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he os°ciiti°l lit fund 11 itv of this re , likew iec e P last Ye- t heif that, be genc; r ivg of Pe° 'es , a the e " cceg ially direairee sed allY tiod the attfowiii ostaee es ig3l 1 1ted whi u c i ii il re port a tho conel uPede o fil derve"f an. state ° there , r rts pt an irtr e di c al re f f l eeive d anci ; 1 a sec ti log to for 11 0 3 of t ac n ary t g t e b n ;ti r 1) . 0 / 5-1 rueri tori t it suhj ec ,resent Oboe ambers,, a rts 'ive I ° de' better be. 400 ;he PP /fe t bit re Pr 3ct o ica ear 10 th e atio° Le as soo of the T ai • e a id 10 , 1 0 efore tbd tested by subjeG" _ d iet! the ntio o tiott of r aeallid , n datiol!' e , 00 he ( u re e° 0 41 in ea6 a so' 0 40 0 them , . o es tigat i rise ould B e nde i 'I be Att- to Iseqeoelport pe _ g c 'iEtl r e d r „f gress u u ld o et oh ° deli' roPri c hle eti of / o trel the P 0 tr. .0 r e line ve rtori p eos e the Pi it tli• ne ntlY q b 0 tiC e 1 a nO Of 91 Cir S t [llti °l ` TOO' 00 15 ' S eh hes 5 00 st ,lhat $9 O l , l ' is o lo l ine r as , L „ti es ;„o l ) the gee and eO%; At'' jtteeoo,43l ofeb9 of aP 0 ,- t be tet t , t o 01 in . ecf th 40; et 14:14 41111 el' a!Es bri etlY k r, z in t whi ch h i s ut feelingly acknowledged the gratifying I RN - sa, of ,rpet had been received. kip% citse,toe to h e regulationssen i t a n chester , then addressed the members of the College of Surgeons, with taidt bg ttharacterisin s educated in the provincial medical 4, 1 6_ .nat th e those regulations as unfair, and con- N?: jtorta we re Metal schools turned out students whose ,Scotti:h,z°,those of other to entitle them to be placed on a tof e ', eil tie c ooniud d sls whether metropolitan or Sllr g te d bY the r ilt o las th tae(Piireali_g that, in the e by Proposing that a memorial should ,__ay.n association to the council of the College granting of diplomas, the ose o f T sca °°ls might be placed on the same foot \ie London and the other cities which had li °og Lsirr lt, of .41 sotue Leeds, seconded the motion ? which, after O r, nt A hat . G warm uiscussion, was carried by a large hi c , 6), council notified to the meeting the resolution to N t h; ensili ng ~,a a di come relative to the place of meeting tketa" f or dona ear s anniversary and proposed that that 4r A ,g be confirmed-hamely, that the annual 1:1 1 : . :. - • icai s h ag e r aT ee d u d , te sho uld be held in Soutk pton, wtictEasrutlfhe president elect. and that . of Liverpool, seconded the motion, ( 4 4ter AT, of caowithout opposition. 'N 4 86111 d be " re proposed that Dr. Forbes, of Chi the an_ Auested to deliver the retrospective ad aad cr_aal meeting in 1840. The motion was rf nainniously adonted yheste r of Torqu . ay,' moved that Mr. Dodd, br.ovess ° f ;urg er be requested to draw up a report on 'esfT, % e rY during the past year. Jo a , s , r 'f erpool, seconded the motion.-Carried. ' t °4 lvb a e had g i me _uNt .then brought forward the motion of irL id oal g h t w .l. notie, that an member of the associa o4 o so b y ish to co in y ‘t4 , o pposed p aying ten po . und for his annual subscription, th e _ ,guineas. Several gentlemen, how ,t)r, ireoa sent ..;°y sition, and, after some discussion, Na'tas•rta"-",',0, withdraw it. sh 'et Bromwich, proposed that the poor law o °I Q be r e sub. e-aPpointed, to watch the further pro frool .iect j 4e is title ton . p a rliament, and to suggest to the re dart' time, such measures as they should Ra to Meet the circumstances that may arise. th e Illecti statement which he had made at the morn „, ae, relat. ter l d er ,Ive to the intended annulment of the to Yitb oot aonen.t mentioned that a scale of remuneration, me ta au ( ' nut than that now in use, had been cat, aS about tO be included in a parliamentary k 'r•Ni t I 'SELT I t ; - second d the motion, which was carried. t>t,r4et:t•joioasseow_theri broughte forward his modified petition. ab e A Moved an amendment as follows :-" That ,t,,:pepidratie:ceat:tlitioeLbtoltpyaorlifiment, requesting that a urn- Vk i f ci „ each on., adopted.for the medical profession, Vhhf "°e extend d privilege to practise, and that t e to Great Britain, Ireland, and „k,,0,11 y per _ e mover and seconder (Mr. Barron,) 'on . s who held up their hands in favour of 4 A A 4- who was negatived by a large majority. then re 4 1 / 44 ,'!lich a ad the petition, the concluding para- Dtb;' ap ,_tae ti to : l °? s follows Your petitioners, confi n)erat. ls arrived when the intervention of parlia- O so b 40 1 called _4„ end le for to give to the medical pro ,4tt oictielonvetino that an adequate and uniform education, ,tae , ,the °ll whi ch gh,ts and privileges, constitutes the only to found such constitution, humbly beg ° "g in " 37 legislative I '4 Periate of enactments may be passed for Sore , M in .the three divisions of the kingdom, 4,.,44 by s ? boy, founded on the same principles, s. whrailar regulations, through whose exami pt)a Attu hose license alone shall admission to the 01, „ c)l tkk x r e be obtained." N,,!ropo s „:, Bath, seconded by Dr. SYMONDS, of t.l2l4)zeiinta.t..._thne petition should . be adopted and pre t th e Corned unanimously, Dr. JoaNsoN > Jl'mended petition entirely coincided with r. f Reigate, !lte e 4_ ea!sTY gate, moved that Dr. Barlow, Dr. .fit Carr ' and Mr. S o d en, should be appointed a 4 . 'l4 - st't int o ff 1 • appointed e ect the recomd th4t a to watch over the interests of the ro e Zi l e : r ried t- v p , of A, I, ' , kee t i a s uurf, seconded the motion, and it P g br o k e 41 kt' 11 P at a quarter past eleven o'clock. 'AGS pro f s iikt YESTERDAY (THURSDAY). erst in B REAKFAST. iiiieootaut tend ed that the association should break ala • e k.ard e bt eve a i u !I, but this intention was abandoned t kke the wea4' in consequence of the then precari- Itni fri l)lac eat , er, and it was agreed that the repast Yrril° wish Cher, Adelphi Hotel, and that such mem iiitoovisit.the garden, hould be afterwards eIG %about 120ninibuses and cars. Accordingly, at e tar gentlemen sat down to an excellent 1114teuld large room of the hotel. The refreshments Jralt . kJ deceit' say, of the first and choicest quality, tak, it ,r.cacies, together with strawberries and ,*(',,froa ti lt announced by Dr. Jeffreys, that the ks,r,tch was Portrait of the worthy secretary, Dr. ~47,falati, at o„ aS afterwards presented to that gentleman th e at the dinner,) were ready for delivery to Oil! t hes e r esPectiv k,►6,!se,m), ravings are well executed, and convey an •;:co lict ,t_tioa s the respected and active individual ) Itjary',° . _sioa of ':' . i . e . _ society owes much of its prosperity. itliegildsciet;.rePast rendered doubly agreeable from Yt'''Patt trereugebauetnelipc_conversazione to which it gave rise, y . /qr. present, took their seats in the to their reception, in pursuance ye as u pay a kih t4 Pa o 0 THE BOTANIC Oi l ed Were h GARDEN. N t ik r i s ' or ahu ere joined by many of their friends, )k„ th e tv e „ il t an hour, a delightful stroll through N't 40 rti o a One Present expressed his high admira litd a • th e of tes _ science and taste displayed at this t t Lee b r e xerti o „uvt, and the great success which has ‘, No it . l Alr, ash ' of the directors, and the skill and per e:Lo,44 .Ive sh el)Pard, their practical superintendant. ,4ti,34ladig rohs, flowers, and plants of every descrip • ti:Pd th e us and exotic, were in a most thriving eve n i v aole, formed a most gratifying demon °Ode O this comparatively ungenial soil, and . co o , eur oat Nhth ert a e, the genius and perseverance or kß orl that esoriparative wilderdess into a paradise, Is rich, useful, and ornamental in the Sk l 4° the d er qe Cl Nts 4 at Oe ERAL MEETING. ');lqvas t ( LalfPast?Meeting of the Association took place , , otlv.r_ eleven o'clock. Nitao; l ldet a e,,, i t ated that some . interesting s cases N 4 ,r :o tt th eh_ w niti e d odY,,the respective members, after which, rd y ear. euver the Retrospective Medical Ad- N 'tr io t c 0 7 r g e nn, of LiverpoOl, being called upon, ), (4 1 toed • exciq Arit ati th on of the elbow joint which had • who e Northern Hospital. The subject of ar, t , th a 1 / 4 • .1,, fed 4(1 b ec d to the hospital with disease of dome q.uestion whether the arm should o N 't ` ) tl tt 4 iii e ti k e tt r e trheo.lo_;excised, to save the life of the pa • 4 , sfetori:cration was performed, and the result irl stu ?,• Mr. Banner had brought the case k e r h had r been of the value of this operation-an A''' Bea r , 1 , 80 ably and successfully advocated , 1 1 4 ,?a, ah lati on rarke, of Liverpool. The man on j o iql exhead been performed was shown' to the y Nat. tie itd the Power he possessed over the ( 1!1 1 , ti ,s could raise a chair from the ground, h,ter t , Is ri g n 7arlY to the mouth. " The arm," said tt, t ll ,4)bl7aly a _r‘ available for all its former functions, •aef cbti as e.) vat deal better than no arm at all." k tti r la th e eaSe somewhat similar was related by 6 ') pt d • k ilo _ 3 d vol. of Guy's Hospital Reports. g : N 047 related, two other cases which had i tit !e at the hospital, which were singular, •.;r l r a iNe I , add e_rest to the society. Before Mr. Ban- Oi i N 0 "Y M r r e i ss, he adverted to the able communi -44?41,4104t th e ',James on the previous evening, and , ra et Z t i volume of Transactions, regretting d for t B l, co mmunications, which were ap ine admission of topography and 1A5 11 1 41 4 4 repl* eci a ,..ted to o.ed, to the effect that all the practical vt t n ta go "Ira found a place in the annual volume L V4 l °ll o rtiO n °,..-c.on, exhibited an instrument of the be described as applicable to the o ka g lated whom animation was suspended, by S,ktotet r from the lungs and afterwards sup ,Kraqad thueY ,wholesome air, either cold or warm. ‘ir,' ‘ ' , a s Il e air Pumped out f his own lungs with 1 / 4ti , kih ett i tti a st o ,_ added tha•t itapplicable,with other ktr 4 . 1 41 4 1 ach p aim , was iti ll u A• e v ii then' mounted the forum, and de- N. 444 tears much laughter, the claims of the last tyk, hq,?go, th n 1 question ; showing by extracts N o ti t i,red or, /t ee al the instrument had originated with e t or i t 'es , s ef f i c 7 had, from reading his account of it, S mlbit e .,th San tint and clumsier apparatus ; yet had ► I N ,q his inset t hou of the Royal Institution. Sir ?t,'•4;: o ri el t t n b e of funleht, which was admitted by the !howenperior construction to that of Mr. Vato i l it e d di. t Va e lls highly interesting disco Very of Nit: cif to t i)let e c,„."' •svter, by which that substance or lwaii t'e / h t ir t Peduc . id, and therefore not only not w . L it Iv ow, tv. not liable to the subsequent conse :l4l'.:y,;!titie,,e, a asij the . same drug in its usual form of i;tesatilcog4idrld Gentle then proceeded as follows :- rea, t . in ~eratio n e jOe o ,-I have the honour to sub , til kt ‘ la `ae tws fluid, which is an important .71, 4 eo,,, e `lery c '''e of exhibiting a medicine of daily N's,k!krirjego"'ryfri,son as cry. and sick room. You are well lorpowtteral, earned magnesia and its mixtures, rOte,, rl „ n° _e ri dio a l , ,Ire in the hands of all persons, 1,.e,c .t a' 4 4 1 ,47 tle ai jno are, mixed up for every age and '#l,4 1 4 th tlle % i,g B traff"'" During more than thirty years arid ti l i ° re my medical friends the danger 4 t p a . id 1 01 , 0 e advantages of administering that ~. /•}l N t ). l ld ri d ge 35 1 : 111 Rly work on " dilution and d2tiaga ca i ri ! ()11 will find this proof of the risk 41111:1torst eacE:9"ekia; '4lic ai ii ar eb o kia„!/? Intestinal Concretion. t ,t, citples,l,l4l2.''','so?;tiii concretion on public record, .W f oi , s `' child became much distressed by f rer :Tl and tenderness of the abdomen, It Y ts ; t :Ogs, ,itlat,.Nyatery evacuations, spasms, !tt ea r. V„Tse of rebrile exacerbations. Symp elitu .?Irocephalus, began to exhibit ',p a , t .. hab ar e t) With L 3 '_ , as espectable surgeon of Belfast, 1 1 7 t , ) . )lot , a and After the administration of r ge um creta the child of anctlantities of hard alvine co'ncretions, e f d 411 tted th r hanri .em to analysis, I found that t h_al aoi 'e eRIa, enveloped in the mucus w i th uued use of mild aperients, and ‘yo r lf•a ts 4 lo nn Ycias re cu a n few drops of laudanum, this totsmi4.lierasft..eipthtiiisteltiin t v h e e d h . il T d h s e fo n o u d rs . e had mixed 11`a.01.`° th ce ‘ eori er '47l • Brande published the next case Or,,,tribi, Arse. Poaticis to of magnesia. had accumulated, 4: 1 ,011 ‘ e pr, s 'erit tn ijou . nd in colon after death." ne infant and the deli ate a safe i th e _ o f nact___ c th il lag tie "abl e of 6 Lial,at . l spared no expense s ia, so solidifying carbonic acid gas, oq' e nde r i as to hold it dissolved in dis -444y tor s: rye rp h 0,4 nav,ailable a known principle of IN pot i ,.,nas env a nzre, by new processes of art. t r ) hk li c k t it4 k ()lN °P I O i xtiir ' e rel Y this soluble product differs a .bi t tie so li old (li e ! alkaline and magnesian car t tria _ r at ..t_etioos i.bPoensatories : such compounds INet tia7lesi a re w ars ( e in e ne fluid. k th as Y Progress the bi-carbonated th 4, 4, 4! ac aly ‘e naiv e awl half nt libations were I,l 4 Js i ' 1 4 ,i t cld ts e lar of magnes' •• • ' and Re d r i nk , sc w ater, certain tna g , eads ettea bet t , s• Finding this form quite fly l ate fit for children or irritable t, .04 Ol esia aa t_ it to concentrate the 00! 04a h 'ile ge Per de r t ° suit every age and either sex. NiPtql s Sur ailing this mt•l , a s fn„geous in a eria improvement t 'or k - a:tro t) a/id v i &tow s _lreland, their approba t rll r 1 eb,eea l er, rat, 4 1838 , tc at the Royal College of Sur yk. a nd Sokti'llanirnously approved of Mur '4l ( ikap oo °the rs, °4 of Magnesia," whereby in itk4:),;,tilit)44l,t4tl cyurccl::,;:nbbuiek instantly relieved of ili a of tt 7,?, of this mild antacid, instead Y magnesia -water as u ‘ t and corroding kali, hitherto 1;:t t,:ta kci - N: t tal a ls we re t l , t 4 tVhdlvh e e Ptio n regarderd d as • c k ,. nit Of M u , particularly favour ih ' th e pa s s fleets 4 -Magnesia °'*•-itt eo aw a in nimal acids, very . soluble salts tqacl f t i t Thitui t Y the ' t t _op le ion s or quid state, whilst, on ish ra te int ‘Yoaa and potass crystalize Aasuciatio sand o calculi ; or r as bY Dr. Murray, these saline particles occasion nervous irritation, and tic dolo roux in some, and leprous incrustations in others. " Second. That, when alkaline treatment is not required, or when aperient or effervescent drinks are more indicated, this preparation is the most eligible, because an acidulated syrup, being separate, may be added to the Solution of Mag nesia, in any desirable proportion, so that either the acid or alkaline qualities may be left to prevail, according to age and circumstances, and the option of the prescriber. " When taken with a small proportion of Acidulated Syrup, the Solution still contains a sufficient quantity of Magnesia to correct such acids as may be met with in the animal economy. The brisk effervescence directly settles the stomach, and thousands of proofs might be adduced to au thenticate this remedial property in cases of fever, nausea, or Sea-Sickness." _ Although this concentrated solution has been only a few years known in the field of commerce, yet I had taken great pains to make it known in the field of science. Dr. Hope, at my request, showed it to his class, in 1813,1814, and 1815. Dr. Duncan gave it a place in the Edinburgh Dispensary. for 1819, and made honourable mention of my name as the inventor. Dr. Cummins, Inspector of Hospitals, gave me strong written recommendations, in 1826, WHICH Report I ORSERVE PIRATED BY AN IMITATOR, NOW STARTING IN LONDON IN 1839. The lecture given by me at the College of SUrgeons, and the recommendations of Drs. James John son, and Duncan, are also mis-appropriated from the original article for which they were intended; but Dr. Johnson is happily alive, and his love of truth and fair dealing will settle whether he praises Dr. Murray's preparation, or lauds any late imitators of it. A clear and candid detail of this improvement was also published by me, in the Literary Journal, at Newry, in Jan. 1819, from which I beg leave to quote the conclusion, as follows :—Dr. M`Donnell, of Belfast, fortunately for his circle, is well, and can confirm the practical importance of the FLUID MAGNESIA, and my undoubted priority of its introduction into medicine, to supplant the solid earth. " I have thus far endeavoured to discriminate the diseases and symptoms requiring its use ; however innocent, it cannot be supposed to be a remedy for every complaint —to misap ply it might, in some cases, occasion disappointment and consequent disrepute. It may therefore be right to recapitulate, that in acidities, bilious, or costive habits, gravels arising from sand or calculi, gout caused by deranged functions of the digestive organs—thirst, heat, irritability of stomach, and head-ache,'if it originate from sympathy with that organ, are the cases where its advantages have been distinctly experi enced, and where judging a priori, it would be expected to do good. Its use is now established as a corrector of the irrita bility attending fever, or pregnancy, as an agreeable diluent and antacid, and as a mild and permanent aperient, dissolv ing and removing the contents of the bowels, without stimu lating or exciting their muscular coats, like drastic purgatives, which never fail to confirm the constipation they were meant to remove. " Through the kindness of Dr. McDonnell,* I procured, about four years ago, a piece of calculus, composed chiefly of uric acid, and dissolved it partially in a glass of the solution, at the temperature of 98 degs. of Fahrenheit's scale. It was this fact which induced me to recommend it in the Ihlfast papers in September 1815, as the best solvent of urinal'Y cal culi applied per injectionem in vesicam urinariam since the solutions of potass or soda were found so objectionable for that purpose, because, if sufficiently active, they were pro ductive of irritation ; if weak and largely diluted, they were inert and ineffectual. `• By boiling a teaspoonful of the solution over a lamp or candle, the magnesia is seen to fall in beautiful flakes. It is very advantageous that in its internal exhibition no degree of animal heat is sufficient to decompose the solution, so that what is not neutralised by acids, passes through the system. This most valuable property - enables it to pass through the circulation, without the risk of forming depositions or con cretions, a danger to which the common magnesia is liable. " J. MURRAY, M.D. "* This respected name I cannot mention without indulging my grateful feelings, for the candour, impartiality, and encouragement I invariably experienced at his hand. He knows that in 1808-9 made various experiments on the different acids evolved in the stomach, and that since that time I have been engaged in recom mending and preparing the solutions of magnesia and marble : he has on every occasion assisted me with his valuable advice, and vindicated my claim to the introduction of this improvement, seve ral years before any attempt was made at imitating the solution." Gentlemen, I conclude by expressing a lope that the Provincial Medical Association will be as ready to protect and encourage a useful medicine, when its nature and pro perties are candidly explained, as they would justly be willing to reject and reprobate any concealed or undescribed pro duction. Should any gentleman recommend respectable agents in their respective towns, samples will be given free of expense to afford a fair trial, should any doubt exist ; and supplies can be furnished by the Apothecaries' Company of Liverpool. Several interesting cases were likewise submitted to the meeting, and many others it was found necessary to post pone sine die. Amongst these were some cases by Mr. Wainwright, of Everton ; Mr. Woodcock; Mr. Harbord, of Toxteth-park, and others. The last case was one of an immense tumour. It is expected, however, that these cases will appear in the annual volume of the association. RETROSPECTIVE MEDICAL ADDRESS, Dr. SYMONDS then read the address on the Progress of Medical Science—a long and lucid document—which was received with great attention and applause by the meeting. • Dr. BARDSLEY, of Manchester, moved the thanks of the meeting to Dr. Symonds and the Vaccination Committee ; this was seconded by Dr. BROWN, of Sunderland, and una nimously carried. QUACKERY A report being read by Dr. Cowen on Quackery, and some allusion having been made to the Liverpool Apothe caries' Company, with an accusation that they dealt in quack medicines, the imputation was warmly repelled by Dr. Gil lon, who said that the drugs dispensed at that establishment were of the first quality, and that all approach to dealing in the manner alluded to had been discouraged to the umost possible extent consistently with the interests of the institu tion, The gentlemen connected with that establishment were as respectable as those who accused them. Dr. BOISRAGEN proposed, and Mr. OSWALD, of the Isle of Man, seconded a vote of thanks to Dr. Cowen, for the report on quackery. Dr. CONOLLY, of Cheltenham, read the report of the Benevolent Fund Committee, which was of a very gratifying nature. The amount raised last year was about £5O, £3O of which was contributed by ladies. Dr. KENDRICK, of Warrington, and Dr. BARLOW, of Bath, moved and seconded a vote of thanks to Dr. Conolly, which was carried. Dr. BARON, of Cheltenham, read the report of the Vacci nation section. This report was exceedingly interesting, detailing many important cases, and showing the advantages to humanity of this great discovery of Dr_ Jenner. It, occupie,d the reader about two hours, and was listened to with marked attention. It is quite impossible to do justice to this able dissertation by extracts ; but it will, doubtless, be laid before the public in the transactions of the association. Dr. FORBES proposed, and Sir JAMES MURRAY seconded the motion, that Professor Gibson, of Philadelphia, be elected an honorary corresponding member.—Carried unanimously: The thanks of the meeting were moved to the Mayor and Corporation ; to the Medical Society, and to the Botanical Society, for the accommodation afforded by them to the Association on this occasion. Moved by D. Conolly ; se conded by Dr. Robertson, of Northampton, and unanimously carried. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the learned and worthy president, for his unwearied attention to the mem bers, and his zealous exertions to promote the prosperity of the Association. The following professional gentlemen were present :—Mr. Dugdale, Blackburn ; Mr. Jackson, Sheffield ; Mr. Thorn, Delph in Saddleworth ; Mr. Yorshawe, consulting surgeon of the Liverpool Infirmary; Mr. Hamilton, Liverpool ; Dr. Banning, do. ; Dr. Baird, do. ; Dr. Cohen, do. ; Dr. Bois ragon, jun., Cheltenham ; Mr. R. Ceely, Aylesbury ; Dr. Baron, Cheltenham ; Dr. Brown, Sunderland ; Mr. Portland, London ; Dr. Fergusson, Liverpool ; Mr. Harbord, do. ; Mr. Lycross, do. ; Mr. R. H. Jones, Conway ; Mr. Flint, Stockport; Dr. Ashton, do. ; Dr. Turner, do. ; Mr. Sharp, Warrington ; Mr. Robson, do. ; Mr. Bvthell, St. Asaph ; Mr. C. J. Brecknell, Banbury ; Mr. J. Woodstock, Bury ; Mr. Wm. Boslington, Kenilworth; Mr. T. Jones, Ruthin; Mr. John Robinson, Bolton ; Mr. Ed. Westall, Croydon ; Dr. Malins, Liverpool; Dr. Robertson, Northampton ; Mr. Richard Barnett, Stockport ; Mr. G. Bottomley, Croydon ; Dr. W. Conolly, Cheltenham ; Dr. Heathcote, Rotherham ; Mr. Manifold, Liverpool ; Dr. Kendrick, Warrington ; Dr. Hulme, Manchester; Mr. Jordan, do. ; Mr. Goodlad, do. ; Dr. Renny, Ist Dragoons, Dublin ; Mr. Sadam, Bath ; Dr. Shopter, Exeter ; Mr. F. C. Batt, Abergavenny ; Mr. T. F. Barrett, Cheshire; Mr. Geo. Wolstenholme, Bolton ; Mr. James, Exeter ; Dr. Outhwaite, Bradford ; Mr. T. Flower, —; Mr. Jubb, Halifax ; Mr. Ortt, Liverpool; Mr. Ellis Jones, do. ; Mr. John Barrett, Bath ; Mr. James Bailey, Blackburn; Dr. Petrie, Liverpool ; Mr. Lamb, Woolton ; Mr. Roberts, St. Asaph; Mr. Smith, Woodside ; Mr. F. Bromiley, --; Mr. Rogerson, Liverpool; Mr. Neill, do.; Mr. Banner, do.; Mr. Bevan, do. ; Dr. Brandreth, do.; Mr. Godfrey, do. ; Mr. Heneson, do. ; Dr. Sutherland, do.; Mr. Hensman, do. ; Mr. Archer, do. ; Dr. Llewelyn Jones, Chester ; Dr. Bardsley, Manchester ; Mr. S. Hare, Leeds ; Mr. Morrison, Newcastle ; Mr. Turner, Manchester ; Mr. Tudor, Bath; Dr. Philip Jones, Chester ; Dr. J. Newbold, Manchester ; Mr. Ainsworth, do. ; Dr. Marshall, do. ; Mr. Hardy, Warrington ; Dr. Kay, Bristol ; Dr. Lyon, Man chester ; Dr. Chaytor, do. ; Dr. Edwards, Chester ; Mr. Hebb, Worcester ; Dr. Barlow, Bath; Mr. Loden, do. ; Mr. Carmichael, Dublin ; Dr. Underwood, Isle of Man ; Dr. Ramsey, Amisham ; Dr. Williamson, Leeds; Dr. Web ster, London ; Dr. Marshall Hall, do. ; Dr. Gregory, do. ; Mr. Arkwright, Torquay ; Dr. Forbes, Chichester ; Mr. Vale, Birkenhead; Mr. Braithwaite, Hereford; Dr. Proud Johnson, Shrewsbury ; Dr. Drury, do. ; Mr. Thos. Martin, Reigate ; Mr. D. Noble, Manchester ; Mr. Hunt, do.; Dr. Symonds, Bristol ; Mr. Norman, Bath ; Mr. "Wank, Hull ; Mr. Crang, Finsbury ; Dr. James Johnstone, Birmingham ; Dr. Barton, Bath; Dr. Cowan, Reading ; Mr. Workman, Basingstoke ; Professor Gibson, Philadelphia ; Dr. Smith, South Carolina ; Mr. Price, Leeds ; Mr. Smith, do. ; Mr. Watson, Stourport ; Dr. O'Berne, Dublin ; Mr. Dagliesh, Wigan ; Dr. Mortland, Blackburn ; Mr. Welding, do. ; Sir James Murray, Dublin ; Dr. Watson, Liverpool; Dr. Jef freys, do. ; Dr. Tinman, do.; Mr. Greatrex, do. ; Mr. Jas. Brook, Stockport; Dr. Hastings, Worcester; Mr. Ander ton, Woolton ; and many others whose names we could not ascertain. THE DINNER. Yesterday evening, the members of, the association, after the scientific labours of the day, resorted to our noble Town hall, (with which they had been accommodated through the kindness and hospitality of the Mayor and Corporation,) and partook of a dinner consisting of all that was substantial or delicate. We need say no more than that the dinner, des sert, and wines were provided by Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi, to assure our readers that the viands and wines were of the best quality, and that the attendance on the guests was most prompt and satisfactory. The dessert consisted of the choicest fruits. The dinner took place in the great and splen did Ball Room of the Town-hall, and the company filled that large apartment. An elevated table occupied the north side of the room throughout its whole length, and in the eentre of this sat the chairman, the Mayor on his right hand ; the Rev. Mr. Bowstead, as representative of the clergy, on his left, and on either side distinguished members of the associ ation, according to their seniority and standings. Seven large tables were filled at right angles from that on the north. The room—one of the largest and most splendid in England, was brilliantly lighted, and Mr. Stubbs's Royal Harmonic Band were placed in the Orchestra, and played, with much effect, a number of favourite airs during the evening. The Chairman was supported, on his right, by his Wor ship the Mayor, Dr. Hastings, the secretary and founder of the association, Dr. Kendrick, of Warrington, Dr. Baron, of Cheltenham, Mr. Ebb, Surgeon, (late mayor of Wor cester), and other gentlemen. On his left the Rev. Mr. Bowstead, Dr. Barlow, of Bath, Mr. Carmichael, of Dub lin, and other gentlemen whose names we could not, on the eve of our publication, ascertain. The first toast—" The Queen," was drank with great en thusiasm, in other words,upstanding, with " all the honours," followed by the national anthem, and afterwards, " Here's a health to all good Lasses." " The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family" followed, and was drank with equal approbation. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of an individual who had deeply interested himself in the welfare of this asso ciation, to which he had directed an extraordinary degree of zeal, energy, and ability. The gentleman to whom he alluded was in truth the founder of the association. (Loud and re peated cheers.) It would be almost superfluous in him to adventure a single remark on the merits of their enlightened, their experienced, he might add,—their beloved associate — their indefatigable secretary. (Loud and continued cheers.) He (the chairman) had a yet more pleasing task to perform, with regard to that respected individual : and that was the presentation to that gentleman of his own portrait, by the association. This was intended as a present to Mrs. Hast ings and her family as a token of the respect and esteem in which they held the head of that family as a professional man, and as a private individual. He begged to propose the health of Dr. Hastings. (Loud.and prolonged cheering.) Dr. HASTINGS rose amidst prolonged shouts of approba tion. He said that if, on former and less prominent occa sions, when he had met a smaller portion of his medical associates of that institution, he had difficulty in expressing his feelings, it might well be believed that on the present occasion he felt it still more difficult to give utterance to the feelings of gratitude and delight with which he had heard the manifestation of feeling towards him that evening. (Cheers.) He had endeavoured to promote the interests of the profes sion ; and he was desirous to impress upon them the impera tive necessity—having once joined the profession—of their devoting their utmost exertions—their very lives—to the various and important objects of the vocation which they had embraced. Having been the originator of the association, he felt sufficiently rewarded in the approbation of his col leagues and the success which had attended their united efforts. He looked forward to an early period when the influence of the association, would, through the instrumentality of the commerce of this great town, be extended over the world. Mr. Hastings concluded a most eloquent address, by an affecting acknowledgment of the compliment paid to him, and his family, by the presentation of the portrait. Many other eloquent addresses were delivered by members of the association and other gentlemen on their healths being drunk, and the meeting was highly interesting throughout ; but we regret that, being on the eve of our publication, we are precluded from supplying our readers with details. A high compliment was paid to the Mayor and Corporation for their hospitality to the Association ; and the company separated in high admiration of the splendour of the enter tainment, and the kindly feeling that prevailed amongst the medical men present, several of whom were from America, and others from the Continent of Europe. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—MoNDA Y. Messrs. Rushton and Bolton presided for the most part of Monday during the sitting of the court, and disposed of. numberless cases of minor and petty import. As usual on the Monday, many had the privilege and pleasure of appear ing before their Honours," for too freely indulging in those practices which tend to debase and demoralize the human species. Men and women of every age and grade in society, are alike mixed together and placed in the dock—for what ? for crime ; yea, for the crime and crying sin of our land— that of drunkenness ! Among the pitiable individuals who were on Monday exposed to the laughter and ridicule of the court, we observed several whose appearance bespoke much to their discredit ; and, as Mr. Rushton very pointedly ob served, they were the very individuals who gave more trouble to the police and enticement to thieves, than all others brought before him ; alluding to such as were well clothed, with money about them, yet in a helpless state of drunken ness. We should hope that, having been once brought into such an " enviable situation," many will learn a useful lesson, and " abstain from the very appearance of such an evil." PARENTAL AFFECTION INDEED A poor, neglected youth, not more than nine years of age, was placed in the dock, under rather curious, yet pitiable circumstances. The superintendent of St. James's Market appeared, and stated to the magistrates that on Sunday he received information that some person or persons were con cealed in the abovenamed market ; that he proceeded thither, and found the boy at the bar had been there, as he supposed, the whole of the night. Whatever his object might have been, he could not say, but he found many of the stalls com pletely upset, and on his approach the lad had fled, or made his way up the chimney, from which place he would not emerge until threatened that a fire should be made in the grate, which, however, had the desired effect of causing the little fellow to surrender himself into the hands of the autho rities ; and, shameful to relate, on finding out his parents, (the mother being adorned with a black eye,) neither cared anything for his welfare, and actually refused to appear at the court on his behalf. Such wretches are truly disgraceful to society, and ought not to be entitled to the name of parent. The bov was ordered to be taken to the workhouse, where it is to be hoped he will find that attention which his ungrateful parents deny. Several cases were heard for assaults upon the police officers, which, from the repeated and increasing outrages upon them, and their services, demand every punishment the law allows. Numbers were heavily fined on Monday for assaults and interruption of the police whilst on duty—indeed, in one or two instances, some had so far interfered as to cause the offending parties to escape the detention of the police. These richly-deserved their reward. The police must be protected in the exercise of their duty. YESTERDAY. (Before Messrs. RUSHTON and BOLTON.) ROBBERY BY A FEMALE SERVANT. Margaret Roberts, a middle-aged woman, who had been for the last twelve months in the service of the Rev. Edward Hull, of Mason-street, Edge-hill, near this town, as cook, was placed in the dock, charged with having stolen a bottle of wine, ,and a bottle of rum, the property of her said master ; also a pair of white cotton stockings, the property of Miss Hull. Mary Bruce, another servant in the rev. gentleman's establishment, appeared as evidence against her ; she, on being sworn, stated that the prisoner was on Tuesday last dis missed from her situation by her master, for being intoxi cated. They had been bottling wine that day, and had left the wine cellar open. After the prisoner had left, she (the witness) found three bottles, which appeared to contain wine, hid under the cellar stairs; one bottle was in a hamper, among broken glass. She informed Miss Hull of what she had seen. On the following morning the prisoner came to the house for the clothes she had left the day before. The clothes were in the wash-house, near the place where the bottles were deposited ; after she was gone, the witness noticed that the bottles had been taken away; the two bottles now produced are the same ; the one contained port, and the other, she believed, rum, as her master had generally rum in the house as well as wine. The stockings she knew to be Miss Hull's. John Dodd, policeman No. 121, was sworn. He said he received information of the present charge, on Wednesday last, and in the evening apprehended her in Mr. Hull's house, where she had come for her wages, as he was informed afterwards. He told her the charge against her, and she declared she had taken the bottles ; that they were in her box, at Mrs. Jacque's house, in Copperas-hill. He took the prisoner to Bridewell ; and there received from her a key, which she said belonged to her box at Mrs. Jacque's. On his going thither, and opening the box, he found the bottles produced, and the pair of stockings. The evidence being so very conclusive. almost an acknow ledgement of the offence, she was committed to take her trial at the next sessions. THEFT FROM A LAUNDRESS Mary Nuttall, was charged with obtaining from the house of one Mrs. M`Mahon, who keeps a mangle, at Newington bridge, a quantity of linen, &c., belonging to Miss Knibb, 15, Bold-street, sent by her domestics for the purpose of being mangled. The prisoner, it appeared, knew the articles of Miss Knibb's were at M`Mahon's house, from whence she obtained them ; part of which she pledged with Mr. Robert Hayes, in Kent-street, and others with Mr. Thomas Hodg kinson, in Park-lane. Arthur Grindrod, being sworn, said, I am assistant to Mr. Robert Hayes, pawnbroker, No. 1, Kent-street. The pri soner at the bar, Mary Nuttall, came to his master's shop on Wednesday, wishing to pledge a table-cloth, one chemise, a petticoat, towel, and sundry linen cloths—l lent her 4s. 6d. on them : the day after she came again, and wished to pledge a table-cloth and three towels—l lent her 2s. 6d. on them. I questioned her as to whom the articles belonged, and she replied " they were her own." In about two hours after wards a printed bill or two were left in the shop from the police-office, describing the property as stolen. John. Parr said he was an apprentice to Mr. Thomas Hodgkinson, pawnbroker, in Park-lane. In the afternoon of the 23d instant, the prisoner came to his master's shop, and desired to pledge a table-cloth, a petticoat, a night-gown, and a towel, she gave her name as Mary Nuttall, and he lent ss. on them, and the day afterwards saw a bill describing such articles as being stolen. Mary Simott, servant to Miss Frances Knibb, said, she assisted in washing the clothes on the Monday ; and on Tues day placed two dozen and seven pieces out to M`Mahon's to be mangled. She then described the several articles from recollection, some of which were her own property, some be longed to William Bolland, and the rest to Miss Knibb. She sent them all by Bolland, and the day after she sent him for the clothes back again, and the answer was that another per son had fetched them. William Bolland proved the taking of the clothes, and his being again sent for the same the following day, according to the testimony of preceding witness. Margaret Rice said, she resided with her sister Ann M`Mahon ; she received the clothes from Bolland on the Tuesday, and on the Wednesday the prisoner came and asked if Miss Knibb's clothes were mangled ; she waited whilst they were finished : she saw me count them, and then paid 3d for the mangling ; she watched her going towards the neighbourhood of Bold-street, and she heard no more until Bolland came for the clothes. Samuel Lloyd said, he was a constable, and on Wednes day afternoon, he called upon Margaret Rice, and took her to Mr. Hayes' and Mr. Hodgkinson's shops to identify the articles. Between eleven and twelve •o'clock that night, he went in search of the prisoner, and found her in a cellar in Lydia Anne-street. I said, " I want you about some clothes you got from Newington-bridge, I have found some of them in pledge." She replied, " She knew nothing about them." He then took her to Bridewell, and the clothes which he received from the pawnbrokers he now produced. The prisoner urged nothing in defence. The magistrates gave her to understand, that she might be liberated on bail, herself in £4O, and two sureties in £2O each, to answer the charge at the next sessions, and in default of which she would be committed. CHARGE OF STABBING. A young man, whose name we could not learn, was placed in 'the dock charged with having, on the night of the 15th instant, stabbed George Hogarth, about coeval in age, in Edgar-street, Naylor-street. According to the evidence of the complainant, who was, • owing to extreme weakness, ac commodated with a seat at the table, it appeared that in going down Edgar-street on the night in question, he was met by two or three shopmates. There was " a row" in the street ; three women were fighting and breaking windows. The prisoner and another young man came up to him, and said he was a drunken scamp ; the complainant then knocked him down. In about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour afterwards the prisoner came up and stabbed complainant in two places, one of which, according to the surgeon's testi mony, might have been attended with serious consequences. He had been under medical treatment ever since at the Northern Hospital, and was far from being considered per fectly well. Isaac Fleming, a youth not more than 15 years of age, swore to having seen the affray between the parties,—and his evidence went to confirm the statement made by com plainant. Mr. Samuel Deane, surgeon at the Hospital, proved the dangerous tendency of the wounds inflicted. For the defence, several witnesses were called, who spoke as to the circumstance of the riot and disturbance in that street, and that the prisoner could not be identified as the person who committed the deed. That he had been in their company, and had so remained for some time after the re port that a young man had been stabbed; they saw him afterwards, and he was then in the same dress as they had before seen him. Nothing however, was elicited, either from the witnesses for the defence, or upon cross-examining the prosecutors, (which was very ably conducted by Mr. Wardle,) so as to warrant the bench to come to any other conclusion than that of committing the young fellow for trial at the ensuing assizes. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. The following communication has been received by the secretary of the Pilot's Committee, from the Superintendant of Quarantine, dated Quarantine Station, 25th July, 1839. " SlR,—Having received orders from the Privy Council to examine all vessels from Charleston, New Orleans, and the other southern ports of the United States. " I have to request you will be pleased to direct all the pilots to conduct such vessels to the Quarantine ground for inspection, until further orders.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " A. MACDONALD, Superintendent ritte e Q i arantine. " To the Secretary of the Pilo's ORDINATION.- - At an ordination held at the Bangor Ca tiledral, on Sunday last, the following gentlemen were ad mitted to the order of deacons—Henry William Wynne Jones, 8.A., of Jesus College, Oxford; Ellis Roberts Pring, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Oxford.—Nonth Wales Chronicle. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1339. It is a bold thing to accuse the Duke of " exaggera tion." Whatever faults the Duke may have, (and if the Liberals wish to recommend themselves to their countrymen of generous and grateful England, they will not be hasty to vilify the Duke,) certainly a love for braggadocio and the marvellous is not one of them. The Hero of a hundred fights is not given to fighting his battles o'er again, and to thrice slaying the slain. Deeds have been more in his way than words. Nei their, we think, has age begun to tell very particularly upon this stalwart champion of his country. Lord Melbourne will forgive us if we remind him of a cer tain defence which the Attorney-General was instructed once to make, when he suggested in a certain memo rable action that the Premier had passed his grand climacteric, and that his age was not, like Charon's, a crude and green old age. The old Duke has more in him yet than they think for. Moreover, however constant may have been our adhesion to what is called the Fabian policy, we have never, we believe, accused the Duke of too vehement an opposition to the wretched Conspirators who trifle with the powers of Government : we never saw in his moderation anything like intemperance or undue ex citement. If increased and increasing vigour testify decay, we rejoice that his Grace is growing old. In times like these, when events crowd rapidly, and men live fast, even the Duke may grow older in the space of a single Session, or even of a single month. We trust that if any of our readers withheld their consent from our expressions of heartfelt joy, when the embryo Ministry of Sir R. Peel went off upon the notable Bedchamber Intrigue, their convictions will at length have been secured. Let them imagine Sir Robert seated on his precarious eminence : a " power behind the throne greater than the throne itself" con stantly thwarting his measures, and undermining his influence and power : a strong combination in the House of Commons arrayed in fierce hostility, and infinitely preferring " anarchy to Peel" :—let them conceive, in such a state of things, the Riots at Bir• mingham commencing, —what, think they, would be the position of affairs ? It will be remembered that once there lived an indi vidual ycleped Mr. Henry Hunt : he obtained a popu larity like Hercules and Hotspur with the makers of ballads, and for some occasion on which he ought to have displayed his valour he was celebrated by the street musicians in the following lines : " Orator Hunt ! Orator Hunt ! Pluck up your courage, and show a bold front." Now this great man was in those days a Hero with the Whigs. Lord Fitzwilliam sacrificed the Lieutenancy of Yorkshire in his cause. Lord Althorp and the rest compromised (what then they had something of to lose) their reputations in his behalf. Hunt was a member, and not an unimportant one, of the Re formers' Union. Just such was Mr. Muntz—such was Mr. Feargus O'Connor; and such they will be again, when misery acquaints the Whigs with sorry bedfellows, and exile from office drives them to desperate resources. Lord John Russell has not forgotten the incendiary fires in Hampshire, which stood his party in such good stead in 1830, and formed the text for his celebrated oration at Stroud. We wish to know what he will say to his obsequious friends in that Ministerial Bo rough respecting Llanidloes, and Newcastle, and Bir mingham, and the universal territory of Chartism ? Perhaps he will propose it to the University of London to say, if a dozen stacks burnt out the wicked Tories, how many towns will it take to burn down the credit of the Heroic Liberals ? To speak seriously, we have no doubt in the world that if Sir R. Peel had been in office, Whiggery would have openly made common cause with Chartism, and, as they nursed it in its childhood, so they would have watched its gradual and mature development with an affectionate and paternal care. " See," they would have said in triumph, " we kept the country quiet : Toryism went out in the fires of Hampshire, to come in again amid the flames of Birmingham." Who would have been the exaggerators then ? Why, every man who wished to keep his house standing over his head, would have been told that he must vote for Whiggery ! The address now supported by Mr. Attwood and the other representatives of that cast-iron district, would then have been moved by Lord John Russell, and every Whig and Radical and Papist would have blown the bellows with all his might. The flame of popular excitement would have risen rapidly to the highest pinnacles of the Constitution. Even now the miserable imbeciles dare not heartily take part in defence of law and order. Lord Lans down prates pompously of popular rights, when the mob is in arms, and Lord Melbourne has not time to read the papers, and has no better information on the subject. Like Sir Abel Handy in the play, —they neither send for the engines, "nor look for the plugs, but wait with their hands in their pockets to see if per chance the fire may not go out of itself ! There is a stern, and almost a poetic justice in all this. When the rascally Whigs had seized the reins of power, they gave them loose to all the wild excesses of a raving and rebellious faction. Lord John Rus sell himself sent to Birmingham for manifestations of physical force, and styled a majority in the Lords, THE WHISPER OF A FACTION. The same Lord John has now to deal with the mischiefs he created, and to quell the spirit he has raised. This is as it should be. Honest men in every quarter, and of every shade of varying opinion, will have their eyes open to the real plain truth of the political questions upon which the country is divided. The rogues and rebels will be set together by the ears, and disappointed of the " honour among Liberals," which the proverb had led them to expect,—will hate their pretending friends worse than their avowed opponents. We suspect Whiggery is not far from having found its level. Joyous as their prospects doubtless were (on which we congratulate them with all the sincerity they will naturally look for at our hands), we suspect the new lights at Birmingham will have served them but the sorry purpose of making " their darkness visi ble." Your genuine Whig is the miscreant described by Bacon, who " would burn an house, an' it were but for the roasting of his eggs." Lord Melbourne attempted, with his characteristic nonchalance, and in all the hardihood of his unblushing ignorance, to paliate the speech made by Lord John Russell in this town last autumn. The facts, it will be in the recollection of every one of our readers, are simply these. What was called a Demon-stration in favour of the People's Charter had recently been held in Liver pool, under the sanction of that particularly wise and temperate individual, Mr. William Rathbone, whom municipal merits had made Mayor. This personage invited his Lordship to a dinner at the Town-hall. The banquet was a private one. The Whigs dared not at tempt a public dinner : their portion of the public could not pay for tickets : and the result of Lord John's Irish m;ssion was not clear enough to insure him a favourable reception from the Hibernian auxiliaries on whom the peace-loving Council place their chief re liance. However, there was a dinner at the Town-hall, and hls little Lordship " greatly daring dined." And after dinner he made a speech. And this speech was re ported next day by the Liberals (for no Reporter was in the room) according to their own fashion and fancy. This report was never contradicted : and it represented the Secretary of State as alluding to this very Chartist Meeting which his friend and entertainer had sanctioned before it was convened : and as to say the most of it, " blessing with faint blame" these avowedly uncon stitutional assemblages. Nay more it appeared from this same one-sided, Liberal, report, never tampered with by a conservative, and never contradicted by a Whig, that the gist of his Lordship's speech was an assumption of credit to himself and his brother Whigs, for giving free scope to such assemblages : placing him self thereby in what he thought was an advantageous contrast with the Tories, who would doubtless (he in sinuated) have discouraged and suppressed them. This is extraordinary language to proceed from the lips of a Home-Secretary. We were not present—no Conservative was admitted to the mysteries of that Li beral Feast. Our faith in Liberal versions is not im plicit ; and we do not mean to pledge ourselves that this report of the speech was true, merely because it proceeded from the Liberals. We do mean to assert that the impression given out in Liverpool by the Liberals themselves, and never (so far as we know) contradicted here or elsewhere, was such as we have above recorded. The allusion was to a Chartist Meeting : the tone of the speech was encou ragement. We defy them to shake these facts, which are\ noto rious :—let them look Lord Lyndhurst in the face with what countenance they may, when next they impugn his plain assertions on this head, or dispute the clear and irrefragable conclusions he has drawn of the per fidy, and imbecility, and wickedness of a Ministry that snborns and subsists by a reckless legislation. The Session of 1839 is now rapidly approaching its close, and, both in retrospect and prospect, there is much room for serious and anxious consideration. The time has not yet come for us to devote our columns to an analysis of the conduct of Government since last February, and exhibit in a condensed form such a view of political iniquity, combined with mental incapacity, as, thank God, never before disgraced the rulers of this country, and such as, we fervently `hope and believe, they will never have another opportunity of displaying during a future Session, however adroitly they may have managed to make their tenure of office safe during the interval of the prorogation of Parliament. We confess we cannot feel strong confidence that the Session of 1840 will not dawn upon the pre sent Ministry in power. We have not forgotten the unceremonious dismissal of the Melbourne rump by King William in the autumn of 1834, when he evinced such an anxiety to get rid of his radical and imbecile advisers that, in his haste to send them to the right about, he did serious mischief to the Conservative cause. We fear that the illustrious Princess who now occupies the throne of these realms has been too much entangled in the tortuous web of Whiggery—has had her ear too much abused by the minions of the faction now in power—and been too effectually prejudiced by the busy falsehoods which have been put into circula tion at Court against some of the Conservative leaders-- to awake from the dream of confidence which she at present reposes in her "Whig-Radical administration, and withdraw from it the only prop on which it leans— the sole buttress which prevents the crazy building from tumbling into ruin, and which, in bygone times, a Whig ministry would have repudiated as fatal to its very existence—the invidious and unpopular support of Court favour. "What would the leaders of the great Whig opposition between the years 1784 and 1806 have said had they been told that men who call them selves their descendants, and who claim the mantle of their characters and principles, (ragged and threadbare though it was even then,) were about to prorogue Par liament and pocket the salaries of two additional quar ters, after openly, in both Houses, proclaiming that they had not the confidence of that Parliament, and sustaining a series of defeats, and victories more hu miliating than defeats, such as we should have thought sufficient to make the most tenacious gluttons of office relinquish it in disgust. We cannot apply ordinary rules to desperate and unprincipled men, and therefore it is vain to search for precedents not to justify but to exemplify their conduct. There was a time when pub lic confidence was considered the mainstay of a govern ment in this country, and when popular demonstration in its favour could enable a cabinet to face the opposi tion of a hostile court. Alois nous avons change tout cela, and the converse of the proposition is proved to be true ; for the Liberal Ministry of Britain makes use of female intrigue as its most effective weapon against the contemptuous hatred of the people. We ask, is there a single party or body of men in the whole length and breadth of the land which puts trust in the Melbourne and Russell Cabinet ? We ne ver met with an individual who had any confidence in their principles or moral courage, however steadily he might have supported their continuance in power. For the truth is, that, although despised and distrusted by all, they are made use of as a kind of pis-aller—as rubbish thrown into the breach to stop the advance of the Conservatives to the citadel of power, and they en joy, at this moment, the enviable distinction of main taining their ground by the grace of the Ladies of the Bedchamber and the rabid hatred of all our institutions which leads so many of their supporters to prefer their unresisting imbecility to the strong hand of a Conser vative Cabinet. From high to low, throughout all ranks, (always excepting, unhappily, the highest) we see the same feeling manifested ; and if the Whig-Ra dical wreck were to go down to-morrow in the surging sea which is beginning to rage against it, there would be but one personage in the realm to sing its requiem. But the state of the country just now is such that it is impossible to contemplate without much alarm the continuance of the present Ministry in power. From Newcastle to Merthyr Tydvyl there may be heard the mutterings of the storm. The colliery districts of the North and the large manufacturing towns of England contain a population in a state of perilous excitement. It is not because they cannot find work and employ ment, and are therefore driven upon desperate courses by the sharp stimulus of hunger—for we believe that latterly the trade of Birmingham has been in a most flourishing state, and the wages of the operatives as high as they have averaged since the war—but because fiendish agitators have been for months ceaselessly em ployed in setting the poor against the rich, and sowing the seeds of a social revolution, whose object is the confiscation of property and complete overthrow of all our establishments. We have no wish to create a panic, or cause needless alarm, but we cannot conceal from ourselves the danger which lurks in that wide spread combination against property and order which the Chartist leaders have been so active in organizing. At any moment the train may be fired, and what mis chief the explosion will occasion has been demonstrated by the disgraceful scenes which have been recently witnessed in Birmingham. We make no manner of doubt that the designs of the incendiaries will be ultimately crushed, and that the ringleaders will be brought to condign punishment ; but, in the meantime, riot and disorder may stalk through the land, and so far from every Englishman finding that his house is his castle, he may have to escape from its burning rafters into streets filled with an infuriated mob. Never was there a time when the want of a vigorous Executive was more strongly felt, and it is enough to make a man's heart sink within him, when he looks to the fribble Premier and his colleagues as those to whom at this juncture the destinies of the Empire are entrusted. The Home Secretary has applied to Par liament for liberty to increase our military force by 5000 men ; but why was not this done before, when the army estimates were voted ? The Government had warning enough to satisfy all but the wilfully blind that insurrectionary movements would take place— indeed, Lord Lelbourne the other night declared that he had always said that violent actions must follow from the violent language used at the Chartist assem blages—and, therefore, this increase to our force ought to have been made at an earlier period, when it would have excited no alarm, and not induced the States of Europe to believe that we are engaged in a kind of servile bellum with our own population. Lord John Russell has applied for the loan of £lO,OOO from the consolidated fund, in order that the expenses of a local constabulary force at Birmingham may be defrayed ; for even he thinks that the force of public meetings is carried a little too far, when the speeches of the orators are immediately followed by conflagration and outrage. We should like to hear the little Secretary at another Liverpool dinner vindicate the rights of a Chartist mob to free discussion, and hold out the encouragement of official sanction a second time to the insane violence of their democratic leaders. Truly, the ingredients of his poisoned chalice are commended to his own lips in this instance, and we guess the draught is a bitter one. We rejoice that Ministers were defeated the other night in their attempt to frustrate the motion for grant ing out-door relief to the families of those who were married before the Poor-law Act came into operation. We do not agree with many of our most respected contemporaries in their reprobation of this measure. So far from denouncing it as " infernal" and " damn able," and thereby aiding the criminal violence of Messrs. Oastler and Stephens, who throw firebrands into the midst of a combustible populace, we shall ever consider the Poor-law Act as a great improvement upon the old system, and as one of the most praise worthy acts of legislation which has passed during the last ten years. But we are not blind to several defects which impede and injure its beneficial operation. One of them is the excessive restriction upon the administra tion of out-odor relief. We are convinced that a judicious relaxation of this rule would be productive of the happiest results. Humanity demands it and ex pediency sanctions it. But we have no space to go into the subject to day. We propose to discuss it at length at an early opportunity. A correspondent has kindly furnished us with a copy of the Sydney Herald of March 15, in which we find an important paper entitled " A General Summary of the Number of Stock in the Districts beyond the Boundary of Location, and of the Number of Persons residing on the several Stations, as taken from the Itineraries of the respective Commissioners of Crown Lands." From this statement, which is elaborately drawn up, we find that the number of persons residing in the districts of Bris bane, Murray and St. Vincent, Bligh and Wellington, Murrumbidgee, King, Port Phillip, Bathurst and Wel lington, and Port Macquarrie, amounts to 4380. This is, of course, exclusive of the population within the boundaries of the several locations enumerated. The number of horses in the same districts is 3303, of cattle, 232,888, and of sheep, 982,405. When it is re flected that this immense amount of stock is shared by a population of only 4380 persons, some idea may be formed of the actual wealth of the Australian colonies. Another interesting paper in the Sydney Herald shows the value of the imports into the colony for the year 1838, as published in the Trade List. From this it appears that the total value of the imports were, from Great Britain, £1,102,127; from British Colonies, £183,501 ; from Foreign States, £82,112 ; from the United States £8066 ; from Fisheries, £71,506 ; from South Sea Islands, £5548; from New Zealand, £53,943 ; forming a grand total of £1,506,803. The spirits, of which the principal item is 137,000 gallons of rum, £38,936, amounted to £53,653 ; sugar • is also a very large item, being 12,552,7681b5, amounting to £109,075, of which £68,598 came from British Colonies, and £34,698 from Foreign States. There were 3139 pack ages apparel and slops imported, which amounted to £138,682 ; beer and ale also form a large item, 475,830 gallons, worth £58,507. There are several items which shew the luxurious habits of the colonists-for instance, 193 carriages, worth £18,199, haberdashery, 1731 pack ages, £115,910; jewellery, 61 packages, £11,704, plate, 66 packages, £6770; millinery, 285 packages, £28,076 ; musical instruments, £16,246; perfumery, 124 pack ages, £3075 ; silks, 58,799 yds, £10,622 ; wine, 399,787 gallonr, £54,365. The different articles of provisions that were imported amounted to a considerable sum ; butter and cheese, 123,8211b5, £7928 ; coffee and cocoa, 175,224 lbs, £2776 ; dried fruits, 280,896 lbs, £4506 ; packed fruit, 710 packages, £l6Ol ; flour and bread, 875,878 lbs, £4654 ; oatmeal, 83,412 lbs, £693; pepper and spices, 56,647 lbs, £1693; pickles and sauces, 1465 cases, £3446 ; potatoes, 1161 tons, £9986 ; salt pro visions, 1,429,948 lbs, £28,621 ; rice, 704,346 lbs, £2304 ; salt, 892 tons, £3079 ; sugar, 12,552,768 lbs, £109,075; tea, 725.554 lbs, £30,541 ; wheat, 79,166 bushels, £25,548 ; and vinegar, 4913 gallons, £384. The coin imported duringthe year amounted to £36,860. There were 152 horses imported during the year, value £4320 ; saddlery, 401 cases, value £19,061. Tobacco, including snuff and cigars, forms a considerable item, 335,676 lbs, value £27,856. To the cotton, linen, and woollen manufactures this Colony offers an extensive market, as will he seen by the following items ; in ad dition to the haberdashery, millinery, slops, &c. before alluded to :-28,983 parcels blankets and counterpanes, £16,127; 23,690 yards carpeting, £4352; 558,226 yds canvas, £27,049; 1,464,575 yards cottons, £56,690; 59,603 gunny bags and sacks, £4673 ; hats, caps, and bonnets, 536 packages, £13,989; hosiery, 283 pack ages, £17,041 ; woollen stuffs, 181,268 yards, £48,528; woolpacks, 18,560, £5489. The produce of the Fish eries for the year was-sperm oil, £68,047, black oil, £37,662. Among the many important improvements which are daily effected in our town, we beg to suggest one, which, if at tended to by the " Committee for Paving, &c.," would prove highly valuable to those who are daily employed in our Police Court. We allude to the M'Adamizing the upper part of Dale-street, as the continued noise arising from carts, cars, coaches, &c., passing and repassing, renders it extremely unpleasant and annoying to all engaged in that court ; and we are sure that if our worthy stipendiary would but suggest the desideratum in a proper quarter, the nui sance, (if so it may be called,) would soon be abated. Mr. PARKER'S GRAND WESLEYAN CENTENARY Pic- TußE.—The public will have an opportunity, in a few days, of inspecting this very interesting and affecting picture, re presenting one of the most striking events in the whole of Mr. Wesley's remarkable life. It will be generally gratifying to know, that a print is about to be published ; and, considering that there is no engraving of importance connected with the life of Mr. Wesley, it is but reasonable to expect that it will have every support from the public, and more especially the Methodist body. We shall be glad to go more into detail in describing the picture when it is exhibited to the public.-- Mr. Parker is an artist whose works are already popular in Liverpool, and he is no stranger amongst us. LECTURES ON SOCIALISM.—We are glad to find that Mr. Brindley has visited Liverpool for the purpose of delivering a course of lectures on the abominable nature of the princi ples inculcated by Robert Owen and his disciples. His lec ture on 'Wednesday evening was a masterly effort. Mr. Brindley is one of the most attractive speakers we have heard for some time. His manner is very pleasing, and his style lucid and energetic. The Music Hall was crowded on the occasion. The audience were highly delighted with his forcible mode of illustrating the subject on which he spoke. As the great majority of those who attended were mechanics, paying only twopence for admission, we fear that Mr. Brindley will be a loser by his enterprising course of opposition to the debasing and atheistical principles of the Socialists. We hope that this may not be the case. We are sure that the Christian public of this town will appre ciate the services which Mr. Brindley has rendered to the cause of true religion, and indemnify him for his expenses. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Fifth Night of MR. POWER, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, and Haymarket, who is engaged at this Theatre, for TEN NIGHTS. The New Drama of THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS, having been eminently successful on its first performance, will be repeated This Evening, and on Tues day and Wednesday next ; and the New Farce of THE IRISH LION, having been received Last Night with shouts of laughter and applause, will also be repeated This Evening, and on Tuesday and Wednesday. THIS present FRIDAY, th e 26th i ns t an t , w ill b e per formed the Melo-Drama, compressed into two acts, called TEKELI. After which, for the second time here, with new and appro priate Scenery, Dresses, &c., a new Dama, in two acts, written expressly for Mr. P ower, by Sainnel Lover, Esq., author of " Rory O'More," &c., and performed with most distinguished approbation at the Theatre-Royal, Hay market, called THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerald Pepper Mr. Power, As originally performed by him in London. To conclude with the new Farce, produced last season with the greatest success at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, called THE IRISH LION, Written by John Baldwin Buckstone, Esq., author of " Rural Felicity," " The Wreck Ashore," " Married Life," &c. Tom More.. (the Irish Lion).. Mr. Power, As originally performed by him in London. Mrs. Fizgig .. Mrs. Clarke. On MONDAY next, the Entertainments will commence with the Operetta of NO.—After which, the popular Drama of RORY O'MORE. R or y O'More, Mr. Power.—To conclude with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr. Power. IMPORTANT TO FREEMEN. The mayor holds a court daily at the Town Hall, for the purpose of swearing in and receiving proofs of birth and servitude ; which he will continue to do until the 31st day of July. Those who are entitled to their freedom will do well to attend to this notice, the neglect of which will prevent them from getting upon the Freeman's Re gister this year. The father or mother (or, if the parents are dead, the nearest relation) must be in attendance with the register of birth, and the master with the indentures of an apprentice. IMPORTANT TO HOUSEHOLDERS. To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualification: namely— " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and du ring the two preceeding years, of a house, warehouse, counting house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon except those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod (say two years and nine months), have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be completed, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week pre ceeding the 15th of September. The last day for notices, of claims and objections is the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house,4-c., by descent, marriage, devise, (fic., is entitled to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of Mr. Alexander M'Creery shall appear in our next. Vir Cintwoi &tanbarb. " S' PP . , r - 1 0 THE INFIDELS DEFEATED, AND 0 4 1$ ?;%f. • UNMASKED. t 7, > On Wednesday evening last Mr. Brindley conta4 4 ;laN course of lectures on the errors of the Atheistical 1; - (1Mti-"" called " Socialism," at the Music-hall, in this town, wfi • ...-••••" the absurdity of what are named the " Five fundamental facts" of the system, and the wickedness of the principles deduced therefrom were fully exposed. Mr. B. took the " Facts" seri atim as proposed by Mr. Owen in " The Book of the New Moral World," and showed their folly and inconsistency in such forcible terms, that the " Socialists" themselves could not but join in the laugh against them. Mr. Owen states in ex planation of his Fi rs t Fact, observes Mr. 8., that he has made a " DISCOVERY !" And what did they suppose Mr. Owen had discovered? Why, that an individual, before he was an individual, had not individuality —or, in his own words, that "Man, before he is born, is passive and unconscious, and has SW controul over the kind of organiza tion lie shall receive," and therefore, (therefore!) because he has no power over himself before he is born, or has identity, it is confidently concluded that he can have no freedom of action when he is iu existence, and has an independent king. And upon this self-evident fallacy the system of Socialism is built up. Mr. Owen, having also satisfied himself that the whole world were and ever had been " ignorant, irrational, and insane," declares, in His 9th "Fundamental Law" of Nature, that a " man can only become rational when he is made from infancy to receive all t rue id eas w i t h out any ad mixture of error." And when closely pressed by Mr. Brindley, in December last, at Worcester, he declared, in the presence of nearly 2000 persons, that he was placed in rational circumstances as follows—" When about ten years of age, coming home from school one morning to his break fast, he observed that his dish of Flummery looked quite cool, and ready to be devoured ; accordingly, he hastily conveyed the deceitful food to his mouth—for a skin had formed at the surface, concealing the latent heat beneath —when to his horror and surprise, the heat was so great as to cause him to scald his mouth and throat to such a degree that it set him thinking, and the consequence was, that, at ten years of age, the red-hot flummery placed him in rational circum stances, and he discovered the world be one vast LUNATIC ASYLUM, and that all besides himself were ignorant, irra tional, and insane. These, observed Mr. 8., were Mr. Owen's own statements ; how ridiculous soever they might appear. And Mr. 0. had further assured him, that he knew a means ,by which to manufacture far superior ladies and gentlemen to any that had yet existed. The lecturer then challenged the emissaries of Owen to come forward, and, if they could, refute his arguments, offering them equal time, &c. to reply, when Mr. J. Finch, and an exceedingly ill-lookinK man, named Rigby, calling himself the emissary of the dis trict, stepped forward, but refused to reply then in the pre sence of Mr. 8., promising, however, to do so next week, when their opponent had left town. Of this the audience expressed in strong terms their disapproval, and called upon them, but in vain, at once to defend their cause. Mr. Finch having made some very indecent remarks as to Mr. Brindley's motives in opposing socialism, was so severely re primanded by all present, that he was glad to sneak off.— That evening the many failures of the Owenites to put in practice their views, were exposed, and their system of fraud and blasphemy laid bare. The extensive means employed to spread this soul-destroying poison greatly surprised us, not being aware that they had so completely organised them selves in this work of social destruction. To think that so gross a sensualist, and so terrible a blasphemer, as Robert Owen, should have been PRESENTED TO OUR VIRGIN QUEEN BY THE FIRST MINISTER OF THE CROWN is truly disguSting, and shows that it is high time some very decisive measures were employed to root out this evil from among us. THE CHAPLAINCY OF THE BOROUGH GAOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR S In your paper of Tuesday se'nnight, there was a letter, signed by Mr. Isaac Holmes, one of our Town Coun cil, being a reply to a communication of the Rev. G. Stokes, of Grove-street. Mr. Holmes hints that some curious conduct has been pursued by our reform magistrates, relative to the appoint ment of Dr. Buck, as chaplain to the Borough gaol :—that expectations were held out to poor Mr. Stokes, which not realised. There is also a hint at some item of expendi ture by the corporation, for doing the duty by some one in lieu of Dr. Buck, but for which the latter received payment. Surely our corporation who could not, or rather would not, pay a chaplain at the Infirmary, the pittance of £4O per an num ; although there had been a chaplain there, for nearly ten years paid by the corporation ; I say, surely they have not been giving the public money for services which Dr. Buck engaged to perform. I wait for a reply ; and do, Mr. Editor, join me in requesting Mr. Isaac Holmes to come - forward more fully and plainly.—l remain, &c. A CLERGYMAN. Awl [we hope Mr. Isaac Holmes will throw some light on the subject of this letter.]—E.L.S. PARTIAL OPENING OF THE GLASGOW AND AYRSHIRE RAILWAY. (From the Ayr Observer.) The private opening of the southern portion of this rail way—connecting Ayr and Irvine—took place on Friday last. A number of the directors, and a party of friends were con veyed in the steam-carriages along the line, in a style which promises well for the future prosperity of the undertaking— certainly one of the greatest, and likely to be the most bene ficial ever attempted in connection with this section of the country. Through the medium of our own and other journals, the public have, from time to time, been made aware of the progress of this railway, and it must be grati fying to every one interested in its success—and who is not ? —to know that the work is approaching so rapidly towards completion. Though some time ago announced that the line so far as Irvine, was expected to be ready early in August, few, we believe, were inclined to give credit to the statement—thinking such expedition somewhat beyond the bounds of credibility. It is, therefore, the more satisfactory to witness the pledge not only redeemed, but considerably anticipated. As mentioned in our last, one line of rail be twixt this town and Irvine was completed some days ago. while the other is in rapid progress ; and we have no doubt that by the first of August, when the public opening is to take place, the arrangements will be so far perfected as to admit of uninterrupted communication in future between the two burghs and the intermediate localities. At the meeting Mr. 'Watson said, that when Mr. Miller promised to open this portion of the line in twelve months, they thought it impossible, and were inclined to believe that this year would turn out like some other engineers' years, which were sometimes found to consist of 730 in place of 365 days. Backed, however, by the contractors, he had kept his promise and given them the best guarantee they could wish that the whole line would be opened by this time twelve months. He believed the contractors on this portion of the line had proceeded with a rapidity almost unparalleled in railway-making. He was glad to find that some of those who had finished their work there were now engaged on the other parts of the railway, and that the whole of those en. gaged were most respectable individuals. In reply to a question regarding the truth of a paragraph which had gone the round of the newspapers, somewhat in jurious to the company, regarding a " bottomlessi meadow," Mr. Miller replied that a report had also prevailed of lire eels having been found in the solid rocks. He believed there was as much truth in the one as in the other. (Laughter.) MR. R. S. SOWLER AND MR. JEREMIAH GARNETT. Dear Sowler,—With only one comment, (and that I think necessary, to explain your application to Mr. Garnett in pre ference to his colleague,) I forward you an account of all the facts, with which I am personally acquainted, arising out of the attack made upon you in the Guardian of to-day. You are at perfect liberty to snake what use you like of it.— Very faithfully yours, CHARLES WILKINS. Trafford Vue, Wednesday, July 24th, 1839. R. Scarr Sowler, Esq. On Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, having occasion to call at Mr. Sowler's, in St. Ann's-square, I found my friend, Mr. Robert Scarr Sowler, very much excited, in con sequence, as he informed me, of an article which had ap peared that morning in the Guardian newspaper. He placed the paper in my hands, and requested me to read the offensive paragraph ; having done so, in reply to his enquiries as to what line of conduct should be adopted by him in vindication of himself, 1 stated at once that the laws of society were peremptory, that, upon ascertaining who was responsible for the article, prompt demand must be made of recantation, or of the satisfaction by which, in the present state of society, wounded honour can alone be healed. Mr. R. Sowler, immediately acceded to my views, and wrote the following note, at my suggestion, to Mr. Jeremiah Garnett, for, after Mr. J. E. Taylor's declarations, on a former oc casion, relative to a similar attack upon Mr. Crossley, any appeal to him, as it appeared to me, would have savoured of pusillanimity. St Ann's Square, July 24th, 1839. Sir,—The Editor of the Courier, in the Manchester Guardian of this day, is charged with " trying to escape the consequences of a base unfounded attack upon his inno cent and youthful sovereign, by a crawling and cowardly lie.' ' I wish, before taking conclusive steps upon this statement, to be informed whether you hold yourself responsible for the article in which the above charge upon the Editor of the Courier appears. This will be delivered to you by my friend Mr. Wilkins, who will wait your reply. I am, sir, your obedient servant, R. SCARR SOWLER, Editor of the Courier. Jeremiah Garnett, Esq. I found Mr. Garnett at the Exchange, and delivered to him Mr. R. Sowler's note. Having read it, he stated that he had written the article himself. I then said, there remains now but for me to request that you will name some friend to meet me, preparatory to some final arrangement of this matter. Mr. • Garnett replied, " I do not think I shall," and began to re criminate upon the Editor of the Courier. I replied, Mr. Garnett, my duty is merely ministerial ; I cannot enter into any controversy ; I merely wish to know whether .you will name any friend or not. Mr. G. then inquired my address, and upon being furnished with it, stated that he would write me his intentions. Accordingly, a little after one o'clock, I received the following letter from him : Guardian Office, July 24, 1839, one o'clock, p.m. Sir,—ln reference to the communication put into my hands by you this morning, I beg to say that the editor of the Manchester Courier, (whether Mr. R. S. Sowler or not, of which I do not pretend to know anything,) has by his own scurrilous, offensive, and personal attacks upon me and my partner, forfeited all right to complain of any remarks that may be made upon his conduct ; and I decline to notice any communications purporting to proceed from him.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedt. servt., JER. GARNETT. Charles Wilkins. Esq., Town Hall Buildings, The foregoing narrative is substantially correct. ' *VI C. Wuxi:vs. When Mr. Wilkins read Mr. Jeremiah Garnett's note to me, I at once perceived that it was utterly vain to expect either honourable or manly treatment at his hands. It was plain, from the tone and style of his note, that whilst he was mean enough to cast a foul aspersion on my character, he had not the inanly grace and courage either to retract it, or avow himself ready to take the consequences. In effect, he declared himself to be uninfluenced and uncontrolled by the rules of genteel society, and under these circumstances, my only course was to fix public disgrace upon him. Accord ingly, I provided myself with a hand-whip, and went twice on Change with the intention of applying it to his person, and publicly denouncing him as a coward and slanderer. For some time my search was fruitless, but at length, about half after two o'clock, I observed him walking along the east side of St. Ann's-square. I immediately crossed the square,_ and met him face t o f ace, near l y oppos i te M essrs. P eacock and Pilling's shop. Addressing myself to him, I said— " You are Mr. Jeremiah Garnett, I presume." He replied, " I am." Raising my voice, I rejoined—" Then, Sir, you are a mean coward and slanderer ; ' and I then PUBLICLY HORSEWHIPPED HIM. These appeared to me to be the only measures by which I could effectually vindicate my honour and loyalty against the aspersions of Mr. Jeremiah Garnett. If there should appear to be anything unseemly or unusual in my mode of proceed ing, let it be attributed to its real source—the cowardice of my assailant. And above all, let it be remembered, that in the first instance I was prepared to maintain both my honour as a man and my loyalty as a subject, at the risk of my life. On these grounds, I think I have some right to expect that I shall stand excused by the community in which I have the honour and privilege to live. R. SCAILR SOWLER- Wednesday night, July 24th, 1539.