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There are few, indeed, if any, of thocharitable medicatt
institutions of the metropolis so really deserving of the.:
sympathy and support of the public as ,tha,Royal Free
!Hospital in Gray's-inn-road. Its goverment, and th
. manner in which it applies itrfrelief—ackpqvnedging so
,recommendation but urgent necessity-i-Certainly entitlee
it to a pre-eminent position among the Londottlibelifeb
where all are good. At its gates the deetteitei tie
' matter of what nation, of what religion, or no Matter
'how much strangers to the metropolis, seek and receive.
medical relief and assistance, according to the means nf :
the institution and the relative necessity of the.cases.2
The circumstances which led to, the establishment of the
hospital of itself shows the class of distress which ig
it
intended to relieve. One night, during the winter of 1827
h Wretched female under 18yeare of age, was found lying
perishing from disease - and
on the steps of St: Andrew's,HolbcfriMaill, tcttla
famine. She was- 111' total
stranger to London, without-a single friend, and died-in:
the workhouse two days after, unknown and unmoor' _
uised by any human being. Thriedistressingcircumeteuee-
was witnessed by a gentleman who had previously- been
much struck with the evils which must result to the sick
destitute stranger from the system of requiring "letters of
recommendation before admitting the sick poorlrito the •
and instant Thefirat build-
ingshould be-We-pass,
p
public hospitals, and with the assistance of seseral gen.'
tlemen he succeeded in founding a medical
.charigy in..
whichor for ode
was in Greville-street, Hatton-garden, and was
called "The London General Institution for the ,Gratul-
bsttiatiuntiinog nlre ea dniadeas ie s:t alone,a
Otis Cure of Malignant Diseases," and was open
1828, and through obtaining the countenance and -anti.
port of Sing George IV., the Duke of Glouceeter, the
corporation of Loudon, and many others, its mean's. of
utility went on increasing until 1832; when the fink ,
visitation of the cholera broke out in Londou, rho% to •
fu!ly carry out the free principle of the charity; the
governors 'brew open the doors of the institution to all
persons afitoted with the malady, notwithstanding that
prom the supposed contagious nature of 'this diseale-
all other hospitals had closed glair doors against theti,,,
when-700 patients were adingatt
tion of 1849, upwards of 1,000 'Clatilera patients `were.
admitted to the hospital; and in 1854 uPwardi of 6,000
cholera patients were r. Loved by the institutions ,:an
the death of George IV., William. IV. became the •
patron of the institution, and changed ita• name to
the Free Hospital, and her present Majesty' on her •
accession became the patroness of the horpital, and com-
mended that in future it should be called the Royal Fite
Hospital. In 1840-41 the governors 'petitioned the
House of Commons for a grant to erect more commodi-
ous premises, whioh, however, was not granted, on the
ground that it would lead to numberless similar applica-
tions. In 1842 the governors, upon their own responsi-
bility, purchased the extensive premises in the Gray's.
inn-road known as the barracks of the Light Horse
Vi.lunteers, which had become vacant at about that
time, Upon the death of the Duke of Sussex a subscrip-
tion was entered into for erecting a monument to his
memory, and the subscribers, 'after several meetings,
agreed that the most suitable mode of carrying out the
intention of the fund would be to erect a wing t, the
Royal Free Hostas', to be ca'led the Sussex wing,
which was accoidingly done, and which as opened in
1856. Y--t, in spite of the increased accommodation
thus afforded to the institution in I..fty and well-venti-
iateii wards, the toads have not increased in proportion,

and more than one-half of the beds are at present unoc
copied from want of means, arid day by day the officers
have to perform the oiffi.ailt and ungracious task of
choosing from among the scores of heart-reeding
cases which present themselves for admission a few
of the most urgent cases to fill the limited number
of beds which tee contractsd meat s of the hospital
allow of being kept full. The charity is sCII bur-
dened with a considerable debt, which swallows up a large
proportion of the annual receipts. Of the receipts for
1856 one-hal had to be applied to the liquidation of out-
stateiug liabilities. Tee receipts for 1857 have Mien CO
far short sf the expenditure that the committee assert
that unless the public come forward in support of the in-
stituzion, the sphere of its charitable operations will have
to be sell further curtailed. There is one unfcrtnnate
class to the consideration of whose position much public
attery ion has lately been directed, to whom the Royal
Free Ho:pital is indeed a blessing. The wretched female
wanderers in sickness are the outcasts of that society
whose vices had been mainly instrumental in bringing
them to their degraded position, alike without character
and friends who will step fore ard to recommend their
admission into medical charities, even were their cases
known to those who have the power of doing so. Though
lost and degraded as they are in the eyes cf the world,
by none is the shame of their position more keenly felt
than by theniseivee No matter how deep may be the
abyss of shameless iniquity into which they have fallen
during their sinful c ,reer, there is yet generally to be
found among the " unfortunate" class sufficient recollec-
tion of happier and more innocent days to lead them to
sbuu puleicity and exposure, even though their health,
or indeed their life, may depend upon it. At the Royal
Free Holeital a large proportion of the patients belong
to this class, and upon entering the institution the last
and only gate through which they arc ever disposed to
return to a life of re-peetability is .not closed against
them by extorting from them their name, residence, and
the particulars of their urf •rtntiate condition. No matter
who appliestothe institution fsr relief, no register records
again.t them their past errors. They enter without ques-
tion under any assumed name, or even a number, an&
without their own wish no attempt is made to inquire
into their real condition and circumstances. They are re-
garded only in the light of destitute sick, and treated as
such. The result of this method of alleviating " the
social evil" speaks volumes in its favour. The unfortu-
nate females to whom for years probably the very naweof
kindness and sympathy have been unknown, aretouclaed
by the deference which is shown to their feelings, and
learn to believe that all the world does not join
in the indiscriminate outcry against them, sooner than
face which in reforming their lives they hive fled before
it, and plunged recklessly into the lowest sea of vice.
lAfter each service on Sunday the chaplain waits in his
private room to speak to those who may wish to com-
municate the nature of their condition to him in confi-
dence. In this way, through the chaplain, communica-
tions are often opened between the penitents and their
families, who are thus often induced to receive them
back, in consideration of the worst phases of the life of
their errine relalve remaining a secret known only to
the chaplain and themselves. Since the establishment
of the hospital nearly 60,000 of this class of females
' have been received into the wards of the institution in a
state of dtstitution and disease, and of these one in 11,
or between 5,000 and 6,000, have, through the kind
and judicious system pursued, been reclaimed from their
abandoned condition and have became useful and re-
.pectable members of the community. Those who would
ready wish to aid in alleviating the gt eat and increasing
social evil with which this city is afflicted will find a
field for their labours in this institution more extensive
and more fruitful in good re,ults than can elsewhere be
obtained. If at any time the heart of even the most
hardened among mankind is susceptible of the softening
influence of penitence, it is during the hour of sickness.
The busy whirl and excitement of even a life of sin does
not allow of time for reflection ; but during the long and
tedious hours of a lingering illness is the proper time for
attempting the reformation a the members of this un-
fortunate class, who are the curse of themselves and of
the society they live in. Much good has been done by
this institution, but its field of usefulness is capable of
immediate extension. We have already stated the diffi-
cult financial position in which it is placed, and we leave
it in the hands of the public to say whether its good
work shall be extended.

THE AVA.—Since our last issue we have had no fur-
ther particulars from this out station of the catastrophe
beyond the following :—" Ail the treasure is likely to be
saved from the Ave-250,0001. The vessel is gone to
pieces ; most of the passengers have lost everything they
possessed. She struck on sores sunken rocks, within
half a mile of the shore, about 15 miles to the north of
Trincomalee. All these rocks aro down in the charts.
Even the small schooners and dhonies never come so
close in, in the monsoon. All the passengers embarked
last evening, the 20th inst., in the steamer Granada,
sent from Gade for them, and were to start at ten at
night." So ends the history of the Ave pendingthenr-
cessary inquiries as to the cause of the lose of this fie
vessel, one of the best vessels of tae Pechailncsuutitaar
and
Oriental Company on the line between
steamer,Suez.
has Granada,takateohne 0
Anourf, Peninsularrin during
Ceylon a n
made d Orti 1
,e
raentntelinlatl
ahyetbptaeas Company'stoahenand
eers of the ill-'ated Ave to Suez, butt
Madras mails are totally lost as
ifa
ywt h
iwei yi i
thhbaetvheheebaleovesyne
eventually be
di
yhenatt to the Alma,
they may he ultimately fished
removed with little Or rio deadtetagee
well soldered in Iron
a Orientalt h echi 'Joel:peyacranceelni, V
the last 12 months. As
Seai their vessels, the pull upon
We should
the ethl" eEniriiinsualanrd
not insure ,
loser, in the Edaosetse
the company
tilicbuel a very heavy.
cks on which
be glad to ha:k,
the
depth of water about there, and their
the insurance
the Ava 6.tr.un „if the coast of Ceylon. The largest is
exact P"'" Island, from the numbers of
account
spwart
th bl e ue rock
h b. h h . which in a it t e oles and ledges of the rock.
Pige"- fintes, Feb. 25.
Ce,elo7'
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