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THEATRES. —Jernme-- DRURY-LANE. If, as has been said, that Tragedy is fot all prattiral ru pees the best which dnere nine tears and excites least l a ughter, then, notwithstanding the false taste, the sickly sn it : day, the maudlin sentimentality, the !tuning, ins hypocritical cant that is substituted for pure, healthy, fi c ing, and which pervades and constitutes the character :lnc feature of the German drama, S'iearest is an effort of tratneendent genius, anti deserves the high station it has the Selfish stage for it makes the tears flow attained on forma thousand Niobes, like unto the Propontia, that knows no ebb; and we would pledge our reputation fot sc .lnte onavetion that more pocket bindlerchiefs are in newt on Cora's account, than for any balf-dozen P you can mention -- Zing Lear himself included. 'r are is certainly something noble and -imposing hi tae contemplation of Rolla's charecter ; a lover offering np the object of his heart's Aden, at the shrine of r,i. n eship, and devoting himself even unto death to promote and preserve the happiness of that object; this is drawing on the finer portion of our nature, and giving us a more exalted perception of ourselves than the common e minences of life are calcueated to elo : but the manner of doing all this, and the conduct of the persons to whom such self-devotedness jails° wn , arc ti cthioga to be considered; and here we discover a morbidity of temperament, ands lachry mose species of nneesture, that are anything - but the off spying of a fine and grateful feeling that knows bow to ap preciate the worth of such a friend, and that can reward it gervously, and with a correspondent degree of sincere good-will. Is Ghat, nature has nothing to do with cha racters like those of C'oro, or Akaxn, or even Rollo ; there is a f. v rich excitement in their blood that makes them give to circumstances i sentiment which truth lOW s correct percep tion of things would not impart to them, so that it is not so much the sentiment itself, as the extravagant misapplica tion of it that is censurable. Mr. 11111ack played Rolla foe the that time, and, although Mr. Young is still fresh in our recollection, we are pre pared to say he played it successfully. This gentkman has a good voice, capable of sr.uch modulation and compass; him reading, too, is always correct, and his action somethneselignified, though nerasemally, we confess, there is rather too touch of it. H e wanted, however, repose, which is a rely different thing from tat solemn grimace and see-sawing air of ludicrous gravity fee which we suspect it is by some ',cr oons mistaken ; it is a self-possession that allows the feel ings to gradually develop themselve s out of the passing scene; there Was too much hurry and Motion in his manner, which was often in disunison with the sentiment ; and flexible as his voice certainly is, yet be none and then suffered it to retain a harsh monotony, that, besides being unpleming to the ear, seemed to betray an indecisive conception of the ran, a sort of doubt whether to be pathetic or magus nisoeus. This was particularly noticeable in his serene with Core, where he unites with her herband in per suading her to secrete herself within the rocks. Mr. Young was bore all soul, all tenderness, all affection, counselling C. , r4 with his whole heart ; Mr. ‘Vallsek was loud and energetic, and even heisterntis, and seemed to be ad &venlig the soldiery rather than the creature on whom his sal dusted. In the prison scene he was admirable; but the finest piece of acting throughout the whole play was, where he discovers Rollo 's child to be in the power of Pizarro: and after in vain appealing to that chief for its deliverance, he at last, with a violent internal struggle, prostrates himself at the Spaniard's feet, and in tears implores him to spare the child. The manner in which this was done celled down repeated plaudits from the , whole house. Of Mrs. West s Cera, or Mrs. Burnes Elvira, we need not say anythiag-t-they arc both so well 1 known, and known may to be admired. After the play, "the grand serio comic romantic melo ,lratna of Valentine asJ Ors , /i" was revived. Every body knows the story of the wild man in tho woods, and of Va lentine's valorous chivalry in rescuing him from his state of lonely blessedness, and that after divers freaks of the said wild men in his irrational mule, he is, by the benignant j intervention of the protecting spirit, Paculet, restored to reason, to his friends, and his conntry as Prince Onus, the sett of the Empress Licrisanta. Mr. 0. Smith was horrifi cally amusing as the wild and hairy man-brute, and hugged his fellow-companion. the bear, with a most fra ternal and touching embrace. Fitswillianis lingo was droll, and Mr. Pesky was as polite and gentle a Valentine as ever the saint of that renowned name would wish to claim kin dred to. Miss Smithson and Mies Cubitt were beautiful and interesting ; the one as the Princess Eglantine, and the other sot Agana:, whose charms were heightened by two or three delightful swigs, sung more delightfully still. This Lady's voice is mellow, distinct, and possesses an ex t nt and flexthility that require only power to make it as pleasing as that of any female singer we know of. The splendid scenery made this altogether a very im posing, and no doubt it will prove a very successful, re viral. It was announced for repetition this evening amidst the cheers of a crowded house. ADELPIII. This snug and pleaeant little dramatic toy-shop opened for tke season last night, under the new management, and what we are disposait to consider very favourable auspices rf future and final success. Thanks to Messrs. 'ferry and lases, the hatcrior of the theatre has been painted and re decorated in a light and pleasing style: the actors dill not to play their parts well behind the curtain, and the vidience (abich was a complete overflow) took the apace before it into tinir especial care and keepine. With those ad vantages, the house was in br:lliant ac gilding, ris-flght,good humour and good company could make it. Conidderable care appears to have been taken to retain the most favourite and mintorious of the old perfoi mere, while the acquisition of additior.al talent has not been neglected. We still have tht flippant whimsicality of Wrench—John Reeve, who is a company of comedians in his own person, and worth many that we could meution--and we trust we may shortly add the ludicrous quaintness of Wilkinson. And what, t!.Augh the recruits, like the fat . Knight's slender levies, " oprd so mark to an enema"—it is In a different sense ; Ira they be no " men in buckram" notwithstanding. Wit ness the dry humour of Terry, the versatile mimicry of his inAnagir, tlie archness of Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and the benwty of 111iss F. Branum, who is a planet bright as and can be viewed in the limited horizon of the Adelphi without the aid of a telescope. The evening's entertainment commenced w ith a ars " rnrie sketch, or " personal prelude," in one act, called the ;rnine Night. It is intended to be explanatory of the t . .)ubles, disttsetions; and difficulties of managerial life. Mr. Terry and Mr. Yates play Mr. Terry and Mr. Yates, an I of course they could not be out of character as the new niar.agerc. They appeared perfectly at home in their parts, a; did Mr. Wrench in the character of Mr. Wrench. Authors, apes, amateurs, and actresses are introduced, to the great anuoyance of the dramatic monarchs, and °tea wtally, If we must confess a truth, to the discomfiture of : 1 1e Audience; for the author sometimes keeps the joke too rr neh to hi inself. and li is puns are frequently more antiquated %b an pungent. The idea on which the piece is founded is c s hail one, and had it been well executed, a peep min the green-room might have been made to afford a fair share of amusement; but, on the whole, we are able to compliment the writer on the successful accorn pfediment of his design. However, " the opening night" infair to criti introduct ion the pub 'wady to course of that we the Press personal pre- butletta at Ten 'founded intended Notwith- information. in which resembles all 00CA. in part, it may, charactur, as v.enery was retty—the dresses splendid and characteristic—and the performance really excellent. The play is under greatet obligations to the property-man than the author, and still more indebted to the actors than either. The Royal amorist was well supported by Mr. T. P. Cooke, who is the best King and cut-throat on record. Mr. Yates (thinks to the author) made a very dull jester of Killigrew in spite of the quicksilver in his own veins. George Col man himself could not have been a stupider " master of the revels." The part of Walter Mewart, " a decayed cavalier" and serious joker, who takes lodgings Mar the church-yard to keep himself alive, and between the whip ping-post and county gaol for the sake of mirth and good fellowship, was buckled upon Mr. Terry. He made the most of hie materials. So did Mr. J. Reeve of ,`:ir Luke Addlehead, a foolish justice (or just-as:, as Killigrew has it) and master of the ceremonies. Miss F. Brunton looked every inch a queen in Catherine de Bragatr:es, and called Charles's taste in question for deserting her, even for such • fair " maid of honour" as Mrs. Fitzwilliam, In act the second are introduced a mythological masque, composed by Killigrelr, and The Power of Love, a grand Ballet composed by Mr. Kerby. They are both insuf fcrably tedious, stupid, and sorrowful withal, notwith standing Pint was played by a Mr. Grey. Neptune was appropriately enough represented by Mr. Salter, and a river Goddess by Mrs. Wells ; Mr. Nightengale made a most tuneful Apollo, and Miss Grammer the most learn...A i of the Musts. The piece, which is already too long, lasting till near I t o'clock, would be much benetitted by the excision of the ballet, and considerable curtailment in the masque and other portions of the performance. COBURG. The Coburg Theatre has always been celebrated for the production of novelties. No interesting or extraordinary, or horrific science is by the managers allowed to pass no noticed—fact is always the pound wmk of their fiction. 1 heir object is " to hold as %were the mirror tip to nature," and to "show the very age and body of the time, its form and pressure." By the help of a few good actors, some beautiful scenery, a wardrobe of some new dresses, a por tion of glittering decorations, and a very effective manager in the person of Mr. Davidge ' this theatre contrive s . to void well with the public, and to attract crowded au dienees. But novelty is its principal feature, mad every thing that is new has been successful. Our late revered Sovereign, George the Third, had scarcely ceased to walk the boards of this theatre when Napoleon Bonaparte made his entrance upon its stage. It happened next that a murder of great notoriety was committed, sad, as the managers at the Coburg were unable to procure the principal actor in the dreadful scene, they were obliged to satisfy themselves with the exhibition of " the identical horse and gig" in which the deed was perpetrated. A pa- , trios was led to execution wader circumstances of great ig nominy, and the reptesentative of the gallant Riego strutted his hour upon the boards of the Coburg Theatre. In the course of time two ruffians beat each other till both were wal lowing in blood, and one had hardly breath enough to claim a purse of sovereigns for preventing the downfall of British courage. When their wounds were healed, the victor and the vanquished were introduced at the Coburg Theatre, and "fought their battles o'er again." to the great delight of an enlightened audience. Soon afterwards the crew and passengers of a gallant vessel encountered peril on the great deep, and survived to behold their terrors and their agonies most accurately described at the Coburg Theatre. A real deg was soon succeeded by amoreattractive animal, "a real stag," who skipped about the boards for several evenings, and was forgotten. A eery 'attractive personage then arrived in England, who was styled by his purchasers the Anatomic Puente; and as it was found impossible to hire the ori ginal, a rival living skeleton immediately made his appear ance at the Coburg Theatre, who after some hackneyed jokes to the galleries, went the way of all flesh. But for some weeks, the managers of the Coburg Theatre have been totally at a loss bow to preserve their character for originality in design and euroces in execution. There was but little probability of so fortunate an occurrence as the death of a king. the thraldom of an emperor, the exe cution of a patriot, or even the burning of a second Kent. Dogs had bad their day, boxers were growing unpopular, and mimic murders were not relished—Europe was at peace—Africa was idle—Asia was too distant—and America was the only land from whence any attraction could be rationally expected. A living monkey would have been of more use than a dozen murders, or a hundred stags, but it was found impossible to excel the skill of M. Gouffe, of the rival theatre, who is worth " a wilderness of monkeys." " A tragedian of colour from die African theatre, New York," was therefore engaged, and last evening made his first appearance on the hoards of the Coburg theatre. It will be in the recollection of all play-goers, that this individual was some time since taken eff' by Mr. Mathews, during his trip to America; but it has been generally suspected that Mr. Mathews seldom hesitated to finish his copies of nature by the addition of some touches of his own; and accordingly the chief tra gedian of the African theatre was represented at the Eng lish Opera House as a man who looked like a devil and danced like a baboon, whets language was eel wawa, and mane me July Cede, and me f ill him Brute—whose voice was like the bellowing of a town bull, and whose song was Opens= up a gum tree ; Ramon In de hollow Pull him by de long tail,- nark him how he hollow. We conf.sa bat Mr. Mathews's description somewhat pre. judieed oar minds,and we expected to see a mere burlesque on acting, by some sooty child of ignorance, whom pre sumption could only be equalled by the folly of those who brought him forwaid. It is not enough to say that we were disappointed. The Cofer Alexander Hannibal something of Mr. Mathews, under the name of Mr. Keene, at the Coburg Theatre, would, if his complexion were dif ferent. pass for a very good professor of the Histrionic art, and appearing befbre us as he do?s, with all the dis advantages attendant en his limited experience, the pre- I juiliees that have been so long, and still arc entertained against all of his colour and his features, the portraiture of his rival and caricaturist, Mt. tletheive, and above all, his being an importation from the other side of the Atlantic, it would be unjust to withhold that praise which, with out any sactifice of critical severity, we arc ena bled to give. Mr. Keene is a Creole, et:messing a to lerable figure and an expressive countenance, but he has all the peculiar characteristics of his race—woolly hair, thick lips, a flat nose, and badly formed knees. His voice has but little of power, and still less of flexibility ; his as cent, although peculiar, is neither unpleasant nor unintel ligible; it has nothing that distinguishes him from a mere American, and is perhaps more agreeable than an Irish or a Scotch tone, and certainly better than that of many of our provinces. His conception of his part is decidedly good, his action rather graceful, his step firm, and his at titudes dignified. Ile has evidently studied the twieks, the starts, and the hems and ha's of his namesake ; but lie is by no means deficient in original talent. The play of Oroonoko was judiciously chosen for his debut before a British audience; his reception was very warm, and throughout the piece he was repeatedly cheered; but the laughs were very frequent, when the new acquaintance of the galleries had to repeat some such sentence as " and all our talk was love," or to embrace the fund Imonida, the mistress of his affections. It is most true that those are " blessed who expect nothing," and from this cause may have proceeded in some degree the satisfaction with which we beheld the performance of the " Tragedian of Colour. from the African Theatre, New York," but we do not hesitate to express our opinion that his acting will gratify many and astonish all. The announcement of the arrival of Sir Wolin Scott at Paris is a mistake of the French Papers. He had not at that time even landed in France. The original manuscripts, and adaptations of some of the Plays of Shakspeare by the late Mr. Kembie, which were sold in that gentleman's library by Mr. Evans, in Pall mall, were purchased by the lion. George Lamb. One of these Plays, it is reported, will to acted at Drury-lane Theatre during the present season. In the year 1803, two original letters of' Shakspeare were tbund among the Dorset papers, which the late amiable Duolless of Dorset signified • her intention of de positing st the British Mueetam and shortly after a third letter was discovered in the same archive*. Now that the eDuchess and Lord Whitwerth are both dead, we hope the surviving daughters rill permit ;thcee ievaluable relict to be published. 4 THE BRITISH - LIME.' lir GLEANINGS. _......iww-- No. XLIII. /11N OF GENIUS—A FRAGI " ---- Poets in their youth begin in gladness, " But thereof tomes in the tad despondency and There is no wreck which is more a that human rain, an unfortunate man ruin more pitiable than genius wrecked • winds anti waves of adversity. I have r~ remains of some ancient and decayed castle, bulwark and strong hold for war, and have , ride made humble, its strength laid proem tug ere it fall, like an aged man s—its halls, ed the mailed man of war and chivalry, peace and daughters of beauty, now the I nightly bat, and toad, and thing obscene, music and roundelay of the hoary minstrel " The moping owl cloth to the moon Of such u wandering near her secret Molest her fanciest solitary reign." I have looked, with such eves as sorte through, at that no less noble wreck, that . the sea, a dismantled and broken-up vessel with bare ribs, and battered hulk, and b. 'the ignoble bank of a narrow tributary parent the sea—who bore it on her bosom bears her child—where it was now left by 14itles like a leviathan of the waters, deserted Shallow for its mighty hulk to float thought of its century of pride, when . motion, and almost a crea ture of life—wl sails made the proud waves break before plough breaks up the stubborn earth r share • and have heard with my imagination thunders of its guns, and seen the deedl- - of its thunder-bolts, crushing its enemies' •of death. I have looked with mental se mighty things no longer mighty, but none spire man with that awe and regret • human intellect in its docay, or worse, in . on the beast, and draws from the eyes. which might have enlightened its count the world, should have been hidden by obseurity, till its own inward light, " leonaumetl," has grown dim, and " pales . !lire " throwing out only those faint, flickering, .. flashes which a dying taper flings momentarily socket ; that a voice which might, hut f t - lave been heard singing to our ravished %laird heaven of invention," should be . choked, and broken, by weak and vain struggli 'those feelings which lie too deep for words tr mut to communicate the sorrows of a desolated which were ever patient to hear the annals o the iil-fortuned ; that a heart which might with the very " life of life," and been fil limns fur all, with pity for the unhappy, I, and the beautiful, human kindness for all and tenderness for the brute—and have' ful, fertile, nod sunny spot in that little man—should by neglect alone become a , desert, an unvisited and unweeded gar., the tares, weeds, and briars of self-abandonmeni less indolence—without a flower (or there one, where might have been Anthill; of sweets) to bloom in is barren space, perfume of the soul—is indeed a cause should painfully see these things, and cannot remedy them. It is a fault that only "experience, wise," and wise men wiser, can correct ardent mind, that when it first wakes • of talent, and feels the sudden stirrings rash and ungovernable to use its discovery itlyantage. It no sooner discovers the - Within, than it at once bares it to die b L and you must stop, and prostrating your lel pilgrim, at some sacred fountain, drii writs new waters, and bless it with a f you are Ito true worshipper of the Mt .17ung geniuses no sooner find that they ng and difficult race of fame, than running, and that so fast and breathlessly, the course is strained over, their powers, Of too little encouraged to the trig, fail I .st they found them ; they halt In their and the race is lost because of their eagerness and then come present disappointment looking regret, anti hope that looks not gardlcss self-neglect, and reckless self-: finally, helpless and motionless despair. The first fault of a young author's life rest of it; and usually opens the wicket-door winding walk through a maze of error, - - tainly leads in the end to the blighted how , mcnt. Inexperience in hint is the parent of young errors. Ignorant of the wort teach it, when he should still sit as a dom-giving school; but he is too errat lyceums of learning like a truant, and t but the fields for his study, and no book nature to pore upon. Ile is diligent, and thing for himself; and he tenchos what' be learns it, instead of nourishing and t seed which, after many slays, should bring of knowledge " a hundred-fold;" remindii shallow artificial basins for water that we • palace-gardens, which pour out as fast as . waters not their own, and are full to-day, morrow—instead of resembling a natural spring, an inexhaustible well-head of waters undefiled, constant flow and fulness. Or if lie ' ignorant as to aim at teaching mankind, ing them, and tunes a romantic harp chivalry, or touches the trembling lyre indulges only in the capriccios of fancy Lion—the world has too many stunning . of natural horror, and too much of unnatural wnehivalrous warring of brother-nation *don, of child-land against father-land, lose, or horror, or beautiful imaginations The world, therefore, looks coldly on him, looks coldly on the world: this is the first heart receives. He has expected great honour, and public applause; and only ' lowers of his own hurl up their caps in ball. lie has thought that genius and be has genius still, but where is success learns that great talents may be obscured able clouds ;—that even genius may be i too late for the age. His shining talents . him like talents of gold to one who perishes drought. Ilia spirit of independency breaks, looks round for that success at the hand has failed in obtaining from the hands t patron, finds one, anti proudly bends crowned, as he thinks, with the laurels . patronage, he finds in the end that he has been crowned - ' Vat' APatm. A LOVE SONG. Boast not to me the charms that grace The finest form, or fairest race : Shape, blown, and feature ' I despise; %Wealth, wealth, is beauty to the wise. Come then, my Criesa, All my ants With all thy various store of eharma • Charms that of Time defy the rage , And laugh a Wit hiCica aid old Come then, oh come, and with thee • The thousand joys from wealth that . Oh ! bring the deed. of thy estate, Thy quit.rents, mortgages, and plate. Still keep. unseen, those auburn locks, And yield thy treasures in the stocks; Oh ! hide that soft, that snowy breast, And give, instead, thy iron Chest. Thy Guineas shame the blushing :" Which in those cheeks, unheeded, Too sweet for me that ruby lip, (live me thy India Bends and Scrip. Can aught with those bright eves compare Thy Diamonds, Nymph, still brighter - Can aught those peltrly teeth eicel Thy Pearls theravelsos phrase me u • Say, dost thou boast that beauteous Its Bracelet boasts a richer charm: Those lingers too gmlovely things, But lovelier far their brilliant Mtn& My passion, Nymph, iwooka net daisy Fur charms which never feel daisy $ Charms stitch sill mock thy fleeting ' And yield'thelt tarot es at* death. • Miu - =P'ln=l - vor . was meant to save a turn, ;iidiiis'ould be unfair I een nd g : :ib e ll i clicc s soet i.: wut: i o t .iken sc oe, ?t v itti c aea r iuet e ita:im l ei y iw . juotialint,eh l tt t it h e,le u soi tirtd serv les l iinaiifkt ed stlelietf a h7 s el a aarnot l ted e rrte t lr te iwanis r efeni u nnk. e f t andto i toh t wbes i e tro ocrtii, a e were omitted, we shall not quarrel with this pawn I. Jude any farther. y The tnt iece was followedby a new I I in three acts, called Ki/lei;retv, or King (.'/tortes a j / 'rite Welt,. This production professes to be " f 6 on acme unpublished memoirs," and it is farther it ✓ to exhibit ~' s livel y picture of the lima." )\ I. stand ing those professions, we could discover I re calculated to lead us to imagine that the writer has himself of other than the ordinary sources of infor P' The li^CC is the history of one of those amours is It t' trcrr~ Mencrch so mmonly indulged. It met i; of tts ptn l eceseora on the same sultiect. and as - .11 Callicism ahnost led us to imn TilW it derived i le ,f n ot ttaisely, front a French original. Be this as " lunso:scs no high claims, either in plot, chase '7,ur, to cri , icel approbation. The new scene • -.aini. • S . • : , 1 - , . 4 PRESS. ............. 4 . 1 , • . .. . . ----i---1-1 - - 1 INGs. . . TAR COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. state, at least in this country. The influence of men Of genius is not extinguishedan their graves, but surviving it descends through A highly interesting and well written pamphlet has been other minds to the rinioiest ages. If this by-taw be allowed E., GHENT. . seines', published byDr. Armstrong, the consulting physician to the rema i n i n operation, many of the ablest and best men, such as hie ,". f ncy and madoms." London Fever Hospital, relative to a subject of great pub- Bennett, win link unnoticed and unkboOn e because It will des I sight for pity than College of Surgeons', it ith respeet Co die promotion of rot - ' WORDSWOBTA. lie importance, t is. :—The conduct of the Governors of the • them , offi s h prise art ; and no human dical science. The pamphlet is entitled, "An Addr to while being founded on a system of finouritisms It will necessa- rily lead not only to the'exclusion it preer Individuals, bet to the il anti ruined by the the Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of Lon- looked on the ivitd don, on the injurious conduct and defective state of that appointment of others, not from public, bid from private cone- castle, once a young I corporation, with re f erence to professional rights, medical detatiOns. If the appointment. i n most o f t h e L on d on h osp i tals 1 ' ti id have lamented its sc i ence. and the Oldie health." The principal charge, shoul d be prospective!y made on the principles Which hoe hitherto t prostrate, or totter- an d it i s a very grave i ncu l pation, d eeply a f fecting the cha- Prevailed—if th e y s h ou ld b e e if e C te d di rect l y t h r o ug h the reasurer, tails, where throng- ratter o f t h e C ourt of Examiners of the College ' of Surgeons indirectly th roug h some pro f ess i onal off i cer or met e r/de power, the door would be w id e ly open to every species of ab u s e , an d w e s h ou ld live to see leeturesffips transmitted from one relative to another, as dry, the maidens of i s, t h at b y an extraordinary by-law, passed in March he dull home of the 1824 , t h ey h ave endeavoured to prevent the formation of ere, where, for the new schools of surgery, by refusing to receive 'Certificates if ability were hereditary. The ruinous coasequetices of such a strel, of attendance, except from such schools as they'clroose ape- system are 'tread, well kbown in the medical achools of some of the certificates of another gentleman Mr. 6 n complain Cinlfyloree generalcognise disapprobation Theti ) r a s t tn n hie of the arencenvreofsetilosnis, but bo- no It ouruanplypeersitarsies-th"at it bower, excited the public expression of th e i r sen ti men t s followed, as it was Francis Kiernan, have alto b ee n re f use d . Mr. Kiernan ' i.; ii I ii row sometimes looks, . 1. t• ' however, the Court of Examiner s h ave en f orce d th e n e w an d I ta l y, W ith the express intention of becoming 1 her hat floating castle or un d erstoo d t h at i t wou ld rema i n a dead letter. R ecently, had pursued his studies for eight years in England , France, 1 e , - , teac essel of war; lying regulation under circumstances, as it seems to us, of great of anatomy, and see, it is stated, the highest attain... broken timbers, on oppression in the case of a gentleman, of whom Dr. Arm- ments for the duties which he undertakes to dis hi ' , !i y river to its proud strong gives the following account : c rge. bosom as a mother t The following remarks on the importance of inatotnical .ft by the forsaking " Mr. Bennett, whom I now introduce to your notice as suffer- knowledge, and (he mode of examinktioh pursued by the . 4 ierted on a there too ing from its operation, was educated in the University of Dublin, College of Surgeons, will be read with interest : ) t over;—and have where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1817. His mind "Anatomy is the tsue and natural bash of afeakine. It forms 1 i it was a thing of having been enlarged by liberal studies, he assiduously devoted six the only solid foundation union "which the accessory sciences of -when its corpulent years in that city to the study of Anatomy, Physiology, Medicine, Phislology and Pathology nbe rais ed. Rightly to comprehend ore its course, as a an d S urgery, and fi nally was admitted a Member of the Irish Col- the movements or nature of can a machine, w e 'Mould of iourse know ; • I with its forceful l ege o f S urgeons. He subsequently spent upwards of three years its structure. Besides, we can thereby more readily ascerta i n t h e • t agination the surly in Paris in the same pursuits, during which, it will appear, he be. causes of its eicanional derangement, and remedy its defects when t • ; i The knowledge of the structure of the human body telly destructiveness came a public teethes. 'The facilities afforded in Paris, for the out of order. [cc as with the hand cultivation of the above-mentioned subjects, May be judged front eons:iron's the only medium through which our limited intelli- . • scrieusness at these , tne fact, that 30,000 patients ar c annually received into the hospi. gence of the functions of life can be attained, and by w hi c h t h eir tone of them can in.. , tale, that minute hi stor i es of the eases are recorded, and that four., deviations front the state of he a lth r t n be appreciated. The pros- I ; t which the sight of til ': I i fifths of the bodies of th ose w h o di e are ma d e su b s e rv i en t to Ana. titioner, enlighten e d an d gu id e d b y t h e acqu i s i t i on of these sciences, n its neglect, strikes omca and Pathologi ca l p ur p oses . P rose c u tin g hi s determination treats disease upon sure and rati o n a l p r i nc i p l es . I t i s true, that he :yes. That a mind m • iry, and, perhaps, o f becoming a teacher, on the first year of his residence in Paris he m ay be unsuccessful, in many cases, where the human mind i s as 7 • y the dark clouds of began to assist the English students resident there in their ammo- yet unable to penetvate or control the mysterious operations of as. ' r b o o the nes t doubt y w hi c han:st , self-led anti self. mieal pursuits, his previous !Ammo in Dublin having rendered him indecisionturebut h w i h s ic p i a t t c ien ha t tse w t tne se v ig er ear be a t u o t m e, e iales its, inettl:ctual competent to that of fi ce. In I WI, the number of English students or victimdredist .keting, intermittent having much increased, and Air. Bennett hoeing become very po. inseparable from empirieern. To the Physiciiin a knowledge of k. ' momentarily from its pular amongst them, he applied to the College of Surgeons in General Anatomy may, in many instances, be sufficient to enable t for these neglects, London, to have certificates of attendance, on his lectures, him to be a Physiologist and Pathologist; but to a Surgeon, art Iced ears from " the recognised by the Court of Examiners ; but that Body re. intimate acquaintance with Partidulan Anatomy is absolutely tie. be tremulous, and fused to comply with the request, on the grounds, first, that ceseary, as ignorance of it utterly incapachnes hint for the practice strugglings to speak it would be contrary to their existing laws ; and, secondly, that it of his art, and renders him a dangerous character in society. A. words to utter them, would tend tq discourage the English schools of Anatomy. What. foreign writer has observed, that a surgeon's knowledge of Are. i : w isted heart to ears ever allowance we may be disposed to make for rational osseci. homy should be so minute as to enable him to operate upon this t O , nals of the poor and. • ' scions , still this public Body o u ght to h a ve known, th a t it deviated human body with l the same confidence as if it were a transparent ` .-i might have glowed r the established prece d en t ft C o ll eges, o o u ter oeges, w hi c h , In this re. object. The sur geon, th ere f ore, w h o uses a knife without kn ow i ng: tn filled with friend- f rom ii • s the structure of the arts concerned in the spent, wisely act as if the Healing Art acknowledged no such par. p operation, is guilty of a , y, love for the gond teal feeling, no such distinction of countries, but freely extended its heinous offence against his fellow-creature. all who are human, , f . e lived like a beauti- influence to all. So marked, however, is the infirmity of human surgery depends for its existence upon Anatomy, and its cultio (e world, the body of nature, that while Mr. Bennett encountered this repulse on the one yation and diffusion are in proportion to the facilities afforded to ' , ..i , ) , a gloomy and dreary hand, he disc overe d, on t h e ot h er , that lie might probably meet anatomical pursuits. In England, popular prejudi ce , a id e d un . • ' garden, choked with with some serious annoyance frem the French students, unless a forttinatelY by pens l enact ments , o p pose t h e cu l t i vat i on of Ana l . ndonment and hope . separation could he effected between them an d hi s own . Ceder tomy, so that the public suffer much more than th e y can possi bl y ' l l l ii I Iti t , • with but here and this impres s ion, h e a dd resse d our A m b assa d or . Si r Ch ar l es St uart , appreciate, from the m ere i nsu ffi c i ency o f the timber which at ing but one paradise and begg e d hi s i nter fe rence w i t h t h e F renc h A ut h or i t i es , i n or d er present exists of operating Surgeons, to say n ot hi ng o f Ph ys i c i ans c, and throw out the that a place for dissection might be assigned to his countrymen• here. In France and in Ireland, where the knowledge of Anatomy . 1 i i se for pity, that we This step indeed was indispensable, as the Frerrh police don not is more easily attained, Sergeons are generally capable of perform. 1 I 1 for regret, that we permit the existence of private dissecting Theatres. ing operations, while in England only a few profess to operate, and n sir Chas. Stuart declined interfering unless authorized to do so hence the anomalous distinction, found in no other European which makes fools by Mr. Canni ng , th e Right Honourable Secretary of State for the country, of operating Surgeons, as a separate elan in the wefts- ect in a • ) (Rin g an d Foreign Department. Mr. Bennett accordingly applied to 31r, non. The want of this class is so sensibly felt throughout Great to a consciousness Ceasing, in September 1824 and stated how important it was, in Britain, that an operating Surgeon is often sent for from ninny - a of genius, it is too .• " covery to the wisest a national point of v i ew , t h at E ng li s h M e dic a l m e n sh o uld be pro- miles distant ; but as his services can only be procured by t h e nett it , Ile spring of mind tested in their Anatomical pursuits in Paris, where the opportuni. man, who can afford to purchase them, the poor must too often ; ' 3 broad eye of clay' ties of acquiring a knowledge of Anatomy are so vastly superio r " to fall a sactifica for want of s u c h Radii:lnce. , uroall, like a than k - those of Lond on , as su bj ects can b e p rocure d th er e a t th e trifl i ng Though the College of Surgeons in London is vicious in its . rink with reverence expense of a few shillings cacti. Mr. Canning haring referred to institution, from being governed by a self-elected body, amenable , , 1 . ,• of Surgeons, certain to no controlling authority, and excluding the members at Tar eas fervent benison, or Mr. Bennett's letter to the London College Muses. Thus your members of the Court of Examiners expressed their highest disap. well Train the participation and inelledge of its trainactioes. •i. ,: I I ley have feet for the probation of Mr. Bennett's conduct on the occasion. The cons!- from the disposal of its funds ; yet it has certain ditties t o p er f o rm, in they commence &ration even of Mr. Canning', letter was deferred about a fort. for which it is answerable to the public. These consi s t i n grantinis ' 1 I ' sly, that, before half night, and then the Court or Council replied, by promising that a diplomas to such students as are found, by examination, to be s, too fiercely tried, deputation would wait upon him at some indefinite time. During competent : to practise Surgery, and in advancing anatomical and al them as sodded/ th e Interval, Mr. Bennett wrote to the Members of the Council of chiturgierd knowledge throughout t h e kingdom. Indeed this latt e r ' icir headlong spec U, the College, entreating that they might not interfere with Mr. Can- duty Is imprted in the first, for unto* these sciences are promoted, zagerness to win it: ning's kind disposition to protect the English Students in Paris it is impossible that students can possess the requisite knowledge. cut, and bnckward- He described to them the great advantage of the French Schools o f If it be inquired whether the Court of Examiners of the London lot forward, and re- ' liege of Surgeons acquit itself faithfully of these trusts reposed Anatomy, and pointed out to them the little danger that was to be Go '-abandonment, and, apprehended as to the English Students deserting the London lee. in it by the public—for this is a question in which the whole cans i life is the key to the aura, since in truth the College net admitting the certificates of the munity is interested—probably the most !satisfactory reply will be Paris professors. and refusing to recognize Mr. Bennett as a teacher found in the contrast of their examinations for diploma s , w i t h those I cket-door to a long there, were ample securities on that head. He further hinted, that of the College of no,, w hich Surgeons in Ireland, and the School of M e di c o's bower of disapoint- 4 -14 .1 1 too cer- they had no right to interfere, inasmuch as they could have no con. in Parrs. ent of a large family trol over the class of English Students who frequented Paris, se. " The examinations at the College of Surgeons In L on d on are r . irld, he presumes to ven- eighths of them being Doctors in Medicine, and the few Surgi - private, so that even one pupil cannot judge NSW . another acquits , s ch o l ar i n its Ir i s _ cal Students there having already diplomas. Notwithstanding himself. In the Dublin and Paris Colleges they are public, par- , Hie ; he forsakes the these arguments, together with the actual injustice of the interfer. ticulatly in the latter, where even those unconnected with the pro- It; will have no place once, as it regarded the interests of the English Students, and the fesslon are permitted to attend. An examination at the London i ok but the book of utter disregard manifested for the improvement of English Medical College is conducted by two examiners only ; it occupies eccnsion and acquires some- Science, by preventing young men front obtaining that species of ally ten minutes, generally from twenty to thirty, and very rarely 1.• .. the learns as fast as knowledge abroad which their own country did not so abundantly forty miiitites. At the College of Surgeons in Ireland, the conch- storing it like " a afford ; notwithstanding, I repeat, all these weighty consideration!, date is examined on two separate days, during the space of an hour ring forth" the fruit the deputation succeeded in persuading Mr. Canning not to cousply and a half or two hours each day. One candidate ouly is examined tinting one of those with Mr. Bennett's request." at a time, end be has six Examiners, with the Presitlent. More- ' we sometimes see in over the office of Examiner in the Irish College is merely ho. . . • The pamphlet then states how Mr. Bennett was finally, as they receive those by the arts of some interested persons, prevented from nervy, being filled by members annually chosen at a general .Clay, and empty to- continuing his lectures in Paris. On this case Dr. Artn. meeting, no emolument being attached to disk ogee. Whereas ati spring, and being ( strong ma kes the following strong anti just observations:(- the members of the Court of Examiners of the London C e li ege undefiled, and of a " Thus It appears, from the facts already 'stated, that the Court are self-elected for life, and each of them remises a ceredn sum is not so daringly each that of Examiners, in the first place, refused to acknowledge Mr. Ben. for every candidate who passes; soExaminer has an- 1, but only at sinus- tonett's certificates chil e teetering in Paris; and, in the second, hi e. nually a very considerable interest In the number admitted. A s a tales of love and • e t o t rag i c story, or dered Mr. Canning from exerting his powerful influence in proem- license to practise communicates no information in itself, but is, i o- • y and high imagine- ing for him a separnte establishment, by which the fatal intcrfe- ought to be, a test of competency, attained by precious a nd ex. i A ( realitite, too much renal of the French students might have been entirely avoided. pensive studies, ie ought clearly to cost the soccessfut candidate 'natural hatred, and Mr. Bennett being, therefore, driven by the indirect means of the as little as possible; and when exorbitantly high, it can ottly be on against brother- conoge of Surgeons from Paris, s:othing was left him hut to pro. considered in the light of a tax levied upon the profession, princi. ml, to listen to the reed direct to London, where he expected lie might resume his la. pally for the benefit of the Examiners. Some of the members o 1 4 . 4 , itions of the muse. bourn, being already a lecturer, and a Member of the College. In this Court, it should be mentioned, are thernseives Lecturers. • him, and lie in turn despite of what bad previously passed, he determined to show, that while others bare relatives in similar situations, so that they have first chill his ardent he harboured no harsh feeling towards that body, and the oath often to examine not only the students of their own or kindred's • rest deference, and which its members take, requiring, that none should be cherished rival, but those whom they or their connexions have instructed • y two or three fol. on their part, soot after bis arrival in London, he respectfully, so. Are such collisions of interest and feeling consistent with the strict r the corner of the hated that his etotiOcates should now, in his own country, be ad. Impartiality required of an Examiner? ' t i id success are one; mitted by the Court of Examiners. In this communication he "In the School of Medicine of Paris the candidates for the de. tecess ? He at last stated his p retensions , and having shown that he was a teacher grees of Doctor in Medicine and Doctor in Surgery pursue the • t eel under unfavour- prior to the promulgation of the by.law, conceived, on that grouod, same studies, and are both subjected to the same examinations, t born too early or • eerie footing with retreat Each is obliged first to show his capability to direct, next to sub.. hat he had i ht to be p laced on the t a ig . Its are therefore to • isbes in a desert o f lecture" to whom he alluded, and who had been recognized. Finally, mit to five public examinations on different days, and finally to I )teaks, and now h e t h e or d eal he appealed to Court as the individual Members of a liberal pro. defend a thesis. During this severe trial he undergoes t h e d of one which l i e fession, and as a public hotly to whom its character, Interests, and of no less than twenty Examiners. At the examination in the 1 of all : heyeeks a advancement, were intrusted ; but he again met with a flat refusal; London College, the candidate it questioned respecting his ac. a his head, and is and this last injury was accompanied by insult, for, while in at. quaintance with Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery; the ana. . s of patronage, but tendance st the College, expressly at the invitation of the Pre- teeny of the tissues, as revealed by the industry of the French ( wned with thorns.-to sident, that courtesy of reception was grossly violated, which as being but little if at all regarded, though it would he easy to :ie. 1 a gentleman he had a right to expect from men of liberal edu- mianstrate its great utility in the science anti practice of Surgery. 'lf • 7"e cation. In the Dublin College the candidate is minutely examined during muse; " But waving such points, has it come to this, that an indivi- the het day on Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology, and at th i s J dual, who has passed days, and n i g h ts, and years in the sequin. time he may be rejected, which preclude s hi s o ff er i ng hi mselt for . wise.. • tion of useful knowledge, shall be denied the privilege of commu. another year. On the sec..nd day be i s exam i ne d on the Theory 6 • ms , MS; nesting it to others ?Isitto be borne, that a by - law shall be and Practice of Surgery, and Medicine, anti Pharmacy, including 0' • le, passed and perpetuated, by which the medical students who come Therapeutics. In the Paris School, the candidate is examined th e • • e. to London must be taught only by certain professors appointed or first day on Anatomy and Physiology; the second on Pathology. lee bring approved by an i ntereste d h o d s s if a rule wire attempted to be the third on Materia Medics, Ch misty and Pharmacy ; the at spring ; 4 esteblished that no barrister should be allowed to plead in public fourth on Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence; and the fifth on ;late. unless he were instructed under a particular master or roasters, the Practice of Medicine or Surgery, according as the degree is re. locks, would not the whole Bar rise at one man to resist the invasion of quired in thecae or the onsets Such are the means pursued byt.- reset their rights ? And shall the members of the medical profession t h ese respect ' s , Colleges, in 0411 to mamma the proficiency et se. •. . . , to submit a measure which would deprive the majority of the privi- his students before they acs seselieded by a diploma to take upon ! , • lege of effectively addressing, as lecturers, the rising and future ge- themselves the awful respoosibility of practising. - Rose, 4 . I, blows; neration of students in England ? It has been observed by an sot. ti The examination at the Lotsdoo College, when contrasted with thor, well versed in the subjeet, that hardly any man lies risen to those of the other Colleges, is tearfully inefficient, and offers no i i' . eminence at the Bar. who pommel an independent fortune of OM adequate test or security floc the competency of the candidates who rompare ? toyear ; and a similar remark might benuide in tafrenee to physic pass." lare. utissimennneleeelell I? . and surgery, for the obvious reason that men's exertions are geoe- as war. raliy propertiosate to their wants. The Watery df both professions . rritts.D7UL Fins.--This morning, about half-part lir is sum ? would show, that the most dittioguishei members in each have ge- she premises of Mr. Find. o'clock, a theadfid fire broke out en od akar. insc. Chaeles-sweet, Iliasonsasuare. a owing tia 5 . ,-....,. • • nerally been then who forted their way, by their own power, it''',liel'innactsti-maker. of the materials, soon comma s ated to the +Ante of the ' I, ••41. i.: - - through cpposihg ciretunstances. But if a by-law like this had workehen sd;eiritte i , end throwned destruction to r oc 04 , 4 1,b mr . I Igs. ig , . formerly existed. the medical world would have been deprived of hood. Several ergit'es, which. were returning from tin _Alarm . er Way . in IYorship-street. were promptly on 10 1 spot, oriel after a i slme of its brightest ornstuents. The Boatels, tbe instance. lire .-- - •I i i o s and suotemed i n eons abort time got a prawn 6 sapp y water , Mg breath, could never Lave emerged from ebscurity into fame, and anatomy ri s i ng i the flames to she aim it reatives, which were teslucell to a: • li. .., . . and surgery might have been Intl' s cestuty tel:lrAl their ?regent: lean of rut's. . •ti its Watts 's Poem:. 1 • ;• 1 ~, • r 1. • , . •,, 1 ' 1.. i . t 1 • r • err • ' ' '''''' - ' ' ' . —.... s . ...... - - • ......... - ...... .. -