The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The Rodney, 92, Captain
Collier, is ready for sea, and will go out of harbour on
Monday. It is reported that she is to go as flag ship to
the East Indies.

The St. Vincent, 120 flag ship, will be ready to pro-
ceed to Spithead towards the latter end of next week.
She has been removed to her usual moorings, and is now
taking in her guns. The contemplated improvements,in
this ship have been abandoned for the present, as it
would require so long a time to complete them, that all
hope of her joining in the summer cruise in the channel
must, in that case, be given up. An addition of about
six inches to her false keel is all that has been done.
The Phcenix, steam sloop, Commander Dennis, sailed
this afternoon for Gibraltar. _

The Endymion, 44, Captain Lambert, arrived at Ber-
muda on the 24th ult. On the preceding Sunday, in the
afternoon, while running with a fair sind, she was over-
taken by a tremendously heavy squall. The men were
aloft on the yards reducing sail, when the force of the
wind struck the ship; in an instant the eye-bolt on the
mainmast head, to which the foreyard brace-block is
attached, gave way, the fureyard broke in the slings,
and the weight of it carried away the fore-topsail parrill,
and before the men on the yard could secure themselves,
seven of them dropped into the water, and were lost; the
ship then running ten knots through the water.
The Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Henderson.—The
following is an extract of a letter from an officer be-
longing to this vessel, which we give in order to show
the injustice of those parties who decry our steam men-
of-war. The letter is dated Madeira, March 4th, 1846 .
—" The engines work so smoothly that there is not
the least jerking with them, and they have done their
duty well in this last gale—such a gale as I hope we
shall never have to encounter again. The Tweed, one
of the crack West India mail boats, sailed from
Southampton on the 17th February, and the Sampson
sailed from Plymouth on the 20th following. The
Tweed got to Madeira twenty hours before us, so that
we beat her three days. The first five days she had
fine weather, whilst we had scarcely any, and this should
be reckoned relative to our comparative speed. Our
name is up as being a fast vessel. We went twelve
knots an hour under steam alone, coming into this port
—when we got smooth water the engines making
eighteen and a half revolutions. I never was in a vessel
before where we had to ease her going head to sea.
We have been glad to give all we could on purpose to
make them steer, but the Sampson goes too fast, so that
we have been forced to aid the engines. The Tweed
could not stand the gale, but it well tested our sea quali-
ties ; and we all like the Sampson, as being a perfect
steamer, and a good sea boat, and the Captain is highly
pleased with her."
The Contest man-of-war brig, constructed by Mr.
White, was launched from the projector's building slip
at Cowes, this morning, and was directly taken in tow
by the Comet steam vessel, and brought into the harbour
to be fitted for commission. She is 450 tons burden.
The Apollo, troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, is in
the harbour, under orders to refit. At the time of her
departure from Monte Video, Rear-Admiral Inglefield's
flag was flying in the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald.
The Dock-yard artizans employed on the Apollo, are
ordered to work from six in the morning to seven at
night, to expedite her. It is understood she is to take
troops to the East Indies.
The Excellent has been again at practice this week in
testing and trying the range of new guns, among which
are a number of long-short guns, designed for the use of
the brigs hitherto denominated la•gun brigs, which are
in future to be armed with only twelve of these guns of
32-pound bore, instead of the 32-pound carronades
which they have previously carried. The trials have
been very satisfactory. These guns weigh only 45 cwt.
each.

DETERMINED SUICIDE —Ye terdal morning, between
tea and eleven o'clocgkr,oaomdettnertni:isned suicide
. was committed
by James Branch, a the service of Candon, Esq.,
of Little Chelsea. The unfortunate
master man had,. on Saturday,
received warning from his quit his service in a
month. Afterwards he stated to hgiisvtfeeell9w-servants that lie
himi a
.character, and
was fearful his master would not
gig
fnirm
toirning he received
he appeared much dejected. Yesterday
iettstables to the
orders to bring the horse and
the foot-
.house, and, having been gone a considerable
man WILS sent to the stable to know the cause. trn.tein entering
the stables, be discovered the groom suspended by a rope to
a beam, quite dead.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT BARRING.
--An inquest was held on Saturdayr before C. C. Lewis
Esq., Coroner for South Essex, at Barking,
mg, on the body of a
person, name at present unknown
he inquest was first
opened on Wednesday last, and adjourned. From the evi-
dence it appears that the deceased crossed the iron bridge at
Bromley late on Friday night, Foing in the direction of
Barking, having a hat on at the time. The following morn-
ing a labouring man, whilst passing down the lower road
from Barking to Dagenham, pickel up a pair of black kid
gloves which were lying by the side of a ditch. In stooping
to du so lie saw the body of a man lying face downwards in it.
With assistance it was got out and conveyed to the Harrow
beer-shop, Barking. Search was then made fur the hat, but
it could nut be found, nor was there anything in the pockets
of the deceased. On the jury re-assembling on Saturday, no
additional evidence was forthcoming, and they returned an
open verdict of " Found drowned." The following deacrip.
tion of the deceased was given :—lleiglit about 5 fe.et 4
inches, and age from 30 to 34 apparently ; his dress consisted
of a blue body coat, nearly new, with gilt buttons, black trou-
sers and waisteoat, and clarence boots, nearly new.
AQUATICS.—F. Lett, of Lambeth, and T. Cook, of
Westminster (two first-rate rowers), are matched to my
from Battersea to Hammersmith, on the 28th of April,
for 50/.
DIVIDEND UPON A BANKER'S ESTATE.—Some hall
century ago there existed in Bond-street a banker's establish-
ment, known as Messrs. Strange, Dashwood, and Co. About
45 years have elapsed since the house suspended payment,
and several dividends upon the estate have at considerable
intervals been paid. Within the last few days we understand
a sixth dividend of Bd. in the pound, making in all 13s. 4d.,
has been in course of payment. The firm, we believe at the
period when it stopped payment, comprised two M.P.'s, and
two, if not three, Scotchmen ; and (some of the elder mem-
bers of the banking fraternity will probably recollect) stood,
if we mistake not,inthis wisellessrs. Strange, Dashwood,
Welwyn, Agnew, and M'George.
GAMEKEEPER SHoir.—llenry Jackson, head game-
keeper to Sir George Sitwell, Renishaw-hall, and who has
only recently been appointed such, went out near the hall on
his rounds on Tuesday
before three men suddenlyei t.He had not been out long
came to'vards him, and one of
them fired a gun at him, but missed his aim. The same man
fired again, and shot him in the thigh. By some means he
got into the hall, when medical aid was soon procured for
him, and about a dozen of the shots extracted. Information
was forwarded to the Sh ILI
had a knowledge of the in
localityt he m oarnndi ni gt
e,
and an officer who ' eeh' police early
inhabitants was promptly dispatched -to apprehend the
policemiya
offenders, who were known the wounded man. In the
policeman succeeded in apprehending
course of the day the
four of the persons, who were suspected to have been
Twwo were taken at con-
cernedEck-
in the murderoas attempt.
ington, and two at Mosboroug,
were al,o found in the posse lion of these
powder and shot, gun!, . with some
men. They were taken before a magistrate,e. at Eckington
and remanded to Sheffield, where they arrived on Wednes:
day.—Sheffield Mercury.
te sorry to
FALL OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE.—We are
London
Newcastle
l
announce thrt the trallic on that portion of the
n
and Carlisle Railway leading from the station on
road to the canal, has suffered a temporary suspension,
consequence of the bridge having given way. Thee in
bridge
originally was erected upon piles, and the recent i4e
heavy
hoods have deepened the river at one of the piers to such an
extent that the piles have given way, and two of the arches
have sunk on the lower side of the bridge fully two feet, and
thus rendered the line impassable for the trains. A tem-
porary wooden bridge will be immediately erected to keep
up the connexion with the canal navigation, and, in the
meantime, wooden planks have been laid across the bridge
to admit of the waggons being drawn across by horses to the
canal.

WATFORD FARMERS' CLUB.
DISCUSSION ON TENANT RIGHTS.
On Tuesday, the Watford Farmers' Club held its half-
yearly meeting, when the question of " tenant rights"
was introduced for discussion by Robert Clutterbuck,
Esq. There was a good attendance.
Mr. CLUTTERIMCK, in introducing the subject of
" tenant rights," made the following remarks:—lt is
quite undeniable that the establishment of farmers' clubs,
has not only called forth during the last few years a very
considerable amount of local and general information,
bat has enabled the individual members to impart to their
brother agriculturists the result of that experience, which
is the basis of all improvements;—they have effected,
perhaps, even more positive good, by offering to landlord
and tenant that neutral ground so long wanted, on which
both parties have a fair opportunity, in the spirit of ami-
cable discussion of drawing attention to points of prac-
tice, which they may have found either to be prejudicial
to, or as likely to advance those mutual interests which
ought to be inseparable. Investigations carried on ilenmtltiais-
spirit cannot fail, whilst they elicit much
oyre closely feelings, and
gemthuesrt
h t ear;
et oa ennactouur
ar al gtee
ten
those ngeryo wt toh
do
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those in whose union lies their real strength. All will
admit that in these times the farmer can only hope to
obtain a living profit from his occupation, in proportion
to the amout of capital he has invested; to the energy
and intelligence he employs in carrying out such a system
of husbandry and rotation of crops as are best adapted
to the peculiarities of the soil he cultivates. Increased '
production and economy of management must, in future,
be his sheet anchor. The well-being of individuals, and
the general interests of the community at large, demand
equally, that when the period or mode of occupation can
be shown to deter the tenant from adopting an improved
mode of husbandry, such relaxation or change should
be made without delay, as might promote those mutual
advantages, which, as between landlord and tenant, I
have before stated to be identical, and can only be per-
manently advanced by their cordial co-operation. The
result of experiments prove, day by day, that we have
yet further to develope the productive powers of the soil;
but in no point of view are they of more importance than
as involving the solution of the problem whether agri•
culture, as yet in its infancy, may not, by affording in-
creased means of support to the labouring classes, absorb
in its onward progress a large portion of what has
been so long called our surplus population. While
the manufacturer, by the aid of machinery, can in-
crease, as the tide of prosperity serves, his power of pro-
duction, and during periods of depression may contract
at will his sphere of operations—the routine of hus-
bandry, comparatively monotonous in its details, admits
of no such interruptions. Every step in advance entails
the necessity of employing a greater amount of manual
labour, which must in itself be of better quality, and
would therefore be fairly entitled to more liberal re-
muneration. The management of valuable stock and
implements imparts to labourers a feeling that they form
part of a well-organised economy, and they are thus
raised in the social scale. Who then is to fix limits to
that spirit of inquiry now so generally lighted up
through the length and breadth of the land, as to the
means of substantial comforts and contentment, or of
physical, and, consequently, moral improvements, we
may thus be the means of providing for this portion of
our fellow-countrymen ? The philanthropist may
devise plans, whether of colonization, emigration, or
the allotment of land, calculated—in his opinion—
to afford temporary relief ; but employment is
the legitimate, the most natural source of en-
couragement to those whose capital consists in the.
labour of their hands. It is in this most essential,
most vital point of view, that the science and
practice of agriculture offer the greatest inducement
to us to redouble our combined exertions. We can
never impress too earnestly upon landlords, tenants, and
labourers, that in thus working together we not only ad-
vance the public good, but must best forward those indi-
vidual interests which come home s 3 naturally to each
and all of us with such peculiar force. On referring to
the discussions of the numerous farmers' clubs through-
out the country, it is impossible not to be struck with the
importance so very generally attached to the subject
which I am to bring before you this day, namely,
"Tenant Rights." I shall confine myself to giving as
shortly as I can a general outline of the question as it
now stands, and leave others more competent than my-
self to fill up those blanks which-can only be supplied by
long practice and experience. They say a " fellow feel-
ing makes us wondrous kind." I am myself in occupa-
tion of some land from year to year. I have felt and do
feel the uncertainty of the tenure ; that it cannot fail to
be detrimental to the investment of capital and the ad-
vancement of agriculture ; whilst, on the other hand, as a
landlord, I shall endeavonr to point out those relations
which appear to be mostconducive to the mutual advantage
of both landlord and tenant. After some consideration,
it is my deliberate opinion that it would not only be im-
practicable to frame a legislative enactment which would
meet the difficulties of the question. but that, by the
agitation of that point not only much valuable time
would be lost, but that during the discussion feelings and
expressions might possibly find vent, which might in
reality postpone a final settlement satisfactory to both
parties. In every instance where a tenant is prepared
with sufficient capital, I entirely agree with Mr. Cuth -
bert Johnston—there can be nothing like " a good, a
long, a liberal lease." Indeed, I can hardly conceive
that, under ordinary circumstances, any man would be
rash enough to invest a large amount of capital in a
farm without a lease ; but even then great care must be
taken that the covenants are drawn by a person of prac-
tical experience. On the other hand, the landlord who
grants a term of twenty-one years, and thus parts with
all control over. his property for so long a period, must
necessarily, in self-defence, make for his own safety such
arrangements as may guarantee him not only the im-
provement of the farm, but such as will provele for its
being handed over to him at the end of the term in as
good condition at least as it was at the commencement.
It is clear that there must be many instances in which
existing tenants could hardly be able to give this guaran-
tee ; the difficulty of the question lies in this point only,
how those tenants who hold from year to year can re-
ceive a guarantee for that outlay of capital which at the
time of their quitting may fairly be said to be exhausted.
in the land, and which would fairly entitle them to com-
pensation. If practical farmers will attentively consider
this question, and bring forward each his own views?
there is but little doubt, looking at the anxiety on the
subject so generally expressed, that any judicious land-
lord will avail himself readily of such information, and
feel himself bound by interest, as well as a sense of jus-
tice' to forward, as far as in him lies, the settlement of
this question of tenant right. It would be the best safe-
guard against the uncertainty of that ill-defined term,
" customs of the country," which leads so often to liti-
gation, causes, in many instances, feelings of irritation
and dissatisfaction, and, when investigated, generally
fails to protect the landlord, on the one hand, from the
deteriorated condition of' his farm at the end of a term,

thereby rendering it more difficult for him to procure a
good tenant to enter on a bad holding; and where a
tenant has already expended money which gives him a
fair claim to compensation, it is equally incompetent to
enforce payment by the landlord of what, under a better
understood system of" tenant rights," would be enforced
as a matter of simple justice.
Lore ESSEX thanked Mr. Clutterbuck for the manner

in which he had brought this subject before the Club.
He was ready and willing to give his word and his
bond to remunerate his tenants for all permanent and
unexhausted improvements, or to afford any other
security to his tenants to induce them to farm in a
liberal manner. His Lordship also stated that the late
Lord Leicester would only let farms at the rate of one
acre to every ten pounds of capital, and his Lordship
also thought that one drawback on the land in some
localities was the fact that farmers held too much for
their capital.
After some discussion,
Mr. CLUTTERBUCK proposed the following resolution,
which was unanimously agreed to :—" That the pies-
sonneott,lfrad'lltyenant rights' is well worthy of consideration,
a
agrAiciateltrur iec:a,l,culated to promote the interests of both
landlord and tenant, and the advancement of ' practical
a t the
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relative
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the cloth was rem',
discussion,Arens,
the members dined together
the Earl of Essex presiding. When
ThetEostosinvieexdrose. and after some prefatory re-
marksurlives,
at no
of the club, said—At no
country, has it ever be
period of 0
neces-
sary for all who are contnectetidlinwki
en pleriod in the history of our
garbi
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no
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tunt
,thsoa
themselves to the utmost, reel absolutely
°est;
in the profession they have
nveot only to advance themselves
their heads abuve water.
chosen,hi but even to keep
r, hear.) That
prop on which you have been accustomed
years past, and which you have beens accustomedomedtolean for
to con-
sider as conducive to your success tlias
prop,
is about to be removed. That broken reed—protection
Ir
obttelie.oive,
which you have long been accustomed to depend
about to be taken from you, and therefore I think you
will agree with me that if ever it was essential, it is now
more than ever essential that you should exert your-
selves.— (Hear, hear.) No
doubt, by a great mea-
sure of this sort, as by all great measures, however
beneficial they may be to the groat mass of the
by all great change, I say,
country at large ll h )
must suffer—(ear, hear.
such as this, some persons
On this occasion there are two classes of farmers
who are more liable to be injured than any others. Theeb
first class comprehends all those who have hitherto
been
farming without capital—men who, I should say, and I
say it with greater freedom, because I believe there are
none here who are in that situation—men who never
should have been farmers at all ; because it is clear that
if there is an occupation in which, owing to the vicissi-
tudes of the seasons, capital is absolutely necessary, it is
the occupation of farming. I, therefore, frankly and
freely say that if those who are farming from hand to
mouth, as it is termed—men who ought not to be farmers,
should suffer from this change, however much we may be
sorry for the individuals, yet we shall not be surprised.—
(Hear, hear.) The next class of men is those who, hav-
ing capita!, possess not sufficient confidence in their own
energies, or in the productive powers of the soil, to em-
ploy that capital to the best advantage. With regard
to that class, I must say, that if, in addition to
their unwillingness to employ capital, they should also
feel an unwillingness to throw over their deep-
rooted prejudices, and many of those antiquated ideas
which still exist in the breasts of many farmers ;
if they feel unwilling again to go to school, and
to benefit by the advantages of science, and the expe-
rience of others, both of which are now so lavishly
offered them ; it' they are unwilling to enter the race of
improvement which is now so general throughout the
country—to those men I must say, as their best friend,
that they should leave their profession before they lose
the remainder of their fortunes.—(Hear, hear.) For if
they determine to stand still while others are advancing,
they will find that those who are possessed of more
energy and enterprise will outrun and cast them down.
—(Wear, hear.) These are the classes of men who I
believe will suffer most from the great changes which are
about to take place ; but there is another class who have
capital, and who, I believe, cannot better.employ it than

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will return a liberal and handsome interest. Those men
who have the courage to avow and to throw over their
ancient prejudices. and who possess minds sufficiently to
induce them to adopt all known improvements—those
men, I believe, will live to see the day when those mea-
sures will confer the greatest benefit upon themselves
and the country, and they will arrive at a pitch of
prosperity hitherto unknown. They will find that which
they have hitherto been disposed to depend upon is most
fallacious ; they will find that it robbed them of one
half the energy which, as Englishmen of intelligence,
they ought to possess ; they will find that they have
hitherto been ignorant of what they themselves are
capable of doing, and of what the soil of England is
capable of producing ; they will find themselves as ig-
norant in those respects as a man who, having been ac-
customed to go upon crutches all his life, is of what he
could do if the use of his limbs were restored to him ;
they will find that what is commonly called " high
farn.ling" is the course which they must in future pur-
sue ; that they must not fear liberally to use the great
advantages of farming with sheep and artificial manures,
which fast I look upon as a positive gift of Providence ;
above all, they will find it necessary to increase their
quantity of live stock ; they will find it necessary to
have such crops of turnips that they may still continue
to keep as large an amount cf sheep as they now do,
and still be able to carry a third, or a fourth, of the
crop to the yard to fatten bullocks, and thereby make
such an increase in the quantity and quality of
the dung as shall repay them.—(Hear, hear.)
I believe it is more for the advantage of all of us
to grow four quarters an acre at forty shillings, than
three at fifty shillings. So, with regard to meat ; I
should wish to see so great a quantify of meat raised in
this country that the farmers could afford to sell it at
two-thirds of the prices it is now fetching. What
would be the consequence of that ? Why, that those
who now eat meat once or twice a week at the utmost
would eat it two or three times a week, and thus, as re-
gards the producer, the increased consumption would
more than equal the diminution in price. Now, with
respect to the manufacturers, I believe that this measure
will prove most beneficial to them, and I am firmly con-
vinced, from the sympathy which exists between the ma-
nufacturing and the agricultural interest, that, whatever
is advantageous to, and conduces to the prosperity of,
the manufacturer, must conduce to the interest of the
agriculturist. One great cause of the prosperity of the
manufacturer was this—notwithstanding he has had
taxes of all sorts to contend with, and also a high tax
on the raw materials which he manufactuaed, he has
proved himself superior to all the other manufacturers
of the world, and has competed with and beaten all the
world ; he has employed Isis capital liberally and skil
fully: On all occasions he has adopted the new improve-
ments in mechanics, and invariably profited by the
advantages which science, in its various branches, could
confer upon him. And I would venture to hold
out the same inducement to you, and say, the judicious
and liberal employment of capital will enable you, as it
has enabled the manufacturer of this country, to compete
—and that successfully—with the wide world. Many of
you, no doubt, have been surprised, after hearing me
address you not long ago at the meeting of St. Alban's
on the subject of the corn-laws—you must have been
surprised, I say, to hear me express the sentiments I
have just uttered.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I own—and I
do so with a feeling somewhat akin to shame—that the
sentiments I then expressed were adopted by me at the
time when Providence first cast me among you, previous
to which period I took but little interest in this subject.
I found myself cast among those whose lot was fixed to
the soil, and whose whole interest and prosperity were
dependent on the soil, and at a moment when the subject
of the corn-laws first became most interesting. With that
facility which most people are too apt to show in adopt-
ing opinions that apparently favour their own interests,
I adopted the opinions of those among whorl I was
classed, and I take shame to myself when I say that I
did so without duly inquiring and fairly considering the
subject. I continued to maintain those opinions until I
saw that the questisn was coining to a crisis, and then I
found, after deep consideration and strict inquiry, that
those opinions were erroneous. I saw that the crisis
would shortly arrive, when, in the House of Lords, I
should be called upon to give a vote upon this question,
and I then felt that my pre-conceived opinions, however
honest they might have been, were not sufficient
grounds on which to give a vote on this deeply
important subject. I felt that as a Member of the
House of Lords, I was bound to reconsider the ques-
tion—as an honest man to give an unbiassed vote, and
therefore, to devote the same attention and give the
same good consideration to every argument and state-
ment made on one side of the question as, I am ashamed
to say, I had hitherto given only to those on the other.
The result was, that I came to the conclusion that the
fears which are entertained on this subject will prove
erroneous. I have already stated that I believe the
new measure will be productive of great good. When
I consider the progressive state of the population of this
country—a population increasing a thousand souls a
day—l cannot believe that the farming of this country,
however much it has improved, can possibly keep pace
with the increase of the population. When you con-
sider that the first want of all people is a sufficiency
of food, I think you will allow that the measure is jus-
tified by the circumstances of the times; and I would
have you take my word for it, that the employment of
capital and the exercise of skill will not be injurious,
but will produce this effect—that both the employed
and the employer will be ultimately more happy and
prosperous. I beg, in conclusion, again to propose
" Long success and prosperity to the Watford Farmers'
Club."
R. CLUTTERBUCK, Esq., proposed the " Health of the
Earl of Esgex," which was drunk with hearty cheers.
The Earl of ESSEX returned thanks.

S. MAJORIBANKS proposed the health of Mr. Clutter-
buck, which was drunk with cheers, and suitably re-
sponded
,to.
N. HIBBERT, Esq., differed with his Noble Friend
(the chairman) in the view he had taken of the corn-law
question. He was not disposed to take the most gloomy
view of the effects of the Government measures, but ho
thought that they bad been introduced with a rapidity
and precocity which would occasion extreme difficulty to
those whose capital was engaged in agriculture. "I, for
one (continued Mr. ilibbert) will not despond, for I
think that when these measures shall have been fully
brought into operation, at the end of that time, either
by the increased demand which will arise in consequence
of these measures—(' Hear, hear,' from Lord Essex)
—or in consequence of the increased facilities which
will be given to some of the operations of farming; or,
perhaps, in consequence of all of us coming down in some
of our demands—(Hear, hear)—agriculture may, at the
end of that period, be as progressive as it is at present."
After a few other speeches and toasts,
The Earl of ESSEX proposed " The health of the
Tenant Farmers," advising them to keep their courage
up, and assuring them that, in the end, " they would be
more prosperous and better farmers than they had
hithertD been."
The company then separated.—Hertford Mercury.

MEDICAL REFORM.
On Saturday evening a large meeting of the general
committee of associated surgeons was held at the Free-
masons' Tavern. The meeting was especially convened
to deliberate on the steps advisable to be adopted at
the present conjuncture in furtherance of medical reform.
Mr. .Borromev, surgeon of Croydon, and president
of the committee, took the chair ex-officio.
Mr. Orrixv, the secretary, announced that Dr. Fer-
guson, of Bath, and Mr. Noble of Manchester, had
joined the association. He also stated that some time
since a deputation from the association had waited upon
the council of the Royal College of Surgeons to inquire
as to any measures the council contemplated, and al-
though the deputation was promised an answer early in
February to their inquiries, and to their suggestions of
medical reform, no reply had as yet been received. A
meeting of the National Association of Medical Prac-
titioners was to be held shortly, and though its manag-
ing members had volunteered no communication with
that committee, it was desirable that there should be
combination in their efforts. As to the council of the
College of Surgeons there was a hope of amicable agree-
ment with them ; therefore it was wisdom for the com-
mittee to act for itself with the sanction and support of
the profession at large, and with powerful unanimity
place their grievances, and the remedies for them, before
the legislature.
Mr. LEWIS considered that the Lancet, in the thirteen
resolutions it had published, had fully explained the
points requiring the co-operation of the faculty. He
feared that Mr. Wakley did not receive upon the subject
efficient support in the House of Commons, and wished
to know from the lion. Gentleman whether, under the
circumstances, he was prepared to bring before the Legis-
lature a Bill on medical reform?

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though he was by hasty pledges given to corrupt medi-
cal corporations, provided the general practitioners were
unanimous. If they were, the Minister would feel it his
duty to bring the amelioration of their condition, as sug-
gested by themselves, to a successful issue.—(Hear.)
With respect to the council of the College of Surgeons,
the faculty at large would recollect how it had been
humbled and insulted by that exclusive body, whose
privileges, granted by Parliament, were intended for
the benefit of the whole profession, and by consequence,
of the public, and not for the advantage of a few self-
interested and avaricious individuals. The power ?ar-
liament bad granted to the council Parliament could
take away, but it would not do it unless the profession
en masse urged the necessity of it. The voice of the
profession should be universal and general in demanding
the alteration in the constitution of the council. They
could not expect Parliament to interfere in their behalf
so long as dissensions prevailed amongst themselves.
Distinct meetings were held in divers places—there
was neither regularity nor unanimity in their proceed-
ings, and so long as they were absent their exertions
would be futile. He advised the formation of one ge-
neral body acting harmoniously, the result of whose
simultaneous and harmonious efforts would end, he
confidently predicted, in complete success.—(Cheers.)
He would suggest a general convocation or medical con-
gress, to be chosen by members of the faculty in their
several counties, and to sit .and decide upon the items