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 hall 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 resources of the establishment.
His Grace the 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 Hsrrowby, Lord Ashley,
Lord Redstock, 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 warmly . greeted. His Royal
Highness took his seat in a chair, reserved, at the right.
hand of the Archbishop.
The Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of the College, then read
the report, of the chief points of which the following is
an abstract:—
From Ai), il 15, 1840 (when tbe hospital was opened for
the reception of patients), to December 31, 1849 (a
period of Jess 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 Liberty 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 places of
abode are unknown, a total of 130,194.

STATISTICS OP THE INCREASE o PATIENTS.

1840 ...
1850 ..

IMO than 10,000
... More than 22,000

STATISTICS OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
1839 ... ... 65 Matriculated Students.
1860 ... 163 Matriculated 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 Hospital as 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 out-patients 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.—(Elear, hear.) It was greatly
on account of the principle of the institution being to
embue medical students with this religious training that
he da.mf d that institution pre-eminently worthy of the
public support.—(Cheers.)
The Earl of lIARROWBY briefly seconded the reso-
lution. '

The resolution was then put and carried.
Lord ASHLEY, who was received with cheers, 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 tact 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 un-
satisfactory. That a large body of medical men are al-
ready dispersed over the kingdom, who furnish indispu-
table evidence to the good effects of the training, religious
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-

tutiun. That clinical instruction forms an essential part
of the professional teaching, inasmuch that the wards of
the hospital are, in ftsct, 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 seconded 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
Reverend Prelate said that this resolution had been put
in his hands on account of his peculiar connexion with
King's College. He had been a member of the council
from the first foundation of the institution, and be had
had the honour of filling the chair, now so admirably
occupied by their respected principal, Dr. Jelf.—
(Cheers.) His connexion with the college had been
among the happiest portions of his life, for he had felt
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that he was bearing his part in a work of charity a and
wisdom.—(Cheers.) Af.er a complimentary allusion
Major Edwardes, who had been a student at theted col-
lege,for he said that the sum of 50,0004 was wanted
the purposes of the hospital. It
for
this.
but it would be a shame if it couldn not wasa large amount,
such objects in such a country and
metropolis
ecollected
a s
Major EDWARDES, who was received with several
rounds of cheering,
said that when, twelve years
ago,
ho had attended the theologicalanticipated the changes that
classes of King's Col-
lege, he could not have
had since worked. It certainly required no very vivid
ful an instructor as the Right Rev. Prelate who
imagination to perceive that so able a divine and so
SIICCeSS
had just spoken was likely to be elevated to the bench
h
—(Cheers)—but he never could have anti-
he should have the honour of followit,g at
thiscielted a ameetthating the leading of the Bishop of Lichfield.—
(near, 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 u 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 bop, fully to the excellent training they were receiv.
ing, and by assiduous attention to their duties, to gain a
victory fur mind over matter. The gallant officer sat
down amidst repeated cheers.
The resolution was then put an'l 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
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which the institution was founded; and the Meeting dis-
solved, a collection having been made.

tiE Di N
In the evening nearly 600 gentlemen sat down to
dinner in the noble ball of Lincoln's Inn, which had been
kindly granted by the Benchers for the occasion. Major
E lwardes was in the chair, supported right and lett by
the Earl of Harrowby, Earl Howe, Lord Feversham,
Lord RadstoCk, Hon. Mr. Stanley. M.P., Mr. News
sida)oerg:B„cte,
M.P., Sir Harry Verney, M.P., Mr. Perfect, M, Air.
Bramston, M.P., sir. Bond Cabbell, M.P., Sirr: .okFoOnsuliad:
Bart., Colonel Sykes, Rev. Dr. Jelf, Rev. Dr. m
The vice-chairmen were Mr. T. _Barub
Alcierwau Copeland.

The cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN, who was received with loud cheers
said on no day throughout the year could the health of
her most gracious Majesty ke proposed at any table in
this happy land without exciting the utmost enthu-
siasm and loyalty, but it was with peculiar felicity the
toast was given 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 great assembly would do
full honour to.—(Great cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal
Family, including the Duke of Cambridge, who took
such an active part in their proceedings in the morning
—(Cheers)—and the Duches!es of Kent, Cambridge, and
Gloucester, who had consented to become patronesses
of the approaching concert.—(Loud cheers.)
The CxAxRasAN said the next toast was one which be
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 the Church.—(Cheers.)
The Venerable Archdeacon RODIN/lON returned
thanks.

The CHAIRMAN then said, the toast which he had
next to propose was one well worthy of the homage of
this great assembly. The noblest piece of moral and
material architecture of which man was capable was an
hospital.—(Cheers.) And he need not remind them
that the institution they had met that day to celebrate
was the budding and endowment fund of King's College
Hospital. It was his painful duty to tell them that
during the year hundreds of cases had been refused
admission to the hospital from sheer want of room.
He did not stand there to appeal to their sympathies on
behalf of the 150,000 cases that had been relieved; he
would rather call to their minds the more painful eases
that had been refused and driven elsewhete, because
King's College Hospital was too small. Too small, in-
deed, was not the proper word to express its condition.
He would rather say it was miserably deficient, and sun
illustration of that he could state that one room in the
hospital did the duty of five rooms—it was board-room,
dining-room, secretary's room, room for receiving and
discharging patients, and a chapel.—(Hear, hear.) For
increased accommodation and increased support they
looked to the present 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, in piece's of amusement, is squares, and street*,
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, be- continued, in
him to diff.r from so great a man, but-he Hillht say that
his difference arose from s ncere conviction, toe having
recurred home atter a ten years' ab,e,,ce in a f!reigu
land—(Loud cheers)—he must bear his testi-
mony, 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 a the
Christian chat acter, and its power to draw the rich and
poor closer together in 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 toast 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 then for per-
mitting the use of the hall.
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Rev. Mr. ANDERSON, chaplain to Lincoln's Inn, re•
turned thanks.

The Cusiamert then proposed " The Patrons of the
Festival."—(Cheers.)
The Hon. Mr. 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 th• obliga-
tions he owed to King's College, and the value of the
education he received there had been to him in his after
career. He had great pleasure in stating that several
students of King's College had recently distinguished
themselves in India.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Earl of Harrowby
and the Council of King's College, for which the garl of
HARROWIIT returned thanks.

The other toasts were—Alderman Copeland, the
Treasurer of the Hospital—Re►. Dr. Jelf, and the Build-
ing and Endowment Committee—J. G. Sambrooke, Esq.,
Deputy-Chairman—The Committee of Management—
and the Medical Officers.

The subscriptiuus during the evening amounted to
3,5001., including a princely donation of 5001. hum 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 such occa,ions, gentlemen
lett their hats and great costs with servants at the dour,
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. d, 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. Hats and coats were thrown I'r em hand to
baud. Sometime& two gentler-1:n n would be struggling
tor one vestment, which gave rise to angry fes hogs,
and on one oeca,ion at least a pitch( d notch. aas tt:e
cons,quence between the enraged gentlemen, who bela-
boured each other with mutual good-wits t:d tboy were
separated by their less excited neighbours. Several
gvn len; on were detained fur more than an hour in a
search which seemed ct;solutely l't peless, and many 1, ft
the place without recovering an.; portion uF their pro-
perty.