The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-01 00:00:00

THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

Yesterday the Festival-of the tutelar Saint of
Scotland was celebrated at the London Tavern,—.-
Viscount MErstr.LE in the Chair. More than
three hundred Gentlemen sat down to dinner.=
So numerous an attendance must be gratifying to
all vlio admire the excellence of the Institution;-
fOr the support of which the meeting.assembled.
London is the metropolis of the kingdom, and to
it each young person conscious of abilities, either
Manual or otherwise, comes in order to procure
that emphiyment which no other place can afford.
Calamities unforeseen, accidents and illness, fre-
quently await the most enthusiastic. To afford
to the child of want, of misery or misfortune, the
solaces of advice, of money, and of -encourage-
Ment, was the object of this meeting. Each
petitioner, independent of the honest characte-
ristics of his country, is subject, before he can
receive relief, to the strictest investigations as to
disposition and good conduct; and none can be-
coine partakers of the benefits of the charitable
donations of the Scottish Hospital, without giving
the best proofs of *honesty and exertion.—After
the cloth had been removed, Non Nobis Domine
was sung by the professional gentlemen. -

The eilivitmAN then proposed " The King," which was
drank by all with thetruest enthusiaim. God save the King.
The next toast wa4., " The Royal Family." Air, The hand
of the Gaul. Glee, Glorious Apollo.
" The Duke of York and the Army," as well as the cornier
toast, was drank with laud applause, The Duke of York's
March. Song, How merrily we live that Soldiers be.

The CmAtitarAig then .saic4 that he should propose a toast
which did not rcqUire many words nor a long preface to render
all present to • drink with feelings of esteem and approbation :
he should propose the health of his Royal Highness the Duke
of Clarence, who had long honoured the Society by his patron-
age and assistance as President of the Institution. As his Royal
Highness was not only the President of the Scottish porpora-
tion, but, by the poWer which his Majesty had graciously been
pleased to grant to his Royal Highness, the first among the
Naval Officers of the kingdom, he would unite the toasts, and
drink " His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and the
Navy of the -United Kingdorn."—(Loud applause.)—Rule
Britannia! •

The next toast proposed by the CHAIRMAN was, the health
of a _Nobleman who, for 23 years, bad patronised the Society—
who had been its President during that long and eventful period
The Duke of Montrose."—(Drank with loud acclama-
tions.)—Should auld acquaintance be forgot.
The CHAIRMAN then called the attention of all to the toast
which lie had next to propose. It was one which all had deeply
A heart. He meant prosperity to the Scottish Hospital. It re-
quired not words to expatiate on its utility; it was known, it had
been, and he trusted it would always be, supported.
The toast was then drank amid universal enthusiasm.
Air. EMERY, of Covent-garden Theatre, then sung a humor-
ous song, which tended much.to contribute to the general en-
joyment.
Mr. lIUME, M.P. then eulogised highly the objects of the
charity. Although it was well known that Scotehmen were
usually able to support themselves, wherever they went, yet.
there were some who were unfortunate, and the object of the
meeting was to giVe them relief. He held in his hand a return,
from which it appeared that although during former years, the
number of persons was much greater than, during the last, yet
during that year there was no less than three thousand two hun-
dred and eighty-nine applicants received relief. Every Scotch-
man; whether in England or. elsewhere, could not but feel inter-
ested in the welfare of an Institution which tended to produce*
such good effects. He observed, that it was to be regretted
that many of the Scotch Noblemen who were in London had
•
not attended to support it. lie concluded by proposing the
health of the Noble Chgrinan, 'Which was received with warm
applause.,
His Lordship then returned thanks. He had on that day re-

linquished, according to rotation, the duties of Vice President
of the Institution ; but he begged leave to assure the Society,
that his exertions would not therefore be diminished for its
welfare.

Lautur observed, that a Scotsman, like a steam vessel,
could proceed manfully through wind and tide. Still, however,
the machinery-might fail, and it would be hard indeed if, in case
of shipwreck, 4000 of their fellow countrymen, with the First
Lord of the Admiralty at their head, did not come to their re-
lief—(Applause.) • _

Several toasts connected with the Society were afterwards
drank with every symptom of good humour and conviviality.
The Secretary afterwards read the Report, from which it ap-
peared that a liberal subscription had been entered into.
• 'Aboitt half-past ten o'clock Lord Viscount Melville left the,
chair, and retired amid
:the applause of the company. The
chair was afterwards taken by one of the Gentlemen present,
and the evening was spent in the highest cordiality.

Among; the interesting spectacles of the evening may be men-
tioned the Grand Union Violincello, which was played upon by
a performer from Dundee, named Watson, who is entirely • . •
de-
rived of sight. He made use of his feet in order. to elicit
notes from a bass viol, while he played the violin with his hands,
and upon the 'Pa/Wean pipes with his mouth. Thk eXtraordi-
nary performer exhibited to a remarkable extent the results of
industry and ingenuity, although deprived of the most. valuable
of the 'SenSes•

ROYAL SOClETY.—Yesterday being St. Ali-
drew's Day, the Royal Society held their Annual
Meeting at their apartments in Somerset-place,
when the President, Sir TIUMPIIRY DAVY, Bart.
after an appropriate address, presented, in the
name of the Society, two gold medals (called Sir.
GODFREY COPLEY'S), one to .JOHN FREDERICK
Wm. HERSCHELL, Esq. for his mathematical and
optical papers printed in the Philosophical Trans-
actions, the other to Capt. EDWARD SABINE, for
his observations on the magnetic needle and pen-
dulum, made during the late voyage to the AretiC,
Seas, published in the same work,. Afterwards
the Society proceeded to the choice of a Council
and Officers for the ensuing year, when, on ex-
amining the lists, it appeared that the following
Gentlemen were elected :
Or THE OLD COUNCIL—Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., W.
T. Brande, Esq. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, Taylor Combe,
Esq, Davits Gilbert, Esq., Charles Hatchett, Esq. J. F. W.
Herschel, Esq., Sir Everard Home, Bart., John Pond, Esq.,
. Wm. Hyde Wollaston, M.D., Thomas Young, M.D.
Or 'r DE NEW COUNCIL—The Earl of Aberdeen, Matthew
NI.D., John Barrow, Esq., B. C. Brodie, Esq., Wm:
Hamilton, Esq., tomes Ivory, Esq., the Marquess of Lana-
down, Alexander Marcet, M.D., Thomas Murdock, Esq., Sir
Rober'6 Seppings, Ent.'
• AND Trip OrrxoDas—President, Sir Humphry Davy,
Bart., LL.D.
Treasurer—DAvms GILBERT, Esq.
Secretnries-Wm. THOS. BRANDE and TAYLOR CoMBE;
Esqrs.
After the Election the Members of the Society dined to-
gether, as usual, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the
Strand,

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