The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-04 00:00:00

717
_

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Last 'evening a very numerous meeting of mernly
of the Royal College of Surgeons took place at Exet,
hall, for the purpose of considering the course to
pursued by the Council of the Collego in their refusal ,
grant an interview to a deputation to present an addr ,
signed by upwards of 1,000 members on the present stt
o the medical prof •

_ nliession.
Mr. J. B. Asbury, of Enfield, was at ei

PRICE sd.

__ght o'cl,
called to the chair, and was supported by Mr. Wakl,
M.P., Dr. Carpue, Dr. Lamb, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Jot
son, Dr. Lynch, and a large number of medical prue
tioners of considerable eminence.
The CHAIRMAN having explained the object of t'
meeting,
Dr. LYNCH proposed the first resolution, to the effect
" That the refusal of the Council of the College
Surgeons of England to receive a deputation with
address most respectfully worded, and signed by i,
wards of 1,000 members of that College, was a deli,
rate insult offered to those members by the Conn/ ,
which stands without a parallel in the history of men'
tine in this country." The Doctor proceeded at grf
length to denounce the arbitrary power possessed by I
Council of the College of Surgeons under the new cht
ter recently granted them by Government, by whi•
they were enabled to elect Fellows indiscriminate'
without reference to merit or high and distinguished
tainments in physiology and anatomy, but solely thron
private influence, self-interest, and wealth being exereis.
in lieu thereof.

At this stage of the proceedings the room became •
densely crowded that an adjournment to one of the 'art
rooms of the hall was put and carried, and took place
cordingly.
Dr. LYNCH again resumed, and called upon the Ince
ing in the language of the Times newspaper, to whi.
journal the profession were deeply indebted for iti ab
advocacy—(Loud cheers)—" to fight the battle thei
selves and they would be sure to win."—(Cheers.)
Mr. MoTT seconded the resolution, which, after sor
few observations from Mr. Greville Jones, was put ai
carried unanimously.
Mr. IloLltEs moved the next resolution—
" That the meeting considered, that inasmuch as t'
authority of the Council was exercised under the pr
visions of charters which had been granted by the Crop
the commonalty of the College publicly demanded th.
the names of those members of the Council who dete
mined that the deputation should not be received shoe
be published for the information of the members of tl •
College, and the medical profession generally."
Mr. Hurciitssox, of Farringdon-street, seconded 11
resolution, which was also put and carried nem. con.
Several other resolutions passed, admonishing tl
Council of the College of Surgeons that the power
creating fellows, an thereby conferring the electi
franchise on the members, must permanently expire (
the 14th instant, and that the members of the Collet
would hold the Council to be responsible for an illiberi
or an invidious exercise of that authority.
Dr. Carpue, Mr. Cooper, and other gentlemen havirec
addressed the meeting,
Mr. WAKLEr M.P., in answer to loud and repeate'
calls, came forward, and was received with great sr
plause. He said that not only the Council of the Collet. •
of Surgeons, but Parliament were watching with anxiei
the movements of the profession, and he was delight(
at the spirit which had manifested itself that evening.-
(Cheers.) Eighteen years ago he had attended one .
the largest medical meetings ever held in London, to pc
tion that the elective franchise should be granted to ti
members of the College. Petitions poured in time aft. e
time, and at last the Executive Government had thong) ,
proper to take a most unusual step by granting to tL
Council, which had been denounced for the last twent
years, the privilege of exercising that very power whici,
bad been refused to the general body. The power te,
grant that franchise was now vested in the Council, bu
on Saturday next it would cease. Up to the presen
time they had refused to give men equal in talent an
ability to themselves, the power to exercise that whicl,
was their undoubted right.—(Hear, hear.) The con
duct of the Council had placed the profession in a mos ,
degrading position before Parliament, for they had la
fused, having the power to grant the franchise, to intro,
it to the profession. He would ask if they still refuse
to meet them as equals in the College of Surgeon
would they degrade themselves by meeting those me..
elsewhere ?—(Cries of " No, no.") This chartar wa• ,
in fact, a bill of pains and penalties against the member
of the College, for they could never become members . •
the Council, because they were not fellows, unless the
were made such before the 14th of the present mont)
Mr. Wakley, at much length, and in a most hum..
rous manner, described the effect of the new Bill intro •
duced by Sir,James Graham, whom he designated as ti
" Medicine, or Great Mystery Man," like a similar mt.
dical gentleman brought over here by the loway Indian
to advance quackery, and concluded by proposing a Tots
of thanks to the Chairman.

Dr. CARPUE seconded the motion, which was car
ried with loud acclamations, and the meeting separate('
at a late hour,

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE 0
THE INMATES,—This morning, between the hours (
twelve and one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in th;
private dwelling-house belonging to Mrs. Jones, situa
No.ll, Bride-terrace, Liverpool-road, Islington. Tw
gentlemen in passing along the terrace were the first t
make the unwelcome discovery, by perceiving mot,
issuing out of the parlour windows. An instant elan •+
was raised, and the inmates were apprised of the greb;
danger that awaited them. At that time there were tot
tunately only three persons in the building, consisting
two female domestics and an infant. After considerabl
difficulty- they were all got out, but not before the &nil •
had gained a great head. By half-past one o'clock
owing to the indefatigable exertions of the firemen, th
flames were entirely extinguished. The whole of th
furniture as well as the building itself was consumed,
The origin of the outbreak is not known. Mrs. Jon‘
is fortunatily partially insured in the Globe Fire-office
The premises, which are the property of Mr. Kale,,
Upper-street, Islington, are also insured. The furnitur •
in the two adjoining houses is much damaged by watt:.
and hasty removal.

INUNDATIONS.—Under the heading, "Bois-le-Due,..
we have extracted some particulars touching the awft.'
condition of that district of country, Owing to these de
structive visitations. From the Constitutionnel of Frida
last we take the following singular details of a similar
calamity in another part of Europe :—" Russia has also,
its share of those inundations which for some weeks pat
have been the cause of so many disasters in differero
localities. They write from SL Petersburgh, that in the
morning of the 4th of August, by reason of a violen
wind and a pelting shower (tine pluie battante),
the Velika and the Pskova experienced a considerable
increase in the volume of their waters ; and the bridge:,
over these two rivers wore broken and carried away
the, irresistible violence of the current. Tho bridge
the Velika was rapidly forced in a direction towards the.
lake of Pskoff, and the people had the greatest possibl,,
difficulty in stopping it at a point about Ave versts front
the city. From thence it is in contemplation to tow it
up the stream to her former position, by means of
steam-boat belonging to Dorpat, which had arrived ;,
few days previously-.
The Revue de Paris informs us that " the commer-
cial relations of France with Morocco began under Louis
XIV. Colbert was the first Minister who encouraged
French traders established on the coast of Africa, around
and at the foot of that barrier which has been called the
bastion of France, to penetrate into the empire of Mo-
rocco. Their first transactions were managed by way
of barter. The Moors exchanged their hides, ostrich
feathers, cattle, &c., against arms, powder, and shot. At
a later period this commerce took a more regular course,
and continued in it more than a century, without any
serious difficulty arising between the two States. Un-
der the reign: of Louis XVI., the Emperor, having al-
lowed himself unwarrantably to confiscate the cargo of a
French vessel at Mogadore, M. Cheviers, Consul-Gene-
ral of France for the Levant, and resident at Constanti-
nople, received orders to repair in person to the Empe-
ror, and to make to him the most energetic protesta-
thins against such an outrage. That gentleman's mis-
sion not having had any sort of success, and the events.
which had supervened in France having withdrawn the
attention of the Government from the affair, this state
of things continued until a period long subsequent, when.
on the occasion of the expedition to Egypt, amicable re-
lations were re-established between the two countries.
From that time, until 1830, these relations continued al-
ways cordial. In the course of this protracted interval,
the several agents for France always remained each for
several years at his post. This will be evident from the.
following list of French Consuls-General :—M. d'Ornaru.
continued in this capacity from the earliest days of, the
re
1828;dolsvi.notooutrhteenyu-
EtompilB2B to 1829; M. Mecham
from 1829 to 1839. Finally, from 1839 to the present time,
M. Sourdeau from lbl.!
M. Dora de Neon. Independently of these Consular agents,
exarfrolBml4;
Colonel Delarne and M. de Mornay have discharged,
since 1830, the functions of Envoys. Extraordinary, ac-
credited to the Court of Morocco with the object of urg-
ing their remonstrances to the reigning Emperor on the
saudact he had pursued towards France:"
DEATH or SIR PATRIEK MAXWELL, BART., OP
SPRINGKELL.—It is with feelings of the most painful re-
gret that. we record the sudden and melancholy death of
Sir Patrick, Maxwell, Bart., of Springkell, which took
place on
.fuesd,ty morning, about nine 'o'clock. On
rhkooealrlds
et ohna dn
betweeno e
fallen k h iililNi,Nr,Nitltpheebhrreii
Monday_ night Sir Patrick was returning from Spring-
md el i(et
vandhw was
shErweccseildeafirenecgh;na:no. h,rem'enieldhoeinrt
hadthhies
done a few days previous), or some other cause not ascer-
tained, he was thrown on the road, and received a severe
injury, which rendered him insensible. He was shortly
after found, and carried to the farm-house of Caldwell-
knowe, when medical aid was procured, and every avail-
able means had recourse to in order to effect his recovery,
but all to no avail, as he gradually sank till next morn-
ing, when he expired.—Dumfries Standard.
Several ladies have applied to us for our opinion as
to the probability of a war, the reports in the town, from
the number of couriers that pass, spreading terror among
them for their own safety and that of their children. ,e
beg to assure them that, so soon as we perceive the least
indication of even the probability of war, we shall pub-
lish a Supplement detailing the grounds upon which our
opinion is formed, and cautioning them fur the future;
but, at present, there is not the slightest appearance of
the harmony between the two Governments being dis-
turbed. We request all, therefore, to remain quiet an
calm; we read daily all that is passing at both seats of
Government ; we have a most enlightened correspon-
dent at Paris, who has access to the best and earliest in-
formation, and our readers may rest assured that what-
ever we may consider necessary for them to know, shalt,
be laid before them at the earliest moment. The num-
ber of couriers is the result of stock-jobbing, or the en-
terprise of the London journals : those who know Bou-
logne and its idle inmates will not pay much attention to
their gossip.—Boulogne Gazette, Sept. 2.
Dispatches for the Governor of the Falkland
Islands were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-ofao.