Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) ROUSE OF COMMONS. w - EDNESDLY. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. The s COI:TETT CLARE ELECTION. ta. tzu announced tha receipt of a communication stating the aba n ' - oament of the petition complaining of the return for the County of Clare. IPSWICH ELECTION. The Members of the Ip s wich Election Committee were called to the table and sworn. THE REDPATH FRAUDS- The Lord s Amendment,. to the Great Northern Railway Capital Bill were taken into consideration. The effect of the amendments inserted was, that the half-rar divi. dead of the preference shareholders, in common with the half-pear dividend of the whole body of sha-e'lolders, should be applied to meet the losses occasioned by the frauds of Redpath. E room otjected to the alteration, on the ground that it would inflict great injustice upon preference shareholders, and would shake the confidence of the public in the stability of preference shares. Arr. ASPINAIL Truorzn also opposed a proposition that would enable the shareholders of a railway to repudiate their honou-able engagements. NEWDEGATE supported the Lords amendment, and contended that Redpath, whose misconduct rendered the bill necessary, was as 1114 01 a servant of the preference as the ordinary shareholders. Mr. H. ButztE observed that the amendment in question carried Oat the recommendation of the committee, to which the consideration of the matter was delegated. Mr. HEADLAM, Mr. J. EWAII,T, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. BENSON havi ng offared some remarks, lir. Lows expressed an opinion that the Lords committee had gone b eYond its jtt, Ldiztion in considering the rights of preference share holderr, and stated his intention of opposing the amendment. Mr. FiTzROT argued that the preference shareholders considered th emselves liable by the bill to contribute to meet the losses of the °lll Pany, and that therefore no injustice would. be done to them by assenting to the amendment of the Lords. The amendment was ultimately negatived without a division. PUBLIC CHARITIES BILL. HAQDCASTLE moved the second reading of the Public Charities B ill, the object of which was to diminish expense that at present " c essarily arose. It was proposed that there should be a registrar_ general of pubic charities, with an ()Mee in London, and that the ILl: imagers of existing trusts should have the optien of the taking up their deeds to the registrar, and paying a fee not exceeding £3 to a eehre the succession of trustees. lir. Evaris seconded the motion. SlrJ. TROLLOPE and Mr. MASSEY opposed, on the groand that the 'Proposed machinery would not be any saving of expense. The bill was rejected without a divhion. MARRIED WOMEN'S RIGHTS. On the motion of Sir E. PER Mr, The Married Women's Bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee. IRISH TENANT sionrs. On the order for the second reading of the Tenant Right (Ireland 114 Mr• MAGUIRE having presented a great number of petiti ins fr .ra Cork, Mayo, Londonderry, Westmeath, and blip countie in favour of the bill, proceeded to move the discharge of the order believed that the question wzs one that could only be settled by qovenment, an 4 he urged the importance of the subj.:et upon them. The present state of things in Ireland hat driven the peop's to emi grate in great number., therefore depriving the country of a means of recruiting its army. There was plenty of evidence by the petition presented, by the popular feeling on the subject,—and upon these gr°ll, ds he asked the Government to give to it their ems ous col a idera ion. Similar views were expressed by Mr. B4well, Mr. Green, Mr. O'Donoghue, and Mr. Hatchet. M r.H. HERBS RT said, if Irish memb3rs would frame a measure to uehltrodneed next session, it would receive the careful consideration ° f Her Wiesty's Government. After a few words from Mr. Stafford the culla was discharged and the bill was withdrasn. THE BURIAL ACTS AMt NDMERIT BILL. C 1 gel" g into Committee cn this bill, Mr. Missair proposed a clause to the effect that in any burial ground provided by the acts respecting Whic h one of her Majesty's principal S t erttaries of State should have certified that the necessary prnshions had been complied with, I t ould be lawful for the incumbent, of which parish his curate or a 4111 3' qua'illed person authorised by him to bury Li such burial ground prior to the consecration thereof. t GLADSTONE considered this as a step towards the dissolution of he bonds of ecclesiastical law, and condemned the power placed by It in the hands of the incumbent, because a particular Bishop neglected to obey the law. After some discussion, the clause was agreed to, on a division, by Majority of 39. Soma other datum wero proposed and agreed to, and the bill wai reported with amendments. Mr. MASSEY obtained leave, and introduced a bill to amend the law concerning detached parts of counties, so far as respects the establish ment of county cmstables. The bill was read a first time. The Camassxx of the Westmeath Election Committee reported that the sitting members have been duly elected. The House adjourned at five minutes to six o'clock. TREASONABLE CONDUCT OF THE lONIAN ASSEMBLY. S ince the arrival of the recent news from India the 'leaders of the, spiteful Greek faction, in Corfu, flatter them selves that the power of England is at an end, and that the blue has come when they may strike a deadly blow at her- On . the 2 n d J u l y, Si gnor D an d o l o rose an d state d t h a t a petition was in circulation, the prayer of which was to make Corfu an English colony. It is now admitted that this was simply an invention for the purpose of affording a, pretext for the reek-dramatic interruption of the public business. No sooner had Signor Dandolo told his wonder ful story th an t h e President of the Assembly rose to express his indignation at the idea of merging the nationality of the Hellenic in an alien race. The remit of the proceed ings which ensued aze summed up by Signor Lombardo. Re asked, who dare say now that the foreigner can find 1111 Y support in th ese i s l an d s ; w i t h enthusiasm an d unani mity we have voted the national insurrection. Hencefor ward, therefore, it is only by force that the present political system. can be kept up. The report of the day's sitt in g w as ordered to be printed, and hundreds of copies were the off by the first post to the other islands — Greece and ,me Whole of the Levant. The plain English of this is, that the lonian Assembly, under false pretences, has issued a Manifesto to the whole of the Levant, calling on the Greeks to assist in the annexion of the lonian Islands to the king dom of Greece. The lonian Assembly has male itself a focus of Eastern agitation, with a view to subvert the power and thwart the policy of England. Although the ring leaders in the denunciati)n of England were officials hold - ing office at the pleasure of Sir John Young, the governor, he has not removed one of them. They dined at his table the day aft er . Th e D a il y N ews attr ib utes this c)nduct to indolence and incapacity. A GENTLIMAN'S DIARY OP HIS WIPE'S TEMPER.— Xonday—A thick fog; no seeing through it. Tuesday— ? l clortiv and very chilly ; unseasonable weather. Wednes daY—Frosty ; a t times sharp. Thursday—Bitter cold in the morning; red suns e t, w ith flyi ng c l ou d s , p or tending lard weathe-. Friday—Storm in the morning, with peals or thunder ; air clear afterwards. Saturday—Gleams of 14.1111Shllle, with partial thaw ; frost again at night. Sun "Y—A light south-wester in the morning; calm and pleasant at dinner time ; hurricane and earthquake at li g h t. —Amer ican Paper. ACERHINT TO A W INDER MERE STEAM YACHT.—On Tuesday afiCrllniE. the Firefly, iron steamer, while pro ceeding up the lak e ran u p on a sandbank. The shock Precip itated almost 'every passenger to the deck floor, and . 1.11 . 1 fti nnel of the engine fell upon the deck, but luckily z o i t tla d , :!tit cams , 1 ,, I any injury. The engine, fortunately, was befor e t i u S ZT; and the steamer was backed off the sandbank, ,„ 1 ,„ t and tha landing at the Ferry Inn; but enginee r re ld be run into tit:bed of mill to which the ea directed her, the water ruched into her cabins, veusssellnglittl alarm among the nacsengers. The . now lies her, stranded, about five feet of water in , LIBERTY or Tun beforsummoned .. a e the SUBJECT.—A surgeon was _ Police of Bourges, France, on a charge of tk , n _g i ng out, durin,4 the processon of Ole fete Dieu, a pair ex ' a s ed curtains from his windows, insteal of following tha T ili tl iPle of his neighbours, and displaying white ones. particularly as it took place during the period of int o lections, was construed, ,., by the 8 act ' a corporal of gendarmerie, a Political manifestation, and a proses-verbal being Zaelyse to aw n op accordingly, M. Mathieu wa, 6 ummoned, in due appear at the bar of court. In his sli t i rce he disclaimed the mostdistant idea of using the bei n :"„taius as a political emblarn, and declared that, dis l' the handsomest things he had in . his house, he ac 13 fled them in honour of the procession. The ourt ee P t ed this version of the spatter, and dismissed theses': THE NORTHERN TIMES.-- LIVERPOOL) THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1857". ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH ARCH2EOLOGICAL SOCIETY. PROM OUR OWN RETORTER. Yesterday morning the members of the institute assembled at ten o'clock, and the meetings of the sections commenced. ANTIQUITIXS Dr. Guest, master of Caius College, Cambridge, pre sided over this section. The Rev. Professor Earle, of Oxford, read an interest_ ing paper on the peculiarities of the dialects of Cheshir e and the adjoining counties. A short discussion followed the reading of the paper. ARCHITJECTURAL SECTION Sir Stephen Glynne occupied the chair as president of this section. Mr. J. H. Parker, the well known publisher, of Oxford, read a paper on the architecture of St. John's church, Chester, minutely describing its peculiarities. Lie also gave an interesting sketch of the general architec ture of the city. The historical section did not meet to-day ; and a fter the discussion elicited by the reading of the two above named papers had closed, the members proceeded to visit objects of interest in the city. They spent some time in St. John's Church, where Mr. Parker pointed out many of the interesting specimens of architecture, referred to in the paper which he had read. At four o'clock, the members re-assembled in the Town Hall, when Mr. George Scharf, jun., read a very interest- Ng paper, entitled, " Notes on the Pictures by Ancient Masters, in the Manchester Exhibition." Mr. Scharf superintended the hanging of all the pictures in . the Exhi bition. THE BANQUET took place in the Music Hall, at six o'clock in the even ing, when upwards of 150 ladies and gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous repast, profusely supplied by Mr. Holland, confectioner, of Eastgate-row. The following was the BILL OF PARE. Turtla. Green Pea. Salmon a la Mayonnaise. Turbot and Salmon. Sauce an Homard. Haunch of Venison. Savory Pie. Calves Head a la Braise Roast QuAfter of Lamb. Sprang Chicken a la Bechamel. Roast Dacklings. Roast Ribs of Beef. Stewed Beef a la Mode. Roast Chickens. BNTHEES. Stewed TnrUe Fins. Cotellettes de Mcuton. Cotellettes da HoznarJ. Pates de Poulet. Celee ds Vin. 1 Pastry. Grenadines de Peen. Sauce Piquante. Croquetts, Lobster Salad. Levrdnts. Creme de Nveau. Cateaux des Cerisel. Boudin des Cabinets. Carrant.:Pie Cream. DESSERT. Strawberry Cream. Cherry yater Ice. The chair was occupied by the president of the institute, Lord Talbot De Malahide, supported on his right by the Lord Bishop of Chester, :Sir Stephen Glynne, Major Egerton Legh, 3cc., &c., and on his left by the Rev. Canon Slade, Dr. Guest, of Caius College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Egerton, the Rev, Dr. Hume, of Liverpool, &e., &e. In other parts of the room we noticed the Rev. Dr. Cotton, Dean of Bangor, John Addison, Judge of the Preston County Court, Mr. Alderman Williams, Mr. Alderman Griffiths, Mr. Councillor Hicklin, Mr. Councillor Smith, Tongue. toast, expressing in the most feeling manner his acknow ledgments to the Bishop for the too kind terms in , which he had spoken of him. The Chairman said that in the course of their peregrinaa_ tions, the institute had experienced great kindness from• the various corporations of the towns they had visited' and the greater part of them had held out to the members= the hand of welcome. Amongst the rest, they were very much indebted to the corporation of the City of Chester,. not only for the general way in which they had offered them their assistance and support, but for the valuable address which they had presented to the institute. He therefore proposed " The Corporation of Chester." it was a source of great regret to them that the Moyer was not able to be present, but other members of the council were present, who would perhaps favour the company with a few remarks. Mr. Alderman Williams responded. Mr. Councillor Hieklin also acknowledged the toast in an eloquent and impressive speech, in the course of which he dwelt upon archaeology as an important agent in edu cation. Major Egerton Legh having proposed the health of Sir Stephen Glynue, as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Flint, _ _ . Sir Stephen Wynne replied, and remarked that, as an old member of the institute, he had done less than he ought to have done in the promotion of archaeology. He had been a member of the institute since the time of formation, and therefore it was natural that he should have felt the deepest interest in it. He had had the happiness to attend all the annual meetings of the society in all parts of the country, and he might say that all of them had been a' tended with success, anda great deal of information had followed from them. In many cases some practical results had shown themselves in the form of improved architecture. He thought he might venture to state, that the meeting at Chester would be quite as good, both in its character and successful in its results, as any which had preceded it. (Cheers.) The Chairman again rose, and said he had always held that the great object of the institute was, that it should be regarded as a rallying pointfor all local societies of a similar kind to be established throughout the country, by which the study of archaeology might be promoted. There was no jealousy of any other society on the part of the institute. On the other hand, the more societies there were in existence throughout the country, with a similar object, the better. It therefore gave him great satisfaction to be able to give the local kindred societies throughout this district which had done so much to advance the study of Archmology. He need hardly say that he alluded, amongst others, to the Chester Archaea logical Society, which numbered so many members, and which had published so many valuable papers. He might repeat what he said yesterday, how much the members of the institute felt, and how much all archaeolo gists must feel at the death of the aev. Mr. Massey, who was such an able and distinguished member of the Chester society. He (the chairman), had often met that lamented gentleman at their anniversaries and on other occasions, and he hoped to have the pleasure of meeting him again. He had always been most active in the promotion of archaeological pursuits. He was also equally able and active as an exemplary pastor, and to him the church to which he belonged was much indebted for the services he had rendered in the performance of his religious duties. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) They felt deeply indebted to the Chester society for the assistance it had rendered the institute. He desired, also, to call their attention to the Chester Mechanics' Institution, which as*o represented there by Mr. Wardell, who had placed at their disposal the museum of that society- (Cheers.) In the next place, he begged leave to introduce to them the Lancashire Historic Society—(cheers)—a society highly distinguished for its labours in historical research and archaeology ; a society which had highly distinguished it e.elf by the value of its publications, and for the great ability of its members. To that society the members of the institute were also deeply indebted, for the kind and generous invitation which had been conveyed to them to visit Liverpool on Saturday next. (Loud cheers.) He trusted that it would be a pleasant and successful visit, and, indeed, he believed it could not be otherwise. In the midst of unequalled foreign, commercial, and mercantile pursuits—in that great city of Liverpool, which was now preparing to launch the wonderful Atlantic cable, which was to draw together as it were the commerce of the old and the new world—in the midst of all these gigantic commercial pursuits, by which the wealth of man was accumulated and increased. we found at the same time a most earnest wish displayed to promote science and art, and he therefore looked forward to their visit to Liverpool with much interest, and he believed it would be eminently successful. They would have an opportunity of inspecting the splendid collection of a gentleman from Liverpool, now present from the Historic Society. He alluded to Mr. Mayer, whom many of them no doubt knew. (Loud cheers.) With a noble liberality, and a high appreciation of the true objects of archaeology, Mr. Mayer stepped forward at a moment when all archaeologists were deploring the refusal of government to purchase the collection, and secured a batch of antiquities which was refused a place in the great museum of the nation, because the collection was not connected with foreign lands, but related to this country. Because the collection had reference to distinguished persons of this country, whose blood we had circulating in our veins, it was refused admission within the walls of our own national museum. (Hear, hear.) At the time, there was great fear that the collection would be torn to pieces. and got hold of by every keeper of a curiosity shop, and it was at this critical period that Mr. Mayer nobly stepped forward and purchased it. (Loud cheers.) The other gentleman who was present from the Lancashire Historic Society was his friend Dr. Hume—(cheers) —a gentleman with whom they were all acquainted. He should pass over all his merits, but there was one circumstance he could not pass over from his (the Chairman's) connection with Ireland. What in his mind consisted of one of the chief merits of Dr. Hume was, that he had given a great deal of his attention to the Anglo-Irish race, and he was wishing that Dr. Hume had been present that morning when Professor Earle was reading a paper on the dialects of Ireland and Wexford, because they knew that Dr. Hume had devoted a great deal of his time to that subject. He concluded by proposing " The Local Institutions," coupling them with the names of Mr. Wardell, of Chester, and Dr. Hume, and Mr. Mayer, of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Mr. Wardell having briefly acknowledged the com pliment, Mr. Mayer rose, amidst loud cheers, 'and said he felt much flattered for the honour they had done him in associating his name with the Historic Society of Liverpool, indeed he might say with all historic and archaeological societies ; for although he was locally attached to Liverpool, he felt as though he belonged to every such society, whether it be in our own country or abroad, for he conceived that the question of archaeology was not confined to a climate, nor to a race, but every true archaeologist ought to look about him, and collect those things that were illustrative of the race and charactr of men in all countries. His own occupation had been more practically that of a collector than of an illustrator. With reference to his purchasing the Saxon collection, to which reference had been made by the chairman, he might observe, that he purchased it with the idea that others would make use of it more than himself. It was a valuable collection as showing the state of our ancestors. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. Hume also acknowledged the toast, and after referring to the great number of scientific institutions in Liverpool, he said that the Historic Society had been in existence fo* a period of nine years, and during that time they had published nine volumes of its transactions' so that its age might be known by the number of its pub lications. The rev. Dr.spoke at some length, but in so low a tone that in the position in which our reporter was placed , his remarks were inaudible. Major Egerton Legh :proposed " The leads of the Universities," coupling the toast with, the Lames of Dr, Guest and Mr. Hill. two persons from• the university had stood up in answer to the toast. His friend (Professor Whewell), would have been present among them, but circumstances had pre vented him coming. •Ho had it, however; from his own lips, that his heart was with them, and that there was no society in which he took a deaper interest than the Archae )logical Soc'e`y. Mr. Hill also responded. _ _ _ The Bishop of Chester, in a highly eulogistic and com. Alimentary speech, proposed "The Chairman." (Loud ebeers.) The Chairman, in reply, said he felt deeply sensible of the kindness shown to him by the bishop in proposing his health, and the company in drinking it so• warmly, but ho also felt sensible that he was not deserving of it. Whatever exertions he had made on behalf of the Archaeological Society, although they had been to the utmost of his ability, they fell far short of what he could have wished to do. He would wished that some other gentleman could ihave undertaken the duty of presiding over the meeting, because he was of opinion that it would have been more suitable for some other gentleman connected with the district to preside. At the same time he felt that if his services were required, it was his duty to preside over them; and he scarcely need say that, on no occasion, had the meetings of the society afforded him greater pleasure than the present• He felt highly gratified at seeing so numerous an assemblage of ladies and gentlemen present, not that he could for one moment consider it was a compli ment to himself, but he felt rather that it was, on their parts, an adhesion to the science of aremology. At the same time it afforded him pleasure to renew his acquaintance with those faces which he had been i : the habit of meeting for many years, and this was one of the great attractions of those meetings, independently of the study or pursuits of archeology. That one had the opportunity of meeting in a social manner, and of form. ing agreeable acquaintances in different parts of the country. He had the greatest satisfaction in speaking of the manner—the successful manner—in which their meet ing was progressing, and he could not have a greater proof of it than in the way in which the tables before him were filled. (Cheers.) Several other toasts having been proposed and acknow 13dged, the proceedings terminated about half-past ten o'clock. This morning, at half-past nine, the members of the institute and their friends will leave Chester for Man_ chester by a special train, on a visit to the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, which will occupy the entire day. abusing and disinfecting the public mind, was, to submit it to the touchstone of observation and experiment.—l determined on its practical investigation.. Therefore, honestly divesting narmind, as far as I was able to do, of all feeling and preindiee against it, I first diligently rearehed and studied all the best works on the subj et. I thus obtained a thorough insight into, and knowledge of the- science ;—of the pseuliar mode of pre paration and stated powers of its medicines--of their nature and properties,—and of their effects and applica tion as remedies, in disease: points, be.it observed, abso lutely imperative to' a fair and enkohtened test awd exa mination. This being at length accomplished, I most stringently, zealously, and, I may add, - jealously, con ducted my lengthened and pratical enquiry. My first discovery was, my own ignorance, as to what Homoeopathy really was ; and the equal ignorance- of the rest of my prcfessional brethren, with whom I had eon versed on the subject. It was, I confess, with a feeling of shame, that I recalled to mind how we had misjudged and misrepreiented Homoeopathy. Strange, truly, that the Medical Profession should persist in denying, 3 ea, in heaping obloquy and ridicule upon a science, of which, they know themselves—confess themselves, to be wholly, or essentially ignorant! Nay, I have ofton heard the most !witty, as wall as the most serious and earnest de claimer, give a sc ,rnful negative reply to the enquiry, if they had ever thoroughly studied and fairly tried it ? So wild and indefinate are the notions, not only of the public, but of medical men also, that it is thought that Homoeopathy mainly consists in giving small, or infinites simal doses of medicine ! Now, the magnitude of the dose, has nothing whatever to do witch the principle of this science. The principle, the very essence of Homoeopathy, lies in the law of simile ; as usually expressed in the axiom, similia cura ntur—like cures like. And Hahnnenan himself, at first tried the accustomed, or usual dose; but he was speedily compelled to reduce it; so powerful and harmful were medicines in their common doses when given upon the Homeopathic principle. He diligently sets about a reform, and says : In proceeding to enumerate a few of those facts and circumstances, 'which enforced the conviction on my own mind, that Homoeopathy was, indeed, a great truth, I would observe, that no amount of mere reading, or study ef Homceopathic literature, could have brought such con. viction—real and indisputable —to my own mind. Had I stopped short here, though forcibly impressed with the sentiment, that what I had read might be true, yet, nothing but experimental testimony would have enabled me, in my own heart, to realise that truth. I trust that this remark will not be lost upon such as think they have done enough, in having read a book or two on the subject, and could find nothing satisfactory in it. I, unhappily, committed this very error nearly ten years ago. At that time I had read two or three books on the subject (certainly they were not the best), but the whole matter appeared too extraordinary to be real, and I cast it off as a delusion. How much do I regret that I did not then go heartily to work, and qualify myself for duly testing and proving it. In my practical enquiry into the powers of Homceo pathic remedies, I resorted to every species of proof which I could devise, and of which the subject appeared capable. I habe now treated—successfully treated—a vast variety and number of diseases, both acute and chronic, occurring in both sexes and at all ages. In every more important and interesting case, careful notes were kept. All the symptoms of the disease were primarily registered, and the effict of every medicine that was administered, and every charge of symptom, noted. I felt that the investigation in which I was now engaged was, perhaps, the most serious act of my life. Not only my reputation as a physician, my honour as a man, and the relief of the afflicted, but yet more—the interest of truth itself, were equally involved. He adduces the result of the experintentuin crucis. For me now to doubt the power and the efficacy of Homoeopathic medicides, would be to doubt the evidence of my own senses, and the exercise of common under standing. I rest my conviction on the solid basis of ex perimental testimony—on proof. Ido not come forth as a partisan, but simply speak that which I do know, and testify that which I have seen. My testimony is, that Homoeopathy is indeed a great fact,—a mighty truth. Being so, it must, in a mere scientific-point of view, be looked upon as the greatest discovery of the age, and important as it is great. As health is justly acknowledged to be the choicest blessing, in what glad and grateful language should not Homoeo pathy be spoken of? not only as in itself a positive good, but also as an escape from the old practice, which is en. vironel with so much that is positive evil. He finally sums up his reasons for " being off with his old love, and taking on with his new '— Such then are the reasons for my le wing the old, the more unsatisfactory, and the more uncertain paths of the old school of physic; and snch the kind of evidence that has compelled me to see and to acknowledge the truth, and the inestimable value of the new, the more satisfac tory, and the more certain system of Homcelpathy. And yet, truly, some find it not so light a matter to pay sacri fice to truth ; and how oft does every paltry passion in our nature take alarm at being offered up to her. Pride, professional pride, refuses to bend her head to the con fession, that she has a life-long while,—with all her as sumption of superior knowledge,—been really tho.dupe of school and college taught systems.—Self-interest takes the alarm, and clings to her present securities of professional profit.—Fear puts her trembling fingers to her lips, and shrinks from encountering the jeer and the scorn of those who can not, or who dare not think for themselves, and would affright others from doing so.—Prejudice, with darkened brow, frowns on the light of truth, and will not come to the light.— While falsehood says " 'tis a lie, and all its followers are impostors." And concludes with the significant warning: But, assuredly, in those venerable colleges of Physic, Homoeopathy is appearing, like the handwriting on the wall;—while the terrible pen of Truth inscribes thereon—lchabod ! Ichabod ! The Lilliputian begins tc dandle the Brobdigna gian ; and the latter, like our army in Flanders, " swears horribly " at the presumption, impostors, liars, quacks, humbugs, and other delicate invectives These are cowardly weapons. " Sticks and stones (says the schoolboy's rhyme) may break men's bones, but bad names will not hurt me."• A Britisher loves " a fair stage and no favour." Let the redoubtable Goliath try his strength with the stripling—we have a sympathy for the weak—the little stone from, the brook, if flung from the sling of truth, will briaig the giant low. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. NOTTINGHAM RACES. -YESTERDAT. FOREST HANDICAP. Miss Nightingale Twelve ran. 7 to 1 agst Rosette r:,aken.) Twelve ran. CHESTERFIELD Cock:l l ,ov , . ....1 Qleen Bess, , „ ..2 I Blight „... Won by a I .engtb. Peter Flat and Paul.; Monti paid forfeit. BUNNZX 'PARK STAKES. Terrific ............ ....1. I rioneystick 2 Eight ran. QUEEN'S. PLATE. Borderer ..... ..1 1 Pre,l,ty Boy .. ~...2 I Renown .... .3 NURSERY PLATE. Maggie Laudp- 1 Conductor Ten ran. Woodmite, Victor Emmanuel, and Melita paid forfat. LIBEL AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. At the York Assizes, en Monday, an action for libel was brought by the Rev. James Cheadle, Vicar of Bingley, against William Besfield Perrands,. Esq , for a series of I:b.ils Imputing to the plaintiff dishonourable and fraudulent conduct, and neg'est of his duties as a clergym , n The defendant pleaded " Not guilty," 'and a justification. Mr. Bliss,. Q.C., Mr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. Addison and Mr. Campbell Potter appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hill, Q.C., Mr. arerend, Q.C., and Mr. MAlish for the defendant. It appeared from the , opening of the learned counsel for the plaintiff, and from the evidence of the plaintiff and his witnesses, that ;the plaintiff is vicar of Bingley; and the defendant a gentleman possessed of large estates' in that parish, a magistrate of the West Riding, and also er officio one of the guardians of the Keighley Uuon, in which Bingley is placed. The action was brought to recover damages for a series of libels defamatory of the plaintiff's character, that no person who wished to'hold himself up in society could avoid coming before a jury for redress. The libels complained of were four. The earliest in date was in the form of a letter addressed to the inhabitants of Bingley. The next one was a letter addressed in October last to the late bishop of the diocese. Tile third was a letter addressed to the present Bishop of Ripon, and the fourth was a letter addressed to the inhabitants of Bingley, dated the 14th of May this year. Two of these libels had been printed and circulated, and the plaintiff complained that they contained statements refl3cing on him,. sometimes stating what was partly true and partly spurious, and sometimes imputing to him acts as the result of fraud which were merely acts of inadvertence and oversight; and they also imputed scandalous, illegal, and fraudulent conduct to him. In 1837 the plaintiff was nominated to the parish of Bingley. The defendant at that time took a strong part in politics, and an uncle of the defendant was a candidate for the vicarage, which was in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The appointment of the plaintiff was imputed to political causes, and that probably had raised a feeling of animosity against him in the defen dant's mind. The plaintiff succeeded a Dr. Hartley to the living, and in his time a chancery suit had :been a begun :in reference to the charity lands, and that portion of them allotted to the poor amounted its value to £l2 a-year. The trustees were ordered to pay this sum to four infirmaries, and the vacan cies among the trustees were to be filled up. The plaintiff and defendant in 1838 were both elected trustees, ani the plaintiff was charged with embezzling one of the annual payments to one of these infirmaries—the Buxton Bath Infirmary. When the plaintiff was appointed vicar of Bingley there was no parsonage house, and, it being desirable that there should be one, he was advised to sell a part of the glebe lands, with the sanction of the officers of Queen Anne's Bounty, and to appropriate the money to building a house; and, by consent of the patron and the bishop, he sold a part of what he believed to be the glebe. It was offered by auction, and only £9OO was bid for it. A gentleman in the parish, named Greenwood, offered £1,500 for it and bought it, and this sum was paid into the Queen Anne's Bounty Office, who allowed £l,lOO for a house, and placed the residue in the funds. Mr. Greenwood afterwards sold this land to the railway company for £2,200, and, after deducting £350 for his expenses and loss of interest, as the land had been lying unsold for some time, he, in a very handsome manner, handed over the balance beyond his purchase price— £3so—to the vicar. The defendant, who was aware of . the sale in 1853, in 1856 said he knew nothing of it, and that it was a fraudulent compact between the plaintiff and Mr. Greenwood to get the land for less than it:was worth, and divide the profit on its sale to the rail way company. Not long after this transaction coal was found under the glebe, and after some bargaining with a Mr. Seebohm, who at last declined to purchase the coal, saying he was advised the plaintiff had no title to it, and could not sell it, the plaintiff, acting under the advice of his attorney, who told him he could sell it, sold the coal to a Mr. Bentley for about £75. The p'aintiff had been, put to a cost of about £4O in finding it and with other attendant expenses, and he had put the residue into his pocket, supposing himself to be entitled to it. This was imputed to him as an act of fraud. In 1849 the trustees of the school lands telt that it would be extremely desirable to get power to sell some of the lands for building sites, as they would produce a much greater return. It was neces sary for this purpose to get an act of Parliament, which it was estimated would cost £3OO. In preparing for this act it was necessary to trace out the Sunderland Charity lands, and it was then found that a part of these lands had been sold to Mr.. Greenwood, and not glebe lands. The Court of Chancery was applied to, and ordered that the sale to Mr. Greenwood should stand undisturbed, and that in the Act to be obtained that sale should be legal ised ; and this was done with the knowledge of the defendant. The defendant afterwards met the plaintiff on the platform of a railway station, and in loud terms charged him with illegal conduct in the sale of those lands, and afterwards applied to the Charity Commis sioners for an inquiry. The Charity Commissioners sent down Mr. Martin, one of the inspectors to hold the inquiry, and the defendant then stated that the Court of Chancery and Parliament had been imposed upon, but after a full hearing the inspector was satisfied. One of the libels described this adjudication of the inspector as putting his " thumb" on the evidence, and went on to terns " the Buxton Charity defalcations a piece of carelessness, of which had the secretary been guilty he would have pronounced them embezzlement." This referred to an omission to pay £2 12s 6d to the Buxton Bath Infir mary, as ordered by the Court of Chancery in the year 1853. That this was an act of forget fulness and careless ness was proved by the fact of the plaintiff having in 1855 paid the amount twice over to this charity, being under the impression that he had omitted to pay it the year before. While this was going on, the defendant made himself busy in looking after the vicar's burial fees. The pauper burial fees charged were a fee of 60. to the clerk, Is. 6d. to the sexton up to 2s. 6d., varying with the size and depth of the grave, and Is. to the vicar, the clerk collecting the fees. The old clerk died, and subsequently a man named Asquith was appointed, whom it was desir able to appoint, as he could lead the choir. He lived at some distance, and an arrangement was made that at funerals the sexton should act as his deputy. For merly the clerk sang or led the singing of a hymn before a funeral from the church to the grave. This was given up as not required by the rubric. The defendant attended the board of guardians, and charged the. Plaintiff with taking illegal burial fees. A deputation of guardians waited upon the plaintiff and searched the parish terriers, and found that the fees charged were the legal and accustomed fees according to the last parish terrier in 1820, the fees being 6d the clerk, Is 6d the, sexton, - and is the:clergyman. The earlier terriers allowed. 9d and 10d to the sexton. The defendant moved that a. complaint should be sent to the Poor Law Board, because in some instances there had been a larger charge made. for the sexton. The first libel to the bishop chz.rged him, with taking more than the customary burial fees, and. with fraudulently charging above 60 per cent more thane the legal burial fees. This libel went on to say—" Wore there a parish clerk decently and reverently performing his duty at funerals, he would advise the payment of the fee of 6d; but there was no parish clerk, and appointing a clerk who lived a mile from the church and the sexton as his deputy, was a fraud upon the public, an insult to the parish, a scandal to the church, and a mockery of religion." The plaintiff was then charged with haying from revenge, seized an ancient pew in the Bingley parish church belong ing to the Ferrand family, and of which they had a faculty since 1691. It appeared that this pew had been occupied by the late Mrs. Ferrand, the mother of the defendant, and that the defendant occupied another pew. After the late Mrs. Ferrand's death the defendant handed the keys of the pew to the plaintiff, and told him he might appropriate the pew to such as required it, on condition that this was not done till six months after Mrs. Ferrand's death, as she had refused its appropriation. The pew remained unoccupied two years, and as the defendant was then pulling down St. Ives. the family seat where his mother had lived, to which the pew was appropriated, the churchwardens and the plaintiff applied to thathen. Bishop of Ripon, now the Bishop of Durham, for permission to divide and appro priate the pew. He said. nothing about the Ferrand family having a faculty for it, as he did not think it accessary. The bishop granted permission, and the front half was appropriated to Mr. Ferrand's brother, and the back half to one of the defendant's tenants. The neat libel charged was contained in a letter addressed to the present Bishop of Ripon, Dr. Bickersteth. In this letter the defendant reiterated all the statements he had previously made, and stated that he could prove them The plaintiff defiled being infiuep.ced by any feeling of animosity whatever towards the defendant in the matter of the pew. In the autumn of 1856 he was advised to go to Harrowgate for change of air, and was absent six weeks, having made arraagements with a clergyman at Bradford to visit the sirjk for him, and also with the clergyman at the grammar school at Bingley to do so after school hours. He had also made arrangements with two other clergymen in the neighbourhood to perform the service on the sundays, and visit for him in case of necessity during his absence. He had never refused to visit the sick, though he was unable. from the extent of his parish, to do more in out lying villages than attend the sick when sent for. He ha offered to visit the sick at the union workhouse, and to perform Divine service once a week if the guardians would set a night apart for him, but they had refused to do so. Mr. Hill said, after the explanations given by Mr. Cheadle, the defendant, acting under his advice, withdrew all personal aspersions whatever against Mr. Chea.cile. He felt that, as a man and a gentleman, he could not persist in them after th e full explanation g iven the part of his client, he had givenby the such a sum as would cover a p l s a s i e n n t t i e ff d . to r a . Bl is s verdictsaid,for merely the great expenses to which he had been put, on a full retraction of the aspersions e•,st upon him being given. His lordship said both partlas had acted very wisely, the defendant in withdrawing the imputations ca st on the plaintiff, and t ac tion, and being satisfie '' a , , plaintiff in bringing this with such a result ; for it wa s impossible that, as e. clergyman, he could have rested under such impu respect of his parishioners. A verdict was t hen taken for the 1114i74tiff, `ations with any hope of having then. Damages, £3OO. REASONS FOR ADOPTING THE RATIONAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE. BY F. R. HORNER, M.D. Shakespeare tells us of " sermons in stones." Verily, when stones begin to preach the obduracy of men's hearts should relent. The statute of Memnon poured forth his song of welcome to the morning sun. The beams of truth falling on men's minds at first re-echo but dissonance and discord ; time alone mellows the note into the sweet cadence of harmony. Truth will not be kept down. Car penter tells us of a certain town iu England, whose streets had been newly paved ; shortly thereafter, rebellion appeared in tha causeway—the stones rose up in utter defiance of all propriety o' place; as humble and passive subjects. The ranks had to be broken up, when lo ! it appeared the paviors had reckoned without their host. Some small cryptgomic mushrooms had taken up their residence in that locality, and as legal inheritors of the soil asserted their dignity against the im posed tyranny of the stones, and quietly turned them out. Magna est veritas et preualebit. The &c., &c. The cloth having been removed, old system of medicine is evidently too much The Chairman proposed "The Q teen," which was tinctured with dogmatism and intolerance ; every drunk with three times three. thing new or novel in idea is peremp"orily The Chairman said the next toast on the list was "The Prince Consort." The Prince had always taken a great condemned ; if its notions h a pp en to clash with interest in everything connected with the tine arts and the usage and ancient order of thin g s, it is forth with sent into " Coventry," with a pret t y rattle at its arcbre)logy. (On many occasions he had showu his sympathy with the objects of the institute , on more than tail. "Can any good thing come o ut of Nazeretb.' The one occasion having attended their meetings; and Mercury, for some time past , has been edify on the late occasion when they brought together ing its readers by a series of discussions, mostly one that interesting collection, the Queen Mary and sided, of the rival systems. The old lady has little her relics, his royal highness, accompanied by Prince to say for herself; like the Ea stern fruit seller, F re derick William of Prussia, viilted the col_ she appears to think it enough for h er g ood credit lection and expressed his very great admiration of it. —stare super vies antiques — an d cr y , in the name of They were perhaps aware that some of the most interesting portions of that collection they owed to her Majesty and the Prophet, " figs." If we are to place any confi- Prince Albert. He concluded by proposing " Prince dente in her professions, as reported to the public Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family." The toast wa s by her petite rival , it is e vident that the old lady's drunk with loud cheers. wits are disordered, and that he r character is alto- The CRATIMN A again rose, and said he now came to a toast which he was sure would command their warmest gether no better than it sho uld be. But, revennons a nous mouton. W e be g an with "ser sympathies, and afford them the greatest gratification . • mons," and have lapsed into " scandal." The writer lie alluded to au individual who was one of their chief patrons, the Lord Bishop of Chester. of the pamphlet under consideration, on the title (Cheers.) A. gentleman well known to them all, page, sets himself forth as " Late President and and even those who were not intimately acquainted with him were familiar with his ability and reputation in Perpetual Vice - President o f the Bri t ish Medical and Surgical Association , Senior Phys ician to the the university to which he belonged, as well as with the Hull General Infirmary , " Sze. , &c . liberality with which he had carried out all the pursuits in which he had been engaged. He (the chairman) felt We presume that this gentle man, so laden with quite inadequate to do justice to the many virtues of the honours, cannot be in the heyday of his youth noble lord. with the names of the bishop and the patrons Now, we are told that when a man passes forty, he also wished to couple the dean and chapter of the cathedral, who had united in the kindest manner w ith his notions, like an old tree , h av e taken fast root — the bishop to afford every assistance to the members of that incredulity takes the place of inquiry. We the institute in inspecting those illustrious specimens of arc told that not a physician past forty years of antiquity which graced that ancient city. He gave them age could be brought to credit the circulation of "The Health of the Bishop and Patrons," in connection the blood. The discovery of vaccination was no with the Chapter of the Cathedral, with whom he would associate one of its most distinguished members present— better received — ho rns, hoofs, and hair y hides h Ss cheers.) were to result from the abomina ble p ractice. A te Rev. Canon Slade. (Lou 4 , The toast having baen drunk with much cordiality, l earne d theologian wrote a treatise , pr o v in g b y The Lord Bishop of Chester rose to respond, and was Bible quotation, that it was the veritable anti greeted with much applause.. He begged to thank them as far as he was personally concerned , for the great Christ. Chambers's Jo urnal ma y be p rofitably con sulted on the " Resistance to great truths: , compliment they had paid him. Their noble president had spoken of him in terms of kindness prompted by the It appears that the society of which this gentleman was whilom p resident fulmin. feelings of his own heart, but far beyond anything that he deserved; as to the Chapter, he would not presume to ated an abjurgation and anathema against tha e3ting on their behalf, because his reverend homceepaths and homceopatby. And now the friend (Canon Slade) was well able to undertake that very " head-stone of the corner" cries out, " Peccavi." duty himself. He would, however, join with the noble Surely the race so famous in nursery times has president in paying a compliment to the Dean and Chapter. sadly degenerated—the heir is unsatisfied with his He understood that the members of the institute were to visit the Cathedral on Friday next , and he ha d no doubt old plum-pie—it is found to be very indevstible— that the Chapter would take care that som e one was p re " cruda indigestaque moles. Here is his own hu mble sent to direct their attention t o the v er y man y ob j ects of confession to this very time—and it is with humility I : i n t er est which the cathedral contained , and not onl y so, Yet, up make the confession—that, blinded by prej udice a nd but he hoped that their attention would also be drawn to the manner in which a very considerab le p ortion of the ignorance, like the rest of the profession in Hull and building had recently been renovated and embellished. elsewhere, I deemed Homoeopathy a vain and impossible For these embellishments they were mainly indebted to thing; and even when I began to read, to investigate, Mr. Anson, the Dean, and to his kind friend Canon Slade, and to put it to the proof, I had far more expectation of by whom the Dean had been most actively seconded and unmasking and exposing it as a fallacy, than I had of ~ assisted. (Cheers.) On the part of the inhabitants of discovering in it that good, by which, the evils of the old Chester he begged to say that they saw with pleasure practice of medicine might be obviated ; and a more the improvements that had been made, and the means gentle, but far more e which had been provided for efficiently per f o rmin g the efficient method of cure, be sub . stituted. re li g i o us ordinances within its walls. Day by day , in addition As an additional motive for inv esti g ation, I felt that, to the other portion of the ser vices, the y saw how beautifully the choral service was perfo rmed. Above the time had arrived when some thin g must reall y be done, l all, he knew that the inhabitants of the cit y were proud both by the individual and the coll e ctive efforts of the of the ministry of his friend, Mr. Slad e, which was profession,--the onward spread of Homceopathy must be I marked for soundness of doctrine, and not less for the stayed. Notwithstanding the oft repeated declaration of Christian charity which he uniformly inculcated. (Hear, my professional brethren to the contrary, it was too ate hear, and cheers.) For the :members of the institute, parent, that it was not " dying out," but was steadily now assembled in Chester, he would express his beliet progressing, nay, rapidly extending itself. Not amongst that many of them who were now taking part in it would the credulous and uneducated, but the enlightened and feel a pleasure on reflection, for a long period in the higher classes of society, were daily becoming its firmeet future. He would go further, and express his opinion a dherents and determined sur rters. Nor was this that, in all probability , there would be some lasting , oee onward progress restric memor ial of their visit to the city. Some time ago baths ; - .ed to any town or distr i c t ; bat throughout England, Ireland, and Scotla nd ; and yet fey were constructed near the Water Tower, and new there wa s a proposal to form a garden of more than au acre in more, throughout America, Germany , a nd France, and e xtent, for the amusement and recre ation of the inhabit - Dr. Guest. of Cahn College, fe-A.nabridge, responded, throughout all the &atm of Europe, was it adopted ants. He did not say that this project had r i se n i n t o life remarking that he felt a ditfieulty in doing so, when he = through the visit o f the Archsee legloal Society , b ut this saw before him one of the most distinguished members Id was s ri c s oa he iv d inced rested by the r.:, much he would say, that the proposal some ti m e s ince that ever resided within the walls of the university (the abuse and misrepresentation of the made had become more active by the meeting of the Bishop of Chester). He claimed credit for a love o f lery th , at this progress was not to be ar institute here, and lie hoped it would now b e carr i e d into archaeology [ and although not a profound friend of it, he medical FP;fession; amidst it all, Homceopathy had but effect, and be what he should indeed be proud of, a memo- was a csincere one To all persons who zealously studied He tthie'emsselfees.anld increased,—people would think for rial of tne visit of the society to this city. (Cheers.) it. it would afford equal pleasure and instruction. The Rev. Canon Slade ales) returned thanks for t h e nowrfeelt assured, that the only rational and icould have wished that on the present occasier ! mere ttiaP i l , effective, as well as manly and honourable way, of di".