The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-01 00:00:00

NOVVICH ELECTION.

PROM A

The election at Norwich on Wednesday was, on
several amounts, an interesting one for the liberals. Sir
Samuel Bignold, the contervivive candidate, only announced
his intention to come forward twelve houlbefore the nomi-
nation ; the liberal, thereLre had but little time to prepare.
The offers of compromise were renewed, even after the nomi-
nation, by the conservatives. From the abort notice, the
voters who happened to be from home could let be polled ;
(hie reduced the liberal numbers by one hundred. It was
understood that no espouse was to be incurred by the liberals
beyond the actual neoemary expenses, viz., sheriff 'a charges,
cabs, clerks, printing, dc. The same was also adopted by
the conserved's*, and the result of a genuine pure electiow
wee looked for with starkly. At 9 o'clock the rush of Lord
Bury's party to the poll put him In a majority of 190 ; the
next hour that was bicremed to 330; this at 11 o'clock was
376; at noon the ooneervativis etrennoualy exerted them-
selves to reduce it, and they succeeded in doing so to 360.
Aftee that hour it varied but a li6le, and at the clew it
melted 364 ; the numbers being, Lir Lord Bury, 1,921; for
Slr 8. Bignold, 1,337.
Lord Bury's committee-room, at the Royal Hotel, wee
crowded at the dose of the poll by • large number of the
influential liberals, and when Mr. Bearer, who kept the
central poll, announced the nowhere, and three hearty doers
had been given for Lord Bury, and the like compliment paid
to Mr. Schneider, the other member, hint:About Springfield,
of the firm of Springfield, Son, and Nephew, of Coleman..
street, London, and Norwich, announced to the meeting tha
the gentlemen in the room had raised aeubecription to defray
Lord Bury's expenses. lie said that they confidend it
most unfair opposition, and begged his lordship to allow
them to pay every penny of the expense. This announce-
went was received with tremendous sheers, and many seemed
sorry that they had not been admitted to be subscribers.
Lord Bury reituned his acknowledgments to Iris ;renal
courteous language, and the meeting adjourned to SF
Andrew's-hall, whets about 4,000 of the citizen, were ea-
sembled to greet the newly-elected member.

I. the evOning a large party diced at the Royal Hotel,
bath members being present. Mr. gladder, in returning
thanks for his health being dratk, gave Sir Samuel Bignold
the following challenge, and charged his agent to amnion!.
cate it to 'he defeated candidate, namely, to withdraw the
petitions on both aides, Mr. Schneider to acoept the Chiltern
Hundreds., with seven days n .tieo, both gentlemen to offer
themselves for the vacancy, and plaging their honour to in-
cur neither by themselves. egen a, or friends, any but the
necemaryexpensee, tte forfeiture of this (in the opinion of an
honourable man to be named) to vacate the seat again in fa-
vour of the losing candidate; the defeated candidate to pay
all expeceee or only his own (either proposition to be agreed
' upon), and to pledge himself not again to be a candidata for
the city. It remains to be seen if Sir Samuel Bignold has
ernlldenee enough in Ws own popularity or in the strength
of his party to sec apt this challenge.
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Itiecol:sidered it; Norwich tha•. this election will do much
to establish a better order of tbmge politkall than Ma
hitherto misted.

THR BARVEIAN ORATION.

The annual oration in memory of the immortal
Harvey was delivered at the Royal Collegeof Poysicithe on
Wedneadey, by Dr. Ala., one art tto Potholes of the College,
and Ideated Odieer of Health for St. George's, Hanover-
square. The chair was occupied by Dr. Mayo, President of
the College, swatted by the efficer., numerous fellows of
the college, and a consider ibte number of literary and
scientific eentlemen.
Tee crew, commenced by riveting to the honour due to
those medical min who, by their learning, counsel, sad ex-
perience, had crew ibuout as many sod great Things to the
improvement of their profession. he art of healing might
be coneideted es a legacy Istt toeue by finer ages, end en-
riched by ancient writer., and, en doubt, ordained by a bene-
volent Creator for the benefit of his creatures, who, being
endowed with reason, were enabled to prosecute medicine and
the collateral sciences with wondoful sagacity. The follow-
lowing topice were then eloquutly attuned to in the enures
of the oration:—The origin of net dleins, the itypositbility of
learning it by expo/hoc, arcoe e, end the necessity of ethdying
both ancient modern Writ. rs ; heat in the words of
Hervey, men were not to swear such fealty to their Witmer
Antiquity se, openly and in sight of all, to deny end desert
their friend Truth. bleditel buttery, unfortunately, afforded
teeny examples of deepietrs of the a/Wily dead and of emi-
nee t living authorities. Peracehrus burnt the writings of
Galen and Avicenna before hts pupil., and proclaimed himself
the king of medicine. Hahnenienn mutt resembled Pen-
alties, tor he deepeod the meteetuth of dead bodied, end pre-
ferred the bun to ditto doctrine of pathology ; but both had
duel to do " aliquot gyaris eel (MCCTO digestion." Ila hnemman's
dextrine, that numerous chronic diseases °Seiner d from the
itch, was neither new, safe, nor was. Dr. C. G. Fieger had
many years before promulgated the e .me idea in a diesertation
published at Lela ew, in 1718, without boasting as the other
did that he wee engaged twelve yens is the discovery. Fates
theotim, however, with scientific pretensions had fiouriehed
through many est a. Hence moth hoc ID ,patbyt table-turn-
ing, and various despicable "lame" of the present day. But,
happily foe the poor at least, such bee could not exist in the
schools of Harvey, B.tillie thel newer. The low condition
of medicine at the time of Litiocre, and its 'roomy< went with
the aid of Henry VIII. and Cardinal Wiitey, were thin
mentioned. 1. mere, the founder of the college, end Dean
Cole, the founder of St. Peal's School, of grateful memory
to the orator, were among the first to thyme ancient learning
to this Wand. The College of Paysicisne having been es-
tatil shed, ie umusbera oath separated from vulger empirics,
but by it new law hanosierospities may be nvet red, which
wu nothing less than legal homicide, and strongly to be pro-
tested against. Noteridotanding thbi erten it was hoped that
under a medical conned the profession might arrive at
that state of society which it eminently deseevsd.
The advantages to society, social and otherwise,
arising front mediae educe aro not to I e dieputed, but the
rewards were few ; nevertheless Its followets " went about
doing good." Tbe titClil,ll of Dr. Wateon a. representative
of the Cl-Ilege in the sow radical council, and the labours of
Dr. Preside Hawkins, when registrar, were noticed. The
remarks upon Harvey's peat discovery of the circulation of
the blood appropriately nee oduned the ocaulderetion of those
epidemic due seas which .uctenitnate the vice fluid. Hence
the vest importance of unitary science., net as • specialty.
but as a component part of in. dictum. This subject having
been prombo otly breught forward. it was thought that the
exertions of the IS trl ~t Shatthabury in improving the dwell-
ings of the poor, end of the Earl of Cerllole in obtaining the
enactment of the Kul emcee Removal ant Dieeases Preven-
tien Acta dwetved tin highest peeler, as well as those of
Dm. Southwood Smith end Aen tt, who were the
batters of went preventive metheine. Honour had
etc been :oonferred upon the Collree by Dr. Hobert
Lee'a discoveryeee of certain ruaei et nerves. 'A well
merited end frelieg euloginte wee then passed upon
the late DN. Bright, Hughes, end Jobe Scott, with a
notice of their liver and wthiege. Reference wee =enroll&
to the elution beetogred by the fellows en the formation of
a new charter, by which it um intended lac embrace within
tbo College those physiciena who had been too long dispersed
and disunited. The College w•• now to be congratulated
upon its im reasieg moodiere end r xtending uo.fuleeeo.
A statue bad been erected to the honour of Jeerer, under
the auspices of Prince Albeit, and .t he deserved this tribute,
surely Harvey, the fountain and e rigin of modern wedged
science, merited etude n+veret.ce. Even the remains of
Harvey are DOW lying in a or Feted etre, but en inquiry
hid been commenced by the College with the view of remove
leg such a scud th The statue formerly placed by the
' Fellows in the College bail unhopt sly pertebedby tire, and bad
never been replaced. Thee rotor witicluded by repressing a
strong wish that a grateful country 'winild either erect
, another statue, or at least found a scholarship In honour of
the learning and genius of Harvey.
The motion, as mut In Latin, mid remarkable for its
claseleal purity, was well delivered and cordially received by
the distinguished sesenthy.

We are requested to state that her Majesty has
appointed to sexist the address of Couvoteetica at Backing.
hem Niece, on Mosley met, at throe o'clock. The 11116 M•
bets of both house. will assemble at the Jerusalem Chamber,
at two eolock.—lrioar Gem rat's Office, Doctor. Commons.
The non-electors of South Essex have determined
ea lording Mr. it. B. Baker, the late member, to a public
dinner. The ge.hering is to tike pl os in August.

M. Thiers is staying at Charleroi, Belgium.
It is probable (says the Scotsman) that the
Edinburgh bauguat to Lard Brougham will take place about
the third weak ie Ootober. It la not uslikely that Lord
Chancellor Campbell will is present.
The Mersey Dock Board having had their atten-
tion directed several times of late to the insufftoett appliances
for the secommodatioe of the coal trade et the Birkenhead
Docks have request td int /rotation Gum the ecretary of the
Birkenheed lt,ilvay cm the subject, and have, in the means
time, directed their enginter t.) pat the turn. tables at the Moe.
reds Dcdk i pn.per order. _ .

: •
Commenting upon the favourable state of the
the revenue, the cheered. :—" The situation of
England at Oda moment IFOOMI.II OP of the account not long
since rendered by the steant•bip Cadiz, ourprieed by• circling
typhoon In the Eastern Sees. She w.s etwrouraded by the
teurpe4 ; but in the very centre, where for coins° lay, there
was • little area of shetlote cairn. She could lee the stem
mist rushing all around bee: fish and asa-rreed and picots
of wreck from lege happily placed craft, ruled Ly the whirl.
wind, were cat upon her dark ; 3 et, PO long as she kept
within the circle, not • brea,!i of wind touched her, and not
a were heaved under her. She neglected no precanl fon sad
ends every preparation, but .be waltei, and when the crisis
came, following the known nice of aeatunnhip, she ran oat
of the worm' and wee the sole enrviyor in Wee ten od
that day'. general wreck."