The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-25 00:00:00

THE FISHERMAN'S GIFT.

On their journey they met a fisherman, who pre-
sented them with a basket of fish which he held in
his hand ; Confucius thanked him for his good-will,
and at first refused, but the fisherman persisted, and
said, "What I offer is of little value, but I offer it
with all my heart. You will perhaps not find any
fish where you are going to-night. You are just
there, and I should have a long time to travel before
I reached home, so that my fish would be spoiled, and
I should be unable to sell it. I haVe had the good for-
tune to meet you, can I do better than in giving you
the benefit which I cannot enjoy myself ?"
At these words Confucius advanced respectfully
towards the man, took the gift which he offered him,
thanked him warmly, and ordered his disciples to pre-
pare it as an offering to the ancestors.
His disciples could not forbear displaying their
surprise at his attaching so much importance to a thing
of so little value, which a person of the lowest rank
offered him only because he did not know what to do
with it, and because he could make no use of it him-
self. Confucius answered, that it was not the value
of the gift, nor the rank of the person who gave it,
to which attention was to be paid ; but the integrity,
the goodness of heart, and the sincerity of the giver
whose intention was to oblige. "As for me," said
he, " looking at the integrity, the sincerity, and good-
ness of heart of this fisherman, I own to you, I attach
more value to what he has just offered me, than I did
to the thousand measures of rice which I formerly re-
ceived from the King of T:,ze."—Captain Pidding's
Chinese Oho.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] A CERTAIN CURE FOR
ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS I—fIEAD THE FOL-
LOWING CASE !—James Holmes, a cotton-spinner, re-
siding at Ancoates, Manchester, had been asthmatical
for the last three years ; he was frequently so bad that,
when rising from his bed, he could scarcely speak or
draw his breath, and would cough and spit for half an
hour together, and often thought he should be choked.
He was much reduced in strength ; and, after every
other means of cure failed, he used these wonderful
Pills, which have removed every symptom of asthma,
and he is now as free from it as when he was a child.
Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's
Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had
gratis), and by almost all respectable medicine vendors
throughout the civilised world.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his
residence, Beechworth House, Surrey, on Wednesday
Afternoon.

MEDICAL REFORM.
A p iblic address on medical reform was delivered
yesterday by. Mr. Hilles, surgeon, at the Western Li,tiel;
rary Institution, in Leicester-square. The object of 10
address was to call the attention of the public, as we.
as of the profession, to the injurious effects likely to r
suit from Sir James Graham's Pill. Hr. Hilles
menced by observing that the profession did not reclilibre
a monopoly. They were willing to throw open the
compounding of medicines, and even the privilege re
practising ; but what they contended for was, that tbe
should be a marked distinction between the qualified siii;
unqualified practitioner, so that the public might leo
misled. They objected, therefore, to allowing
or
to medical science to assume the titles of " sorge°l4,,lo
" doctor," and desired to limit such titles to those The
had attained the distinction by a regular education. ,0
plan of registration was, he thought, a very inadequt
protection ; and, as there was little inducement to Prs"..,„
titioners to register their names,' but, on the 0111.1
the '1:,
there would be an annual charge attending it,
preten„
would be that many of the most distinguished surgenes
would not care to register, and whilst their narno
were not to be found on the list, the unqualified Inv
would also pretend that he might register himself if O.
would, but that he considered it a disgrace to d°,s-81
Mr. Hilles pointed out many other parts of the Dill
sfld
would be injurious to the respectable practitioners, , Sir
he declared his conviction that the sole object col
James Graham was to establish a medical poorlard
commission. It had been found that the surgeons pow
not now so readily compgte for the appointroent,,Sol
poor-law unions, and by making a free trade of tneuloo
science it was hoped to increase competition for tbthe
situations. The lecturer inveighed strougly against in
heavy duties and miserable remuneration of surgeons
ea
poor-law unions, and he asserted that, as the avnwoo
object of the New Poor-law was to throw the poor
co
their own resources, so the object of the present Mea!ou
Reform Bill was to throw the medical practitioner'we
the poor, and to compel them to eke out a misers•
living by extracting the last shilling from their dire
patients. Mr. Hilles advocated the adoption of a repro.
sentative system by the medical profession. He tell
posed that the twenty-five thousand members of wulto
that body is composed should elect representatifesio
protect their interests, and to protect the public 1,-0,
from becoming dupes of the outcasts of the professv)
The lecture was very scantily attended. As.
Yesterday a meeting of the Medical and Surgical ,",e
sociation of the borough of St. Marylebone took P'llo".'
for the purpose of considering and agreeing to a wattle
festo to be presented to Sir J. Graham, deprecating the
Bill lately introduced into Parliament, as not effecticieoi
excluding quacks from practice, as erroneously °Peal' 0
the field of practice to chemists and druggists, an,reir
prescribing an improper scheme of professional &id,
tion. The Association also advocates the institution"
college of general practioners, with an elective colaeof
and court of examiners, in order to secure unifortsgth,
education for the general practitioners throughout
of
United Kingdom. Mr. R. Pennington (Senior Feilovi e
the College of Surgeons) was in the chair,
discussion, in which Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ancel, Mr. jar"
wood, Mr. Gray, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Michele took Poe
the manifesto was adopted. Thanks were voted t°
chairman, and the meeting separated. and after 51.

BANK OF CEYLON.•
The third annual general meeting of the Bank of Ce;
lon was held yesterday at the office of the CohlPtLeP t•
Old Broad-street. Mr. Cummings, one of the v`—
ors, in the absence of the chairman, presided.
The CHAIRMAN read the Directors' report, 111-1,111
stated that the business of the bank had consider-3,
increased during the past year, and the char:L(4l,7ldr
transactions had been secure and legitimate. lr[woo,
crease they considered the more satisfactory, as '";tp
evidently connected with the advancing prosper',o-11.4
the colony. There had also been an increase ofyie—a to
during the year, and the Directors were still env bang
state that no bad debt had been incurred by the 4nases6
since the commencement of its business. The it the
cordiality of feeling had been manifested towards orba
concern by the merchants and planters in CeYlniod'
had steadily adhered to it as customers, netwit°sl;pstv
ing the solicitations by the projectors of a rival est's"l
ment. A branch establishment at Kandy had bee The
most satisfactory operation during the past yeae;,,
management of the business at the chief branch .`" e the
lornbo had been such as to merit the approbationi?`
Directors, who expressed their satisfaction with tuefe.
ertions of the kink officers and local Directors ja,,,reot
'noting the interests of the corporation. The stateTio
of accounts up to the 30th of June last showed °llia
addition to the half-year's dividend paid in Dialtbalf'
Directors were now enabled to declare a wow, pet
yearly dividend at the same rate of six per cet";to
annum on the paid-up capital of the bank ; the snt of
be payable in this country on and after the I'l.o
November next, and in Colombo as the manager sb
after receipt of advice. gobiE
Oa the motion of Mr. Stooks, seconded by 31-I.'i to u`'
son, the report was received, adopted, and ordere'
printed for circulation. e then
Colonel Sir F. Hankey and Mr. Cummings were
unanimously re-elected Directors of the bank. /10'
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question &urn 058
prietor, stated that it was very probable that the ine old
of steam communication with the island of Ce3'l"
require the establishment of a branch at
toninectedsesayuesiS:
and the Directors were now making
quiries on the subject. In answer also to another
,j:101
tom. the lion. Gentleman said that the only comr-h
the Bank of Ceylon had in the island was a bratte;re,
the bank of Western India ' • but the former having:
occupied the ground, they had no fear of any opr-

dr, as
MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " YOUNG -.,°§Uk
—The manners of a portion of ;he higher c13•1:e-ttie
England have never been delineated with such WT4
force as they are represented in Mrs. Trollopes
Novel, just published under the title of " Youn°l4°lpir
the clever authoress having been as happy igher,oll
tures of such society as she was in her very no,
work, " The Domestic Manners of the Aniercis
She has been particularly successful in her portr—., sod
celebrated individuals of both sexes, whose wsLe for
means are far more remarkable for ingenuity r",:i or'
honesty. We are inclined to think that some fires ad/
ginals who have figured much in the public eye
have sit to her for their portraits. The llonollmbleeseo'
Thorwold, the niece to a Peer, bears a striking r
blance to a beautiful adventuress connected With i°
t:in noble house ; and there can be little dimc°loo
fixing the identity of the much-admired Lord "/ frbe
Hammond, on a nobleman well known about towo.h
disclosures of the proceedings of ladies in hig",i9g6
through the agency of that extremely useful pets got
the dealer in lady's cast-off apparel, in Salt. ter
'treet, will be found as extraordinary as they are 07,
,
taining. As a love story, also, Mrs. TrolloPe4lo
work will be considered by all her readers of t"
sex as one of her most successful productions. Tf yOliA
EFFECTS OF THE MARCH OF AN ARMY.---"" so'
have an army of one hundred thousand men on foot' y
are about to lead it to the distance of a thousand It the
must be sure that both without, as well as wittit,ll' Tp-
country, as well as in town, all things will be f/o![,,
ment and in rumour. The towns and the villgae;
which you will have taken the men who coullt-h
troops, the hamlets and the countries from W 015,wa
have drawn your provisions, and all the apPai.Theor.;
those who are to lead them, the roads filled with rpls'S
going and coming ; all these things cannot WO 007
without there being many families in desolation, te la
lands uncultivated, and much expense to the 5".
curred.—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. D.
SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION.--'4‹.fitiol3.7
Stuart King gave his first entertainment on '`)--efel
Mtlody, Compthe songs were " The beams °Pe
osition, and Song," on Wednesday fn'
inn. Among lot/ re;
those gentle eyes," " Aly Sister Dear," " Wilt t:elsoS,
member me;" but "Kathleen O'More" and `,,.1 suet'
told best in favour of the vocalist. The 6cott"lilit the
" Cam' ye by Atholl" was rapturously encored. the flat,
conclusion Mr. King expressed his gratitude for the °`',
tering manner in which he had been received ell va go
casioa of his first public appearance in London, 11.,
nounced for next Wedneiday's entertainment
Beauties of Burns, with Songs," when, doubtless,e pref
be quite at home. The house was well filled on °
sent occasion. We have no doubt, from the cord'edoee e
his reception, that the next evening will pro
bumper.

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of
BIRTHS. ther'
On the 22d inst., in London, Mrs. Henry Mere ° so.
a daughter. the
On the 22d inst., at Mailing Lewes' House, near J.,e 03
hof Arthur Powell, Esq., of a son.
On the 23d inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr. Mortieler,
master of the City of London School, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 21st inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squaprie;ter °IP
James Dean, of Greenwich, to Theresa eldest daub
Mr. Joseph Taverner, of Mansell-street.' Coot
psli
On the 22d inst., at Leominster, Sussex, u• -1)%
of her Majesty's 22d Regiment, to Rhoda Cerletit:se'%,,d
daughter of William Holmes, Esq ,of Brookfield' S el:ant I;
On the 23d inst., at York-road Chapel, George,„r ol•
Esq., of Cheshain, Bucks, to Lydia Louisa, daub
ere
er° late John Hepburn, Esq., of Southwark.
Bon °f blot
On the 22d inst., at Newbury Church, Henry, dog
Bunny, Esq., of Newbury, to Catherine, youngest
of Robert Baker, Esq., of the same place. p Cs,PtSpil
On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-aqua,al 06Tik
the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle, Coldstream Gtu3"6-iejloi..rg;toff
surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, o
youngest daughter of Abraham W. Robarts, Esq" -•
Berkeley. square,

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bet°
ED. ,
In September, at St. DI
Anne's, Canada, Wniiin Atil
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Hale, Esq., late Captain in the 52d Light Infantr4v ' lde",4;
On the 13th inst , at Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, vice'
second daughter of the late Rev. Booth Hewitt,
• Italu
Castor, and Rector of Rothwell, Lincolnshire. North DO
On the 16th inst., at Minefield, in Apple,
ID° igt
John Kermack, Esq., aged 26.
On the 16th inst , at:Colchester, Essex, 3-Er' .I°llll street
of Canterbury-row, Newington, Surrey g °jar°
On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Fleet, a iti..lerj'„aio '
On the 21st inst., at Woolwich, Captain 00015
Thomson, Royal Marines.
yoounngt,hoef2tlhset
Gifirsatn.,gaet-rTollaodr,nßtiem-headth, Surrey, 3111' wife of
Mr. William Bowern.. rmon seY. voila,
On the 13th inst , at Maidenhead, -Berks, -'
Lae Willi°
At Eaton-square, Mary, the daughter of the ''-- 10
Chatfield, Esq., of Croydon. „ t Willi i
On the 21st inst., at Wimborne Minster, '-'°"-e ' '°'
Castleman, Esq., aged 78.
youngest Itigliter
On the 22d inst., at Bexley, Anne, young— a i'ol:4
the late Christopher Chapman, Esq. De
toe,
'river-, rt,
On the 22d inst , at Ashle House, near
El:zabeth Susanna', widow of the late J. James, ',Ve'et,r°
On the 23d inst., Mrs. llarriot Smith, of King's— I°B
man-square, acred 80. . of tile
On the 24t1rinst., Mr. R. 11. Willey, only -Oil
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R. Willey, Esq., of Wellclose-square.

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