The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-15 00:00:00

Metropolitan Free Hospital.

The 13th anniversary of this valuable institution,
which is situated in Devonshire-square, Bishops-
gate, City, was celebrated last evening at the Lon-
don Tavern, under the auspices of the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor, who was supported by about 200
gentlemen, many of whom were of the Jewish
religion.

It may here be noticed that this hospital is open
to the sick poor of all countries, without the trouble-
some and too often injurious impediment of a gover-
nor's letter of recommendation, and the daily at-
tendance of patients last year amounted in the ag-
gregate to 84,747. It is situated close to the most
destitute and populous districts of the metropolis,
viz., Bishopsgate, Spitalfields, Shoreditch, Bethnal-
green, Whitechapel, &c.—places whose names are
almost synonymous with poverty and disease, and
where are generated those unhealthy influences,
arising from overcrowded and ill-provided habita-
tions, which render the advantages offered by such
a charity as this a paiamount necessity to the sur-
rounding population. It is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions, and at the present moment
urgently requires assistance.
Amongst the gentlemen present were—Alderman
and Sheriff Gibbons, Mr. Gurney Fry, Rev. W.
Finch, Mr. C. W. Randling, Mr. A. Chapman, Mr.
J. Dakin, Mr. J. Hale, Mr. Joseph Fry, Mr. Gra-
ham (the high bailiff of Southwark), Mr. H. E.
Murrell, Mr. J. li. Evans, &c.
The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal '
toasts were duly honoured, Mr. WRAGG returning
thanks for the volunteers.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed the toast of the
evening, namely, " Prosperity to the Free Hospi-
tal," and, in doing so, said that when his friend on
his right, Mr. Gurney Fry, did him the honour to
ask him to preside on the present occasion, he felt,
notwithstanding the varied duties which he had to
perform in his character of chief magis-
trate of that city, an irresistible desire to be pre-
sent at that festival and to preside at it, and the
consequence was his presence there that evening.
(Hear, hear.) There was a charm about the word
" free ;" and if there was one institution in
this country more than another which ought
never to be anything else than free, it was an hos-
pital. (Hear, hear.) The freedom of the hospital
was gr?at when the poor, sick, helpless creature,
upon presenting his unhappy credentials, was re-
ceived because of the state of his health. But the
freedom to which he was now alluding was of that
broad character in this institution which invited all
mankind in the name of brethren. (Hear, hear.)
To the honour and glory of the friends of the insti-
tution under consideration they not alone pro-
claimed freedom to all who came, but they re-
spected the peculiar views and ceremonials of all
religions, and they aided and encouraged them.
(Hear, hear.) He therefore thought that a cosmo-
politan institution like the Metropolitan Free Hos-
pital, situated as it was in that great city in the very
heart of poverty, was entitled to the warmest sym-
pathy and support. Some few days since he con-
sidered it to be his duty to pay
esta-
blishment. He confessed he felt somewhlal
t thesuroprrder,
at his visit. He certainly saw there a
comfort, and cleanliness—in fact, everythinc, that
a visit to that
dcreatures who sought relief there;
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could add to the care and comfort
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its requirements, and . quite tlearg
that the institutionr-
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was spent, when, if he night take the liberty of say-
ing so, it might have been dispensed with a larger
amount of eventual good. He did not wish to be
misunderstood on this point, and he wished to say
that he found no fault with the institution. (Hear.)
If there was any fault it rested with the public.
(Cheers.) At the hospital there.were 20 beds with,
he must say, an admirable staff, and he had thegood
fortune to meet there one of its most industrious
medical attendants, who fully endorsed his
opinion as to the incapacity of the building. The
staff was sufficient in itself for all purposes,
but this after all was but one side of the history
of the hospital. The report stated that during
the year 84,747 patients were relieved. After
such an announcement further comment would be
waste of time. Who in that great city would re-
1, fuse to support au institution of this kind, situated
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the midst of the very direst poverty ? AtheapoiS
also showed that that most mischievous of all evils
—the railway—proposed to take away their build-
ing- lle was one of those who sympathised with
the poor, who were oftentimes deprived of their
habitations by railway companies ; but in the pre-
sent instance he looked upon the railway company
as a friend to the institution. He sincerely hoped
the railway in question would take away their pre-
sent ill-situated building, and that to the compen-
sation from the railway and the assistance from the
public they would be able to raise such an institu-
tion as would be of service to the public and an
honour to the country at large.
The toast was honoured with all enthusiasm.
Mr. GURNEY FRY proposed, in complimentary
terms, " The health of the Lord Mayor," who
briefly but cordially expressed his acknowledg-
ments.

The toast of " The Corporation of the City of
London" was responded to by Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Gibbons—that Of " The Medical Staff" was
acknowledged' by Mr. Ilutehin6oa.

Mr. A. CHAPMAN then proposed " The gentlemen of
the Jewish persuasion, which were amongst the most
ardent supporters of the Metropolitan Free Hospi-
tal." (Hear, hear.)
_ _ _

Mr. DEITIES, in responding to the toast, said that
out of the 84,747 persons who had been relieved at
the hospital, 24,000 of them were of the Jewish per-
suasion. (Hear, hear.) This fact showed what
claims the institution had upon the liberal support
of the Jewish population of the city ; indeed of the
country generally.
Other toasts having been duly honoured,
The Secretary read a list of subscriptions, which
amounted to upwards of £3,000.
The evening was spent in a most agreeable man-
ner—the vocalists, Miss Ellen Lyra, Miss Julia,
Elton, Mr. Dawson, Mr. J. Burgess, Mr. J. Hatton,
and Mr. E. Gray (the director of tho -corps), mate-
rially assisting.

The dinner, which was most efficiently served,
was in every respect a credit to the establishment.

The Corporation Medal of the Princess of

Wales.

The Royal reception committee of the Corpora-
tion of London have presented a report of the Court
of Common Council of the steps taken by them for
the execution of a medal, commemorative of the
public entry into the City of her Royal Highness
the Princess Alexandra of Denmark. From that it
appears that they entered into a contract with Mr.
Joseph S. Wyon for 350 copies of the medal in
question in bronze, at a cost of £5OO, the under-
standing being that the design and dies were to be the
property of the corporation. The medal was accord-
ingly executed, and the committee reported that as a
work of art it had met with general approbation. A
case containing two of the medals was afterwards
forwarded by the Remembrancer through the late
Colonel Phipps, in compliance with her Majesty's
expressed wish, and a deputation from the
Royal reception committee attended at Marl-
borough House and presented copies to the Prince
and Princess of Wales. The same deputation sent
copies of the medal through his excellency the
French Ambassador to the Emperor Napoleon, and
others were forwarded to the King and Queen of
Denmark, and to the distinguished persons in im-
mediate attendance upon the Princess Alexandra
upon her public entry into London. Copies were
also sent to all or most of the great public libraries,
museums, and schools of art throughout the country
and in Paris, as was also one to each of the members
of the Common Council and the principal officers
of the corporation. With that it was supposed that
there was an end of the matter, but it having after-
wards come to the knowledge of the committee that
Mr. Wyon had sent a circular to the members of
the Common Council -informing them that he pur-
posed publishing small medals, identical with the
one in question, and also, yith those struck at the
expense of the corporation to commemorate the
visits to the City of the Emperor and Empress of
the French and of the King of Sardinia, and of
which the corporation had purchased the copyright,
they caused a letter to be at once addressed to Mr.
Wyon, desiring him not to issue any of such medals,
and also requesting him to attend the committee,
which he did. Ile then, according to the report of
the committee, " acknowledged that through igno-
rance or inadvertence he had pirated the dies en-
graved by Messrs. Wyon on the above occasions,
and which were the corporation's property." They
thereupon resolved that he be required forthwith
to make a return, in writing, to them of the num-
ber of medals struck from each of the small dies and
of the number sold, and to whom, and to deliver at
once to the town clerk the dies in question and all
the medals in his possession. They also required
that he should use his best endeavours to obtain the
return of the medals issued from the persons who
had been supplied with them. In reply, Mr. Wyon
promptly returned the six dies he had of the
miniature medals, and all the copies he had re-
maining, adding that he had sold nine copies of
that of the Princess of Wales. In their report
of the transaction to the Common Council, the
com.nittee state that Mr. Wyon had since deposited
, in the hands of the town clerk the, several dies and
the small medals in his possession, and had, as far
lay in his power, complied with the requirements
of the committee. The matter, however, did not
quite end there, for on Thursday last Mr. Joseph ti.
Wyon and Mr. Alfred Benjamin Wyon attended
personally before the Court of Common Council,
and presented a memorial for permission to publish
miniature copies of the three medals in question ; or,
if the Court should think fit to retain the dies and
medals, to award them such compensation in respect
of them as might appear just. The request gave
rise to adiscussion, and in the result the Common
Council refused to comply with either alternative.

MADAME TUSSAIJD'S.—This magnificent exhibi-
tion, in Baker-street, continues to receive its full share of
public patronage ; indeed, we know of no other public
institution in the metropolis where more instruction can be
derived than at Madame Tussaud's. The Hall of Kings
contains beautifully-executed models of England's
Monarchs, from the Concpiest to that of her present Most
Gracious Majesty, the strictest attention being observed in
rendering the costumes similar to those worn at the re-
spective periods. The Napoleon Rooms will likewise ixe
found highly interesting from their containing numbers of
relics of the Great Napoleon.
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