The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

Treasurer and Banker—John Ma3terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane,

CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West
Brompton.—Becretary's'Offlce, 167, I'iecadilly.—This Tnstltu-
lion hat been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor
afflicted with•cancerous diseases.' Out-door patients to attend at 167,
Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted
at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer
period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per-
sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for
the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation
of this hospital in 1651, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every
form of this dr,adful malady, have received
the benefits of this
Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa-
tion connected with the Institution may he obtained on application
to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue
this ereat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be
paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's-
lan-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's
0 dlecs, 167, Piccadilly.

Ey orAer.

W. J. COCKERILL Secretary.

CANCER HOSPITAL.

The fifth annual meeting of the friends and sup-
porters of this excellent charity, wasyesterday held
at the offices of the charity, Piccadilly—Mr. Oliver
Farrcr in the chair. There were also present, Mr.
W. L. Ferrer, Dr. Varsden, Mr. Withal], Mr.
Hallswell, Dr. Knox, Mr. ex-Sheriff Cottrell, &c.
The report of the committee congratulated the
friends of the institution upon its increased useful-
ness, and stated that the secretary daily received
letters of thanks from the patients who had been
treated in the hospital. As the institution became
more known the number of patients increased, and
the committee had therefore to. enlarge the extent
of their accommodation for in loor patients. The
premises-which they at present occupied at Bromp-
t,n could be easily enlarged ; but as the owner of
them could not give the institution a satisfact)ry
title, the committee had purchased at the cost cf
4.5001., a piece of gronnd opposite the Consumption
Ho,pital, on the Fulham-road, about one acre in
extent, and with a fiont4ge of 135 feet. On this
area it was resolved to build a new hospital from de-
signs gratuitously furnished by Mr. Mocata, capa-
ble in the first instance of accommodating fif'y
patents, but which -can be enlarged to meet the
wants of 300. This building will, it is expected,
cost 6,0001, and Miss Burdett Coutts has advanced
a loan of 3,000/. for that purpose. The total re-
ceipts for the year, including a balance of 1831. 6s.
7d. from the previous audit, and about 4310/. in
dona'ions, amounted in all to 3,1961. 19s. Id. The
expenditure for the same period was 3,0641. 13s.
8 1., leaving in hands a balince of 1321. ss. sd.
The fundel pr,,,perty of the institution at present
amounts to 3,200/. in the 3 per Cent. Consols. The
surgical report having forcibly deprecated the use
of caustics, and insisted upon constitutional treat-
ment in. the cure of cancer, gave the following sta-
tistics of the working of the institution from its
commencement to the 31st Dec last :

- -
Out-patients, Males, 190... Females, 1,279 Total, 1,469
In-patients, Males, 84... Females, 289 Total, 373

Males, 274... Females, 1,568 Grand total, 1,842
Of the out-patients discharged with disease arrested or
relieved 463
Discontinued attendance, in consequence of residing at
too great a distance from London, and not having the
necessary means to enable them regularly to attend ;
or unable to attend
Died at their own residencies.. . re. •ee 315
194
At present under treatment
Of the in_ 4A7
nischarged with disease arrested or
.....
relieved
......... ....
Successfully operated on
Died
........... . 40
............
At present under treatment
The several reports having teen adopted, the Chair-
man, Dr. Marsden, Mr. Nelson, and other gentle-
men, strongly advocated the charity, after which a
building fund was opened, and largely subscribed
to in the room, towards the erection of anew hospi-
tal. After a series of votes of thanks to the com-
mittee, the medical officers, the treasurer, and the
chaplains, who gave their services without fee or
reward, the proceedings terminated iu the usual
manner.

AN EXTRAORDINARY BATCH OF CONVICTS.—Notice
has been given at Lloyd's that' her Majesty's Govern-
ment require a ship immediately to carry 400 male
convicts from England to Freemantle, Western AUE-
;Red
Railway
tralia. Among the 400 will be found Sir John Dean
Paul, Straban, and Bates,ths fraudulent bankers ; Rob•
Path-, who committed
Company ;
and Agar, the convict who gave evidence against
Tester, Burgess, and Prerce for the great gold robbery
theeon' forgeriest heCr Crystal
oa n i Palace
the G re forger
NorthernPr
on the South-Eastern Railway. The notorious bank
forger, Barrister Saward, alias Jem the Penman, the
Putter up of all the great robberies in the metropolis for
the last 20 years, also goes out in this ship, which will
leave England on the 25th proximo.
THE CONVICT JEBIIIISON.--This woman, who was con-
victed at the resent York assizes of the murder of her
child at Moorsholme, under very painful circumstances,
will undergo the last penalty of the law on the Bth of
Aug., unless previously reprieved. The convict is occa-
sionally overwhelmed with grief, but she does not ap
pear to realise the awful position in which she stands.
She is watched night and day by female attendants,
and the prison chaplain, the Rev. T. Sutton, ministers
to her spiritual necessities in every possible way,