The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-01 00:00:00

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL,

Yesterday being St. Andrew's Day, the friends of this
Institution dined together at the London Tavern, His
Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, President, was in
the Chair.' To the right and left of his Royal Highness we
noticed the Hon.' Mr. Frazer, treasurer, Sir Murray Max-
well, Major-General Campbell, the Hon. Mr. Henry Doug-
las, the Lord Mayor, &c.
This Institution, as our readers are, perhaps aware, de-
rives its origin, in the words of the Report, " from a So-
ciety formed a short time after the accession of King James,
for relieving the less fortunate individuals of the Scottish
nation, who had upon that event come to England. A
Charter 'of Incorporation, under its present designation,
was granted by King Charles 11. in the year 1665, em-
powering the Society to hold lands, and to erect an Hos-
pital for the reception of the objects of the charity ; and
an opportunity soon afterwards occurred of manifesting the
benefits to be derived from it. It appears from the Re-
cords of the Ccaporation, that during the great plague, up-
wards of three hundred natives of Scotland were buried at
the sole charge of the Society, and numbers more were
nourished (luring their sickness, without subjecting the
parishes where they resided to the smallest expence.
The Institution after this gradually dwis,dled away, till
.

it was taken up by some public spirited individuals in
1775, when a new Charter was obtained, and its objects
enlarged. The report thus specifies those objects
The charity of the Scottish Hospital is applicable to the
poor mechanic, the artisan, the labourer, natives of Scot-
land, with their wives, widows and children, resident in
this metropolis and its immediate neighbourhood; who,
not Vaving acquired any parochial settlement in this
country, would, in age and poverty, in sickness and dis-
tress, or when in want of employment, be exposed to the
utmost wretchedness and beggary, but for the fostering
care of this Institution.
The number of these poor objects dependent on public
bounty is much greater than is generally imagined.—
During the last twelve months the number of poor relieved
has been as follows :
_ _

1826—May, 261 ; June, 244 ; July, 257 ; August,
236 ; September, 240 ; October, 230 ; November, 240 ;
December, 249,
1827—January, 239 ; February, 253 ; March, 239 ;
April, 254.
Besides passages to 272 persons, men, women, and chil-
dren.

But, to return to the dinner :—After the removal of the
cloth, "Non Nobis Domine" was sung by the professional
gentlemen present.
The Royal CHAIRMAN then rose.—The first toast that
is usually drank on these occasions is well known : but
before I propose it to you I have a few observations to
offer. This charity is, I am sorry to say, not so well
known as it ought to be, nor has his Majesty•—than whom
a more munificent Monarch breathes not—(Cheers)---had
his royal attention turned to it, as he has had it turned to
ethers. The cause of this I cannot explain, but such is
known to be the fact. His Majesty was born Prince of
Wales, and it natural to suppose, that the charitable in-
stitutions of the Welsh were brought under his eye by
those whose duty it was to do so. In the course of his late
Majesty's long reign, the Union of Great Britain with
Ireland took place, and li:s present Majesty, then as Prince
of Wales, afterwards as Prince Regent, was known to
bestow the same regard upon Ireland, as I knew, from my
perfect knowledge of his Majesty, he always bore towards
Scotland.—(Cheers.)—How it has happened I know not,
but certain it is that this Society was not so well known
to his Majesty, and is not now in the city of London, as
some others are. However this may have happened, I,
speaking as a Scottish Prince—(Loud cheers)—must can-
didly say, that the Scottish nation does itself no more than
justice in now making known the excellence,of its own chari-
ties. —( Cheers. )—His Majesty, as Prinde of Wales, has ho-
noured this society with his presence, and has subscribed
367/. to its support, and I have now in my hand a further
donation from his Majesty of 105/.—(Loud cheers.)--I
have further to declare, that it is his Majesty's intention,
on every 30th of November, to furnish the President who
may be sitting in this chair with a similar sun for the
same purposes.—(Great applause.)—l thought it due, in
justice to the individual whose name I am about to mention,
to preface the toast with these few observations. I now
propose—. The King, (standing, with four times four),
and God bless him."

The toast was then drank with great enthusiasm.
The Hon. W. FRAZER rose to propose the health of the
illustrious individual who now filled the Chair. His
Royal Highness here alluded to his Majesty not having at-
tended so much to this Charity as to the Welsh and Irish ;
but he (Mr. Frazer) knew that his Royal Highness had,
from that Chair, announced four donations from his Ma-

jesty. Seeing what they saw, he thought it would be but
just to attribute these donations to his Royal, Higlinoses
influence with his Majesty and to his haviag )aid the'zue-
rite of the Institution properly
.before him.! lie. should-
now propose, as his toast, the health of . their, .Rojral
Chairman.

The toast was then drunk with immense applause...,
The ROYAL. CHAIRMAN rose.--I cannot refrain, in the
first place, from immediately returning you my thanks for
the handsome manner in which you have drunk my health.
This is the seven-and-fortieth time I have celebrated St.
Andrew's-day in various parts of his Majesty's dominions;

it is the sixteenth time I have had the honour and satis-
faction 9f being elected Chairman of this most excellent
Institution. The very peculiar mode in which his late
Majesty thought fit to have me educated, placed me in si-
tuations in which it has been rarely the advantage of
Princes of this country to be situated ; it threw me into a
variety of connections, the reflecting upon which always
gives me delight ; it has endeared me to, and if possible
made me more sensible of, my happiness in being born in
this country. My being in that situation has given me an
insight into the character, happiness) and knowledge of
the various constituent parts of the population of this
empire, which has rendered it impossible for me not to
consider it a misfortune to all who are born in other
than this happy land. In the various situations in
. .

which I have'Leen placed, I have met all descriptions
of his Majesty's subjects, and I have every where had
the satisfaction of contemplating the Scotch as a body

of people most usefully and beneficially employed both
for the welfare of the empire at large and their own
credit as a nation.—(Cheers.)—lt has, in former times,
been thrown out against the Scotch, that they had preju-
dices ; but I will ask any man who knows any thing of
the matter, whether, supposing the fact to be so, it ought
to he urged as an accusation ? In all parts of his Majesty's
dominions I have ever seen the advantage of the Scotch
emigrating, or rather of their carrying their talents and
industry to places where they could be rewarded in an ho-
nourable manner. In all the situations in which I have
ever found them, they are always laudably and usefully em-
ployed. I cannot, therefore, consider it but an honour and
gratification to be at the head of this Charity. I shall not
now detail the history of this Institution ; but believe me,
Gentlemen, as a Prince of this Empire, on all occasions I
shall rejoice at its prosperity ; but particularly do I rejoice,
as a Scottish Prince; on this St. Andrew's Day to find my-
self once more seated in this cbair—(Applause)---and as
long as I have your tiuffrageS to continue, in it, shall do
every thing in my power to assist in the
ssupport of this
charity, both publicly and "privately.--:-(Applause.)-.--Gen-
tlemen, unfortunately for you I shall have so often to
address you this night, that I 9hall now conclude by simply
drinking all your good healths, conjointly and individually.
The LORD MAYOR said, he rose to propose a toast to
the company, which he was sure would meet with universal
approbation—,he meant that of her Royal highness the
Duchess of Clarence.

The toast was drunk with great applause.
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN.—I have to return you thanks
for the manner in which you have drnak the health of the
Duchess, and to assure you there is no one more thoroughly,
usefully, and sincerely attached to this country than herself.
—(Cheers.)
The ROYAL CaAIRMAN again rose.—l have now to
propose a toast to you, which I know you will receive with
pleasure and satisfaction ; but still I must prefaee it with
a few words. Any man in a public situation in this coun-
try can with difficulty be separated in his actions from his
public character; whatever he does as a private individual
it is difficult to distinguish from what he does as a public
one. This difficulty attaches to the Lord Mayor of the
City of London, whose health I propose to drink. It is
hardly possible co direst him of his character of Chief
Magistrate of this vast and important city. Knowing this,
knowing also, perfectly well, the respect due to the cha-
racter of the first Magistrate of the first City in the world.
—(Applause)--I should have been delighted to have
seen him in the Chair, knowing that by the usage of
the City he is the first man in the City; and I thought
considering
it my duty, therefore, as one of the subjects of the
accepting, toit
;offbeurt
utaounhoimt. help The Lord Mayor declined to
him, neverthe-
less, as the Lord Mayor, and not as a private individual
filling a private station. Sixteen times have I been elected
to this honour, and I have never till now seen the Lord
Mayor present. I hail his Lordship's corning, therefore,'
with delight.—(Applause).--I have said that it is hardly
possible in this country to separate the public from the
private character of the individual ; but however highly I
may estimate the presence of the Lord Mayor, I cannot
deny myself the pleasure of stating, that I have personally
known the highly honourable individual who now fills that

situation; and I feel great satisfaction at so excellent and
respectable an individual having been selected to fill it.
I have drunk hiS health before now, as Lord Mayor ;
but I now drink tol him as a private individual, and.give
him my thanks for having honoured us with his presence.
The Lord Mayor's health was then drunk, with three
times three.

The LORD MAYOR acknowledged, with gratitude, the
compliments his Royal Highness had condescended to be-
stow upon him ; and also for the manner- in which the
company had drunk his health. He had attended the din-
ner with much pleasure, as it afforded him an opportunity
of paying his personal respects to his Royal Highness. It
also gave him an opportunity of stating, that he knew
abundant instances, as Magistrate of London, of the great
utility of the Scottish Hospital. He should he proud to
belong to it; and he was sure that, under the patronage of
his Royal Highness, it was sure to prosper.
The Royal CHAIRMAN said, that as they had for some
years enjoyed peace, he was sure they were too sensible of
its blessings not to drink to those by whose means it was
obtained. He, therefore, proposed the " Army and Navy,
with three times three."

The toast was drunk with much applause.
The Royal CHAIRMAN then, after eloquently dilating
upon some of the advantages the Institution in support
of which they were assembled, proposed " Success to the
Scottish, Corporation."
The toast was drunk with loud applause.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS nest proposed " their late ex-
cellent President, the Duke of Munster."
This toast was also drunk with great applause.
Sir MURRAY MaxwEr.r. rose, and proposed " the health
of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain."

The cheers with which that toast was drunk lasted for
several minutes.

His iloyAr. HIGHNESS rose—Gentlemen, if, in another
year, when I have the pleasure of again meeting you, As
President of this Society, my health should be drunk in
this same manner, after having a snore perfect knowledge
of me in my public capacity, and I should fill the same si-
tuation of responsibility as I now do, I shall be bound
doubly to thank you. When, gentlemen, I was appointed
to the situation I now fill, I had no more idea of it in the
morning when I got up than I believe the individual had
who blacked my boots.—(Laughter, and cheers.) There
was a time, I candidly own, when I might have looked for
and expected such a situation. This I will not attempt to
deny; but from that vicissitude in the lottery of human
life which attends all ranks, the course of life I led for
many years—a course of so different a nature from that of
public life—was such that my wishes upon the subject,
whatever they might have been, had completely passed
away. I was growing older in years, although, thanks to
an excellent constitution, was not by any means an old
man, I was gaining experience and becoming a per-
fectly quiet man in the station in which I was placed.—
Although so placed I was sincerely attached to the
interests of my country, and watched them silently, but
with attentive and deep interest, but never expecting to be
one day in the situation in which I am now placed. When I
came into it, I recollected the singular,and excellent educa-
tion I had received, by having had the advantage of being
brought up as every other boy is that has the honour of
entering the Navy : remembering this, and it being my
interest to well fill the situation in which I was placed, I
called back to my recollection those scenes which my
brother officers had a right to expect I should have a know-
ledge of, and those duties which it was fit I should know,
and which .I am resolved to perform. If I should succeed
in fulfilling the just expectations of my fellow-subjects, I
shall be moat peculiarly happy. And if I can serve the in-
terests of those who, through pails and privations, have
reached the rank they now hold in the service, it will be
a sufficient reward for my having entered upon the task.
I cannot conclude without expressing my thanks for the
manner in which the Gallant Officer on my left proposed
my health, and the way in which you drunk it. I did not
expect to have said this much, and 1 am ashamed of hav-
ing gone so far ; and 1 shall, therefore, conclude again, by
once more drinking your good health.—(Loud cheers.)

The healths of the Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Stewards,
Standing Committee, and several friends of the Institution,
were then drunk with great applause, as were also many
app: late toasts.
A number of subscriptions were announced, among
which were his Majesty, 1051. ; his Royal Highness the
DuLe of Clarence, 20/. half yearly; her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Clarence, 10/. half yearly; the Duke of
Montrose, 20 guineas; P. Henderson, Esq., 1001. in the
South Sea Annuities; and the Lord Mayor, 10 guineas.
A number of beautiful songs were sung in the course of
the evening by Messrs. Bellamy, Broadhurst, Taylor, and
Collier.

The hilarity of the evening was kept up to a late hour.

THE WARWICK BANK NOTES.

1 .. .ACCOUNT OF THEIR RESTORATION.
Scarce a day now passes over that supplies us not with
additional proofs of the utility of our police, and the,purity.
of its officers. In the robbery of Grimaldi and Co.'s ware-
house, and • that .of the Warwick mail, we are furnished
with.two brilliant instances. In no other town in the
empire could similar feats be performed with impunity,—
no, not even in a country village ; and, as the artists well
merited, they have been richly rewarded for their dexterity.
In a morning paper of Thursday, it was mentioned that
the negotiations between the thieves on the one hand, and
the agent of the bankers on the other, had terminated fa-
.vourably, and that the former agreed to the restoration of
the notes on the prompt payment of 2,0001. So far as it
goes this account is correct, and the treaty, with some
alterations, carried into effect ; but the details, the rumours
of which are quite common in every police-office, have not
as yet been before the public, and exhibit in an extraordi-
nary degree the entire transaction from the commencement.
The robbery was not, as has been supposed, committed
• by old practitioners or family men, but by incipient thieves
or sneaks. They did not calculate on such a prize, and on
removing the bundle from one side of the mail, the door
being a-jar, after it was chucked in at the other, they
imagined they had secured merely an ordinary parcel, which
might produce them a few pounds. On examining it, how-
ever, they were agreeably surprised at its contents, but at
'the same time much at a loss, they not being as yet at the
head of their profession, how to dispose of them. In the
dilemma a lucky thought struck one of the worthies, and
he applied to a Jew, living in N street, City-road,
whose real name is B—t, but who is better known by
the familiar appellation of B—ny B—r—k, alias Bolt
B—r---k, who purchased the entire for the sum of 2001.
This bargain was completed nearly instanter after the rob-
bery, and the notes remained in his hands until Wednesday
last, when they were, for good and substantial reasons, re-
stored. A negotiation had been going on a day or two
before ; and, strange as it may appear to the reader, the
principal person engaged in it was no other than a police
officer. His name is freely mentioned by his colleagues,
from as we believe, a jealousy of their not being in the riq ;
but :though" we are in possession of it, we do not, just now,
think. proper "to give 'it publicity. Should any one feel any
Curiosity'nfi the subject, it may be easily gratified by their
going for an hour to a police office, where_ there is no se-
cret made of it or the negotiation.
Various interviews took place on the subject, each of
which proved futile : at length, wishing to put an end to
temporising, and perhaps remotely feeling that he might not
find all the " P. O's." just as accommodating as his go-
between. Barney gave his ultimatum, which was''tlhiatthhalst
gude friend,
.Mishter —, might tell his feaonPhs
iitlositi ow
vas sa
notnd
them." The go-
betweenthere vas vonpersou* who voud managel.
I d th - '• d
sgoivveerne,ignoswvia.asgsywatoulile4 egxopetocte?l,4_eridez,thvaterief
lie learnt a little of " addition," ant ma e e iequile
, . absurd.spilhaoer Theutinls
ldea nt which was given, thus realizing a handsome
the circumstance, have been received within the last
sum 2,8001.,
remuneration for his trouble.
took the message, but on his way to its employers
This came to the ears of the Israelite, who, it may be
supposed, was not much pleased, and he now makes Petti-
coat-lane ring with " By Gosh, be knew von polish officer
vhat vas a bigger rogue nor any Jew, that did a friend of
hish, a very lioneslit marchant, out of 8001."
This is the story that is circulated. The name of the 1
negotiator is not concealed ; he holds some character for
activity and intelligence ; but when the present transaction
is coupled with one of a similar description Lila took place
not a hundred miles from Ludgate-hill some years ago, and
:wattic, whichihse, sn.i
ot
doubt‘T‘,
ol ilel
lasmubumes
triebaqeuuggi
ill.
given;
laughable
;s faonrd,
in which his name was involved in a very unofficer-like
manner, something more than a doubting credence is at-
tached to it. • The same person, from his success in this
negotiation, it is said, is engaged to procure the restoration
un-
derstoodotthrough
roGurgihina
tthiodeibpaelalldi ,cs7oto.hlsa.
in any other way to hope for the recovery of their property
above are the facts most positively circulated, and,
the Noble Secretary at the head of the Home; ‘De-
tprwish n
present
or
residing
doisivl g
iwhon c
hthaiisi
eshtoonne. honest €l:fie:tee:l , is,
mention-
inghe caneasily obtain the information by asking any of his corps.
* Query—Can it be Ikey Solornons that is alluded to ?
fortnight, from him and his son.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT-NOVEMBER.

With the month of November, of coarse, the
wheat-seed season concludes ; and, taking it generally,
the present may tic" ::.:id to have been finished under
as happy auspice's, whether in regard to the state of
the atmosphere, of the lands, or of the necessary
agricultural forces to be put in operation, as any
which have preceded it. Partial and temporary in-
terruptions there doubtless have been, among which
the most considerable was-that deluge of rain which
fell several weeks since, and by which the low
!rrounds exposed to it were rendered a mere hog.
The evaporation which afterwards took place has re-
claimed a part ; leaving yet a considerable breadth,
the seeding which with wheat must be an obvious
risk. On some of those lands already sown, great
part of the young wheats were completely washed
out of the ground; yet too much was left for it to
he easy to decide.on ploughing up the crop. In
this case, surely, it must be eligible to re-seed the
bare patches, a practice, nevertheless, we beilevi:,
much oftener talked of than really executed. The
latter diggings of the potatoc have turned up suc-
cessfully, over the three kingdoms, completing a
crop of that universal root, great beyond expectation,
!ioth in quantity and quality, We have thus secured
A crop of bread corn, of second bread, and of malt
corn, fully sufficient for the support of the whole
population,
as a want of bread and beer for those
who duly ears them by their labour, the calamity
must arise from a very different cause to that of

icarcity.
The vast crop of autumnal grass, superior also as
it has proved, in quality, to fog, in most years, will,
no doubt, incline the farmer to keep his live stock
abroad to a late period of the present season. This
advantage, together with the ample provision of
winter and early spring food, which has been
generally made, in a proportion, indeed, beyond that
of any preceding year, will render winter feeding of
cattle of all kinds both a comfortable and a profitablo
occupation, the public at large having its due share
of the benefits. The turnip crop, in the aggregate,
is far greater and'of better quality, than could, in
months past, have possibly been hoped and expected
of it; on the best lands, it appears to equal that of
the most fruitful years.—Monthly Magazine.