The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-29 00:00:00

NEW WRIT.

On tha motion of Sr W. JOLLIFF;, a nem writ was
ordered for Leitrim, in the room of Mr. Montgomery,
who has accepted the stewardship of Hempholine.
The other orders were disposed o:, and the house ad-
journed at a quarter to 6 o'clock. '

TUE SITE OF OLD SMITHFIELD
AIiRKtL'T.

1 A letter his be h. addreased to the Home Secre-
tary of State by the goVerriors. of St Bartholo-
mew's Hospital relative to the propmel appropria-
lien of the site of Smithfield, market by the city
corporation to the purpovis of a dead meat-markit.
Tee auth Tities appear to object to any arrange-
ment which shall not preserve this sire as an open
space. It would, probably, bl pl ante 1 with trees
as a public reel- ation ground, or, at all event=, a
c rain put of Smit;:field situated bet if een the h3s-
pital and the road that j ':-ts Long-lane' to Icaug-
street ; and it is suggested that the rein inder—te
I c separated frein-t• o " red eation-groun i"--ni tht
Ibe otb rwie empleyed for the bent-tit of Ole p'uelie.
T a quite f. can the statement a ppE ml- d to he tette r
of the governor, of the ho'spital_ct sinitlieda is in
the very heart of the metropolig, the b athlings ix-
! ending in every dire:;tion for several mil s around
it ; it is the oily open spec a with'n toe city of L an-
don. St. B irth&omn.v's Hespit-.1, which forms
the sou h side of Smithfield, is the on7y 11,-)spit 1
within the city of Loudon. It has now aecomano-
dation for no less thin GOO j.a ionts, rani- it has
generally between 500 and 600 patient= in the hoe-
pit d in addition to the large nimbi'', exceeding
70,000 in Vie year,. who receive relief 'as out
PI
• tients• The advantage to the pellie of having
spch an ins:ittition in the centre of the inetri•plis
is of course immen.te, but it is attended with the
disadvantage whicer must arise fromthe vitiated
a ate of the ateaoThere of 'a densely populated city.
This has been considerably counterated by the im-
mediate proximity of Smithfield, and in order that
the patients of the hospital may have the full bene-
fit of the frt ill air of this open space, the governors
`of the hospital have fit it their duty int to spare
any expense in obtaining as fetich fresh air far the
patients as the situation of the hosPital per mite ;
and they have sacrificed a'rentsl- exceeding 1,1001.
Per a',"llna ie houses pulling down the eases which for-
merly separated the hoSpital from Smithfield. Her
Majesty's Government will, therefore, not be stir
prised to hear that the governors of St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital should v.eW with Considerable al arm
any propesitiop for building on Smithfield; or tiling
it in any manner which may vitiate the air.
The of the hosPital haie addres:eci
The me ti,al office,
a communicatiou to the governors uPon the subject
in winch, after stating that they feel
eatslured that
will
the convaleecene3 of patients b • omo more
protracted, and i he issue of surgical operations will
become more unfavourable, and their
recovery
rm
from
them more tedious and Imperfect in proportion as
the atmosphere around the-hespital becomes more
impure—which they consider it necessarily must be
if the open area of Smithfield is allowed to be
covered: with buildings—they urge upon the
governors.the,vital importance of these considera-
tions, and earnestly recommend the& to use every
effort to prevent the (pen space being built upon,
as the adop ion of sucha course would, they state,
certainly tend
.to increase the mortality among the
and materially and per-
manently diminish its capabilities of relieving the
patients of the ilyspita l,:
sick poor of London. Toe immediate object which
the uovernors of St. Bat tholoniews Hospital have
in view in bringing this subject under the attention
of her Majesty's Government is to point ow, the
evils which would ensile to the patients of the
h, spitxl kepi allowing any interruw ion of the bane-
fit a which they dative from the open space of Smith-
field." The flom-otlice does- pot appear to have
returned any answer ac yet ;:but the subject is pee
of immediate importance.
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