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preferred the language of our liturgy and articles,
and of pious antiquity ; and never to my know-
ledge, during above a quarter-century, have I
once applied the term regeneration to that repent-
ance and faith, or conversion and renovation which
are necessary to baptised sinners, for the remission
both of their actual transgression, and of the
original sin remaining in them. But it is one thing
to prefer the authorised phraseology, and another
to condemn as heretics, who deny an essential
article of the faith, men who speak as Beveridge
did, and Hammond; or as Usher, and Hall,
and Hopkins, and Horseley. On such grounds,
then, beside others needless to mention, I cannot
subscribe the resolutions ; and I believe, too, that
the subscribers will, and must, practically fail in
their design. They have indeed, as they confess,
still the liberty of holding the article in the sense
heretofore received by them, and with that liberty
they must be content, for the additional liberty of
forcing their views and language upon all other
members or ministers of the Church, neither the
Church, I believe, nor the State, will give
them. As to the licence desired for a convoca-
tion to decide anew the doctaine of baptism, or vir-
tually to publish a new. creed, or the Act of Par-
liament for making the decision of the bishops a law
of the Church and of the land, the Government
are not likely to grant the one, nor the people the
other; and as for the- merely voluntary deci-
sion o the collective episcopate, even if this could
bind either the Church or State, the sentence lately
supported by the metropolitans of the two provinces
in England, seems a probable bar to their wishes ;
while for the inferior clergy, whose assent to the
resolutions is now desired, although -in England
many of our younger brethren may have been,
for a time, deluded by the pernicious plausibi-
lity of the "Tracts for the Times," and their
appeals, equally bold and unfounded, to Scripture
and the primitive church ; yet the good sense of
the great body of the English clergy is not likely to
be long misled by sophistry, or to judge unwisely
upon any practical question; while fur the Irish
branch of the United Church, from an extensive
acquaintance with them, I venture most confidently
to predict that out of 2,000 clergymen in round
numbers, it will be impossible for the subscribers
to obtain the signatures of 100, or probably of fifty
clergymen in Ireland. The question, therefore, is, in
all probability, already practically settled ; and it is
not with any very serious apprehensions of the result,
or alarms fur the existing peace of the Church on
matters doctrinal, that I write this letter.

I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly,
J. C. MARTIN.
Rectory House, Killyshandra, March 27, 1850.

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.
The fourteenth anniversary festival of this excel-
lent charity, which is about to be removed from
Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, to Devonshire-
square, Bishopsgate-street, was held on Tuesday
evening at the London Tavern, Mr. J. Gurney
Hoare (the treasurer of the institution), in the unex-
pected absence of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P.,
presiding, supported by Mr. R. B. Wingfield, Mr.
Foster Reynolds, Mr. Hugh Andrews, Mr. W. Law
Ogilvy, Mr. W. Rogers, Q.C., Mr. G. Startin, Mr.
Henry F. Barclay, Air. J. Anderson, Mr. W. Greig,
Mr. J. Gurney Fry, and about seventy other friends
of the charity.
On the cloth being removed, the usual loyal and
patriotic toasts having been proposed and duly
honoured, as well as that of the "Patrons of the
Charity, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his
Royal. Highness the Duke of Cambridge,"
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the next toast,
which he said might, in truth and reality, be called
the toast of the evening, it being prosperity to the -
institution the anniversary of which they had met to
celebrate in the good English convivial style, namely,
" The Metropolitan Free Hospital.'--(Cheers.) In
proposing that toast he felt how much reason he had

to regret the absence of Lord Dudley Stuart, who
could have done so much more justice to it than he
could. No one, however, took a greater interest in
the prosperity of the charity than he did—(Cheers)---
or could more zealously endeavour to promote its in-
terest—(Cheers)—but, as brevity was said to be the
soul of wit, he would not detain them with a long
speech on the subject.--(Cheers.) The :Metropolitan
Free ilospital had been in existence about fourteen
years, and though their means were small, he believed
he might truly say that they had done a large amount
of good—(Cheers)—theirs being, with one exception,
the only hospital where patients were received with-
out any recommendation beyond the fact of their
being in want of medical assistance.—(Cheers.)
During the fourteen years that they had been esta-
blished they had relieved the almost incredible num-
ber of 120,000 patients, or nearly 10,000 a year;
and that number, so far from diminishing, was daily
increasing.—(Cheers.) The committee of manage-
ment
had therefore determined to take the important
step of removing to new and more commodious pre-
mises, and he trusted that they would be enabled to
do even greater good than they had yet been enabled
to accomplish. In carrying out that determination
they would naturally be involved in greater ex-
penses than they had hitherto incurred, but he trusted
that not only would their old friends rally round
them, but that they would find so many new friends
as to be able to accomplish all that they confidently
relied upon being able to do.—(Cheers.) lie had no
doubt that they would receive increased support, and
he could assure the friends of the hospital that every
farthing entrusted to the committee would be well
spent, and they might rest satisfied that every shilling
would be the means of relieving some individual who
was in want of their assistance.—(Cheers.) The city
of London abounded in noble charities, hut he be-
lieved that there was no other institution which
could boast that, with an income of only 6001. or
7001. a year, relief could be annually afforded to
10,000 individuals.—(Cheers.) It was but a little
that was required from each supporter of the charity
to do that large amount of good, and he was quite
sure it would not be given grudgingly.—(Cheers.)
The committee, he was convinced, would endeavour,
with the zeal and assiduity which had hitherto distin-
guished them, to maintain the efficiency of the insti-
tution, and that they could not do wrong in giving
every support to the Metropolitan Free hospital.
The toast having been drunk with all the honours,
and one cheer more, _

The SECRETARY (11r. Nash), at the request of the
chairman, proceeded to read the report. It set
forth—

" That the object of the charity was to provide
gratuitously daily medical and surgical advice, and
appropriate medicines and treatment, for poor sick
persons of all creeds and countries, without the im-
pediment of a governor's letter of recommendation,
which too often operates as a bar of exclusion in
cases most rewiring aid, and still more frequently
causes very distressing and sometimes even fatal
delay."

The report went on to say—" The efficacy of
this principle of unrestricted admission was made
strikingly apparent during the prevalence of the re-
cent pestilence, when numerous cases of diarrhoea and
incipient cholera presented themselves, and, by
timely treatment, were prevented from becoming
dangerously developed. The benefit, also, which the
poor derive in general from the regulation is made
manifest by the numbers that flock to the hospital
for relief. Since its establishment in 1836, upwards
of 120,000 persons hare been admitted as patients,
and the annual average of this number is greatly on
the increase.

" It is this latter fact, in conjunction with other
circumstances, which induced the committee to seek
for larger premises, and they trust it will be thought
that they have chosen wisely in selecting a locality
contiguous to the poor and densely populated eastern
districts of the metropolis. These districts have hi-
therto been somewhat inadequately supplied with the
means of affording gratuitous medical relief, the
London Hospital being the only one, previous to the
establishment of this, convenient to the surrounding
population ; and when it is remembered that the loca-
lity spoken of comprises Shoreditch, Bethnal-green,
Spitalfields, Whitechapel, and ocher places equally
populous and destitute, the benefit this hospital is
likely to prove to the poor inhabitants of these neigh
bourhoods can scarcely be overated."
Referring to the finances, the report said that " an
accurate statement will be printed and circulated with
this report; but it may be briefly stated that the cur-
rent expenditure fluctuates between 600/. and 7001. a
year, to meet which the annual subscriptions are at
present very inadequate. The society is conse-
quently dependent for the rest on occasional contri-
butions, and it is with the view of of obtaining further
aid in carrying on this institution that the committee
now earnestly appeal to the affluent and humane for
the requisite support."
The SECRETARY also read a list of subscriptions,
amounting to about 8501.
Mr. R. WINGFIELD felt great pleasure in being
allowed to propose the next toast, "the health of their
very excellent Chairman." He had the honour
and pleasure of being placed that evening imme-
diately on the right of that respected gentleman, and
though he knew but little of his private life, he was
aware that there was no gentleman, there was no name
that was more highly honoured and highly esteemed
among the commercial community of thecityofLondon. 1

If they wanted any proof of the benefits which that
gentleman had bestowed on the institution, they had
only to look at the list of subscriptions to the charity
to convince them that a more zealous and hearty sup-
porter they could not have.—(Cheers.) He would
not say more, but content himself with proposing
" Toe health of the Chairman, and long life to
him."—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, and nro-
' posed as the next toast, " The health of the Vice-
Presidents."—(Cheers.) In most charities that was a
mere honorary office, and the gentlemen fulfilling it
were not working bees; but with them it was not so;
and nobody had done more to support the charity
than their friend Mr. Rogers, whose name he begged
to couple with that of the Vice-Presidents.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ROGERS, Q.C., felt highly honoured at having
the privilege of returning thanks for the toast just
drank. He had had the honour for fourteen years of
doing the little that lay in his power, in the simple
character of a contributor, to promote the interests of
the charity, and he should be most happy if it could
be said hereafter that he had not been less useful as a
vice-president.—(Cheers.) He was most happy to
see present many young men who had but lately
joined the charity, and he trusted that, having once
joined it, they would never desert it.—(Cheers.) If
they could not grace the list of donations by large
subscriptions, he begged to remind them that, like
the dripping of water on the stone, continued small
subscriptions must have a material effect in promoting
the interests of the charity.—(Cheers.) The Learned
Gentleman, having paid a tribute to the exertions of
several gentlemen of the acting committee of the
charity, concluded by proposing the health of Mr. J.
Gurney Fry, and the other members of the committee
of management.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Gurney Hoare here left the meeting to attend
a prior engagement, and the chair was occupied for
the remainder of the evening by Mr. Rogers.
Mr. J. G. FRY returned thanks on behalf of himself
and brother committeemen. Their ranks had been
greatly reduced by death and other circumstances.
He was happy to state that they had lately received
additional support from the introduction of more
youthful blood, as he had lately heard it stated, and
if the young could not contribute so liberally from
their pockets as others might do, they could work
better with their hands, and walk further with
their feet, and thereby do more good than their more
wealthy neighbours could effect with their purses.—
(Cheers.) Reverting to the removal of the hospital,
he might be allowed to make a few observations on
the subject. They had been for many years next
door neighbours to King's College Hospital, and
though that charity had not yet adopted the free prin-
ciple, yet it was capable of affording very extensive
good to their poorer brethren, and the district would
not, therefore, be left altogether unprovided for.—
(Cheers.) Hitherto it had been found that the great
mass of their patients in Carey-street had come from
the City, and therefore, instead of going from, they
were absolutely affording greater accommodation to
them.—(Cheers.) He might also state that, though
their new premises in Devonshire-square would af-
ford nearly double the accommodation of their old
hospital the rent would not be increased, while from
their removal into the City a large accession to their
income might confidently be calculated upon.—
(Cheers.) He had never expected to find so large a
collection in one evening as nearly 900/. ; and, while
returning thanks to the gentlemen present for their
liberal support, he believed he might look upon it as
an augury of the future success which would attend
them.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the
stewards, coupling with the toast the name of one of
their young members, Mr. Sidney Lawrence.
Mr. LAWRENCE returned thanks. He could assure
the gentlemen present that it gave him great plea •
sure to be associated with so many old friends of the
charity, and he could assure them that he should ever
feel the greatest pleasure, as he was sure his brother
stewards would, in promoting its prosperity.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Dr.
Aldis and the medical officers of the charity, to whose
exertions and talents he bore the warmest testimony.
Dr. ALOIS was highly gratified at the way in which '
the toast had been proposed and received, and he could
assure them that if the medical officers wanted any
incentive to exertion they would find it in the manner
in which their services had been acknowledged.—
(Cheers.) lie believed, notwithstanding the number
of hospitals that existed in the metropolis, there was
yet room for many more—(Cheers)—and there could
be no better proof of the propriety of their removal
to their new premises than the fact that, in the dia.
trict of Bethnal•green, where so much distress and
poverty existed, there was only one or two minor dis-
pen‘aries for affording medical relief to the poor.
Mr. J. GURNEY Fay having proposed " The health
of the ladies," without whose co-operation, he said, no
good work was every fairly carried out, and the toast
having been duly honoured,
Tne CHAIRMAN said that he rose to propose the
health of a representative of the young blood in-
troduced into their charity, which he was sure
would meet with a ready response. They
were all aware of the debt of gratitude they owed to
their late secretary (Mr. Chads), but they had lately
had a new secretary introduced into their charity,
and he was sure from what he had already done, he
would prove a most efficient and valuable officer.
(Cheers.) All. the exertions of the committee or of
the stewards would be but of little effect without
they were aided and supported by the assistance of
an efficient secretary, and the manner in which Mr.
Nash had hitherto performed his duties had been
such as to give universal satisfaction to all those who
had come into communication with him, and to give
them a full assurance that under his superintendence
the interests of the charity must prosper.—(Cheers.)
The SECRETARY (Mr. Nash) begged to return his
sincere thanks to the chairman for the very kind
manner in which his health had been proposed, and
to the company for the equally handsome mariner in
which it had been responded to.—(Cheers.) he
could assure the gentlemen present, that no zeal or ex-
ertion should be wanted on his part in the performance
of his duties to promote the interests of the charity.
Any efforts of his would have been most feeble and
unavailing in bring together that meeting if it had
not been for the kind and valuable assistance which
he had received from the stewards and committee of
management of the charity, which he felt bound to
acknowledge.—(Cheers.) With regard to the advan-
tages resulting from some charities, there might be
differences of opinion as tending to undermine that
prudence and self-reliance which it was desirable to
promote among the working classes ; but all parties—
even those who objected to the other charities he had
alluded to—would cordially join in the support of an
hospital which was destined to provide for the relief
of disease and distress, against which no forethought
could provide.—(Cheers.) Their hospital was in ad-
vance of most others in having adopted the free prin-
ciple, so that parties were not compelled, in the hour
of affliction, to be seeking for recommendations in
order to obtain that medical aid of which they stood
in need.—(Cheers.) lie considered that in their new
position they would have also another great advan-
tage, that of being situated in the heart of the City,
the inhabitants of which were distinguished for their
charity. He had received a letter in which the writer
expressed a wish that the world contained more of such
philanthropists as the Gurneys, the Hoares, and the
Frys, and doubtless all would concur in that wish, but
we, at least, had this ground of satisfaction that each of
those eminent names stood among the foremost
in the ranks of the supporters of this institution.—
(Cheers.) The largest private donation of the even-
ing had been contributed by the most eminent repre-
sentative of the first name. A representative of the
second, than whom no man in the city of London is
more respected, has presided at this festival, and you
have as an active member of the committee a gentle-
man bearing the third name, who worthily walks in the
footstep of his parent, that distinguished
lady who had first made the name of
Fry celebrated for acts of benevolence.— (Cheers.)
He felt that he did not deserve the thanks of the
company for what he had hitherto done, but he would
receive them with pleasure as an incentive to future
exertions, and he would conclude by again assuring
them that he would endeavour to do every thing in
his power to merit a continuance of their confidence
and promote the interests of the charity.
One or two other toasts having been drunk, the
company broke up.
The dinner was served up in the best style of Messrs.
Bathe and Breach, and the harmony of the evening
was much heightened by the talents of Messrs. bans"
ford, W. E. Ransford, and Holmes, and Misses Ellen
Lyon and Ransford, the latter young, lady being en-
cored in the air of " Smiling faces," in a
vocalists.
With
her father, and in a glee with the other
Amongst the subscriptions announced (about 8.50/.)
we noticed the parish of St. Clement Danes Holborn
Estate Charity, 100/.; Mr. Samuel Gurney, 50/. •
Baron Rothschild, 91/. ; Sir E. Buxton, 211. ;
H. E. Gurney, 211. ; Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., 211.;
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 21/. ; Mr. Thomas
Baring, M.P., 20/. ; Mr. S. Gurney, jun., 10/. and 51.
annual ; the Chairman,
,10/. lOs• ; Mr. J. somes,
10/. 10s.; Miss Burdett Goutts, 10/.,. &c,

Sir Montague J. Cholmeley, in consequence of the
death of a near relative, has paired off With Mr. IVAlby until
the 16th inst.