The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

PROPOSED MEMORIAL OF LEIGH
HUNT.
The grave of Leigh Hunt--one of England's most
charming Poets, Essayists, and Critics—at Mensal. Green,
is without even a headstone. It has been proposed to
erect there a modest Monument to his memory. Mr.
Joseph Durham, A.R.A., has been selected to execute a
Portrait Bust and Pedestal. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
SOLICITED for the purpose. The following gentlemen
form a Committee for the collection and application of the
requisite amount :
William Barry, Esq. Charles Kent, Esq.
Sir John Bowring. W. C. Macready, Esq.
Thomas Carlyle, Esq. S. Bertrand Payne, Esq.,
Robert Chambers, Esq., P.E.:B.L.
LL.D. ;Ir F. Pollock, Bart.
Charles Dickens, Esa.
George Godwin.,isen, B. W. Proctor, Esq.
Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.
C. L. uno Esq., Chas. Ratcliff, Esq., F.S.A.
F.P s E. M. Ward, Esq., R.A.
-3.iexander Ireland, Esq.
S. C. HALL, F.S.A, } Hon. Secs.
EDMUND OLLIER,
S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYER, F.R.S.L., 25, Norfolk-
street, Strand, W.C., Hon. Treasurer, by whom Subscrip-
tions are received.
Bankers—Messrs. Ram

isom, Bouverio, and Co.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship,
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl tor one year.
°contributions reoeive'l by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holbert.; and 41, Lothbnry, B.C. ; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fleis.

NiocORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY C OL-
_ll LEGE lIOSPITAL.—DONATIONS are earnestly
SOLICITED to secure the opening of the Wards for
" Little Children" on the Ist of October. Contributions
will b.) thankfully received by the Treasurer, Sir Francis
11. Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., St. John's-lodge, Regent's-
park; by the Secretary; and by Mr. J. W. Goodiff, Clerk
to the Committee.

By direction of Committee,
HENRY J. KELLY, Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Score=
tary, Rev. C. B, REID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,951 patients since it was
estabLisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted
free.

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-malL—Hon,
Sec., I. Smith, Lisa. GEO. REID, Sec.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-roads
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.

Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Princo of WALES, K.G.
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President—His Grace the Duke of BuccLEucH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.

It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., &mem-Arcot i and at
the Soopital from 10 till 6,