The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-30 00:00:00

THE KING'S LEVEE.

His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in
town at a quarter past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from
Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cumberland and the Duchess
of Gloucester received the King on his arrival at St. James's.
The King held a Levee at two o'clock.
His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
lined the Presence Chamber, under the command of the Clerk
of the Cheque.
M. Aranjo Ribeiro, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Ple-
nipotentiary from the Emperor of Brazil, had an audience of
his Majesty to take leave.
Namick Pacha, on a special mission from the Ottoman
Porte, had an audience of the King to take leave.
Nourris Effendi, Ambassador from the Ottoman Porte, had
an audience' and delivered his credentials to his Majesty.
To which several audiences their Excellencies were respec-
tively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Prin
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by
Sir R. Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The Earl of Verulam and Lord Ernest Bruce bad audiences
of the King, and resigned their Gold Keys of Office as Lords
of the Bedchamber.

Viscount Torrington had an audience of his Majesty, kissed
hands on being appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber,
and received his Gold Key of Office from the King.
His Majesty held his Entree Levee. Count F. de Mar-
mier and the Marquis de Prarlin were presented to the King
in the circle by the French Ambassador.
Tolaat Effendi, First Secretary to the Turkish Legation,
Rafaat Effendi, Second Secretary to the Turkish Legation,
and M. Loghotridis, Secretary and Interpreter of the Turkish
Legation, were presented to the King by Nourris Effendi, the
Turkish Ambassador.

Khaless Effendi, Secretary to the Turkish Special Mission,
was presented to the King by Namick Pacha.
The Marquis Conyngham was presented to the King, on
his appointment as Postmaster-General.
Mr. R. Cutler Fergusson was presented, on his appointment
as Judge-Advocate General, by Viscount Melbourne.
The Hon. Captain Elliot, R.N., was presented, on his ap-
pointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty.
There were also present the Russian and French Ambas-
sadors ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Wirtemberg, Hanoverian,
Belgic, Netherlands, Danish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Greek,
and Spanish Ministers ; the Bavarian Special Minister, the
Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; M. de Bourqueney, First Se-
cretary to the French Embassy ; M. Lechtenberg, Privy
Councillor of the Hanoverian Legation ; the Secretaries to
the Brazilian and Spanish Legation, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the
Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Depart-
ments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of
the Admiralty, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the
Master of the Horse, the Master of the King's Buckhounds,
the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Master of the
Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the
three Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal; the Treasurer
of the Household, the Earl of Aboyne, Lord Saltoun, Hon.
Colonel Pakenham, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, and
Colonel Smelt, C. 8., Aides-de-Camp to the King; Lord
Radstock, Naval Aide-de-Camp in Waiting; the Master
of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, the Clerk Mar-
shall, Colonel Bowater, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr. Salome,
his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter; Master Graves, Page of
Honour; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshall of the
Ceremonies.
The Earl of Morton and Sir Wathen Waller were the Lord
and Groom in Wating.
A variety of addresses expressing confidence in the late and
present Administration were presented to His Majesty.
At the general Levee there were present :
DUKES—Wellington, Gordon, Grafton, Dorset.
MARQ otsus—Hertford, Conyngham, Worcester, Bute.
EARLS—Carnarvon, Wilton, Lonsdale, Verulam, Mulgrave,
Howe, Granville, Mountcashel, Lincoln, Darlington, Den-
bigh, Normanton, Rosslyn, Malmesbury, Delawarr, Cawdor,
Minto, De Grey, Beverly, Galloway, Longford.
VISCOUNTS—Lowther, Ashbrook, Maynard, Cole, Ex-
mouth, Hawarden, Strangford, Hereford.
LORDS— Suffield, Ernest Bruce, Ashburton, Farnborough,
Wharncliffe, Maryborough, Carew, Tevnham, Torrington,
Prudhoe, G. Somerset, Chesterfield, Arden, Rodney, Kenyon,
W. Fitzroy, Nugent, D. Stuart.
RIGHT HONOURABLES—C. Wynn, J. Herries, Major-General
Sir Henry Hardinge.
HONOURABLES—Mr. Windsor, Captain G. Campbell, R.N.,
H. Cole, Mr. Maynard, Mr. Corry, Fox Maule, Rev. K.
Devereux, Mr. Powys, Colonel Lowther, H. Lindsay, Capt.
Elliott, Mr. Vesey, Rev. G. N. Grenville, W. Rollo, Capt.
Pellew.

SIRS-Frederick Pollock, George Tuite, Bart., Wathen
Waller, James K. Grant, William Follett, Francis Goodrick,
H. Nicolas, William Burnett, K. C. H., J. Lambert, J. Ross,
David Barry, Charles Morgan, Bart., C. Monek, S. Mey-
rick, J. Cathcart, W. Abdy, J. M'Gregor, J. Pechell.
The Dean of Windsor.

Mr. Sergeant Goulburn.
DocTom—Cahill, James Barry.
REV. MESSIEURS—W. A. Norton, T. Haverfield, F. Norris,
J. Edwards, E. W. Edgell, R. B. Brown.
MESSIEURS—AIie, Sturkie, Robert Alexander, Nicholl,
Roden, Sanderson, M.P., Pemberton, Cresswell, Hill, Gaily
Knight, R. Cutlar Fergusson, H. Villebois, jun., W. Powell,
Newman, Smyth, W. H. Hoare, Sandeman, C. Romilly, M.
Gardiner, H. Lindsay, Lynch, J. N. Fielder, Goulburn, Wel-
by, A. O'Brien, Maxwell, H. Pierrepont, Ross, Percy, Stace,
Judd, A. Smith, J. Masterman, Rivett Carnac, Stanley Clarke,
Blackstone, E. J. Stanley, W. Patten, F. Bruen, Clive, Greg-
son, Greene, M.P., C. Wood, M.P., Fleming, Young, Pin-
ney, M.P., E. Gladstone.
GR NE IL A-LS— Si,: Feir •Gyant, Sir Charles Egerton
Thornton, Sir J. Macleod, Goldie, Millar, Sir J. Hamilton,
Lord Howden, Sir C. Halkett, Phipps, Sir T. Dyer, Meade,
Sir J. Lambert, Sir F. Mulcaster, Sir J. Waters, Sir L. Cole,
Sir C. Dalbiac.

COLONELS—CIapham, Grey, Hon. G. R. Trevor, Wade,
Studd, Fanshawe, Chatterton, M'Cleverty, Carmichael, Stan-
hope, Sir J. Limond, Lygon, Rushbrooke, C. Macleod, Mac-
pherson, Munro, Anson, Astell, L. Hay.
MAJORS—Forbes, Ironson, Scott, Lefebvre, Hon. H. Deve-
reux, Bruce, Luard.
CAPTAINS—Viscount Deerhurst, Graham, Egerton, Trotter,
Nicholson, C. Bagot, Liddell, M'Cleverty, Williamson, Da-
niell, Chalmer, E. Meade.
LIEUTENANTS.—Bedford, Wodehouse, Horne, Osborne,
C. E. Phipps, Welby, W. Stace, H. Stace, Riddell, G. H.
vvce J. Macdonald, Sub. T. Naylor, Sub. A. E. Knox.
ENsu, vs- Herries, A. L. Cole, Elmslie, Hon. C. West.
ADMIRALS.—bI. Durham, G. C. 8., Page, Sir
William Parker, Warren, „ ,Sir E. Bruce, Gosselin,
West, Sir P. Halkett, Mackellar, Sir King, Hall, White,
Sir J. Whitshed.

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CAPTAINS—Edward Curzon, G. Nicolas, A. L. Corry,
Bruce, Sir G. A. Westphal, W. B. Bigland, G. Martin, G.
Dickinson, D. H. O'Brien, H. L. Thomas, H. C. S.
COMMANDERS—ManseI, G. Brown, R. L. Warren, H.
Nurse, G. Pole, Sainthill.
LIEUTENANTS—W. Dent, Arthur Jerningham, G. K.
Ogilvie, S. Grenfell, Ackerley, R. Trench.
The following were presented to the King :
Lord Carew, on coming to his title, by Earl Grey.
Mr. William Henry Hoare, on his marriage.
Mr. Robert Alexander, on being appointed one of His Ma•
jesty's Counsel, by Lord Lyndhurst.
Mr. Starkie, on being appointed one of his Majesty's Counsel.
Sir Francis Goodricke, by the Marquis of Worcester.
Mr. Erle, on being appointed one of His Majesty's Counsel.
Mr. Cresswell, on being appointed one of his Majesty's
Counsel.
Mr. Hill, on receiving a Patent of Precedence at the Bar.
Hon. Henry Cole, 7th Hussars, on promotion.
Major-Gen. Thornton, on his appointment as Colonel of the
96th Regiment, by Lord Hill.

I,3aptain Edward Curzon, R.N., on receiving his Majesty's
gracious permission to wear a Greek Order.
Ensign Herries, 43d Light Infantry, on his appointment.
Ensign A. L. Cole, 43d Light Infantry, by Gen. Sir L. Cole.
Sir William Burnett, K. C. H., on being appointed one of his
Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary, by the Duke of Richmond.
Sir James R. Grant, Inspector-General of Army Hospitals.
Lieut. W. Dent, R. N., on changing his name.
Captain Viscount Deerhurst, 2d toife Guards, on promotion.
Mr. Nicholl, by the Marquis of Bute.
Vice-Admiral Page, to pay his dutiful respects after a long
absence, owing to severe domestic affliction.

Captain G. Egerton, on promotion and return from the West
Indies.
Viscount Exmouth, on succeeding to the title, and return from
India.

Mr. M. Gardiner, on being appointed his Majesty's Falconer
of Scotland, by the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn.
Mr. Hamilton Lindsay, on his return from China.
Earl of Mountcashel, by the Marquis of Thomond.
Colonel Clapham, Madras Army, by Lieut.-General Sir C.
Egerton.
Hon. William Rollo, by the Earl of Kinnoull.
Mr. Smyth, by the Duke of Grafton.
Hon. Fox Mottle, on his appointment as Under Secretary of
State for the Home Department, by Lord Duncannon.
Dr. Cahill, Bombay Army, by General Sir George Cox.
Earl of Normanton, on his appointment to the command of the
Fordingbridge Yeomanry Cavalry, by the Duke of Wel-
lington.
Mr. Newman, High Sheriff for Gloucestershire.
Captain Nicholson, Ist Royal Lancashire Militia, on his ap-
pointment.
Mr. Henry Villebois, jun., by Colonel Wood.
The Rev. J. Edwards, by Sir H. Nicolas, K. C. M. G.
Mr. W. Powell, High Sheriff of Hampshire.
Mr. Sandeman, by Sir D. Barry.
Mr. C. Romilly, by the Marquis of Lansdowne.
The Rev. T. Haverfield, to present a volume of sermons.
Mr. A. O'Brien, by the Earl of Westmoreland.
Colonel Gray, by the Earl of Westmoreland.
Mr. J. N. Fielder, by Sir G. Harrison, K. C.H.
Rey. W. A. Norton, by the Bishop of Norwich.
Mr. Lynch, by the Earl of Gosford.
Dr. J. Barry, Surgeon to the Forces, by Lord Lowther.
Lieut.-Colonel Anson, on his appointment as Storekeeper of
the Ordnance.
Rev. F. Norris, by Viscount Strangford.
Lieut.-Colonel Wade, on his return from the:Cape of Good
Hope.
Sub-Lieut. A. E. Knox, 2d Life Guards, on his appointment.
Lieut. H. State, on his return from Jamaica.
Lieut.-Colonel Munro, on his return from the Cape of Good
Hope.
Lieut. Horne, Bth Regiment Bombay ArMy, by Gen. Sir G.
Cox.
Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, on his appointment as Lord of
the Admiralty.
Lieut. Wodehouse, by Colonel Sir A. Dickson.

Rear-Admiral Warren, on his return from being Commander-
in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope and African Station.
Sub-Lieut. T. Naylor, 2d Life Guards, on his exchange.
Capt. A. L. Corry, .N., on being appointed to a command.
Lieut. R. Le Poer Trench, R. N., by Lord Auckland.
Lieut. Bedford, by General Sir J. Maclean.
Major C. Lefebvre, by Colonel Le Couteur.
Mr. C. Wood, M. P., on his appointment as Secretary of the
Admiralty.
Major Forbes, on his appointment to the 61st Regiment.
Captain M'Cleverty, on his return from India.
Lieut. Riddell, by Sir A. Dickson.
Lieut. G. R. Ogilvy, R. N., by Lord Auckland.
Commander Mansel, on returning from abroad.
Lieut. S. Greaten, R.N., by Lord Auckland.
Commander H. Nurse, on appointment to his Majesty's ship
Pearl.
Commander R. L. Warren, on promotion, by Rear- Admiral
Warren.
Captain Sir A. Westphal, R.N., on his return from foreign

service.
Captain H. L. Thomas, by the Right Hon. C. Grant.
Commander G. Brown, R. N., by Lord Auckland.
Capt. T. Nicolas, R. N., upon receiving the Guelphic Order.
The Hon. and Rev. R. Devereux, by Viscount Hereford.
Lord Nugent, on his return from the lonian Islands.
Captain Daniell, on promotion, by Colonel Mackinnon.
Captain Liddell, on promotion, by Colonel Bowater.
Ensign Elmslie, 10th Foot, on his return from Corfu.
Second Lieutenant C. E. Phipps, 60th King's Rifle Corns.
Lieut.-Colonel Macpherson, on promotion, by Lord Hill..
Major Tronson, on promotion, by Lord Hill.
Mr. F. Bruen, M. P., by the Hon. G. R. Trevor.
Captain E. Meade, by Lieutenant-General Meade.
Lieutenant G. H. Vyse, on promotion, by Colonel Lygon.
Colonel L. flay, on being appointed Clerk of the Ordnance.
Mr. E. Stanley, on appointment as Secretary of the Treasury.

His Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Viscount
Palmerston, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Granville, Viscount
Duncannon, Lord Ashburton, the Earl of Erroll, and the
Earl of Wilton.

Sir John Ross presented to the King the narrative of his
Last voyage in search of a north-west passage.

LONDON TAVERN, BISHOPSGATE-

STREET.

The musical amateurs of the eastern part of the metropolis
were gratified by a concert, held at this place yesterday even-
ing, for the benefit of Mr. W. H. Cape. The compositions
performed were selected from the works of Spohr, Mozart,
Haydn, Maurer, Weber, Winter, Wylbye, and Rossini. Miss
Woodyat and Mr. Hawkins executed the beautiful and highly
elaborated duet in A flat from the opera of " Jessonda, or the
Rajah's Wife, "by Spohr. This composition, abounding in
beautiful melodies, was sang with great feeling. It was ori-
ginally presented to the English public through the agency of
Madame Schroeder, who, with Haitzinger, sang it at the Phil-
harmonic a few seasons since. Mrs. Cope performed a con-
certo of Mozart (the one in B flat) with much taste and feel-
ing. This lady possesses a brilliant finger, and has evidently
studied good music under able superintendence. Mr. Dando's
Concerto on the Violin (the combined composition of Maurer
and T. Cooke), was well executed, but wanted more relief.
Winter's " Overture to Calypso " would have been esteemed a
great composition, had there never been an overture to Mo-
zart's opera of " Don Juan." It abounds in the most un-
blushing plagiarisms. The attendants on the Concert were
numerous, and who appeared highly gratified by the many ex.
cellent compositions presented to their notice.

KING'S CONCERT ROOMS, HANO-

VER-SQUARE.

Mr. Vaughan's Annual Benefit Concert was held at these
Rooms yesterday morning, under the patronage the Royal
and noble Directors of the Concerts of Ancient ~ who,
however, fortunately for the credit and character of the enter-
tainment, contributed their names only, and not the fatal gift
of their services. The scheme contained the splendid scena
in B flat, assigned to Kunegonda, in Spohr's opera of Faust,
the beautiful scena of Vitellia from the first Act of the La
Clemenza di Tito, an excellent MS. Cantata of Bishop, an
ode for four voices, with orchestral accompaniments, composed
by Andreas Romberg, the English version of the words by
Mr. Hurlock. In addition to these novelties, there were
many excellent specimens from the works of Handel, Purcel,
Haydn, Cimarosa, Weber, Hummel, and others. Mr. Vaughan
enjoyed the able assistance of the following vocalists :
Mesdames Caradori, Stockhausen, Bishop, Knyvett, Novello,
and Healey ; Master Howe ; Messrs. Braham, Phillips,
Hawkins, Terrail, Sale, Bellamy, Greatorex, Machin,
and Parry. Mr. Cramer led, and Mr. Knyvett conducted.
Mr. Schultz performed Hummel's last piano-forte composition,
Opera 127, with great ability. Madame Stockhausen again
delighted us with "Si lo Sento," from the Faust. The diffi-
culties attending the production of this magnificent opera, in
this country, arise from the indispensable necessity of procuring
two basses of great capabilities to sustain the two principal
male characters, Faust and Mephistopheles. The contempo-
raneous engagement, at the King's Theatre, of such accom-
plished singers as Lablache and Tamburini, presents an op-
portunity which ought not to be neglected, of surmounting the
obstacle to which we have alluded. The former has already
shown his masterly conception of the "Va Sbramando," per-
haps the most difficult of bass songs, scarcely excepting the
" Non so donde" of Mozart. Malibran would, if possible,
succeed better in the character of Rosa, than in her persona-
tion of Amina. Madlle. Grisi has never, as yet, afforded the
English public the opportunity of judging, whether or not she
is equal to the performance of first-rate writing. Miss C.
Novella's execution of Mozart's " Deh per questo," " Let the
Dreadful Engines," sung by Braham, and " Revenge Timo-
motheus cries," sung by Phillips, all deserve unqualified ap-
proval. Madame Caradori repeated the melancholy absurdi-
ties which abound in Bellini's " Casta Diva," and with which
she so recently treated the subscribers to the Philharmonic
Society. Romberg's Ode, or Cantata, deserves a favourable
notice. The duet in G, sang by Master Howe, and Miss C.
Novello, is elegant ; and the solo in E flat, assigned to the
latter, is quite in the style of Mozart. The room was very
well attended, and the Concert did not terminate until a late
hour.

RE-ACTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—We have all heard so frequently that a re-action had
taken place, that until the recent elections showed the absur-
dity of the assertion, I had been led to believe that the people
were perhaps a little out of humour with Reform. But, now,
it must be plain to all, that if there be re-action it is one of
popular progression. The Reform Bill, as we all know, gave
the death-blow to Tory misrule, and ever since, the public
mind has from day to day gathered strength and consistency.
We have not stood still—the successive changes of ministers—
the alternate trials of Tory and Whig—the scene shifting and
name-changing of both parties—the dissolution and abuse of
the kingly prerogative, the splits, the tactics of parties, the
secrets and revelations, the bye play and the acting of public
men—these have given an onward movement that it were vain
to attempt to arrest. So many events have crowded into our
time—the last ten years unfold so ample a volume of instruc-
tive history, that to suppose the people's eyes are not now open,
and that they will not march on steadily and wisely, is to suppose
us a nation sunk in stupidity and sloth. Nor can any govern-
ment, whatever may be its composition, offer effectual resis-
tance to this movement. A weak and unwise administration
may, perhaps, retard progress for a little while, but soon will
all impediments be cleared away, and the good cause will
triumph in securing " the greatest happiness of the greatest
number." Till this great principle be worked out, and the
point of perfectibility involved in it be attained, no govern-
ment will, or ought, be able to stand still.
A. N.

SAYINGS NOT DOINGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

This, Sir, ought to be the motto of many of our public men.
They are all talk—they begin by talking themselves into the
House, and end by talking the public out of their money.
Long speeches appear to be the religion of all those who are,
and also of those who would be Members of Parliament. The
elections in progress, as well as those concluded, have afforded
our orators the opportunity for indulging their prolix propensi-
ties to their hearts' content. I wish, however, long speeches
were out of fashion—l wish the public would set their face
against them. Where's the wisdom of measuring an indivi-
dual's legislative aptitude by the facility of his phrase ? Fluency
and folly, a copious vocabulary, and an empty head, have a
nearer connexion with each other than is generally suspected. A
fool, says Solomon, is known by the multitude of his words.
Barbarians—the savages of Africa, for instance, can vie with
any Hon. Member in the practice of making long speeches :
many of their orators can certainly speak as long and as much
to the point as some of ours. I dread the 12th of May. Such
a deluge of debate—such an interminable war of words—so
much evil speaking—so much more silly speaking--such mid-
night murders of sense—such prolix interminable prosing—
they are typical of eternal punishments. I seriously put it to
those Hon. Gentlemen who have such an appetite for making
long speeches, whether they would not better consult the public
interests, as well as their own private reputation, by confining
themselves to the question, instead of rambling on for an hour
or more in their wonted strain of rhetorical inconclusiveness.
Did Franklin—a statesman as well as a philosopher—did this
great man ever make long speeches? Did Washington ever
wander from his subject into the irrelevant garrulity of our
modern great men? No ; these Republicans, whose names will
go down to posterity, immortal by their virtues and talents,
and by the just and noble use to which they applied
them, seldom, I believe, spoke in Congress for more than ten
minutes at a time. There are Hon. Gentlemen in our Con-
gress of collective colloquy, who will twaddle till midnight;
and even our best men, accommodating their supply perhaps
to the public demand (for as I hinted before, legislative fitness
is absurdly enough inferred from the being able to make a
long speech), greatly overdo the question. Instead of apply-
ing their remarks to the great points, and leaving the subordi-
nate ones to follow in course, they cram their speeches with
every topic which they can possibly contrive to squeeze in.
Brougham himself, the greatest orator of the age, is not, per-
haps, wholly free from this fault.
Mr. Buckingham, some time ago, proposed to limit the
length of Hon. Members' speeches in the House—and of
course took nothing by his motion but a little laughter—of
which the means, perhaps, rather than the end was worthy.
The practice is not the less to be deprecated on that account.
The public interests are injured—the public service damaged
—the public time wasted—the progressive well-being of the
community is retarded by indulgence in the vicious habit of

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making long speeches. In the hope that " The Sun," which
shines and enlightens so many thousands of readers, may reach
also those unfortunate speakers, who have been long labouring
under the cacoethes loquendi, I have ventured to throw out a
hint for their adoption. B. B.

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL OF LONDON.

F:

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—From the great interest you have uniformly taken in
' the affairs of Scotland, you have very deservedly become in
that country a great favourite. It is on a subject which deeply
concerns the people of Scotland that I have taken the liberty
of now addressing you, being of opinion that no channel of con-
veyance for such a purpose could be more acceptable to them
than your highly respectable columns.
I observed from the newspapers that a dinner was to take
place here on the 20th proximo, the Duke of Gordon in the
chair, in behalf of the funds of the Scottish Hospital of London.
This is a highly important and very valuable institution to the
natives of Scotland; but I am afraid that its importance is
neither properly nor sufficiently known in Scotland. My pur-
pose, therefore, in now writing you is with a view to your point-
ing out its advantages, and the many benefits it confers upon
the poor helpless sons and daughters of Scotia, who may chutes
to be shipwrecked in their voyage through life amidst the quick-
sands of the modern Babylon, and cast adrift amidst its unhos-
pitable brickwalls to perish No, children of the North !
thanks to your forefathers so early as the reign of King
Charles—you shall not perish. Although the inhabitants of
the great modern Babylon itself, and the inhabitants of all its
provinces, with nine millions of poor-rates, and also the inha-
bitants of the Sister Isle, with no poor-rates at all, who may be
so circumstanced may perish—you will not. Your fathers
have very wisely erected for you in " Crane-alley, London,"
as Mr. Owen hath it, a far better and greater house than the
great house of " Osbaldeston and C 0.," even though made so
famous by the magical pen of your illustrious countryman, and
which has now become as familiar amongst you as any house-
hold word. Many of you rather think little now that there is
a house in the said Crane-alley, where all your wants will be
supplied, and every comfort given you that your state of indi-
gence and distress may require,—where you will find natives
of your own land to speak words of consolation to you in your
hour of distress--in the language of your own country, and
which will appear, when heard in a strange land, to sound in
your ears far sweeter than it ever did amongst your native
hills. Yes, you have cause to rejoicer—for while Englishmen
and Irishmen, who may be so cast adrift upon the great and
almost boundless metropolis—and who dare not (without it
being by the laws of England considered as a crime) even lay
down their heads to rest or slumber under the canopy of
heaven—where Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Savage, Otway,
Butler, and many others equally distinguished, were often glad
to repose—you have shelter and protection prepared for you.
Yes, the inhabitants of the other two kingdoms, if they chance
to be poor and friendless, without shelter to their heads, and
starving, are sent to the House of Correction, as rogues and
vagabonds ; and should they die of hunger, and it be after-
wards found out that they in any degree resembled the above
great men, costly marble monuments, as hard as the hearts of
those who rear them, are erected to their memories after they
are dead, in a place called " Poet's Corner." But lam sure
you will think that your fathers acted more wisely by erecting a
house for the purpose of giving you bread when hungry,
letting " Fame" take the custody of your name into her keep-
ing in any way she thinks proper.
But to return to the subject, Mr. Editor, I trust you will
agree with me in thinking that the Institution alluded to is one
of an excellent description. Should you think so, which I
can scarcely doubt, I sincerely hope you will do what you
can to bring it into notice in Scotland. If you sound the
trumpet, and lead the van, I am sure you will get many fol-
lowers, and by so doing you will confer a great boon upon
Scotland, for which she will prove grateful. I really do not
believe that the Institution of the Scottish Hospital is properly
known in Scotland, or I am certain it would receive from
that country more support than it does. If the newspaper
press of Scotland were to take up the subject, I think it could
do much essential service. Scotland has only trifling poor-
rates—in some parishes none—in others the weekly contri-
butions at the church doors are more than adequate for the
support of the poor. I, therefore, humbly think that an an-
nual contribution at the church doors of each parish in Scot-
land might be recommended for the aid and benefit of the
Scottish Hospital. This would never be felt in Scotland, and
would realize a considerable sum, and enable those kind-
hearted and patriotic gentlemen, who direct the affairs of the
Hospital, to render greater assistance to the truly deserving
and infirm poor old men and women who are chiefly supported
by its funds.
The present time seems very proper for bringing such a
matter before the public, as the General Assembly of the
Kirk of Scotland meets in May next, and if your remarks
should arrest the eye, and receive the approbation of any mem-
ber of that venerable Assembly, they might, perhaps, recom.-
mend to it the contributions now suggested. Trusting you
will pardon me for troubling you,
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A SCOTCHMAN IN LONDON.