Star.
London, England, 1828-04-28 00:00:00

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

The Annual Spring Meeting of this interesting and
highly patronised Society was held at Freemasons' Hall,
on Saturday, and was most respectably and numerously
attended. Hi. Royal Highness the Duke of CLARINCE
was in the Chair, with the Earl of Roseberry on his
right, and Lord Colville on his left. Among the
.cornpany present were—Sir Samuel Shepherd, the
Chief Baron of Scotland, Sir L. Shadwell. the Vice
Chancellor, General Maitland, Sir James Macgrigor,
Nr, Watson Taylor, M.P. Sir Cows Trotter, and a
number of. eneral Officers and public characters. His
}loyal Highness entered the room about six o'clock,
preceded by a piper in the Highland dress, playing the
Highland Laddie, and was received with great applause.
regimental band attended in the orchestra, who, with
the bagpiper, played airs alternately during dinner. The
gallery was crowded with Ladies.
Immediately after dinner Non nobia Domino was sung Id very
deellent style by Messrs. Taylor, Broadhurst, and others.

The Royal CHAIRMAN then rose, and prefaced the
fteslth of his Majesty, by describing the universal pa
nonage which he extended to all charitable associations,
but in a more particular manner, the numerous and
liberal donations which he had bestowed on their excel-
lent and valuable Society. His Royal Highness said,
that he himself was connected with many charities—he,
had presided in the same Hall at the last Festival of
the Welsh—he had presided at many Festivals of the
Irish Society, and though they were connected with
national objects, and deserving of national support, he
knew none the object of which was more laudable,
the exertions of which were more unceasing, and
the practical benefits of which were greater, than the So-
ciety of the Scottish Hospital. He had always found the
Scotch a peculiar race of men. He had been connected
led them for nearly half a century (49 years) since he
first entered into his Majesty's navy, and there, as well
as in the army, they had been conspicuous is the service
et their King and country. They were now met for a
ewe peaceable, but certainly not less praiseworthy ex-
ercise of patriotic feeling, and he was happy to see their
exertions successful, and the cause of charity advancing
for sixteen years, during which he had been President
of the Society. His Royal Highness mentioned that he
was aurally in the habit of announcing his Majesty's
• of 100 guineas at the November Meeting, and
merely remind them at present, that he had al-
Anted 5001. His bounty was known to all
end he need not say that, in proposing the
the King with four times four, they would
its the enthusiasm it deserved.—(Drank with
izsa;.)
Goa me the King."
‘ti of Itoszazany slid, that, in proposing the
the Royal Chairman, he knew it was unneces-
.ini to make any remark, or to attempt to de.
the claims vrbich he had upon their gratitude
ection. The Society knew how to appreciate his
Highness's merits, and as long as he contineed
Oise them, as well by the liberal donations
bestowed, as by presiding at the festivals, so
the Society continue to flourish. Without
preface, he begged to propose the health of his
Highness the Duke of Clarence—Three times
Song, " Since harmony seigns."
'YAL PassrepanT returned thanks, and re-
expression of sincere attachment to the in-
:he Society, and his determination to continue
their President as long as his health and shoe-
' permit. - -
Gtonoa WATSON TAYLOR rose, and after pass-
nrerited eologiuns on her charitable disposition
virtues, prOposed the health of the Duchess
;sce —Three times three. Song, "My ain
ie, 0."
ArIAL CHAIRMAN again rose—He was at a
said, to know in what manner to return thanks
ist which bad just been proposed. The fair
!ways held in the highest estimation in those
where the men were most conspicuous for
valour ; and if the civilization and morality of
were to be judged of by the correctneai and
. the female character, be had no hesitation in
that Britain stood first of all the countries in
In illustration of this, be introduced the fol•
snecdote which occurred in his preseace—Dnr-
lrersation concerning the merits of different
foreigner asserted England to be the first, and
as his reason, that every other nation placed it
itself. His Royal Highness concluded by saying,
sgh the Duchess of CLARNICR was a foreigner
in feeling and sentiment the was truly Enilish.
,SIES SHIPHERD, the Chief Baron of Scotland,
: Charity was very mach concerned in the toast
about to propose, as it owed to it gratitude for
The illustrious Person in the Chair had
:ked in the cradle of British heroism, and could
'• its benefits to the kingdom; be had in early
ialiied himself for the high functions be was
performing. In this country, the Princes and
it had their Palaces of stone (and so they
have)—the peasant and mechanic had the
their fire-side, but how could they be sure
'mg those comforts . without the protection of
roodenWalls?" and, as identified with that appel-
' proposed " the health of the Lord High Ad-
.:quid, and the Wooden Walls."
TAL CHAIRMAN, in thanking the Meeting Ter
owner in which they had thank the last toast,
long as it should please his Majesty to continue
!hat high station, be would do every thing in his
la benefit the Navy. He then instanced the
of Howe, St. Vincent, Duncan, Nelson, &c.
hi%attachment to the Navy was of the strongest
•it itey had always done their duty manfully,
malldnientifically. Seeing some of the Officers
'''ajesll's Army around him, be would take that
4nitY to Propose " Success to the Army," *kb
timer three.
metal Mairtawn regretted that some person move
tent than himself should not have returned thanks
toast his Royal Highness had honoured the Army
Maaings The benefits conferred by that body
ti known, and every one also knew that to the
oils of the Royal Commander in Chief, lately de-
',the excellent discipline of the Army was owing.
(said the General) lives in oar hearts, and will live
tits they shall cease to beat." Having Paid a
tribute to that Illustrious Prince, he could not
from acknowlird&ing that the Army owed much
)kike of Wellington, the greatest Commander of.

Duke of CLAIMINCIN in piOrifing, SIMS'S to the
Hospital, entered briefly into the nature of the
the state of the funds, and the numbers
• One chief object of the institution was to re.
the poor artisan, the mechanic, and labourer,
Scotland, and resident in the mettopolis, who
acquired any parochial settlement in Eng.
soutd in age. poverty, and sickness, or when in
_ 7ment, be exposed to beggary and wretch-
Another was to pass to their native country
innate indiridtials as wished to return, but

I were destitute of the means. According to ti'e returns,
the annual number of poor relieved in London is abets*
3,000, and between 200 and SOO are besides pa,sed .o
their homes. Besides die casual applicants-to OW Hos.
pitsd for relief and page, .a sum of 700/. is sec apart
for the support of seventy aged and idfirm persons ex-
ceeding seventy years of age, to whom a pension of 101
per annum is allowed. The capital amounted t.. 24,2031.
which was funded in the Three per Cents. and since
their last meeting the mon. y disbursed in charity was II
1,7001. Every Scotchtnan oh character ought to come
forward and second an Institution which was founder
on such just and humane principles; and he trusted that
the company, befote leaving the room, would show the
interest they took in it, by subscribing liberally.
0 Success to the Scottish Hospital."
The health of the Duke of Montrose wu then drank with three
times three. Song—" John Anderson, my Jo "
Among the toasts of the evening his Royal Highness gave the
Duchess of Montrose, and the other illustrious and Noble Ladles,
Patronesses of a grand Fancy Ball. to be given under their direo-
don on the 12th of next month, the proceeds of which are to be
devoted, u on a former occasion, to the benefit of this Charity.—
Song—* Here's a health to all good lasses."
" The Memory of General Melville, the Founder of the Spring'
Meeting." was then drank hi silence.
After the" Health of the Vice-President" had been drank,
fits ROYAL HIGHNESS congratulated the Meeting on
having among them the Chief Baron of Scotland. And
after passing an encomium on his Lordship. gave
" The Lord Chief Baron, and the Land of Cates."
The CHIEF BARON returned thanks for the doable
honour of drinking his health, and connecting it with
that of Scotland. In that country be had met with the
kindest attention; and, without a sacrifice of any of his
early attachments, he had resolved to make it the land
of his adoption. As an adopted son, of the Land o'
Cakes, he begged to express his thanks, and drink their
health, in return.

" The Vice Chancellor of Englund, and the land ere live in.*
The VICE CHANCELLOR returned thanks. He had
ious opportunities of observing the Scottish character.
His connection with the Society arose from the result of
those observations.
" The Treasurer."

The Standing Committee of Relief."
" The Stewards."
A list of the subscriptions was then read by the worthy Secre-'
tary, Jr. AULD. Among these were the Duke of Clarence 201.
halt Yearly ; the Duchess 10/. also hall yearly; 0. W. Taylor, Req.
M.P. 10 guineas, in addition to 150 guineas formerly given; she
Duke of AlOtitfo.4e 20 guineas every half year; Ilse three WA.
Messrs. Dundas, ten guineas each; Sir Coitus Trotter 10 guineas;
the Honourable Mr. Fraser. the highly distinguished Treasurer of,
this Corporation, repeated his usual donation of ten guineas; Chief
Baron 10 guineas; Vice Chancellor 10 guineas • and a considerable
number of others, amounting in all to about 201.

Mr. Attar then announce4that he had just received
a communication of a legacy of 200 i. which had been
left to the Hospital by the late Richard Corrie, Esq.
of Islington, who died in 1807, which legacy arose
from the residuary estate of the testator. The Secretary
mentioned, that in looking over the records of the
Hospital that morning, he had found that the tune
Gentleman, during his life, had in the year 1793,
presented a donation to the Corporation of 1001.
This instance of research on the part of the Secretary
was regarded by the Company as an additional proof
of the profound attention paid to the affairs of the
Hospital by that meritorious individual.

In the coarse of the evening Mr. Baoaniniase sung sims favou-
rite Scotch song; which elicited great applause; and Mr. Sam.
who was present as i visker, and who kindly agreed to lend his
assistance. sung in beautiful style " Oft in the stilly night."
His Royal Highness left about eleven o'clock, when the eetopswp
broke up.

Letters from Vienna of the 17th of April, bringing
accounts from Bucharest of the Bth of April, mention
that no movementsfiad taken place in the Russian army.
Tim DRAWING Roost.—The brilliant diamonds dis-
played at Court remind: us of a circumstance which_ is
related in Mr. RAE WitsoN's Travels, that in a state
room of the King of Prussia at Berlin, there is a throne
and magnificent chandelier, a gift of the Prit.ce Regent
of England, similar to that which was so much admired
at Carlton House, where, at one of the Royal marriages, i
her Majesty Q teen Charlotte sat near it, when the re-
flection shone so powerful on the prolusion of splendid
diamonds wore by her Majesty on that occasion, that
she could not possibly be looked upon by any one with-'
oat their eyes beinneverely affected.
M. Roger, an'afretr of, Engineers in the service of.
the Swiss confederation,has lately taken means to lacer.
Han with great exactness. the height of Mont Blanc
above the Lake of Geneva, and the height of the Lake
of Geneva above the sea. The result of his measure.
ments is, that the summit of Mont Blanc is nearly 4.435
metres,"or about 14,542 English feet, above the Lake
of Geneva; and tbat the. Lake of Geneva is 367 metres,
or about 1.231 Boom fart, above the sea ; and con-
sequently, that: Most Blanc, is 4,811 metres, or about
15,775 English fat, above the level of the sea.
BAWL OF ENGLAND CLOCK.—The clock, in a buil&
ing immediately over the Hall, or Drawing Office, is a
very ingenious piece of mechanism, and intended, as it
fully does, to obviate the difficulty experienced in the
various Stock Offices, from the difference of clocks.—
This,
with the dials at the Bank, cannot occur ; for the
hands of all are moved by one piece of machinery, and
the whole, sixteen in number, indicate the precisely
similar hour and second. The communication between
the machinery and the hands made by means of brass
rods, arranged within the roof, and thence continued
to the different apartments in the offices. The length
of the whole of these various rods is nearly 700 feet,
which weigh at least sic cwt. There are 200 wheels in
motion; the principal weight is about 3501b5. and the
clock is wound up twice a week. It also strikes the
quarters and hours on large bells.".
The Finance Committee on Friday come to the kit
division which has yet taken place amongst them.—
The question before them wa', whether it should be
recommended to the House that the office of Lieutenant
General of the Ordnance should be abolished? The
number for the abolition of the office was dew's—
against it Melt.
Extract from a letter dated Lisbon, April 11 ;-68 A
few nights ago my Commander, myself, and cotter's
crew, narrowly escaped being murdered by the itiha.
bitants of Passo do Arcos. We had landed the Countess
----, and, it raining very hard, we took shelter in an
old house. Whilst in this situation, the people, who
are rank Corcundas, and detest the English, said, 'Let
us make a beginning, and kill these few. They went
up to get weapons to perpetrate their murderous pur-
pose, %%hen we retreated, got into our boat, and shoved
off. We were quite unarmed."
Monday a writ was execotedbefore the Under Sheriff
at Sasses, to assess damages In an scou • fio? gbst. Chapman v.
III"Fer, In Which *truest bad boa aralkredby desalt. Tha
damp; were laid at ii,oool. Theiphiddre asse was ably_ "
advo-
, listed hy willator, Mr. o.,PAnsems. Mr. &Waal "us'
wallahs Camel employedl
The occupied
sheet awes boars t the Cameroon was The Anal result
wsi—Dwasagss.looL
HAMPlllilag CU/Se—This Club assembled for the
first time this Malan, at the Thatched House Tavern,
op. Saturday. After the transaction of the customary
Club business the Metabecs present dined together; the
Right Hoot Loyd PALMRRIITON in the Chair, and Sir
GRORGE Resat Ban. officiating as Vice President.

REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.
An open Meet.ng of. .the Corismittee of Gentlemen
'ppornted .or the purpose of endiaiotiiing to abolish
t-e noi;ist. es of Smithfield Mat ket and the slaughter
hi•useb f. London; was' held a few .days baCt at Mr.
Welsh's chambers, in Regent street. It was attended
by a deputation from the. Committee of Butchers, who
h-ed been invited, in order to discuss the outline of a
Petition to Parliament which it was purposed to submit
to a General Meeting. •
The Petition, which contained the objections so often
noticed against the present system of slaughter houses
and cattle markets. having been read, ti conversation
took place between the parties. The deputation objected
to some expressions in the Report of the Provisional
Committee, which appeared to attribute to the butchers
the evils complained of, as to the treatment of cattle.
This intention the Committee disclaimed, and even ad-
mitted, that. so far from the butchers being culpably
accessary to those evils, they were themselves great
sufferers by them.
The deputation informed the Committee that the
butchers admitted the necessity of removing as far as
possible the evils complained of ; but they thought this
might be done by enlarging Smithfield mai ket, and by
changing one of the market days from Friday to Thurs
day—measures respecting which. they were about to,
have interviews with the City Authorities, who, they
hoped, would second the views of the trade in those

respects&
The Committee replied, that even if the proposed
enlargetnent of the market could be effected, it would
fait of making the improvement which the convenience
of the piiblic requited; but they added, thrt' the en:
largement could not be effected without an expense
which would far exceed the whole estimates for the new
slaughter houses and tattle markets.
After sense further discussion, the parties separated
in perfect good humour, the butchers being resolved,
by the aid of the CiVic Authorities, to continue the pre.
sent system ; the Committee expressing their determine.
;don to persevere in their exertions, and solicit the sanc-
tion of Parliament ip removing the mai ket and slaughter-
boils to eligible situations in the vicinity of London,
by .wbic;t meat would be obtained in the best state, and
ill the existing and intolerable nuisances be completely
abated.

'CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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