleY' Major Moore, eajor Oliphant, Mr.
Sambrook°, and Aldt 'man Copeland;
ar
Turner, Q.C., Rev. J. S. M. Annorson, Mr. W. B.
B
ear. of W, stminster, Rev. Dr. Jelf,
Dr. Saunders, Mr. Chaplman, Mr. Green, B.'sr R. Smitke,
aldrionng, the fri r ieTft. ie
Dr. Guy, Sir W. Riddell, Dr. Major, Sir , f D. Paul,
Bart., Mr. G. Frere, Mr. J. S. o,:tpper, and the 'Rev. Mr.
Howarth.

At the other tables sat the varioho professor If of the
college, and the friends of the hospital, fu: thing alt. egvther
a highly respectable assemblage.
The musical at rangements, under the super:lnclude. 'nee
of Mr. T. Cooke, assisted by Mt-tsrs. Hall, Locke'', alict
Machin, were admirable. Mr. Harker was tort- caster,;,
and acquitted himself mutt creditably.
The cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN rose and said—lbeg to propose "The
health of her Majesty the Queen," and I cannot doubt
hat in any society composed of the subj cis of her Ma-
je ty, that name will be received with cortlal demon-
st ratio! S of respect friim pure abstract feelings of loyalty
,ovfards our bovereign.—(Cheers.) But we who isee
iiii.cted With, 41: intri eS:ted in, t.he prosiwrity of the,
C011,!.;+. 114 S .t :^1 • -c Far
pi a., .alo( In a *pi al.o I U 1

4-!e,tiou to t.cr Maj-siy. As the patt on of that thstiiu-
t.i...n. her Majesty has given repeated poufs of the !nt,-r.
she takcs in its wel:are by tiberdl covtributions, not
•;ut, of any pu,litl! fund, but out of that privaP' fund
which constitutes the private fostuhe of be Mije Ay.—
~Citecrs.) tlmt pronnd, also, we Fliaf.l mak our
.ordi}.l resp 4 et f:r :he Qut,en, but I cani.'la
his toast with ul. tolding, tv. 4noth,r claim ts. the
zt,..:htneot LfE.e to!, ot Entzl;.htnen, thq ker
*Nei-) ie.wion of , awl as a.
u,:tb( r, the bri4l,:te, ‘• virtue. I
:L-u heahn of
-el ;t with.
~• was drunk.
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to latach W<•Ut ;am
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:'Otr ' 3',11 " The Qveep
-niece . pme,
rest of the Itoyui You wili
d-:(I among the meinn,rs of the Ro) A Fatuity many
con:ributurs to this iasituti:ett; tine Queen Dow-
a rer, Princt, Albe: t, L,nd, I itay bp, ciaily name tilt, Duke
Calubride, who have all inaracci by tht liberality of
v p•severing

their eoleributions, cud in sot:
personal exertions, their desire to p
if the hospital of Kings Cole ge.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN —I now rise to propese to you " The
Church"—(Loud cheers)—and it gives the greatese alt.
tielaction to associate with that venerable institution the
name of a Prelate, who is full of years and honours, whet
by his mild virtues, his discretion, his forbearance, and,
leis judgment, as well as by the purity of his private cha-
ector, has served the interests of the Estabishusent, and.
eiunded the strongest claims to the attachment and re-
s;Ject of his feliew-countrymen.—(Loud cheers.)
The Dean of WESTMINSTER returned thanks, and elo-
quently expatiated on the benefits derived by the poor
in such institutions as the hospital or King's C,llege.
The CHentesee—l now give " The Army and Navy."
Although above thirty years have elapsed since,
during the period of a general war, tae army arid navy
were called upon to make the utmost exertions in sup-
port of the interests and in vindication of the honour
if this country, yet in that long interval of peace there
nave been fiequent occasions, in India—Cheers)—and in
•ither parts of the world, in which the services
of the army and navy in active warfare have been de-
manded ; and we know that these gallant professions
rave nobly supported the reputation which they inherit
reum their predec•-ssers.(Clicers ) We have had re-
cent occasions of deine honour to the names of Har •
lime—(Cheers)—and of Gough, of Sale, and of Smith
—(Loud cheers)—and we feel the utmost confidence that
on a mere extended sphere 01 action, in vindication of
ihe honour or in the protection of the essential interests
,1 this country, the services of our fl eta and of our
armies soulti be required, all the glories el the Penin-
-u6 and of Waterloo will again shine forth with equal
.ustre.—(Loud cheers.)
Major OLIPHANT returned thanks for the army.
Sir R. PEEL then rose and said—lt is now cry-duty to
,dvert to the particular object which has calved us tege-
rtor this events,;, which I 1-4-joie,e to hear has le neered it
secessary for the stewards of this dinner to seek inure
enlarged and extended acc•enni,dation that, that a hich
hey originally curie mplsted.—(Cneers.) And as the
mieresoe of tin, insttuticn are on this night covemited,
s. me manner, to my hands its,' and etertinued
es-) —accu..tour d as I inay be :o teirtess public
e,.seleteiss I do feel a desp anxiety, from which I can
O • relieved by my coni&nce in your libsrality.
--(Cheers.) It is my duty to recommend to that Jibe-
selity an institution which contemplat,s two noble ob-
iects : first, the immediate en:lg....een of that suffering
ehich is connected with disease or accident ; and se-
vondly, the promotion of that knowledge betided oft
eetual experience, without which all efforts at midge-
den must be ineff,ctual and ineut.uplete.—(Cheers.) AI-
•ow me to call your attention to some circumstances that
may not at first sigh., appear immediately connected
with this institution. We are sitting here in the very
eeart and centre of one of the greatest communities
that exist upon the face of the ;;lobe—tile metropolis
of the greatest and most powerful empire. We see
,round us within this ',scanty no great evidence of
change. These wells existed as they now exist some
hundred years
.sinee ; but it is impossible to look be-
yond these ways, and to witness Without emotions of as-
tonishment and admiration the changes that are taking
~lace in the constitutioe of society within this metro-
;iulis. Let me take a privilege oiten taken on similar
occasions, and suppose it were possible to recal SOl2lO
ene who existed within this metropolis one hundred
years ago, and was conversant with the state of its popu-
lation and the institutions that existed at that time. Be
would be impressed with awe in contemplating the won-
derful changes that have taken place. He would see
around him every evidence of increased population, in-
creased wealth, increased refinement, and increased
civilization. I' know net what the population of
this great metropolis might have been at the time of
which I speak, but we have the means of estimating what
teas been its probable increase from the facts to which we
have access. Within 30 years, from 1800 to 1831, the
population of this metropolis increased not less than 70
per cent. The number of houses increased, I believe, at
tie rate of 63 per cent.; within some portions of the
netropolis, I. speak more particularly of those districts
that are in the environs of London, and now consti-
tuting great Parliamentary boroughs, the incr. ase of
Rouses in that short period has not been less than 95
per cent., and the increase of the population there was
not less than 105 per cent. You may judge from these
'acts what must have been the inerease.within 100 years.
Then let me suppose that individual revisiting the scenes
with which, so far as locality is concerned, he would
have been conversant. He would see around him a
teistly increased population; he would see the evidences
of enormous wealth; he would see the increase of eats-
olishments connected wilt the promethm of art. of lite-
rature, and science: he would see new theatreiehiefiewenouceld;
streee
on,oeuwldelzbe-nheowuses,svraivreasll,innge
wpsatlraeceetss—eviameraftnhing that
:•sn administer to the amusement a,,d the rational re-
creation of the people. But, suppose he inqured what
has been the increase of your hospitals? The answer to
that question would ho anything but s itisfactory.
(6. Hear, hear," and cheers.) He would be told there how
xists within the metropolis, which comprises a popula-
tattoo of not less than 1,500,000 souls, limiting myself
to those districts which return Members to Parliament,
theme now exist (speaking of hospitals for general Fur-
poses, for the reception of patients and the dispensation
if medicine) only ten hospitals, and he wool t answer,
with surprise and regret, that at the period he live d, 100
years ago. nut less than seven of those hosiii'als were
hen in existence —sevsn the most *.n.iwed with
.he means of support, and the most espelile, tr m the
extent of their aecotuinielwien, to give relic' in cases of
disease er accident. He w soli teli us that Gue's liospi-
:al, Middlesex Hospital. Laudon 11..0i.it S Barthole-
cimew's Hospital, and West-mins:ex- 11.,spi al. all existed at
the period at which be lived, and that since the, p.ri d
munificence of our Soverei4ll, ,'T by prieare hone ry. were
to the hospitals so richly
has been the addition of only three hospita,l-, and these
it"
scale.
nawdY'
the
Char:lr.liegge.hchtreuoesatts.
undo.ed, etcher be:., the
and
on the moot limited
the two in connexion with University
Hospital, and
College--those three additional
pita h..ving her nbebhuallfr 07itohnien otfhethelsesti
)Cmh.€:(lslPrilessit,o7t.itsniaigt Kaipnligt'lsiC;:lnlepie,t,trtnbak,tniktvoilseireleye
duty
anti liberalil—(Cheers)—a;:d to try to im prs ss upon you
the duty which is inetunlient upon us having before
us those evidences of increased populieion, increased
wealth, increased refinement, iiiereas,d inoiitutions
for every purpose that can contribute to recreation
and amusement—the mural obligation that is unposed
op us to something toward; repairing the greatdefl-
cieney which exists comparii•g thee with former times
in respect to the means of mitigating the suffering con-
sequent upon accident or disease.—(Cheers.) This
hospital is dependent for its support upon voluntary
contributions. It is on a very limited scale—it is not in
a very suitable place, but with its limited funds, and in
its unsuitable position, see what good it has accom -
plished. It makes up nut more than 120 beds. •Tt has
scarcely a shilling, except what is derived from.voluti-
t volun-
tary
collection contributions,
takes
place. With orf w a meetingth theeat,
like
mt bi; ow,f
ai
ceen,
ma
annualn
not
tdaiteisne hospital,t2h7e6p,,
ient patients were
rpea tri rcisenetsi
v,
eldbevl.,tmh'einththaet
wthtninl
population,
limited means, on account of the
walls in hevvcoiuthrsethoefsectloile.ifilau.setdyet:rtrio(sCe liretecresiv)edß:ittthii,n,
the walls.
, because there is a
not less than
reliefnec necessities
ss gitiiveesnofwatshiisio:ast
dle.ll3e4irece::,tsis thve,tnreeanr,s,\.lp,t,,..i,g!ries.,gl:7l.tf,the
wills
in
the
o,,urtie of the ple' ileee
tnere es se v/h ••; the eei,ee,edeeeee
relraf b'ies7r,r• see. opportunitti tor re-
gistratioil ; •• ounk•er reel• tone'
is keit rot ;e.-.pettg!' yl:;, 2, queuuty of relief
afforded. Bit, taking the registered cases of exter-
nal relief, and adding to there the caws of relief

instanc.s

.)te chc, welrartt