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

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 this
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. `POSE 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

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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 literary 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 surgery, has.th.c.strongest claims
to our gratitude and regard. lie tells us that among upwards of
forty amputations, ~perforfned • 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 procedure he had the satis-
faction of being able to announce that out of upwards of thirty am-
putations, taken indiscriminately. which wore

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month after operation the wound was either 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 therefore
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

theswar 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 dispensaries ;-ail obstdtrie hospital;
hospital' for children; a. belf,supportiurhoapital ;
the, blind; far, the deaf and dumb, for orphans, and
_
''the Town-hall

[1 hearin

regretted that we have so few examples, a genius 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 motion 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 of imposture is owipg to two causes—" the credu-
lity of mankind and thesis »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

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The meeting dispersed at about eleven o'clock

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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 general 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 the head 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 reduced to sad straits, in
consequence of the almost total failure of last year's crops,
following a deficient harvest of the 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 Way proposed. 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 there 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-

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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 colleges of LondOn' 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: white
Kentucky $1.70 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 suggestion 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. into the 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 agreed with Dr. Noble that the conduct of
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 good 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.AI-.; 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

.voted, 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