The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-24 00:00:00

Comiimpt on hospital.

• A quarterly court of governors of this charity
was held in the board-room of the hospital on Thurs-
day afternoon, Lieut.-General the Hon. Thos. Ash-
burnham in the chair. There were present the Hon.
E. B. Wrottesley, Mr. F. J. Auguarde, Mr. T. P.
Beckwith, Mr. J. Colebrook, Mr. T. F. Crew, Dr.
Dickson, the Rev. T. W. Franklyn, Mr. W. Need-
ham, Mr. H. E. Pellew, Mr. W. Thomas, &c.
The minutes of the last two courts were signed,
and an abstract of the minutes of the subsequent
meetings of the committee of management was
read. The secretary then read the report of the
committee of management, from which it appeared
that owing to the large number of applicants on the
list it had been found necessary that the full com-
plement of beds (210) should be kept occupied till
a later period in the summer than usual ; a tempo-
rary and small reduction would be required in order
to carry out the customary annual repairs. The
out-patients' attendances also continued large. The
committee had still reason to acknowledge thank-
fully the support given to the charity by the general
public and by the clergy. The following legacies
had been announced : —Miss Ann Bailey, £5OO Con-
sols ; Mrs. Sheldon, £lOO Consols ; Mr. W. H.
Powell, half of residue ; W. C. Grove, Esq., £lOO ;
Mrs. Story, £5OO duty free ; R. Churchward, Esq.,
£100; Mrs. Henniker Wilson, £lOO.
This source of income continued to be an im-
portant one, as affording a means of making up the
difference between the annual subscriptions and the
year's expenses, the amount of the latter being still
about double that of the former. A summary of
the Medical Committee's report on the cases of the
patients who returned on May 31 from wintering in
Madeira had been published in the medical and
other papers. The committee did not consider that
the results of the experiment were sufficiently en-
couraging
to justify them at present in repeating it.

A sub-committee had been appointed to investi-
gate and repot upon the subject of the proposed
alterations in the rules as to the admission of in-
patients, referred back to. them by the annual court
for further consideration ; and, secondly, to inquire
and report whether increased accommodation for
in and out-patients could be safely and conveniently
provided, either by enlarging the present hospital
buildings, or by any other and what means. A
meeting of the sub-committee had been held, and
they were now awaiting the report of the architect.
The appointment of dental surgeon, being tenable
for three years only, had been declared vacant in
accordance with the rules. Mr. Howard Howard,
who had ably discharged the duties of the office since
its creation in 1863, being eligible for re-election,
the committee had much pleasure in reappointing
him. •

The number of patients admitted between May 31
and August 9 (the date of the report) was 181; dis-
charged, many materially relieved, 175 ; died, 27 ;
new out-patients' cases, 1,599.

The report having been adopted, on the-motion of
Mr. W. TiIOMAS, seconded by Mr. CREW,
The Rev. T. W. FRANXLYN'asked several ques-,
tions, both as to the amount of benefit which re-
sulted from treatment in the hospital and as to its
permanent character.

TlVaiusairics elided from Dr. Symes Thompson
very-satisfactory answers.

It was then moved by the Rev. T. W. Franklyn,
seconded by the Hon. E. B. Wrottesley, and unani-
mously resolved, " That in pursuance of the recom-
mendation of the committee of management, the
Lord Bishop of Lichfield be elected a vice-president
of this charity."

A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman (the
lion. General Ashburnham), moved by Mr. W.
Thomas, and seconded by Mr. H. E. Fellow, closed
the proceedings.

Death of Dean Richmond.

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The intelligence of the death of Dean Richmond
will create a profo&ind sensation in business and
political circles throughout the country. He *had
been long and conspicuously connected with rail-
way transactions throughout the country, and was
president of the New York Central Railroad. His
life was one of adventure, generally resulting, in
later years particularly, in success. He loved

Loring financial hazards; yet was never devoted to
,he hoarding of wealth. lie loved to make money,

but was generous and often prodigal in its expen-
diture. Personal he was frugal, temperate, and
free from ostentation or display.
Dean Richmond was born at Woodstock, Vermont,
on the 31st of March, 1801. His parents were poor,
and he was early compelled to make his own way
through the world, with little education except such as
he acquired in his intercourse with men. He was
employed for some time, we believe, on the Erie
Canal ; after which he lived for several years at
Salt Point, now the first ward in the city of Syra-
cuse.
Ile gained in this time the reputation of being
a shrewd, observing young man, a little reckless,
as was too much the case with dwellers in that
locality, but honourable and faithful in all his
dealings with men. A peculiar manner was ac-
quired by him at this time, which adhered to him
through life.
He removed to the western part of the State, and
finally made his home at Batavia. Here he was
successful in business beyond expectation, having
great luck in making investments. For example,
in 1842, when the stocks of the State of New York
had greatly depreciated, as a result of the ruinous
Whig canal policy, he invested his entire capital in
them. Mr. Flagg, the Comptroller, remonstrated
with hhn. " I expect," he replied, " that under
your administration they will rise to par. We made
you Comptroller for that purpose." llis anticipa-
tions were fulfilled.

When the two great factions became actively
hostile in the ranks of the Democratic party, Mr,
Richmond planted himself upon the side of the Radi-
cal wing. In 1848 he gave his energies and money
freely to the advancement of the free-soil Democratic
party ; but directly afterward became favourable to
the reunion of 1849.

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--After this he was widely known in political circles
as among the railroad kings. lie gave his days to
business,pver
his leisure hours to politics, excelling
equally
and
in both pursuits. lie became known as a
,
at Albany by the passage of the famous
Consolidation Act of 1853, by which the fifteen
lines of railroad extending or projected from the
Hudson River to Lake Eric were united into one
corporation ; and he was ever afterward a leading
manager in the affairs of the New York Central
Railroad. For many years he was vice-president
of the Central Railroad Company, and on the re-
tirement of Mr. Corning three years since he suc-
ceeded to the presidency.—New York Post.

" There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust
our own ability to endure the anguish of the b,dy • • It
is no secret that of late local anmthesia has been produced to
such a degrea that the patleat, retaining his consciousness,
can watch the surgeon's knife as it cuts to cure, and yet bo
without the slightest sensation 4 physical suffMng."—Dally
'I elegraph, July i 3, 185,3. "To none is the public more in-
debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated News, page 8.6, June
J. "Mr. Day has succeeded in robbing tooth extraction of its
horrors, and we was we are only fultillin; an act of duty in
giving publicity to the fact."—Court Journal, p.:82, nay 2i,
Painful teeth, or diseased stumps extracted without pain.
No chloroform, and perfectly sate. Every description of
teeth, camb.nir,g the latest Inventions and improverren's in
dental mechasiam, may be procured from Ur. DAY, &MIA
(late principal assistant to Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-streCt,
wo, 2a, Regent-street (3 doors from the Folyteclude)