The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-26 00:00:00

• limptrtal parliammt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Several Small Debts Bills were brought from the Com mons, and the Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice that on Tuesday he should submit a motion on them. The Duke of WELLINGTON asked whether Lord Melbourne had any knowledge of a letter written by Mr. Hibbert to the under secretary of state when that noble lord answered on the subject of the Birmingham riots on Thursday last ? Lord MELBOURNE said that he was not aware of it at the time. The Duke of WELLINGTON then adverted to what he had observed on a former evening regarding the burning and sacking of Birmingham, which description had been charged to be exaggeration. He repeated that he judged from the statements in the newspapers, and that according to them the transactions had exceeded what he had known to occur in towns taken by storm. He also dwelt on the results of a nine years' liberal government, as then exhibited. Lord MELBOURNE entered into some further explanations and observations, and said that the inquiry would be accord ing to the precedent of Bristol, where much great damage had been inflicted. The proceedings of the Church Discipline Bill and the Custody of Infants Bill were deferred till Thursday. The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill was then taken into consideration ; and the discussions on it occupied the remainder of their lordships' sitting. It was read the second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he should move that it be an instruction to the committee on the Poor Law Com mission Continuance Bill to introduce a clause to abolish " plurality" of voting. Mr. HUME said that he should move, regarding such bill, that the meetings of the po or l aw guardians be public when they desired it. Lord. J. RUSSELL gave notice that in the committee on such bill he should propose a clause different from that sanctioned by the house on Saturday, but enabling guardians to afford relief to the families of able-bodied paupers married before the passing of the Poor Law Act, &c., so as, however, not to affect the principle of that bill. His LORDSHIP next gave intimation that in consequence of the state of the country he should bring forward a propo sition for the increase of the ilvrantry regiments, so as to give an increase to the Army of 5,000 men, the cost of which however, to April next, he calculated would not exceed £75,000. His LORDSHIP next stated that he had received a commu nication from Birmingham, expressing the opinion that nothing but a permanent police force could enable the ma gistracy to enforce the law and preserve it ; and that it was therefore the intention of government to advance for such purpose £lO,OOO, to be repaid by a rate levied in Birmingham; and on Wednesday he proposed to bring in a bill to enable magistrates to establish a COUNTY police force. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Mr. Langdale, said that Sir G. Arthur had adopted steps to prevent orange proces sions in Canada. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to earnest inquiries of Captain Boldero, said that though many of the claims of the Spanish legion had been admitted, and duly certified, such was the penury of the government that payment could not be obtained ; but every possible effort to secure payment should be made. As to a commercial treaty with Spain, his lordship said he feared that there was no chance of obtaining anything of the kind just yet. The house then proceeded to the orders of the day. The report respecting the constabulary of Ireland, to secure a " reserve" force, experienced opposition from Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Goulburn, &c. They said they should object to the pro position when brought forward in committee. Mr. C. BULLER withdrew the Registration Courts of Ap peal Bill till next session. The " Postage Reduction" Bill was read the second time, but not till after strong protests from Mr. GOULBURN and Sir R. PEEL against the adoption of such a measure with a declining revenue, and when, if the plan failed, it would be so impossible to impose any new tax to make good further deficiency, and to support public credit. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should move that the bill be considered in committee on Wednesday. Colonel SIBTHORP, on the question that the house resolve into committee of supply, brought forward his motion as to the expediency of reducing the duty on insurances against fire. That having been negatived, Mr. GtLLox moved that the house resolve into committee, for the purpose of revising certain taxes, the post-horse and mileage duties, &c. There was a lengthened discussion on it ; after which the motion was negatived by 109 to 48 ; majority against it, 61. The house then resolved into the committee of supply, and disposed of several miscellaneous estimates. HOUSE OF LORDS,—TUESDAY. The supreme courts (Scotland) bill was read the third time and passed. The Marquis of NORMANDY, in answer to Lord Ellenbo rough's inquiry, said that the hill coolies shipped for Demerara had arrived, and that he apprehended their condition would require some attention. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, agreeably to notice he had given, put some interesting questions in reference to the correspondence recently laid on the table, on the subject of the war in Spain—whether existing treaties prevented the in terference of the allied powers as pacificators ?—whether the Eliot treaty was to be extended so as to protect the maraud ers ?—and whether there was any prospect of the adjustment of the claims of the British legion ? The Earl of CLARENDON, in his answer, entered on certain details illustrative of the condition of Spain. According to his lordship, the prospect of a satisfactory settlement is clearer than ever—the affairs of Don Carlos being, in his opinion, hopeless. Lord Clarendon, moreover, declared that, in his judgment, England and France are bound to co operate in promoting an adjustment of the affairs of Spain. The Duke of RICIIMOND having presented a petition in favour of the penny-postage plan, expressed his approbation of it, at the same time submitting that the government ought duly to consider and represent the probable deficiency of revenue. The Lower Canada government bill was read a second time, on the understanding that the discussion should take place on the question of going into committee on Friday. The election petitions trials bill was deferred. The report of the prisons bill was agreed to. The remaining orders being disposed of, their lordships adjourned. r• •••- • (From the Manchester Guardian.) CHARTIST DISTURBANCES AT NEWCASTLE. We have received, from a correspondent at Newcastle, the following account of some rather alarming disturbances which took place in that town on Saturday night, but which, it will be seen, were promptly and effectually suppressed by the borough police force. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunday, July 21. The peace of this borough has at length been broken, and the property of several of its inhabitants destroyed. About a fortnig ht 3 ago, a series of evening meetings, in imitation of the Bull-ring assemblies in Birmingham, were commenced at the Forth (a piece of vacant ground at the western outskirts of the town.) Night after night these meetings were continued, and much violent language was uttered ; but otherwise the people were orderly, and dispersed in peace. There was a strong desire, on the part of se veral of the inhabitants, that the meetings should be put down. The magistrates, however, very properly declined to interfere, while the people remained peaceable ; but they took every proper precaution to meet any emergency that might arise. On Wednesday morning last, the chartists themselves, after the arrival of the Birmingham news of Monday, issued a handbill, announcing that the public meet ings would be discontinued from that evening, but that pri vate meetings would be held on subsequent evenings in the different districts. The public heard with pleasure that the meetings at the Forth were to be discontinued ; their resemblance to those of Birmingham—the suggestions to plunder held out to the chartists—and the displays of such devices as a dagger struck through a heart, having excited apprehensions of danger ; though the representations of the London and other news papers, as to the state of the district, were certainly most grossly exaggerated. From Wednesday to the close of the past week there was an absence of all outward political excitement ; but the pre sent week has opened with acts of outrage, which fix a deep stain on the character of the town. This morning, about half-past twelve o'clock—that is, half an hour after midnight—there was a drunken brawl in Castle street, Castle Garth, a part of the town immediately sur roundinF the ancient castle, and which is of the most wretched description. The entrances to it are by long flights of stairs on one side, and on the other by narrow alleys. A fight had been got up, in which several Irishmen and others were engaged, and the police interfered to suppress the disturbance. The mob dealt roughly with the police ; and, accompanied by a deaf and dumb man, who had gallantly assisted them in their efforts, they withdrew to procure a re inforcement. Meanwhile the row extended itself beyond the quarter of the town in which it had originated, and assumed a political complexion. The mob—which, when at its largest, amounted to about 400 persons—proceeded to the destruction of private property. Providing themselves with bricks and stones, they broke the windows of Messrs. Chapman and Co.'s bank, which fronts into St. Nicholas's-square and Mosley-street. In Mosley -street they broke several squares of glass on either side, and also in Dean-street. In these streets the ground-floors are almost wholly occupied as shops. It was the upper rooms, therefore, into which the mob hurled their missiles ; and the inmates, thus savagely aroused from their slumbers, were, of course, exposed to great dan ger, and filled - with alarm. The number of panes broken in each house were few, except in the case of the building in Dean-street, in which the Tyne Mercury is printed. This paper is of liberal politic s , an d i s conducted i n general with great moderation ; but it has firmly combated the views of the chartists, and especially condemned the reckless sugges tions to plunder and incendiarism in which some members of the party have indulged. The entrance to the office is from St. Nicholas's-square, 'but the windows on one side front into Dean-street; and 36 of the squares were broken, and part also of the framework of one of the windows. The ex tensive destruction of the windows of this establishment, contrasted with the slight damage done to the neighbouring property, is generally regarded as a decisive and significant indication of the animus of the mob. It should, however, be stated, that, at the Northern Liberator office, in the Side, (near the foot of Dean-street,) two squares of glass were broken in the printing-rooms, and the fan-light over the door of the publishing-shop was smashed in. Some, therefore, of the mob, it would appear, were actuated by a mere love of mischief, and dealt out their missiles with an indiscrimi nating and impartial hand. The lamps of Collingwood-street, Mosley-street, Dean street, and the Side, were broken and the lights extinguished by the destructive rioters. The outrage occupied a brief space of time : the work of destruction being confined within small limits, and quickly accomplished. How much further it might have proceeded, had it not been checked, it is impossible to guess. The brawl which originated the disturbance, it has already been stated, was interfered with by the police, at half-past twelve o'clock. The peace officers, unable to quell the row, retired at about a quarter to one, and gave information at the chief station-house in the Manors ; where it was also in a short time made known, that the disturbers of the peace had advanced into the heart of the town. Mr. Stephens, the superintendent of the police, despatched messengers to John Fife, Esq. the mayor, and Dr. Headlam, a borough magis trate ; and he himself, at the head of 30 policemen, marched to the scene of the riot. He was there joined by Mr. Fife and Dr. Headlam. It was now about a quarter past one o'clock. The mob retreated as the police advanced, and took refuge in the narrow alleys leading into the Castle Garth, cheering derisively as they took to their heels. The police separating into detachments, scoured the alleys. One man, named Peter Divine, a founder, was seized by a police man as he was on the point of hurling a stone at the mayor. " I will kill the mayor !" he exclaimed ; but the peace offi cers grasped his uplifted arm, and he was conveyed to the station-house. The alleys having been cleared, the magistrates and the police proceeded down the steep declivity called the Side, up Dean-street and along Mosley-street, into Nicholas-square. All was quiet and free from the mob till they reached the square. In this place (several houses having been pulled down to make way for a new Corn Exchange) there is a large pile of old bricks ; and, around these missiles, several per sons were apparently occupied in preparing for a renewal of the work of destruction. On the appearance of the police they retreated. One of them, Thomas Owen, a pitman, was seized, and lodged in the station-house. On his person was found a formidable iron dagger, nearly two feet long. The mayor (who was supported by several persons, in ad dition to the police, in his efforts to restore order) addressed the excited crowd, and exhorted them, if they were good citizens, to depart to their respective homes. One of them, in reply, asked him if he did not consider that the people were justifiable in striving to obtain their rights. Others, again, earnestly assured him that the riot had no connection with chartism—that the chartists were not responsible for the outbreak. From this time till about three o'clock, the ma gistrates and police were occupied in restoring order; and, at the time, the streets were perfectly clear of the rioters. During the progress of the disturbance, much ill-feeling was manifested towards the police and the magistrates ; and, once or twice, cries were raised suggesting incendiarism. Ten persons in all were taken into custody, viz.—John Sotheran, Archibald White,. John Wilson, Peter Divine, Peter Brown, Peter and Blarney Flanagan, Thomas Owen, William Campbell, and William Carrick. These men were apprehended in the course of the disturbances. Later on, John Thomson, a convicted felon, was taken by the police, having been identified as one of the most active of the lamp breakers. The prisoners were all lodged in the borough gaol for security, and on Monday morning they will be brought before the magistrates for examination. The mob was composed of Irish and other labourers, pit men, foundrymen, glassmen, masons, tailors, shoemakers, &c. &c. The writer of the foregoing statement has derived his in formation from an authentic source, and believes it to be in the main correct. It was his study to give a fair, impartial detail of facts. Having noticed many outrageous statements in relation to this district, in newspapers published at a dis tance, and fearing that the recent outrage would be in like manner exaggerated (as it has already been on the very spot where it occurred), he has been compelledto give an accurate report, as far As possible, of any statements of a contrary nature which may be circulated by the press. During the whole of thi s d ay (Sunday), Dean-street has been thronged with the inhabitants, and countenances of gloom were presented on every hand. The outrage, although in itself attended with no very great destruction of property, excites fearful apprehensions for the future. Whether it was preconcerted, or was superinduced without premeditation in an ordinary Saturday night's disturbance, it is difficult to determine ; but the latter is the generally received opinion. MONDAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK. The past night has been unattended with any renewal of the disturbances. At this moment, the glaziers are com placently profiting by the destruction of property. Newcastle, Monday Evening. The prisoners apprehended on the night of the riot were this day brought before John Fife, Esq. mayor, and A. Nichol, W. Lorame, and R. Phumner, Esqrs. borough magistrates. John Sotheran was charged with being one of the com batants in the outset of the disturbances ; but the facts, when inquired into, did not implicate him in much culpability. It appeared that he had been drinking rather too freely, and on his return home, with a few friends, passed a group of men, one of whom said to him, " Are you a man ?" ' As good a man as you, perhaps," he replied, and was immediately knocked down. He rose in anger, and a fight ensued. The police interfered, and were grossly maltreated, but not by Sotheran. He offered them no resistance.--The magistrates discharged him with an admonition. Peter Brown, charged with obstructing and assaulting the police, to promote the rescue of a prisoner, was fined 10s. and costs : in default, to be imprisoned fourteen days in the house of correction. John Langan, John Thomson William Campbell, Archibald White, Peter Divine, Thomas Owen, Peter Flanigan, and Thomas Flanigan, were remanded for further examination. The evidence tended to show, that the riot was without premeditation, and had very little connection with the move ments of any political party. That the disturbance had, brought out some of that exasperated feeling which has been produced by recent appeals to the passions of the people, there can be no doubt ; and several of the rioters evidently acted under the influence of their political bitterness of spirit. But if the prisoners were a fair sample, the mob was com posed of the most miserable class of the community, and found in the love of mischief and disorder a sufficient motive for outrage. In the spirit-cask and the beer-barrel the riot had its immediate origin. Some of the policemen engaged in suppressing the dis turbances were so much injure that they could not attend the examination. A rude dagger was produced, which had been fashioned out of an old file. Some one, in the midst of the riot, had thrown it at the police, but without effecting any injury. There was also produced the more formidable weapon found upon Owen. It was carefully manufactured, and seemed intended to serve as the head of a spear. When taken into custody, Owen said that he wore it tbr his defence ; and it was with some difficulty that it was obtained from his pos session. A policeman exhibited his hat, at which a stone had been thrown with so much violence, that it made its way through the side, and lodged upon his head. The town continues perfectly quiet. The Boldon Branch of the Brandling Junction Railway, communicating with the Stanhope and Tyne and Durham Junction Railways, is expected to be opened on the 12th of August next, the contractor being bound to complete the works by that time. EXCLUSIVE DEALING.- During the week small com mittees of Chartists have been going through the town, visit ing the shops of all descripti ons , f or t h e purpose of ascer taining the opinions of shopkeepers on the subject of Char tism. Among the questions put, are, whether the shop keeper is a member of the Political Union, or willing to become such, and whether, in the even t o f a di sso l ut i on, they will support a chartist member ; subscriptions are at the same time asked to support the cause of chartism. In some cases, shopkeepers gave a little, in order to get quit of the applicants, but, as far as we have learned, money was almost in all cases refused, and generally the persons called intimated that they would have nothing to do with chart ism. The shopkeepers are a good deal i ncense d b y such visits, and declare it positive tyranny for self-appointed com mittees to go through in this way demanding a confession of political creeds, with a view to introduce exclusive dealing. In one case, where a grocer refused to join the political union, or give anything to the support of Dr. Taylo r , hi s house was about nine o'clock on Thursday night mobbed, and he himself burned in effigy before his own door. A number of stones were thrown, one of which struck the sergeant of the police on the head, and another went through the window of the shop, and broke a bottle of spirits within. It was about half-past ten before the crowd dispersed. Ex clusive dealing, as recommended by the convention, has been partially introduced.—Paisley Advertiser. HOUSE OF COMMONS--TUESDAY. Sir E. NA mum. presented a copy of the rules and regula tions of Warwick Gaol. ' Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, signed by the chairman of a meeting at Edinburgh, praying that her Majes ty's ministers might be impeached on account of their conduct towards the people of Birmingham. Mr. HAWES gave notice that he should, on Tuesday next, submit a motion regarding the confinement of John Thorow good, in Chelmsford Gaol, on account of church rates. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he should, on Tuesday week, move for papers relating to the treaties between Tur key and England, and to the trade, generally, between the two countries. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he could not agree with the noble and learned lord chief justice of the Queen's Bench,Ahat the magistrates of the county of Warwick had jurisdiction in the borough of Birmingham. He thought they certainly had, as he knew of nothing either in the char ter of the borough, or in the municipal corporations act, to deprive theni of that jurisdiction. Mr. HUME trusted that government would at once bring in a bill declaratory of the law upon the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for an advance of money on ac count of a Birmingham police force.—a motion which, after some opposition from Mr. Leader, &c. was agreed to. The House, in committee, adopted a resolution for granting the loan of - XlO,OOO to the Birmingham corporation, for the or ganisation of a local police. That resolution was immediately reported, and shortly afterwards Lord J. Russell brought in the bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read the second time on Thursday. On a Motion by Mr. EwAwr, copies of papers were ordered relative to African coffee. Mr. FBENCH rose to move an address to her Majesty, respecting railways in Ireland, but was twice stopped in his speech; in order that the house might be counted. On the first occasion, there were upwards of 40 members present, but on the second the number was such as to admit of the desired adjournment. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. The House of Lords did not assemble this day, except in committee, above stairs, on the " Blackwall railway bill," which continued till four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Lord ASHLEY inquired whether it was intended to proceed with the " factories bill," and to-day. Mr. Fox MAULE answered in the affirmative. Lord ASHLEY inquired whether the clause in the bill respecting children employed in silk factories was to be struck out. Mr. Fox MAULE said it was. Lord ASHLEY said, such being the case, he should deem it to be his duty to oppose the bill in every way that the forms of the house would allow. Mr. BAINES submitted whether it would not be better to withdraw the bill altogether until next session. There was no answer given to this proposition. Mr. Fox MAULE, in answer to Sir Eardley Wilmot, said that there would not be any objection to the production of the report of the visiting magistrates of Warwick Gaol. Mr. HUME fixed his notice regarding the " Royal Aca demy" for Tuesday next. Lord Jolts RUSSELL, in answer to Lord G. Somerset's inquiry, said that he hoped to be able to proceed with the poor law commissioners continuance bill on Friday ; and that his proposed clause would include " widows." His LoRDSIIIP afterwards intimated that, as there was now so little private business before the house, it was de sirable to commence public _business as soon after four o'clock as possible, for which purpose he hoped for the con tinued attendance of members, as that would be the means of preventing the hotse being counted out. Sir F. BURDETT inquired when the papers regarding the Birmingham riots were to be laid before the house, as there ought to be some discussion on the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not aware that any papers were to be produced, except the list of magistrates, and for that he had written to the Lord Chancellor. The Ecclesiastical Districts Bill went through committee. Report to be received this day. The Postage Duties Bill went through committee, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stating that after it had become law inducements would be held out to scientific men to devise means of preventing forgeries of the letter-cower stamps. The report of the Shannon navigation was presented and agreed to. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill went through committee. The house then proceeded with, and forwarded a stage, most of the remaining orders of the day. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a bill for the establishment of County and District Constables by autho thority of Justices of the peace for England and Wales, and stated that he did not propose to limit the time of its opera tion. Much discussion arose upon the motion as to the expedi ency of proposing any such measure at the present time. Leave was ultimately given ; and on the motion that Lord J. Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir. J. C. Hobhouse bring in the bill. Mr. D'l SRAELI said that he had no doubt the crisis in which the country now was had been hastened by the existence of such a ministry as the present. The house then adjourned. It is now generally expected that parliament will not be prorogued until the second week in August.—Times. POULTON.LE-FYLDE.—The crops in this neighbourhood in general appear remarkably healthy and good. except the crops of wheat, which, in some places, are partially defective, have risen rather thin from the land, but of good healthy colour, and are now full shot out into the ear, yet, if the season droves favourable, rather more than an average crop is anticipated. Barley, oats, and beans, on the whole, are partimilarly promising, as are also the potato croPs, which, we trust, will this year make up for the deficiency of the last. Thp, hiy harvest, which is now at its iicme, has been found more abundant than was eXpected, and what has been cut has been housed in excellent condition • another week of fine we'ather would bring it to a c l ose . There is very little show of apples and stone fruit.—Blackburn Standard. ' ,►~ ,~•1 MISCELLANEOUS. Sir Robert Peel and family left Whitehall Gardens on Wednesday last, for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, for the autumn..—Morning Post. There are said to be four candidates for the vacant Irish representative peerage—Lords Dunraven, Muskerry, Crof ton, and Blayney. Mr. Ellis is appointed attorney-general in the Duchy Court of Lancaster in the room of Mr. Russell, now ac countant-general in the Court of Chancery. A spar of Chrysolite, weighing seven pounds, was dug up at Mount-Kennett, on Monday, and is now at Mr. Welsh's, silversmith, Patrick-street.—Limerick. Standard. It is a curious fact. that in some parts of the Scottish Highlands where Gaelic alone is spoken, the Chartists have not been able'to establish a single lodge. KILMARNOCH BURGHS.—A few of the Kilmarnock Radi cals and Voluntaries have invited Mr. Speirs, of Culcreuch, to come forward in opposition to Mr. Colquhoun, as the re presentative of these burghs. He has not the remotest chance of success.—Scottish Guardian. The increased traffic of the Newcastle and Carlisle Rail way is so considerable that upwards of £5OO more per week is now in course of being received compared with the cor responding period of last year. The shares bear a steady premium of about five pounds. RURAL POLICE.—The Devonshire and Monmouthshire magistrates, in Quarter Sessions, have decided in favour of a rural police, provided it is under their control. INCREASE OF LAWYERS.—During the last Trinity Term, forty-two barristers were called, and one hundred and five attorneys admitted, the names of whom will be found in the Legal Observer of the 29th June. Mr. Stephens, a gentleman celebrated in ship-building at New York, has now on the stocks a beautiful yacht, which he intends to bring across the Atlantic to contend for some of the prizes given by the English yacht clubs. RIBBLE NAVIGATION.—We are sorry to say that the coffer dam, which was nearly completed, sustained a serious damage on Wednesday, by the water breaking in on one side, owing, we believe, to the tide coming in rapidly, and one of the punts getting under the bolt-heads.—Bolton Chronicle. WHIG WASTE OF THE NATIONAL RESOURCES.—It ap pears that no less than 321,600 muskets, with 10,000 car bines, 10,000 swords, 4,000 rifles, and 6,000,000 of ball car tridges, have been supplied by this country for the service of the Queen of Spain. The total value of these articles amounts to £557,231. Captain Stockton, of the United States navy, who is at present in this country, has challenged to run three Ameri can-bred race-horses, for any sum, and for any distance, against any three English-bred racers, providing a return match to be run in the United States. The Lord Chancellor, it would seem, in the selection of local magistrates, acts upon the same principle of imparti ality as Lord John Russell. The noble and learned lord has just appointed eight new magistrates for the borough of Lei cester, six of whom are radicals and two tories.—Herald. The commissioners of police, in the borough of Manches ter, have lately purchased, byprivate contract, some property, consisting of two small shops, at the top of Smithy-door, for which they have paid £2750, or the enormous some of £43 per yard ! The state of the property, too, was so wretched, that the whole of the materials (exclusive of the old bricks) did not realise quite thirty pounds. The purchase was ne cessary to complete the grand opening from the Market place to the New Bury-road, via Strangeways. A CAUTIOUS HERO.—" Hoo lang should t"andle be, think thou ?',' said a young chartist to a companion-in-arms, as they were discussing, a few days ago, the tactics of pike fighting. " Hoo lang !" replied the young " physical," to whom the question was addressed—" why, aboot fowr feet." " Fowr feet !" exclaimed the querist—" if't only be fowr feet lang, you'll be close t' t"orse's breest when we shove t' pike in, and t' sowljer 'll cut us doon t' next minuit ! It 'll be far syeffer to ha'e t' shank nine feet lang, aw's thinkin' !" So think we—there's nothing like •` keeping a respectful dis tance" from cold iron. But would it not be still better to convert the pike-head into a potato-dibble ? Let our chartist hero of nine feet ponder the friendly suggestion.—Gateshead Observer. - EXPLOSION AT SEDGWICK POWDER MILLS.—An ex plosion in one of the powder mills, in Bason Gill, a , Sedgwick, took place on Saturday morning last, about two o'clock. For tunately no person was on the spot at the moment, or else life might have been sacrificed. The building was almost shattered to pieces, and the timbers were distributed plenti fully among the branches of the adjoining trees, presenting an unwonted and very curious appearance. It is difficult to say how the accident originated. The most probable sup position is, that part of the apparatus, which was much worn, gave way, and threw the whole machinery out of geer. No other damage of any kind was done, and the ravage is ere this completely repaired.—Kendal Mercury. A deputation of influential gentlemen has had an interview with Lord Duncannon, at the office of Woods and Forests, relative to improving the outfalls to sea below the harbours of Lynn, Wisbech, and Boston, and reclaiming from the sea 170,000 acres of fertile land, as well as greatly improving the drainage and navigation by the rivers Ouse, Nene, Welland, and Witham, in the counties of Lincoln and Norfolk. It is said, that this great work will add another county, and it is intended to obtain permission to have the reclaimed land called " Victoria County." MISSOURI COPPER.—The St. Louis Bulletin states, that, about sixty miles below the Iron Mountain, two valuable dis coveries of copper ore have lately been made. The latest discovery is considered of great value ; the ore is found in broad layers, which appears inexhaustible, and close to the surface, almost in a pure state. It is now worked success fully, and the finder expects to realize 50,000 dollars a year by his operations. Want of verdure on the surface led to the discovery. FREE TRADE. —lt is contemplated by the French govern ment to raise the duties on the import of foreign-spun linen thread into France 10 per cent. above their present rate. The British and Belgian Ambassadors, whose governments are principally interested in this question, have already stated to the French ministers that their respective Cabinets will im mediately make reprisals by increasing the duties on French goods if the intention be carried into effect. PERSONS CONFINED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.—By a return it appears that at the end of March last there were 35 persons in gaol in England for contempt of court, the one longest in confinement being Thomas Charlesworth, who was committed to York Castle on the 7th of February, 1816, " for his contempt in not performing the award between the parties," and that there was only one other prisoner in gaol committed so long ago as 1830 ; that in Wales there were 3 persons in prison on the like ground ; in Scotland, 4 ; and in Ireland, 69. THE DURHAM CANADA TRASH.—A further parcel of this trumpery stuff' has just been printed, by order of the House of commons. It consists of a, so-called, " Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Lower Canada," and is signed by Mr. Arthur Buller. This dose occupies no less than 182 folio pages, and the cost of printing it to the public must have been considerable, as it is mostly tabular, which is expensive matter. If the drivellings of such legislators as Mr. Arthur Buller are to be printed at all, they should at least be printed at the charge of the author. DEATH BY TAKING MORISON'S PILLS.—Last week an inquest was held at Nottingham, on the body of William Wagg, aged 37, heretofore a healthy man, but who, having had epileptic fits, was induce to take Morison's pills. Exces sive inflammation of the stomach and bowels ensued, and the man died. Verdict, " Died from having ignorantly and in cautiously taken a large dose of dangerous medicine called Morison's Pill,' or ' Universal Medicine,' and not other wise." A few days ago, a tee-totaller who was on board one of the steam-boats, wishing to have a drop of the mountain dew, without running the risk of being turned out of the society, stepped into a small room, and pulled what he supposed to be a bell, to summon the steward, when down came a tre mendous shower of water on his devoted head, and he dis covered, when too late, that the place which he supposed to be the steward's room was nothing more or less than a shower bath.— Greenock Advertiser. A REAL ABSENCE-OF-MIND CASE.—We learn from the Nenagh Guardian, that, during the sessions which are now going on in that town, a gentleman who had a case pending, previous to its coming on, locked up a material witness for the purpose of being certain of him when required ; the case came on, the witness was called, but was, of course, non est ; and, though the gentleman concerned was present, and won dering at the absence of his witness, it was not until the matter was dismissed that he recollected having his man under lock and key. The case was a process case, in which the absent gentleman was plaintiff. GROSS INSULT TO THE QUEEN.—As her majesty was ta king an airing on Wednesday afternoo n i n Hyde Park, ac companied by her suite, she was grossly insulted by a per son in the garb of a gentleman, on horseback. The indivi dual in question was seen following the cortege for a consi derable time. The party at length urged his horse onwards, and endeavoured to get by the side of her majesty ; but owing to the number of noblemen and gentlemen who accompanied the sovereign, he was unable to accomplish his object. He was requested to keep a little in the rear, out of the way. He then put spurs to his horse, and rode in front of her ma jesty, continually crossing the road, his object evidently be ing to annoy the queen. He endeavoured to arrest her ma jesty's attention by placing his hand on his left breast, wa ving his hand, and acting in the most ridiculous manner. At length he rode so close to her majesty's charger, that the queen called the attention of Captain Cavendish to the per son ; and he remonstrated with him on his unseemly beha viour, and desired him to go away. The individual refused to do so, and the gallant colonel was under the necessity of giving him into the custody of a police constable named Far row, of the A. division, to whom he refused to give his name, but after great pressing admitted he acted in the capacity of town traveller to a mercantile house in Basinghall-street. He was dressed in the first style of fashion, and the horse he Wai riding was a very valuable one. There was nothing ec centric in his manner or conduct after he was taken into cus tody. He was taken to the station-house of "the A" division in Gardener's Lane, Westminster, where he would remain all night. His disgraceful conduct excited much indignation among the people, and he was followed by a great number of persons to the station-house. Od Thursday he was taken to the home-office, where a private examination into the case took place before Mr. White, the magistrate of Queen Square, and several of the under secretaries of state. One of the in spectors of the Queen's Square district of Police was sent down to Bow -street to request the attendance of Sir Fre derick Roe ; but the worthy baronet is at present out of of town, and the examination accordingly proceeded without him. After a long examination, the prisoner was remanded. RUNCORN. — ROBBING A COASTING VESSEL.—On Monday week Thomas Gandy, captain of the Susan, a vessel trading between this town and Liverpool, and George Betley, one of the crew, were brought before Thomas Lyon, Esq., and Holbrook Gaskell, Esq., charged with stealing a quantity of porter, the property of Mr. Joseph Coyne, a merchant of Runcorn. Mr. Coyne stated that he was the owner of the vessel in question. She arrived at Runcorn on the evening of Wednesday, with a cargo of porter of which he received the shipment note. The porter was in half barrels, the aver age weight of which is about one hundred weight three quar ters and fourteen pounds. Witness found the men on board tipsey, and on causing the porter to be weighed, he found four of the half barrels to be deficient in weight, and on ex amining the casks discovered that they had been pegged on the opposite side to the bung. John Moulsdale, a ware houseman, weighed the casks, and spoke to th e exac t defici ency. The four casks pegged were the topmost casks in the cargo. William Blackburne, a flatman, who rode on board the flat from Liverpool to Runcorn, deposed to having seen Betley lift off the hatch and go down into the hold with a black water jug. After he had been down some time he handed it up, and it was placed upon the deck. Witness then went down in the cabin, fell asleep, and did not awake until disturbed by the constable. After the prisoner Betley was in prison he said there was no more than two warts taken out of each half barrel. The jug produced is similar to the one witness saw Betley take down the hold. Mr. Joseph Hardy, one of the constables of Runcorn, deposed to finding the prisoners intoxicated. He fou n d William Blackburne on board, in one of the berths, fast asleep ; and the prisoner Gandy, on hearing Mr. Harding say he would have the flat searched, upset a jug of porter and drenched Wm. Black burne, and completely saturated the berth. Mr. Harding confirmed this testimony, and produced the jug spoken to by Blackburne. It had the remains of porter in it. Upon Gandy he found a vent peg, and in the cabin cupboard a jug of porter. On being called upon for their defence, Betley said that he found the porter frizzing, and he took two quarts out of each barrel to give them vent. They were fully com mitted to Knutsford for trial. The names of the five following gentlemen have been lately added to the commission of the peace for the county of Chester :—The Rev. Joseph Saville, Robert Evans, clerk, of Eastwood, near Stalybridge ; William Wright, Esq., of Ashton-under-Lyne ; Jonah Harrop, Esq. of Bardsley, near Ashton-under-Lyne ; and John Grimshaw, Esq. of Auden shaw, near Ashton-under-Lyne. RHUBARB.—We mentioned in our market column last week, that Mr. Jas. White, gardener, of Newtown, proposed exhibiting a root of rhubarb of his own rearing in our market on Saturday, as a shew or challenge for all Cumberland, but in this he was disappointed, for the wind and rain together nearly demolished the plant by . breaking off the principal stalks one of which, out of five or six of the same size, which went to Cockermouth, measured as follows, 71 inches in diameter, 2 feet 3 in. in length, 3 ft. 6 in. breadth of the leaf, and length of the leaf 3 feet ; the weight we did not learn. He calls it the " Nelson Victoria rhubarb." - It is of a peculiarly fine flavoured description. He invites any person who pleases to call and see his other plants.—Carlisle Fab iot. SINGULAR CASE OF SUFFOCATION BY A TEA-LEAF. — An inquest was held at the house of William Thomas, sign of the Seven Stars, in Oldham road, o n T u e s day l a st, before Mr. Chapman, on the body of Ann Curran, daughter of Bridget Gaynor, of Golden-court, aged nine and a half years, who came to her death under the following circumstances : Mr. Smith, house-surgeon at the Infirmary, stated, that the deceased had been twice admitted into the Infirmary, for ulceration of the upper part of the throat, and was in both cases discharged, perfectly cured. The deceased having died at home, on Sunday, he made a post mortem examination of the body, on Monday evening, and found, at the top of the wind-pipe, on the rima ylottida, (which was very much con tracted by the ulcerations that had been going on there,) a tea leaf, which, in his opinion, was the cause of death.—The jury returned a verdict in accordance with evidence. BARNARDCASTLE.—An ancient roadway was discovered lately in digging the foundation for a new gasometer, in a piece of ground presented by the Duke of Cleveland to the gas company, adjoining the gas works, near the ruins of the old castle, by the side of the river Tees. The roadway is at the depth of about six feet from the surface, about twelve feet wide, and is quite perfect, as far as it is uncovered, which is to a length of 60 feet. The road is formed of lime stone rock placed edgeways, and compacted with fragments of sandstone, in all probability obtained from the river side. It is generally supposed to be a portion of the ancient Roman road, leading from Binchester, near Bishop Auckland, to Bowes, in Yorkshire. There is on the opposite side of the river a Roman road now in use, which leads through the village of Startforth (originally Streetford) by Boldron, to the main Roman road, or " High-street," as it is called. — Durham Advertiser. A CURE FOR LOVE. A certain son of Esculapius, residing in this town, being somewhat overcharged by love, the other evening, for a certain bar-maid, made an appoint ment with her to meet him, on the banks of the Manchester and Bolton canal. A rival snitch' (who by the way is, it is said, more likely to succeed in securing the lady's affections), overhearing what passed, prevailed upon the fair damsel to lend him a suit of her clothes in order that, disguised, he might satisfy himself as to the intention of his friend of the pestle and morter. " They met—'twas in the eve," and Mr. Bolus did not discern the trick. After a few sighs and an expression of " the tender thought," our hero proceeded to adopt " ulterior measures," but on his first attempt to gain " a chaste embrace," his rival, not relishing " the famili arity," soused him over head and ears in " the running stream." Being " somewhat cooled," the young gentleman returned home with all possible despatch, and having divested himself of his wet apparel, retired to bed, to indulge in dreams (not blissful) of his false inamorato.—Bolton Chro nicle. LARGE EGG.—We lately chronicled the dimensions of a very large hen egg, which was considered quite a freak of nature. We breakfasted the other morning on one still more approaching the gigantic in dimensions: it being three inches long, 6i inches in girth, and actually weighing a quarter of a pound : the shell, too, was remarkably thin, so that it con tained nearly all that weight of nutritious food. The chuck that produced it, lays the regular number of eggs every week, two or three of which are of the same great size, while the rest are of the usual kind. A hen like this would be a valu able addition to the best poultry yard, and would be coveted accordingly ; though her owner did not seem to have been sufficiently aware of this, as he mentioned that he had pro posed sending a few of the eggs to the lady of the manor on which he resides, when his wiser half threw cold water on the subject by assuring him that " if the Teddy ante saw the eggs, she wa'd be for having the hen." We would recommend this valuable hen to be set " a-clockin' immediately, and if the brood inherit the good qualities of the parent bird, the hall may be supplied without the necessity of harrying the cottage.—.Dumfries Courier. THE CROPS.—A large quantity of hay has been secured in good condition in this county. Although the weather has not been very favorable, yet we are glad to to hear thatbut little if any hay has been injured; the frequent intervals of sunshine, accompanied with a drying wind, having prevented any ill consequences. In those cases where hay has been damaged, our agricultural readers should remember, in making their ricks, to salt every layer, at the rate of seven or eight pounds per ton, which will secure the hay against mildew or heating, and render it as chaff much more preferable for stock. It preserves sheep against rot, at d is also a retriever if they are affected with it.— We are informed that in this and the ad joining counties of Hereford and Worcester, the apple crop is likly to prove a total failure. The Hertford Journal rays—" The present appearance of the wheat crops is most gratifying, and we understand from a gentleman who has re cently visited the adjoining counties, anti is himself most ex tensively engaged in agriculture, that generally speaking, he has never seen the wheats and beans look better.—The hops have greatly improved, but apples are a decided failure in al most every situation." Since the above was in type we have had two of the most boisterous days that we ever re member in July, accompanied with a great deal of rain.— Gloucester Chronicle. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.—The proposed agricultural college, in Kent, is likely to be productive of much practical good. Besides the usual branches of education (arithmetic, geography, &c.), the pupils are to be taught the mode of sal ivating arable, pasture, hop land, &c.—the nature of soils, their chemical properties, and the manures proper for each— the different courses of husbandry, the best rotation of crops in different soils, and the knowledge of botany, grain, seeds, and natural history in general—the irrigation and improve ment of grass land, &c.—gardening, planting, draining, and the management of farms and woods—the knowledge of stock and other animals ; how to breed, feed, and treat them ; their points, conditions, and diseases—agricultural book-keeping and accounts—agricultural mechanics ; the power required to draw given weights, and how to combine speed, power, and; economy, in draught—the construction of farm buildings, cottages, &c., and the construction and use of implements of husbandry—surveying and valuing of lands, &c. The sub committee of the college have been offered a farm of 200 acres between Maidstone and Ashford, for the purposes of the in stitution. The cost of the farm, and of the necessary build ings, is estimated at £18,900. Agricultural colleges are not uncommon on the continent, but the present is the first at tempt to establish a similar institution in England. The Earl of Brecknock is chairman of the sub-committee of the Kent college.—Herald. ADULTERATED BUTTER.—We copied in our last a para graph from the Glasgow Constitutional, which stated that a very gross fraud was practised on the public by the impor tation of adulterated butter into Scotland, chiefly from this port. We believe that such a trade is carried on to a consi derable extent ; but the fault rests in a very great measure with the Scotch dealers, who either purchase btitter of this description, knowing it to be impure, or else adulterate it themselves. There are large quantities of it which do not come under the surveillance of the Market Jury here, not being brought to the crane, but being made up and branded in the stores of the dealers, and shipped without having its quality tested, so that the authorities of Londonderry cannot justly be charged with conniving at the fraud. Such a com plaint as that laid by our Glasgow contemporary going abroad without explanation, is calculated very seriously to injure the trade of Derry, when, in fact, the blame attaches almost ex clusively to the Scotch dealer, who looks for an inferior ar ticle at a low price, or deteriorates it himself for fraudulent purposes. We understand that a quantity of butter, about the purity of which some doubts existed, was restored to the owner by a Magistrate some months since, but it was after he had received contradictory evidence respecting its quality, and not by any means with the design of countenancing a fraud.—Derry Sentinel. A YOUNG - MNEMONICAL PRODIGY. -- At the Lady Mayoress's party the other evening, in the Egyptian Hall, the company were highly gratified with a lecture from Master Gustave Adolphe Bassle, a boy not more than twelve or thir teen years of age, possessed of inconceivable powers of memory, of which he gave proofs which astonished everybody. Papers were distributed amongst the numerous company, containing 24,000 questions, from which they were requested by the boy and his father to interrogate him as rapidly as they could. To all the questions put to him, he answered cor rectly to the figure or letter, and without hesitation. Amongst those who most closely examined him were the Lord Mayor, Dr. Birkbeck, Dr. Conquest, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Stacy, &c. He showed the order in which in the game of chess the knight must move to pass over, in 64 moves, the 64 squares of the chess board, commencing, for example, at No. 11, and made no slip in describing the exact position of each figure. He felt no hesitation in mentioning the hebdomadal name of the first of January, from Christ to the year 1582, the epoch of the Gregorian reformation of the calendar, and from 1582 to the year 2400. He gave an account of the comparison be tween certain velocities. He detailed the specific gravities of elastic fluids, of liquids and solids, as extracted from the " Annuaire du Bureau des Longitudes a Paris." After hav ing for upwards of an hour kept up the astonishment of the company, he handed round a paper, upon which they wrote down 45 different figures, and immediately afterwards he re peated the whole backwards and forwards with astonishing rapidity. The father of this very extraordinary youth stated at the conclusion of the lecture, or rather examination, that it was his intention to publish a descripti on an d f u ll explana tion of the system, which he declared would, if properly at tended to, speedily remedy the defects of the memory. Sub scriptions are now in progress of being raised for the publi cation at half-a-guinea a copy. CHARTIST MEETING IN MANCHESTER.—Last evening there was another chartist meeting in Hulme, held in the usual place, in a field between the end of Jackson's Lane and the new road. At the commencement, about half-past seven o'clock, there were not more than two hundred persons present ; and of these fifty or sixty were lads, who with whistles and beating tin cans 'slung round their necks, formed the band. They had two small banners ; one inscribed " Feargus O'Connor for ever and universal suffrage," and the other a red.flag with ou t i nscr ipti on . There was also the flag of the radical association of Chorlton Row and Hulme. A cart served for hustings, and a mechanic named Edward Jones was called to the chair by a show of hands. A man, whose name we did not learn, first addressed the meeting in a low voice. —The next speaker was a shoemaker, named George Smith, living in Providence Place, near Messrs. Birley and Co.'s factory.—Of the third speaker we did not learn the name. —The fourth was the Irishman Doyle ; and the fifth and last was the Rev. W. V. Jackson, who an nounced that he might be found every Sunday, at the place where he preached—Hall-street, Oxford Roach—The most violent speeches were those of Smith and Jackson. Smith pointed out a man to the mob—which, by this time, had probably increased to about 500 or 600 persons—as a man named Quin, who, he said, had attempted to enrol himself as a member of the association, and who was there as a spy. The individual thus referred to (but whose name we do not know,) on hearing this, ran, and was pursued by upwards of a hundred individuals across the field and across the new road ; but with what result we did not ascertain. The pursuers, soon afterwards, rejoined the meeting in a body. The chairman stated, that a meeting would be held at the top of Travis-street, London Road, the following (this) evening ; the chair to be taken at seven o'clock. At the close of the Rev. Mr. Jackson's speech, a gun or pistol was discharged from the midst of the mob. About half-past nine o'clock, the meeting was adjourned to next Friday evening, at the same hour and place. Immediately on the conclusion of the meeting, some one upon the hustings called out for the Oxford Road division to fall in, and go to the right about This was done, and a considerable number of individuals left the place, marching in procession towards Oxford Road ; the other portion of the meeting observed no such order, but dispersed in different directions. Several of the speakers denounced the police, the " metropolitan bloodhounds," &c.—Besides the meeting above mentioned as announced to be held in Travis -street this evening, there is another for the same time, convened by placard, to be held " on a plot of land between Every -street (Ancoats) and the river Medlock, for the purpose of carrying into effect the ulterior measures of the convention. The Rev. Wm. Taylor, Mr. Roberts, and other friends of the people, will address the meeting." The chair is to be taken at seven o'clock ; and at the foot of the bill are the words, " By order of the committee, J. Lomas, secretary."--Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. SEVENTH ANNIVERSAY OF THE PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. There are few associations that claim a greater share of public interest, because it involves a large amount of public good, than the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. Its objects are the promotion and improvement of " the healing art" in its various complicated branches ; the main tenance of the respectability of the medical and surgical pro fession ; and, as a sequence, the general health and happiness of the community at large. We have great pleasure, there fore, in stating that the society is rapidly and steadily pro gressing, in number and utility ; that the communications from talented members (hitherto printed in an annual vo lumn,) are numerous and valuable, and that the public at large are becoming aware that the concentration of ability, combined with practice and experience, which the society draws in--its train ; renders it a highly interesting and im portant association in a national point of view. We, conse quently, feel no little pride, that the General Council has fixed upon our " good old town," for the holding of the seventh anniversary meeting of the the association, and we trust their reception, by their professional brethren in this district, will leave no cause for regret in the breasts•of the many members from distant parts of the country, who, doubt less, at considerable sacrifice of valuable time, and no little inconvenience, have met together at our great emporium of commerce, for the promotion of one of the most ennobling and humane studies to which the mind of man can be directed. PROCEEDINGS OF WEDNESDAY. PREPARATORY MEETING. A meeting of the council of the association took place this forenoon, in the theatre, or lecture-room, of the Medical Institution, Mount-pleasant, and was attended by about thirty-five members of that body,—for the purpose of ar ranging the order of proceedings of the general meetings. The chair was occupied by the retiring President, (for the past year,) Dr. Barlow, A.M., L.M., Trinity College, Cam bridge. The PRESIDENT stated the objects of the meeting, and requested the secretary, Dr. Hastings, to read the report of the council for the past year. The SECRETARY read the report, which it was agreed to submit to the general meeting. A conversation took place as to the place of meeting of the general body of the association on their next anniversary. After considering the respective claims and adaptations of Southampton, Salisbury, Chichester, and Winchester, it was, after a long and explanatory conversation, agreed to recom mend to the general meeting to fix on Southampton, as the most advantageous town in that division of the country. Norwich or Leeds vas spoken of as eligible for 1841. It was further agreed to recommend that Dr. Steed, of South ampton, should be the president elect of the southern sec tion of the association. It was then agreed that Dr. Forbes should prepare the retrospective medical address for next year, and that Mr. Dobbs should prepare the surgical ad dress. It appeared from a subsequent conversation, that the valuable papers sent in by the several branches would ere long be so numerous that they could not be all printed in the annual volume of Transactions published by the associa tion. It was suggested that all communications should in the first instance be transmitted to the council with a view to their publication, and that, if any of them could not find a place in the annual volume, a fund should be established for the publication of a supplementary volume, so that the general fund might not be toe heavily drawn upon. FIRST GENERAL MEETING.' At half-past two o'clock, a general meeting of the members of the association took place at the Lecture-room of the Medical Institution, for the transaction of business. The room was nearly filled, there being present about 160 members. Dr. BARLOW, the president for the past year, delivered the following address : " Gentlemen,—in retiring from the office which, through your kind appointment, I have held through the past year I shall delay the proceedings of the day for only a very few moments ; for there is so much necessary business to engage our atten tion, that I should be inexcusable if I were needlessly to tres pass on time required for other purposes, and which can be so much better employed. Each year brings some increase of business to be done at our anniversary meetings, and in the prospectus of this year's proceedings you may perceive that more hours are allotted for conducting them than on any former occasion. In our earlier meetings the whole business was transacted with ease in a single day ; now two days scarcely suffice. So fully, also, do the provisions made by our constitution, with the arrangements of the council and secre taries, embrace all that we can beneficially attend to, that any lenghtened address from me on the present occasion would be as superfluous as it would be ill-timed. Neverthe less gentlemen, I cannot take my leave of you without a few parting words. And, first, I beg to return you my very sin cere thanks for the high honour conferred on me in being placed, even for the brief period of a year, at the head of this . numerous and most important association. To be so distin guished is an honour of which the most ambitious might be proud. If laudari a laudato vitro be deemed the highest praise that can be conferred, to hold, even for a season, the rank of primes inter pares is a distinction still higher—the one emanating from an individual judgment, the other being awarded by the collective voice of a whole community. That I have been deemed worthy of holding this rank is the high est reward of professional labours that could have been be stowed on me ; for of professional merits the profession alone can adequately judge. Their approval it is which gives real eminence, and to merit their favourable opinions sould be the high aspiration all whose ambition is pure and rightly di rected. For the favour conferred on me, in having been ap pointed your president, and for the personal kindness which I have invariably experienced in my intercourse with the members of the association, ever since it was first established, I beg leave to return to each and all my sincere and heartfelt thanks. I must detain you yet, gentlemen, for a single mo ment, while I offer my congratulations on the rapidity with our association advances, and the elevation it has attained. There must be some intrinsic worth in an institution which can unite so many intelligent and reflecting minds—which can congregate annually such numbers as attend our anniversa ries, withdrawing them from arduous duties, which we all know are of a nature not to brook interruption of any kind — which can inspire so much zeal and unite so much endeavour as cur brief career throughout displays. Seven years ago we commenced with about fifty members ; we now number in our ranks nearly twelve hundred. It is impossible but that a holy so numerous, so intelligent and so united, must hence forward assert a powerful influence over all that relates to the science or practice of physic. It will, I trust, ever be our care to insure that this influence be directed to praiseworthy ends ; and that whatever measures we may find it necessary to pursue for attaining and establishing our own just rank in the political system, shall have the well-being of the commu nity for their ultimate aim. In retiring frbm this chair, gen tlemen it is with peculiar satisf ac tio n th a t I res i gn it t o one so qualified to do honour to it as your respected president elect, Dr. Jeffreys. It is not in Liverpool that I need des cant on his merits—his increasing endeavours to promote the diffusion of knowledge being here at least well known. But they are not unobserved even in places far distant ; and the public voice, which rarely fails to award the meed of just praise to talents and energies devoted with sincerity and zeal to the public good, will, assuredly enrol in the splendid list of public characters eminent for literature and science, of which Liverpool may proudly boast, the name of my valued friend and respected successor in this chair, Dr. Thomas. Jeffreys. To him I now relinquish it, with my best Wishes for his welfare and happiness, and for the increasing and en during prosperity of the association over which he is about to preside." (Great applause.) Dr. JEFFREYS then took the chair, amidst a renewal of the applause which took place on the retirement of Dr. Barlow, and addressed the meeting at considerable length. He said—" Whatever may have been the motives which gave rise to the first idea of inducing men of kindred feelings and pursuits to promote and establish meetings for the purpose of imparting to each other views and opinions, conducive to their happiness and best interests as a body, there can be but one opinion as to the effect of the association we are met to celebrate. Its beneficial results reflect much lustre on those under whose direction it was originally formed. Per haps none exceed in zeal and energy the class of individuals I now / address. " Amidst personal privations, from limited pecuniary re sources, and difficulties arising from prejudices often sufficient to weaken the exertions of the most ardent mind, we find the medical man ever ready cheerfully to promote every good work, encountering danger and obstacles of such magnitude, that the attempt to surmount them would, from dull under standings, or hearts dead to the purest and most ennobling of human affections, incur only the reproach of rashness or infatuation. The Provincial Medical, and Surgical Associa tion has been one of the very first, by personal intercourse, by mental exertions, and by its publications annually issuing from the press, to grapple with these difficulties, and in a manner which has " grown with its growth, and strengthened with its strength," so as to justify no cold and qualified en comium, but one far surpassing the measure of my humble abilities to bestow. The truth may be judged of by the alacrity with which members have responded to the summons of this the seventh anniversary meeting ; and there cannot be a better criterion of the impulse and interest which the resources of our annual assembly can call forth. " It is'difficult to say whether the gratification is most en joyed by.the promoter:; of the association, or by those who more recently joined us ; the latter, however, equally share the fruits of our labours. " It is scarcely to be expected that the seeds of science and literature can be so abundantly disseminated in this emporium of commercial greatness as in collegiate cities; but I am inclined to think that when the spark of ignition is once fairly kindled, it will burst forth into a brilliant and lasting flame. " The example of six successive years, the manner in which the association as been received, and the complete gratification visiting memberi have experienced, if I may be allowed to judge from my own feelings, ought, and I am con fident will, fill the hearts and minds of my medical brethren here with satisfaction ; and we must be proud that Liverpool should be selected before other places conspicuous for the illumination of the understanding, for the spread of those truths which advance the progress of knowledge, and promote the welfare of society. " From the very first dawn of my professional career, it was my firm belief and conviction that the mainspring of all professional attainments rests solely with the individual him self, and that no position can be honourably and satisfactorily retained, without feeling the conscientious and powerful stimulus of a deep and awful responsibility. On this solid foundation must the noble edifice of science be raised. To no station or pursuit in life does the maxim more strongly apply than to the medical profession.; for our conduct should ever be such as to defy the most searching scrutiny, and court the most public investigation. An equally, if not more difficult task to perform, it is to disperse those delusions of empiricism, by which so many, not only of the lower, but of the higher classes of the community, are led astray. But whoever thus acknowledges the foregoing principle to in fluence his coni.uct, must further confess a principle which, blended with mental cultivation, is so efficacious to the formation of the medical character, and only to be derived from the Supreme Being, who hath alike formed the minutest creature, and regulates the mind of him who sounds all the depths and heights of science. Surely if He watches with parental care the lives of all his creatures, he will protect and guide the men who go forth among their fellows to execute the purposes of His benevolence, in dispensing the blessings of health, and soothing the severities of pain. " ' Let him, therefore, who reads and observes, never for get that in all this, as in everything else, there is nothing casual, nothing purposeless, nothing undesigned, and that good ends have been intended, as good purposes have been effected ; and that all creation presents to him who will exa mine it, the incontrovertible proofs of a great Artist, intend ing, designing; perfect in wisdom, absolute in power.' When I look back to the very able manner in which the de servedly distinguished men who have preceded me in this chair have displayed the worth and usefulness of our associa iion, I am relieved from all copiousness of illustration, and cogency of enforcement on these topics. My learned and zealous friend and predecessor, Dr. Barlow, has most justly said, that the main objects for which we are associated, as stated in our fundamental constitution, are the advancement of medical science and the maintenance of the honour and respectability of the profession.' These objects have never been neglected, and each succeeding year has afforded addi tional proof of the soundness of the principles on which they were based. Let us, then, not be driven from our purpose, though unfriendly spirits are abroad, who have amused them selves by commenting upon our 'designs ;' such sentiments in others are calculated to augment our exertions, extend our views, and link us together .by the firmest bonds of mutual assistance. With harmony, and unity of feeling and purpose, let the good of mankind stimulate all our endeavours, without reference to the sources from whence they proceed ; we shall have our reward in the approbation of all such fellow-labour- ens who are wise, and great, and good, and this after many of us shall have terminated our earthly career. " The times in which we live are peculiar, and consequently influence every class of scientific men, the profession to which we belong as well as others. It is not my business to descant upon the novelties and improvements of the day, that being the province of our learned and accomplished associate, Dr. Symonds, of Bristol, who will deliver the retrospective ad dress; yet I cannot forbear quoting the remark of one of our most eminent honorary members, Sir Astley P. Cooper, whose anxiety to be with us on the present occasion was expressed to me in very warm terms, and who lately observed to me, Although science has advanced, men have retrogaded ; where is our Newton, our Herschel, our Hunter, our Davy, our Priestley, our Black, or our Schule ? This,' he adds, 'is the age of application, not of discovery.' " Let us then profit by the great and honest man's remark, on a subject so consonant to his favourite habits of study ; and make use of the means which Providence has placed in our hands, by practically, and more extensively applying the resources which a body of 1100 or 1200 individuals can com mand, and which has not inaptly been denominated the par liament of the profession.' Much has already been done, but much (and which I am confident can only be effected by the concentrated talent, zeal, and vigorous industry which I know and believe belongs to this enlightened and powerful body,) but much, I say, still remains untouched. We have to con sider various and important subjects. One of these is that of Hygeia, a subject in this country, comparatively speaking, overlooked, whilst it has been made a topic of unceasing in vestigation by our continental neighbours for nearly forty years. And this may be said without detracting from the just merits of those authors who have afforded effectual aid to the student by their writings on this subject, Surely it must be considered no small part of the duty of a medical man to preserve health, as well as to combat disease, and this can only be done by vigilantly observing and making known local circumstances which lead to disease. " I am indebted to a young member of the association, now present, (Mr. George Rogerson,) now practising in this town, for some valuable suggestions on this question, thus rapidly glanced at, but I must not add to the length of this address by unnecessary citations ; and I think his observations are calculated to meet the public eye, from their good sense, caution, and constant reference to practice. " Quackery and its systematic imposture—prescribing drug gists—granting certificates for the insurance of lives—the ap pointment of medical officers to hospitals, and their duties — whether small or large establishments most desirable—also hospitals for incurables and convalescents—are all objects of great importance, and worthy of serious consideration. "We have already a committee appointed to watch over the interests of the profession ;' would it not be very desi rable to have local committees in every populous place throughout the kingdom, where the association has met, to collect more extensive information in detail for the same purpose, in connexion with the general committee or section, who would condense, in an annual report, all that was col lected from members who may be otherwise averse to com municate either improvements or evils? By these means a mass of facts and information would be elicited, which may prepare us for an appeal to the legislature, on a discovery which igracious Providence intended for the healing of all nations; and to which the eyes of the enlightened philan thropist turnowith such intense concern. I allude to vaccin ation, a subject at present which not only calls for the atten tion of the association, but requires legislative interference and authority. Although it is true we have all but one object in view, still there are circumstances in every locality, which are very materially influenced by its own peculiar habits and ideas, and as no one place could be sufficient to regulate the whole, some modification may be necessary to adapt the whole for parliamentary investigation, which a deliberate digest may effect, and which this association, in a most espe cial manner, is calculated to obtain, guarded by the discre tion and judgment of more experienced associates, so as to make it worthy the attention of those whose commanding influence is ever open to objects for the general good. " After remarking on several other topics, and giving a brief but animated sketch of the career of the late Dr. Rutter, of this town, on whom the speaker pronounced a high eulogium, he went on to say—l have now, gentlemen, to bring this brief, and I fear imperfect, part of my duty to a conclusion, anxious to avoid prolixity, and not to infringe upon the more important business of the meeting. The increased number of interesting subjects for discussion, the extent and demands of our connexions, 'both foreign and domestic, with the weight of matter for deliberation, will occupy so much time, that the two days appropriated.will prove scarcely sufficient. No one, I apprehend, can meditate dispassionately upon the objects of this association, without being alive to the power which it has of contributing to individual pleasure, profes sional advantage, and universal good. There may be a faulty spoke in the wheel of every great machine,' which will afford matter for comment for those who are prone to hypercriticism, but such minor points sink into insignificance, considered with more extended views, and the prospects of beneficial results ; nay, better that our efforts should disre gard these minor impressions, than that the mainspring of our intentions should be disturbed, and the extent of our views not fully and happily confirmed. " I have now to requestyou will accept the pleasing acknow knowledgments of the local members, for the honour you confer upon the town by your presence. No entreaty should ever have induced me to undertake the responsibility which awaits the individual who addresses you from this chair, had it not been from a thorough conviction of the advantages to be derived from the efforts of the association, not only to the profession, to which I have always been zealously devoted, but also to any community which shall possess the advan tage of its presence. I beg you will accept my expressions of gratitude for the attention with which you have favoured me upon this commencement of my official duties. I am fully sensible that neither my pretensions nor my claims have entitled me to this honour. Permit me to return my most heartfelt thanks to my medical brethren of the town, who are fellow members to the general council, and to the members in ordinary, for the distinguished position in which they have placed me, rendering this the very proudest day of my professional life, and when the hour of separation arrives, that each of you shall return to your professional duties at home, in the same proportion that I estimate the honour done to Liverpool and myself to this visit, will be the sin cere regret with which I shall have to say valde vale." This address was received with frequent applause, and at its close the speaker was greeted by several hearty cheers. Dr. HASTINGS, one of the secretaries of the association, then read the following REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. The law of this association, which renders it imperative on the council each returning anniversary meeting to render an account of the condition and prospects of the institution, is very salutary in its tendency ; for not only are those in whom this trust is reposed thereby reminded that they have an important duty to perform, but those occurrences to which it is of importance that the attention of the members at large should be directed are thus brought conspicuously forward, and every one may readily become acquainted with the aims and views of those who take an active part in the proceedings of the association. On this account it is desi rable that the report should touch upon all the prominent circumstances which have occurred ; though, in order that time may not be spent in details which might be otherwise more beneficially employed, it is necessary to condense this notice as much as is practicable. Happily the members have, in the history of this recently. formed association, no ordinary degree of encouragement. Without the slightest approach to exaggeration, it may be confidently affirmed that no institution has ever been formed for the cultivation of medical science which has, in the first seven years of its establishment, succeeded in combining together, for the promotion of important objects, so large a number of the members of the several branches of the pro fession. Previously to the formation of this association, the medical profession resident in the English provinces were dissevered, and had scarcely any common bond of union. TRANSACTIONS. Distinguished as many of the profession have ever been by their medical writings, there was no common provincial repertory through which these writings might come before the public. It was to supply this deficiency that the Tran sactions were originally proposed, and that they are in no small degree calculated to answer the purpose designed may be inferred from the fact that contributions have not been wanting to supply interesting and valuable papers, so that every year has produced a volume abounding in useful in formation. The seventh volume, which has been published since the anniversary meeting at Bath, is peculiarly rich in medical topography ; and the council are assured that the members in general participate with them the gratification they feel in observing that our foreign members take an in terest in our proceedings, and enhance the value of our Transactions by their valuable contributions to its pages. The council have frequently pointed out the paucity of re ports of provincial sanitary institutions supplied to the association : of the value of the information to be derived from such sources there can be but one opinion, and a comparatively small portion of industry and perseve rance on the part of those who are connected with these establishments would afford most useful and interesting facts, from which conclusions highly instrumental in ad vancing the healing art might ultimately flow. Already the number of facts of this nature which have been collected in one town alone, Birmingham, is considerable, and your coun cil cannot but entertain the hope that future volumes of the Transactions may have more numerous contributions of this nature. Your council also here take leave to allude to the recommendation in the report of the last year, that the mem bers should forward the history of such cases as are of an in teresting nature, but not of sufficient importance to be pub lished separately, to the secretaries, with the view of their being classified upon some future occasion, when they shall be in sufficient number or of sufficient importance to render it desirable to publish them. MEMBERS. Within the last year the association has received a con siderable accession to the list of members, and they amount in number to 1180. DISTRICT BRANCHES. Your council have every reason to believe that the system adopted of dividing the members into district branches, is operating favourably. In no other manner would the busi ness be so easily arranged ; and the respective annual meet ings of the district branches are admirably calculated to keep alive an interest in the proceedings of the general association, at the same time that they afford opportunities of social and professional intercourse to many who are prevented by a va riety of causes from being present at the general meetings. FINANCES. It must be remembered, that the s.uPPly of a volume of_ Transactions to every member, free of any charge, is a very considerable drain upon the funds : and the liberality of our laws in this respect is worthy of notice, as such a custom is scarcely followed by any other society. It makes it, how ever, the more incumbent upon members to pay their sub scriptions punctually, since every one to whom a volume is sent has so much value received, for which his subscription is very little more than an equivalent. Your council, how ever, notwithstanding the heavy disbursements for printing, and for the engraving and colouring of the plates, and also the existence of arrears in subscriptions to a considerable amount, have to announce the gratifying fact, that the actual receipts for the year exceed considerably the disbursements. Your council also assure the members, that on all occasions a due exercise of economy is studied; and, at the same time, care is taken so to expend the funds as to make the Trans actions creditable to the association. The income for the last year i 5........ 1324 1 4 The expenditure of the last year i 5.... 722 6 9 The balance is 6Ol 14 7 PAROCHIAL MEDICAL RELIEF. Your council have still to regret that they are not enabled to report any very satisfactory progress in the settlement of this unhappy question. They regret to say that, notwith standing the decided recommendation by the parliamentary committee to the contrary, the system of " tender" is still persevered in by several of the boards of guardians, under the sanction of the commissioners. The poor-law committee have not been inattentive to their duties since they last re ported to the members ; and, in particular, they have been in frequent intercourse with Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, who is warmly interested in procuring justice for those of our pro fessional brethren who are oppressed by the provisions of the new poor-law. It is the advice of this gentlemen, on whose judgment and acquaintance with parliamentary busi ness the council have the fullest reliance, that no further step shall be taken in parliament until the expiration of the period allotted to the poor-law commission ; at which time government must again come to the House of Commons to renew the bill : the learned serjeant will then undertake to do all in his power to introduce clauses into the new bill, to remedy . those defects, which the parliamentary .committee have, in their own report, stated to exist. Your council, therefore, recommend that the committee, which was ap pointed last year, to watch the further progress of the sub ject through parliament, and to suggest to the council from time to time such measures as appear to them necessary to meet circumstances as they arise, be requested to continue their services. VACCINATION SECTION. The section appointed to consider the present state of vac cination have assiduously endeavoured to collect accurate information on that subject. The report is in an advanced stss o6l6ll state of preparation, and will be submitted to the at this meeting BENEVOLENT COMMITTEE• fund 1184 The committee for. managing the benevolent tbn continued their efforts to promote the prosperity .erwi;pre teresting portion of our undertaking, an d the year. sent a report detailing their proceedings for ' MEDICAL REFORM. tbeit Your council beg to assure the association , t-aralin' multifarious labours, they never lose sight of the g" roti rifg terests of the profession, nor of the necessity e erg° for it a better legal constitution. To this object t he ‘ eel of the association may be worthily and beneficially a_rcbrect Circumstances, however, have hitherto repress suitoitioo endeavour on the part of the association to call the 8 1 ; 0 41 of the legislature to the subject. These circuit in be explained in the report of the committee dell,' bich tn " to watch over the interests of the professio , a, re v port ,l: l : o be presented to the present meeting For is pfd: council the recommendation with which it w ill c onch o ol l . council earnestly solicit the favourable consiclerlOof ao . ; who wish to see the profession rescued from a s a t t e ntienf t seemly anarchy and confusion, and placed under wt o portv • government and legal protection to which, as 8111 branch of civil poNty, it is so justly entitled. • EMPIRICISM• referl Intimately connected with the question of meul--ed f=44 / is that of quackery, the evils of which we re deem ,of,l aud ficient importance at the last anniversary meeting co t far the • associaton to empower the council to form a se 0 661 , the consideration of the nature, extent, and evils ° t. q in eetil and to report on the same at the next anniversarY e r be The council considered that the wishes o f the gel' by could not be more efficiently carried into effect th.at"nrioo" pointing Dr. Cowan, of Reading, who has soot 01e c l ' u ijent, t• given much time and attention to this imports ` t tae be chairman of the section from which, at the presells b e ing, a short report will be presented. Its mnihel:,loo ever, seem inclined to the opinion, that all betteractiveJ in relation to the suppression of quackery had roP l. layed, in the hope that abetter organization of the P ract iO may render the suppression of quackery a inO re P -be o cair undertaking than it appears at present to be. I° t csoe iafi li time, to use the words of a former report, the a- the e° 9l may be employed in the inquiry into the nature of , 7 be ea their extent, and remedies, by which means they abled, at the proper season, to render valuable , lating upon this question. The Council therefore, u that the section they have appointed be his meeting to continue their investigations on this sob ) SECTIONS OF MEMBERS• prer. i 4 e" In the last report your council adverted to t h e -,eco and expediency of appointing from the association _dienie• for the prosecution of particular departments of ei tio ` o , The meeting at Bath coincided in that recommell3uerief appointed a section to whom the replies to the q toe vaccination were referred. The result of this rat an cl y,„°*; be found to have been already highly benefici al ' - chn,; council request this present meeting to empower the.a'a'tina the ensuing year, to propose subjects for ince s _., t l aris e; ) sections of the association, if circumstances show Li fted render it probable that such a proceeding would be with satisfactory results. 4, 0 REPORT UPON SURGERY. sub At the anniversary meeting at Bath, and r f re it, some influential members regretted that no sPe - . 1 , of S had yet issued from the association on the progre'bolajw. gery, and a wish was expressed that this subjec t s a n e ck 4 taken into consideration by the council. A fte n r o beration, your council fully concurred in the Pr - rpreP - 0 1 report being presented to this anniversary on the . , am es,_ A , of surgery, and they happily prevailed upon Mr ' f o r 01 7; Exeter, to devote his time and energies to the Pef he prS' of this duty, for which his acknowledged zeal in,, en — tly O F ' cution of the literature of hi:profession so 0 11 " ties him. ece ° 1 NOTICES OF MOTIONS• 0 0 1 • Your council beg to inform the members 0 3 1 a o f 13 0 0 ) . Dr. been given to the secretaries by Serno e nu i s u i tio , t_ea tic j i that he intends at this meeting to submit" a rso_ ing the late regulations of the College of 1 5 . are considered injuriously to affect provincial meelle' on t e 5 0 0 i A notice also of a motion by Dr. James John sl , Via! l ir for consideration at this meeting, to this effect for In- 1 J C member of the association wishing to comP °ll ,"„ineas , :10 nual subscription, may do so by paying ten I's - 0 1 amount shall in all cases be invested in public seethe gene the interest arising therefrom be appropriated ° purposes of the association." tea • coNcLosloN• n d ind ic a 'O O l Having touched upon so many topius a- oela ti o, general bearings of the proceedings in which the a s our en o r so meritoriously and so appropriately engag ed ' I N' . rt feel it altogether unnecessary to prolong this re t S e tiPt,oi general remarks on the auspicious prospect a , f s eet• - , 0 1 the association. To carry on with any degree the sego commensurate with their obvious importance; union undertakings in which the members are engag e "' 'oa• ,i.° judgment, discretion, zeal, perseverance, and a lt : er ioold council would earnestly entreat every memb er stA e laig consider the magnitude of the objects which ar e a vc ithbe ol t then determine whether he can be justified ill fee tiO cott • his exertions from a cause in which the h i e r t l e l di a c t ai el ) l ," rol l; humanity prompt him to engage,—as it is netted with the progressive advancement of m e o f 10 ledge, and directly tending to the augmentation to oft happiness. re ' Mr. CARMICHAEL, of Dublin, moved that th e t tberS to adopted and printed. It had been often stated t ha r ejear' r , be no bond of union amongst medical men ; but p c ,. • e ni, N ea say that this reproach could no longer attach tnit t o, bid' saw in that association, and in those he saw WO" , 0 0 sv that would firmly unite the profession —a eednion' ti poi , had suffered more than any other for ' want °t o r% ea t oie' alluded to the exclusive favours bestowed by g° ve bre—it te another profession—(the lawyers)—and the utter„ in b ef manifested by the legislature, to the interests of u''.po°,lo , which he had the honour to belong. If there 1 " l o ve o p ; iv object for which they ought to unite, the abonli na t the a the graceful system of tender for medical assistance a grste 4 houses, under the new poor-law, amply den necessity of union on their parts. The system he ' t 0% 1 0 1 strongly opposed by the profession in Dublin , t o t t juo of pursuing it there had been abandoned. He to the present system of medical educationti 4e •t o or 6 ' , Jr being various and indefinite—no fewer than si t qi -rea' e teen different corporations having the power to lion tbe„fir grees. He concluded. by urging upon the assoein c os' cessity of pressing the legislature for a better lg i ; o rea• tion than that under which the profession novo l a oa t ";$ 0 Sir JAMES MURRAY, of Dublin, seconded the l i t t o t yPt had been said that they in Ireland were a disc pO c nner disunite d race ; (a laugh) but he trusted that their.f, A 55 o , with that society would diffuse harmony and uw- ll'in Brl o° l them. They had in Ireland several excellent seteoiol, education, but their object was defeated by din, e distrust, and they became injurious, in place 0, re in ficial. Many other grievances which called fo r be e might 1 e detailed, if their time would permit ; le to of s l.4' that the clay was not far distant when one Et 1 ,1 '), I0 /b . e 4e 4' grievances would be done away with—he allude d be ',der, tern of tender for attending workhouses. W h °l o l l ,__ t oo' ever heard of a barrister or an attorney sendinb for the performance of any labour peculiar to sending~jo obi and why should the system be resorted to whe n to be relieved, disease prevented, or life saved? to sa c . e r n they be called upon to put out their talents is :t Surely their profession was as valuable as that 91 nOt and most certainly the education of the latter du' $ o u o rl much as that of the physician, nor had he to bes tØ f time and pains and anxiety upon the acquisition ° tbe knowledge. „tie bee' Mr. WEBSTER, of Bury, said that it was butt bsa, die Poor Law Commissioners to state that sotnethinfoor` tie done, and that more was in contemplation, !•;) a e d t el : o pet' just complaints of the profession in the point 9 01 ot i,§ 6l had had some communication • h chief O la f this 3 0 0 1 with a d o f t and had been informed by him, that at the en —in a few months indeed—the system o f tendernatilea any longer be allowed to exist. This de,te, r ,ln da•ty of been brought about by the energy which had " — D eee' - io,'," by that and other associations, and showed the dbY " `i perseverance, and the good which might beeffe ete t teno°, ; Within two days he had seen a letter from a g en entr 6 tre ° had become a candidate for a parochial appoiotmia to • that the poor-law commissioners were now beg inn ,.) of the profession something like gentlemen. (Ch ear eser i The resolution was then put, and unanimousif_ t bsil pr. Dr. HOLME, of Manchester, proposed that tneesijent,ol the meeting should be given to the retiring 1 31. . ce .pee'f tb; Barlow, and that he be appointed permanen t T il l bjeet., t pp of the association. Dr. Holme said that the s ls Pt" A motion was so well known, that any eulogY 00 flay totally unnecessary. (Cheers.) mo 6°° 0 ( Mr. DAWSON, of Liverpool, seconded the vot e v was carried with applause. Dr. ROBINSON, of Northampton, proposeilto" , o ula thanks to their able and indefatigable bee r ' ha' . 6 5. Hastings and Mr. Sheppard, with a requebt,„ „, that t get ta continue to act in the same capacity. d, with whom he had for many years been aequ ainte wss a high eulogium. whi ch Mr. TUDOR, of Bath, seconded the m otion , ~,:e p t• , n ow t e• carried unanimously. one - Dr. HASTINGS said that he would tresp., f ass 1 1 4 h e ri tet only, on the attention of the meeting.. Ile , u rrna ti s o•l quested by his brother secretary to say that 01 ' 0 40 ' obstacles had alone prevented him from being P o eeo t e o tb € A anniversary meeting of the association, the ad: r ded which he was delighted to see. Dr. H. then , _ re tscl'...te.! manner in which he discharged the duties lik a t said that if at any time he might exhibit a nyth:• . n o l oe d rare establishme nt ' fron t froul tbe tr e e lessness in replying to correspondents , would be set down, not to c a want of zeal, but tad bee o t of his professional duties. Interested as he . o rda si" it a the e birth and growth of that great o t th t a , t o ,b i en o . le t • him a day of much sorrow that separated hi r tive office which he then filled ; but still he must come, and that, indeed, it was not far and • should be to resign that trust into nth (IP v• hands. te o 0 11 d a c a " did Mr. BLACKBURN of Liverpool, propose de O. of tbe: to the council for the past year, and that theY: d aitioa_ 00; nue their services in the ensuing one, with the j a to the!, tbe k veral new members, and with power to u ad hers * ce `•"o", bers. [The names of the proposed new mem as soel to read.] After approving of the objects of th% h itbe r e f o rP, and congratulating the members on its suce e :,,,n , e: to the said that there was undoubtedly g though there might be much difference of 01a"..a t hat way in which it should be carried out. H e lor f 5 11' accomplishment of the great object no spiriZted reat need °f as t h would be exhibited, but that they would be B C' Ai blie' preme desire of promoting the interests of the . l ot i o n,L l o l o Dr. MANSELL, of Dublin, seconded the rt` üb t elcu pressed his coincidence in the opinions of Mr. medical reform. __,;ttee• o es The motion was unanimously carried. C O ninesst • Dr. BARLOW then read the report of the , „ro pointed in 1837, to watch over the interests ofot.nbeierct together with a petition to parliament on the ' fa d o nde u dical reform, drawn up by the committee, an arc ,+' c r the report. On the motion of Dr. BLACK, seconded I Y ut l with BETH, of Liverpool, the report was received ; orr ,e v ft P to to the petition, a long discussion took Pla ne d- to 3 10 wed clauses being objected to as pledging th e I A ra° mode of reform, before sufficient time had ue. ld n eed take the recommendations into consideratiornit osvinioto ment was also moved. Ultimately, however', t, er e ,, .bo n d, that the meeting should then adjourn, and l i a rlo"., eg.,„ their again assembling in the evening , Dr*. hat ibeet rt liv t l ) strike out those passages to which objection b foie es , n io and that the petition, in its modified fora?' (the talc` and the prayer being retained,) should aga in consideration. ro od ,r The meeting then adjourned at a quarter to si: c " tire EVENING MEETING' let A th e 1. The association again met, numerously, to ,- pet ( at half-past seven o'clock. "P a o t b ate Mr. JAMES, of Exeter, was first called , 0 s at . s o to dray' of report which he had been appointed gress of surgery during the last three years. an d si t i ortt el t v i r, this paper occupied upwards of two hours, and en, p r a 0 exceedingly interesting nature to surgical "u surgical' orionllder details of numerous cases, operated upon 'Y re_ditg tioners, home and foreign, with the resultsc._wded or. at the listened to with marked attention, by a crow ded O a the and sad down amidst much cheering. „otniarn.,ote tie Mr. SoDEN, of Bath, passed a high : 0 11 ' a d of James, for the able manner in which the °l:3' 7 v er Ylit b task confined to him, and proposed that _ II for eig meeting should be given to that gentien t .!,d t• tersting report, and that it should be pr , " — •Or c oo° i ,rV volume of the society's transaction s. the " r e IDas Mr. O'BURNE, of Dublin, in secondhlg_as that he had never listened to a repor t whica rowtirt; by research, ability, judgment, care. an e. - that which had just been read by M r. Jarn s t tuor 310' The motion was carried midst veheill4gt „tetikt _ re; t4 ai i r s pe ,i. . astlin j e r t A o t t l i i i ,.rn i l s : rae 'b od Er cy ri i e lt te i e l tri l .e a s i . t s c : a i ho Pa stosn a siioo ri s,,,, e r in I,' MIA I t T w Ic h awi o. Ili rt fl,tri Ittle)1 th erigti tte , t oot hG, e 11 .044,e t a idte l i t i zlto:le a :nasc, _oegst had ;tti tr i 11,1 111fg ife,ateeseveishi eiTrajoo l vne n tlintcidigegi i g . 111 lofidutb.et t e:etei.i l ci ra„, 018 e studen `reel nd ani e y l e n tb such 4 ttish. He ose of °th e of Prese„,„,, leoncluded r s vinri a i ns, Prayin, \ ? r t . iiti e u s ” . °f Londo co %totb• on s hould b a e " ur for sb o Z o ? should afu lt r e Y r itt ee! TE/t t Of Br lie cessa h t , ln e to t i l epeat e a - -/ to meet I lleeti n tat stateme NsibYlibotitZ' ahti e . tk iot, _ to , atioi one-hal 11, , '' Tt. w as abo t 'r..t"'sE L Ir.d'iltLatv th en t kti ti OHN soN len br( IN' on - moved to education bi I( j f jota l ea ,l ll uniform °4 1 ,,. 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