The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-19 00:00:00

NAVAL ASSISTANT-81

MEETING OF MEDICAL STUDENTS.

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A general meeting of medical students Connected
with the isstmpelitan hospitals, together with deputations
from the priasipal provincial medial schools, was held on
Friday eveahig in fit. Martin's-ball, in reference to the lets'
Admiralty regulations bearing epos naval assistaat-aur.
gione. Ms large ball was completely Ailed with students,
and on the platform were several gentleman of eminence in
the palomino.
sr. Joss BRADT, /LP., was called to the chair. A mass
of leans was read from the chief towns in the United
Kiegdona, promising hearty so-operatioa ea the part of the
medical body.
The COMMA/9 said that the cause is which they were
engaged was such, that every man who honoured his pre-
lacies would join with the student bout sad head in Ibis
struggle. The position of the profession, be thought, had
improved daring the last twenty years. The standard had
been raised, but yet its membsrs had not been raised
in social position, simply because the government
of the coantry bad
age or ensoaragement they deserved. (Hear, hear.)
He regretted that medical men were so disunited, for that
west circumstance of which the government always took
advantage. Let them look at the lawyers, and see how
different their staadlog was. There was riot a position in
society which they scald tot obtain. The Attorney sad the
Solicitor General remind between them 20,0001. • year for
merely sisals, patents for inventions brought out. The
lawyers, too, on account of their unity of salon, were irre-
sistible ia the Haase of Commons, where, however, no com-
plaint from the welkin profession would be Mimed to, be-
came it was well known there was no .eobesion amongst its
members. There was another eiremestanos which oat-'
dosed some difficulties is the profemioa. It had 22 °up*.
rate bodies in coonesion with it, amid when say measure of
medical reform vas submitted to the House of Commons,
one or ether of these stalked is sad promoted its being
carried eat,
Mr. illuenatio, of Middles*: Hospital, moved the Aret
resolution, as follows:—" That this muting, in common
with the nation at large, views with deep and unfeigned
regret the ill-secoess weigh has atteaded the many efforts
made by members of parliament and the public press to
ameliorate the condition of the naval assistenteurgeoss.
It anticipates with auziety and alarm the unnecessary loss
of life which woald ensue should an salon over while the
navy is so inefficiently supplied with surgical aid, and enters
its earnest protest against tapholes. which are derogatory
to the maned prolamin, and detrimental to the efficiency
of the naval imam." TOO naval assistant @meow had base
for years past placed in an anomalous and derogatory posi-
tion. He was coodemoed to the " cock-pit, " and to
the society of midshipman, boys of from twelve
to Muses years of age, of whose idle boars he
was made the sport god ridieakt. (Hear, hear.) No
cabin woo allowed him in which he meld may out his
misstate pursuits, or study so as to keep pace with his ma-
scantly improving profession. Nominally, be ranked higher
than the naval indrustor, the carpenter, sad Me engineer ;
but while they were snowed eshise he wee ace. Aa Order
in Council had been issued, providing that • naval assistant-
sargeoentip should be assimilated so the same ales in the
army, and in DM the House of Commons 'waned an
opinion that an asaistant-sargeos- should be provided with •
cabin ; bat the Admiralty had berm heedless alike of Orders
in Council sad decisions of the HoosaMOonissone. (Hear,
hear.) The Admiralty were sppolatieg Ant sad seamed
years' students, gentlemen uaacquaieted with the prolamine,
who were to be entrusted with the lives of teflon on board
her Mejeety's ships of wee. Wee sash ea iniquity ever
heard oft ((Loud cheers.) For those appointments then,
were so modulates, bat if the Admiralty would plass the
profession in a proper palate *aboard ship, there would be
plenty of volunteers.
Dr. BILLTAILD, of 1111Wellify Col age. seconded the reed
lotion. Thee, were at present IDO mason for assistant-
in the navy, sad the government, lading that they
= get halfiudified met, WIN now seeking to obtain
mem who wave legally and absolutely edited for the charge
of any imts whatever. (Hear, hear.) They had applied
to sic students of the seined year, of ages varying
from eighties to twenty-two, wise might be willing to take
the from
wings sesistsateargeone have occupied. In
times pease seek a proceeding woad be gross enough,
bat in time warit was shameful.
The Galantine put the rosolatift to the meeting, and
it was serried saanimoudy.
Mr. Heassmum,of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, moved the
saread areehtdes, which wee as follows; "That this meet-
ing eapsesse he opieim, that the paean Admiralty rept-
lemmas are sash as to mated' efficient members of the me
dial prefendes from the maul serving. and Prams Waif
to adopt the mast earnest sad easrgetis moseares to obtain
redress of dm misting pievaseme ; and is firmly convinced,
that in the samatime few, 11 say, medial *indents will sr
apt ea appahateasst is the navy." There were meaty gross
isconsiewasetes in the Admiralty regulations, me of which
was that the asebtaateurgeas dread rank with the Ant
lieetessat, and yet while theme officer messed in the ward
room the other ate, drank, god slept in the cockpit, which
sever saw the light of the sun. (Hear, hear.) Is the army
an assistantsurgem messed with the officers. In the event
of Amami taking troops on board, the army surgeon would
mesa with the officers, while the maul assistaateargeoe,
who might have been his mammies at college or the
hospital, ma ha* to suffer the indignity eif being threat
into the misnable dampen below.
Mr. W. Wnsos, in mending the moieties, said he be.
limed that may paper in the Veiled Hiagdoes magi& their
favour mid even Pesch bad glees them a lift. (Hear.)
Mr. anatimosr, of Hal, supported the resolution, which
was amesimenaly ottopted.
Mr. Mason, of Gay's Hospital, proposed the third resells-
tion, wish was to the following cleat ;—" That the asap-
tow .<. the appointments proposed to stadests by the Ad-
miralty must tend to postpone reform, by providing substi-
tutes fee the went of qualified um, which has been produced
br the evils of the present system; sad that this meeting,
strosslp deprecates this proposal, sad sataeatly
ails Mil Ibitiesta of the United Kingdom to sacrifice,
ea Istillitirsit, say private advantages which it may
Mr fix, of the Leedom Hospital, sessaded the mole-
tisaOthwas steashostiely adapted.
to
seedlatiess wave .
Ale seeds. betas deeply with the
wing end desirous of ft the mutiny
those seedesterhich it is entitled to sidle, Illaseteer, that a,
lispatephit etaitaspo• tie Board of Atissiesky assretteliy
to Ili it Mid them these reseladase, sad se solieit that the

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A Dublin. an to the ilesietres of Apetheceries ef
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a/ Begiesd, &Mind, and Inland, a:preserve et the end
Edemas, be placed in the hands of the nenthen of the

Haw el Csmassag Is be Weight sada? tbs maim el pm
lismsat."
TM mistisi Om somata' with sots el thanks to tbs
Miasma.

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK.

This twisty. which has for its eitatitshie ezertione
the +Meet peril& Geld, I. is ',slily see et the oldest is the
netre”lle, bete`, is teat, • seatimeaties of the Irish Cheri.
table 6e4ety, whist' was headed se tar beak se 1704. Is
1784, the parent Imitation expended into the Bsnevolint
Society of St. Patrick, end has ever suss steadily S,urished,
totifs: world of geed amongst the pear Irish poroletioe et
, by Rigby Is their children welt aa sheaths sad
Learn. as Stied them be ['duettist etapleyeaset. Then
are new in the wheel 600 ehildree SOO boys aid 200 atria,
who restive a phis natureedasative, what the /maks
are, is oddities, lastatteatd to beesehold ditties. so es to it

theM is mimic yam he domestic service.. Eves after
they have left the wheal, the care et the nevermore does sot
forsake them, es fee fim years they ere sanually to
gratuity ea thadities of their having is the interim eon-
darted therseelves creditably is whatever situation they
mitt have obtaiasd through the influence of the
so -t . geeing the annually increasing numben of
the Irish population of lonian, and the numberless
osesaltim to which their very poor condition exposes
the datives. the importanee of the Benevolent lto•
defy of 81. Patrick eau hardly be overrated, nor oen its
claims be too strongly recommesded to the more prosperous
dames of their anietrynies, who, for profit, or pleasure, or
polities. othad eo math of their time in the great metropolis.
Although the thatituties is kith, there ma be se pounds for
thalbs hem tellgteas somapies. soft that the
Winnwall
stardyeanslwr, bang apes to anima of all re-
IlgtemilenessimMtess, edits wit the slightest attempt is made
fatinflin with the editions of any. It h a
matter .....Mel al wad .egret that it is not tame
eztemi= pliesabeil bp the Irish nobility end gentry,
meths It id *le ssly astlasal institutios in Loudon
I whielieseisse wrists urea their pesos, sad that its efforts
ere dimly dlnelN to the newel sad eduestiosal improve-I
meat di their poet telleeeemstarnee. The merely.
swans eeselvesseryer time lissederbee was celebrated os
' today st the Landes Tame. Isles about 100 limitless's
' sat dews ban derma esedashetaatial dinner. The chair

Mae Mesa by the Earl of Egßegius, who wore the orders eel
Elie Man seed Sr. Patrick, end on the chairman's sight
gel Its Milesman, the newly appointed Secretary for Ir.
bade Amapa corsoany were Colonel Donne, Y.P.I.
the Mei law oilcan. Meson. Heath and Fitzgerald
lir. leamil, M.P.; Mr. Pollard Urquhart, M.P. ; gin
Ralph Howard, Mr. Jones, the eminent sculptor; Mean.
Wile (H. B ), Sir C. Roney, Messrs. Courtney, Eerily,
Deasy, Bainbridge Col. Cole. Hoe. 0. O'Callagbas, Major
hank Captain AMA'S, MP., Admiral Sir Thomas He-
lmet. Ate. Thu the Irish nobility present may be designated
arpreesin cypher, had the Irish members of the
ad Commons by the number 5, out of the 106 wb.
germ the Irish contingent is the English senate. There are
several English county charitable societies in Lend= which
exhibit a mere Impels, deniosstratiou of local paramount,
support at their annual festivals.
Os the removal of the cloth, the Costae/Jr gave the
customary preliminary touts, tskiag suasion to pan • warm
eulogies% on the recant whin/ants of the Army gad
Navy—the services being severally responded for by Ai-
sles] Hubei% Red Colonel Dunne—and thee proceeded to
call the &Unties of the company to the charity is whine
interest they bad assembled ea that onsieg. Snag
pointed out the enleneely hith disnelor of the undue
nos, sad the great heasits IS wee Weaken to confer Mt
the poor Irish mideate in Led.., his lordship preseeded
pointedly to nor to the Mends. is which its headland&
be onseded, pendiad IS reesdeed a men liberal MOW
of,Msc InCethem at presset
sus cue Wag wbyer :sthistrustir :teals:fa
175.. Yen for sonde, In this assembly. It was, that,
diseased happy seer Andean seemed to be, they nevenhe
less hare the of having experienced a long and
men Irina bear)—and be thought that, if there
were way allllllllll had, Is head, or if gentlemen could be in-
dosed to opera their purses, sod incense their liberality, the
money would be well applied in providing one meal a day
for the children, at all events duneg the winter months of
the year. (Cheers.) Such a provision would not only
conduce to their health, but increase their anxiety to learn,
for, as everybody knew, leonine never went on well up..
en
empty stosiseb. (Laughter end cheers.) He would
take the liberty, therefore, of suggesting that this innetriel
tine should be made; sad he trusted that the proposed
would be met in • spirit of liberality, and be promptly
serried into effect. (Cheers.) This was the only Irish
society in London, and that was another reason why he
spoke for it their support. fintlend bad three or four intl. I
thane of the kind in the metropolis ; England, he kaew
not how many. Ireland, he repeated, had this one society I
*sly, and met ea:seedy did he fattest them not to Wit
fall into &greyish,. or permit its funds fsr one moment Of
deans*. (Hear, hear.) He felt that he had hardly the
right to press this matter upon en assembly of Irishmen,
who had IS strong sympathies with one another as say
people is the world, however much they might quarrel
among themselves. (" Hese, hear," and laughter.) But I
that was their ooneern, not his. (Renewed laughter and
ebeen.) lie felt that, unconnected as he was, byjbirth, race,
Of possessions, with them, he was hardly in a poeition to
tugs upon them the duty of taking care of each other, and
of the children of their poor countrymen resident in this
metropolis. Still he looked upon Ireland as if it were an
adopted country; for when he went there as Lord Lieu-
tenant, under the Earl of Derby's government, he was re-
ceived with a degree of kindness, sod cordiality that he
should be the most ungrateful of men ever to forget. In
the welfare of Ireland be felt as deeply interested as in that
of his own land; and with this feeling he called upon
them to drink, with all the enthusiasm that the sentiment
demanded, " Prosperity to the Benevolent Society of St.
Patrick." (The toast was drunk with three times three,
and followed by Immense cheering.)
The next toast was "The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,"
which the CHAIRMAN gave with a warm eulogises on the
Earl of Carlisle.
Mr. Roususx, in returning thanks, fully corroborated
the chairman's testimony as to the many valuable qualities
of his political chief, and oongratulated the company op
the tranquillity which Ireland exhibited at the present
moment, so different from her state twenty years since,
when he first entered upon public life. Then the people
of Ireland were poor, miserable, and, of course, discon-
tented, whin now they were well employed sod happy,
end the redundancy of populeties which bad formerly
been a cause of complaint, bad entirely disappeared. Hay.
lug warmly eulogised Irish valour and Irish eloquence, Mr.
Herniae ooneluded by promising that the Irish administra-
tion of Lord Carlisle, while true to its party traditions,
would be free from party acerbity, and would in that par
tinier emulate the conciliatory character width bed Maio.
gabbed the vide-royalty of their noble chairman. (Cheers)
The list of subscription was then read, including 1001
from her ldejesti, lid. each from the Marquise. of Lans-
downe and Loadeederry, 201 from Earl St. Germane, 201
from Mr. liorssao, and amounting in all to nearly 600/.
The children were istrodned ; and while perfectly clean
and dement in speculum*, the pale thin fetes of many of
them gave considerable fern to the excellent practical lug-
pities of the noble chairman.
Mr. ROZOMAX gave4grith an appropriate selnium, for
health of the chairman, which was most eordialy received.
The Earl of Eorawrow, in returning Oman, alluded
with emotion to the severance of that domestic tie which
had so muck endeared lensed to him, bat promised that the
interest fie that country which had been awakened in his
breed by the exhortations of his late noon's, should never
be forgotten by him either ie. his private or publis eapseity.l
To the toast of "I.e bah bar,"
Mr. Emcee responded, taking nation to notice, with
severity, tie absence of the Irish nobility and gentry from
the festival, not one of the former being present. They
had, however, he said, to conentolate themselves on the
presidium of • noble earl, descended from • long Hoe of
illustrious eacestera, and who, although wearieg as his
estlesal badge the thistle of Scotland, yet found roam in his
breeetliee Iheakereek of Ireland.
• yeerelleiset inimical party, under the dinettes of Mr.
illebloe. meg appromiate natiosal male in the nurse of the
maim end Yr. Riggs °Seised as toastmaster.