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RANCE OF THE WHEAT CROP.--Some
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better. Some of the backward sown lot,ked yellow when it
emerged from the snow, bet the fine genial wearh, r of the
last week has completely restored it. In the \Veal we
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whirls a large breadth has been get in well. flop cutfng
i 3 proceeding rapidly, the bins s cutting firm and well, and
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has had a wonderful effect on the forward fruit trce3, the
buds_ of which arc bursting cut luxuriantly. The only
danger is that they may get t :o forward and be cut cif by
the frost—Maidstone Gazette.

SUDDEN DEATH OV A PGLISII GENERAL.
—On Tuesday an inquest was held at the King's
Head public-house, Marsham-strce‘, before Mr.
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died suddenly either on Friday night or Saturday morn-
Verdict? " Died by ttv ri3itkitiort cf God,"

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Mu tat 17.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
STAFFORD AND RUGBY RAILWAY.
Mr. GISBORNE moved that the second reading of
the Stafford and Rugby Railway Bill be postponed un-
til the 24th instant, in order to allow time for the Re-
port of the Government Railway Commissioners (pre-.
sented to the House on the 15th instant), on the sub
ject of the best line of railway communication between
London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, to be printed, and in
the hands of Membe: s, as such Report ccntains infor-
mation bearing upon the merits of the proposed measure.
The Hon. Gentleman addressed the House at consi-
derable length, but the noise was so great, that it was
quite impossible to Lear a single word in the gallery.
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON was also from the
same cause quite inaudible in the gallery. We under-
stood the Noble Lord to refer to the Report of Sir
Frederick Smith, and to say that there was nothing in
it that directly affected the Bill. But whatever was in
it, he would give notice of a motion which should bring
it under the full consideration of the Committee.
He thought the House would see no reason for delay-
ing the 'second reading of the Bill, and he shoul I there-
fore oppose' the inetion of the Hon. Gentleman.
Mr. LABOUC HERE said he did. not rise for the
purpose of expressing any opinion on the merits of this
Bill, but, on the contrary, he did not consider this
to he a case on which the situation in which he stood
called upon him to express an opinion. He thought
it was a subject on which every Member of the House
could give an opinion, and he should therefore act in
accordance with his general rule, namely, to abstain
from all interference with the private business of the
House, except- some, principle was involved which he
thought called for his interference. The only reason,
therefore, for his rising was to ask the House to
allow him to make al observation on account of
an allusion that had been made to the Report of Sir
Frederick Smith. That Report was upon the table of
the House, but was not printed. But he (Mr. La-
bouchere) had asked Sir Frederick Smith yesterday what
was the nature of his observations on this particular rail-
way. Sir Frederick Smith assured him they were entirely
of an incidental nature, and did not go at al into detail ;
consequently he (Mr. 'Labouchere) hlt bound
to state that he thought the House would be sat:sfied
there was no reason to delay the consideration of that
Bill on account of the Report of Sir F. Smith. Whether
it was advisable that the Bill should be read a second

time to-day, it was not his intention to express any
opinion, but he thought it his duty to furnish tee House
with such information as he possessed, to enable them
to come to a correct conclusion on the subject.
Mr. WILBRAHAM wished to state the reasons
why he should vote against the second reading of
the Bill. He had voted two years -ago in fa-
vour of the original Bill, but it was then
in a different situation. It was then an extension Bill.
But the Bill which the House had passed was aban-
doned—( Hear, bear)—and therefore the whole thing
now stood iu a different position. It was enen an ex-
tension Bill, but now there was no other place to ex- •
tend it to, and therefore, though he voted for the former
measure, he was consistent in opposing the present.
The Bill was only brought in for the purpose of stand-
ing in the way of any great measure which migh? come
before the House in the course of a few years. The ob-
ject was merely to pre-occupy the ground. The promoters
of the Bill never intended to carry the project into exe-
cution. They desired to exclude any more direct commu-
nication with the central and menufactui ing districts than
was afforded by the Grand Junction Railway. They
wanted to perpetuate the monopoly of that line. lie"
therefore thought. himself bound to oppose the Bill, and
if it were not withdrawn he would vote for its being
read a second time this day six month.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS was surprised to hear
the statement of his Hon. Friend. It was true that
although he was so near to his Noble Friend, he had
not been able to hear one word of his argument.—( Hear,
and a laugh.) He heard him say at the close of his
speech, that the only intention of the projectors was to
pre-occupy the ground against any other railway. On
the contrary, he could assure the House that his
HenOurable Friend had formed a very erroneous
estimate of the chacaeter and motives of the gentleman
who had promoted this Bill. IHe ( Mr. Philips) held
in his hand a petition from a large number of the most I
respectable inhabitants of Manchester in favour of the
measure, and he could assure the House that the dis-
tricts which would le affected by' it were almost uneni-'
mous in ite. efavoure amkethat it would undoubtedly be
completed if the House gave it the sanction proposed
in the preset Bill. No Bill had ever been more
thoroughly sifted in Committee than this.—(Hear.)
The estimate; which were hid before the Committee
in 1839 had never been questioned, and they were
as moderate as any that ever were known. The
levels were of the mo.t favourable kind, and the
whole line was calculated greatly to improve the com-
munication
between the central counties and Liverpool
and the metropolis. The money had been bona fide
subscribed, and 10 per cent. had been deposited. Tee
first Bill had been withdrawn in consequence of the
state of the money market. But in the short time
that had sir ee eapsed the new Company had been
formed, and , l its capital had been subscribed, notwith-
standing thet it was proposed at a time when the
money mark: t was still depressed. This showed the
confidence of the public in the utility of the measure,
and in the ietentions of the projectors.—(Hear, hear,
and cries of " Question.")
I 'Sir ROBERT PEEL supposed that any Gentleman
who called " Question," would vote for the motion that
the Bill be referred to a Committee.—( Hear, hear.)
He supposed they agreed with him that. the House was
not the fittest arena for the discussion, and that its
merit.; could best be ascertained abcve stairs.—(Hear.)
He had a duty on this occasion to perform to his con-
stituents, who had entrusted him with a petition, signed
by 700 of the most respectable inhabitants of Tam-
.sorth, in favour of the B:11. He agreed with the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Labouchere) that
a gentleman in his (Mr. L.'s) position in that House
ought not to interfere with a private measure, unless it
involved some public principle. Although he (Sir R.
Peel) was only a private individual, yet from his long
connexion with office, it might be supposed that he pos-
passed some influence with a part of the House, and be
therefore abstained on the same principle as the Right
Hon. Gentleman from interfering in private measures.
—( Hear, hear.) But the interest which his constitu-

ents felt in this. Bill obliged him, as their representative,
to state his reason for giving it his support, assuring Hon.
Gentlemen at the same time that he had never at-
tempted to influence the vote of any individual upop
the subjeet. Tice proposed railway had several recom-
mendations. In the first place it would connect the
two important termini, London and Liverpool, with
the inland counties, by a communicatioo 9i- miles
shorter between Manchester and Liverpool, and
39i miles shorter in the line with London,
the gradients on the new line were much more favour-
able than on the old line, and of course it was a com-
peting line as regarded so much of the Londan and Bir-
mingham line, and so much of the Grand Junction line
as extended from Rugby on the one hand and Staf-
ford on the other. It professed to make a new
line along the valley of the Trent, which WM-I
the most judicious line, taking into consideration the
features df the country:— Now, the average of the
gradients on the present line were one in 545, in a
length of 501 miles ; the average of the gradients on the
proposed line were one in 650, in a distance of 39 mile:,
(ifJeting a saving of 9i miles. and obtaining much better
gradients by taking the valley of the Trent, which was,
the proper line of level. The.subject hail been before
previous Committees of that House, and he trusted
they would not now sanction any further delay. A great
portion of the same line was before the House in 1839,
and it-was met in this way-459 objections of a trivial
character were rinsed before the Committee of Peti-
tions, and only 46 of these objections were referred to
the Standing Orders CoMmittee, and after four days
discussion the Standing Orders Committee diV4e-1
tLeat all.—(Hear, hear.) The House would bear in
mind that the Bill was in Committee for sixty-two
days, and the battle fought was a battle of delay. Five
Members chosen by the Committee of Selection,
who had no local interest in the matter,
_were placed on the Committee. They beard
ti.e whole of the case, and the whole of the five se-
lected Members, consisting of gentlemen who had no
local interest, were in favour of the Bill, and came to a
resolution to the following effect. It was a very
singular one, and only justified by the nature
of the opposition the Bill had received :—" That
the Committee, after an inquiry unusually pro-
tracted, had come to a resolution in favour of
the 811, and in case the late period of the Session at
which their labours had terminated, would render the
parties unable to submit a Bill to the other House of
Parliament, they advised the House that every facility
should be afforded to the promoters of the Bill in a fu-
ture Sassier:, that the rules of the House per-
mitted.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he did not mean
to deny that the present
.was an important com-
petitor to existing lines. It was a formidable one
from its very nature. They could not save nine and a
.1f miles between Liverpool and London, or between
London and Manchester. They could not have a line
without tunnels and very favourable gradients without
making it a formidable compe.t:tor to the existing lima.
But was it right that these great monopolies the ,louse has
created should have the power of crushing every rival
establishment, on the ground of an interferenee with
their interests, What Demme of the interests of the

postmasters and the canal companies, when these rail-
ways were first established? Was it not said
that these interests must give way to the
convenience and advantage of the public ? and
now these monopolists turned round and told the
House, that it must have a regard for vested interests,
and that it must on no account interfere v,jth the mo-
nopoly of the existing Railway Cernpanies. If the
House of Commons refused inquiry into a proposal like
the present for a competing line, they would be
perpetuating one of the eompletest monopolies that
ever was established. If the opposing party said that
they were a small establishment, making very small
• profit,,, and that their success was yet doubtful, there
might be some ground for the prcsent opposi-
tion. But what was • the fact with regard to
the Lender' and Birmingham Railway. He could
assure the , House •that 20,000/. had been offered
to the promoters of the present scheme to induce
them to withdraw it, and the London and Biriningham
CoMpany were well able to make such an offer. What
were these profits. They had divided 10 per cent. upon
their paid up capital. But let them compare the value of
theihares on the Ist Feb. 1841, with the original outlay.
The profit then was 3,737,500/. That was compar-
ing the then price of shares with the outlay upon the
railway. • They had made that of profit, and there-
fore Le thouiekt they had no right to- come for-
ard and oppose the establishment of another undertale-
ing. There was one objection to this railway, and only
one ; he did not wish to hide itifrorn the House, the
proposed line was intended to join the te‘o other lines
at feu) points of existing railways. The question for
consideration was, would thepublic safety be compromised
byesuch junction--would the saving in point of time ex-
ceed the di.lay which - must eeeessarily take,. place
consequence of the precautions requisite for the puhlic
in safety. That was a fit subject for consideration, but it
was for the consideration of a Comm;ttee; let them
acrid the all to a Committee, and let them call Sir F.
Smith before the Committee, and inquire fully into
the merits of the whole case. A fair case had been
made out. for sending the Bill to be considered
in Committee, and after the opposition which the Com-
pany had. met with,- he trusted the House woull not
permit an effectual opposition to be made to it in that
stage. He appealed to the gentlemen of Ireland, and
the gentlemen of Scotland—they were deeply inte-
rested in the matter, and, with their assistance, he
trusted the Bill soup be fairly considered in a Com-
mittee up stairs. _ _

Lord STANLEY said that whatever might be the
decision to which the House might come, he hoped that
they would not be led away by that argument to their
own impatience which his Right Hon. Friend (Sir R.
Peel) had addressed to them—(Hear, hear)--sbccause
.although it might be very convenient for gentlemen.
who were tired of a discussion, to say that it
was not a subject fit for their consideration, there
was no place where it could be so well considered
as in that House. Bat the same time although ques-
tions might often be very conveniently considered in
Committee, yet such a plan was often attended with
great expense and other disadvantages. If the
House had a reasonable doubt whether there was
sufficient ground for c nsidering the matter in Committee
they ought not. to consult their own convenience, and
subject parties to unnecessary expense and unnecessary
waste of time. If he did not mistake, his Right Hon.
Friend had lately sta.ed to the House that the parties
interested is this railway had already lost a sum of
9,0001. or 10,0001. in discussions and conflicts
as to whether the undertaking should be con-
tinued or not. If his recollection did not ee-
ceve biro, his. Right Honourable Friend had sug-
gested that with a view to get rid of the expense and
inconvenience. of referring the matter to a Committee,
the matter should be submitted to the decision of Sir
Fre !crick Smith, who was to be consulted as to
the propriety of sanctioning the project. For his I
own part he had no interest, direct or indirect, in the
transaction, and he had no communication with any of
the parties concerned in it since the commencement of
the Session. If he had any interest in the matter it was
that as he travelled very frequently backwards and for-
wards on tl:e Grand Junction Railway,his journey should
he accomplished as rapidly and as economically as possible. i
He had, therefore, no other interest in the matter than
that which must be felt by the Hon. Members for Alan-
cheA,r, or the Hon. Members for Scotland or for Ire-
land, to whose feelings his Right Hon. Friend had' ap-
pealed In the latter part of his arguasent. His Right
Hoc. Friend, the President of the .BOard of Trade,
had, its it appeared to him, thrown an itividious
obiee-
tion in the way of the motion of 'the licitiillierabiletr)
Carlow. His Right Hon. Friend had said that he had
seen the opinion of Sir. Frederick South privately, and
that that opinion could not materially affect the question.
Now he (Lord Starl.y) haerbeen given to understand
that Sir Frederick Smith- in commenting on the best,
the cheapest, and most rapid line of communication be-
tween London and Edinburgh, and London and Dub-
lin, had expressed an opinion that the saving of ten miles I
to be accomplished by the proposed railway might be coun-
terbalanced by the loss of tithe at the new terminus, and
the fact of a change of engines being unnecessary.
He would refer for a moment to the question of time.
He quite agreed that many of those questions to which
his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth had
adverted were questions for the Committee, and not
for the consideration of the House ; but if it should
be made clear to the House that no great saving would
be accomplished, and that there was no great reason to
apprehend that there would be any competition what- i
ever, and moreover that this saving of time was to be
accomplished by an oxpenditure of national capital,
amounting to 1,300,000/., or 1,500,000/., then the
House ought to pause before it carne to such a decision.
The Grand Junction Company made their arrangements
in conjun,..tinn with the London and Birmingham Rail-
way, end. they so timed the arrival of the trains in
Birmingham, as to leave no greater interval for stop-
page than was necessary to' proceed from one train to
the other. When they arrived at Rugby, they Lad to
wait till the train came in from Birmingham ; gentlemen
might prefer waiting at Tamworth. They must wait -
till the train arrived from 13irmingisam, to carry them
on to London. Therefore, although gentlemen might
suppose that there would be somewhat less time
occupied in the actual operation of travelling,
yet as between Liverpool rand London, or Manchester
and London, it was his firm conviction that not even
the saving of a, single ten minutes as between Liver-
pool and London would be effected by the pro-
posed expenditure of I,3oo,oool.—(Hear, hear.)
His It'ght- Honour able Friend who had just sate
down had said that he would not attempt to conciliate
any interest •on the other side by denying that there
would be a formidable
competition. He ( Lord
Stanley) did not seek to gain support on that
side of the House when he declared that, in
his opinion, there would be no competition whateaer.
The argument of his Hon. Friend the Member for
Chester was a correct one ; that if the plan had been
to carry on the line to Manchester, instead of' merely to
Rugby, then there would have been competition, because
then there woull -have been an independent terminus.
, But what did this line propose to do? His Right
Hon. Friend had said, with all the ingenuity and art
with which he knew so well how to dress up a state-
, ment for that House—( Laud the ors from the Minis-
terial berwhee)—his Itig-lit Hon. Friend had said look
at the important termini of this Railway—you have
London on the one side, gad Manchester, with the

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manufacturing - districts, and Liverpool, on the
other, and if you -look to furtbe: termini, if the
expression of a terminvbeyond a t.n-roinus be allowahle,
you have Ireland as a terinians on the one side, and
Scotland as a terminus en the other. Now, with all
•
respect to .his Right Hon, Friend, he -(1.40rd Star,l2y)
must be excused for a lying that this statement was en-
tirely a mistake. The ,termini were the highly-re-
spectable but certainly not very important or
w
opulent 'tons of ' Rugby on the one side
and Stafford on the other ; and -there was
no - other terminus *whatever. Go vrhere they
would, travellers by this road must join the Grand
Junction at one end, and at the other the London and
Birmingham, and those railways might in consequence
crush in the -bad any infant competition. If the object
was to produce competition, it should be a competition of
.independent liars, but to expect any advantageous corn-
peftion from inferior and- dependent lines, needed
net the expc.rieace of the North of England and Mid-
land Railway to prove an entire delusion. . These
-shorter lines must always regulate their movoments by
the greater lines ;. terms of agreement would be come
to between them, and who ever entertained a hope that
on iofcrior and dependent line could successfully enter
into competition with a larger and independent line
would inevitahly be di" p pointed.—(Hear, hear.)
Ile was otlig,ed to the House for the kindness
with which they had heard him, and regretted
exceedingly that any vexatious delay . had been inter-
posed in .consequence of the Standing Orders last ses-
sion. He never had been and never would be a party
to such vexatious delay. He thought the Hod. Mem-
ber had better consent to withdraw his amendment, and
take the sense of the House upon the 1 ;
p.a.n question,
whctker in their judgment a sufficient ease had been
made out of saving of time and expense, of reduction
of fares, and an increased public accommodation,
to sanction the expead;ture of 1,500,00 b/., besides the
enormous expenses and vexttious delays which, to the
g,reat bent.fit of lawyers and agents, but of no other
persons, inevitably attended the subjecting of any Itvl.
way 13:11 to a 13,1riiarnAtary investigation.—( Cheer s.)
Mr. GISI3ORN E rose amidst cries of " avide,'
1-which rendered him czniplettly inaudible, and he. soon
,
I 4 after resumed his seat.

_
port the motion of the Noble Lord.
Mr. W INNINGTON said the Bill had been very
properly referred to the Worcester List, because all the
works contemplated b 3 the Bill were in Worcestershire.
Mr. EASTHO PE opposed the motion. He thought
the county of Monmouth had no such interest in the
undertaking as should Induce the House to contravene
the Standing Orders in behalf of its Members.

Mr. HOPE said the Hon. Member for Worcester
had admitted that there was partiality in the Worcester
Members with respect to this Bill, because he said
there would be 18 against, and 12 for, the Bill.
Such an admission was an argument why the
other interest shoe' 1 be represented. They did
not desire to obtain a preponderating interest,
in point of numbers. A great deal had been said about-
the practice of the House.. That was the first Session,
and the first case of any importance, in which the Stand-
ing Orders had come into question. Oa former occa-
siz.ns it was usual to have all the Members upon the
Committee who might be supposed to be interested.
Sir EARDLEY WILMOT said he proposed the
Members for Birmingham because he believed that
that neighbourhood was interested, and he thought it
fair that they should he appointed.
Lord G. SOMERSET said the Hon. Member for
Woree.stershire had assumed that the interest of Mon-
mouthshire was adverse to the Bill. The county of
Monmouth was to contribute sery largely to the forma-
tion of these works, and should, therefore, have a voice
in the arrangements with respect to them. If the
county of Worcester would have the goodness to pay
for the works, they would then be allowed to monopo-
Fse the whole matter. All he wished was to bait! a
Committee which should fairly discuss the merits of the
question.
Strati: en were then ordered to withdraw. No divi-
sion, however, took place, and on our re-admission to

the gallery we. found, •
Mr. C. WYNN on his logs. lie contended that a
Bill like the present for regulating the navigation cf the
whole course of a large river could net be considered
in the light of a strictly Local all.
Mr. WARBURTON thought the House ought to
adhere to the Standing Orders. To the Members con-
nected with the locality immediately affected by the Bill,
there had been added a sufficient number of,Memberi
unconnected with it, to secure impartiality. If addi-
tional nombers forllaces interested in the Bill, were
put-upon the -Conimittrei then- a -Corresponding num-
ber of important Members should also be added.
If the Standing Orders were improper they ought to
alter them, but whilst they existed they ought not to
break through them for any individual case.
Alter -a fca words from Sir Cr; GREY, strangers
were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided,
when the-re appeared—
For the motion B4
Agaiast it ll7
Majority against the motion -33
Sir GEORGE CLERK. moved, that the p'tition of
David Robertson (presented March 16), together with
the Polon and Govan Railvay Bill, bo referred to the
Select Committee on Petitions for private Bills
to consider and report thereon. As- the time
of the House had been already occupied at
such length by private business, he should not detain
them by entering into any detailed statement of the
facts in the lot ftion.
Mr. LOCKHART felt great regret in opposing the
motion of his Noble Friend, but the Bill was evidently
a third class BA, and the proper notices had not been
give a.
Sir GEORGE GREY also oppo;cd the motion,
which was then withdrawn.

Mr. W. MILES, moved for returns of the amount
of salaries and other payments received in 1840, by the
Poor-law Commissioners, clerks, and directors, and ail
other expenses incideatal to that department.
MEDICAL PROFESSION.
On the Order cf the Day for the second reading of
the Medical Profession Bill being moved, almost every
Member of the House rose to present a petition for or
against the Bill, amidst great laughter.
Petitions were presented against the Bill from the
medical practitioners of Kent, Bletchingly, Bury St.,
Edmond's, Spalding, Bedford, Brighten, Somerset, the
Royal College of Surgeons of London, from Manches-
ter, Wolverhampton, Weisel, Northampton, Welling-
borough, Carnarvon, Bath, Exeter, Dawlish, Taunton,
Sidtnouth, South Molten, Cheverley, Bridport, Lime-
house, tho British Medical Association, Stock-
port, Manchester, Winchester, the Patentees of
Medicine, and the Governor and Company of the
Apothecaries' Hall of Dublin, and other places :
atm in favour of the Bill, from the medical practioners
of Edinburgh, from Perth, from Cornwall, the Isle of
Wight, Carlisle, from the Council of the Medical As-
sociation, from delegates of the various Medical Asso-
ciations assembled in London, from Gateshead, and
other places.
Mr. SHAW had received a letter from the Com•
pany of Apotheenries' Hall of Dublin, who were ex-
tremely anxious that the measure should be postponed
Until the profession were male acquainted with its pro,
visions.
S:r THOMAS TROUBRIDGE really_hoped the
Hon. Member would not proceed with his Bill, because
it appeared to meet with very general opposition. TO
army and navy surgeons were against it, and every patty
complained that they were unacquainted with its pro-
visions.

Mr. WAKLEY hoped the Hon. Member would go
on with the Bill to-night, if he meant it to be read a ::e•
end time at all.

Mr. *LB AN understood that the College of Sur-
geons were preparing a measure on the subjeet, and if
the Hon. Member postponed his Bill for a little, he
might he abld to improve it very materially.
After a few words from Mr. PRYME,

Mr. HAWES said he saw reason whatever for
postponing the' second ' reading of his all. He
should compress whatever he had to say on
the subject into as small a compass as possible.
He was prepared to show that. thnplso he adopted was
not a capricious one, taken"tip stiddinly and without
deliberation ; but that it ws'.s a plan supported by some
of the most distinguished medical men now living--
supported not coy by men who bud given evidence on
the Committee,7ut by others who by their publica-
tions, and by the public proceedings of their own parti-
cular bodies, sanctioned, to a greater or less extent, the
measure which he now proposed. All the witnesses
examined before the Committee concurred that there
should be some one superintending body constituted, to
which the interests of the profession should be entrusted.
It also appeared in evidence, that the medical body had
no confidence in the existing Medical Corporation, and
and that that corporation had not the power to protect
its own diploma. He would refer to the case of Dr.
Harrison in support of that statement. That gentle-
man was in great practice as a physician and surgeon,
without being a licentiate of the College of Physicians,
and yet, on showing that his practice was of a surgical,
not a medical nature, be evaded any penalties which
the College might be enabled to inflict upon him. The
College of Physicians, as it cow stood, did not re-
present the great body of that profession.
With regard to the Apothecaries' CoroPar'Y,
it was impossible that it could obtain the con-
fidence of the profession at large. It was not, then,
matter of surprise that the medical practitioner, who
derive no advantage from the corporate body,
desirous of some change being made. The Non'
shouGH be
Oman here referred to a pamphlet written by Sir