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ROYAL 'FREE HOSPITAL.

INVESTIGATION OF THE RECENT CHARGES.
In consequence of, a long communication, signed
" Huma,nitas," which appeared in .the Times of Tues-
day last, charging the officers of this institution with
heartless and cruel conduct, in turning away from the
institution, without affording them assistance, two girls
who had applied for aid at the hospital on, Wednesday,
the 19th inst., one of whom has since died, a meeting of
the:governors, trustees, and members of the commit-
tee of the institution was held yesterday, in Gray's
Inn-lane, at two ;o'clock, to, investigate the charges
brought against the residerit surgeon, and other offi-
cers of the institution.

There were present, Mr.) Pritchard, High Bailiff of
Southwark; the Rev. Dr. Rice, the Rev. Dr. Worthing-
ton, the Rev. Mr. Horwood, John Watson, Esq., mer-
Chant, Hills, Esq., Mr. Simpson, Mr., Green, Me,
Jones, and several other gentlemen connected with the
institution. Dr. Marsden, the Rev. Mr. Packman, and
other gentlemen connected with the immediate manage-
ment of the hospital, were also present.
On the motion of the Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON,
Mr. Pritchard, the High Bailiff, was called to the chair.
The•CHAIRMAN said that he regretted that the Noble
President, Lord Robert Grosvenor, who had always
evinced so deep and sincere an interest in the institu-
tion, was prevented by indisposition from presiding over
them. The meeting was called in consequence of a
statement which had appeared in the Times newspaper
of Tuesday last, and which was calculated to convey an
erroneous and very prejudicial impression on the public
mind as to the manner in which the institution was con-
ducted, and its funds disposed of. They were met to
investigate tbe-statenients that were made, and to de-
mand an explanation of them, if there were any to offer.
tt *was necessary for the' aintenance of Me hospital
that it should stand well in' public estimation ; and that
it might dO so, it was necessary that a full and impartial
investigatioh-41ould take place of what was set forth in
the statement to which' he 'had alluded. Before he pro-
ceeded further, he would call on the Secretary to read
the statement which bid 'appeared in the Times.
The Secretary having done so,
Thp4.• .
CHAIRMANe asked if "any gentleman had anything
to ro
Dr. ti RSDEN said that, as the conduct of the medical
and Other officers of the eitablishment had been seriously
reflected upon, he would beg leive to suggest that the
meeting should call before them and examine all the
parties implicated, or who knecianithing of the facts, and
sift the truth or falsehood of the charges 'made to the
very bottom. He felt, that althoUgh those charges were
•eonfined in -name to the institution which they
were so well cakultited to damage, they were
also secretly intended"- to • hurt' him individually ;
and as he was most anxious for the fullest and
most public investigation, he hoped the meeting
would, by the examination of any or all of the servants
Of the hospital, and by an inspection of the books, fully
satisfy themselves as to the conduct of those employed,
and the manner in which the hospital was conducted.
He was bound to say that the officers of the institution,
on'the occasion in questiont had strictly executed their
duties. There were five wards in the hospital; and on
the morning of' the 19th they* were all filled, with the
exception' of .the venereal ward, and one of the rules of
the hospital was that in thit ward none but venereal
patients should be put. They had sometimes as many
as 500 persons in a day demanding admission, and with
their present ineans,it was impossible that such a num-
ber could be 'accommodated. The resident medical
officer, the' porter, The 'officer of the City of London
Union, and the other pert'ons present and concerned,
were in attendance, to'await the pleasure of the com-
mittee.

The first person called was
George Merner, the porter of the hospital. lie stated,
in answer to questions from the Chairman and others,
that he resided on the premises, and was obliged to be
in attendance all hours of the day and night. On the
morning of the 19th inst. two young women came to
the hospital, and he placed them in a small room. They
appeared to be ill. He informed the resident surgeon,
who was then engaged in examining patients, and in
about twenty minutes after he came to see theta.
After examining them, he sent me to see if there was any
room for them, and after inquiry I found there was no
room except in Ward B, which is the venereal ward.
Mr. Cooke, the surgeon, then told me to inform them
that there was no room for them, which I did ; and I
afterwards went to the cook and got them a can of broth,
fully a pint, with a slice of bread as large as an ordinary
penny roll. The broth was given to them by the cook,
and they took it and the broad ; after which they sat
under the archway. I informed them that they could
be provided for in the union. They said that they had
had nothing that morning, and that made me go to the
cook, although the rules did not warrant my doing so.
They said they left Windsor on Tuesday. Was certain
that it was broth, and not coffee, which he gave them;
at the least a pint each, and as much bread as he could
take to a meal. The bread was of the previous day's
baking. After they had the broth and bread, the offi-
cer of City of London Union came up with three
patients. He said they were venereal patients ; but that
was afterwards. They were sent to the venereal ward,
where they were examined by the surgeon afterwards.
When he returned from delivering the other patients at
the venereal ward, the officer of the London Union
offered to take the two young women down to the City
in a conveyance. Mr. Cooke, the surgeon, said that they
would be taken into the hospital whenever there was
room for them. Was sure that they were offered to be
conveyed to the union in a cab, but they answered that
they were sick and tired of unions, and would not again
go into one. They wanted to be admitted into an hospi-
tal. In a short time afterwards they walked away. They
had not told him that they had been girls of the town,
but that they had come from Windsor, and had been in
Eton workhouse. The officers of the London Union
offered to bring them to Bartholomew's, Guy's, or St.
Thomas's Hospital. Was sure he offered to convey them
in a cab, but they would not go ; they were sick and
tired of unions.
Dr. MARSDEN said that it would perhaps be as well
that he should communicate to the meeting the particu-
lars of the state of the hospital on the 19th. In Gros-
venor ward (a female ward) there were thirty-three
patients. That ward was full. In ward A there were
fourteen beds, and fifteen patients, there being in one
bed two persons. In ward C there were nineteen beds
and nineteen patients. In the accident ward there were
sixteen beds and fifteen patients, leaving one bed vacant;
that was a male ward. In the B, or syphilitic wards there
were forty-eight beds, and thirty-three of them occupied,
being sixteen spare beds, showing that the hospital was
on the morning of the 19th full except the ward B and
one male bed.

Mr. Cooke, the resident surgeon, was next called—
He slept on the premises, and was in attendance to ex-
amine cases day and night. He examined the two girls
who came there on the 19th. lie sent to inquire if the
wards were full, and he was informed that they were.
lie knew that all the wards were full except the venereal
ward. When he questioned the young women they said
they were respectable, and had come from Windsor.
They did not tell him that they were unfortunate girls,
and as all the wards were full except ward B, the vene-
real ward, it was impossible they could remain in the
house. The officer from the City of London then came
in, and he asked him if he would take them to the union
until a vacancy could be got in the hospital, which he
expected in two or three days. The officer, at his re-
quest, offered to take them to the union in a cab. They
got a pint of broth and a large slice of bread.
He himself asked the officer of the London
Union to take them there, and he offered to take them
into the hospital whenever there was a vacancy in the
wards. The two young women did not see, and had
no conversation with the three patients that came from
the London Union, and they (the two young women) did
not say that they were prostitutes, but, on the contrary,
that they were respectable girls. Had he known that
they were unfortunate girls, be would have placed them
in the venereal ward, although it was not in accordance
with the rules. His feelings would have induced him to
so. When he offered to send them in a cab to the
union, they declared that they were sick and tired of
unions, and would sooner die than go in one again. TWA

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TILE TWENTY4IVE PER CENT.
ADVERTISING AGENTS.
(From the Railway Express.)
A system has lately sprung up, engendered and
nourished by railway speculation, which " has increased,
is increasing, and must be diminished." It is alike in-
jurious to the respectable advertisement agents, and to
every journal which is the medium of advertisements.
We allude to the practices carried on, against railway
eompanies and the press, by improper persons who take
up the business of agents for advertising.
It moo out this week at a meeting of railway share-
holders, that out of liabilities incurred on the part of
one company—liabilities amounting to 6,5001.—0ne item
was for 2,2004 on account of an advertising agent, "who
had charged 25/. per cent. for inserting the company's
advertisements.
The established, respectable, responsible advertising
splits are bound to come forward and deny (for they
can do it) that such a charge of extortion can or does
refer to them.
We have heard of an advertising bill, and for an un-
opposed line, too, made out against a railway company
to the tune of 2,5001. ; a claim said to be incurred be-
tween July and November. Can any rational man
believe that such a claim was ever fairly incurred ?
Our firm belief is that one-fourth of the amount would
be sufficient, and more than sufficient, to give proper
and full publicity to any unopposed railway project.
When such charges are made—amounting, in the case
mentioned, to more than one-third of the entire liabi-
lities of the company—it is certain that they have not
been fairly made.
How, then, is the bill swelled up to an amount like
this ? We can explain how the trick is done. Within
the present week, several bills sent in by one of the
mushroom agents against different railway companies
were examined, to ascertain, by reference to newspaper
files, whether the advertisements said to have been in-
serted therein, and heavily charged for, had actually ap-
peared. It was found that in numerous cases the adver-
tisement had never been insetted, and that the actual
charges were always far beneath the agent's charges.
In one instance, an advertisement charged 5/. by the
newspaper, was charged 91.95. by the agent. In another,
a two-guinea advertisement was charged eleven pounds.
Now these are transparent facts, and their operation
cannot be other than injurious to the press. When ad-
vertising becomes such an enormous tax, railway and
other people will naturally shrink from incurring it.
The respectable agents are confounded by advertisers
with the swindling agents, and suffer, by such confusion,
in pocket and in character.
What is the real state of the case? Every r:ewspaper
has an established scale of prices. On such prices the
agent gets an allowance of from sto 10 per cent. We
helive that the custom is, for the agent further to charge
the party who employs him with 10 per cent. on the
gross amount ; nor is this a heavy allowance consider-
ing the agent's risks. The result is, that for an adver-
tisement which the newspaper would ordinarily charge
1/. cash, the company, ordering it through an agent, on
credit, would pay 11. 2s. This cannot be oonsidered
unfair.

The agent of the Do-'em-all class asks 25 per cent.
from the newspapers, and charges another 25 per cent. to
the parties who employ him. This gives a net profit of
50 per cent. One might hope this would be sufficient.
Not at all :—the Do-'em-all agent will not hesitate to
take ss.'out of every 20s. f,•orn newspapers, :Lnd then,
multiplying the said 20s. by two or three, char:?:es 25 per
cent, on the amount thus obtained. We may st4,te a case.
A Do-'ern-all agent inserted an advertisement ias a nsws-
paper, the fair price of which was 30s. The newspaper,
in self-Menc:, charged forty shillings, to.allow the
ag.tit his 25 per cent. The agent made out II bill, not
for the 21., but for 8/., and charged the con tpany 25/.
per (Tilt. on that charge, making a total of 101. for an
advertisement which actually cost thirty shillings, and
far which, with the usual credit to respectaisle adver-
tisers, the legitimate agent would have charged about
335. No wonder, the public will say, that ct!rtain ad-
vertising necounts are so heavy.
ltespet:table journals will not allow the I
agent more titan 10 per cent., and do not like to deal
with bin except for cash ; but there arc petty r oushroom
Papers, wisich are glad to take advertisements on such
term; and the agent, having credit with them, instead of
reltlng the advertisements, a 3 he is desired, into papers
of good reetite and circulation, slips them into :the petty
unknown journals, where RO ono can see them, and thus
rob 4 the established papers, and cheats the company
which unhappily employs him.
'('he press suffer very :midi from this class of agents.
Unless thew give them credit, advertisements are care-
fully excluded from therm; and, when they do trust them,
the payments are " few and far between," at last,
when the bubble bursts and the crash comes, 'when the
firm is done up, there are usually amounts on ffhe wrong
side of the newspapers' ledgers. Every way, 'then, the
newspapers are the sufferers.
The game cannot latt long. Meanwhile, vre believe
that we discharge a public duty in making these re-
marks.