The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-15 00:00:00

DUTY ON GLASS.

RESOLUTION TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS
ACTS BY MR. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

Resolved,—That from and after the expiration of Excise
Duties on British Glass, and until the 10th day of October,
1846, the following Duties of Customs be charged on the
articles under-mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom,
in lieu of the duties now chargeable thereon.
Glass, viz.:— s. d.
Any kind of Window Glass, white, or stained of one
colour only, not exceeding one-ninth of an inch in
thickness, and Shades and Cylinders, the cwt ..... 14 0
All Glass, exceeding one-ninth of an inch in thick..
ness, all silvered or polished Glass of whatever
thickness, however small each pane, plate, or sheet
superficial measure, viz.".—
Not containing more than 9 square feet, the square
foot
Containing more than 9 square feet, and not more than
14 square feet, the square f00t... 2 0
Containing more than 14 square feet, and not more
than 36 square feet, the square foot
Containing more than 86 square feet, the square foot 3 0
Glass, painted or otherwise ornamented, the superfi-
cial foot
All White Flint Glass Bottles, not cut, engraved;or
otherwise ornamented, and Beads and Bugles of
Glass, the lb.
Wine Glasses, Tumblers, and all other White Flint
Glass Goods, not cut, engraved, or otherwise orna-
mented, the lb.
All Flint Cut Glass, Flint Coloured Glass, and Fancy
Ornamental Glass, of whatever kind, the lb 0 8
Bottles of Glass covered with Wicker (not being Flint
or Cut Glass), or of green or common Glass, the cwt. 3 0
Glass Manufactures not otherwise enumerated or de-
scribed, and old broken Glass, fit only to be re-
manufactured, the cwt
That, from and after the 10th day of October, 1846, until
the sth day of April, 1848, there be charged on the said
article one-half of the said duties, and from and after the
sth day of April, 1848, one-fourth part of the said duties.

FLIGHT OF SEA-GULLS.—Thursday afternoon some
curiosity was excited in consequence of art unusual flight of
sea• gulls, of the largest size, hovering near Bankside. A
Mr. Johnson, of Bankside, succeeded in shooting one of them,
when, under the wing was discovered a small bit of paper,
with the words, " From Dagenham, in Essex, 1831." It is
pretty evident from the flight of these birds to London that
the weather must be very severe below bridge.
GIVING GIN TO INvANTs.—At a Coroner's inquest
held on Thursday before Mr. Riggs, on the body of a child aged thrgo
months, it was stated that the mother of the infant, a young woman
who sings at public-house concerts, had been often observed to give
it gin, she being herself in a state of intoxication. Mr. Leonard,
surgeon, stated that spirits to an infant are as poisonous as arsenic
to an adult ; and that upwards of a thousand children annually
lose their lives from that cause and tip neglect of drunken parents
combined.

DISCOVERY IN LIVERPOOL Or
SIX HUNDRED POUNDS' WORTH OF STOLEN
PROPERTY.

On Wedneday a middle-aged man, of genteel appear-
ance, named Edward Ford, tailor, of No. 28. London
road, and his wife, Margaret Ford, ix ere brought befor.
Mr. Rushton and Mr. Houghton, at the Liverpool Police-
court, on a charge of having received shout six hundred
pounds' worth of stolen property. The Court was
densely crowded. Mr. Davenport defended the priso:-.ers.
Mr. Dowling, the head-constable, briefly stated the
circumstances. He said the prisoner was a tailor and a
draper, carrying on business in this town, and that he
had hitherto enjoyed among his neighboursan extremely
good character. Rec4-ntly, however, Mr. Superin-
tendent M'Donald received private information of
some stolen property being in his possession,
and went to the house, accompanied by other officers,
for the purpose of making a thorough examination
of the premises. The result of their search was, that
property of all sorts and descriptions, but more particu-
larly that species of goods connected with the business
of a draper, was discovered, to the estimated amount
of between 500 L and 1,000/. Nearly all the pieces
of cloth were new. They were cut and sliced in
various. ways ; the tickets marked with the price
were taken off, and each piece was thrown upon the
floors of the rooms and the shelves of cupboards,
in confusion. There were an immense number of

dross and body coats, satin, silk and figured vests, ladies
dresses of the most beautiful and costly patterns, shawls,
boss, mantles, and every other description of apparel.
As might he expected, the greater tart of these still re-
mained unidentified, although an immense number of
parsons had already made applications to the police, and
of these several had been enabled, by a strict examina
tion of the goods lying in different parts of the house, to
swear to portions of them being their property.
Six persons then came _forward and identified various
articles which had been stolen from them.

Mr. Davenpott, who appeared for the prisoners, urged
that if there were suspicions against Ford himself, his
wife could not be legally implicated.
Mr. IttrsnToN said he should commit both for trial at

the sessions, which commence on Monday, and this was
done accordingly.
Two cart-loads of stolen property, were removed from
Ford's house to the Police Commissioners'-office.

MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION

OF GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.

A Pubic Meeting of the members of this Association
was held last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the
transaction of business, and to consider the provhions of the
New all for regulating. the Profession of Physic and Sur-
gery, lately introduced into Parliament.
On the motion of Mr. Moors, R. R. Pennington, Esq., was
called to the chair. _ _ _

Mr. PENNINGTON, who on taking the chair was received
with considerable' applause, said, that the general practitioners
had but recently awakened from their slumbers, it being only
three months since they had set about to collect their
scattered elements of strength together, so as to apply them
to the formation of that Association. He had much pleasure,
however, in noticing the great progress which had already
been made; for he might state, that during the course of a
long professional life, he had never witnessed more energetic
and unwearied exertion than had been exhibited in carry-
ing out the present organisation of the general prac-
titioners.—( Cheers. )
The minutes of the last meeting, held in Dec. 2, 1844, were
then read and confirmed. _

The SECRETARY then read the report of the Provisional
Committee, a long and elaborate document, setting forth the
progress of the Association up to the present time. It stated
that already the Association numbered 3,800 members, scat-
tered over every county in the kingdom, which number was
still increasing, and fully justified the Association being called
a national one. It also entered into afull analysis of the provi.
sions of the new medical Bill, which it'condemned in many essen-
tial particulars, especially the constitution of the Council of
Health, which it held to be a violation of the representative
principle, and ought not to receive the support of the general
practitioners. It concluded by recommending the Association
strenuously to oppose the new Bill, and to rest satisfied with
nothing short of a charter of incorporation, in which every
general practitioner who had been enrolled for five years should
have a vote. The amount of funds subscribed for the objects
of the Association was stated to be 1,269/. 14s. 9d. of which
288/. ss. had been expended ; 1201. still remained unpaid,
which, when deducted, left a balance in hand of 850/.
The report having been received,
Mr. J. BowLitio moved that it be adopted and forthwith
printed.
Mr. WALLER (of Cirencester) seconded the motion.
On the Chairman rising to put the motion,
Dr. Ll' Neu stood up in the body of the room, and claimed
the liberty of making a few remarks. He agreed with much
that was contained in the report, and especially in what it
stated respecting this being the most moinentGus crisis that
had arisen in the history of the medical profession for half a
century. Hence it was that every energy, effort, and senti-
ment, should be made use of to ensure co-operation. Their
opponents were felicitating themselves on the prospect of divi-
sion at that meeting—an event which he hoped would be
averted on this occasion by every opportunity being given of
full and fair discussion. While agreeing with the main features
of the report, there were two points to which he objected. The
recommendation that none should be eligible as councillors but
practitioners of fifteen years standing, or be entitled to vote
except they had been enrolled five years. He would move, as
an amendment, that that portion of the report be -truck out.
Considerable interruption took place at this stage of the pro-
ceedings, the great majority present expressing their strong
dissent to the course pursued by Dr. Lynch. After an expla-
nation from the secretary, that the adoption of the report would
not bind the Association to the suggestions contained it, but
that they would be fully considered in detail at a future meet-
ing, the amendment was withdrawn.
Mr. BONNEY, of Brentwood, moved the next resolution—
That the Association shall be entitled the National Assoeia-

tion, in doing which he made a few remarks showing that the
extent of the Association fully warranted the assumption of
that title.

Mr. WOOLRIDGE, of Southampton, seconded the resolution,
which was put to the meeting and carried unanimously.
Mr. FULLZR then moved a resolution, declaratory of the
great advantages which the Apothecaries' Company had con-
ferred on the profession, and thanking them for their disin-
terested conduct towards the general practitioners in the en-
deavours of the latter to obtain a charter of incorporation. Mr.
Fuller, in support of the resolution, pointed out at some length
the advantages which had resulted from the Apothecaries' Act
of 1815.

The resolution being seconded by Mr. George Bottomley, of
Croydon, was unanimously agreed to.
Air. CLIFTON then moved a resolution, 'rotesting against
the proceedings of the College of Surgeons in obtaining and
carrying out their recent charter, and condemnatory of the
constitution of that body.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. CUALDECOTT, of
Dorking, and carried by acclamation.
Resolutions were then severally proposed and adopted by the
meeting, censuring any course of legislation that would tend
to degrade the general practitioner, and especially of the sea-
sure introduced into Parliament by Sir J. Graham, unless it
underwent extensive alterations.
A petition, embodying the sentiments of the resolutions was
then agreed to, and the meeting, which was a very numerous
and influential one, separated.