The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

RAILROADS AND PROFESSIONAL

FEES.
The opening of railroads in different parts of the
country is giving rise to a great alteration in the rate of
charge made by medical men of the first eminence for
visiting patients in the country. Sir Uhtirl•s CLrke,
Sir Henry Halford, Sir Benjamin Brodie, and other
medical men in the various departments of the profes-
sion, have had one uniform established rate of charge,
which is rendered inapplicable by the existing .stare of
circumstances. Amongst this class in the prOfession,
the practice has for years prevailed of charging
one guinea per mile whatever has been 4he dis-
tanae of the journey. As the same distance now can be
performed by means of the railroads within one-third of the
time formerly required for that purpose,it is manifest that
considerable reduction ought to take place. Some of
the most eminent in the profession have already de-
clined to take fees calculated upon this principle; and it
is understood that a conference of the heads .of the
profession is about to take place, in order that a settled
system may be established, having dub 'regard 'to the
rights of the profession and the interest of .the'patieet.
It is generally thought that a rate of charge according
to the time employed will be a more just standard than
that of the distance travelled, and it is said if' live
guineas per hour should be fixed upon as the.runount
of remuneration for the heads of the profession, instead
one, gninet,..). per mile. it will sCcurc;
remuneration for their time acti.-4iy
patients re3iding within e moderate di,•ettlee-el
roads will be able to avail theraGelves of th 6 first-rate
professional advice at one-third less charge, than they
obliged to pay. This is as it should be.
wlte dividing the benefit tO be de-
wreillfohramv
-ived from the cistabL
,liment of, railroads equally he-
' profession and the It would be no
tween t... . nplied to the rrentle-
me principle were
ee:illlYe effect of di
harm if the
men of the loci; robe :meg into the cou.ntry upon special
t iners The fec'., wla;:1) were an itdeq,:ate retuunc-
re a •-
ration for a distinguished ernaeoent of his professionold to
journey to Liverpool to conduct A Cause,. when lelie
system of travelling prevailed, might admit' of ithate.
ment in proportion to the abridgment of time wbicli
railroads create,—Observer.

CHUBB'
"I met a S PATENT LOCKS-
(From. rtties Mogozioe for April.)
etacksman coming down the strand, • -'
Who said, ' A huge cathedral, piled of stone,
Stands in a elturehvald, ncitr St. 111artio's-le-Grand,
Where keeps St. Paul his ~a,:crdotal throne.
A street runs by it on the northu;!rd• The''
Inc cab and luis, is writ 6 No Thoroubhfare ''
The 11 layer and Councilmen .do
so comma 4 ;
And in that street a shop, with many a bot:f
Upon whose sign these fatal words I szanned :
My name is Chubb, that makes the Patent. Locks ;
Look on my works, ye burglars, and despair.' .
Here made he pause's ie one who sees a blight -
Crush all his hop, and.sighed, with drooping air,
6 Our game is up, my covey:blow me tight ! "
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ALARMINGr AND DAN'
:rific sensation
.I'On
OCCUR-.
cAiltoynbil‘aY last 1 ita
report which circulated
at railroad speed that a " mad bull" ar running loose x, rout
w
the streets. The facts were these :—A Scotch ox, which hatlri-t7e?l tlir the
ough evoeuntingthoef
been recently purchased by Messrs. J. and W. Marlow, of the
Butcher-row, became suddenly infuriated by the wort.) lug of
some mischievous boys, whilst being driven in front of
their slaughter-house towa ds their tields, and
leaped
the rails which separate the beast market from the
foot-
way near the Council Chamber,
r, and, getting still more
furious there, he began bellowing and
person who chanced to cross his path. A nning at ev
little boy named
Ott
tt narrowly escaped being gored, by growing'himself •
into
the water, and remaining there till the animal had P
aned °ll'.
A man in Winchester-street was the next to feel . the effects of
his desperation; he was ear
_yr i alarge tity of straw
on head, when the ox rad:ih him, d nknocked him down
an
with great violence. The 't. Edmund's
next attack was n
Church street, on a Saunders,iwho. was
and woman named _
gored severely, after being several times tossed,
was at length thrown on aper at the door of Mr.
W. Payne, and her face was a scraper
muc i 1 injured. She was taken
w
up in a senseless state and conveyed home . Several other
persons were attacked, but fortunately escaped. On reach-
ing the corner of Bedwin-street the ox attacked a man, who
successfully resisted him for some time, but was at length
overpowered and dreadfully mangled; the calf of one leg
being lacerated. in a frightful manner, the horn of the ani-
mal penetrating it and tearing the muscles so as to render
it necessary to carry him immediately to the Salisbury
Infirmary. A lad who was next attacked, escaped only
by jumping over the churchyard wall. The fury of the
animal here exceeded all bounds; he seemed to have de-
termined to victimize the lad, and for several minutes
made every possible attempt to leap over the wall, but without
success. Be then ran off at full speed to the Green Croft and
attempted to leap the chain fence, but jumped against it, snap-
pin, the posts short off, although about six inches in,diameteN
He then made away up the London-road, and stopped all night
in a field at Ford. It being found impracticable to bring him
back to Salisbury he was sliot on the following morning. The
unfortunate woman Saunders is fast recovering, and, except to
the hays by whom the animal was teased in the first instance,
no blame can he attributed to any one.—Salisbury Herald.
HIGH WYCONIBE, SATURDAY, APRIL 17.
—The failure of Mr. Rumsev. solicitor of this place, under-
sheriff for the county during
a panic here. His liabilities are reported to be about 40,0001.,
and we regret to say that many partiei.who had deposited pro-
perty in his hands will be nearly fumed by the circumstance.
Ifrindsor Express.