Star.
London, England, 1824-05-10 00:00:00

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

The month of May, in London, is a continued round
of joy and benevolence. In this month, in addition to
the charms which nature gives, there is scarcely a day
on which there is not one or more public meetings to
celebrate the anniversary of some charity, and to re-
cruit the funds in order to continue and extend the power
of doing good. On these occasions we sec our Princes
}plugging with the more humble classes of society, our
Statesmen quitting the cares of Government for the
purpose of aiding the work of charity, and our Sena-
tors leaving political discussions to advocate the cause
of the poor and the afflicted. happily for thil great
-metropolis, such is the bounty of the Public, that there
is scarcely any state of misery, indigence, or disease,
that is not provided for by a benevolent institution; and,
we believe, that in addition to our national or endowed
hospitals and institutions, not less than a million ster-
ling is annually subscribed in London alone for chari-
table purposes.
Among the many institutions of this class in London,
there is no: one of greater antiquity or more ac-
knowledged set vice than the Scottish Ifoliital, the
Spring Annivet sary of which was celebrated at the Ft ee
masons Tavern on Saturday last.
The natives of Scotland have long been remarkable
for their emigrating disposition. They are to be found
in every quarter of the globe where civilized establish-
ments have been made ; and they have acquired at cha-
racter beyond that of ahnost every other people for
seeking to better their condition by every hottest cifort
and at every possible risk. A shiking proof of this oc-
cutrcd nearly half a century ago. The Ittis,ians
Turks, in the war of 1777, having diverted themselves.
long enough in the contest, agreed to tie at for peace.
The Commissioners for this purpose were, Marshal Gene-
r4l Keith, on the pal t of Russia; and the Grand Vizier
on that of the Tut ks. These two personages met, and
cartieJ on then negotiations by means of interpretet,.
Wi.eit all was concluded, they rose to separate ; the
.llatshal math! his how with his hat in his hand, and the
Vizier his saiant, with his turban on his head. But when
these ceremonies of taking leave %sere over, the Vizier
tinned sudjenly, and coming up to Marshal Keith, took
!lint cotdially by the hand, and in the broadest Scotch
dialect, declared warmly that it made hint " unco happy
to meet a countryman in his exalted station." Keith
stared with testouishnient, eager for an explanation of
this my tery, when the Vizier added, ,‘ Dine be sur-
piked*, man, o' the seine country wt• yen: sAi. 1
mind ts eel seeing you, and your brother, when boys,
passing by to the school at Kirkaldy ; my father, Sir,
was Gellman of Kintqltly."
Could the great Scottish Novelist, or the most inge-
nious af our dr amatias, have invei,,.ed anything so te-
narkable as this ? ‘Vhat, indeed, more extraordinary
can be i!nagined, than to behold in the plenipotentiaries
,4* two mighty nations, two foreign adventurers, natives
of the saute mountain:nts territory ; nay, of the very
erne vill.e~c ! I.ltat, indeed, mote extraordinary, lin-
ks it ba the spectacle of a Scotchman seising the
grand Signior, for the sake of honours, held on the
tenure oLa captice front which even Scotch prudence
can be no guarantee !

Dot although two Scatchmen rose to be Coe arbiters
of the affairs of two powerful nations, and others are to
l:e bond reaping a tic)) harvest of wealth and honours
most distant parts of the globe—yet, in
life as to die lottet v, every man cannot draw a prize, and
*tic not in tool tals to command success," thou',L
Scotch:n(li endear our to deserve it. Wealth and opu-
lence, !awe and hallw, cannot be the lot of all ; and
malty a poor Scotchmail, %yid) as much Zeal and indu,uv
as his more suces:ful count' y men, alter cud u: liaro-
Nl:irs and ia lv a:ions of all kind, in other countries, le.
tAlis home in povetty and distress. London is the
great channel thiough which they take their way, and
:hey frequently arrive here utterly destitute ; though,
thanks to the Scottish Hospital, they meet with a prompt
iclicf. This Institution derives its origin from a Society
formed a short time after the accession of King James,
tor relieving the lcss fortunate individuals of the Scottish
nation who had upon that event come to England. A
Chatter of Incorporation, under its present designation,
was granted by King Charles the Second, in the year
1665, empowering the Society to hold lands, and to
erect an hospital tor 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 Itccords of the Corporation, that
tinting the great plague upwards of three hunched na-
ryes of Scotland sere bum red at the sole charge of the
'ociety, awl nombeis more were nourished daring their
sickness, wahout subjecting the parishes where they re-
sided to the sina!lest expense. Experience soon proved
that contineme.,t to a charity workhouse was. altogether
uncongenial to the feelings of the Scottish poor. The
idea of an Hospital, or receptacle for the objects of the
Charity, was in consequence relinquished, and tl.e
assisting and relieving these objects at their own ha•
bitations, substituted. But this assistance was confined
to such only of the natives cl Scotland, resident in Loa-
rion, as had become members, and paid quarterly con-
tributioas to the Society, by virtue of which they woe
entitled to relief when in want. Though the claims were
dins restricted, the amount of relief afforded must have
Leen considerable, for the whole sect ;ins appear to have
been, for a very long period, annually distributed. At
the end of a century after the first Incorporation, the
funds were little more than at the commencement, the an-
anal receipts less, and the Society was dwindling away.
A more active management succeeded, and the Scot-
tish Hospital continued to relieve the distressed, as far
as their means would permit, until the year 1775, when
leis late Majesty granted a confi: mato: y charter, with
same additional privileges.
Among the contributors to the funds, and enrolled in
the list of Governors, the Society has been honoured
ith the names of his present Majes:y, and all his inns-
" ions s; and the patronage which it has rece.ved
has not been confined to the Scotti,h nation, but the
Yobiiity, Gentry, and al! classes of the Sister Kingdom,
itave, in a most liberal and zealous manner, esi-oused its
t.inse; in which noble vet,' k of charity, the female No-
;:;1!y and Gentry have taken a consiicuous share.—
, :,der such :administration, and such patron te, Inc
(,c'eiy has been progressively increasing in its re-
spectability, its consequence, the extended exercise of its
benevolence, and the liberal diffusion of its bounty.
The Charity of the Scottish Hospital is applicable to
poor mechanic, the attizan, and labourer, i:atives of
:`:cotlaild, with their wives, widows, and children, tesi
":1u t!lis metropolis and its immediate nei:,,,hhour-
; who, not having acquired any palochial settle-
It!...nt in this country, would, in age and p9verty, it)
sickness and disttess, or when in want of employment,
evosed to the utmost wretchedness or beggary, but
!r.s! the fostering care of this Institution.

Through the means of this Charity the aged and in-
firm have been afforded the comfort and consolation of
spending the remainder of their days in the land of
their fathers, amid their yet surviving relatives ; and by
which, there can ba no doubt that many a young and
virtuous female, and !luny in innocent and inoffensive
youth have been saved from rain, by the timely inter-
ference of this Society in sending back, during the
tress of the times, numbers of those who had been in-
duced to leave Scotland in expectation of finding that
employment here, which they could not obtain at home,
and who, otherwise, might have fallen a prey to licen-
tionness and vice (too frequently the consequence of,
idleness and want) in this great city, where disappoint-
ment had attended their hopes.
The Anniversary Dinner on Saturday was deprived,'
of the presence of the President, Patron, and unceasing
friead of this noble Charity, his Royal Highness the,
Duke of Clarence, who was, we regret to learn, pre-
vented
from attending by indisposition. The company,
which was numerous and respectable, sat down to an
excellent dinner, provided with the usual liberality of
•Mr.euff. In the absence of the Duke of Clarence, the
chair was t•tken by Lo: d Binning, and his Royal High.
ness could scarcely have had a better rept esentalive.
After the cloth was removed, and Non Xobis Domine
had been sung by Messrs. Broadhurst, Collyer, Clarke,
and the other vocalists present, Ole CHAIRMAN gave, as'
the first toa,t,

" The King," which was drank with enthuidasm, four times four.
—Air and Song, " God save the King."
" The Royal Family," three times three.—.l grand Alarch.—
Song, " flail, Star of Ihnuswic4."
"The Dnke of York and the Army."—" Duke of York's March."
" British Grenadiers."
The CIIAIRNIAN proposed or Ills Royal Highness the
Duke of Clarence." Ile much regietted the absence of
tl.e Illustrious President, who had hitherto by his acti-
vity, as well as by his personal attention and purse,;
done all that was in his power to promcte the objects of
the Charity. He needed not to tell the present com-
pany bow warmly his Royal Highness bad the intere,t
of the Stotti,ll Hospital at heart, or what a warm feel-
ing he had for Scotland—a long acquaintance between
the Duke of Clarence and t e Institution had sbewn bow
d;•ep ifir interest his Royal Highness took in its prosperity.
• " The Duke of Clarence, President of the Corporation, and the
Navy."—Air end song " Rule, Britannia."

In proposing the next toast, the Chairman said, that
her Royal Highness the 1/Icl:cis of Clarence, though
not a native of this country, had identified herself with
its inteiests, and that in no individual had the Scottish
flospital a more sincere friend than in her Royal IliBh-
ness, who was a liberal subset iber to its funds.
" The Duchess of Clareuce."— A waltz. " Green grow the
rashes, 0."

The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the
Duke of Montros?, an:i noticed in brief but appro-
priate terms the services of his Grace during the twenty-
eight years he presided over this Institution. After the.
toast had been drank, he should beg one of the vocal
Gentlemen peseta to sin;; " Should auld acquaintance
be foi zot."

" Th;! Duke of Montrose, who was twenty-eight years Presi-
dent of the Scottish Corporation."

Air, ~ Hog's Wife"—Sung," Auld lang syne," by Mr. Broadhurst
Lot d SA LTOUN, in a neat speech, proposed the health
Of Lord Binning.
Lord BINNI XV, in re:urning thanks, bestowed great
praise upon the Ins.itution. At the end of the first
I rwitury of its establishment, after the first incorpora-
-1
tion, the funds were little more than they were at the
commencement ; the annual receipts were less, and the
, Socie;y was dwindling away. The management was
' then undertaken by a few spirited individuals, who saw
the necessity of a change in its constitution, in order to
give efficacy to the establishment, and to enable it to ex-
tend relief to many objects not entitled to claim the
i charity, according to the mode which had been adopted.
This was the more necessary, as the number of natives
of Scotland who resorted to London had greatly in-
creased, and many of them were wholly destitute.—
Ever since that period, the Inqitution flourished in the
most surprising manner. Casual relief was afforded, i
and those who wished to return to Scotland were
supplied with the means of doing so. Ile should
now propose the health of a distinguished visitor,
who had honoured the company with his presence;.
ha was a Gentleman of this country —but Eng-
land and Scotland were one. • In proposing the health
of the Right Ilonourablplober t Peel, be did not give
it as a party 'wait i for)teveri would he bring his politi-
cal feelings or :machine* to a Meeting like the pre-
sent; and, happily, there never was a time in which
there was less of party than at present. It gave him
great pleasure to see •a Minister of the Crown among
them, who, in virtue of his office, was in some degree
charged with :he interests of Scotland ; and be could
assure the company that Scotland had not a more hearty
friend than the Right Honourable Secretary, nor had
any native of that country her interests more at heart.
"The Right lion. Robert Peel."—Drank with great applause.
Mr. Secretary PEEL returned thanks. If he were in
the company of Englishmen, he should state what his
opinions were of the industry, arts, and improvements
of Scotland ; but, in the presence of the natives of
Scotland, he could only shew his respect by silence,
after first repeating what his Honourable Friend in the
Chair had said, that there was not a person born on this
or the other side of the Tweed, who had a higher
opinion of, or a warmer attachment to the Scotch,
• than he bad.

In proposing " The better health of the Duke of ST.
ANDREWS, :A' Success to the Scottish Corporation," the
CuAtuNtAN slid, that his Royal Highness and his Illus.
trious Consoi t, though absent in person were present with
their pusses, and had tent their usual liberal donations.

Air, " 11.:nnocks of Barley Meal."—Song, " Highland Laddie.."
Mr. Secretary PEEL proposed the health of the Vice-
among whom he saw a gallant Officer
(Lord Saltoun) in one of the most important, most
decisive, and most glo:'ions days in the military annals
of Gle.:t 13:it4in, sustained the honour of his country
and the plide of her arms.
" The Vice-Pre:•idents of .fire Corporation."
Air, " Flowers of Edinburo."—Song, " Sweet Home."
d SAL:roos returned thank,, in a neat speech.
TLc Mr. AB LitCHOMUY, M.P. proposed
" The and of
" li.,t ley tiro' "—" The Thi,tle of Scotland."
Tile following toasts were then drank:

The Land we live in."—Roar licef.—Mr. Speaker.
" The lion. Willi.,ro Fraser," Treasurer of the Corporation.—
Gin I had Li &salience under niy iliumb.—There's nae luck about
the house.

" Sir John Malcolm, and his brother, Sir Pulteney Malcolm,"
both of whom were prci,:nt.—Sir John, in an elollinmt speech, re-
turned thanks on behalf of hini.elf and his brother.

" The 6t.iiitliog Committee of Relief and Management of the
Charir y."—Juiny's li.whi:s.—Come sit down my Cronies.
" Corporation or the City of Londou."—London March.—
A Glee.

Lord BINNING then said, that he saw in the list of
the Stewards the name of a Gentleman who was known
to them by his literary character, and whose health he
could not but propose to them. He was also anxious to
join it with that of a name unknown, the anonymous
author of the inimitable Annals of the Pa? ish.
Mr. GAT. r, in returning thanks for the honour con-
ferred upon him and the anony mons author of the Annals
of the Parishs observed, that the less a man said about
himself the better, but with respect to the author al-
luded to, if his woe k had afforded any pleasure to those
of the company who had read it, it was only owing to
the Scottish recollections that it recalled. On this ac•
count it furnished him with an argument to entreat
them to be liberal in their support of the Institution,
the object of their meeting being to relive those whose
national remembrances were no less affectionate, and
whose associations, connected with their native coontry,,
constituted, probably, much of all the consolation w!jcl:
remained with them under the misfortunes that mas!e
them candidate, for the bounty of the C•irpotat ion.
" The Thistle, !lose, and Shamruck."—Sr. Patrick's lily its
Ito: ping.
" Prosperity to the City of Glasgow."
" The Steward; of the day, with thanks for their services."—
Tullochgorum.— Ili the garb of Old Gaul.
" The Stewards Elcct."—Gude night, and joy be wi' you a'.—
One bottle more.

The S2cretary, Mr. AULD, read a list of the donations
' of the evening, which amounted to upwards ~f £3OO.
One of the most welcome and highly applauded do-
nations, both to the company and Corporation, was a
contribution of five guineas and two Scotch songs,
Mary of Casilecarg, and 0' a' the airts the wind can blow,
from Miss Paton, of Goleta Garden, who appeared in
the gallery about ten o'clock, and delighted her coun-
trymen with two very favourite songs, in a style of
expression and execution which Scotch men were probably
most capable of feeling, but the excelleixe of which it
did not requite Scotchmen to appreciate. We know
not whether the work of charity gave a new inspiration
to this highly-gifted female, or she caught the enthu-
siasm of her countrymen who were present, but we
never heard her to so much advantage, or with so
much delight.
The CHA IRMA N proposed " Miss Paton's health," and
thanks for having contributed to the harmony.
Mr. FRAZER returned thanks in her name from the
gallery, and assured the company slut Miss Paton
would ever be ready to promote the interests of the
Charity, either by exercise of her talents or in any
other stay in which sic could be of service.

Several other toasts were drank many excellent
songs elven—and the harmony of the evening protracted
a, late as the respect which Scotchmen ever pay to the
Sabbath would N 1 nit.

The Sixteenth Anniversary of the London Society for
promoting Christianity amongst the Jews was held at
Freemasons' Hall, on Friday. S.: 'l'. BARING presided,
and the platform was filled with an assemblage of Nobles,
Gentry, and Clergy, amongst whom we noticed Lords
BEXLEY, GAMBIER, and CALTIIORPE, the Bishop of
LITCHFIELD and COVENTRY (Patron of the Society),
Bishop CHASE, from Ohio (North America), Sir G. H.
ROSE, Bart. M.P. Sir MONTAGUE CHOLMELEY, Bart.
and many others.
MR• SADLERS ASCENT FROM ROCIIDALE.—Thurs-
day last, Mr. Sadler, accompanied by Mr. Platt (the
Gentleman from Liverpool who attempted in vain to
ascend with Mr. Sadler from Manchester, when Mr.'
Peel was obliged to relinquish his seat in the balloon),
made a very successful and imposing ascent from the
yard of the new gas works at Rochdale, his balloon
being filled from the gasometer of the works. The
morning being beautifully fine, the process of inflation
was commenced at an early hour, and the balloon was
ready precisely at the time appointed, two o'clock. At
a quarter past two, Mr. Sadler and his companion
stepped into the car, and the balloon ascended slowly
anti) majestically from the ground. The day was beau-
tifelly serene, with a very light air from the southward
and the progress of the balloon was extremely slow,
After having been for thirty-five minutes in sight of the
place whence he arose, Mr. Sadler descended at Raw-
cliffe, near Bacup, having, in the time we have men-
tioned, travelled only seven miles. The descent was of- ,
fected in perfect safety ; but the inhabitant; of the po-
pulous neighbourhood where it took place, to whom the
sight was perfectly novel, crowded around in such large
numbers, and with such intense curiosity, that some
trifling damage was done to the balloon. Mr. S. and his
companion arrived again in Rochdale the same afternoon.
The skeleton of a large Mammoth, i. e. a fossil ele
phant of the same species with those which occur in Si-
beria,
and all over Europe, has been very recently dig-
covered at Ilford, in the County of Essex, near Stratford
and Bow. It lay buried at the depth of about 16 feet,
in a large quarry of diluvial loam and clay which is ex-
cavated for making bricks. Mr.Jous: GIBSON, of Strat-
ford, has been diligently exerting himself in collect-
ing and preserving as much as possible of this ske-
leton; and a few days since he invited Professor BUCK-
LA ND and Mr. CLIFT to assist him in disinter ring the re-
, minder of the bones, which he had purposely left in their
natural position in the quarry. These Gentlemen found
a large tusk, and several of the largest cylindrical bones
of the legs, also many r ibs and vertebra with the smaller
bones of the feet and tail lying close upon one another,
so that there can be.no doubt that, with those before
collected by Mr. GIBSON, they had made up an entire
skeleton, at least fifteen feet high ; they were embedded
in tenacious clay (which is dug for bricks) being part
of the great superficial covering of diluvial clay, sand,
and gravel, which is spread over a large portion of the
Counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, and along the
whole East Coast of England, at irregular inter vats,
and is almost everywhere occasionally discovered to
contain similar remi:ins of antedilusian animals to those
at Ilford, viz. the tusks, teeth, horns, and bones of the
elephant, th noceros, home, and stag.
ROYAL WESTMINSTER INFIRMARY FOR DISEASES OF
THE EYE.—This Charity eel:rind:est its Anniversary
Festi, al on Saturday last, at the Thatched-house Ta-
vern, GEORGE BYNG, Esq. M. P. in the chair, supported
by the Hon. E. PETRE Oil his r ight, and on his left by
Sir JOHN SWINBURNE, BAIL A number of other re-
spectable gentlemen were also present. After the usual
introductory toasts were drank, that of prosperity to the
Charity was proposed ; upon which the Surgeon of the
Institutiomose, and in an excellent speech detailed the
various advantages which resulted from it. Since the
year 1817, no less than from 8,000 to 9,000 persons
had been cured of diseases of the eye, of w hom between
200 and 300 were restored to sight who had been totally
blind ; and since the establishment of the Institution,
upwards of 600 students had been educated there, who
afterwards dispensed its blessings in all parts of the
world.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1824.
mower, MAY 17.
Sweepstakes of 50 soy. each, It. R. for fillies, three yn old, Bst. 4113.
A. F.
Duke of Portland's by Teesdale.
Duke of Portland's gister to Guerilla.
Doke of Grafton s by Melt).
Mr. Prcridcrgist's by Sooth-ayer.
Lord. Grosvcroor's Bertha.
Mr. Wiliiamson's gr. f. by Aladdin, apt GQii. Grosvenor's b. f. by
Blucher, Bst. 21b. each, D. M. 100 soy. S. fr.
Duke of Graftoo's Vaitille, Bst. 91b. apt Mr. Hunter's Ganymcde,
Bst. IL NI. WO.
Nlr. Grcville's Premium, Bst. 91b. agst Mr. Fox's c. by Conlin,
ist. 1:1b. A. F. 100.
Mr. Udney's c. by Voful 84. 71b. agst Me. Itamsbottont's Cepha.
lus, Bst. 51b. l). M. ICO3 It. ft.

• TOO asnAt.
Sweepstakes of :0u...te11, b. ft. D. M.
Duke of Graftoo's Post:uila, B.t. tilb.
Mite of 11004E41's Scarborough (dead), i 011).
L..ke of Grafion's Cusi,!cr, 9:1).

criEsTER RACEg, MAY E.
.1 Sweepitakes of !2Ogs each, for three-yr-,.hl euhs, Srt. :`,lb. and
filrws, S,t. kinalitic the property of the othseribers ; once round
and a di-tancr.
Si. T. Scatary's b. c. pilau (14 I'uta
Mr. Mytton's I r. c. by Custard
Mr. liouldswiath's b,. f. Miss Maltby
A Sweepstakes of 25gs each, fur two-yr-old colts, Bst. 31b. fillies,
Bst. Three quarters of a mile.
Sir T. Mostyn's b. c. by Phantom . I
Mr. llouldsworth's gr. c. Androgens - •
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Three others started, and two paid.
A Cup, viilue £7O in sptcle, the gift of the Right -Hon. Earl Gros-
venor, the best of heats, three times round the Course to a heat.
Mr. Clifton's ch. h. Adroit, 4 yrs old - 1 1
llogt-rs's gr. h. Sir Edward, 5 yrs old - 2
Mr. llouldsworth's br. c. The Agent - • . 2dr
Eleven were drawn.
111 ALTON CRAVEN MEI?TING.
(ACES AS IN MAY.)

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THURSDAY.
;Match for 25gs 10st. each. Two miles.
Mr. Macdonald's b. m. Antidote - - 2
l'horold's br. m. Jentwnrth (bolted) . 2
The iMaiden Plate of £5O, for horses, &c. of all ages, that never
w•on that value in Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes; three-year-olds,
7st. four, Bst. 4lb. five, Bst. 101 b. six and aged, 9st. Mares al-
lowed alb. Iftnts, one mile and a half each.
Mr. Peter's ch. c. Butcher, 4-yrs old -
Mt. Wright's b. h.6Sir Walton, 5-yrs old
Mr. CooJbran's b. na. Creeping Jane, s.yr: old
Mr. Matron's b. m. Bess limner, 5-yrs old -
Mr. J. Ilebilen's bay filly, by Octavian, 3-yrs old

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