The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-26 00:00:00

-EDITION

DR. ELIAOTSON.

PtRI,
D DOUBLY HONOURABLE
ftip--IATION OF PLATE, FROM
iT6,„ n GRATEFUL AND ADMIRING
\ al
~-NAT, THE TRULY EMINENT
GNANIMOUS PROFESSOR.

En/3' still fellows merit as its shade,
But iikeibe -shadowproves the substance true."
0 dares the realms of prejudice invade,
With ne;v-boin science, fails—because 'tis 71C70
Ittlie 17th inst. a Deputation of Students of
p,rsitY Coltege waited upon Dr. ElHutson,
,superb piece of Plate, and the following.

r
r—ln accordance with a, resolution passed
'meeting of several of your friends and former
let, and in behalf •of those gentlemen whose
4re here appended, we have to beg your
I,7nee of the accompanying slight mark of
teens and gratitude.
4., • gratitude.
.r3rii:PPearing uetore you for a purpose so
Itio. Lg.) and so much in accordance with our
a'nes, we cannot but attempt, however in-
, to express the feelings which have
I;it;tnated our fellow-students and ourselves.
ilst we believe that few have laboured
‘SIA. energetically in the cause of truth, or have
11,' themselves more earnestly and effec-
to the advancement of the best interests
deal Science than your3elf, we feel con-
k that none have ever shown more talent
Varting the results of extensive experience,
t evinced more of patient attention and un-
zettl in the arduous duties of a Teacher.
pence with the admiration of your abilities
'Peet for your services to Medical Science
We entertain, in common with those who
You less, we cannot but feel those senti-
tsof esteem and regard towards you which
„ Ontrally the result of our relative positions
~??lar and Professor.
. t'Yre therefore feel it no less a pleasure we
i'tt
411°Icilitictmurossetlyseisntelelarentya dfourtythNeveimolpveorttoal3i-tous,etro_
bur Th,l have rendered. to all who have been
~;,Amtir"Pils, and have had the opportunity of
il
xl' tip by your valuable instructions in the
~; '. ,e of our profession ; while at the same
, 'l;:,:ce ,
b"e beg to assure you that we shall ever re-
-71:,i, liN, er the urbanity and kindness which uni-
:: ;1 40 marked your intercourse with us during a
.• ; .
, ~ulci of several years.
,
Atlll conclusion, we beg your acceptance of the
'.' AtiliPanYing Piece of Plate, which we ' hope
,;04.1;TrIg serve to remind you of the estimation
41t,11 You are held by your friends and former
The

following- was Dr. Elliotson's reply
(entlemen —This is the most gratifying day
lexistence'
o'll my entrance into the profession to the
*,tilt moment I have never thought of any
11440ethod of advancement than that of assi-
If knowledge and conducting my-
IZIL Whenever I have communicated the
'Of m3' observations or investigations to
•
(heal world, it has not been till after la-
141k1, 114 Y repeated inquiry, so that I felt abso-
certain of my facts •. for nothing can be
Unpardonable than to lead others astray in
Nitelenee of medicine. Whenever I have ad-
tea a subject not well known, and almost
it has not been till I had investigated
Patiently, and conscientiously. The re-
N :s been the eventual admission of whatever
0; asserted respecting diseases, and the adop-
litoil every medicine of which I have given a
A111;4.4 report. In advocating phrenology,
tiles done for nearly five and twenty years,
h4rnerism, as I have done for three years,
adhered strictly to facts, and so shunned
orljeeenlation, that those phrenologists who are
itlprone to listen to authority, and more prone
le
fee4late, than to examine nature and to prize
W
the
VPositive facts before a multitude of pre-
Ons, regard me as little advanced in phre-
eal knowledge; and many mesmerists pro-
ie me a sceptic, and, indeed the facts are so
erfal and uulooked for, that I have affirmed
and will affirm none, which I have
likitliklYself satisfactorily witnessed, however
I°lo e authority which declares them. Phren-
iPonas now at least twenty thousand sup-
Va in this country ; and Mesmerism is daily
Vit ground among able and scientific per-
lit;‘,B44 is undergoing investigation in very
quarters.
V4t has been my reward -from a large
411 of public and private practitioners, from
ktlgues, and from nearly all the periodical
you well know. But had I experi-
k'l ten times more than I have, I should not
lt
deviated from my course, nor preserved
~entire my love of scientific truth, of late-
ki?, and of independence. Nor, if I know my-
do I fear that I shall ever change. A
t,ove of those three things is heightened by
Ceution; and I can conceive no other
kt.P°se in the ordination of persecution being
itlitisual lot of such love, than to render it more
ka :ills; and to cause its objects to be regarded
kk einselves a sufficient reward and to more
U
11.1 ever outshine riches and worldly honours,
it4:(l are indiscritninately bestowed upon the
IN kat and the well-informed, upon the worth-
)l. atid the good.
tpttitit sooner or later an external reward does
I assure you that this day amply recom-
klpdes Me for everything. You have in your
feelings over-estimated my deserts ; but
tt.ll,ave not over-estimated my good intentions.
Wileved me much to part from you and quit a
qte in which I had the greatest desire to be
ittt 111 But a proper respect for my office and
111'self rendered my resignation a duty.
silk:cept my warmest thanks and expressions of
to4dte attachment.' May you all pursue the
',to true happiness and find it.
JOHN ELLIOTSON.

lit STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING.
tow 4ring the whole of yesterday and Friday this
ito Was full of flying reports respecting the
51141n-ship President, now so long past due—
Of which was that a Liverpool mercantile
those had received a letter from Antigua, dated
kti,2sth, brought by the Dee, which had arrived
iluartmouth with papers from Jamaica to the
t 11) from Antigua to the 20th, and from Ber-
wLda to the 25th, and at the latter place nothing
14 known of the President.
1:4 letter from Antigua has certainly reached
erpOoT,, dated the 15th, brought by a ship
Lhieli bad arrived at Dartmouth from Trinidad
i 4 Antigua, but she has not any news from
t it position too far northward for any
ieSl Tanning from Antigua to touch, unless
-\':llthere by stress of weather. It is almost
Iteei:Lles to state that the rumours given in the
• '/
Journals are entirely without anyfoundation.

pr 'he Slianandoah, Captain West, which sailed
4111 Philadelphia on the 3d inst., and the Cape
tv belawar on the sth, arrived at Liverpool lastkt,etling. The papers brought by this convey-
ee do not contain news of interest.
111.5.0 intelligence of the President had reached
-11adelphia tip to the 3d inst.
C,

ki, 'BRIIIN(4 EIVIERY.—TIie report by the o,rll-
- for the Herrin,* Fishery of their proceedings during
The ear ended the sth of April, 1840, &e.,
)' commence, by observing, that, althoughthey could hardly
is now before us.
4:ect that the fishin in the year just ended, regarding which
vio,Y 4011 'report, could nearly equal in success that of the pre-
tha-s ymr (ended the sth of April, 1839), which was by far
41;41:!(}itsuceessful fishing that has yet o!teurred sinee the esta-
-I,ktiqt4llt of the Fishery Board, they have nevertheless the
41 -ihaetion gf being able to state, that, although the fishing
trCe Year otided the sth of April, 1840, fans short of the
knd total of that ended the sth of April, 1839, by the corn_
qtively small number of 11,61-0./1 barrels, it yet very uch
ilht",tl,B the fishing of any previous year, &c.. It appfars, also,
't the total quantity of herrings cured witin the period of this
port
543, 945 barrels, and the total quantity exported
2 barrels. The total number of vessels which have been
44„„ eitt7ards for the British herring fishery in the year
ktts6tt
14.1' fli'd 4pcii 1840, is 195, and the total number which
I; .t)en'€nteretl.L4ids ffqm the said fishery during the same
lids 1.,' - , ' . . - •
1, lin' 4*
q AtronDl4 PA NORA AIA.-,-On Sam.* the
, tilt.
iisk - of Wellington paid a visit to tho. panoramas of St,
to 4 Cl.' Acre and Damascus, in Leicester-square. He
bliP:ltted in good health and spirits, and took very great
Pk„r,elt in the views, which were explairel to him by the
N'',,..,`er and a military gentleman who had lately been in
tie,:ll4_,t, On leaving the exhibition the Duke V 738 loudly
-64 by those waiting outside to see his Grace depart.
W
IN e are glad to learn, in the best informed quar-
k,: that there exists no likelihood whatever of the case of
iph,tv.l'Leod leading to any rupture of the friendly rola-
" uetween Great Britain and the United States.