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On Friday -the—adjourned meeting :of schoolmasters
was held at the Green Man, George,street,WestmirTter.
Mr. Jones.in the Chair.
The SECRETARY (Mr. AroNb_tv):re'ad the minutes of
the last meeting.
The CHAIRMAN stated that since the last meeting he
had had conversations with influential persons connected
with the profession, and he had received from all the
greatest' encouragement for the proposed Association.
The Committee had considerable difficulty in framing a
set of rules for the government of the Society, but he
had no doubt that in the course of a few days ihey
would be able to lay before the general body of teachers
a plan which would embrace the interest of all, and pre-
sent no obstacle to the scruples of any.
Mr. BARRE said that since the last meeting he ii ad
had conversations with several persons interested in the
welfare of the profession. Amongst others with clergy-
men of high dignity in the Church, who stated to 'him
that they were surprised that such an associatiOn'was
comnierieed now for the first time. lie moTed.tkat the
Committee be allowed the interval.to Weduesday
to pieiiire a report upon which the Society shalt bet
founded.

Mr. PARTON seconded the resolution, and said al the
object of. the projected Association was so comprehensive
and benevolent, that he could have no doubt the Com-
mittee would -be supported by a large majority of the
profession. It was well known to all pesent, that some
of the most deserving persons, having tilled the import-
ant stations of teachrs to hundreds of the children of
working classes, or presided over the education of young
nobility, have passed the remainder of their lives in ex-
-trome indigence and neglect.
The resolution was agreed to unanimously.
On the motion. of Mr.6CEATON, seconded by Mr. LONG,
a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Chairman
for his judicious conduct in the chair.
The meeting then adjourned till Wednesday next..
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HOSPITAL •for -CONSUMPTION and
DISEASES of the CHEST.
Yesterday morning a sermon on behalf of this excel-
lent charity was preached at the Church of St. Nicholas,
North Brixton; bey the Lord Bishop of. Winchester. The
Learned Prelate, in the course of a very eloquent address,
adverted to the printed address circulated' among the
congregation, as follows :---
• -",There is scarcely a disease of any -seierity'which
does not find ready admission into the wards of our
general hospitals, and many complaints of comparatively
rar4 occurrence and trifling importance have institutions
'specially devoted to their treatment ; but consumption,
the most frequent 'and destructive malady in existence,
finds' the doors of all our hospitals closed against it.
" The plea on which the consumptive patient is re-
fused admission into other institutions is, the lingering
nature and almost 'certain fatality 'of his disease. But
these very peculiarities give him the strongest claim on
our sympathy; for when the poor man falls ill, the' very
sources of his subsiStence are dried up ; acute diseases
impoverish and embarrass him, but chronic diseases
ruin him ;•those who are dependent upon his exertions
share his destitution, and are prevented from earning
their own livelihood by the necessity of ministering to
his wants.
"To reovide him with an asylum, to surround him with
the comforts of which he stands so much in need, to
ensure him relief froth the sufferings entailed by his
disease, to afford him spiritual consolation, at a period
when-the mind is perhaps best adapted to receive with
benefit the divine truths of religion, and to enable those
who depend upon him to earn their own subsistenq, are
the great objects proposed to be accomplished by this;
new hospital.
" The following statement will show the magnitude of
the evil which this institution was formed to remedy.'
Of the 60,000 deaths which occur every year in England
and' Wales from slow and lingering diseases, about
36,000 are probably due to pulmonary consumption.
One-ninth, therefore, of the total mortality at alines,
and more than one-fifth of the mortality of adults is due
to this cause ; and as the duration of the disease, taking
one case with another, is about two years,it follows that
about 72,000 persons are constantly suffering from con-
sumption, being at the rate of four persons in every-thou-
sand of all ages, and eight in every thousand adults.
"Again, of the 45,000 deaths occurring every ye:sr in
the- metropolis, about 5,600, or one-eighth of th 4 total
mortality of the metropolis at all ages, and little less
than one-fifth of the mortality of adults, arises from this
fatal disease : and upwards of 11,000 persons, being
about one in 170 of the entire population, of the me-
tropolis, and more than one per cent, of -the adults, are
constantly wasting away under the attacks of this
lingering malady.
" Of these 10,000 cases, about three-fourths occur in
males, of whom a large proportion are working men,
unable to provide for themselves and families, systema-
tically excluded from our general hospitals, and uniting
in their own persons every conceivable claim to sympathy
and assistance. It may be well to add that many—very
many—of these poor sufferers are the acknowledged
victims of unventilated workshops, ill-constructed dwell-
ings, vitiated atmosphere, long hours of work, and the
want of open places for exercise and recreation ; so that
they may fairly claim from their richer brethren not
sympathy only, but compensation for the injury which
their neglect has inflicted upon them.
" To all who have felt the power of the destroyer, or
who have reason to fear his attack—and what family
throughout the country has not had sad experience of
his presence?—an earnest appeal is now made, in the
full assurance that those who give their support to this
institution will combine the work of mercy with that of
justice, and aid in furthering as many important objects
as are found united in any charitable institution."
The sum collected at the conclusion of the; sermon
amounted to 62/. ss. 7d. Another collection for the
same laudable purpose was made in the afternoon after
an impressive sermon preached by the RvV. Townsend
Duffield.