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London, England, 1838-08-15 00:00:00

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

FREDERICK LOUIS SCHWIND, merchant, Bahia.
GEORGE BENJAMIN HARDING, paper-hanger, Cannon-
street, City.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

THOMAS WATKINSON, publican. Marsh-gate, Lambeth.
ELISHA DICKENS, cotton-spinner, Bagsworth, Derbyshire.
BANKRUPTS.

GEORGE THREADGOLD, corn-dealer, Brentwood, Essex,
Aug. 23, at two, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Rixon and Son, Jewry-street,
Aldgate.

EDWARD PETER EDGLEY, victualler, Southborough,
Tonbridge, Kent, Aug. 23, and Sept. 25, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Slee, Parish-street, St.
John's, Southwark.
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JOHN GREEN, sen., JOHN GREEN, jun., and CHARLES
WILLIAM GREEN, paper-manufacturers, Otham Mills, Maid-
stone, Kent, Aug. 31, and Sept. 25, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ;
Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London.
GEORGE COLLINS, carpenter, Leominster, Herefordshire,
Aug. 28, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Leo-
minster. Collins, Leominster ; Smith, Chancery-lane, London.
JAMES MILLER, stationer, Drury-lane, Aug. 23, and Sept.
25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as-
signee; Baylis, New Basinghall-street.
JOHN PRYCE HAMER, stock-broker, Liverpool, Aug. 31,
and Sept. 23, at one. at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Fair-
dough and Wiatt, Liverpool ; Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry, London.
ANTHONY BIRCH, grocer, Birmingham, Aug. 28, and
Sept. 25, at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Clarke
and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Carter, Son, anti Kerr,
Oldbury.
WILLIAM UNDERHILL, innkeeper, Wells, Somersetshire,
Aug. 25, and Sept. 25, at ten, at the office of Messrs. Robins and
Hobbs, Wells. Buckley and Sanders, Gray's Inn-square, London ;
Hobbs, Wells.
DIVIDENDS.
Sanders, Exeter; Robins and
At the Court of Bankruptcy.
A. Brown, laceman, Quadrant, Regent-street, Sept. 10, at half-
past eleven—J. Weeks, hide-dealer, Lime-street, City, Sept. 10,
at one.
In the Country.
G. Dickinson, paper-manufacturer, Dover, Sept. 12, at two, at
the Bell Inn, Sandwich—T. Eatough, provision-dealer and tallow-
chandler, Blackburn, Lancashire, Sept. 5, at one, at the Hotel,
Blackburn—W. Epps, butcher, Margate, Aug. 21, at twelve, at
the London Hotel, Margate—J. Orange, lace-manufacturer, Not-
tingham, Sept. 17, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Not-
tingham—D. Scott, iron and coal master, Flint, Flintshire, Sept.
5, at twelve, at the Justice-room, Holywell, Flintshire—R. Prit-
chard, brickmaker, Tupsley, Herefordshire, Sept. 10, at two, at the
Shire-hall, Hereford.

CERTIFICATES, SECT. 4.
F. Hill, corn-dealer and wharfinger, Broken Wharf, Thames.
street—D. Woodhouse, chemist, Little James-street, Bedford-
row—R. Eaves, licensed-victualler, Church-street, Lambeth—
F. J. Lee, hatter, Long-acre—W. Stephenson, linen-manufac-
turer and grocer, Stokesley, Yorkshire—J. W. Bogie, underwriter,
Liverpool.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Young and W. Todd, sailenakers, South Shields—F. Skid-
more and C. Powell, watch-manufacturers, Coventry—H. and J.
Hedger, and J. Olorenshaw, watch-manufacturers, Coventry—T.
and It. Jamson, schoolmasters, Richmond, Yorkshire—R. W.
Sherlock and W. Chitty, ironmongers, Eyre-street-hill, Middlesex
—T. Hunt and J. Docker, silk-manufacturers, Manchester—J.
Harford, sen., and J. Harford, jun., chimney -sweepers, Marylo-
bone-court—A. E. Reynolds and E. E. Child, silversmiths, High-
street, Shadwell—J. Harmer and T. Flower, attorneys—J. L.
I3uttifant, 0. Blyth, and J. Francis, millwrights, Norwich—J. R.
Vivian and A. Rabett, warehousemen, London—C. W. R. Rick-
ards, Vauxhall Bridge-road, and W. Lawrence, Paradise-row,
Chelsea, manufacturers of boilers—T. Shock and F. Ransom,
Manchester—H. D. and J. Smith, grocers, Bradford, Yorkshire
—W. Hollis, jun., and R. Turner, shoe manufacturers, Northamp-
ton—G. Loverock and L. Merre, mercers, Wolverhampton—C-
Bull and J. Acutt, linendrapers, Bridge-street, Vauxhall—tß.
Stubbing and T. Hamm7.,it, meat-salesmen, Leadenhall—oarkeers,
J. P7nn:c..t, Ali sen., awl !t. Middleton, jun., cum
Darlington, Durham.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
J. LANG, writer, Glasgow, Aug. 17 and 31,
I Bull Inn, Glasgow. at twelve, at the

List night a Special Meeting of the above Asseciation was
held in a room hi Exeter Hall, for the purpose of considering
the present state of the Medical Profession in relation to the
New Poor Law system.
At Eight o'clock the Chair was taken, by
Dr. WEBSTER, the President.—He said it was scarcely
necessary for him to state the purport of the Meeting, or why
it was they were called together at an extraordinary time—it
was, however, fur the purpose of hearing. a Report read,
, which emanated from the Poor. Law Committee of the
Council of the Association, who had been appointed for
the purpose of, and who had most assiduously inquired
into, the evils of the medical systsm pursued by the
Poor Law Commissioners and the Beards of Guerctians under
them. That Association might be fairly called one founded
upon the representative systere. They wial-.ed to see at the
head of their profession a responsible and sleeeed governing
hody in place of a great number of irresp•nisib,er.—( Hear,
hear.) The Council which the Association had appointed
thought it necessary to lay at all times I.el-ore the profession
any matter affecting the profession, which they thought of im-
pottance, and they considered the Poor. law question, medi-
cally considered, as one of pnremount import:tom It was a
question of the greatest importance, blast-nerds as its na-
tural tendency, according to the present system, was- to
crush and ruin the profession. Censideiing, it so, the Council
were anxious to lay before the profession generally, what Per-
liamentary steps they had taken, especially before the Com-
mittee appointed by the House or Commons to enquire into
the working of the new Poor-laws. He would not detain
them by enumerating the various and multiplied evils of the
system—they had all felt them, and, therefore, it was unneces-
sary for him to detail them, but be must say that, in his con-
science, he believed that a s)stem mote ingeniously contrived
to ruin the profession, could net be devked.—( Applause.) He
would not enter into the question of its eff,,ets upon the poor,
but he would say that the Council bad been actuated
as much by a feeling for the interes's and welfare
of the sick poor, as by any professional er personal
feeling.—( Cheers.) He would now conclude by requesting
the Secretary to read the Report, which had been pre{ ared.
The Secretary then read a very voluminous Report, which
detailed the transactions of the Council on this question.
They had had communications with country associations, but
had been greatly* disappointed at the silence and neglect
of country practitioners, who were the fist to feel the evils of
the system, and were the first to cry out; they. however, be-
lieved that they were coerced, or were afraid of offending the
authorities under the new law. They had, however, collected
much valuable information, and they traced the causes
of the evils, which were degrading the profession, first,
to the abmninable system of contracting by tender for
the medical attendance upon the poor ; second, the
attempt which had been, and was still being made, to
get up medical secietin among all below the middle
classes, as working independent labourers, mechanics, arti-
zans, and domestic servants. Under these societies it was
proposed to allow the medical man for attendance, medicine,
operations, and everything else, for a single man 3s. a year—
(Laughter)—a man and his wife 4s a year—and 6d. a year
additional for every child under 16 years of ege—( Laughter)
—and, thirdly, the profession was much degraded and hurt by
the introduction of many totally unqualified persons, as at-
tendants upon the sick poor. The medical clubs (it said) had
been attempted to be got up in Southwark and Cambr rwell ;
but by the readiness and unity of the practitioners in those
neighbourhoods, they were defeated. It complained loudly of
the manner in which the medical men were paid under the
new law, and recommended that they should be remunerated
by from 4 to 7 per cent. upon the poor's-rate, and that there
should either be a medical commissioner or a medical board,
to whom all complaints against the surgeon should be made,
and to whom alone the of dismissal should bdre.g.
The Report went on to recommend that the medical districts
should be reduced to a sizc in which medical relief should be
within reach of the ;poor; that the remuneration should be
more proportionate to the services of the medical officers, and that
the system of tender should be entirely abolished. The Report
proceeded to mention, in terms of the highest eulogy, the ex-
ertions of Mr. Walley—( Loud cheering)—without whose
persevering efforts the Parliamentary inquiry would never have
been efficiently conducted. The Report concluded by con-
gratulating the Association on the present aspect of the Poor-
law medical question, and recommended the continuance of
energetic and combined exertion.—( Loud cheering.)
Dr. GPANVILLE rose to move that the Report be received
and adopted. In doing so, he observed that it afforded evi-
dence of what might be eff,!eted, in a very sl ort space of time,
by a small body of men resolutely combined for the abo-
lition of abuses.—(Continued cheers.) It nag almost incal-
culable the extent of mischief which was produced
by the Poor-law medical arrangements, not only to the
medical profession, but to the unhappy objects of the Legisla-
ture's pretended protection.—( Hear, hear.) He ended by in-
forming the meeting that the evidence before the Committee
of the House of Commons on this question. was published at
the Parliamentary Paper's Office, for Is. 7d. only.
Mr. LAVIES seconded the motion, which was unanimously
agreed to.

-Dr. HULL (of Peckham) moved the second resolution—of
thanks to Mr. Willey, M.P., for his persevering labours in
the cause of Medical Reform.—(Cheers. )
Mr. .1. HOWELL seconded the resolution. He remarked
that in the House of Legislature there were few persons tak-
ing an interest in medical affairs ; and long might Mr. Wakley
remain in the House of Commons advocating the cause of jus-
tice, whether to the medical profession or to the public gene-
rally.—( Cheers).
The resolution was carried amidst loud cheering.
Mr. J. FILCHER moved a resolution of thanks to the Poor
Law Committee of the British Medical Association, and to
Mr. Furr, for his admirable digest of the evidence regarding
the operation cf the Pocr Law Amendment Act, in respect to
the medical question, and in arranging the statistical tables. for
the reference of the House of Commcns, embracing every par-
ticular affecting the medical profession.—( Cheers.)
Mr. G. EVANS seconded the resolution, and said that
the medical profession had been degraded by the Poor-
law Commissioners ; and urged the necessity of union,
on the part of the profession, to resist the attacks which were
made upon them.--( Hear.)
The Resolution having been carried unanimously,
Mr. FURR returned thanks.
Mr. C. BRADY moved the fourth Resolution—Thanks to
the Poor-law Committee of the British Medical Association,
and expressing the necessity of undiminished exertion.
M. \V. HILLts, Esq., had much pleasure in seconding the
motion. It might be said that the British Medical Associa-
tion was merely raising a factious opposition to the Bill of the
Legislature, as expressed in the new Poor-law, but that such
was not the case he would soon prove. He would nr tgo in:o
the details of the general abuses, but a uald confine him-
self to the system of coLtract by tender, which had
grown up cf cars.—( Hear.) That he considered as
a most obnoxicus measure, and one which tended to degrade
the profession more than any other, and he also considered it
as very obnoxious to the interests of the poor themselves.
There were cone in the profession who supported the degrad-
ing measure but those who had been instrumental in bringing
it forward. It was very well to contract for any sort of manu-
factured article, or it was all very well that :he army and navy
should be supplied by contract with beef or pork, but it was
impossible to apply the same law or rule to gauge the reward
for professional services. —( Hear, hear.) He wits fully per-
suaded that many poor persons had been deprived of their
lives by the improper remedies applied to their cases by those
unqualified persons who had been admitted to practice under
the new system. If it was fair to apply the contract system to the
medical profession, would it be unfair to apply it to the legal or
the clerical.—( Hear, hear.) Well, then, suppose there
were a vacancy on the bench in the Queen's Bench or Com-
mon Pleas, they ought to advertise for tenders, and then all
might become judges ; and the same with a bishopric or an
archbishopric—there again they might have a chance of put-
ting on the lawn sleeves.—( Laughter.) It might be said
they were not qualified, but that was not a ease in point, for
that was their complaint; the persons appointed to attend the
sick poor were not qualified, and in numerous cases were never
asked whether they were or not. Those of the medical
profession were necessarily possessed of some intellect,
but it was not at all necessary in the other two pro-
fessions—the large wig and the lawn sleeves sup-
plied their place, but in both those professions there
were the sons, and the brothers, and other relations, of
those in high places, and therefore they were protected.—
( Cheers.) The medical profession was not so favoured, and
therefore they must make up for that disadvantage by unity
amongst themselves. The Poor Law Commissioners said this
system was adopted in order to find out what was the proper
remuneration of the medical man. How was it they found
out that they should receive 1,000/. 01 2,0001. a year, while
to the medical officer, as well educated a man, they gave 101.,
201., 301., and in some places where they wished to show mu-
nificence, they gave the enormous sum of 1001. It was urged
that this was done on the grourd of economy. Did the
experience of the past few years prove that economy
had been obtained ? That false system of economy had
induced the typhus fever, by which, during the last six months,
thousands had fallen. The poor were not well fed, and there-
fore they were unable to withstand the attack. The fever
was contagious; hunger was not--and probably what huma-
nity had failed to procure, fear might accomplish. He
trusted it would, and then it would prove a blessing to all. He
cordially seconded the motion, which was then put and carried
unanimously.
Mr. FARR then communicated the following statistics to the
meeting :—ln eight counties the average extent of the Medi-
cal Poor-law Relief Districts was 21 square miles; and in
mmanyile s fromdist theictsmt,ldtei
medical
iaor
officer.w ere
Theat
re-
munerated sometimes by salary—sometimes on theaperechase
eorr 14
system—and sometimes on the pauper schedule.
ta D
a distance
medical offiocferslw2
one of which the average amountper
case
the medical districts
Devon-
shire there were two medical districts
sien
wasjux ispo3scitt.io;ni.hythlnna-
other, 9s. The average population
inr
London, was 3s. 3d.—a sum for
,theto towns 15,000. The average
could not be furnished. The propo-
sitionwhich genuine medicines
was that the districts should be re-
ducedrwearnsuinnetrhaetiocnoupnet
made in committee
rryesas,o:Onea
d übied 6s 6d. per case, or J ss. per annum for each
than o .
one half in size; and the remunerationri rather more
Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN made a few observations, showing the ne-
cessity of pressing chiefly for an efficient medical superin-
tendence ovt r the Poor-law medical officers.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS.—From
a statement appended so the Report of the Grand Junction Railway
Directors it appears, that the amount of Sunday travelling on the line
for the six months ending June 30, 1539, is 7s. I Id. pet share.--Roil.
may Times of Saturday.