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MUSICAL AND ARTISTICAL INSTITUTIONS.
KOYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, GARTNAVEL.
List of Directors, &c, for 1870.
The Lord Provost, president, ex-qfficio ; J. Brown,
A. H. M'Lellan, J. Roxburgh, A. M'Arthur, G.
Ledingham, W. Morrison, Dr. A. Anderson, Dr. W.
Lyon, Rev. Dr. M'Taggart, W. M'Culloch, W. W.
Watson, J. M'Ewen, J. Brown, jun., G. Thomson,
J. Cairns, R. Aitken, T. M'Millan, A. Ronaldson,
the Chief Magistrate of Paisley ; Dr. A. Thomson,
professor of anatomy ; Dr. W. T. Gairdner, professor
of medicine ; Dr. A. Mackintosh, physician to the
asylum.
J. Brown, jun., G. Thomson, J. Cairns, A.
M'Arthur, J. Roxburgh, J. Brown, weekty com-
mittee; A. H. M'Lellan, G. Ledingham, W. Morri-
son, Dr. A. D. Anderson, Dr. W. Lyon, Dr. F. H.
Thomson, Rev. Dr. M'Taggart, W. M'Culloch, W.
W. Watson, R. Aitken, A. Ronaldson, A. Neilson,
T. M'Millan, visitors.
OFFICERS OF THE ASYLUM.
Resident — A. Mackintosh, M.D., physician-super-
intendent ; Drs. Hay and Blair, medical assistants ;
Mrs. Stevenson, superintendent of ladies and matron ;
Miss M. Aitken, matron of east house ; J. Caldwell,
steward ; D. Watson, master of works ; J. Barr,
gardener and farm overseer.
Non-resident — J. G. Fleming, M.D., surgeon ;
M. Provan, C.A., treasurer and secretary; Rev. J.
Robertson, chaplain: J. E. Watson, C.A., auditor.
1. The board is, in all cases, payable quarterly,
and in advance.
2. The regular quarterly terms are — 1st January,
1st April, 1st July, and 1st October. In regard to
patients at and above the rate of 15s. per week, no
part of the first quarter's board shall be returned,
except in the event of the patient dying before the
expiry of that period, in which case it shall be in
power of the weekly committee to allow the return
of such proportion of the board as, under all the
circumstances, they consider reasonable.
3. Patients have no claim for remuneration for
their labour.
4. Even r patient must be provided with proper
apparel. An accurate list of every article brought
with the patient must, on admission, be delivered to
the steward, or principal attendants, to the superin-
tendent of the ladies, or the matron, according to
the house in which the patient is placed, and the
name must be fully marked on each article. If anj r
necessary part of dress should not be fully supplied,
after eight days' intimation has been given that it is
wanted, it will be furnished by the house, and the
cost of it charged against the patient.
On applying to the physician, the patient will be
carefully and expeditiously conveyed to the asylum,
the necessary expenses being paid to the steward
by the applicant.
Patients in the west house may be visited every
lawful day between 10 and 12 o'clock ; those in the
east house, who are not paupers, on Mondays,
between the same hours ; and patients who are
paupers, on Saturdays, also from 10 to 12 o'clock.
Only those who are duly authorized can be per-
mitted to visit patients.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
41 Rottenrow Street.
Incorporated by seal of cause from the Magistrates
and Town Council, and supported by voluntary
contributions.
This institution was formed in 1805, for the cure
of unfortunate females. The directors are chosen
annually, and consist of one from the Clergy, one
from the Town Council, one from the Merchants'
House, one from the Trades' House, two from the
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, and six from
the general body of subscribers.
Dr. G. H. B. M'Leod and Dr. J. Dunlop, acting
surgeons; R. Young, secretary; C. B. Findlay,
treasurer ; Patrick Condra, superintendent.
MUSICAL AND AETISTICAL INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW ART CLUB.
R. Munro, president; D. M'Laurin, vice-president;
J. Cowan, jun., 72 Virginia Street, secretary and
treasurer.
The object of this Club is the study of art, which
it seeks to promote by the circulation monthly among
its members of a folio book of original paintings and
sketches in oil and water colour, etchings, &c. ; by
criticism on these ; and by conversation and discus-
sion on subjects relating to art.
The meetings of the Club are held on the last
Saturday evening of each month.
Intending applicants for membership will receive
all necessary information from the secretary, with
whom applications must also be lodged, accompanied
in each case by three specimen sketches on approval.
BRIDGETON CHORAL SOCIETY.
Instituted 1867.
The Hon. the Lord Provost, honorary president;
J. Thomson, honorary vice-presideut ; W. Ritchie,
president ; W. Lyle, treasurer ; J. Napier, librarian ;
G. Ross, ladies' convener J. Murray, accompanyist ;
J. Duff, G. Duthie, C. Lyle, and W. Macintyre,
members of committee; C. Ferguson, conductor ; J.
Clark, 3 Harvie Street, Bridgeton, secretary.
The object of the society is the cultivation of a
taste for classical music (principally in the district
where its practisings are held) by the study and per-
formance of the works of the best composers.
The practisings are held weekly in the Bridgeton
Parish School-room, 87 Old Dalinarnock Road; the
orchestra on Mondays and the chorus on Fridays, at
8.15 p.m.
Applicants may be admitted members of the
Society on any of the ordinary practising nights.
Gentlemen's annual subscription is 2s 6d.
Honorary members subscribe 7s. 6d. per annum,
and are entitled to two reserved seat tickets for all
the ordinary concerts given by the Society.
Since its formation the Society has performed four
complete works — Handel's " Dettingen Te Deum,"
Weber's '' Mass in G." Romberg's " Lay of the Bell,"
and Romberg's " Harmony of the Spheres " — besides
a variety of miscellaneous pieces from Handel, Spohr,
Mozart, Rossini, Bishop, and others.