Star.
London, England, 1825-05-06 00:00:00

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

Yestethay the Anniversary Dinner of this truly ex.
cellent Charity was held at the Freemasons' Tavern,
when nearly 200 Gentlemen of the first respectability
sat down to a most excellent dinner, Lord GLENORCHY
in the Chair, supported on the right, by the Hon. Taos
DUNDAS, JAMES BLAIR, Esq. M.P. N. C. TINDAL, Esq.
M.P. Sc. &c. and on the left, by yice-Atimiral Sit
PHILIP DURHAM, Sir PHILIP ANSTRUTHIR, Sir WIT..
LIAM MAXWELL, M.P. Sir JOHN *LEAN, Sir RICHARD
BUMF., Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BRUCE, &c. &c.

We have so frequently called the attention of the
public to the nature and objects of the Scottish Hospital,
that we might content ourselves with merely recording
the events of the day ; but as we find at every anniver-
sary some Gentleman acknowledging that he knew but
half its merits, we may be excused for, describing them
once more ; and this we do with the More pleasure, as
benevolence never flowed in a puler channel—never
was money more carefully expended than the funds of
this Charity ; and without any invidious comparison with
others we may say, that we know no institution which
excels it in doing the most good st the least expense.—
If, however, it is limited in its bounty, it is because the
means are not more ample ; this however, the public
can alter by increasing its funds.
The Scottish Hospital has some claims too on account
of its antiquity, having its origin in the reign of James I.
when a great number of enterprising Scotchmen fol-
*lowed their King to this country and so important had
it become, that at the time of the great plague in Lon-
don, in 1665, upwards of 300 natives of Scotland, who
fell victims to its ravages, were buried at the sole charge
of the Society, and numbers more nourished in sickness.
The Scottish Hospital is governed by a President,
six Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and an unlimited
number of Governors. A donation of ten guineas and
upwards, constituting a Governor for life; and a sub-
scription of one guinea or more, but less than ten, an
annual Governor, so long as such payment shall con-
tinue to be made.

It is a charitable Institution, for the relief of poor
natives of Scotland, who may be reduced to poverty and
want ; and in order to do this, an efficient Committee
of respectable Gentlemen meet on the second Wednes-
day of every month to distribute the charity, which is
done, (after a personal and strict ex imination intaibe
character and pretensions of the parties applying, and
producing a recommendation from a Governor) by
giving casual relief and providing passages for such as
wish to return to Scotland, of which there are a great
number every year.
The charity of the Scottish Hospital is applicable to
the poor mechanic, the artisan, and labourer, natives of
Scotland, with their witres,widOws, and children,retident
in this metropolis, and its immediate neighbourhood,
who, not having acquired any parochial settlement in
this country, would, in age and poverty, in sickness and
distress, or when in want of employment, be exposed to
the utmost wretchedness or beggary, but for the fos-
tering care of this Institution. ►
The number of these poor
_objects' dependant on
public bounty, is much greater than is generally
imagined. From the Ist of May, 1824, to the 80th
of April last, this Corporation gave aid to 1,988
individuals, many of whom were sent home to
their native land, the expenses' of their passage being
paid. The natives of Scotland, who are remarkable for
their emigrating disposition, are to be found in every
quarter of the globe where civilized establishments
have been made : and many, after enduring hardships
and privations of all kinds in other countries, return
home in poverty and distress. London is the great
channel through which they take their way, and they
frequently artive here utterly destitute. To such, the
funds of the Hospital have been always accessible, its
charity being open to every poor Scotchman who can
.get a proper recommendation ; it is thus evident, that
while the Scottish Hospital is a real blessing to the
aged, the diseased, and the unemployed poor of Scot-
land, resident in London, Westminster, and the neigh-
bourhood, and affords such ready assistance to the dis-
tressed wanderer, and the disappointed son of industry,
it is of incalculable benefit to the community at large,,
who are by means of this Charity prevented t( .e agont-
aidg sight of beholding so great an addition, as other-
wise there would be, to the number of our destitute fel-
low-creatures seeking their wretched pittance on the
-streets, liable to be taken up as vagrants, sent to the
',House of Correction, and probably subjected to the
disgrace of corporal punishment.
The Duke of CLARENCE, who is President of the
Scottish Hospital, usually presides at its anniversaries,
but in consequence of the absence of, his Royal High-
ness on the Continent, the Chair was taken yesterday by
Lord Gursoacne, one of the Vice-Presidents. After
justice had been done to an excellent dinner, provided
by Mr. Cuff with his usual liberality ; and Non Nobis
Doming bad been sung by Mr. Sinclair (who kindly
gave his services in support of the charity) and Messrs.
Collier, Clarke, Fitzwilliam, and Jolly ;
The CHAIRMAN rose to eropose the health of the
King. Scotchmen, he said, had always been dirin-
guished for their loyalty, as was manifested in their at-
tachment to an unfortunate family, and their ardour in
a cause when St had become hopeless. His present
Majesty had, however, still stronger claims on their
attachment, as ender his mild' and glorious reign, the
country enjoyed crmstitutiiMal freedom, the sanctity of
their altars and their homes, and a prosperity almost
unbounded. He would propose,
" The King." Drink with three times three. Air and Song,
• 'God save Ole King."
' " The Royal Family." Three time three.
The CHAIRMAN bad another toast to propose, which
he was sure mould be drank with enthusiasm; it was
that of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, 'Who
had been for fourteen years President of the Scottish'
Corporation, and who, by his money and his personal
exertions, had s 6 powerfully contributed to its support.'
" The Duke of Clarence, the President of the Scottish Corpora-
tion." Three time three. " Rule, Britannia."
" The Duke of Vert and the Army." Three times three. Glee,
" How merrily we live that soldiers be."
" The Duchess of Clarence." Three times three. Sons, by
Dlr. Collier, " Smile again, any Bennie Lassie."
The CHAIRMAN rose and observed, that it was now
his pleasing duty to propose a toast, winch he was sure
they would all, as Sc tchmen, unite in drinking most
cordially; he need only say, that it bore allusion to
the Charity which they were that day met to celebrate
--(Applause). It was an Institution that he would
chatacterise as having every claim upon their henry,-
lence ; it had antiquity, though that was bet a minor
consideration when compared with its general utility,
and the opportunity it afforded hundreds of poor per-
,sons of escaping Isom the wotkboase; for it was the

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ixtesit of this charity, that it hesteerbi its doaationll
out appearing to reduce the unfortunates who received
it to a condition of absolute beggary. Aoothet claim
that the Society had to the notice of benevolent indivi-
duals was, that the objects it relieved were personi who
were specially excluded from the privilege of parothial
relief, and who therefore would entirely sink ink> pe-
nury and want, were they not fortunately upholdin by
the exertions of this Institution. With respect to the
past year, it was only necessary for him to observe, that
each month 106 cases had come under their notice,
making an aggregate during the year of 1,988 persons
relieved, exclusive of 100 -persons who received regu-
larly among them the annual sum of £.500: in addition
to these persons relieved, the Society had been the
means cf sending 287 persons, including women
and children, from this country to their native
places in Scotland, by which it not only relieved Lon-
don of a burthen, but contributed in protecting, in an
eminent.degree, the morals and manners of those per-
sons from that corruption which was so often the fatal
consequence of want and disease in the metropolis—
(Applause). The Noble Lnrd concluded, by proposing—
Success to the Scottish Hospital and Corporation, of London,"
with three times tbree—(loud applaUse).
Song—!Ur. Sinclair. " The Death of Abercrombie."
Sir WILLIAM MAXWELL then proposed the health of
their Noble Chait man," and took occasion to observe
how much pleasure it gave him to see so young and so
promising a Nobleman filling the sioation of Presi-
dent to the Society, in the absence of his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Clarence.—The toast was drank with
loud applause.
Lord GLENORCHY then returned thanks for the
honour done him, and for the flattering manner in
which his health had been proposed. He had only to
say, that he felt much gratified in presiding on so iii-
tetering an occasion, and that the Scottish Hospital
should never want his support, such as it was.
The CHAIRMAN proposeJ the health of his Grace the
Duke of Montrose, who had been for twenty-eight years
President of the Scottish Corporation, and who had
contributed more to its funds than any other individual.
After the toast, which was drank with great applause,
Mr. Sinclair, at the request of the Chairman, sung Auld
lung sync, in a way that forced many involuntary but
pleasing recollections on the minds of the company.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Sir Richard
B rnie, who, in returning thanks, observed that he had
been placed in such a situation at the Meeting as ne
Police Magistrate ever, perhaps, was before, or ought to
be. He was proud of being a Scotchnsan and of having
had a Scotch education, to which he ascribed his being
at the head of the Police of this Metropolis. Sir Richard
concluded by expressing his best wishes for all present.
The Hon. THOMAS DUNDAS proposed the health of
the Earl of Breadalbane : and the CHAIRMAN returned
thanks for the compliment thus paid to his father, who,
he assured the company, had the interests of the Charity
warmly at heart.
Mr. P. STEWART, of Greenock, rose to propose a toast
which he was sure the company would drink with their
highest honours, however humble the individual who
named.it. He took shame to himself that this was
the first time he had attended the anniversary of so
excellent a Charity. The great moralist Dr. Johnson,
in a fit of bile or spleen, occasioned perhaps by the
jogging of his unwieldy carcase on a S'ietland pony.
had said no sight was so agreeable to a Scotchmart
as the road to England : but although his countrymen
did emigrate, they did not forget their native land ;
[and the records of this Corporation proved how many
of them felt with the Poet, that

" Their own best country is at home."
He trusted the subscriptions that evening would be
liberal, and, alluding to the Play of The School for
Scandal, said he hoped that when the screen at the end
of the room (where Mr. Auld, the Secretary, sat to
receive subscriptions) should be withdrawn, it would
discover something more valuable than a little French
milliner. He concluded by proposing
" The Land of Cakes"—Drank with imagine applause.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of
Sir Philip Durham, a gallant Naval Officer near him,
who had distinguished himself in the kervice of his
country. Drank with the usual honours.
Sir PHILIP DURHAM returned thanks in a neat
speech, and proposed the healths of Sir R4lph An-
smother, Mr.Abercrombie,and Mr. Michael Bruce; the
last named Gentleman returned thanks for himself and
his, friends.
The health of the Honourable Mr. Frazer, the Trea-
surer of the Charity, drew from that Gentleman an
.urgent appeal on its behalf.
The Rev. Dr. BELFRAOR, the Minister of Falkirk,
proposed, as a toast—
" The English Friends of the Scottish Hospital."
The health of Lady Gwydyr was drank with im-
mense applause.
The Vice Presidents, the Stewards of the day; the
Stew irds Eiect, the Secretary, to whose zeal for the
Charity a just compliment was paid, and several other
appropriate toasts, were drank, and the conviviality of
the evet.ing was protracted to a late hour.
The list of donations was read by the. Secretary; uad amounted,
we believe, to upwards of £4OO.

LONDON FEMALR PCNITENTIAIM—Yesterdiy the
annual meeting of the London Female Penitentiary
WAS held at the Crown and Anchor TAvern, in the
Strand. The object of this excellent Institution is to
afford a temporary asylum to unfortunate females, and
to give them the means of again becoming useful and
industrious members of society. The Institution has
existed for some years at Pentonville, and has been the
occasion of rescuing from misery and depravity many
a wretched female, who otherwise might have perished
in an hospital or in the streets. The-meeting, though
not numerous, was respectable, and consisted princi-
pally cif females.

Wednesday, the remains of Mr. WM. &firm, one of
the Equestrian Company of Astley's Theatre, who
died aiew days since, in consequence of a spinal injury
received in throwing a summerset, were borne to Lam•
beth Church by sax of the miner auxiliaries in that
department, and followed by Messrs. Ducaow and
WEST, the Managers,. as chief mourners, and about
26 of the Company in deep mourning. Many others,
who did not join in the procession, accompanied it to
the grave. The conduct of Mr. DUCROW to the un-
fortunate man, deserves mention. The morning after
the accidtnt be sent 10/. to Mr. Smyrtt's wife, wish an
assurance, that whether her husband survived or not,
his salary should be continued to the end of the season,
and that then (supposing the worst to happen) some
provision should be made for her. in addition to this
the ablest surgical aid in the metropolis was obt fined
at the sole expense of Mr. Dvcttow, who visited the
patient daily until his death.

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At Ei 014,141 NT bjCiE.O TED:
Last night a most extraOrdinaiy scene was witnessed
on the Kennington-road, not, far from the Marsh-gate.
40e3i-thaisa was stopped by three Gentleiven, well
nted, and a young man instantlT jumped out and
ittempked to escape down Oakley-street; but was
knocked down ht the blow of a whip from one of the
' pursuers. The screams of a Lady were then heard, and
the Gentlemea,witheut much ceremony dragged i Lady
of middle age, but elegant appearance, from the chaise,
tend ;Acing her in a hackney-coach with one of the
Gentlemen, who, it appeared, was her husband, di.
rested the coachman to drive to a fashionable street at
the west-end of the town. The two Gentlemen then
seized the young man, and commenced a powerful at-
tack on him with their whips, to which he spiritedly
resisted, and a kind of battle.royal ensued, which
ended by his being given into the charge of a watch-
man. Some of the crowd, which was very great, asked
an explanation of all this, and one of the Gentlemen
very readily explained that the Lady was the wife-of a
medical practitioner, and was the mother of three chil-
dren, and had decamped with the young man that,
evening; but fortunately a servant learning the design,
had given informAtitn, and she was thus stopped. We,
have heard the name of the Lady, but conceal it for
the sake of the husband she has dishonoured.

Miry-AL IN I'ELLIVENCE.
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Arrived of Margate, the Hibberts, TOMLIN, from Bombay—
tiled 3d January.
Arrived off Weymouth, the Fairlie, ALDHAN, from Calcutta—
died 22d Dec. and from kladras, 11th January.
Arrived off Dover, the Paulin, —, from Surinam.
Arrived off Scilly, the George Porter, PrrzatuALD, from New
'ork.

FaLatousw, MAT 4.—Wind S.W. to S.S.E.—Arrived from the
Downs, the Unity, %/AMITE', for Quebec; Henrietta, Laws, for
Ta.ragona; and Royal Sovereign, SINCLAIR., for the South Seas.
Powesseocaw, Mar s.—Wind S.S.S.—Arrived the Editha,
Burson, from Adara, in 14 days, under quarantine. Sailed the
Mary (late Cairns), for St. Petersburgb.—Seven, rat. A large
ship, supposed to be the Britannia, from London for Bombay, is
running for the Motherbank.
Dual., MAT s.—Wind S.W.—Passed through for the Inver,the
Ann, Kam, from the South Seas, a fun ship. Came down from
the River, and sailed, with the whole of the outward bound, the
Norfolk Hero, Wazinta, for Quebec; Fortitude Increased, Man-
nino, fir St. Kitts; Emma, Jammu., for Port-au-Prince; and
Elizabeth, Timonium, for Oporto. His Majesty's ship Rasmus;
end two East India pilot yachts, remain.
Li/regrow., Mar 4.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived the Herald,
Femmes, from New York; Hardware, Emma. ; Belem Castle,
James; and Princess Charlotte, War, from Lisbon. 01 the port,
the Frances, from Barbados'.

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This fotention.- in the •Court of t King'a.Beach, Air. Aitoaire-
Qlarliaot. moved the judgment of. the Court on Thomas Cobden
and Edward Paden°, two Officers belonging to the Board of
Excise, for defrauding the Resettle. It appealed that their men-
pation.was at a paper-mill ih the County of Kent. and A was their
duty to take th account of all paper, and see the sante legally
stamped and entered. in Which capacity, loWever, the difendants
had contrived for eighteen months put to cirry on a niot eiten-
sive system of fraud, by theft charging the duties on reanu of
paper hotirgally stamped, whereby the lievenu had tuitained a
very con.iderable lase.
Mr. Justice liatcst, in passing judgment, severally dildre.ied
the defendants on the serious nature of their offences, sentenced
Cobden to eighteen months' confineMent at blaids.iiiie flunie of
Correction, and Penland to twelve months' itisprisOnatedt in the
same Gaol. ..
YesterdaY, William Ireanen, John Eldridge, Baiter, and
Murk, for offence; againit the Revel uc Laws were
severally adjudged to undergo imprisonment for short periods, and
to pay fines from lei. to sbt. •

SPORTING INTELLEGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALVE, MAY S.

There were dot o many substribeis pretest as oo Monday, nor
was the betting so exteniive. There appoin to be, some difficulty
in accounting for the declitie 6f Cleveland : it was hinted that he
had been beat In a tlial.*lth Daredevil; bat a Yorkshire Gentle-
nun positively denied this, and offered to back hii assertion With a
bet of IMO to 500.
Toad Seams Sr. Leoea.-2 to 1 on Memnon.
Drell%
15 to I apt Webb ("alio)
18 tot opt Co*
18 to I apt Degas*,

S to 2 asst Rufus
3 to I agar Muleteer (taken)
T to I apt Legacy (taken)
15 to 2 apt Hogarth (taken)

3 to I apt Aline
7 to 2 apt Pastime

5 to 1 apt_ Tottrioe
Se to I apt Pipyllnit
18 to 1 apt Daredevil
25 to 1 apt Cleveland
28 to 1 agst Aldsidota
":lelpelandsthining the shorts and

so.
64 to 1 apt Memnon
11 to 1 apt Redgauntlet (taken)
18 so 1 apt Androgeus
iOOO to 28 Was offered *alma
Doncaster St. Leger.
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
WEDISMAY, FURTH= PARTICULARS.
The twn races of to-day produced very martin sport, and more
than compensated for their limited number.
His Royal Highness again honoured the course with Ms preilllce,
accompanied in his carriage and four by hek Grace the Mathew of
Rutland.

To our account of the first race we can only add, that between
all five it was a tremendous slashing struule, and gave as great
gratification as any this Meeting.
The Second Race was the Handicap Plate of £5O by subserip.
don, being the tbiici o f the three 150 Pates, for three, four, five,
six yrs old, and aged hems, A.P.
This was, if possibk, a finer race than the first, and was won
with greater difficulty. For a considerable distance they kept
together, but when near home Conviction and Ringtail came out,
and a beautiful race ensued. Digging and flanking in a terrible
manner, at last Conviction wen the plate by a neck. Conviction
was rode by Robinson, Ringtail by —, Oscar by Wheatley,
Spermaceti by Barnard, Egyptian by B. Boyce, Mr. Orevilles by
Touts Buckle, and twaddler by a lad.

Tguaa►T.

The Jockey Club Plate of 50p. lbe hones the ptuperty of Members
of the Jockey Club; 4 yrs old, 7st. Elb. eve, tat. Sib. six, Est. Sib.
and aged, Ost. 111 b. B.C.
Ld Verulam's ch. f. VitteMna,*4 yis old
Mr. Vfyndhant's eb. e. by Phantom, 4 yrs old . . . 2
Li G. H. Cavendish's b. e. Furbisher, 4 yrs old . . 3
S to 4 apt Vittellina, 6 to 4 apt c. by Phantom. Won by a length.
Mr. Udny's Dumps, Bst. 51b. beat Mr. Prendergast's Witch,
7st. I tib. T.Y.C. 100 h. ft. by 2 lengths. Even on Dumps.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each, for three yrs old mita up-
wards, T.Y.C.
D. of Richmond's Dandizette, 5 yrs old, Set. 101 b. . . 1
Ld Anson's lon, 4 yrs old, est. Mb. . . . :
Sir J. Shelley's Isifehx, 3 yrs old, 7st.'7lb. . . .
sto 2 apt Dandizette, Yto I apt Ina. Four others started,
the Judge placed but 3. One paid. Woo by a length.
Fifty Pounds, foi three yrs old, Est. 21b. four, gut. free, Mt. 71b. sir,
and aged, Ost. 1 ttlb. TM. M.
D. of Richmond's b. e. Hurley Bur ay, 4 yrs old . 1
Mr. Molony's b. c. Humbug, 4 yrs bid . . • • 2
Mr. Stonebewer's br. f. by Soothsayer, 3 yrs old . 0
718 2 apt Hurley Burley, 3to 1 agst br. 1. by Socithsayer. The
Judge placed but Y. Won by a head.
Duke of Grafton's Pigmy, 7st. 41b. received 80 sov. from Lord
Orford's Orion, est. 41b. D. M. 100.
Immediately after the Races, the Duke of Richmond, Lord
Sefton, many other Noblemen and Gentlemen, and most of the
speculators, left for town.

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Lettersfrom Italy state, that it is in the contemplation
of the Health Officers in that country to impose a-qtra-
rantine of 40 days on all vessels and merchandize coming
from England, on account of the adiri,sion into this
country, without•depuration, of goods from Egyr, and
other parts of the Levant., infected, or what is termed
suspected.
Lett,

!era from Constantinople .of a recent date, affirm
that the Egyptian troops, after obta:ning a few success
ses in the Morea, had been surrounded, and ortr-
powered by a general rising of the Greeks.
Almack's Ball, on Wednesday, was attended by nearly 500 of
the but toe.
Zanily, Marchioness of Londonderry, had a large party to dinner
on Turaday, at her house in St. J•met's-square.
Sir George Warrender, Bart. gave an elegant entertainment yea.
terday, at his house, Whitehall-place, to the Duke of Gloucester,
and a distinguished party.
The Bishop of Lincoln entertained a distinguished party to dinner
yesterday, at his house in Connaught-place.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARTGLANF, MAY 6.

The arrivals afar sorts of Corn this week are moderate. Prime
samples of Wheat are very scarce, and our millets would purchase
*s bus all other qualities are neglected, and prices romain much
Monday. Barley fuUy maintains law quotations. Beans and
Peas are without variation. 'Diem is not so much doing in the
Oar trade as on Monday last, bat prices of good sweet samples 'are
frilly supported. The Flour trade is not so liet4y as alatn—Ar-
rivals : English Wheat, 3,looArs. Barley, 700 qrs. Oats, 1,800 qrs.
Irish Oats, 4,800 qrs. English /lour, 3,500 sacks.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 6.
The price of Beef has riot varied materially from last market•day,„
the best Oxen being at 4s. to is. 10d. per stone; and in the Mutton •
trade there is very little variation, the best Downs, Ste. being Sr. 4d. '
to Ss. 6d. per stare. Veal is about 4d. per stone lower than dei
alloltday, only very good Cattle selling at th. 4d. to 6s. W. per stone;
In Lamb there is very little variation, but the Meat is rather heavy;
and Pork may be quoted at 2d. per stone decline.—Beasts, 336,
Sheep, 6,310; Pigs, 100; Calves, 225.
Beef 45. to Ss. per stone ; Mutton 41. ed. to Ss. Id. Veal, Si. tell.
to 6s. Bd. Lamb, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 4d. Pork, Ss. 441. to Is. 44.--Hai7,
per load, £3 ss. to E 5; Clover, £4 Ss. to XS 15.. Straw, 42
its. to £fl 105.
MEETINGS OF CREDITORS' TO-MORROW.
AT THE COURT or COIMAISSIONIRS or BA ItOSOFTS, 1111011011.11611-11 TRIAL
THIRD 11111.11100111.
T. Stoneham Little Chelsea, brewer • I t
B. Tooth, dastings. Sussex, haberdasher 11
T. Hughes, Speldburst-street, draper • 10
G. Street, Dulwich, carpenter . •
J. Hawke', Old Jewry hardwareman • ' .11
.1. food,)un. lkritend, Watwickshire, druggist .
1:
M. Akers, Walbam Green, cabinet-maker , . 10
J. F. [lady and Co. Eastle.st. Leicester-sq. wine:Ter*** 10
F. Evader and Co. Hatton-garden, jewellers ,llt
E. G. W:l'ook, Edsesussu, market-gardeaer !I et - 10
•rallnains mama. .d 94 • to itti.:
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