The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.

A public meeting of the friends and supporters of
King's College was held yesterday in the great ball of
that institution, for the purpose of promoting the accu-
mulation of a fund for the building and endowment of a
new hospital ; the structure at present occupied in Por-
tugal-street being quite inadequate to the demands upon
the resDurce3 of the establishment.

His Grace tin Archbishop of Canterbury took the
chair at twelve o'clock.

Among those present we observed, the Bishops of
Oxford, Lichfield, Ripon, and Chichester, the Rev. R.
Burgess, the Rev. M. S. Anderson, the Marquis of
Cholmondeley, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Ashley,
Lord Radstock, Benjamin Bond cabbell, Esq., and Major
Edwardes.

The Most Rev. CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings,
Shortly after which the Duke of Cambridge entered
the ball, and was most whEmly greeted. His RpYtkl
iFgbness took his seat in a chair, reserved, et the right-
hand of the Archbishop.

The Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of the College, then read
the report, of the chief points:of Vvhich the following is
an abstract:— •
From April 15, 1840 (when the hospital was opervd for
the reception of patients), to December 31, 1849 (a
period of less than ten years), there-have -been re-
lieved—
From the parishes of St. Clement Danes, St.
Giles, and St. Mary-le-Strand, in the imme-
diate neigbourhood of the hospital 74,750
From the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, .
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. Paul, Covent-
garden, the Lib.rty of the Rolls, St. Dun-
stan and the Temple, St. Bride and White-
friars 36,830
From St. George Bloomsbury, St. Ann, Soho,
St. Pancras, Clerkenwell, and Marylebone... 19,343
From Lambeth and Southwark ... 3,694
From Westminster ... 3,591
From the City of London „.. 2,904
From the environs of London ... ... 4,285
From the rural districts.. ... 2,917
Making, with 1,181 patients whose parishes or plaees of
abode are unknown, a total of 150,195.

STATISTICS Of THE INCREASE OF PATIENTS.

1840
1850

1839

1860

••• ••• ... Lees than 10,000
••• ••• ... More than 22,000
STATISTICS OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

65 Matriculated Students.

... 163 Alutrictilated Students.

These pupils, with other occasional students, are in
attendance at• the hospital.
The Bishop of OXFORD proposed the' first resolution,
in the following terms:—" That, considering King's
College Hospitaras a charitable institution, the present
building, which was hardly sufficiently commodious in
1840, when the number of patients was only 4,384, is
become wholly inadequate to the due reception of its
inmates and outpatients now that the aggregate number
amounts to 23,309." The Right Rev. Prelate, in sup-
porting the resolution, observed, this was one of 'those
works of Christian charity which had no drawback in
the estimate of its merit and utility. It was not one of
the misapplications of charitable feelings; for no man
ever broke a limb to gain admission to an hospital to
have it set; but it was extending help to those who had
no stores, whose earnings were barely sufficient to defray
ordinary and necessary expenses, but possessed no means
for meeting the extraordinary expenses of sickness or
accident.—(Hear, hear.) The report alluded to the
object of the institution being to give skill in
medicine, as well as to promote charity; and that
was an especial benefit. The medical profession ought
to be educated under peculiar advantages, for his opinion
was, that unless the natural effect of medical studies
upon the mind of the student were influenced by higher
considerations, there could not be studies that were
likely to inflict,a greater moral injury. The very-habit
of considering the human body as a mere machine was of
itself dangerous; and the counterpoise required to these
impressions was religion.—(Llear; hear.) It was greatly
on account of the principle of the institution being to
embue medical students with this religious training thit
he deetnt d that institution pre-eminently worthy of the
public support.—(Cheery.)
The Earl of - EARROWDY briefly seconded' thp_rescz.
!cation.

The resolution was then put and carried.
Lord ASHLEY, who was received with (sheers. pro-
posed the next resolution. It was unnecessary, he said,
for him to enter into details, after the facts de•
tailed in the report had been read; but he must ex- .
press his strong feelings of surprise and joy—surprise
that the great principle should be lost sight of in
this kingdom—that science, and particularly medical
science, should be. connected with religion in the
institutions for study; , and joy, that this great truth had
been at last discovered, and that the blessed church, the
Church of England, would set the glorious example.
The fact that this institution carried out this great
principle assured him that God would bless the under-
taking. The Noble Lord concluded by proposing the
next resolution, as follows:—" That, viewed in its rela-
tions to the flourishing condition of the medical depart-
ment of King's College, London, the present hospital,
with respect to its size and arrangements, is wholly uns
satisfactory. That a large body of medical men are alp
ready dispersed over the kingdom, who furnish indispu-
table evidence to the good effects of the training, religious
11 and professional, which they have enjoyed is King's
College. That there is an increasing number of
students attracted by the reputation of the college
who are cheerfully undergoing an improved course of
discipline, and who promise not only to main-
tain, but even to raise the character of the insti-
tution. That clinical instruction forms an essential part
of the professional teaching, inasmuch that the wards of
the hospital are, in fact, so many additional lecture-
rooms attached to the college; but that the accommoda-
tion afforded at this time to 159 medical students, is the
same as that which was not more than sufficient, in 1835,
when only 69 students were in attendance."
The Rev. J. BURGESS cordially secondel the resolu-
tion, and he rejoiced that this institution told to the
world that religion and science were not to be separated,
but that one should act as handmaid to the other.

The resolution was then carried unanimously.
The Bishop of LICHFIELD proposed the third resolu-
tion—" That, keeping in view the joint objects for which
the hospital was instituted, this meeting pledges itself
to use every exertion to raise the necessary funds for
building and endowing a new hospital." The Right
Rev( rend Prelate said that this resolution had been put
in his hands on account of his peculiar connexion with
King's College. Ho had been a member of the council
from the first foundation of the institution, and he had
had the honour of filling the chair, now so admirably
occupied by their respected principal, Dr. Jell.—
(Cheers.) His connexion with the college had faeerti
among the happiest portions of his life, for he had. anl_
that he was bearing his part in a work of chtaraisttyen
to
wisdom.—(Cheers.) Af.er a complimentary
aatl the
.laj Edwardes, who had been a student
wante
col-
lege, he said that the sum of 50,000/. was
large
atncloaior
nt,
the purposes of the hospital. It was
such objects in such a country and
recEseived with several
but it would be a shame if it could neottraicteolalesctthedie.for
Major EDWARDES, who
was received
twelve years ago,
iticewi
rounds of cheering,
;lac; el classes
thees o of
c hKa❑gge Col-s
tht
lege, he could not h
he had attended the s:vhiedeoatlh,n,
I a certainly repaired no very vivid
t
had since worked. t
imagination to perceive that so able a divine and so
successful an instructor as the Right Rev. Prelate who
had
just
ed
ipat that
t spoken
h ue
adorned—(Cheers)—but he never could have ami-
ne
he e
should have the honour of following at
leeding of the Bishop of Lichfield.--
tt
(-11;Iseaue meeting
hear.) Little was left to him, in seconding
the resolution, to say of the merits of this institution;
but one point, which as a military man, he could
appreciate, he would advert to, as strongly recom-
mending the medical school, and that was its discipline.
—(Hear, hear.) He could not but admire the stringent
discipline to which the medical students were subjected.
This was a new feature in medical schools, and being
now adopted in this college was a forcible reason for a
further endowment of the hospital.—(Hear, hear.) The
Gallant Major then turned round and concluded his
speech by a short address to a knot of students who
stood behind him, exhorting them to submit cheerfully,
and hopefully to the excellent training they were receiv-
ing, and by assiduous attention to their duties, to gain a
victory for mind over matter. The gallant officer sat
down amidst repeated cheers.
The resolution was then put and carried.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE then proposed, in brief,
but handsome and eulogistic terms, the thanks of the
meeting to the Most Rev. Prelate in the chair.
The vote was carried by acclamation.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY acknowledged the_
attention, repeating his confidence in the principles ,on
which the institution was founded; and the meetingals.
n
solved, a collection having been made.

THE DINNER.
In the evening nearly 600 gentlemen sat down to
dinner in the noble hall of Lincoln's Inn, which had been
kindly granted by the Benchers for the occasion. Major
Elwardes was in the chair, supported right and left by
M..,
the Earl of Harrowby, Earl Howe, Lord Fevershom,
Lord Radsti.ck, Hon. Mr. Stanley'. P Mr. Newdegate,
M.P., Sir Harry Verney, M.P, Mr.
M.P., Mr. Perf,ct,
i,mston. M.P., Mr. Bond Catib,ll, M.P., Sir H. Foulis,
Bart., Col,nei Sykes. Rev. Dr. Jelf, Rev. Dr. Major, ,
&c.
The vice chairmen were Mr. T. G. Sambrouke and
Alderman Copeland.

fhe cloth having been r, .el,
The CHAIRMAN, who-was--received with loud chins i.
said on no der througheut the year could the health etle
her most eraeious Majesty ke proposed at any table in
is happy land without exeiciuee the utrncst enthu-
siasm and loyalty, bat it was with peculier felicity the
toast was giver,. on this day, which was fixed for the
celebration of her most gracious Majesty's birthday. He
had, therefore, great pleasure in proposing the toast,
which he had no doubt this grew; assembly would' do
full honour to .—(Great cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health ef his Royal
Highness Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal
Family, including the Duke of Cambridge, who cook
such en active part in their proceedings in the morning
—(Cheers)—and the Duchee:es of Keet, Cambridge, and
Gloucester, who had consented to become patronesses
of the approaching concere—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast was one, which he
was sure would be received with enthusiasm by (-every
well-wisher of King's College, for it was the very foun-
dation of that college, the keystone of its very arch—he
meant th\e Church.—(Cheers.)
' The Venerable Archdeacon ROBINSON returned
thanks. \
The CII BMAN then said, the toast which he Lail
next ko pro use was one well worthy of the homage of
this tut assembly. The noblest piece of moral and
matersarchitecture of which man was capable was an
hospitek--(Cheers.) Aud he need not remind them
theatihe Institution they had met that day to celebrate
was the building and endowment fund of King's College
Hospital: It was his paieful duty to tell them that
during the yeses hundreds of cases had bcoa refused
admission to \he hospital from sheer want of room.
He did no stand there to appeal to their cympethiea on
behalf of the 1504/00 cases that had been relieved; he
would ret er call to their minds the inure p sinful eases
that had been reftieed and driven elsewhere, te,ceuse
King's College Iliespltal was too b mall. Too small, in-
deed, was not the proper word to express its condition.
He would rather eey it was miserably deficient, and as an
illustration of tAte he could state that one room in the
hospital did the deity of five rooms—it was board-room,
dining-room, secretary's room, room for receiving and
discharging patie %s, and a chapel.—(Hear, hear.) For
0 increased accomm ation and increased support they
1 looked to the presen company, nor did he think they
would look in vain. The Gallant Chairman then re-
ferred to a speech delivered by Sir Robert Peel, when
presiding over the anniversary festival of this institution,
in 1847, in which the'Right Honourable Baronet referred
to the wonderful increase of London in population, in
wealth, iu places of amusement, is squares, and streets,
and theatres, within the last hundred years; but re.
marked, as a painful contrast, that there was scarcely
any increase whatever in the number of benevolent in-
stitutions. It might seem presumption, he continued, in
him to dill.-r from so great a man, but he must say that
his difference arose from sincere conviction, for having
returned home after a ten years' abseuce in a I)reigu
land—(Loud cheers)—he must bear his testi.
weny, and he did so with great delight —with the most
patriotic emotions—to having observed a great increase
in the number of benevolent institutions—(Cheers)—and
particularly in the neighbourhood of London. This was
a delightful illustration of the expanding influence of the
Christian character, and its power to draw the rich and
poor closer together iu the mutual relations so well de-
scribed by the poet—
" When none were for a party;
When all were for the State;
When the rich man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great."
(Loud cheers.) He begged to propose the Oust of " The
King's College Hospital," success to its building and
endowment fund, and prosperity to its annual income.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Treasurer and
Benchers of Lincoln's Inn," with thanks to them for per-
mitting the use of the hall.
Rev. Mr. ANDERSON, chaplain to Lincoln's Inn, re-
turned thanks.

The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Patrons of the
Festival."—(Cheers.) •
The Hon. •Alr. STANLEY returned thanks, but we re-
gret to say he was quite inaudible where we were placed.
Lord FAVERSHAM then rose to propose the " Health of
the Chairman."—(Enthusiastic Cheering.) '
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He should be un-
grateful indeed if he did 'not acknowledge the obliga-
tions he owed to King's College, awl the value of the
education he received there had been to him in his after
career. He had great pleasure in stating that several
Audents of King's College had recently distinguished
themselxes in India.—(Cheers.)
The tuairtitAN then gave " The Earl of Harrowby
and tife Cotiticil of King's College, for which the Earl of
HARROWBY returned thanks.

The- other toasts were—Alderman Copeland, the
Treasurer of the Hospital—Br:v. Dr. Jelf, and the Build-
ing and Endowment (..k.mmittee —J. G. Sambrooke, Esq.,
Deputy-Chairman—The Committee of Management—
and the Medical Officers.
The subscriptions during the evening amounted to
3,5001., including a princely donation of 5001. from Mr.
Cabbell, M P.

We regret to state that the enjoyment of the evening
was sadly marred towards the close by an unseemly
riot, arising out of the wretched arrangement of the offi-
cers at the hall. As -usual on sueh occa,ions, gentleman
lett their hats and great costs with servants at the door,
receiving tickets bearing a distinctive number in ex-
change. Owing in part to the great crowd coming out
at once, but still more to the dt fective arrangements, the
corresponding tickets which ought to have been on the
coats were removed, and no gentleman could identify
his own property, and a scene of indescribable confu-
sion ensued. Ilets and, coats were thrown from hand to
hand. Sometimes two gentlemen would be struggling
for one vestment, which gave rise to angry feelings,
and on cue occas,ion at least a pitchtd battle was the •

,2,unicquoi.aa4,..l.4..wesrthourmrttged gentlemen, %%hit) bela-
boured each other with mutual good-will till they were
separated by their less excited neighbours. Several
gentlemen were detained for more than an hour in a
search which seemed •absolutely tiopeless, arid many h fc
the place without recovering any portion of their pro-
perty.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess thf Kent visited
the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Ro3 al Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Sir &Nerd Bowater, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Major-General Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, Captain
Francis Seymour, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander
Gordon, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieut.• Colonel
Francis Hugh Seymour, went yesterday morning,
shortly before ten o'clock, to the Horse Guards Pa-
rade, where his Royal Highness was received by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended
by Baron Knesebeck), and the Duke of Wellington,
Commander-in-Chief, attended by a brilliant staff.
The Foot Guards and a squadron of the Royal
Regiment of Horse Guards assembled, the three
bands of the Foot Regiments being on duty. The
Guards performed the customary duty in celebration
of her Majesty's birthday, the bands playing "God,-
save the Queen."
The following pieces of music were performed
during the morning by the united bands of the Foot
Guards, under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, of the
Coldstream :
Prince of Wales' Grand March Costa.
Coronation March, " La Prophete"
Kraig's Marsch der Priester (Athalia) Mendelssohn.
Grand Selection from "F Mozart.igaro"
Overture, " Maritana"
Overture, " Masanielio" Auber.
WDedrdeianmg,i‘larch, " Midsummer Night's Mendelssohn.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned to
Buckingham Palace after the inspection.
The Royal Family took their usual airings
yesterday.
Ilis Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen
Kent visited
The Duchess
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d'Orleans visited her Majesty yesterday at Bucking.
ham Palace..

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yes-
terday, at Gloucester House.
A deputation on the County Courts had an inter-
view with Lord John Russell yesterday. The depu-
tation was composed of, from London—Mr. W.
Hawes (Chairman), Mr. Massterman, Baron Roths-
child, Mr. Gassiot, Mr. Travers, Mr. Howell, Mr.
Ellott, and Mr. Seager ; from Manchester—Mr.
Chadwick (Chamber of Commerce), Mr. Owen, Mr.
Marsden, Mr. Watts, and Mr. Cottom.
The Bishop of Down had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

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HER MAJE STY'S THEATRE_
It is respectfully announced that the
econd Giand Classical, Dramat!c, Miscellaneous, Concerted
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
Will take place On MONDAY MORNING, %lay 27.
On which occasion the following eminent artistes will appear: --
Madame Sontag.
Mdlie. Parodi, Miss Catherine Hayes, Madame Giuliani,
3ldlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzollni,
Signori •Baucarde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves, and Gardoni,
Coletti, Be:letti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, M. Muller, and
Signor Lablache;
Supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the
Theatre.
The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe.
Appl!cations for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Bx
Office of the theatre.

lIE'R THP ATRE
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT
CoalYning the talents of madame untag.:111(111e. Catherine Hayes:
Skmori Baucarde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves, Colettl, Belletti, F.
l..ll,;aclie. and Lablache ; Mdlles_ Carlotta Grisi, Amalie Ferraris,
Marie Taglioili, and 31. Paid Tavlioni, will take place
THIS EVENING.
The performanns will commence with the last act of Donizetti's
00"r', LEI IA DI LANIAIERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Catherine
llayes ; E,lgartla. Mr. Sins Reeves.
To be followed by (tor the last time this season in con=
sequt.nc3 of the immediate production of the grand Opt ra La
Tz..mp,:sta, and other su!,sequent novelties) Rossini's celebrated
Opera,

IL BAItBiERE DI SIVIGLIA.
Ito Ana, 3idlle. Sontag ; II Conte d'Almaviva. Signor Calzolarl ;
Figaro,-Signor Belletti ; Basilic), Signor F. Lablache; Bartolo, Signor
Lablache. . . .

In the Lesson Scene Madame Sontag will introduce Rode's cele-
brated variations.
After which the highly successful new and original grand
Pas de Trois (by MM. Paul Taglion' et Gosselin, the Music by Signor
Pugni), entitled