Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-03 00:00:00

RaYAL-INF4 - RMA - RY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. The o pening—of-the- winter lecture session, and dis tribution of prizes to deserving students, at this cele brated. School of Medicine, took place on Saturday afternoon. There was a full attendance of students, and many old practitioners also lent countenance 137 their presence. JOHN CROPPER, Esq., took the chair, and called upon Dr. COLLINGWOOD, who made a beautiful inaugural address, of which the following. may be - taken as an abstract commenced by remarking upon the difficulty of selecting. a subject, or saying anything in an introductOry address which could be regarded as of whic! audience was composed. Still he regarded it as an agreeable privilege to hold, officially, the atten tion of such an assembly' for a single hOur: - His first observations were addressed to' c3mmencing students who, without exception, might be supposed to enter upon their studies in a hopeful, in a willing, and in'a ;determined spirit, The thoughtful student came to his task stimulated by example, and armed with hope. He sees men filling various high and responsible stations in life 7 --men who are regarded by their contemporaries with esteem, and even with. veneration—men , Rho have enriched science with the developments of their , intellect, and, who have advanced their art by the philosophic application of their long experience—he sees there men, on the one hand, illuminating the brilliant intellectual circle in which they move ; and, on the other, ing their stores of knowledge to eager diicipleL he knows that these were once, like himself, listeners, and that by diligence and integrity he may aspire one day . to occupy a p . oSition inferior to none of them. The choice of medicine as a profession is a noble one, and medicine is a -noble science, so long as its prOfessors are united in brotherly concord : so long as its j-1 and envious:- b: and ~ s o. long as.p etty s do not - disturb - t harmonious tendencies of L. —Lung art, and the Philo sophic calm which should spread its infinnice over the earnest searcher after truth in nature. Some of the difficulties and temptations to which the'raedical'student is exposed,_ were next dwelt upon. They were to be met by manly , resistance, not by, pusillanimous retreat. Nothing is worth acquiring, which does not coat some thing in the acquisition, and the greater the difficulty, the greater the value of the victory achieved over it. They would not arrest his career, but only act as a healthy stimulus to his poivers—only arm him with determination to go forward ; and only serve, therefore, to ensure.hislinal achieveinent; and to enhanc.e the value of 'success. There was one study, however, which was worthy of extra diligence, inasmuch as it forms the pivot upon which all the rest turn: This was anatomy—the key-stone of the _,Esculapian arch—the Alpha and Omega of medical and surgical science—and without which all was empiricism and guess -work. It was to the develop ment of this science, and' of its handmaid, physiology, that we mast look for the levers which must work tl progressive advance of scientific Medicine ; and. second part of the address was devoted to a furtii, illustration of this subject, showing_ how. the more recent discoveries in minute anatomy and physiology had promoted the advan -^ neclicit from empi- riefsn;', by and establ rational principles, principles, by affording palpable shed data, upon which mizht be founded iceessful modes The: stuC ultimate structure presents a no less inexhaustible field afforded by other natural sciences; search than th generalizations arrived at—an instrument which ha contributed vast!y, and will contribute . yet more, to the of physiological seence. The imperfect instru ment in the hands of Leuwenhoek and Swammerdam afforded revelations which astonished the scientific world two .centuries ago ; and the careful labour which had been expended in recent times upon the construction of achromatic lenses, has placed the histological knowledge of our own day upon a firm basis. It is only, however, 'within the last ten years that the perfection of definition and illumination have been attained which render the 1111t1 , 3SeqC the most powerful auxiliary in anatomical analysis; and it is scarcely twenty years since the science of embryology began its existence—a bantling of the miscroscope ; a marvellous instance of the rapidity of deVelopment which characterises the arts and sciences in our own age, surpassed by no bygone 'era in human history; No leudator temporis acti can venture in out day to compar it with the past, - with' any the prose' I early science Egyptian ly 2: the r iu de'n been instrumem.. Greek prevision may have extended the regions of philosophical speculation; and the fine arts may have found their grand climacteric in the luxury of BP- But it was ordained for our own country, in +' century, to crest, more " wonders the world the ancients, spread o win, in half-a- er a hundred Olympiads _ more troj Chem:-4- science and art —in g in photo hy, in stearii locom a, in' naval and in th produced in the four thousand years Tv We may contemplat birth of ( the ruins of - ant: we may r a reverence was a maznit with'the fres it to the days tine beauty ; or we may r thoughts back with admit igustan era in age of philosophy-and le which - we live is the most wondrous age which the human race has yet beheld, wherein the arts and sciences are every year - applied to some new and stupendous undertaking, the conception of which, a : century ago, would have been ranged with tile wildest fables of the " Arabian 'Sights ; " where new arts and szew seiences are almost annually springing up, full grown, as it were, from the practical application and correlation of the vast stores of human knowledge which are garnered up, not alone in books, but also in the active brains of the brightest intellectual ornaments which have adorned auy age or country. The lecturer then ° proceeded to pass, in review, the changes which the aspect of practical medicine had recently undergone, in consequence of the. discoveries which . had been made, chiefly with - the . aid of the microscope, of the modes in which the ultimate struc tures of the organised body perform their various functions. The study of embryology had afforded facts which demonstrated the proverb that "Truth is stranger than fiction," and some remarkable - points in the meta morphases of intestinal worms were re&rred to. Various -important changes which__ the ...tissnes _undergo, and which have received the names of tuberculosis, fatty degeneration, &c., were dwelt 111 ion ; and the most . - recent - views of inflammation alluded - to,- as elucidated by the experimen4 of Bernard. The newly-observed diseases, termed leucocythwininiand Morbus Addisonii, received some attention, as demonstratin°,, that medicine is not standing still, but that the great body of intelli gent. followers of the medicine of this day leave no corner Of anatomy, physiology, or patholo unransacked. Finally, the nervous system was briefly alluded to ; the . difficulties which attend research in that department, and the trophies of discovery which numerous observers had accumulated, establishing relations between various parts, and offering physiological explanations of com plicated and recondite vital phenomena. In conclusion, the lecturer said, Gentlemen, would congratulate you upon the times 'on which you have fa s llen, when so_ many facilities for education of all kinds itat command. Education cannot be too highlyan engine which,, properly wielded, is capable o l ; all that money—that potent talisman —can achieving more. For social position is, in this age, regulated rather by education than by wealth ; those who 'are so fortunate as to possess it, know its worth ; and those who possess i t- not; value it no less highly in othe rs . There is -o,:ithing to which education may not aspir e and there is no education- to which a youth may n o t aspire in the present d ay . The facilities afforded by our old universities have bee n wonderfully increased of late; and crowds of aspirants seek the advantages they are liberally holding out to them. No class of m__en, now,_ can claim to be the educated c lass, par excellence, .for all classes are fairly in the race. , Let not the is • cal profession, as represented by its young and ccm•i encing members, be behind-hand—let them keep up the pres tige so long held by it; and whilfi: they are not 'found . wanting in the technical knowledge which is necessary for professional success, let them also seek to itnpreve that general and earlier education which every gentle man is desirous of possessing." (Applause.) The address .was listened to with great attention ; and' i o ta close, the distribution of prizes took place,—the tuden is'die -different elasies being respectively pre 15°""v4 vs"-dke lecturer in each -department,—Dr Long Dr. Inman, Ifs, Preteher, FZwards;Dr'.-Baity, Nev ins ) and Dr . Collingwood. - These gentlemen spoke generally of - the great diligence and knowledge displayed Jay..the stwlents, ,-The,following is a list of the prizes '3lthActain.=—Mr: Ricketts, medal '3114- Martin and Mr. Sheldon, reertificates of honour. -Mr. Walker, medal SIJUGEItY ificates of honour, Mr. Sheldon, cer- Thornburn, medal ; Mr. Dooley, Mr, Capper, and Mr. Squires cer tificates of honour. • CHEMISTRY.-Mr. Gornall, medal ;- Mr. Dooley, cer tificate of honour. Special prize, Mr. Dooley. MIDWIFEILY.-Mr. Ricketts, medal fir.' Squires, 3ertificate. • MATBRIA, MEDICA Mr. Duckworth. Sebond prize, Mr. .C-apper. Mr• Ricketts, certificate of honour. A The distribtition over, Thepleasure which.he had felt a t C rument of presenting so , d upon the stud e nt s th e atnignml-exPressed the made the ins and titi4 wood's address. Dr. INMAN moved a vote of, thanks to- Mr. CroPper for his great kindness in taki g the chair. This'ia applause ;. and ~--.......-.-. AS TO THE GREAT EASTERN. of yestErtay, it is said up is •to leave her pre anchorage at Weymouth on Saturday nee , instant, to proceed on her trial trip to' Nolyhead. :`.tegoeidtions have n going . on for some time past tors of the Great .Ship Company and stern and Brighton Railways, and the personsinterested in the docks ,at Southampton, with the view of having the ship brought round to. that port or to Spithead, where opportunities will be afforded for her being visited by a large number of persons anxious. to .witness this great marvel, of marine architecture. The London and North est the South WI ern were also competitors for the honour pf, having the sea colossus, at Holyhead. long and wearily the board of directors sat deciding to which of the competitors they should award the coveted prize, and at length bestowed the iron. ship,on Holyhead. The local authorities of South- ampton'were most e&rgetie in brino ° in,g the merits of the port fully before the company. The Chamber of Commerce of the town,forwarded an elaborate and care- and were given in consequence ,to Captain Harrison_tUyisit and inspect the port, and to report upon its capabilities for r ceiving thc ship. The result was a favourable report by Captain Harrison, the only re quirement being that moorings of the largest class should be laid down in the Southampton water, near the site of Netley Hospital, in order to enable the - Great Eastern to swing, safely at low water spring tides. This it was im- medi'ately decided should be provided by those interested in the railway and. the docks, and by the inhabitants generally. A deputation from Southampton waited upon the directors of the Great Ship Company on Thurs day, but the decision, as we have already intimated, has been in favour of Holyhead. The reasons which operated, to a great extent, in the minds of the directors in coming to this conclusion, are not difficult to understand. The Great Eastern was not built for the purpose of being exhibited in English - ports at.so much per head to visitors, but, on the contrary, to solve the greatiprol3lem in ocean navigation—can a steamship be constructed of such dimensiOns as to.be capable of carrying her awn coal upon a long voyage ? There is something thit,llle las great work ;Ed about from - port to. port and pirit and for the same purpose as the "Real Mermaid," or any a rried amid enthusiast FINAL )ELISION decided that the great bet4e__t thai zas been le De- tiny in. the notion sboulctbe hawl exhibited iii the same the "Pik-faced Lady crovid of visitors at a country fair. No .one can complain that during the delay. in port, necessary for repairing .damage or re- )ther of the. attr .ons of a gap. ceirimr, cirgo,, a small - tax should b e public in the shaPe of: admission tee to see the great mechanical wonder of the present day_; but when the ship is ready for sea it does appear nost ridiculous that the managing directoi of . the ihould be converted into an man," and in- every 'post" that happens to have --more than twenty feet of water invite the public to "Walk up, and see the largest ship in the world." It is not as a huge . monster that the interest of the country has been so warmly evinced in the progress and success of the Great Eastern, but as a grand experiment in naval ire ; and the directors have done wisely in that as soon as she is ready to try her power there, and there only, should tl The d company t show- ion of the boa: sbowsthat rs ha% livided ant] re at an en 3_ and of petty architect de cidin on the oc ship be to upon settling the question of the merits of ;the great ship, which the late untoward accident, and the lamented death of the great master spirit of the undertaking, has for a short time, delayed. ; It has been decided that no passengers will ba con _ veved upon the trial trip to Holihc sewers who have taken a, and a )erths for the occasion will ha turned to them. under isions of the Mercantile Marine Acts, the Great the passage money would not be permitted to carry passeng before receiving the certificate of th partment of th the passengera- Yoard of Trad Havine, no fear of left eyes, Mr. Seoti ssell awl ship and her machiney, tho roughly and in every respect. Capt. Robertson or Mr.. Galloway, who were on board at the time of the late acci den, will no doubt accompany the ship on the trial trip, in order to report upon her sea-going qualities, before giving the certificate. Mr. Russell has publicly : stated that he will take charge of his own paddle engines, and. so far as the screw engines are concerned, they will be, as they undoubtedly were during the trip from Deptford to Portland, under the control of engineers appointed by Messrs. Watt, & Co., the engines not having then nor since been delivered to the company. A trial-trip is provided for by the terms of their contract, and such a trial could not of course be afforded by the usual run of small vessels down the river. We have no doubt that every precaution will be taken to have every part of the machinery and gear in proper working order, and, what ever may be the result, that there will be no more of that petty quibbling and special pleading by which every person tried to throw the blame of the late accident upon somebody else.. The makers will be in charge of their own engines; but if the engineer of the ship should see that the donkey engines are as obstinate as their name would imply—that they require being held together, that some rivets are looser that some valve will not open or shut, that the boilers are deficient of water, that some pipeclosed, is or that any other little contrivance is out of order, or requires looking. at, it is to be hoped, for the sake of humanity, that he will not decline to open his lips . on the subject, even though he. may have received orders not to interfere with the engines. The representatives of the Board of Trade will be on board too, and they may also, no doubt, feel it to be not-beneath their , dutyte make themselves acquainted with such small matters as the stop-cocks of steam pipes. It affords a curious com mentary on the value of the usual official inspection : A° . learn from the evidence of Mr. Galloway that he was-so well satisfied with the working. of the machinery, that if the explosion of the water-casing round the funnel had not taken place on the voyage to Weymouth, he shfuld have had no hesitation in giving his certificate to the Ship ; and all the while this stop-cock was shut off, and the destroying power was rapidly acquiring that force which -exerted itself with such terrible effect. The Great Eastern might, in factilave gone into the Atlantic with the certificate of the Board of Trade in the captain's cabin ; and the stand pipe of the funnel-casing effectually plugged up, inviting explosion, destruction, and death. The repairs which have been rendered necessary by the explosion, have been , already so far completed as to admit of the Great Eastern going to sea on the day We have stated. There was nothing to prevent the vessel continuing her vovage from Weymouth, as she had - done from liastine.sthe explosion ; but the machinery would have required to have been worked with four in steade. after which would have been insufficienatpfaoilirrsgdouflyllb of five sets of boilers, an arrangement,- testinghowever, ma 4e p rs ersons speed and capabilities. The five pro vided leave the ship; in the opinion of somewhat deficient of boiler power, and she could therefore but ill dispense with the • services of one-fifth of the number. As we stated last week, the injuries done to the' forward boiler were not very ` ex t e nsive, and they will be completely re p a i re d i n the course of the ensuing week. The new funnel, con structed at Millwall and sent down to Weymouth in sections; is now almost entirely - fitted up_ on board. With'respect to the • wreck of . the private and sleeping cabins in the lower deck, there is no immediate necessity for 'refitting or reconstructing them. The • uninj ure d cabins will, no doubt, prove amply sufficient to accommodate the passengers on the first voyage of the utmost, and try tl he ship. Some attention has: ;been paid to the state of Ifie r 'coal bunkers. AS there ;will be probably little short of ten th ousan d t ens o f coa l on board, it is considered priitlent - to I taker steps likely to prevent spontaneous' Combuitidn i among this large mass of fuel; but as the coals are said to b 4 all anthracite, there is not much cause of apprehension on that ground; but any casualty of this sort is, how ever, provided against by fitting- the bunkers with pipes, as in the cases of ships of th e rayal navy, so as to enable the temperature to be tested at frequent intervals. The boilers also will not, as before, be solely dependent for the supply of water upon the donkey engines—an ar rangement which ought never to Piave - been made, a . was, in fact, the primary cause of the late cident. Feed and bilge pumps are to be attached to ad paddle engines, and the donkey engines The and whi the screw )r bile )e worked independently of the donkey, feed, pumps, and will be capable of throwing some iy part of the ship whete ty ton! r minute mi ferers of the lf'it'eaceident—Tait, Sparkes, and Yoson-4 are "progreising steadily and favourably, =4 there is good ground 'for believing that they will ultimately recover the Great Eastern will leave holy head for Portland in the United Should the trial-trip pr States• on th e 20th ins CONVICTION OF A • DRUGGIST, AT -THE • OLD SWAN, FOR PRACTISING AS . A SURGEON. SERIOUS CHARGI On Saturday, at the County Magistrates' Court, Basnett-street, before Messrs. S. Ilohne, R. Benn, and J. Myers, Mr. John Sharpies Hallow - 3, a chemist and „.. summons wh practising the Old Swani. an had been in answer to a ssued against him, The court. was ni iolatiou of the duly qualified under the led, and there were gentlemen present; Mr. snowball, solicitor, appeare on behalf of the defendan Mr r ►tzpa Ir, sur aottyAsh, was pro- the defendant, when lifr: 'Snowball interyord;and asked him if he'was an attorn, I that he was Mr. Snowball—Then I object to your making statement before yoli are sworn as a witness. trick, having "been sworn, stated that this Li information laid under the 40th section of the alified persons taking the title of sur sely pretend to loctor Ofmedicine, NORTIIRRN DAILY TIMES Mr. Fitzr nen- The follkiwihg: was the s, And person who shall be, or use the name of a physieii surgery ; general yractitioner or apothecary, or any names, title, addition, or descrip tion; implying that ' this act, or lin'entiate in Tried icine ant ie is registered unucL is recoc , nised by law as a phyaician,- or surgeon, licine, or an. apothecary, upon a any such offence, pay a sum not dine £2O hat persons registered under le entitled to practice as such; The sur for some felt very muc and. the : decenaant was . one under rh€ ;ons of ,grieved at persons oc- selves surgeons, He was not re- llin .th of them existing. act of parliament, notwith- which be, held himself otit to the iro: aad on, his door the words "J. S. Hallows the door, in the fan-litrht, was uid ov( painted in large characters " J allows, surgeon o, in disie4sirik prescrii putting a label - upon bottles was in the habit of mtaining the words " J Hallows, sur Dll and dispensing hemist Mr, -.Bnowball- -You must state when you saw these words on his door, Mr. Fitzpatrick—l saw them on the 23rd of Septem ber. I have, also, a witness here, who went to Mr. Hallows's shop .with a prescription, and when he gave him the bottle of medicine it had on it a label contain ing- the words J. S. Hallows, surgeon, and dispensing chemist."- Cress-axamined by Mr. Snowball—Mr. Hallows has been at the Old Swan for some years, practising as a T was, and am. 'a Poor-law goon to t .o for about tw was appointed surgeon in my pre the new medical act passed. lam aware that he has pract but I know that he has §no7ball—Your objec for 8 - 7 years; Mr. Fit: Patrick Mr. Snowball—You are t its moat patrick—We ar tarp nallar not; ased as a sure mi for thirty years; gistered as an apothecary alf a, century, I heir rights on Ifs s . to strike a man off the )een endeavour- and, if the ly for 37 yers, I. cannot help to take the bread out trying to do nothing of John Lawrence was next examined, and said— Yesterday week I took a prescription to, Mr. Hallows .t the Old Swan,:.and he made it up for ine. He gave a bottle containing the medicine. This is. the [The bottle, was here produced, and had a label on.it containing the words "J. S. Hallows, surgeon and dispensing - chemist." -- • - Mr: Snowball—Who wrote the preicription you took to Mr. Hallows ? • Witness—l cannot say, sir. • Mr. Fitzpatrick—l wrote it. Mr. Snowball—Then Mr. Fitzpatrick sent it to Mr. Hallows,, in order to entrap him into doing that which was wrong. • .•err. Fii j zpatrick'—Decidedly so. (Laughter.) The official medical list was put in by Mr. Fitzpatrick, and it was proved that Mr. Hallow's name as a surgeon dill not appear in it. He was, however, registered as a licenied apothecary... Mr. -Snowball addressed the bench on behalf -of the defendant, and stated -that the question was, whether' or not he, being a duly licensed apothecary before the passing of the act of last session, had not at the present time a perfect right to practice as a surgeon ? In his opinion he had that right, because previous to the passing of the recent act the law recognised his right as a sur geon by virtue of his being properly qualified apothe-: carp. He could not for a moment suppose that the act of- last session, contemplated, practically, to take the bread , out, of the mouths of those who had. a legal right to. practise •as surgeons before . the ,passing of that act. He did not understand what the feelings of medical Men might be on, the question ; but lie could understand what the, feelings . of the community generally, were, and, he felt certain that they would be ashamed to cane there and take the bread out of the mouth of a man' -far aAvanced. in life, 'who had prietised as a surgeon since 1822. It was a-most disgraceful proceeding,, even supposing Mr. Fitzpatrick and - his brother surgeons had the law on their side ; but he contended that they had not. It was nothing more nor less than a specimen of professional spite and malignity ; and probably, when- Mr. Fitzpatrick got back to Knotty Ash, he would be hissed and hooted out of the place for the part he had' taken in the matter. (A laugh.) Mr. Holme—This information is laid under the 21st and 22nd of Victoria, and we must be guided by the law. -- . ' - Mr. Snowball proceeded to contend that, under an act passed in the reign of Henry the VIII, the defendant had a right to practise as a surgeon, notwithstanding the act of last session. After some discussion, the bench stated that the defendant could not legally do so in the face of the recent act. Mr. Snowball then contended that the defendant was altogether ilia differeut_position to a person who had not practised as a surgeon before the passing,of the act. The act stated that no person, not being 'registered, should assume the title of surgeon. But-he could not for a moment believe, that the legislature intended it to be retrospective. Mr. Hallows, by being .a duly licensed apothecary _before the passing of the act, was a re cognised surgeon, and had a right to call himself one, still. . Dir. liolme--You see, sir, that under the act of parliament of last session all persons practising as surgeons are required to be registered .as such ; and the charge against the defendant is, that he•- is practising as a surgeon without being so registered; and not that be is practising as an apothecary. It-is under this last act of parliament that the infareation is. laid. He puts the word "surgeon" on his door, ant'. in other respects holds himself" out as a sutgeola, although not registered in compliance "with the act. Mr. Snowball remarked that there was an ambiguity about the section of the act, and asked the bench to grant him a case for the Court of Queen's •Bench, for it was, a matter of the deepest importance :not_only to the defendant, but to the whole of the medical profession. Mr. Holm said the wily question' for the magistrates was, had the defendant broken the law ? And, as they were advised, he had. He was required to be registered before he could practice, and he was not registered. He (Mr Holme) was afraid that, if he practised as a lawyer, Mr. Snowball would tell him that he was breaking the law. He did not think that there was any ambiguity at all about the section. It was clear enough.- Mr. Fitzpatrick said they would not press for' any penalty if the defendant would remove the word " sur geon" from his premises, and cease to hold himself oat as a surgeon. A lengthened discussion ort the construction of the section' of the act followed, and after a conversation between the magistrates and their legal adviser, Mr. Holme asked Mr. Snowball if he : had anything more to add? • ' • Mr. Snowball replied that he thought the magistrates ought to grant him a case, for all his client wanted to know was the real meaning of the clause in the, act, and it wasAlesirable to have it settled in a higher court: - Mr. Holme said they all k ne w th a t in professions there were frequently local. jealousies, but the matter before the bench did not appear to be a question of law at all, but purely a question of fact. Under this act of parliament, it was obligatory that all practising, surgeons must be registered, and the defendant's name did not appear amongst the names of registered surgeons in the' United Kingdom. The magistrates; therefore, were clearly of opinion that there was a breach of the law. If there was a question of law in the case, it would be for the defendant to appeal against Adz:decision, but their law-clerk advised them that they had not the power to grant a case. Mr. Snowball was .afra have no DOA* of-appeal. Mr. Holme--Well-, -they did not think there was the slightest ambiguity about the act. This gentleman was practising as a surgeon—he had the word - surgeon on his premises; and, in other respect s , h e ld hi mse lf ou t as surgeon contrary to the terms of the act. Mr. Snowball—Then I differ with you as to tf struction of the statute lant would -.0 COll Mr. Holme—Well, we are unanimous. We must levy a small penalty, not the penalty fixed by the act, and perhaps this gentleman will apply to be registered as a surgeon under the act. Mr. Snowball—l am afraid we cannot do it. Mr. Holme—Then he must take the consequences of what he does. We_ skall merely levy a penalty of 20s. and costs, and then this gentleman can appeal,to a higher tribunal if he so determines. Mr. Horine added that there was another iuformation against the defendant for signing a certificate, but perhaps the surgeons would not think it necessary to proceed with it Mr. Fitzpatrick said they would not. had been attained by the decision of the benct The parties then left the court. Their object shot two stags on the 16th, one with antler;of elev tines, the .Other ten Pryor, Esq., has had good sport, having shot feurteen stags, the largest and fattest on the grounds. At Erch less astle, Sir Greville. Smyth shot a fine stag. One was shot at Gildermory by A. J. Wigram, Esq. ; two by J. R. Homphrey, Esq., at Inchbae ; and one •at Fannach by the Hon: H. Wyndham, all during the last eight days—the Fannich head bad antlers. 31 inches., long and 51 in thickness. In Dundri...-an forest,' Glenmoriston, 13 red deer were shot last week by Mr. Cameron of Climes, Captain Allen Cameron, and L. A. Grant, Esq.—lnverness-Courier. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of Lady Wlieler, wife of Sir Trevor Wheler, Bart., of Cross House, near Torrington, Devon, was administered to in the Louden: Court of Probate, by Sir Trevor Wheler, Bart., the husband, and George Hume, Esq., the surviving execu tors, the other executor, the Rev, George Dandridge, Rector of Rousham, Oxford, having .died befsre the testatrix. The probate was limited to property left to her ladyship by the will of her - father, the late George Dandridge, Esq, over which she had a power of dis position, having disposed of £l,OOO - to each of her daughters as marriage portions, bequeathing the residue to her husband, Sir. Trevor, for his life, and then to her two daughters equally' be-` tween them. Her ladyship has bequeathed to Sir Trevor the service of Sevres china presented to her by the late Sir Trevor Wheler, Bart., has left her set of diamonds to her eldest daughter, Lucy Penelope, with other Specific bequests - to her and her daughter Jane,. and the rest of the jewels,' trinkets, and books to be • divided equally between them. To her maid she leaves £2O and her wardrobe, and to her housekeeper £25. The will is dated the 13th of March, 1858.—The will of Wil. , ham Edward Russell, Esq., of Swanscome; Kent, was proved, in the principal registry of the Court of Pro bate, by the executors, Eleanor A. Russell, the relict, John Russell, Esq., the son, and Frederick Stoneham, Esq., of Crayford, -Kent. The personally was sworn under £lB,OOO. He has bequeathed to his said son, John Russell, for his own absolute use, his share in the trade and husiness of a brewer and maltster carried on in partnership with John Henry Tlltyey at. Gravesend, and leaves him all his interest:sin the freehold and leasehold prethises and buildk ng connected therewith, and the plant, machinery, • and stock, with all' the credit attached to tbe :busiY iess. Leaves to his two other sons and two daughters. i noo each. Bequeaths his freehold residence and k And at -Swariscombe, 'and his farm, land, and tonere, eats at Northfieet, and the produce thereon, to his wif 'e for her life, and, at her decease, to be divided are - ono.st his children, except the said eldest. He has l e ft all his furniture and household effeota Olds - wife ftabsollitely.- - -: The Illustrated London News, CURIOUS LECTURE.—A man named If enault was on Tuesday brOught before the tribunal of correctional police, having - been detected by two pr )lice agents just as he was about to out-off the pocket of a countrywoman at the Jardine des Plants, while gi ring his' unwary victim a lecture on the natural histo Ty 43' - f the hippopo tamus. The modus operandi of the learned professor.fs thus described by the agent who ar rested him :—" Ma dam," said the naturalist to his stener, "this animal,, which is also known by the no ,me of the seahorse, does not much frequent the soci .ety of man ; it amuses itself in the water and in mar shy grounds, and grows fat there like you or me. Wwile alive, it eats rattle snakes, melons, and sometim' es its own young ones, as you may have recently read in the journals of Paris. (Here the professor pied y drew from his pocket„ a pair of siissors.) The savages make roast be e f of its. flesh, worsted ate ekings and razor-strops of its skin, and .with its tail they fhbrioate bell'eopes for their houses... .(121 ere the naturalist, w/'-o had his scissors in ma rig at hand, gently placed: his loft on the - pocket — of :th' - Woman. ) After death the are liable to be stuffed, a s .a pmf of_trhich _ran ma y see several in the Mar cu m of Natural History this city. ,, Here the Jecture • was:brought suddenly to a close - by the professor being seized. by the. agents 'just has he was about to effect, (is co up by cutting off 'the pocket. The ,woman lost t'., a e conclusion of the exPlr 4nation, but saved her propert H e nault, in his defe' ace , declared that he was ab' out to use the scissors to , cut his nails. He was- cu. .detuned. to twelve months',' 'imprisonment and dvo veillancee—Ocilignarii. ' ars sur LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT [Before. Mr. MANSFIELD.] -SATURDAY. I MT ALLEGED EM3EZZLE3tENT AY R.VILWAY CLEDXS.—A charge of embezzlement - of a very extraordinary cha: - , ruder has been preferred this week againstaeveral•per-- sons employed at the office of the R._IsT:E. Railway, at Montrose and Arbroath, and in the general office at Dundee; and several persons have alreacly.been arrested by the, Montrose police, and lo4ed'in jail there, as being implicated in the offence: - The manner in which. the offence .is said to have been committed was that,' from the clerk's position in the,office at Dundee, all the tickets being given into his hands for audit, he had frequent opportunities of sending back numbers of tickets to 'the. ticket-clerk at Montrose, who re-issued them as fresh tickets, and the money draWli fot such re-issue had been appropriated by the parties concerned in the offence. This is supposed to have been carried on for a con siderable time without being detected. The amount of moneytaken is variously stated, but it is believed to have been at least £4O or £5O within the last four: months. Warrants are out for the' apprehension of one or two —Dundee AdverSiser. persons not yet in euStod THE. CASE OF SMETHURST,—It is natural that . some misconception should be abroad respecting a person whom the public had been accustomed to regard as 'a great criminal. It is no wonder, therefore, that several Stories should obtain .. ciretilation respecting the case of .Dr..Smethurst. • A paragraph has gone thrOugh the newspapers with an air of .accuracy, stating that _some new charges against the culprit are in course of investi gation. There is little foundation for this allegation beyond anonymous communications and COMMOD gossip,. which cannot bear the test olofficial Scrutiny. Thomas Smethurst is still a culprit Under sentence of death; the respite. having only been grated dUringler Majesty's pleasure., But there has not: yet been time for the Secretary of State and the Chief Baron to go througli the volUminouS documents bearing on the case, to enable the Crown to come to it decision as to what commuta tion of the capitatientence it will be right to advise 'the Sovereign-to extend, in a case that is beset with so many legal and professional disputes.—Obserrer. THE DEER FORESTS.—The gaities of the Northern Meeting brought together • numbers of deer-stalkers, who were all greatly interested in the show of this year's stags' heads at Mr. Snowie's. They were pre notinced to be . a choice collection of forest kings, equal to any shown for a number of years. .Sportsmen who. preferred glen. and corrie to the ball-room and High land games, have had excellent . sport. At Ceanacroc, during very wet weather, the party shot . some large stags. Four good stags were. killed on the. 21st, - three. of .them by Lord . Dacre. , His lordship shot a--royal stag and one with litines right and. left. The four stags averaged in weight 17 stone :—one of 18 stone 12 lbs., 11 tines ; one 16 stone 12 lbs., 11 tines; one. 16_stone 10 lbs., - 12: tines ; and one 16 stone 5 lbs., nine tines. On the 24th, in the same forest, the Earl of Tankerville and the Hon.. H: Brand .shot a stag each. . `there is reason to believe that such' "nexvspapers. have At lienlochewe, the Hon. A V er eke r shot a stag on the hitherto been allowed to pass , •unchalleriged. It has, ,30th of August, and J. F. Basset, Esq., four stags, two . therefore, been 'decided, under the eircunistanceo, to of them being very fat and in excellent condition, one of which had antlers of . eleVen, tines. : On the moOr. abstain from charging newspapers of this kind with ground of the same • shootings, J. F. Basset, Esq.-,' postage until the Ist . January next, and to allow W. Basset, Esq., and the Hon.. A. Vereker have publishers .of newspapers- and news-agents in London to bagged 170 brace of grouse and 40 hares. ' On the use up; during the interval, - any stock of Covers which they 16th of September, J. M. Heathcote, Esq:; jun., killed three roebucks in may have on hand with - the objectionable w or d s pr i nte d the Gairloch woods. In. Gairloch :Andrew St. John killed a good stag upon them. It must, however, be. distinctly unde rs t oo d forest, the Hon. St. thatthe newspaper regulations will be strictly enfOreed and a hind on the 21st September: Mr. St. John also.shot two roebucks in one day, and= a very large one another froxi the commencement. of the next year." —.Rowland Hill, sc-cretary.—General Post-pffice, September, 1859. 'qv. In Guisaehan forest, General . Sir George Brown . REPRESENTATION or AYRSHIRE.—In reference.to the POSTAGE OF TAMPED IERIGDICAL PUBLICATION'S.— The following notice has been issued from the General Pest-office :—"According to the Tegulations affecturgthe transmission of .stamped - :publications through the post, as laid down in the British Postal Guide, there must be nothing printed on. the cover of a newspaper, but the name and addreis of the persen to whom it is sent the printed title of the publication, and the printed name-and address of the publisher or vendor who sends it. It ap-. pears, however, to be the practice of many n'eivs-agents in London to have other words • than those specified above,. printed on the covers .of the mewspapers sent by them thrOngh the post from; &C; circular from Lord ( r to the tenantry, 'CAL DRAMATIC, LITERARY, ARTthTIC NEWS - AND GOSSIIi, AND and FEL A ratherC owa nni..v ruffianly' looking fellow, was charge_: a char l36 - w e o :l ( known whether the receipts of the late Musical 4‘..11 the accounts not havizlgibeen made up, j it is not assaulting a yoinig• man named Hughes, and Police- F, ,rival at Gloucester will cover the•expenses,l3ut it is officer 484. On Friday evening, Hughes, who, is lame, eNoi).?cted that the stewards will have to adrance ) a small was coming out of the Roman CatholiC Chapel in Park- su . , • lane, - when the prisoner came up to him, and, without a ---- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean are, we understand, to word, struck ,him, knocked. him. ,down, and.kicked him.. appear at the Plymouth Theatre on the 12th,;to com- Police-officer 484, who witnessed the assault, at once m !nee a short engagement. They will be accompanie 4 took him into custody, when he set upon him (the by Several other old favourites of the Princess's Theatre• officer), and gave *kiln several severe kicks about the W e may as well inform our gentlemen re;aders'at legs.—Neau was fined in t £2 and costs in each case, ,once, says the Literary Gazette, that Miss Louisa Kee' or four Months iinprisonment. - ley is martied—his been so some little-time ' the cere- THE G A NG 9F HousEnuziKuns.—Detective-officer - nony having been achieved in Dublin, and the _Wedding Scaife brought up .a man named Richard Rolins, a will be a happy one on the understanding that short notorious housebreaker and a returned convict, as being courtships make prosperous marriages. ' a suspicious chaiacter. It will be rememb ere d th a t i Mr. - Robert Chambers is engaged- upon a _work tha t Scaife "and Kennedy arrested three of the prisoner's I will excite much commotion in the literary; world. me companions in Pox-street, on the night- of the 7th of has a volume in the press refuting the antiquity of the September, but Rolins succeeded in effecting his escape. Scottish Historical Ballads. We (Critic) heat that he On the men arrested that night, there were a considers them to have been written in the eaf/Y pa rt number of housebreaking implements found.—Mr. of the eighteenthcentury. Mansfield committed the prisoner -for three months, Mr. and :Mrs. - -Laclilan 31 . 0owan, the Australian under the . Rogue and Vagabond Act.-..--[lt appears that comedians, who appeared in London last June, ha ve Rolins is one of the .mostinotorions burglars in. England."" ib e o n engaged by the management of the Theatre Royal? He has been twice transported—once fo r twenty yPrst; .Manchester, for the winter season. _ and once for seven years—bUt. he is now at large on a The city of Paris has purchased the Th ea tre ,LYriil lie . ticket-of-leave.] ' - . . ' for the sum of 1,400;000f. - The eity'enters . into posses' - sionon whenthe the theatre b b e ut p n il o ite t d hint w is n, ye i t ioras decide as tot o the amount of indemnity to be paid to , M. Carvilho, the •directo: There is . some. talk ~of establishing board - the Great v astern, not only tl_ _ . of passengers, but also as a means of communicating instantly on her arrival all the, news she brings. T he project will, of course, require floating capital.' Xaenaillan's _Magazine •willinake its apratance on the Ist of November:-. The editor .is to .be Professor Masson, and among the leading contributors are naml Mr. T. Hughes, the - author of ." . Toni BrOwn'd Sch ool Days." - Mr.. Hughes;. we perceive, is to continue DP famoui narrative of the life and 'adventure& of To m Brown. The hero whose • " schoo/ days" have been admirably depicted. is-to , go to Oxford. . „ 0 " - In Amenca," the Rooksiller's .31 - editint sacs, " newspaper 01 1 entertainnierl_ . , - -- • average ' issue of copyrights fOf books- for satin Yea — t ~,, pas; so,. far as •may be ascertained, has beau ab o4 f 3,000 per annum. .:New York leads' in the number oa copyrights,• and 'is followed by PennSylvaiia 311 gassachusetts.- . . - . _. • _ The reading world will hear with pleasure that a Del work from the pen of Mr.:Wilkie Coiling is announc e for immediate appearance by Messrs. Hurst and ilacke't It is in three' volumes, and beais the attractivn-title " The Queen of Hearts." " - The editor and. proprietor of the, _Friend of Ott after 25 - years' residence ins the country, advertises n o paper-`fur: sale. It 'yielded- a- clear profit of i4 o °' , the.first quarter of this year: The troeeeds of the -3 g xertisements alone pay all but editorial eienses. 1 ~,,r0' , ,5 Kong has three'daily, one semi-weekly, one weekly) 311 three,monthly papers + g r. v , Vil guru_ .0 • teof several Greek and 1 ,3411 0 -144._Greek.Lexic°,11,.'„, £7O a year has A pension of Charles• Duke Yonge, autl schoolbooks—notably of the- 4 and the " Phraseological for literary 'services. Four hundred and sat • ' f of the Churc.:, °., England; says the Town-Talker Of the /// us tratqise f ; have petitioned her Majesty. to 'abridge and revise , Book of Common Prayer. So far so well ; lAA wil i , e d those 46Telergymen, sober, earnest, memorialise :4 Majesty- "to exehan,,,e all - ebsolete terms in the Bo? , ' e _ . Common Prayer for - others now more appropriate , " ; tremble- for our Bible, our S' J akspe ar e, and 014 133c19 e : should such 460 men take our Bible, our Shasll e and our Bacon- into their, editorial supervision ba t erect drinking-fountains, but, it would seem, ar.e . 9'y to dirty our Tells of En'glish' undefiled Once , a realised. to prOspeotus. The'impOrtant dbpatti says a wr ie weemy wingpromi4es itS kent°of 'histatlt, ho j' d in that na-rtodical• Samuel .41a" the Idonk living:writers, , n to treat of; ilist4ll I,„„QQ -Eij book, ever, remains as, yet unremesel Why should this b On more competent than that.gentl andwhc with jacc , rmen entitled " Histoiy, a Cmdit contains• irrefragable pnoefe.of. our,. and f of Social riogre s .;:' :utb.ors great.capab nv illy one of, ayx safe o , l of backward time tion, and is ties in this c litre -guides over lithe IS A..eowatry friend (says-the from a country newspaper, signs-hiinse/f " The Am - flier ( ' " espar►si requiring them to give their vote.ruu of Mr. Campbell of Ctaioie, the Ayr Observer states. "on very good-legal autherity,- that it is quite sufficient - ',with ti to void Mr. Campbell's return before a Purliamentary attack on it -~- um) set a der, vfl' ° ipsare Fabric;!: CoDiu folio has been: p, , , Continue, even it:li:ere ajcomiilislied." Sir James in provincial or otlier.journi Fern, sson his addiessed nieetings at New and Old 'here is the Museum Cnmnock, Dalrymijle - , -- Ralmellington, and Largo., his. Photographs 'of the origin; reception having been very -cc his-.address at fcr to the, es- the latter, of which he toOk occa traordinars influence exerted by t the ( his roy neip.,l3brAning • man to secure the return of 11.1 r. Campbell, and ail:lira:ld:- weed on the inconsistency of that nOblerann supporting. a Liberal caaditlate• in. one, county, " while in another county he supported the member who holds the identical political opinions 'of Sir James. He said he thought that the time had: cone for the ex tension of the franchise. He thought that a LS' rent BeliartmentTof the - Committee of n which impressions art and A.CT lON AGA,I„NST THE-BAN affecting the'Banl in burghs, and a 410 in counties, would place Newcastle the franchise• within the reach o the industrious work- ing man. He would also 'like to see respectable peopli-I inlodgings, -and those-who have 260 in a savings bank, entitled to a vote, as it 'would_ be a direct incentive to induStry.. He added teat he would support the goVern ment in putting-- country :into a proper state of defence. • With regard. to foreign affairs, he theu, o o-ht that this country ' s h o uld interfere as little as possible with other coantri'.es,.but heloped to seen constitutional government est - ;a/Jlished in Italy. . . 'LtiEST r'A.iiiioNs.—The bonnets for . the autumn season are Cher larger than 'those worn during the summer. riaey also sit closer : r e und the face, and the brim acing' ices somewhat more over the forehead than heretofeare Several have , round :crowns. They are PomPoseii of various materials, and the trimmings con :sist et* ,ethers, flowers, velvet, blonde, lace,. and ribbon: W, ;e seen a bonnet of blaek straw, hiving the edge wrair,:ed with a row of red velvet; the curtain, formed of b) ack velvet, is ea:with:red: On the left side of the • o d.- b .net there is a cock'S plume in red and black. Another bir 'met, composed of white straw, .has:been trimmed: with t'a brown ostrich feather. • The curtain is composed of broWn silk; and the - strings of brown ribbon. The new cloaks- are full and rather long, and several have ,wide hanging .sleevei, SQme have _hoodS, and others are covered at' the tipper part with 'a -pointed pelerine, or with a square collar. Several very.• pretty cloaks skit able for neglige, axe_eomposed of woollen textures, orna=, mented with p.assenienterie. _ But cloaksintended for a superior style of out-doOr coniist•of silk trimmed with plaitings ' • or of velvet trimmed with lace or ornamented with: embroidery,, At. present there are no 'novelties' in' lingerie, beyond' those we have r ecently mentioned: The fashionable. caps are, small,. and ,those: of the fanclaon, form continue in favour. They are ,ornamented with full trimmings of ribbon.: For the promenade the ' ch,aussw4 -continues to be heretofore; Boots for the carriage consist of , colonied silk' and Moire; - tipped with black ' • the colour of the boot harMonising.'With that of the dress. Morning slippers of bronze kid, : embroidered in frOnt, are still in high favour. 56ine are prettily trimmed round the' ea* with a small quilling :of.; ribbon, .and• in front with loops of.ribbeius.having a steel buckle in the centre. T iSre may notice one or 'two of "the :newest dresses inade for- little:girls. A dress:;el White,- and brown mohair has a_ jacket corsage, closed froni the waist," to the throat by a row of buttons ; the jacket has a long skirt, 'bordering all round with -a plisse of brown; u:ebon. The _sleeves, descending a little below the elbow, are loose, and slit up on the outsidedf the arm;' as far as the shoulder ;. they are trimmed at the edge with a plisse of ribbon. Under' sleeves of white muslin closed at the wrist, and a small collar of nan-souk, are appropriated , for this dress.. A little dress, composed 'Of gereri and chequered silk, is-trinimed with flounces, edged with a row of narrow black: velvet. The sleeves are wide,itnd covered with three frills, edged with :Tel vet ; the corsage is high, and. ornamented with a ' berthe of the:. silk composing the dress ; the. berthe being pointed before and behind. Another little dress, com posed; of Albert blue. silk, has two skills ; the with ichasfotrz,,,filosiinedgeces,dpwiassilith passing frillsr "ale corsage is low and worn. smallall round the Tower pparf, -- and up the front there is a. onep fi e o n un in c ' e; with a ihuslin eveinisette, - 7 reaching to the throat, and tablier foitaa finished at din - top -by a row of Valenciennee; the sleeves- are-trim Med with font' Newspaper. fronttht l'unu'dthere-sktunirt our en permittpz : of an investigatt o l d has been ra,a'; o uril .Igard%ther oo - trarf nal to th e c hied. denies that Any,: fresh infristigation,of di! wilotwithstnnding. tteen racem`J s the Prince u°, ll- lie Science 'aillA t i` o n, ;Vinci' of Etlll ea ,i, of apt }ied to. le2a:l7aier it of thi .v at the RXG n l,, c l.ti lltv D a • sratrar iol ioe_ l;_ ~aunty :Court' bit-Wednesday. -- irog e ' on the eve of proceeding on as ten months:—c,°vfir deposited 483 in the branch'bank of - the Bain -therm' land in Nev. - Castle, at the . Suggostien of his brol . '"L i law, who - is. a cashier in. the, establishment. W 7 47 the absence the wife obtained of the money throw er of; ilinfluence- of her relative, the cashier. The foa r , iji o lle ° his . return .repudiated the- gat ,of his wife,. an d eV upon the bank to refund the, money. The I ) 3u . ' the dorsing the act of the ca s hie r) refus e d to entertatuost application, and set up a plea of ratificationthees,rdot of the mariner. The judge commented jA Viand ttLe severe terms upon the Conduct' or the cashiertot proceedings of the bank,-and expressed his 0 1-4 1 ', D i h ° e the mariner had never ratified the wife's. act. 4 - - returned a verdict fOr the plaintiff. „, 'S' 0 8 - -MoNsrna SARCOPHA,GUS.—A: FIINZIcg A na rfrf The Marshal Castellane, Legitimist and Bollatip whose- eccentricities in hii military go vernor s on j Lyons are an embarrassment to the- governMP t a grievous annoyance to the Lyonnese, h as taken d f eak into his head, which thin time is Yi °°le rs unmixed 'satisfaction by - the_- unfortunate s oldi e a to civilians over whom he, rules. He has deter_faillo " is / prepare his place of sepulture, and for this ptur o cX had, quarried from the stone beds of Ounins granite nearly nine cubic yards in bulk, and ~,i " - i at°,t " forty-two tons. This block is to: . be oar c _.,,,') . Of sarcophagus, and raised, up to-front of the c h i oat e t : Bpniface, in the, commune of Calaire ;. and tiler, ' O OO a the t tinie Conies, the Marshal Count Castellano 1 " d r il e - take up his last abode, .encised in granit e ' /43 0 --010,, n t high above the earth, which receives into it:1;10' 7 g remain& of the multitude, with whom his in ship will not 7 be -Confetinded even in death.-- News, I-niPIiOVEMENT IN GE/sFiLEME,Y , W I. • A 1.., Li rpool AP' .- t' I low ye , 4 ,0 Messrs. KINNEAR and Sratpsex, St. Georgere% ee , re' GxtrrLama.v,—The Ilat you sold me three daY: v e ei: e o ff Os nounce the most easy and comfortable Hat Ind tal:_,,'... viously wora—in fact, it is a luxury to put on '''' head.—l am, Gentlemen, yours truly, O 54 - 3 ----" ril " ' Bootle- -Ap s yd MeSAM. KrITNEA/t. and. Smrsott, Hatters, St. George's-cresoent, bette r le er or its r a 11 ' el' ChnrmemEN,—The Hat you made for me is more comfortable, than any new fiat 113 with It ° worn prior to 'this, and I wish y ou sucees' invention. ---yours truly, (Signed') der Sh i P g verf rlcY C jit af , This letter was ac accompanied, with onl than ,a proe and beautiful etter skin / ~ifteSt . „,i tiV lA MessiS. KINNEAR AND SIMPSON, ~0 4 .0 'Rat, hey, •., DEAR 51R5,...-I have groat pleasure in u' ro fed the . to the comfort afforded me by your inlY itr iali w ..--- ----. windy weather it holds comfortably and Yours truly, ~ _ Goree Piazzas, Liverptiol, April 23, 0" 13 59 ' 03 , -- t Lancs. a t" • aps Messrs. K l 2 {NEArt AND Sunset( TaverPoo l ' z . fort ning wf a....,s tisr - g Lancaster, Poie GENTLENE:(,---I have . much Pleasure it 'ir. -----;*,, aa - o' the.llatiwhich I feceiVed from you thre4g tin the and s• me in every respyct. The improVeraetneo ta A assurer; ~ y 0 „„ t b.. rendersit; in tny opiniorxinn• of the mast to asS o urs I,' venient Hats ever yet produced.; an „bilc.-- • "....---- e tf I eiti confidently recommend: it to the r teren c ..,. fully, . ---- i n re , Atese g others , by The aboVe . letters, With murder: l _ beet , re cet , on 4 .. ,,, d , SIX.PSOIr9 BASIC-FITTING HATS, k a y e in t - their s u ...fsilV'' ikl.f4 , Kintioar'and Sinipson, inctt r ,sY 1,7, r. a nd 9. P ' 6, ST. Gg.Qtag',47C"" E rgOL ' ' - OVER OCI OBER 3, 1859.