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London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

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THE ATURE.
bESCRIPTION OF NEW ROYAL
EXCHANGE. E. Wi!son, London, 1844.
This neat and cheap little volume is brought out
Just at the fitting season, when public attention is fixed
on the imposing ceremony of the op-ling of the New
-Royal Exchango, under the auspices of her Majesty,
'Nhich, as every one knows, is to take place on
Monday next. Mr. Wilson, the compiler of this
rk, has not only given us a circumstantial account
an historical
of the Exchange as it at present exists, but has added
novice ofall' the former edifices, written
with evident care -and attention as to facts, together
With a brief Memoir of Sir Thomas Gresham, the
well-known founder of the original Exchange in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. The volume is embel-
lished with several appropriate illustrations, and con-
tains a great deal of curious historical and anecdotical
matter within a small compass.

1 TISIR JAMES GRAHAM'S BILL.
47ACNG OF THE QUALIFIED MEDICAL
PRTITIONERS OF SOUTHWARK, LAM-
AND THEIR VICINITIES.
Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a numerous
*nri highly respectable meeting of the medical prac-
titioners residing in the above locality, was held in the
Lecture-raim of the Southwark Literary Institution.
Dr. SYLVESTER having been called unanimously
to the chair, stated that the object for which the
Meeting was convened was to call the attention of
the public, and the medical profession resident in this
vicinity, to the effect this Medical Reform Bill
aff would have upon the profession generally, and to
ord them an opportunity of expressing their opi-
nions upon it. The proposed measure would sweep
away some of the most prized privileges of the me-
(lical profession, many of which were held by them
since the time of Henry VIII. He trusted that they
would not allow the time afforded by the recess to
Pass away without giving their most anxious consi-
deration to the subject, which was one involving the
deepest interest to medical practitioners.
thei
r. GREENWOOD proposed the first resolution, to
effect that the meeting was deeply impressed
'with the neceF,sity for legislative interference for the
better regulation of the medical
quently 'profession, and ce,d-
se ha iled with delight fr.o proposal to intro-
duce some si ich measure by Sir J. Graham.
It was seconded by Mr, -HoorErt, and carried
nnanirnousl3-.
The next resolution, too the erfect, that while the
Meeting acknowledged t:tie merit of some of the pro-
Intoi°ris of the Bill, it
1 'zontalned others which, if passed
Posed 4 'a would ilie dr•enly to be deplored, was pro-
Air, by 21 D •. ••
Care.ed.
Air. LI r. Etir..v, and, after being seconded by
abrTohe42ll:oll;:ext resolutions, the first deprecating the
c, P:ation of all existing laws which enforced an
;IP•thination. as to qualification, and the renewal of
estrictions on unqualified persons; and the next, ex-
Ilressing their opinion that the
medical practioners
"3,llgilt to have the examination of their own particular
os,.
~ were adopted, after some discussion.
LIP. WEnsIER,proposed the next resolution. It
°Med that * Prop°. •
cessit„ Wilde tne meeting acknowledged the ne-
'°l a PrP I -constituted Council of Health
4nd ALA: , -. 'Per Y
_. ,
Ver n,,„',lcal Education in connexion with the Go-
tionn-;`114-, at the same time it deemed the construe-
arbito; -the Council as proposed by this Bill to be
medi,l- rY and unjust to the great majority of the
sent .!al practitioners who are not adequately repre-
ed in it.
vil e motion was seconded by Mr. EVINS, and
upo°Mei unanimously.
n°veral gentlemen having addressed the meeting
top a
the beneficial 'effects which this Bill was likely
Passed r
' °"llee on the profession, a vote of thanks Was
to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.
tiei sometit-I).e
. .ler -. DI.ST'"'".."'"ILLATION.—This illegal. practice has
past been greatly on the increase in the
Witigilibutir'goods of Spitalfiolds and Bethnal-green,ofntohte-
delios,tarAling constant detection and punishment.
received
inf vents by the Excise. The Excise having
, •itmation that an illicit distillery upon a large scale
44a bei
Freer ng carried on in one of the houses in Weaver-
-4,pervisor, amen')
te eet, Spitalfields, inhabited by the lowest class of cos-
,„rtneng.ers and journeymen weavers, Mr. Hughes, a
orer, an officer, Sergeant
kJ panied by B
at 4 0, and several police-constables, went to the house
If 0e o'clock on Wednesday, and while Teakle and
over forced an entrance in the front, Hughes and a
e°tlstable made their way through an adjoining house, to
itPtel'ent the egress of the parties implicated at the back;
orlind..last as Hughes had got into the garden of the ad-
thetr house, and was about to get over the. palings
heo
„„ One in which the distillation was carried co,
4„*"'.laearly knocked backwards by a man in a state of
1;1,1111-
nudity who_ was clambering over 1-.,',,e fence, and
'fil9 actually' dropped into his arms in
4„,1,4 man, who gave his name . t_
E / '-and de-
e le greatest terror.
ward Durell, .
%Titled himself as a journeynia:. in that branch of weaving
1e I;e4 " twisting," being 'ecured and handed over to the
14,4, the officers thell proceeded to search the sus-
tooZl premises, 'and in one of the back apartments
fasewatill, capable of containing about thirty gallons,
pans full 4-3 and o..irowing off low wines, two earthen
'444,efslii`..its just manufactured, and barrels con-
Wit', 4 gibtUt forty' gallons of molasses wash, together
: stie' h i: ht v ert
h 3:
dkts for earr •
articlrequisit.e for.. forming a complete appa-
y,,.ing on an illicit distillation, the whole of
'', the /,,-, officers seized and carried away in vans
lioteiirwards—zetT-office in Broad-street. Durell was
the ee-court custody to Worship-street
underwent an examination on
the ;--ar''''' Ile there stated that he had scaled
the 04ace from sheer fright at the presence. of
tier, in eers, denied all guilty knowledge of, or participa-
the h' the distillery, which he stated was carried on
who
Prete:ger, by a well-known character named Brown, d
14 me be a manufacture of naphtha, and begge
tl°llsidep tv? 11 Mr. Broughton (the magistrate) should
I,l4‘ge fa-n;lir° guilty, on the ground of having a wife and
'1 a --"Y wholly dependent on him. It was proved
ata,ntiPers n in Court that he had worked pretty con-
the ti
his trade for the last twelve months ; and as
gives'
B„P„,e,eifits that a man must be found on the pre-
fin slres the 'g and assisting," in the manufacture, anda
i'ae to ~- .‘nagistrate no power of commutation below
111 th e 10,-40 Queen of 301., or three months' imprisonment
'''..-on',.-17,°11se ef Correction in default of' payment, Mr.
,tasivr°n, though he entertained no moral doubt of the
late vi guilt, yet took the charitable side of the question
"eo i,-,?' gad the circumstance that all his effects had
stroo .zed by the Excise, and discharged him with a
tie caution as to his future conduct.
15e°tt s°,?l'lvicli, OCT. 24.—The following officers have
oorePointed to the Dedmlus frigate, commissioned at
4tau,ath‘;„e,l° by Captain Peter M'Quhae, Lieutenant G. G.
1,1'• Ql`till Lieutant G. 0. Popplewell, Lieutenant R.
gahoZit,' Alr. William Barrett, master ; Mr. 'William
%ut• ' Paymaster and purser • Mr. Alxander Neill,
geou „. er pu , .
tlern '..._-ar. John Bernard, assistant-surgeon ; Mr.
'lie r,„" -Vrtce clerk ; Lieutenant Braimer, one sergeant,
/iraolwrPnral, t'wo drummers, and twenty privates, of the
Ilader
rleil Division of Royal Marines, have been placed
eem tors to serve in this fine vessel, and she will pro-
-32, mouthPorts to . • her marine artillery. One
})1/°Iltler
eku,,, gun on pivortecLisvebeen ordered to be added to
,"4411.6",a1ent, to be laced on her deck forward, one. of
-"tead, 'Pounder guns- on traversing carriages being
The Placed aft.
;.(1144ticIttestion of the repeal of the Malt Tax begins
etts,, 'tts the minds of the agriculturists ; and we have
e matterunniv that steps aret'about to be taken to bring
'lea, to fairly and broadly before the public, with the
eertin; B°ole effective action upon the Parliament in the
Ma"s Sessiell.--Chelmsford Chronicle.
,it'oettar,'. AtAFRLD SHAW.--We are happy to be able to
1 s giftl °ti a statement that has been circulated as regards
-tiir itneli artiste. This statement is the most pathetic
ter Geginable, referring to the loss of her husband,
weroainher
at; domestic misfortunes of Mrs. Alfred Shaw,
:tivy 4-,',11g by deploring this lady's ill-health. Whether
~"31erit f:'4 Professional rivalry have assumed this ben'e-
w4ethe 01:111, to aim their shafts with more certainty, or
kr, aii6: it Proceeds from sincere solicitude, we are truly
telkt thew be able to mention, on the best authority,
,„4voidnt.,hOle of this lachrymose statement is utterly
.1.1 tow trnth, and that Mrs. Alfred Shaw has returned
A Tlturl,,,,,,antl was never in better health or better voice.
lay the 4241 G MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—Thurs-
u,'l2i ii-,Taktelli made by Mr Haynes to trot his pony
„''iMbi4ecis 140) fifteen- miles in harness, came off on
- the et:ant-non. Two miles of road were selected,
stdthe PellY, harnessed to a light match cart, appeared
44t1 trottedstalling mark, and then commenced the match,
turneci two miles in seven and a half minutes, then
W 44 PUlle:ln'plefing four miles in fifteen minutes. He
Perrope,,,Al in, and in two minutes he was at work, and
tlekt 1.7 another four miles in fourteen minutes. The
Itad, hour iniles were performed in fourteen minutes,
tilenee, thg bel gruelled, in three minutes he corn-
kid 4" the last three miles, which were trotted in ten
kijes quarter minutes ; thus accomplishing the fifteen
%vs ably fiftY-cight and a quarter minutes. The pony
Illsion'Yofilritsven, and appeared quite fresh at the con-
?At, the match.
,enr, 1't,74 BURIALS.—One of the guardians of St.
1304 tpe he Martyr on Thursda • spoke strongly at the
dinekrouroting of the dis,rracefuljstate of the Lock burial
to be hich even the curate' I d declared emphatically
"'fin tne° had." There was aiahunhole in which the
heaps
of
nithaeinPatipers were placed huge
with the dis-
aps s got those who had been before buried,
Iriew . h
dis ' withwinc in a (Were thrown up and exposed to public 1
of th e tane_ ,
Detwee ew fret, too, of houses, while the general
n the tops of the coffins and the surface
disgt earth was about 21 inches. The scene was truly
rival sting.
The shed in which Coffins awaited the ar-_
b of the cl tirlt)...en.,,„
__„„ergytuan was full of the fragments of
tierritiek ootar'e'aunn;
bustd the gravedigger said he took
000, 1U coiaideemth'm
Y shouldat! The trustees promised an
stro Place, hut the board passed a resolu-
bar •41sIliG13A n y
ator of the proceedings.
rht tlater, ft,. RRISTERS.---The duties of the revising-
ztetshent
~.,
_; the revision of the lists of voters for the
~ ~,'I are drawing to a close. The first revision,
to the Year 1,83, cost upwards of 30,0001. in payments
Iteei!sbarristers_and for their expenses ; but under the
to -,ration
of
ttoe4QoargriusitneerzineVealcultlde.r.s' Act their charges were limited
It ap.pears that the payment to
llttteked 3'?arly sum
d t including their expenses, now amounts to
a 14 7001. More appeals are ex-
thaa - ° the Court of Co'm n Pleas in the present
Naeorred in the Preceding revision. Only thirteen
Irl fads Were made last- year, of which ten were decided
The -nr of th
.%uthcourt ° respondents, and three for the appellants.
"to awarded no costs to either party, on the
at
' tqir the subject matter of the appeals presented
tioo and rea„„ia, ~
of the°f the ~,,, ' Jl, ground of doubt un the construe-
re,,,,..iiitte and the propriety of the determination
,a4Ang barristers. ~.