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themselves well in its principles, that they may be able to send forth worthy 

 aspirants for the palm of eloquence. Mr. Parker has undoubtedly done the 

 state much service. 



Letters of Dr. Sigmond and Mr. Pettigrew, on the Management of 

 the Charing-Cross Hospital, &c. Printed for circulation among 

 the Governors and Subscribers of the Hospital, and among the 

 medical profession generally. 



IT is" the undoubted right of the conductor of a magazine to take cognizance 

 of any pamphlets, though not regularly published, which affect the manage- 

 ment of institutions, that concern the welfare of the London population, and 

 especially of the poorer classes. Our readers will perhaps recollect that 

 about eight years ago, we are not exact to a year, the Charing-Cross Hospital 

 was built by subscriptions, which the personal exertions of Mr. Pettigrew and 

 others had a great share in raising. Dr. Goulding, as the chief officer of a 

 little dispensary in the neighbourhood, succeeded to the command-in-chief of 

 the more ambitious establishment opposite Northumberland House, and Mr. 

 Pettigrew, as surgeon of the same, became the surgeon of the Hospital. We 

 have carefully watched the Charing-Cross Hospital since its establishment, 

 and have had many reasons during the observation of five or six years to 

 designate its management as quite select (more vulgarly speaking, hole-and- 

 corner) ; a fault that belongs to certain charitable institutions in other parts 

 of the town. With respect to Mr. Pettigrew's affair with Mr. Howship we 

 shall say nothing, however much might be said on either side : sub judice Us 

 est. The profession will determine the matter. Of the treatment of Mr. 

 Pettigrew by Dr. Goulding's Committee, we hesitate not to say that it is most 

 scandalous and ought to be redressed by the governors. Dr. Sigmond, who 

 as a professional gentleman always held a highly respectable station, has 

 written a letter so beautifully, splendidly composed that it can only be 

 answered by the aid of a Junius. Will Dr. Goulding assume the toga of the 

 British Gracchus ? At any rate the cruelties, the miserable pinching econo- 

 mies of this hospital, deserve to be exposed. The governors do not know the 

 truth. They must be awakened ; and THE PLACE MUST BE PURGED. 



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HAYMARKET. This theatre, which is one of the most compact in 

 London, and admirably adapted for the representation of those 

 dramas founded on real life and giving ( ' the living manners as they 

 rise," commenced its season (April 25th) with a Ballet ! If any of 

 our readers can fancy a quadrille danced in a sentry-box, they can 

 form some idea of what a ballet, even with Perrot and Taglioni, must 

 be like when compressed within the diminutive space of this small and 

 unpretending stage. " Zulema" was the name of this ballet, which 

 was composed with considerable skill by the veteran D'Egville, and 

 presented an effective corps, among whom were Mdlle. Josephine 

 Dance and M. Gilbert. No expense was spared in the getting up of 

 this oriental spectacle. All the appointments were splendid in the 

 extreme ; even the supernumeraries were appropriately habited with 

 eastern pomp, and every figurante glittered with the brilliant trap- 

 pings of that sun-lit clime. The applause was unbounded, and con- 

 sequently another ballet was immediately put in active rehearsal. 



In the same week a one-act trifle, called " My Husband's Ghost," 



