Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-28 00:00:00

,9• mons. The. to celebra te Fe; but 'Mr' ceasion e fa leclining to nerally is on the-, than usual Committee rhich clearlY, • o ur grea, Sur gre4te se, in effec t ' Lselves suc h ' 'Wakefield; yid not have • is bay mmittea 111, occasion 5e words fill ver was notoriol l ' )m the fist, be. Tb treats the the In° ,ropolig) a", ie House y urges the -- 17 eat in I'l > PurP° s ; tine to that y'the SeW estion, pro, I claims ith by the found t'' .onded 171, 3 t with gr mportfn°e' Session 011, t e;art of - !at Sess :count of er coliil3o.l )f our and witil is 'a— 3artily th e e€ p~bli° MCCIVC, nd to,-h0 milies We WO • ie railS t a heart! receiv,e a , tior . It of ilei r any with EL places: shoNv epresen t. .aintants . specia l f idence give .ces fro * 11 ., insi., I°' and one lave BY ° .om Con: lye beer es, pe a ce he pie!, has bin contil lll 4 e ras lith e cl-06° EXII* parw er colt' &Ott' dept ition le busl 'om pr e ; L res all, , - r's tele' rfr. 80!: nearlf FOreig li dccli~e ,oaf of 221 2?: 9(5 ti Y.? 1J 4a IDLY 28, 1859. hglitened man. It is e x p ec t e d th a t h e w ill come to P ar i s be fore Proceeding to h i s destination! Austria, however, refuses meet 9,y ,ardinianrepresentative, but will leave it open t o Sardinia t o accede to the treaty, after it 'shall have con cluded berwetin Austria' and France. The .Grind Duke -of Tuscany has .. expressed willing ness to abdicate in favour of his son, who promises a Con stitution, but the TuSeans object altogether to the dynasty. THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY. The Ti mes says it is as yet on the cards that Italy may re'ser affairs successfully resist,, the obnoxious settlement of u ; ' for, it is yet possible that the E m peror of the 7 11 ch may recoil from the odious task of punishing with 6 u4' word the - insurrection which he excited. FRENCH FINANCES. It is stated in the Times City Article that another loan of lar ge extent will be wanted before the lapse of many m o nths:, .„ ,• 4 stated Iwiernlig to 'the article in the Azonzteur, it is a that the comparative statement of the French tenall ec 'cannot be con s ide r ed trustworthy, as for''the past • n Years the animal i,,,Art thp Ministei of Finanee has ably promised 1 r balance, ili' ' aPplT:able to The — sinl; t a -- 1 1 Lux "; whereas, there has been a constant augmen .°n of the national debt, until it has experienced an agregate increase of about £13D,000,000. triese contrast of the naval expenditure of the two coun , it, to some extent, deceptive : there 'is the higher re tand ative cost of an English as compared with a French army ofonrtlay " : r3 ; also the facts that about £3,000,000 of our 0.11 colonial purposes, and more than if 1,000,000 the packet service COMMERCIAL. (From the Daily News City Ar'tiele.) Tu . v i al DAIL Evr, NlNG. —Th e Funds opened this morning increased firm ness , an d a f res h advance of *per. cent. "as attained. The article in theYrench lepers, taking ex tike'eP.,t4o,ll to the military and naval expenditure of England, became known and. a fall of per cent. occurred . in " 3 ° 1 : 9 1 Prom this there was no recovery, and the Closing quotq 4", ere per cent. below tho sho' • W l " e th e markets a tendency se to oi imp Th. mor ning followed by d rovement was m th e dulness in the . afternoon. nr:ri +hrt Lank ri;rk rr yesterday 21 - cut 2 f further Sum of £77,000 in .Russian gold was taken total. of , : t 1 ?9131 the Bank tO-day for exportation, making an ascertained 95,000, since the date of the last return. . (From the Times City Article) " •Tu ' r ., Cools A:r EVENT ING. —Aft er va ri ous m i nor fl u ethati ons , s dosed at a decline of 7 1, percent. 'rhe . artiele in tl9 th e o; _,, eiso a- enress _ effect 4"ztel " . eier • ino- The continuant rain of gold virhiCh has set in at , di 3ank of Ay, 'and the demand for silver was Small atten- 11411 d was Teri - - . 1 in, good su. , - •,-a.u.K.ened. : - , A In the Foreign Exchanges this afternoon the rates on —lll3 v tr i dam ' and llambnroll were slightly higher. Bills ,obillu:th-oen::pcotmmanded less favourable terms, and St. Peters g was lower than last post: of the'readilleg. ' . ' 4. r' -. limited h.a._ to disarm had very 0. -- -,L.L o elieved•that th e F renc h Army will tolerate sue - " 1) " any 'extensive scale, while with regard to any free mpg menu, it would be impossible, in the absence of 4 l)ress in France, for England to have ariy guarantee of their nature or extent. Any understanding on the sub- , je(et would therefore be likely simply t o h ave th e eff e ct of heekingP our own protective preparations. MIDLAND DIVIDEND. The dividend on the stock of the Midland Railway Corn- Deny enyis offi c iall y announced at thnrate of •51- per cent. per in, against 41 per cent. per annum at file corresponding. Period of last year. FIRE IN LONDON DOCKS. The official account statev, that abont '5O casks of brandy and other sp iri ts appear' tci have been destroyed, and a number of casks have received injury. • ; The or of the fi re is at present unknoWn. A number o of persons who held the branches were brought out of the vaults in a state of exhaustion, from the effects of the heated *vapour. At one tiro there were not fewer Issiltants laying insensible. han 3O firemen an . RIFLED GUNS FOR THE NAVY. of the e Times strongly ur g es th e i mme di a t e ' a di ancemen t at' navy with Armstrong's guns, as the. French are in ing rifled c a n non i n t o th e i r s hip s . Th e Ti mes sug rts that to expedite. the supply of. guns the work might fn e distributed amongst the various factories in our great and by the end -of the year large numbers of rifle guns might be fit for use. . (REUTER'S, TELEGRAM.) ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday, July 26th.—The , Gazette of publishes a .treaty eoncluded between Russia and -ttussia leave to send ambassadors to Pekin, promises pro tection to Christian missionaries, and authorises .a monthly mail service between Kiachta and Pekin. . 11 [A.NCHESTFR SHARE MARKET, JULY 27. Eastern Counties, 111 ;, Leeds, 95k,-4, 951 ; Sheffields, 35 -'4, 351 ;. Midlands, 1041 ; Dovers, 211. MARKE' Wheat dull O ; h eldh for Fridav's nr LONDON CORN MARKET, JULY 27 Arrivals heavy of foreign wheat and oats dlnee, and little - tucerition.in price of 'late quotations. Monday. Weather fine. Plour . nominally as BOROUGH lIOP MARKET, RTLY 27. Show of hops good. Dem an d f or all kinds inactive, at rely stationary Prices. , . SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Gurxxocx, July 27.—Arrived : Sheitta, from Suranam ; S ohnJ F ergus o n, .Trinidad; Lewis, , Quebec ; Elizabeth Johns, N.F. ; Villa Elj ue, Gi rgenti; Six, Brothers , , Nantes ; St . Mi c h ael, Ancona; Jonis, St. John„ N.B. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. LBY BRITISH AND 'MAGNETIC TELEGBAI'iLI HOUSE CF COMMONS.—YESTMDAY. Tiae Railway Companies Arbitration Bill passed through lunittee. ,SMALL .; DEBTS BALI Snell Debts Ilill ) committee on the Imprisonment for motion that the preamble be postponed, mum- explained that the object of the .bill was do away,with the present power of the county court nr;cr.Tl +brken mhn fail _ tearing: The SOLICITS GENERAL thought that, &e number of county court judges, caused much scandal, i ,Mr• 414.EsTLEY objected to penal mprisonunsit in case of i ea, and to the manner in which the couirty tourt judges Lt resentincrea.sed their .power., I' OLIVE thought that imprisonment for debtwas neces s .a, when the credit system e.34s;ted for the working-classes. -ord Q. PAGE T said that time had not been given.,to the . 1 1 ,,, e " . at,,,:t0 . was to consider the evils of he bill, and moved that ehajainau leave tic ',' - uer some further debat e , L or d 0. P age t withdrew 9 "9 11 , and the,bill passe() through commiitee, n4Gr.ii-SHERIRk , EXPENSES BILL orifg Nf t 34 e clay for _going into eon-wait-lee on ksh-sheriff's Expensgs Bill, Ir . WISE moved, as an amendment, that the bill bo eon Six motet _aject ought...to b z re to a select committee before any .sueh.legislaticin was pa ' lll . Pte d. The piesent bill piny dealt with th fir Jof the expense of the high-sheriff. • ~ SiIj.LEY supported the not, believing that rut Dv the a ition javelir iY D • - AEDES opposed the bill, contending that tii .to! 11 . - -bluen Were quite contented to p a y th e p resent exil e —0 '..... 1 (mry said that if the present system • W`l.4 alt - Arise wh ihe plice employe on y ° r tllc control of the slierilt lkiiiec authorities. This would involve a difficulty of - I ( lictio Su, which required time , for consideration. Rt l r C. T ,irf a ill an crli + all onn fl haturport. • . ' 1 as i t o _,and the ciLia P.o,nstable should be avoided. The of ~,.vvuti_at pr esen t, 7 . 4§ crude one, though he approve provisions After some further discussion, the House divided, when the amendment was carried by 115 to 112. The bill was consequently lost. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL. The 'l o use we n t, into committee on the Municipal Corpo ration Bill. , _ _ _ _ _ took place on the second clause, ..which NNW carried by 127 to 85. The bill then passed through coivmittee. THE LONDON CORPORATION BILL. Mr. CLivE postponed . th6 second reading of the London • Corporation Bill. __ • _ Sir J. SHELLEY and Mr. JAMES called upon the Govern ment-tO state clearly what were their intentions With regard, to the -bill. Sir J. DUKE hoped that the bill would be the law of the land during the present session. , Mr. CLIVE said the Home Secretary would be in his place before Six o'clodk, and, would 'gi.re an answer to, the ques- GREENWICH HOSPITAL. On the motion that . the House cro into committee ,of supply, be agreed to for a commission to enquire into the state of Greenwich Hospital. 111 r. WHITIMEAD opposed the athendment, on the ground of the expense. The Government was about to institute an enviry, . _ _ _ .gir J. ELPIJINSTONE thOuglit that tIM consideration 'ought not ;to Stand in the way. After some remarks from Sir G. reeliell;' Mr. LYGON hoped that the gallant admiral would not persevere with his Motion ; the .GovernMent ought to' have time to consider thequestion for themselves Mr. BRISCOE said that the subject had been repeatedly brought forward, and yet .nothing had been done. Mr. LAING said that the real , question at issue was, Whether the enquiry should be conducted by Government or by a commission. lie thought that the toriner was not only the'mosteconomical, hut the, most efficient course. Mr. J. LOCKS said that experience of twenty years showed that•nO dependence could - be placed upon the , Admiralty. • • • , ported by' :Ir. Spooner. .Sir - F. BARING believed that the Government might , b( trusted in . this matter; he bad great suspicion of enctilirie by commissions, rust the tiovernment ; ne Wanted a . Coral ission to tell them exactly where the evil 3.OEBUCK WOll was. GreenWich Hospital was known in judicial histo'ry as a nest of corruption. • . Mr. ANGFRSTEIN expressed himself satisfied with 'the deClaration of the Government. On a division, the amendment was negatived 1y 142 to 82. SUPPLY irEe House then went into, comniitteepf supply . on a a loilg discussion took pjace, _as to the purchase of pictures, ancrthe management of the Gallery. A motion by 'Mr. CONNIN6IIAM to reduce the vote by 1650, the amount of travelling expenses allowed,, was negatived by 171 to 40. A second motion, made :by Mr. SpooNmt, to reduce the vote by £10,000; on the ground - of public economy, was The vote vas then agreed 'to. Further votes were taken, and the House resumed The Income-tax Bill vas read a second time. • .• passea. The Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill passed 'through committee. , ' ELECTION VACANCIES. The' election of Mr. Leath= for Wakefield 7 and Mr Le committee to try those elections; 'on the ground of .'bribery. The other orders were disposed of, and the House adjourned at'six o'clock. - LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. TILE WEST Bev°l , l - CONSOLIDATED COPPER MUSTING COMPANY.—Judging from the reports of Captain Richards, Captain Gill, late mineral agent for the Duehy of Cornwall, and Capt- ;,, veacnn fn 1-idl • the Wes wove a profita .taking. Captain .nicliards, manager. of the Great Devon Consols, whose dividends, have already amountedto £678,912, on a subscribed capital of £1,024, according to their last report, states .that the , same lodes run through the West Devon Company's property, and which opinion is further continued by Captain Gill. As the developement of the mine may be speedily expected, the capital to a great extent having been already subscribed, the shareholders should soon receive proof of the statements above alluded to. _ Where should a body dinb, - or luncheon, if he wants to have his dinner well cooked, civilly served: and a nice clean meal? _ Erperto-crede---We can. recommend Mr. Bishop's, any one can appease, with this . Money, the Appe tite comfortably, and completely. • We advise all strangers passing' throngh:this town to take, their snack out of 'his their way therE RAILWAY C;IITARDS —lt may not be generally known ad, indeed, responsible, body of men . , . have a friendly society of their own, a public festival of which was held a few days since, in London, to com memorate its establishment arid success ; the Marquis of Chandos, Chairman of the London and North-western Rail- wesitling sion, by the ieerep.ry, that the society a very , L. taken,to establish it upon some secure foundation. With this view, Mr. Nelson, the 'eminent actuary; was consulted, -and instructed to prepare.tahleS of contributions" to be pay able by the . menibers' for . each class of assurance. In February, - MO, the funds were first available for relief, dnrl Althmveh Hu; avoracie 'number of members during . the ten - years of the society s existence has not exceeded 600, there htve.been paid, uPio the preSent time, to the'aiek and inured. unwards of £5,000, and; in addition, the widows GILD a/l• - , • The report' also Adwed that the funds...of - th _4: _A-4.--a., onnrnnri 1tP(l. in allow BRITISH :MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Last evening, the twenty-seventh anniversary of thi s association was held, in the Medical Institution, Mounf_. pleasant. There was a large number of. the profession pre sent. Mr. A. T. 11. Waters moved that Sir Charles Hastmirs take the chair, : in the absence of Professor Alison, from ill ness. Sir Charles ITastings expressed his sorrow, at the ab sence of Professor Alison, and paid a warm compliment to his worth and excellence. He then called upon Dr.. Vose to take the chair, as the president of the association for the year. , • • Dr. ` P OSE then proceeded to read the annual address.:— Gentlemen a the British Medical Association : If to succeed to a chair now vacated by a son of the author of the " Essays on Taste," by a nephew 'of the author of the " Conspectus Medieinn Theo retiom,"•by a brother of the Historian . of Europe, and by one who is known. to all through the, philosophical precision of his pro fessional and general writings, would be embarrassing to even a man of mark, leliat'must itbe to the very ordinary individual who has now the honour to address you! • And -when it is added that that individual once . stood towards his immediate predecessor in, this chair as the admiring pnpil of a celebrated preceptor,•you will .0 -I +U., oltilmlrrh hv VIIIIT fa vallr ha ell onnada .11 does hot affeet to rePlace, William Pulteney Alison. Let me, How ever, proceed:at .once to welcome you, which we do earnestly, on, the occasion of, your visit to Liverpool. It must be a ldgh gratified. tion'to the prof second titne, ri an here that you now come among them for the mbering, as they do, that hilt few places have been thits distinguished by you, while there are many towns of great importance , which hitherto you have not visited. Twenty years have passed since.this association, which began its career by a fe-union of 'about fifty members, in the Board-room of the AVor cester•lntirmary; met in Liver Pool. How many of those who as sembltd at thataneeting, and who fostered by their every care the Infane - y of an association which is now vigoroasiy flourishing among the institutions of the country, are at rest from *their unselfish labours in the tomb ? For us this has a true pathos,. while the mournfulness of feeling which such a reflection 'inevit- ander and untiring friend of this inues as full of ardour for the on• as when, more than a quarter of a ce.utury since, he inaugurated your .proceedings by a preliminary ,yith high-minded and practical suggo.itions in s for which our society was founded, and rethtion to t he present- (i - . . town which, to borrow - the language of its accurate historian, "enjoys a greater ainount of commerce than is now or ever was possessed by any other emporium in the world." Nevertheless, we roust feel that to a scientific and highly-educated body like yourselves, to compete in attractiveness with many of.. those. - localities which yea havd visited of late. Oxford, the august university,. whose cloister are trodden by the votaries of knowledge from the widely parted regions of theiglobe Which lbok to England as their mother more dis renown, match her one of the p last few yeara nes when 'this - iiland was a mere dependence upon Edinburgh, the fairy city, whose intellectual s site, picturesqueness, and, symmetry constitute it land—have all received you during the 'nations must be fresh in your and their f memory. , Yet, although we seem to be abserbed in matctial pursuits, - there , has .been no indifference here to thg "interests" of science, of philosophy,- or of elegant literature. The "Life of Pctrarch," the "Life of Poggio Braccio lini " the "Life - fof Lorenzo de Medici;"' the "Life of' Leo X.," Bo•lcoe's great work upon "Monandrous Plants,".the best of t Lives of Burns, the "Physiology of Bost Liz es of Bri- dite work - "Kant's Critique of Pure ReasOn," - have been given to the world by , inhabitants of Liv_ernool. And - while it max. that, all these works. continue to enjoy no ordinary reputation, some among them, as the " Italian Biographies" by Dr. Shepherd and by Mr: Roscoe, belongAo a high rank of litera r y skill. There is. then. fin. rineAssfiry slits rrnnicrn ieeeuai exceiience. Antiquity, indeed, and the middle ages, inforins us of the same truth. It was to commerce that Athens, the Corinthian capital of all intelligence, owed her wealth and her Florence, of Pisa, and of (ienoa, so conspicuous in the arts and sciences before their loss of liberty, , owed theirs. Although the treasuries of these Celebrated cities overflowed with the riches of the East, borne to theui on the waves of the Adriatic and Tyrrhean seas—although the brightness of the skies and the softness of the air Made mere existence there almost a sufficient happiness—yet their aetivity and their proficiency in everydpartment of literature Boccaccio, Aiiosto, and Ta , velli, Colunibus, and, Galil, liration of mankind. Dante, retrarch, 1; Raphael, Michael Angelo; Machia )--sprang from commercial cities, and But It is dine to.turnfrornthese general remarks, which have been .perhaps too desultory , and to glance shortly at some topics which he'pe to be forgiven if, from a natural desire that this town should stand favourably in'your estimation, we proceed to pass rapidly in review some of those improvements in medicine and surgery which we believe to have originated here. It was towards the end of the last centurythat Dr. Dobson, guided by a practical acutenesswhich seems to be intuitive in seine men, was induced to deviate from the ordinary treatment of a formidable disease—acute hydrocephalus— and, by employiug,mercury instead of the then usual remedies, he showed that the 'antiphlogistie plan is the true one, and long before the'anatomical physicians, as they may be called, led on by. Baillie ; Cheyne, and others; elucidated the'pathology of the affection, and established its therapeutic requirements upon a scientific basis. To Mr. Alanson, formerly a surgeon to our Royal. Infirmary, we are indebtekl for many important suggestions, made at a time when remarks upon the ventilation of he use of iron the necessity of frequent whitewashing, and the establishment of sanatoria in the 'ue air of the country for convalescent . patients, testify to the correctness of his 'professional judgment and to his zeal for the welfare of his fellow-creatures. It is by his treatise upon amputationi.however, that the memory' of this gen- tlemau, as an original thinker in sur g e r y, has.th.c.strongest claims to our gratitude and regard. lie tells us that among upwards of forty amputations, ~ p erforfned • upon the old system, which had conic under his notice, ten died of tetanus, two of bleeding, three from mortification, four from exhausting suppuration. . While eighteen experienced hemorrhage, and nearly all had excessive fever, most 'of the patients suffered from exfoliation 'of bone, conical stumps, or wounds that would not heal. After the adoption of. his improved method of proc e d ure h e had the satis faction of being able to announce that out of upwards of thirty am putations, taken indiscriminately. which wore . , —.. month after operation the wound was eith er altogether o , r as nearly as possible healedin all the cases. The colleague of Mr. Alanson, Henry Parke; in aletter to Mr. Pott on a new method of treating diseases, of the knee and elbow joints, hag . the merit of being the ft rkt to ronnryrrn nna thn nsc n ; ..4 all of thnon .4- - .- ' - _ vtenutgeously prztuLibutt. arse - s memoir may th ere f ore i arded as marking 'an neportant era in surgery, while the is entitled to take rank, arnonm the nrifrinnl Nor can we take leave of him without and zeal for progress which were eminently his characteristics, he ..was among the first of the scientific gentlemen .to recognise the discovery of Jenner, and became the foun - der of, gratuitous public vaccination in this. town. The Life of Burns, a• work which established the literary reputation of Dr. Japes curric, who, like Dobson, was one of the but the the s war with the French republic, and which caused po profound a sensation that it cireulated through the United States of America, and was iendei'ed into' Germa'n and into French. But it is to. the views propounded by D. Currie in his medical reports upon the cold affusion in the treatment of febrile diseaseti that we wish to draw your attention, momentarily, here. Although this plan had been puisued in the West; Indies before the publiCa tion of this work, Dr. Currie has the merit of systematising the practice, and of placing it on a scientific footing—showing, among other th'ingA, that the effusion of cold water inay be safely used when, there is no sense of .chilliness present, when the heat of the surface is steadily above what is natural, and when there is no general or profuse sensible perspiration." Further, it is mainly tine erection Of its fever hospital; whereby' the mortality of the disease and its diffusion by contagion are kept so materially in check. ‘,.u, we must =catty •nave wearied you by enumerating so many of our professional worthies; yet we should justly lay our-. selves open to a charge of ingratitude were we entirely to omit to the Society, of Friemls, which has furnished so many eminent men to the medical • sciences. Ever zealous for the promotion - of useful knoWledge, Dr;nutter, in his earlier days, co-operatea with Currie and Roscoe in establishing. our Athpnamirri physician t V 1 VV aszult xam, urrangeu and wrote. Besides bestowing - upon it his very constant care, Dr. Rutter contributed £1 . $ 001). tawards the foundation of the insti. tution wherein we are now assembled, and which has become a restinu.nlaci,. ruaucrrt seniement. In addition to the large donation just named. Rutter bequeathed to the institution a collection' of books and of minerals, valued at more than this sum ; and, when your former - meeting wish, shortly before his death, that it should take place in this building, the erection of which we owe especially to his patronage.. bass oh.' You will haVe seen, even upon arriving here, that you, >t not expect in this town any display either of metropolitan' adeur or of academical . elegance. The absolutely mercantile racier of the place, together with its modern• importance, will mat for the absence of historical edifices and of ecclesiastical . _ Liverpool. There is, how - ltions here, as well as of qrd. Infirmary, of ; you: . , nu nosPital at'the north, au'other at the Ith end of, the town.; several dispen sar ie s ; -a i l o b s tdt r i e h osp i tal ; hospital' for children; a. belf , supportiurhoapital ; the, blind; far, the deaf and dumb, f or orphans, and _ ''the Town-hall [1 hearin regretted that we have so few exampl es , a gen i us successfully dedi- and that if a homoeopathist was admitted, it must be through bated to the preservation of mankind in juxta-position with another a mistake. 'genius who was lets conservative in his dealings with them. The After some discussion, the moti on was carried ' by a lukewarmness of t ngland in doing honour to her men of literature - and science bewilders foreigners, and is pondered by many at honie with sorrow and surprise. Even ourimmortal dramatist lives, so far, Only in the minds of his countrymen :while it is but yesterday that the discoverer of the mechanism of the universe received•in his native Lincolnshire some proof that he was not forgotten. The same strange apathy has weighed upon our profession for upwards of two generations, in withholding all public honour from the greateit man who has ever appeared in the medical sciences. When Hun ter died, his wife, gauging the value of his labours and discoveries with an accuracy which shows the correctness of her judgment, " was anxious to erect a monument to her husband's memory in Westminster Abbey; but the fees demknded to place him in a reserved niche among the great geniuses of his country were too large to admit of it, and the intention was given up." Yet how short a „„ . time eiapseu aster me (warm oi ueonrey ne bainte tillaire, a man im measurably below John Hunter on the ladder of science, before a noble statue was adjudged him in France, and exhibited in front of the Louvre. Let us be thankful, however, that at last the enthusiasm of a private individual, to whose father, the late Dean Buckland, natural knowledge is so largely indebted, has succeeded in awaken ing the leaders of our profession' from their insensibility. The remains of John ,Hunter now rest in the old Abbey of. St. Peter; and ere long the artist's chisel will reproduce, for the contem plation of the world, the wonderful lineaments 'of a countenance Which caused Lavater to exclaim—" Assuredly that man must have thought for himself." We venture to express a hope that this destined to be of a merely ephemeral character. Muth 'remains yet to be done ; for even the bones :of William.• Harvey are still mouldering in a damp and neglected vault in, Essex—while those 'of the successful alderman and of the enterprising railway con , tractor are often 'consigned' to gorgeous sepulchres. We should fail in our respect. to you, gentlemen; as lovers of science, were we to omit all reference to the, gigantic intellect which has just been taken from the world, and Which the Supreme Disposer of all things permitted to remain here, for the improvement and civilisation of mankind, so much beyond the usual term of human existence. Of Alexander Von Humboldt it has been impressively said that ," his canvas was the universe, and he used his pencil with a master hand. His mind grasped, with iron strength, everything it met, aid instead of being weakened by the immensity, it was brought in contact with, its appetite grew with what it fed upon. His Merits are of such transCendant quality that praise is out of place. There is not one branch of science to Which Humboldt has not con;ributed something, nay much." We may say of him, indeed, what the Tuscans proclaimed on • Machiavelli's tomb in Santa Croce, " Tanta nomini nullton, liar eulogium." When such men as those who filled this chair at 6 - x'ford and at Edinburgh did not think itright to omit all reference to the subject of empircism in . . their introductory addresses, it might be unbecoming in me to do so, although I am conscious of the jarring transition of feeling to whiCh such a course must necessarily give rise. Let us trust, .. . • be thought -sufficient: Concurring in the remark of Dr. Alison, that the success o f imposture is owipg to two causes—" the credu lity of mankind and thes is »zeclicatrix naturce."—we'differ from those who conceive that it will have a definite duration. On the contrary, we believe . that it' will . be' - coeval with human society as our organism, while the masses of manitind are as liable to he led astray by their credulity now as when, nearly 3,000 years since, the Samian Pythagoras taught believing multitudes the fantastic absurdities oir. the metempsychosis. While it 'aPpears to -be obvious that our attitude towards so tainted a tlting empiricism, _ _ some embarrassment in defining the conduct to be observed towards those members of the profession—often found in a rank where - We should not have expected such time-serving.--who show a disposi tion -to undermine the distinction between, regular and pseudo medicine; by co-operating more or less :With the professors of the latter, and thus aiding their fondly cherished object of elevating themselves, by obtaining some sort of recognition, no matter what, from either the - individul members or the general body of our order. niajority. Dr. NOBLE moved, that, in the opinion of the meeting, the conduct of the Edinburgh College -of Physicians, in offering their licenses for a money payment, to all applicants having a medical or surgical qualification. whatever, is reprehensible in the highest degree. Sir CHARLES HASTINGS said it was not a fact that the college offered their licenses to all applicants. They voted on every application. After some discussion, Dr. NOBLE, on the suggestion of Sir John Forbes, with drew the motion. _ who do not hesitate to ascribe this disposition to the most sordid motives. But let us hope that it admits of a more charitable, and, at the same time, of a more correct interpretation. Let us hope that --- --- The meeting dispersed at about eleven o'clock ___+__ moral principlefrom weakness rather than from meanness of cha racter. But we gladly abstain front prolonging this merely pareiitheti cal digreSsion, and revert at once to less distasteful matters. Yol,r. need not be reminded- that you belong to a profession .where no political distinction awaits you, and where no riches arc to be amassed. Nay, you belong to the only one among the professions through whose portals a man cannot by the force of his genius conquer for himself the honours of the state. And yet we con gratulate you, for you belong to a profession whose annals glow with the triumphs of the intellect. Despite the penalties which all excursions into the domain of g e nera l knowledge AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamer North American arrived this orning, bringing - dates . ' from N6W York to the 14th; and inevitably inflict upon their material interests, so incsistable has been the 'thirst for it among' the members of our profession that there' is scardely a deparment of literature or of science Montreal and Quebec to the 16th inst their labburs. Nor do we ever fail to find them arrayed among the steady friends of civilisation and enlightened pro . tolerance. You belong to a professimi NVhich has given )classical' literature the names of Julius Scaliger and of Thomas Linacre, the protegk of Lorenzo De Medici, the Mend of Erasmui, and'one of the foremost spirits of his age at the revival of learning. To ethical philosophy and to political science it has given the name of John Locke; to natural history, flans Sloane, Linnaeus, and Blumenbach ; to poetry. Akenside: and Goldsmith ; to comparative anstnmv_ A, violent tornado had visited -many parts of the states of New York and_ New Jersey. It lasted.two hours, accom panied by incessant lightning and torreubJ of rain. Many trees in the city and suburbs were uprooted by wind or shivered by lightning ; buildings unrJofed,- and streets flooded. physiology, and zoology, Hunter and Owen; to chemistry, Black, the discoverer of fixed air and of the doctrine of latent heat; to the fine arts, John and Charles Bell; to natural philosophy, and anti quities, Thomas Young, the discoverer of the -key to the lost literature of Egypt, the greatest discoverer, after Newton, in the field of optics ; to sacred knowledge it has given Haller and Abercrombie, the candid interpreters of those imperish able truths which serve as - - a beacon light to man's weary Advices` from Nebraska state that the Pawnee Indians haying committed heavy robberies on the white settlers, Gov. 131ack had,taken the-field'against theta, at:the head of 250 infantry and 70 dragoons. The Indians numbered 350 warriors. a. hope of. unceasing rest when - .his wanderings shall end. These are, indeed, masters:for the very highest satisfaction, but we congratulate you still more emphatically upon being the members of a profession whose mission it is to be the humble ministers of that mysterious aid which the Incomprehensible One permits man The crops in Upper Canada are stated to be on the whole very promising, although in many parts very late frost had done some injury. •Generally it is said the .farmers expect an average crop this year, and in better condition than that of last year. Hap and InCian corn are somewhat lighte; than in average years, on account of. the backwardness of the season ; but, with these exceptions, the agricultural community of the district have their hearts gladdened by the promise of a good harvest: to lend to the suffering helplessness of his fellow-man, and which has never been better apprehended or expressed with more terse sublimlty than where, in the medheval odium of his country; it •is thus enunciated upon the bust of Ambrose Pare,. in that old amphi theatre at the School of Medicine in Paris : 'l"`re find in the - Quebec papers all account of the meeting of the Church of England Synod, which assembled in that "Je le pansay, Dieu le qaarit." Dr. WILLIAMS then read the annual report. Sir JOHN Foitnas moved its adoption, and referred to their financial condition; which, .he was sorry to say, was not satisfactoiy. He _thought it was discreditable' to the - I •• • sion was occupied with a. discussion relative to the election of delegates for St. Peter's Chapel, Quebec. A motion to admit the delegateswas - carriedby a vote of 124 to 42. At the afternoon session the Lord -Bishop ,deliyered his address to the Syno, )r. Falloon: seconded by G. 0 society to be so much behind. But he had been of opinio4 that the society would not - be in a', good financial position while the journal published by the society was distributed gratis to the members. . It was as good a journal as the . , Stuart, Esq., , moved a resolution,. accepting the acts of the Provincial .Parliament, which authorise the as sembling a.nelorganization of .Synods, and providing, further, that no act of .the Synod should have force, unless. it shall have received the concurrent assent of the.bishop,; the clergy, and the lay delegates. An amendment., wo..s moved by Mr,. H. Scott, add seconded by Mr. Lannigan, to the effect that the bishop's - vetu, should only ,be. effectnal- to reserve any measure for. re-consideration, at a future meeting of the Synod ; and that, if again adopted at the next session of the Synod- by a majority of the clergy and of the lay delegates, the measure should become law. , After a long discussion the amendment was negatived by a- majority of 105, the .division ,being : YeaS, 37 (3 clergy, 34 laity) ; Nays, 142 (36 clergy, 106 laity).• A Quebec paper, ander th e h ea d of ".Destitution in the West," says :—" In some of the townships of the county of Bruce, particularly the townships of Bruce and Kinloss, the great majority of the people are re d uce d t o sa d straits, in consequence of the almost total failure of last year's crops, following a deficient harve s t of th e previous year. The drought in June, 1858, so completely burned up the vegeta tion, that farmers who had planted twenty bushels of pota-' toes; did not gather more than five. , The wheat crop Suffered great damage froin the drought, and a myriad of spirrels in the fall destroyed nearly all that .the 'drought had left. Mr. Gunn, Rieve of the township of Bruce, ap peared-a few days ago before, a special meeting of the St. Andrew's Society of Toronto, to state the case of the poor settlerS, and to ask assistance in the.shape . Of aThian. , He stated that' in. there were at present 270 families looking for relief, and that in Kinloss there were about two hithdred and twenty families in a siinilar condition. Since March last, upwards of 200 families had been depending on the" council for support. Under theltelief Bill of last session, the Council of. the United , Counties of Huron and Bruce was authorised to borrow £B,OOO, and, after the amount required for_,the„purchase of seed wheat had been expended, only about £7OO remained with which to feed the peOple. The fund, Mr. Gunn stated, was now alinost exhausted, and the object of his mission to Toronto was to jar (Mee benevolent parties to lend, on the Security, of debentures, a sufficient.amount to feed the necessitous in Prime 'and Kin loss,mitil this year's harvest shoidd be gathered in; the sum thus raised to be expended' in local improvements, and to be repaid whenever the township councils should' be in a posi tion to do so. Having listened to Mr. Gima's statement, the Toronto 'St. Andrew's Society 'agreed to advance £l5O in the W a y p ro p os ed. We understand the St. Andrew's Society of Montreal are prepared to advance . a like amount, nine-tenths of the inhabitantS of thoSe townships being Scotch. her wec y journd 8 which thc 2rofession si and for whiell hers ought to 3s. a-year was paid y, at least, 10s. a-1 The Toronto Globe has some remarks on the present state and prospects of that city, and admits that the trade of that town has during the last two years suffered much from the effects of over-speculation, failure of the crops, &c. The Globe, however, believes that the re are better Prospects ahead, and adds :—" At this moment, Toronto is the cheapest place of living in Canada. Houses and stores are plentiful, rents are low, and there is an ample supply of labour of every description. , To any one who desires a convenient locality in which to manufac ture, Toronto holds out greater advantages than any other city in Canada. Already, we are informed : that . some new establishinents areprojected; and that additions will speedily be made to our mercantile -- community. There were score's —we might say hundreds—of business men who visited us in 1855 :and 1856, who went off to less busy and extravaant places, convinced that they would . not be safe in making investments here. If they returned here now, they would not be able to make the same complaint." 'The Toronto Board of Trade; at a recent meeting, passed a resolution recommending that after the first day of August the British shilling be received and paid at the .value of twenty-four cents and no mcirethat being. the rate . at which it is now taken by the railrOads and Public Oftees. Ile thought the mem- 411 L: ltriittl. ti thought the other points in the report extremely satisfactory 71 "17 referred to the assistance that had been given to the associa tion by the House of Commons ; and expressed regret at the squabbles between "the college s of L on dO n ' and Edin burgh. • Sir CHA.RLES AgTINGS tendered ns resignation to t association, as tne senior presiaent ior tue past three years, 'and expreised his gratitude at the manner in which they had estimated his services. It was moved by'Dr. HALL ' and after some.complinientary observations,' it ' was carried with acelathation, that Sir Sir Charles Hastings accordingly withdrew his resigna tion, and accepted office for the next three years. Dr. WILLIAMS moved a vote of thanks to Dr. /Nelson and Mr. Hadley, as auditors of the accounts of the association, with a "reqUest that they would continue their services during the year. Dr. HALL moved a vote of thanks - to Dr. Alison, as the iould accept the retiring president, with a request that he s office of vice-president for the ensuing year NEW YORK MARKETS, TiumsnAY; JULY 14 • unanimously. - - Dr. RALPH moved a vote of thanks to the Council of the Association, for their valuable services daring the past year. The motion was seconded by Mr. .11Amtv, and carried Flour :—Receipts light ; State and Western heavy, dun, unsettled, and 10c lower ; sales Western 3600 bbls. super $5.20 to $5.60, Extra $5.60 to $6 ; round hoop Ohio $5.65 to $5.80 for old, and $5.90 to $6.15 for fresh ground ; Extra Western $5.60 to $6.20. Southern dull and declining ; sales 600 bbls. at $6 to. $6.25 mixed to good, and $6.30 to $8.25 for Fancy and Extra. Canadian—Super and Extra nominal. . , , - unanimously. Dr. HALL moved that the Secretary, Dr. Walker, be requested to continue in office during the year. Mr. BARTILAM seconded the motion. Mr. SOLOMONS moved, as an amendment, that Dr. Henry be appointed as Secretary._ . The amendment was seconded by —T. —RINISDALE ; but after' some discussion,. the amendment was withdrawn, and the original motion Was carried unanimously. The Medico-Ethical committee was re-appointed. Dr.. HENRY read the report of the legislative committee. T. 11. WATERS' moved that the report' should be adopted, and that the- medical committee should - be re appointed, with the addition , of Richard Griffin, Esq. and uuchauget G rain.—AVlleat dun ' sales 4,500 bus: whit e Kentucky $1.7 0 to $ 1 . 75 , South. red $1.55 to $1.56 for new, Southern white $1.70 to $1.821 for new.. Corn a shade bet ter ;. sales 24,000 bus. ; mixed Western old, in store, 85c. to 89c. for new do., Southern unsound yellow 86tc. Oats dull and lower ; sales Southern and Jersey at '32e..t0 42c. and Northern and Western 44c. to 49e. . Provisioni,--Pork lower ; sales 500 bbls. -Mess at " to 15.95. Prime $12.40. Lard , dull ; • sale 10i- to 11c. , - Stocks arc moderately active, and rather better Di. Edward. C. C. .Seaton, with initruetiOns to watch the working of the medical ad; and especially with regard to preliminary and professional education ;" and to consider the Groceri Coffee dull, but steady. Molasses dull ; prices favour 1 MONTREAL MARKETS. also, a the sale of poisons; and at the su g gestion of Dr. 'Matthews, it was added, that they' e desired to take into consideration the , parliamentary representative of the pro- We extract the following remarks from the eh fished. by Messrs. Taylor Brothers fession The. motion was seconded by Mr. TFMRY, 'and carried . Montreal, Thursday Noon, July 14. Ashes.--The receipts of the week have been 917 brls Tots, 199 brls Pearls ; but the heavy shipments up to yes terday, by the two steamships loading . 1885_ barrels Pots, unanimously Dr: DAVIS drew the attention of the association to the Let of. the Edinhnrg'lt College 'of :Physicians granting licenseS to the - practitiOners of homoeopathy. lie suggested that they should _write to _the authorities in the college, in reference to this subject. He concluded by moving, "That and 671 barrels Pc, 'this oarrels Pots, and 357 barrels Pearls been steady throughout the week at $5.65 to "5 for Pots, and $5.80 t0'',.5.85 Prices hart a few instances in the opinion of tilt' association.9xe amission of homceo pathists. int o th e College of Physicians is wholly reprehen, ke inquiry a 3 'FloUr—Has rather dccliiled again, fresh-ground Super fine, having been sold as low as $5.60; while, however, there and that the college were ;er anct stu • • its members." Dr, NOBLE strongly condemned the practice of the sale. of licenses by the college, and thought the system was more reprehensible than an isolated act.. The practice had become literally a sale of licenses to any parties, irrespective of their doctrines. • Dr. •lIALL seconded the motion of Dr. Davis. Dr. NELSON a greed with Dr. Noble th a t th e con d uc t o f the colleae WitS•nity , t flagitious, and deserved the strongest were sales at 45, ana.owners generally nom at mat. has been sold at $6, and Extra at $6l, ;- but little, however,, could be obtained at these prices. There is go od retail demand for unbrandable, and round lots have sold at $4.50 to $5 No. 2 Superfine $5.25 to $5.40., A sale for August delivery was reported since our last at • sf., I.A I -.; we believe no sales have transpired this week. Grain.---A small parcel of Aliliwankic , Club Whet was placed since our last at $1.20, and it can now be had lower. Peas are obtainable in quantity at $1 per -millet; In other n. 4 aware of anythinc;_to report.• to do _vas to rely of filch -university degrees. A Member defended the,eellege authorities, and said that the admission of a honicedpaihist must be it'mistake;and not done intentionally. Dr. SEATON said he knew it to be a fact that the doctrine of homeopathy was a barrier to admission into the college . v oted, Fay- 7 -Prime, $l-4 to -15' ; Ptinte rrovisions.---Them anti 10-fcr,s are Mess, $lB t0:519.. , ' 'Sales , (A' -.linttcrr at nominally as last .voted, ; 121 to 131 cents. steanurs North ATreicon and United Kinz- Freights.-- dom both coga 325, 61 sterling f t 17s. 6d. sterli £l,OOO being very satisracroruy app. inces to sick and disabled• member's, and the widows of „ , _ ItnetinizA thtir .heart' ameaseu Illt:111U1:1b.• r reception of the toast of the .eVeniag, " Prosperity to the Railway Guards' Universal Friendly Society." He expressed his ;.Tratification in presiding at an asSeinblage convened for the purpose of Jurwer.ing which strongly called for the generous support of the rail way interest. , He said that it was evident, from the rep . ort 1-1,11 holt ofit, conferred by the society during _ . were most, creditable and encouraging that bßdy of railway servants for whom it vas founden... In the course of the evening the - reading of the names and amounts given on tb.ropeasion by the donors, comprising the chairman, £5O, the Marquis of Stafford, and all the ffentlemen present; and a numerous, list of absentees, elicited. from ,the .members unbounded- applause. beverai other toasts, appropriate to the Occasion, were drauk, and the ,numerous company separated at a late hour, evidently pleased . with the:proceedings of ;the evening, We trust the funds of so -excellent a society will be much benefited BRIBERY BY THE LIBERALS TO 'TILE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Silt,—The Liberal party, more esi— dieal followers of John Bright, have ever been to throw the imputation. of bribery upon the con servatives, and to use it as a pretext for the necessity of the ballot-box. What will or can they say now that Mr. E. Leatham, the brother4n-la* of the pure and spotless John :Bri + weially the RA , , 'W „ ribery and corruption at akefield ? Let not this it will serve ag rcrotten by the ConsCiN:-ritiys, _ „ .• who live in glass hott:s shpuld not.thiow ton Liverpool, 27th July, 1869 the meeting of the Commissionors .of Sewers, held /Any_ a renort of Dr. Letheby's on the; desecration of was I. - lie gave a frightful de- scrjptioLl of Op appearsnce of. tb adjoins .ea/i 4 testify to tli Iraq of the picture. .Dr iLkrz t at the state c) The date 'of the meeting of the British Association at la6rdeert has - been 'fixed for thO 14th-of September, the tC~cmimed by an inSugural -addroSs from the metlr will 'be at Balmoral at the time of the opcnii4 is Prince Consort will ma ) Aberdeen atifillA t :e more than tVie iournt: NORTHM DAILY TIMES. St. Gearges-hall, with irg and at Haarlem; ChListian art; from t 7 31usemr • at le 'Atl an organ surpassing those the Collegiate Institution and Institution, with • its peculiarly to the age of MichtiCl of Nelaan. s by Westmaeott; of ,:and of litiskisaon; liy dibson ; :Museum of. Egyptian Anti- ; the I. cutn; the Philh:l4i - ionicll thC init'pose of a Preo Library on of Lnheashire Parlia nnce's Park; the driuking berality 'of Mt. Melly, :and r, progress zates.}e,;,,no, euliar interest A the attention of inteulife.i, . which are in of ,it ri s e 'principles and fro:ii this association, bas nas been marked, by main bieidents ci , nde into opeiation. It ivottld ~„„i , of 'the rest .t , of that measure but th'' w , A) a o te u h r is, p ii i i o v t:er n i d on l . vhi T e l l y , v , , , - 1 7, , ai e d , perhaps, to . 0 et, MI that it did g heartily ebogr.' t'e' on . upon the appearaac of ti rat , ilate our hope 7 eventually w e very greatly Wanted. We t bitthreif to the public service , - upon:the IIC~ G~. . which hid' their her eniutuet have ( .1 circumstan lit ion which: has at ._—, and -de orations ,Aonn other otliecrB ~ anti with e ti o o., and -their self-saeruice, bep r requited lapoit,,All2 i,,Sbetthat - some ot'-the Ld on the ni to upon more t a erected to atL — ;aotropolis, where the t to be Stocks.—Bank of Montreal : Numerous sales at which there are to-day buyers and sellers. Com= Bank : Sales at 1101. City Bank : Sal the latter price, to-day. Bank of U 1 rat 1( r CU ; bt F 6 to; 168 1 , ada lieli Offers up to 85 refu an amount changed hands on pri' held at 88. La Banqbe Du Pe . to a small extent; at 108. '• Gore ‘l. of the transactions in Bori s and Debentures.--Coi may still be quoted 90 to - 91 102; and Montreal Harbour per CE Stocks and 7,nneral to 100-1 on New York 1001 on New York. Colonel Col Mr. Cum sChirst llan, M ;ey, Colonel Yt wn at six o'cic Vanderbil ScRENti-i nd lad r. Beatty and. lad Allan, Mr., Dickit City of Up lands , NESDAY The 'Lord Lieutx "n. Com ieihrta; as well have been plea in the feeling resources, lit country 'hp bang Hon. ti Bellew, Lord :1 - o Hon. Major Joce and iecaved v 1.),•v. Si to, after whiff li the This comm. Counsel on That William I to serve in P. " That the That tl said IV guilty of brit "That it 1 Leathar. A Alqtch; 10(I,.soNis,' I: A ITandicap I Vlvt either tt providet , the ea ire ~,,1_~ int was mers tc lIELA\ )th-ty brt )N C( atham wa •ACES.- . 1% - utt his victor aid of Pr placed in a die her have the assistance of imd owner, be of one mind, he will he _ I should be sorry to be against him, vderick's" money is on, andwhieh I think " VISSERVIA.N." rwever, , r posit Wend,