The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

their medical man was endeavouring to establish a different
d:etary fr en that which was allowed, the House f
might well he
justified on this occasion in hesitating to take. it r granted,
upon ;he authority of the unsupported case. of the Honourable
Member, that bodies of gentlemen, acting as Boards of Guar-
dians, would come to a vote to refuse to pauper patients that
medical relief which was ordered by a medical man in whom
they confided."
His Lordship did not perceive that, in his anxiety to overtop
Lord John Russell (who was borne out by the occasion) in an
attack on the Honourable Member far Finsbury, he was passing
the most severe condemnation on the hearth of guardians.
They are not entitled to retain medical of eters in whom they
do not confide, far that would be to proclaim that they were
regardless of the Eves of the poor under their care. They are
bound to dismiss a medical officer the moment they are satisfied
he either nealects or is unfit for his duty. But so long as
trey rs twin him, his prescriptions ought not to be counter-
tsanded. The guardians cannot be judges of the treatment
',.which a patient reay require ; and if by ill-judged regulations
thi7 interfere with the duty of the -medical officer, and death
enaties in consequence, we hold the guardians to be the cause of
that death. Lord Howick would seem to th nk that an union could
no more get rid o:a medical officer, than the nation of a lord ; that
as far as bleidin, or phraing goes the poor are for ever at his dis-
cretion ; and that' all the d'scretionary.yower of the guardians
is co:dined to the preventing dabilltatect patients from receiving
anything nutritines. We are astonished chat so sensible a man
as Mr. Grote should vindicate the boards of guardians in the
cases adduced. They were clearly in the'wrong. The beards of
guardians meet at intervals of a greater or less duration ; some-
tin- C 3 many days intervene between their sittings. But a pa-
tient may require instantly that. v. ry relief to which by their
regulations their consent is necessary. " A dead man is but a
dead man," says a character in Mo:iere, " but rules are every
thing." Fo say the. Uxbridee and Nottingham guardians.
'Whether, therefore, the guardians' make a regulation that
their censent- shall be necessary for the, allowance of certain
prescriptions, or directly interfere nod say that certain pre-
scr:ptions shad not be allowed, they invade the functions of a
responsible officer. Thee are the exc, pt ions to the rule. We
have no d .übt that boards of gua thane in general act with the
liberality deecriked by Mr. Ward, aed are not guilty of fhe I
f .11y of tlmpering with the treatment
tham ohserved that- there was no satisflirea the Legislature that
they dist not know how to make shoes betterthan a shoemaker;
and Mr. Crate, by way of comment, tells us that every farmer
or shoakeeper of a board of guardians can tell better than the
physic an when draetics or stimulants should be given to a
patient.
The Times of this m. orning, reverting again to the question
of the New Poor-law, remarks as follows :—" At this moment,
it must be evident to every man that the Commissioners of
the Poor-law have r.o hope left, except in the sufferance of Sir
R. Peel ; a word from him would seal the fate of Lord J. Rus-
sell's Bill, and we will nture to say if that word were uttered,
it would be received with acclamation. The country longs for it '
—demands it—expects it; the Conservative Members, as a
body, desire it with restless impatience; the humane and in-
depends.nt s..etion of the Liberal pat ty would echo it back with
joy. A great opportunity is in Sir ltobert Peel's hands, and if
he neglects to use it, a great responsibility wilt lie on him."
The Morning Post thus expresses itself on the subject of
Mr. Lelmuchere's proposed colonial trade arrangements :
" As the circumstances of our foreign and colonial commerce are
so very va-iable and ununiffirm, any general system, whether
of free trade or restriction, must be unwise. We hope Mr.
Labouchere will, pause and well consider the prob Ale practical
effects of his propased colenial arrangements in respectof trade -
before he iroceeds with a system whiclieli..s 'as yet done no
-
good." . -

The Morning Heraid, speaking of the Poor-law, says :--
WhethQr it be that the worship of Mammon has become an
inretcratc epidemic
.among all classes of Biitish satiety, or
from what other or more hidden cause, we cannot tel!, but the
pulsations of chavi able emotion seem, from day to day',to grow
fe,Aler in Blitish hearts in high piaces, as the New Poor-law
w:th all its horrors is rendered familiar to the public,contern-
yl,tina. An e:;grossing, incre-7s:ng. impracticable selfishness,
seems to accumulate, on this stagnation of hol r feelings, like
an iceberg that has floated beyond the influences of those warm
and active currents which could alone prevent its expansion in
bulk and depth and frozen solidity."

FUNERAL QV A DISTINGUISHED
ACTOR. IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

The Journal des Debats announces in the following
tarns the funeral of one of the most extraordinary actors
in the rcvo!utionary
" Yqs:erlay Was ptrfprinefl the modest funeral. cf J. A.
Row, v.bo was a,principal netor-in one of the most honour-
able events_ e,f our icybltrion,- namely, the of the 9th'
• tiler;-nY.er.••. Rose was a Scotchman by birth, and a Prc
te3thct by !"e!igicr. The pastor Coque el accompanied
• his re.r.a cc to the grave,-and in in .Cloqtient oration reca-
pitul.,tacl 1113 price p:1 events of his life.
" Named :t1,41.er of the Nstleinal A?.sembly, Rose; by his
conduc.-., I.:is:el himself above his positive, and became the
friend of the most distingui-ficd 'men of that epoch. Mira
beau was:particularly. a:tiched to him, and, when dying,
appointed him -.by will to execute his cci Ites. On the eve:
of•tho• 10 li r f !August he found rn••ans to warn the_ unfortu.
zee 'Leeii XVI. cf the evils which threatened him.

" During the time the King'd trial tasted Rose paid
every attention to the monarch, and rendered the same
services to the Queen. those good actions, as well as
maly o:hers, were unknown to tl e work'. In 1814, the
Duke de Choiseul having met Roso is the lobby of thi
Chamber cf Peers, ihrew himself on 1 i 3 reek, exelairriig,

one-of tie happiest dAys:of. my friends
of Rese were alone acquaiwei with the number of per-;
eons whnse live; he NO . .Ribant St. Etienne owed

his• lire to him, fiat I ist it tt a later peri3d. The Duke de
MentesquLu, more fortunate, awai el the end of 'he reign..
of terror iS the asyluM ss hit h -Rinse had prr eared for him.
" Irt fine, he sctv,d as an istrument for the Ssf :ty cf all.
As-uSher.Of the Convention-it-was he who arrested Rohe!,
pierre..
.Having then gene with -Courvpi to carry the de-
cree ,f accu,.ati(an to the commune, he was pursued by a
furious multitue, ancLouly o.vcd his saf.ty to his physical
strength and his intrepidity. Ti.is circumstance made ar.
impresiion Upon him v,hich v.-a: never effaced. It was this
Est, he used to say with strung erm.tior, the same tirr e
showing his li.rje -wasthis fist which arrested the
znonste-:
" 112 presetvid his functions at the Counel cf Ancients,
who voted him a sword of honour for the firmne.ts which
Tre4iql,;yed du•ing a stonily.
4,1 n 184 M. de Seri-waffle attached him to the Cham-
ber. of re-rF, and he only resigned " his si.IL tion %hen
We'gheti down by iofirmi.Ls of old age. From that
period he led-a rei.-crl hfv, devoted to I teratwe and the
pree*e of all Chtistisn,vi!tues. He died at the age of 84,
elrancluil conscience of a man who bad concluded
!it well-spent