Some lime since a legacy of was left to the Wellington Hospital by MJ-u Xjetvjs, which was to bo devoted to any object’ nected with the institution that the hospital authorities might think fit. After serious con* B’dorafcion, the trustees of the legacy, Dm and Chilton, decided upon spending the pum |n thg fflljowlngf manner, viz, £SO for llio purchase bz pictiirt3 ,, fq(' Ll ie virloiia warqSi, £3O for books for' the uae o* the pifiehtS, aru| £2(5 for the purchase ef Imdadel'phta 4 rolling jhvalid chair*. Toe picluros—bright oleograph prints, get in pretty l|glithpaeyaucklo fnupea— haye beet) Bf pared and hqng around the wqllg of the different wan)*, fo tyhiph thpy haveimpnpteq q, light at)! cheerful appearanfi», forming a pleasing contrast tq ordinary hospital wgrd<?. The trustees have ql«a sc'octed abqut 3QO volumes of ba.»k«, which will seivo to qllot viato the tedium inseparable fiQin omvalea* an:o. The little legacy has boon moat judi ciously expended, and patients of Ibo institu tion in dijfl to come will d mbllesa gratefully apprenjato the legatee's forethought and kind ness, u* well as the judicious manner to which the trustees have performed their portion of their duty. The hospital has recently been thoroughly repainted throughout, and now pre sents not only a beautifully clean and neat interior, but H degree ui bMiu uuu elegance which is not always characteristic of similar institutions. The walls oj the hand; some main corridor a*e painted in a bright green p »|nr, and tbo fi >ora in dark brown, whilst on the latter thero is a further coating of beeswax and oil, which harmonise thoroughly with the coloring on the wall-*. Tubs and jars con'aln log evergreen and flowering shrubs are distri buted (dong the corridor, and at intervals there are brackets placed agaibst the walla, upon which are placed fresh-cut fliwoia. An Ope which is pleasing— has lately been Introduced —v‘g , the nnr<ts nearly all of whom are youug-and cunoW— wear a neat uniform, c insHtiug of a (| irk'ulue serge dress, white'bib, and apron,’ and a coquettish lawn cap, something’ liko tfyisa wqrq bv the Normandy nursps. The whiph are lofty, acrupqloqsiy ctpqn, cheerful, an I* lighp, are made etijl more attractive by vases of fjowers 'placed upon the long tables which occupy thp centre* of the romp*. 