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his exertions deserved.— (Hear, hear.) He thought
he had performed a really gigantic work in succeed-
ing in putting a stop to the practice of intramural
interments, which was so revolting that it was a
matter of astonishment to every individual that the
system had been allowed to continue so long.
Mr. J. WILLIAM, M.P., moved that a committee
be appointed to take such steps as might be necessary
to give effect to the foregoing resolutions. After the
eloquent and business-like addresses which had been
delivered he would not trespass on their time by
entering into the merits of Mr. Walker. He was so
well known that the less he said in moving the next
resolution the better. Nothing should be wanting
on his part to convince Mr. Walker that he entirely
participated in his laudable exertions, and was ready
and willing to serve him in every possible manner.
Mr. GEESIN, in seconding the resolution, said he
thought they should be able to raise a much better
memorial to Mr. Walker than any that could be
raised by the Government—(Hear, hear)—and in-
stead of talking about a purse of gold, he (Mr. Geesin)
fur himself should like to see Mr. Walker placed in a
freehold house with all the necessary appendages.
Tim resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.

Mr.. 13. B. CABBELL, M.P., moved that Mr. George
Thompson, M.P., be requested to act as honorary
secretary until the committee appointed a paid secre-
tary, and that they should be empowered to do so.
With respect to the subscriptions, he would recom-
mend that they should be all paid into the bands of a
broker. —(Hear, hear.) He would therefore move—
" That an account be opened at Coutts's bank under
the head of the Walker Testimonial, and that no moneys
be withdrawn without the sanction of the managing com-
mittee and the signature of the treasurer."
Mr. GEESIN seconded the resolution, which was
carried. _ _ _

Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P., moved that the Chair-
man, Lord Dudley Stuart, be requested to accept
the office of treasurer.

Mr. J. A. SMITH seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said, out of deference to the wishes
of the meeting, he would agree to accept the office of
treasurer.

lir. C. LUSHINGTON then, in a complimentary
speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman,
which was seconded by Mr. B. B. Cabbell.
Lord DUDLEY STUART acknowledged the compli-
ment, and expressed himself unaffectedly gratified at
having been called upon to preside at a meeting to
promote such an excellent and praiseworthy object.
The meeting then separated
The following subscriptions were announced at the
close of the meeting :
Lord D. Stuart

B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P. ...
W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P.

C. Lushington, Esq., M.P. ...

Dr. E. JOhnson
Dr. Parker

Dr. A. L. Fisher

Dr. Churchill Watson

... ...£lO 10 0
... ... 10.10 0
... ... 10 10 0
... ... 5 5 0
... ... 5 5 0

George Thompson, M.P.
H. R. Abraham, Esq.

Mr. Parker

Duckworth Nelson, Esq.

••• ..• ... 5 5 0
••• ••• ••• 5 5 0
••• ... 3 3 0
1111. 1111. ••• 3 3 0
••• ••• ... 2 2 0
••• ••• ... 2 2 0
••• ••• ... 2 2 0
.•• ••• ... 2 2 0
••• 11111 ••• 2 2 0
••• ••• ... 1 1 0

Dr. J. C. Atkinson ..:

John Windu, Esq.
Sir C. Aldis ...

J. A. Smith, Esq., surgeon
R. Johnson, Esq. ... ...
Dillon, Esq. ... ...
Samuel Ward, Esq., F.R.C.S.
W. Geesin, Esq. ... ...

11•41 ••• 1 1 0
••• ••• 1 1 0
4110 •• • 1 1 0
••• 1 1 0
••• ••• 1 1 0

ESTABLISHMENT FOR GENTLE-
WOMEN DURING ILLNESS.
A moat respectable meeting of the subscribers to this
very interesting association was yesterday held at the
Queen's College, Harley-street, for the purpose of hav-
ing submitted to it a report of the progress hitherto
made by the managers of the association. The Earl of
Carlisle presided on the occasion.
The Hon. W. Erma° RICE, the hon. secretary, read
the report of the managers, from which it appeared that
the liberal assistance which had been afforded to the un-
dertaking had bean such as to induce the committee to
take premises suitable, upon a small scale, for the purpose
of the institution, for a period of three and a half years,
at No. 8, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. The total
amount of subscriptions already received exceeded 2,000/,
the balance in the hands of the bankers amounting to
4031. The number of patients admitted since the opening
of the institution had been thirteen, of whom six were at
present inmates of the establishment, The services of a
most efficient medical staff had been obtained, the physi-
cians being Dr. Watson, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. 11. B. Jones,
and Dr. Weber; surgeons B. Travers, Esq, C. Hawkins,
Esq., and W. Bowman, Esq.; Mr. Hawksley, of Mar-
garet-street, having been appointed the general practi-
tioner. The Rev. C. Baring, of All Saints, bad also
consented to act as honorary chaplain to the institution.
The success of the institution had been fully equal to
this most sanguine expectations of its f minders, and the
committee stated that their further inquiries had confirmed
them in the belief that the institution would be the means
of affording relief hitherto unattainable in many most
distressing cases, the helplessness and increasing number
of which was attributable not to the fault or irnprovi
donna, but rather to the circumstances and sex of the
sufferers; and they most earnestly entreated the gene-
rous sympathy and additional co-operation no le.,s from
the powerful and effluent than from the middle classes
throughout the country. The report having been read,
The Noble CHArrottat rose and said—l believe I take
the chair upon this occasion by right, inasmuch as I
have the high honour of being the president of this so-
ciety; and I can assure you, with perfect truth, that I
look upon the post which yon have been pleased to as-
sign me as one o' great honour—and for this reason,
because I am willing to believe that the committee
which made that selection have been pleased to attri-
bute to me sentiments congenial with their own.—(Hear,
hear.) There are no topics which appear more obvious,
I had almost said more common-place, than those con
netted with the precarious and transitory nature of
human existence, and it seems to ma that, in the circum-
stances which are immediately around us, there are events
which enforce those lessons and warnings in connexion
with those topics with peculiar force and solemnity. For
upon whom have we not seen the sudden stroke descend?
Within the short space of a fortnight from this hour we
have seen it successively fall upon: that form of manli-
ness and comeliness—upon one in the brilliant enjoy-
ment of all that high station can impart to its possessor—
upon one full of high capabilities and patriotic aspira-
tions, so long conspicuous in the public arena, the object
of a nation's homage and a nation's sorrow; and even
now it has fallen upon that open-hearted and gentle
rrince who has so often appealed on behalf of charities
like this.—(Hear.) These reiterated blows suggest to
us the thought, and even the very words, of that truth-
breathing and immortal stanza—
" The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth 'ere gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour :
The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
I have touched far a moment upon these topics. I
have done so to put it to those among you who may not
recently have had to shudder at the ca'l of death within
your own homes—who may still be able to share in
the opulence and luxury of this great metropolis—who
ere still in the health, vigour, and glow cf your bodily
frame—or, what is better still, in the enjoyment of
the affections and gladness which cluster round
the domestic hearth ; and I put it to you, and what I
want you to put to your own minds, is, whether you
can more decently or more appropriately show your
sense of the benefits and blessings which you still
enjoy, and your recognition of the hand from which they
flow, than by comforting and relieving your more ex-
posed and unfriended sisters in the dark and untrod
paths of our common life.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what is
the institution with which we are now concerned? It is
termed an "Establishment for Gentlewomen during ill-
ness." I can easily imagine that, at the first hearing of
that title, it may be thought that there is something in
it which sounds a little like fastidiousness and finicking.
I do not, however, think that your benevolent efforts
are open to any such assertion as that. I think you
have estimated most correctly that a previous ac-
quaintance with brighter hopes and softer hours, with
sympathies and friends who have vanished and gone,
only tends to make privation more bitter, pain more
irritating, isolation more depressing, and despondency
score benumbing, than they would have been without
such antecedents. I remember that it is very truly and
touchingly said, ley perhaps the most pathetic of our
tragic writers, when he wishes to add the last aggrava-
tion to the despair of the character which he has pro-
duced upon the scene—
" There's not a wretch that lives on common charity,
But's happier far than I."
And he gives you the reason :
" For I have known the luscious sweets of plenty,
Every night have slept with soft content about my head,
And never woke but to a joyous morning." ,
That report, however, which has been read, with the
simple statement of the eases of distress that have been
alleviated, is, however, far more persuasive and concen-
trating than even the tuneful moral of Gray or the
tender force of Otway. I doubt not but that many
of the gentle forms which I now see before me have
been in the habit of carrying hope and comfort across
the threshhold of the humblest cottage near their country
homes, or have even shed their light and radiance in
many of the dim alleys of this hugh metropolis. Charity,
to use a common illustration of the time, does not
run upon the narrow but upon the broad gauge;
it is not monopolized by any ono class of
recipients ; neither is it concentrated upon any
one mode of action. If charity does not shrink
from pouring balm into the wounds of the low-
liest sons and daughters of misery, those who are
furthest removed from our own scale in society, so
it ought not to neglect those who have been p'aeed in
a position next t or even in your own, but who are now
in a condition to Nvliich sudden reverse of fortune may
reduce even yourselves.—(Hear.) I cannot forbear from
congratulating the society upon the composition both of
its committee and of its staff—that you have succeeded
in obtaining the services and experience of those medi-
cal officers for which the richest capital in the world is
contending without your walls, and of a clergyman who
brings the resources of a highly-cultivated mind and re-
fined intellect to the discharge of his ministerial duties.
—(Hear.) With such officers and such assistance, I feel
a confident reliance that you will not suffer this society
to fail or to languish, but that under your continued and
increasing encouragement, it will be able to extend its
status and enlarge its borders.—(Hear.)
The Bishop of OXFORD moved the adoption of the
report.
W. BOWMEN, Zsq.o surgeon in ordinary to the in-