The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-28 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SOCIETY.

A numerous meeting of this Society was held on Saturday
evening, at their rooms in Great Windmill-street, for the
pirpose of taking into consideration the following notice of
notion given by Dr. Gregory—" That at the next meeting of
the Society, the opinion of the Members be taken on the sub-
je,:t of the resignation of the physicians and surgeons of the
General Dispensary, with the view of giving the thanks of the
Society to those Gentlemen, for their conduct on this occasion,
and of expressing, at the same time, the feeling of this Society
relative to what virtually amounts to the sale of appointments."
Mr. Pettigrew, the President, in the Chair. Dr. Gregory spoke
in general terms of approval of the resignation of the physi-
cians and surgeons of the General Dispensary in Aldersgate_
street, and moved a resolution to the effect, that it is the opi-
nion of the Society, that for the interests of the sick poor, and
the respectability of the medical profession, appointments to
public charities should be free from suspicion that they are open
to purchase. It was carried unanimously. Other resolutions
were adopted, one of which was, a vote of thanks to the Gen-
tlemen who had resigned, and another of thanks to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex for having also resigned his
situation as President of the Dispensary. The meeting then
broke up.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, OCT. 27.--Arrived the Spanish packet, Wrightson,
from Cadiz, Arrived from the river and sailed the Ann,
Wildy, and Ruth, Hoare, for Jamaica. Yesterday, at one p.m.,
the Duke of Wellington steamer, from the coast of France,
reported to have the Marchioness of Palmella on board, went
alongside the James Watt steamer, in the Downs, and both
Proceeded to the westward at three p.m. Sailed the Planets
Bauley, for
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. X ♦ND 27.—Wind E.—Sailed the Ze.
nobia, Owen, from Bengal. Arrived his Majesty's steamer
Flamer, for the Eastward.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind S.S.E , strong gale, eight p.m.,
S.W., strong, with violent squalls.—Arrived the Sally Ann,
John, from Lisbon ; and Orestes transport, from Portsmouth
for Bermuda.

FALMOUTH. OCT. 25 AND 26.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W., strong
gales, with violent squalls.—Arrived the Four Sisters, Tre.
mayne, from Lisbon.
DARTMOUTH, OCT. :A —A rriv ed off port the Coriolanus,
Jones, from Havannah.

COWES, OCT. 27.—Arrived the Ceres, Da(gin, from Buenos
Ayres.

TOPsIiAM, OCT. 'X.—Arrived the William Ash, Randle,
from Quebec.

TORBAY, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Juanita Fano, Comma, from
Faro.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Messenger, Ballame,
from Bahia; Antelope, Dalrymple, from Ceara; Blucher,
Smallmore, from Demerara; Ann, Swanford, from St. John's,
New Brunswick; Thalia, Hammond, from Trieste; and Ca-
lypso, Newman, from Lisbon. Off port the Rapid, Tweedie,
from Bahia; Sir William Wallace, Hannah, from Quebec;
Princess Victoria, from Miramichi ; and Carlton, from St.
John's, New Brunswick.

DUBLIN, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Hope, Rose, and Cam-.
brian, Roper, from Quebec.
WATERFORD, OCT. 525.—Arrived the Molly Moore, Henley,
from Pugwash—part of her cargo thrown overboard.
CORK, OCT. 25.—Arrived the Zebulon, Foster, from Picton ;
Independence, Griffith, from St. John's, New Brunswick ;
and Hannibal, Hastie, from Leghorn.

NEWRY, Ocz•. 26.—Arrived the William Fell, Farren, from
Quebec.

GREENOCK, Our. tn.—Arrived the Earl Cameron, from
Marseilles.

HULL, OCT. 'X.—Arrived the Abram, Hibbs, from Davis'
Straits ; and blancher, Todd, from Archangel.
JERSEY, OCT, 25.—Arrived the Olive Branch, Folle, from
Copenhagen.
S 1 ANGATE CREEK, OCT, 27.—Arrived the Pera, Preston
and Isabel, from Smyrna..

The LORD CHANCELLOR will receive the
Judges and King's Counsel at his house in Berkeley-
square, on Saturday next, being the first day of Michael-
mas Term.

The public desire to see Captain Ross may
be gratified on Wednesday next, as that celebrated n ivi-
gator will occupy the Gloucester box at Drury-lane, to see
Prince Lee 800.

BRISTOL AND LONDON RAILWAY.--On
reference to the advertisement of the Grand Western Railway
Committee, it will be seen that an important alteration has
been made in the plan, which will enable the projectors of the
line to commence operations at once, without staying for the
filling up of the original subscription list. It is proposed to
commence the line at the two extremities, and to carry it on
the Bristol side as far as Bath, and on the London side as far
as Reading; the advantage of this will be that operations may
be almost immediately commenced, with every prospect of an
immediate return for the capital invested ; thus adding a sti-
mulus to the completion of the line which did not previously
exist. Our own conviction is—that by adopting this method
the whole line will be much sooner laid down than if the Com-
mittee had determined to pursue the original course and com-
plete the road at once.—Bristot Mercury.

The post of Storekeeper in the Stationery
Office, to which the Key job gave such notoriety, is now
filled up, by the appointment of a competent person,
totally unconnected with the stationery business ; and re-
commended only by his respectability, assiduity, and busi-
ness habits. The individual is Mr. Huntley Gordon, who
was privately employed at the Treasury under three suc-
cessive Secretaries and four Administrations ; and has re-
cently had the superintendence of the Newspaper depart-
ment at the Stamp Office. He received the appointment
without any solicitation of his own, or the influence of
friends, and solely on the ground of his efficiency and
merits. Mr. Gordon will be remembered by some of our
readers as the private secretary of Sir Walter Scott, by
whom he was esteemed, and treated with much kindness
and confidence; in fact, be was the principal depositary of
the secret of " the Great Unknown." Mr. Gordon, we
believe, was educated for the Church ; but a deafness with
which be is afflicted, and which obliges him to use an ear
trumpet, prevented his being ordained. This infirmity,
however, will not affect the proper performance of his
duties at the Stationery
.Office; which (in addition to re-
sponsibility and trustworthiness) require only a clear sight
and a nicety of touch,—senses which, in Mr. Gordon,
have been &sther sharpened than otherwise by the dulness
of his hearing faculty. He will be as keenly alive to the
qualities of stationery as he is deaf to contractors..—
Spectator.

A remarkably fine chetah, or hunting leopard,
h,s been landed from the Susan, which arrived from
India a few days since. It is a present from Lady Wm.
Bentinck to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and was
taken to the Surrey Zoological Gardens previously to
being forwarded to Chatsworth.—Court Journal.