The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-02 00:00:00

COUNTY FRANCHISE BILL.

Mr. L. KING postponed' the second reading of the
County Franchise Bill from to-morrow until Thursday,
Jane the 10th.

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE-RELEASE OF MR.
W. WILKES.

On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON, the order of the
day was read for the consideration of Mr. W. Wilkes's
petition,

Mr. M. GIBSON moved Mr. Wilkes's discharge from
the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms in the usual form,
and on payment of the fees.
Mr. CLIVE regretted the retractati in had not been so
ample as the charge made. He had been informed that
the learned counsel on both sides, engaged in reference
to the railway scheme under the consideration of the
committee, had stated that his conduct, as chairman of
committee, was such that it was impossible for them to
form any opinion, up to the last moment, bow be would
vote, and they one and all declared that such a charge
as had been made against him was perfectly absurd.
After some remarks from Mr. ELLIOTT,
Mr. WALPOLE said there was a complete exonera-
tion of Mr. C ive's conduct in the petition of Mr. Wilkes
now before the house. He thought the hon. member
might now rest satisfied that with the petition before
the house coupled with the statement be had made rela-
tive to the opinion of the learned counsel engaged in the
case, his conduct bad been entirely exonerated in that
hous•., and would be so with. the country. He thought
the authority and dignity of the house, the character of
the hoc, member, and the conduct of the petitioner in
making his retractation bad put the house in a position
to allow Mr. Wilkes to be discharged in the ordinary
way. He only hoped the house would not have the
necessity of repeating such se :nes, which could only
occur when persons made imputations they could net
sustain, at,d which ought never to be made. (Elem..)
The motion for Mr. Wilkes's discharge was then agreed
to.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS BILL.
Mr. COWPER moved the second reading of this
bill. The object of the bill was three fold, viz., to esta-
tl:sh or.e unitoi m standard of education and qualification
—secondly, to establish a registry of all duly qualified
practitioners, and thirdly to abolish all local restrictions
and place all duly qualified practitioners upon
an equal footing throughout the country. The
examination would be made by the existing medical
bodies; but the new council, elected by the dif-
erent examining bodies, to be created by the bill would
have the power of determining whether such an exami-
nation would be sufficient to justify the issue of a licence
to practice, or whether there should be a second exami-
nation before themselves. The bill in no way interfered
with the privileges cf the College of Physicians.
Mr. BLACK opposed the bill on aceount of its com-
plicated nature. During the last three years five bills
had been introduced into the house, neither of which
provided for the wants of the people. The present legis-
lation that had taken place on the subject ought to be re-
pealed, and the members of the medical profession
allowed freedom of practice, and to make their way with
the public the same as the members of other professions.
The motion for the second reacting was then put, and
declared tc be carried.

Mr. BLACK objected to the decicion, as he had
said " no" to the second reading.
After some remark: from Mr. WALPOLE and the
SPEAKER to the effect that the hon. gentleman did not
say " no" at the right time,

The motion for tile second readicg was declared to
be carried.

Mr. COWPER then moved the committal of the bill
on the Bth June.

Mr. BLACK moved its committal this day six months.
Mr. BRADY urged that a change was required, and
that the question of medical reform demanded the
most serious consideration of the house. The provisions
of the bill had been discussed by all the medical
sicieties in the country, and were approved of by them.'
Mr. WALPOLE said the question of medical reform
had been some time before the house, but they had been
unable to see their way clear as t ) the best proposition
to be stippited by ttem. The three bills before the
house contained some points worthy of adoption, and
some the house ought not to sanction. Legislation ou
this subject was neeestary, but the difficulties they had
to encounter Were very great. The right bon. gentleman
referred to the anothales that ( xisted with reference to
the regulation of the itedical profession.
[LEFT SPEAKING I

METsfOIRS OF 1-11,0Etr,
—This work, which has just
appeared, is like y t -
o ezette unusual and general interest;
It is not only io ,atic and artistic circles that the
memoirs of mader
uom
avidity, for the . Rachel will be perused with
byidity,
so foil and whole vorld of readers must be attracted
particular an account
who achieved such extraordinary of the career of one
raordinary fame, and under such
extraordinary fame, and under such exceptional circum-
stances, as the great French tragedienne. The book is
full of amusing and clirracteristic anecdotes, not only
of Rachel ber-elf and ter family, but of the many re-
markable and distinguishedsh persons will whom during
her cheq uered life e came in contact, from King Louis
Philippe and the E
TRINITY COLLEGE,
of Russia downward..
Fell sw is Mr. John Leslie, DUBLIN.—The newly-elected
whose name, with Leslie, son of the Rev. E. Leslie
those ( f the scholars elected, was
declared on Mond.
t the chapels.
THE CHAIRMAN'SYR
HUNDRED or SALF01011; OF THE SESSIONS Ton THE
(LANoisalEE.)—The recent and
lamented death of
years the able
,hil Fred. Foster, Esq., for man
chairman of the Salford sessions, has beeny
marked this week the adoption of a suitable tribute
from the magistrates
ability. Mr. of
the county to his virtues Fosterand
ed from the Northern
bar, and discharged th:duties of the office with uni-
versal satisfaction. lye
was a Moravian and son of a
distinguished minister that denomination. At the
o
Salford sessions, on I
has for some time be
en enday, Mr. Eiward Ovens, who
attached to the Northern bar,
qualified as a count
magistrate, was subsequently
elected as a chairman EY,I the sessions. The salary is fixsd
at 6001 a-year.
THE PRINCE CONSORT.— A letter from Coblentz of the
29th ult , in the Cologne 6az rte, says—" Yesterday
evening Prince Albert, aeceom
palsied by the Princess of
Prussia, who went to meet
hun at Remagen, arrived
here on board the Herman:
steamer. The Prince only
stopped for the time nece::ary to receive the authorities
of the town, who had
hoi:enibled on the banks of the
Rhine, and in half an
afterwards continued his
journey, with the Princess torLtolzsbfels."
Henri Herz, the cerebrated pianist, is at present in
Brussels, where, at the last conceit of theCon,ervatuire,
his playing was attended witoi; tars most brilliant success.
The St Helena Herald
„,. !the 4 h of March con-
tains an ordinance of the
of the Freneh'l° Governor granting to the
Emperor
petuity, the lands forming and his heirs in per-
and the tomb of Napoleon /. e sites of Longwood
, Leon's Vale, where the tomb The lands in
otiose of is situated, comprise
about 23 acres, while t
Lon
3 acres, They recently belonged to g wood comprise about
rivate owners, and
have been purchased by the er,wnp for the purpose of
the present transfer, at a cost of '
1600/. for the tomb
and 3,5001. for the Louse.
THE SHAH OF PERSIA AND THE 1
We mentioned, some weeks a, NOTANRELIEF FUND
0
had forwarded a donation co thethat th e Shah of Persia
We now learn, from a state teer Indian Relief Fund.
Standard, that immediately aft in the Bombay
ter the remittance bad
been despatched, an article
appeared
Gazette, expressive of regret that in the Teheran
their English allies had
been beaten everywhere by the
insurgents in India. We
had la. ti rly, it was said, `'been
reduced to such extreme
straits in matters of money, that
we cot
were begging from
foreign nations any little-Aunts
widcorild, raise, to enable
us to pay the pension of our' The Shah, it
was added, had, "in compassion, ow'.
'
We cannot ; given his mite in the
way of charity." ouch for the truth of
this story, but there is something irresistibly ludicrous
in the idea of Persia bestowing 1t a charity upon Great
Britain.—Homeward Mail.
SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER.—..
A retired military officer
in good circumstances, named I/anielibt of 15, Rue St.
Charles, at Vaugirard, not having
be a seen for some
time, and a strong smell coining from his apartment, his
door was on Saturday forced open, His dead body, in an
I advanced state of putrefaction, was
found
floor with a gun by his side. nia lying on the
skull was shattered
to pieces, and fragments of it were lying about. From
letters left on the table it appeared that he bad (Joni-
ma •
ted suicide owing to his being
afflicted with some
complaiLt whlch caused hint inter as WW2* It is
supposed that he bad been dead at lea ,t, Uwe weeks.