The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-09 00:00:00

TO 'TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN

L
Stn.—Amongst the nimierous Joint Stock Com-
panies which claim attention from the Shareholders, is that in
Winchester-street, which, the large and brighttass plate on
• door,tnnounces to the wo he dli,tiiNf the*iisr, LA
LI ian T p Au?v,l AN Alma. 'IA, ovecting the
management of wind' strange rumours are afloat. 1 sometimes
meet fellow-applicants besieging the doors of this Company
for small accounts, and shareholders making inquiries, which
pioduce any thing but satisfactory replies. The. Secretary, for
whom that fine house, and doubtless a corresponding salary,
has' been provided, is mostly absent, sustaining probably the
'dignity of the body in other parts. I was told (some months
ago) that he was gone to Falmouth to see the Chief Commis-
sioner :Ode on board, no doubt a very'reasonable precaution
against his loitering away that time which costs the Company
some thousands a year. Since the departure of the Miff, it is
said to have been foOnd necessary that the worthy Secretary
should attend to the departure of, the Second. Commissioner,
and that' having seen him safely on board, he is now waiting,
with anxious solicitude, to see the ship itself (called, I believe,
the ship PoTost) set sail. With this laudable purpose the Se-
cretary has been detained, as I am told, nearly three month, at
Plymouth, where, from the present aspect of the wind and wea.
ther, he may, perhaps, yet spend several weeks. Now, Sir,
whether, the Second Commissioner, who is also liberally sala-
ried, be not competent to the weighty business of keeping a look
out for a.fair wind, I pretend not to judge; but this I do know,
that the detention of the worthy Secretary from his splendid
office is most inconvenient and injurious to very many Nimble
suitors for the settlement of outstanding accounts. 1 forgot to
state that I have also beard of trips to Paris and other places,
though what connection Paris can have with mining in I'eru I
will not presume to conjecture. Should there however be, ax
is expected, a meeting. ot shareholders, the charges for travel-
ling expenses will doubtless be accompanied by explanation of
the necessity for and objects of these joUrnies.
The Potosi is, 1 believe, a %Vest End Company, and ma.
naged by West Ender:.
March 8.

1 am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
A CLAIMANT,

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A'SYLUNI 'Ar the CURL V SCROFULA and GLANDU-
, LAIC DISEASES:
•i't A
nitiversary of the above truly valuable
Institution was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern ;
Sir Joss, Yo x K.C.8., M.P., in the Chair,
The objects of the Initution are the cure cif persons aicted
with the ahove-named desperate diseases, by a mode differfflent to
that Willett() adopted by the Faculty of this country. The
`founder of the new mode is Mr. Charles Nl'llitlaw, a native of
-Scotland, and a gentleman who appears to have made Nature his
study throughout his life.
From the Report read at the Meeting, it appeared that the
present Institution was established about four years since ; and
it further states, that in order to assist the Institution, Mr.
Vi'hitlaw had taken a journey to America, for the purpose of
insuring an adequate supply of the herbs, which, he contended,
werethe remedies for these dreadful disorders, and that in his
journey he had succeeded to the fullest extent, and had received
public testimonials of respect by the different medical bodies in
the principal United States of America. The Report asserts
that the funds of the Charity are at present in a very low state ;
and it concludes by hoping, that funds will not be wanting in
aid of the poor, who, in this country, draw so largely on the
,sympathies of their richer neighbours, and who never want at-
.tendon in cases where British benevolence can be called forth
to their advantage."
The Repeirt having been adopted, and sundry resolutions
agreed to, the Company retired to dinner, when Sir 'YOUTH
mtklE took the (Alan. After the cloth was removed—" The
King"...." the Duke of York"--" the Duke of Clarence"—
" the Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family,"
were severally drunk.
.. Sir 4. YORKE then rose to propose success to the Institution;
he observed, that a great man had said that there were only
two propositions in Nature, namely, right and right, wrong and
wrong, and it was between . these two propositions the present
Institution was contending; he trusted that he did not possess
a larger share of vanity than fell to the lot of most men, but still
he must say that it was a very necessary component of the charac-
ter of man, for bitt for vanity, we might all at this day have been
what our first progenitors were, mere hewers of wood and drawers
of water. Iht ()Aunt Admiral then proceeded to relate the
itahtkehelinsksnlEirlieoiinnr
b.tiwoe ilelavleunt:toesint'edreessd°hltitstrhilileelidoioseurrniansefgsrardwnidtloiecrnh
psonriiiiiteju,r7iieeeds,
disorders, unl e the plague which destroyed life in 48 hours ;
these diseases crept on gradually, and destroyed the patient
like wax before the sun. such individuals, therefore, were en.
titled to the sympathy of all.--The toast was then drank.
Sir 3. Yottrek then proposed the health of Mr. Whitlaw.—
Ile would leave it to Phrenologists to cut him up,
and disc Over the bumps on his scull, and then they
might give their opinion, but he (Sir .1. Yorke) considered
him one of the cleverest men that ever crossed the Tweed, for,
from the tune that he was in swaddling clothe', his life had
been devoted to the Service of his fellow-creatures ; 'he should
therefore propose a toast, which he was sure every man who
had a mouth to drink; or a hand to raise a glass, would drink
with enthusiasm 4 thou was The health of Mr. ilgiidaw.
Mr. Wltrr.nsv returned thanks, and at very considerable
length entered into a discussion of the truth of the precepts laid
down by those great men, Linneas and Dr. Cullen, and endea-
voured to convince the Meeting that Dr. Cullen was wrong in all
his conclusions'. We regret that space will not permit us to enter
! into the long and learned argument of this Gentleman. The
speaker then complained of the nurses of Marylebone Work-
house, where-belied been attending for the. purpose of endea-
youring to effect cures on poor patients afflicted with the above
disorder, and he boldly assertml, that after he had nearly effected
dures,The nurses applied corrosive matter to the patients, in order
to prevent the cures being complete ; he had challenged an in-
vestigation of the matter, but the parish officers had refused it.
$A .very venerable Gentleman, whose name we understood to
lie Mr. four. JonnitEra., then addressed the Meeting, and
:stated that'll° had been for many years a vestryman of Mary.
lebone parish, and, with one exception, was the senior vestry-
man, and consequently had often been called to the chair at
vestry meetings;- he certainly had never heard of what Mr.
Wlntlaw had just alluded to, but he most undoubtedly would
make it his' business to inquire into it, and the subject should
undergo ampleinvestigation.
Toast—" The Medical Profession in England, who have
countenanced and adopted the views of this Institution."
Dr. Tnonwrozi then rose and observed, that by following
the rules laid down/by Dr. (Wien he had filled, he thought,
three church yards, bat had he continued to follow them, lie
should- have filled more than three times three. Ile then highly
eulogized his friend, Dr. Hathilton, whom he looked upun as
the first Physician in England; and whose illness, added to his
great age (M), prevented hint attending; to-clity.
The healthy of the Chairman, of Dr. Thornton, Dr. Pid-
duck, Dr. Hamilton, Mr. Millar, the Secretary, &c., &c., were
then drank, and, after a very eloquent speech from the Rev. Mr.
Evaxsosr, which we regret to say our limits prevents us from
giving, the company broke up.