30 JUNE 1877, Page 3

At the Mansion House on Wednesday a meeting was held

to set on foot institutions of a kind which are much needed,—we mean hospitals and convalescent institutions for those who can piy the full price necessary for them, but who cannot well afford to pay three or four times as much as is really necessary. Mr. Walter, M.P., pointed out that at present only the very rich and the very poor can get what is needful in time of