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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1857.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
RETURN TICKETS to all Stations taken on SATURDAY,
May 30th, and intermediate days, will be available up to and in-
cluding Tuesday, June 2d.

BEAT-WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE.
,or On MONDAY, June Ist, the Branch Line between TWY-
FORD and HENLEY will be 'Opened for Public Trafhc.—For par-
ticulars of Trains, ificc., see the Company's time bills.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ALTERATION OF TRAINS for JUNE.

DOWN TRAINS.

The 2.45 p.m. Train from Paddington will be discontinued from
Swindon to Cheltenham. _ _ _

A Train for Windsor, and intermediate stations, will leave Pad-
dington at 3.30 p.m.
The Train from Paddington at 6.15 p.m. will be discontinued be-
yond Slough.
The Train from Paddington at 5.15 p.m. will be accelerated, ar-
riving at Birmingham five minutes earlier than at present.
The 5.30 p.m. Train from Paddington will be continued on from
Swindon to Cheltenham.

IjONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—To CONTRACTOR; and BUILDERS.--The
Directors are desirous of receiving Tenders for Additions add Al-
terations to the Stations at Harrow, Sudbury, and Pinner.
Parties desiroits of tendering may inspect the drawings and spe-
cifications, and obtain a statement of the quantities, at the Engi-
neer's Office, Euston Station, on Friday, June sth, between the
ours of 10 and 4 o'c'ock.

Tenders, addressed to the Secretary, at this Office, to be sent in
on or before Thursday, June 11th at 10 o'clock a.m.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender.
By order.
CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary.
Bexetary's Office, Vay 28, 1857.

QT. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY.
—The Twenty-seventh Annual GENERAL MEETING of
the Proprietors of the St. John Del Rey Mining ;Company will be
held at the Company's Office, No. 8, Token House Yard, on FRI-
DAY, the 19th June, at Two o'clock precisely. At this meetinT,
one Director, H. W. SCIINEIDER, Esq., M.P., will go out by ro-
tation, but is eligible to be re-elected.
JOHN lIOCKIN, Managing Director.
8, Token House Yard, 29th May, 1857.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-
street, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001.

TRUSTEES.
Rt. Hn. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq.
Lire Assurance business transacted in all its branches.
N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged
33 per cent. on all the premiums paid.
F. FERGUSON CAMRODX, Manager.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WHTTEHALL, MAY 27.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
1 of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing
the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., G.C.B. ;
Fice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir Maurice Frede-
rick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral the
Honourable Sir Richard Saunders Dundas,K.C.B. ; Rear-
Admiral Henry Eden; Captain Alexander Milne; and
Thomas George Baring, Esq., to be her Majesty's Com-
missioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral
of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and,the dominibns, islands, and territories thereunto
belonging.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAT 27.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Richard
James Code Hitchins as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for
his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway.

MEMORANDUM.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAT 28.

In the " Tariff of Exports," inserted in Article VII of
the Convention of Commerce and Navigation concluded
on the 9th of December, 1856, between her Majesty and
the Sultan of Morocco, and presented to both Houses of
Parliament, by her ajesty's command, on the 21st of
March last, the rate of duty on " all other grain" was
stated at half a dollar per canter (a weight). It should
have been per full fanega (a measure). The one, however,
is nearly equivalent to the other.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 29:
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Penryn—Thomas George Baring, Esq., one
of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral of the United Kingdom.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 29.
Military Train—Paymaster Obe Williams, from the late
Transport Corps, to be Paymaster.
Ist or Grenadier Rogiment of Food Guards—Ensign and
Lieutenant John Archibald Stewart Nicolson has been
permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his
Commission.

rth Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Reginald Yonge Shipley, from
half-pay 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
12th Foot—Lient. Edward Herrick to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Segrave, whoretires ; Ensign Horatio Lloyd
Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Herrick;
Edward James Dudgeon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Williams.

17th Foot—Ensign Henry Alexander Little to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Fowler, promoted to an Unat-
tached Company ; Charles Smith Perry, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Little.
38th Foot--Lieutenant William Kidston Elles to be In-
structor of Musketry.
41st Foot----Ensign Montague Stephen Williams has been
permitted to resign his Commission.
46th Foot—Lieut. George Henry Knapp to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Pane, who retires; Ensign George
Philips to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Knapp.
56th Foot—Lieut. Robert Thomas Thompson to be In-
structor of Musketry.
57th Foot—Lieut. Henry Bird to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Hugessen, who retires ; Ensign Walter Hedger
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bird.
60th Foot—Captain John Henry Chads, from half-pay
23rd Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Coxen, deceased.
62nd Foot—Lieutenant Herrick Augustus Palmer to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel C.
F. Neynoe, who retires.
_

68th Fool—Paymaster Luke Fitzgerald Bernard, from
the 82nd Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Hughes, appointed
to the 82nd Foot.

82nd Foot—Paymaster William Hughes, from the 68th
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Bernard, appointed to the
68th Foot.

86th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon E. C. Ryall, from the
18th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Assistant-Surgeon
W. A. Mackinnon, whose removal from the 42d Foot, as
stated in the Gazette of the 12th instant, has been can•
celled.

911 Foot—Lieutenant M. Mecham, has been permitted
to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission.
95th Foot—Major the Honourable H. Littleton Powys,
from half-pay 38th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Liente-
nant-Colonel H. B. Harvey, who exchanges ; Brevet-
Major George Courtenay Vialls to be Major, by purchase,
vice the Honourable H. L. 'Powys, who retires ; Lieute-
nant John W. J. Stockwell to be Captain, by purchase,
vice

Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Captain Charles Augustus
Daniell, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice
Duke, deceased ; Lieutenant James Taylor to be Adjutant,
vice Andrews, who resigns the Adjutancy only.

-
HOSPITAL STAFF.
The Commission of Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Frederick
Oakes to bear date 27th February, 1856, instead of sth
December, 1856, as previously stated.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon William Henderson has ceased
to do duty, there being no longer occasion for his services.

of an individual's share in 'the respective classes will be
announced. .

BANKRUPTS.

Lewis Henry Myers, dealer in Manchester goods, Wel-
lesley-street, Stepney, to surrender, June 9, at half-past
twelve, and July 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official' assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Chidley, Gresham-street,
John Best, linen draper, Halifax, Yorkshire, June 16,
at half-past eleven, and July 14, at twelve, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Edwards,
Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
John Hill Govett, builder, Dennett-road, Peckham,
June 10, at one, and July 13, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Penmen, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
bers, Basinghall-street; Pocock and Poole, Bartholomew-
close.

Adolphus Harrison Peistel, wine merchant, Bucklers-
bury, City, June 8, and July 10, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingball-
street ; Barrow, Clayton-place, Kennington.
Thomas Lawrenson, shipsmith, Liverpool. June 9 and
July 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liver-
pool.
John Marks, coach maker, Bell-street, Paddington, June
8, and July 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall•street ; Jennings,
Ipswich.
George Bates, soda water, lemonade, and ginger beer
manufacturer, June 11, and July 14, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ;
Bevan, Bristol.
John Pringle and John Thurman, lace manufacturers,
Nottingham, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham a lowley and Ashlvell, Not-
tingham.

B.obert Atkinson, hair dresser, York, June 16, and July
14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,,official
assignee,, Leeds; Smith, r..ork Clarke, Leeds. .
George Baxter and George Toone, dyers, Nottingham,
June 16 and 30, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Not-
tingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Deverill,
Nottingham.
William Edwards, brewer, Stamford, June 16, and 30,
at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham ; Thompson and Phillips,
Stamford ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham.
John George Thomas, damask ruanufacturer,
fling-
worth, Halifax, June 12 and July 3, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ;
Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.
William Turner and Thomas Mason, cotton spinners,
near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, June 16 and 30, at ten, at
the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee,
Nottingham; Clare, Liverpool; Knight, BirmlAgham.

Miles
opened,
1857.

26%
117
198 q
94'
64
20

6734
93
489

1,362

279
2.855
1,025
6,125
13,102
6,040

'207
322
1,085
1,777
1,595
649
987

985
6,609
22,916

183%
283
203%
452
25 IA
90
286 %

16k
637

5.74
183 X
277

173%
28
567
177

5,846
6,779

7934
149
233

1,473
6,664
21,595
6,358
29,608

87%
82
29%
48

241
5,825
23,433

57%
301
171%
103

61,506
1,465
13,047
15,534

27 34
12
682

10,016
1,060

937
31,217
3,538
1,545
3,342
5,623
7,642
809

270
2,479
931
6,319
11,852
5,724

247
1,222
1,654
1,329

582
1,038
316
947
6,047
22,866
5,384
6,062

1,327
5,951
20,593
6,425
27,221

225
6,015
22,219

60,893
1,480
12,874
15,339
633

8,853

978
28,031
3,506
1,247
3,429
5,6 i 1
7,447

1,763
2,597

946
2,605
17,401
6,029
2,132
4,242
1,291
1,010
777
357

Aaural artd int=agence.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding in
Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at one
o'clock on Wednesday next, June 3.
The Royal Commission on the Medical Depart-
ment of the Army assembled yesterday at No. 1,
Whitehall-yard. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert
presided ; the other commissioners present were—
Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., Sir James Clark, Colonel
Sir H. Storks, Mr. J. R. Martin, Mr. T. Alexan-
der, Dr. Andrew Smith, and Dr. Sutherland;
Dr.• Balfour, Secretary. Major-General Sir Richard
Airey attended before the commission. On break-
ing up the commissioners adjourned till the Bth
proximo.
The troop ship Belleisle moved from Hamoaze
into Plymouth Sound on Thursday to receive the
93d Highlanders, expected from Dover via Ports-
monih. Two captains, two lieutenants, one ser-
geant, and 59 rank and file of the 69th regiment
left Plymouth on Tuesday morning for Weymouth;
and 13 officers and 220 men of the same regiment,
from Weymouth, arrived at Plymouth in the after-
noon.

The East India Company's troopship Bombay,
Captain Flamank, has arrived at Gravesend with
detachments of troops belonging to the regiments
serving in India, consisting of 26 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 14th Light Dragoons, 37 of
the 64th Regiment, 6 of the 78th Highlanders 40
of,the 834, an.d.54 of,theAtlx Regißenl, in charge
of Captain G. H. Adams,-Bffth Regiment, Captain
W. English, 14th Light Dragoons, and Lieutenant
L. Sweeney, 83d Regiment i,:and intnedical charge
of Mr. Bethel], civil surgeon. The detachments
embarked at Bombay on the 29th of January, and
sailed on the 31st of the same month, arriving in
the Thames on the 28th inst, after a long passage
of 120 days. The Bombay touched at St. Helena
on the 7th of April, and sailed on the following day.
During the voyage 13 deaths: occurred on board—
namely, 12 soldiers and one woman. On the troops
disembarking at Customhouse-quay, Gravesend,
they were conveyed to Fort Pitt, Chatham, where
26 men were taken into hospital for medical treat-
ment, and the remainder sent to St. Mary's Bar-
racks to await their inspection by a Chelsea board.
The depot of the 93d Highlanders is ordered to
proceed this day from Dover to Chatham for the
purpose of being attached to the provisional Bat-
talion, the head-quarters having been ordered to
China. In addition to the depots of the 82d Regi.
ment and the 90th Light Infantry, the service com-
panies of which are on their passage to China, the
depot of the 23d Welsh Fusiliers will also be re-
moved to Chatham. _

The outpensioners belonging to the Chatham dis-
trict having undergone their usual period of train-
ing, under Major R. Jenkins, were to be inspected
this morning on Chatham lines.
The enrolled pensioners of the two divisions of
Woolwich and Deptford, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Forbes and Major Warde, staff officers,
were yesterday morning inspected on Woolwich-
common by Col. Sir Alexander Murray Tulloch,
Military Superintendent of Pensioners. They as-
sembled in orderly trim, to the number of upwards
of 500. The line was formed at 10 o'clock, and
shortly afterwards Col. Tulloch, attended by a
mounted orderly, rode on the ground, and was re-
ceived with a general salute, drums and fifes play-
ing. Having inspected the line, the ranks closed,
broke into open column, and marched past. They
then commenced 'a complete round of field-day
manceuvres, and 'went throw h a series of manual
A
and platoon exeres. Fin, lly, Sir. Alexander,
dismounting and ,passing do the line, examined
the personal appearance of ea man, inquiring the
ages of those who aWeared to:be most advanced in
years, and desired that if any 8f them had any com-
plaints they would make them known to him.
None, however, were made. Having.formed square
the colonel advanced to the centre, and assured
them that he felt great satisfaction in meeting
them again after the lapse of six months as com-
plete a corps as when he last inspected them, with
the exception of three on sick leave and one ab-
sentee. After paying a compliment to Col. Forbes
and Major Warde, the colonel retired from the
common amid cheers.
The Agamemnon, Master-Commander Cornelius
T. A. Noddall, left Sheerness at 5.20 a.m. yester-
day, for Birkenhead.
The paddlewheel steamvessel Widgeon, tender to
the Fisgard, arrived at Sheerness yesterday at
10.40 a.m., with supernumerary seamen for service
in the Cumberland, Captain John B. Dickson,
from the Fisgard, Woolwich.
The Formidable paid off yesterday 90 men and
boys for continuous service serving in the Formid-
able and in ships in ordinary.
The Terror, floating battery, Capt. Frederick
Hutton, has been placed under the roasting-sheers,
at Sheernesq, and masted.
The paddlewheel steam-frigate Cyclops, Lieut.-
Commander Joseph Dayman, had her compasses
adjusted yesterday at Sheerness.
The Erne gunboat left Sheerness yesterday for a
trial of her machinery.

ANOTBER COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

ABERTILLERY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, MAY 28.
A whole district is again panic-stricken by a fatal
colliery explosion, and 12 lives have fallen victims
to that terrible element—firedamp.
At about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a cloud of
smoke was suddenly observed ascending from the
Tyr Nicholas Pit. John Carpenter, an overman,
who was on the surface, saw the indication of an
explosion, and immediately descended. About 80
men, we understand, were at work underground,
but the workings were divided into two separate
portions. Carpenter discovered reasons for appre-
hending that the explosion had taken place in the
" five-feet vein." He called men from the other
working, and with much bravery proceeded in search
of the living and the dead. Amid much danger
arising from the "chokedamp," and being obliged
to supply canvass doors for those blown away in
the air courses, Carpenter and his companions un-
dauntedly proceeded, and at length came suddenly
upon the bodies of eight poor fellows, who had been
struck down at a moment's warning by the terrible
" choke," and hurried into eternity.
Extending their search, they presently found the
bodies of two men and two boys. Three had met
their death by burning. The fireman; Samuel
Merrifield, whose duty it was to precede his fellow
workmen to ascertain the state of the pit as to gas,
had also fallen a victim.
The dead bodies were got out as soon as possible,
and the distressing spectacles witnessed at the pit's
mouth as each was recognized by children, or
brothers, or widow, were most affecting to behold.
The managing officials of the colliery lent every
aid to the survivors who were injured, three of
whom were said to be in a dangerous condition.
Ose poor fellow, named Henry Clarke, is said to
have become delirious, although physically unin-
jured from the shock received by him in the pit by
the explosion, in which lamentable state he yet
remains.
The cause of this sad catastrophe it is almost im-
possible correctly to ascertain. There are many
rumours in circulation, which it would be unjust to
repeat. A conjecture has been hazarded that as
Merrifield, the fireman, was found in the spot
where the explosion must have taken place, with
his Davy lamp lying near him, the top separated
from the bottom, he must have been " trying for
gas" with the naked light, and hence the explosion.
The following are th names and ages of the
0
killed :—Wm. Williams,
agb•ed 42 ; Samuel Merri-
field 29 ; Jonas Brown, 52 ; John Silcox, 30 ;
John ,
Hawkins, 51; Wm. wy. I,tt, 58 ; Thos. Bar-.
well, 18 ; John Jones, 13 ; Thos. Parry, 53.; Geo.
Taylor, 58 ; Jas. Gregory, 23 ; a,-rd Chm.
Merri-
immediately
field, 58. Orders for coffins wert.'
er, Newport,
despatcher to Mr. J. Palmer, undertalis
and the poor fellows are to be interred on Satur-
day or Sunday.

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DEPUTATION. TO SIR GEORGE GREY ON
AL&DIUAL REFORM.

Yesterday afternoon one of the most important
and influential deputations of the " Heads of
Houses" of the medical profession that has ever
been formed, had au interview, by appointment,
with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, White-
hall.

The deputation consisted of Dr. Mayo, president
of the College of Physicians, London ; Dr. Alder-
son, treasurer of the college ; Dr. Hawkins, regis-
trar ; Dr. Burrowes, a member of the council, and
senior physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital ;
Mr. Travers, president, and Mr. J. H. Greene, and
Mr. Stanley, vice-presidents of the College of Sur-
geons, England ; Dr. Williams, Dublin, president of
the College of Surgeons, Ireland ; Dr. Neligan,
senior censor of the King's and Queen's College of
Physicians, Ireland ; Dr. Hunter, president of the
Faculty of Physicians of Glasgow ; Dr. Wood, pre-
sident of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ;
Mr. Tegart, chairman of the Court of Examiners
of the Society of Apothecaries, London ; Mr. De
Vere, of the Court of Assistants, &c. &c.
Sir Geo. Grey was accompanied by the Hon.
W. F. Cowper, vice-president of the Committee
of the Council on Education, and who took part in
the proceedings.
Mr. MAYO introduced the deputation ; and in
doing so, ezid he trt that the pOcession at
large had arrived at'such an amount a -ui.i,%itEr
r.-as- vies possible, ands s~vlien it Was Cii&icre-PWhito
how many sections they are divided, greater than
what had ever been obtained before. They bad
come to support the bill of Mr. Headlam, a bill
that bad the whole profession, and the public with
it, in its favour. He was aware that there was
another bill before ,Parliament, that of Lord Elcho,
which contained a provision for the nomination
of the members of the now governing council
by the Crown. 'Mr. Headlam 's bill, which had
been adopted by the deputation, had the same
provision for six vacancies, and it was reasonable
to conceive that a large portion of the council to be
elected should belong to the medical body. Their
proposed medical bill far surpass-+d Lord Elcho's,
as it would tend to improve the status of the body
in general, giving large opportunities to every sec-
tion for that preliminary education which was so
essential to every branch of the profession. It
began at that early period which was so
necessary to the progress of medical science.
Lord Elcho's bill did not meet the necessities of the
case ; and these were points which were clearly in
their favour, and which he desired to press upon
the attention of the Government. They hoped
that no delay in passing the measure would take '
place, as there were a number of gentlemen waiting
for examination at the various institutions, as in
the present state of affairs they did not know what
would be done.

Sir GEGRGE GREY said that it appeared to him
the dissentients to Mr. Headlam's bill and its sup-
porters held similar views with respect to general
principles, and differed only in matters of detail.
Dr. MAYO said that the points of each differed,
and it appeared to a great majority of the profes-
sion that those points were of vital importance.
Dr. HAWKINS said that a memorial was about to
be presented to Parliament, going fully into the de-
tails and the points of difference, and which, with
the permission of the right hon. baronet, he would
read.

Sir GEorxt GREY assented, and the document
was read, after which be asked if he was to under-
stand that all branches of the profession represented
by tho deputation had agreed as to which was the
best measure ?

Dr. MAYO said—Yes, all had agreed ; and he was
authorised to inform the right hon. baronet, that
the British Medical Association, although a non-
corporate body, was a most influential one, and it
supported Mr. Headlam's bill.
Sir,GEO. GREY was glad to hear that the medical
profession was so unanimous now, as Dr. Mayo had
stated. He understood that the bill brought in by
Lord Elcho wasnot his own bill, but one that he had
taken up from some other person since last session.
The Hon. W. F. COWPER said, with regard to
unanimity, he had waited for that opinion, and
therefore he took it for granted that it was settled
among the profession to support Mr. Headlam's
bill.

Dr. WILLIAMS, President of the College of
Surgeons, Ireland, said that he had come expressly
from Dublin, in company with his colleague, Dr.
Neligan, to express the approval of the bodies with
whom they are connected with Mr. Headlam's bill.
Ten medical corporations were unanimous in their
support of it, and in the condemnation of Lord
Elcho's. His lordship's bill confiscated the revenues
of the corporations, and took the management of
their affairs away altogether, vesting that power
in nominees appointed by the Crown. They had
twenty-one licensing bodies agreeing with them.
The Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London
had not declared, hut as far as they had spoken they
were in favour.of The bill of the deputation. Lord
Elcho's measure, if allowed to pass, would render
the licences of the licensing bodies valueless, whilst
Mr. Headlam's bill would tend to raise the standard
of education, and elevate the social status of the
profession. Dr. Williams then entered into a de-
tail of his objections, and concluded by remarking
that the bill of Lord Elcho was looked upon in
Ireland as a most grievous blow to the welfare of
the whole profession.
Dr. WOOD, President of the College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh, and Dr. HUNTER, President of the
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, fol-
lowed with arguments on the same side, saying,
that their respective institutions had unanimously
agreed to support the bill of Mr. Headlam as the
best, and, in fact, the only bill of the profession.
Sir G. GREY, having asked some questions,
thanked the gentlemen for the information they
had given him, and the deputation then retired.

Mr. HEADLAM, M.P., also introduced a depu-
tation of medical graduates, consisting of Dr.
O'Connor,qDr. Maclean, Dr. Adlington, Dr. Sib-
bold,
and Dr. Wardner, upon the same subject. ,
Dr. O'CONNOR said that he knew the Govern-
ment was fully aware of the necessity that had
long existed for the reform of the medical corpora-
tions of the country.
Sir GEORGE GREY replied, of that he was per-
fectly satisfied, and he was glad that Mr. Cowper
was present, as that gentleman had paid great
attention to the subject.
Dr. O'CoNrroß was cognisant of that, as he had
on many occasions communicated with Mr. Cowper
upon the subject. The object of the deputation,
now that the question which had so long agitated
the profession bad been reduced to so narrow a com-
pass, was to express an earnest hope that the Govern-
ment, in giving any countenance or support to
eitherof the bills now before Parliament, would be
guided only by a regard for the interests of the
public, and the promotion of Bound medical and
surgical knowledge. The bills of Mr. Headlam
and Lord Elcho having the same objects in view,
differed most materially in the mode of attaining
the desired end. The very conflicting interests in-
volved in the measure, would he hoped lead the
Government to support that measure which the
profession had declared to be the best—the bill of
Mr. Headlam.
Dr. O'CoNNort, having fully explained the views
of the deputation upon the question, thanked the
right hon. gentlemen for their attention, and
withdrew.