The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-11 00:00:00

SURGERY REGULATION BILL.

COURTENEY, on moving the second reading of this
Bill, repeated its nature, and the objects of the different
clauses it contained, for compelling all persons in future,
who intend to practise as Surgeons, obtaining testimonials of
their ability from the College of Surgeons of London.
Sir C. MONCK objected to the Bill, on the ground that
the payment required for the testimonials would induce
their being granted on insufficient grounds. He saw no rea-
son why the Corporation of Surgeons of -London should be
so tender about. the whole practice of the country. It had
been said that the examinations at Surgeons' Hall were made
in a base and slovenly manner, atidlt might be so; 'hut theme
had been no particular ease shewn for the. necessity of this
measure, or if there were, the 'Honourable Gentleman seeu►-
ed to have begun at the wrong end. It appeared that the
College of Surgeons of Edinburgh had particular regulations
as to fees. Some years ago they amounted to thirty pounds,
for their concurrence for a person to practise; but by their
own confession they had altered those fees to SO/. They,
'however, only granted this testimonial after, a proper exanii- '
nation ; so that every one contributed to the character of the
College whose testimony he bore. But this Bill, by making
the fees to the London College an object of interest, would
niche them • less 111;ely to take proper care in their examina-
tions. On the whole, he argued that the Bill was for the
benefit of those who agitated it more than for that of the pub-
lic, and he concluded with moving,as an amendment, t hatin-
stead of now, the Bill be read a second time this day six
moist hs.

Mr. W. DUNDAS, in allusion to the fees of the Scotch COl-
lege, stated, that if a per,on chose to become a licentiate, he
was only required to pay b/., but if he wished to become a
Member of the Corporation he must pay the 2301.
Captain WALDEGILAVE sairba f 4.• words, which seemed
to be in favour of the 8111. He conucumCd the ignorance of
persons acting as Surgeons in some parts of the country, who,
from prejudice, refused to perform vaccination, in consequence
of which, at one. time, the small pox spread tlkrough that
quarter,,and affected 800 people.
Mr. PE stronglyoppo3ed the Bill. It began by stating,
that " whereas the health, and freqlient ly the lives,or his Ma-
jesty's subjects were injured and destroyed by the ignorance of
persons pi actising surgery." But I i) evi4nee w otle ed of
the truth of this assertion, which evidence ought to have becit
produced before a Committee of that House. It was not
cause the College of. Surgeons of Dublin objected to this
Bill that he objected to it. His objection went to the
prityrille of it, as he did not see any necessity for it. He
feared:the interest of the t:olleei would make t•hein enter
into a competition for granting a great number of testimonials.
'He had never heard any complaint of the want of.•
amongst thus, who practised in Ireland, where a positive
'apprenticeship was necessary before a diploma -could be
obtained.
After a few words from Newport and Mr. Boswell

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Tuesday and Wednesday last. On Monday, in the
Chamber of Peers, a Projet was communicated by
the Ministers for the organization of the Bank of
France, the discussion of which was appointed for
Thursday. In the Chamber of Deputies on Mon-
day, a Report was made from the Committee on

the Budget respecting tire petitions referred to
it. Another Report from the same Committee was
made on Tuesday. "The Reporters of the Corn-
►nittees were then heard at considerable length,
and the deliberatior, con►nte►rccd upon the respec-
tive Articles. The first Article only of the Pro-
jet was adopted, when the Chamber adjourned till
WVed►►esday. These Journals contain another days'
proceedings of the Trial at Alhi, but affording no-
t;►ing material.--The loAowing are Extract.; :
" PARts, APRIL 7.—The Duke of Wellington
had a conference yesterday with the Duke de
Richelieu, the Austrian, Russian, English, and
Prussian Ministers Plenipotentiary, and the Baron
Mounieri President of the Mixed Commission for
the Liquidation of Foreign Claims.
" The Countess of ciothland (Queen of S.ve-
den) had yesterday a private audience of his Ma-
jesty.

" It is supposed Shat the present Session of the
Chambers will close by the end of this month.
" The Gazette de Florence, of the 24th ult. an-
nounces officially, by a letter from the Sat di
Irian Consul at Leghorn, that the Dey of Al-
giers shied of the plague on the Ist of March.
His successor, Coggia-Caralli, formerly his
Minister, was prodaiMed the same day amidst
salvos of artillery. He has assumed the name
of Ibrahim Paella. The next day all the
foreign Consuls were presented to the new
D. y, to tender hint the customary presents.--
Ibrahim Paella commenced I►is Government by an
act. of justice : ire ordered the young Christian
women and Jewesses, whom his predecessor had
confined in the Seraglio, to be set at liberty.

" APRIL B.—The Duke of Wellington and the
Foreign Ministers were presented yesterday in
the accustomed form to the King.
" A new Ordonnance of Police was issued yes-
terday. regulating the price of bread in Paris.
From this day the loaf of four pounds of the first
quality is to be sold at 80 cents (Bd.) ; and a
similar loaf of the second (polity at 55 cents (51d.)
" A great commercial house at Havre has failed
for several millions of francs.

" FIVE PER CENTS.
" Monday f. c.

" Tuesda-y

. Cf; f. 55 c.

"DEFERRED STOCK.
" Monday .. 79 f. 40c.
" Tuesday • • 79 f.

The chief subject in the House of Commons
yesterday related to the renewal of hostilities in

India, when Mr. CANNING, in answer to a ques-
tion from Mr. HowonTn, stated, that though the
late accounts from India were not official, yet
that he had reason to believe thatlriertre au:
thentic. Lord ,ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, who had
lately come forward with a terrific complaint of a
breach of privilege, seems to have illustrated the
fable of the Mountain in Lob,mr. •

Lonll PALM ERsToN.---This day, at 12 o'clock,
in answer to the enqu:ries made after the state of
his Lordship's health, it was announced that no
further Bulletin would he issued, " as Lord PAL-
MERSTON was quite recovered."

We have long beeri of opinion that PEACE with
AMERICA has not been placed on ibirable foun-
dation. We woe the first to notice the artful
policy and ambitions views of the American Go-
vernment, on the very day when the PRESIDENT'S
Speech arrived- in town,_ as inartted in that
Speech, from a-tuere cursory consideration of its
contents ; hut we had the pleasure 4o find that Our
opinions weresconfirmed by the itentiments of a
Gentleman of high authority and extensiveexpe-
iience in American concerns, which afterwards
appeared in our Paper, whose name we are not
permitted to mention, and whose future favours
we hope to receive. It was astonishing to us at
the time that none of the Journals who support
our Government should have beheld the Pas-
siDENT's Speech in the same point of view as we
did, nor have they since ; but, on the contrary,
they have uniformly expressed their approbation
of the moderate.spirit by which, in their opinion,
it was characterized, and did not appear to dis-
cern. any of those seeds of ambition which, we
doubt not, will in due time grow into open hosti-
lities. The following paragraph, which we have
extracted from a Morning Paper, will fully jus-
tify the view of things which we at first took, and
which subsequent events have abundantly con-
firmed. As to the Opposition Writers, who were
silent on the subject, we cannot give them mote
credit for -discernment, with respect to the mis-
chievous features of the Pat:sine:ifs Speech, than
their loyal Opponents ; for, if they had discerned
those features, they would, no doubt, have dis-
torted them into the most forbidding deformity,
and, to use the memorable phrase of The Alorning
Chronicle, have " prognosticated predictions " of
the most gloomy and alarming nature :

" The last Letters and Papers from Quebec state, that
considerable astonishment was excited in Canada, at the
military preparations in the ueiBhbourhood, under the three-

Lion of the Government of the United States. ft is said from
Montreal, that fortifications are building almost at their
doors, and particularly Rouse Point is noticed, where the
works are nearly complete. Such is the exertion made by the
Republic to render its possessions in that quarter formidable,
that during the last year the northern division performed
13,654 days' moth, including the public roads which lead
into the heart of the Canadas, and by which means it is
assumed that the Americans intend to -annoy the Cana-
dians."—(New Times.)

FrtENcn Cor.otitEs.—lt is sad, but we do not be-
lieve the report to be true, that the French Govet n-
went have conceded to the United States a permis-
sion for A kIERICANVESSELS to trade with the French
West India Colonies. Neitherdo we credit the
report that the Court of Madrid has granted the
same indulgence to American Vessels to trade
with the Spanish Colonies. We consider these
rumours as a ruse de guerre, to qualify in some
degree the farther concessions which, it is under-
stood, are about to be mAde by his Majesty's
nisters in favour of the Americans, in order to
lessen the obloquy which will attach to such im-
provident measures. That these sacrifices are to
be made does not surprise us, from the senti-
ments avowed by some of the present Cabinet
respecting the Navigation and Colonial System,
who, we are informed, would not be indisposed
to abandon it altogether, adopting the modern
system, Which has been so long and so clamor-
ously advocated by the writers in the Edinburgh
Review and the other Disciples of that School.
We, however, trust, that the Shipping and Mer-
cantile Interests will be on the alert, and by
their timely interference endeavour to avert
the evils which will flow from such an abandon-
ment of the principles and policy of our ances-
tots, on which is founded the Naval Power and
Ulory of the Country.

The Norwich Mercury accuses The Courier of
having borrowed the last week's Postscript of that
paper, and used it in " a leading article" of its
own, as if it bad originated with itself.—We are
sorry to see some of the Provincial Journals do
the same by The Sun, taking our articles as spe-
culations of their own without acknowledgment.
This is not only an illiberal practice on the part
of those Journals, but unjust also, as we always
acknowledged the source whence we derived any
articles which we had taken front them.
TIIAIBER DUTIES.-In the Table of Duties of
Customs now before Parliamen,t, ti►ete does not
appear to be any exemption from duty of Timber
from British North America until 1820 ; and
therefore a. clause to that effect should be intro-
duced, to avoid any doubts in that respect, ac-
cording to the existing Act.
COAL DuTtes.—Neither is there any clause of
exemption from the Coast Duties on Coals—for
Coals carried within the Humber, or other large
arms of the Sea, which, until of late, were al-
ways considered Inland Navigations
Thursday evening her MAJESTY bad a select
party ; and yesterday, accompanied by the Prin-
cess AUGUSTA, returned to Windsor.

A Cabinet Council was yesterday held at the
Foreign Office at two o'clock, and sat till near
four o'clock.

Yesterday morning Mr. ROSE left town to pro-
ceed on his embassy to Berlin. The Right Hon.
Gentleman was accompanied by Mr. PROUDMAN,
the King's Messenger.

NoRTIIERN EKPEDITION.-1-11 addition to an
Assistant-Surgeon to each of the vessels destined
to -explore the Arctic regions, the Lords of the
Admiralty have judged it proper that a Surgeon
shall he attached to each of the principal ships,
and have given directions to the Victualling Boat d
to seleCt from the list of Naval Surgeons txvo in-
telligent Officers for this service, with orders to
repair on board without a moment's delay. The
Board has in consequence appointed Mr. JonN
DUKE Surgeon of the Dorothea,-Captain BucuAN ;
and Mr. JOHN EnwARDs to the Isabella, Captain
Roes. The ships, it is expected, will drop down
to the Nore to-morrow.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY.-Severai of our
Cotempoi-aries, in detailing the feats of the Es-
qnimanx, now on board the Isabelle, one of the
ships bound to explore Davis's Straits, announce
that this man " was brought to Leith about four
years ago by a South Sea whaler !!!" This is
wonderful information, as the vessel must have
passed through Bhering's Straits, deciding the
dispured point of.a communication between the
Continents of Asia and America, and rendering
the present expedition to the North Pole entirely
useless.

Sir HumPIIIIY DAvY has-,repeated the Experi-
ments on Muriaric Acid Gas, which have lately
been' made by Dr. A. URE, Of Glasgow, and Dr.
MURRAY, of Edinburgh, and has found that the
water which these Chemists obtained was merely
an accidental product. He found that the oxide
of lead, and the alkali in the flint glass; both fur-
nished the oxygen.
A method of making doubly refracting prisms,
perfectly achromatic, has been recewly invented
by Dr. BREWSTER.

One of the Officers of the Isabella has under-
taken to make a series of regular observations with
the new Barometer, or Sympiesometer, invented
by Mr. Ante, end several of the Officers have
been furnished xvith queries, drawn up by diffe-
rent scientific individuals, with the view of direct-
ing their attention to the various phenomena
which are likely to present themselves in the Po-
lar Regions.
Dr. CLARK, and Mr. flouqgs,. of Cambridge,
have analysed a new 'mineral from Sweden, to
which they have given the name of Berzelite, in
honour of the illustrious Chemist, Baron I.3eRZE-
Lius, of the City of Stockholm.,

BATH ARRIVAL°, -Aram 10.—L3ily Hale, Lent.- General
Sir Charles and'Lady Colville, Sir R. and Lady ; Ad-
miral Sir .1. Collin; Major. General Head, Lieut.-General and
Mrs. Nelson, Lieut.-General Orr, Col. llucl,laud, &c.

PRIVATE AND AITTIMNTIC CORRESPONDENCS.

PARIS, APRIL 6 —The French Pavers 5,814
given you an account of the Sittings in the Ch3l/1'
her of Deputies ofFriday last, in whicb 111"
tb
LELE, faithful to his object of Overturning.',
Government, professed the most absurd princjelel'
It is not that M. V. is a nrld fool like M. Of"
BERRY, a furious fellow like M. Lanouttooo44ll'
or an ass like AL PIET ; hut M. de V. is "
e
man, and he systematically advarces Princirt
the most contrary to every specks of Govern."4ll:
His favourite idea is, to re-eatablish the
cial Assemblies, and to give to Municipal,Aloc
city power to r:sist Royal Ant hority. 1111°
what lie wisl ti to substitute for THE CITABTI't
1.
awl by which means he hopes to re-estadisb.the
regime anterior to 1789. He profits by evoY

casion to bring his doctrines forward. oi
M. de VILLELE attacked with much lorinf
the Minister of Police : he complained
silence of "Government on the affair of L'Yaii°9;
and, by a rapid
,Transition, passed to the 574
Service Money confided to the Yinister 11(3.1
lie maintained that it did more harm than V°

and that it ought to be withheld.
M. lamstiE replied with -his usual -e16410e1l
but I do not think his arguments were 11410: I
did nut refute with energy eno,igh the (liatd)4o
M. de VILLELE against the centralization
Administrative Powers. This question is
wTortance in France. Equality of rights iSA
fundamental principle of the Charter,
tll
most certainly the point which most eininer,,
interests the immense majority of the Fi:el'cbio,
Now this Equality of Rights cannot he s'l°4,
tained without an Administration that is str°'l;4
and independent of the spirit of loCalitieg, pt
that exercises its influence over the whole c%tCof
of the Kingdom. I will add that the sYstel"ti,
M. de V. is only a petition in favour of his
which, if revived, would render it all Pc'veti.
Ftt
and enable it to destroy the Charter, and 6"-9,0
lace an Aristocratic Governrn tote in its enl
p ;0
Now, if you consider the natural inclinati" 9 .tyi
French Nubility to oppose the Royal A"t"rpa
you will readily perceive that to adopt

would be to put the King in leading-strings'
pie jt
(
M. LAISIVE very ably sheaved the inif".°Pg
of sayirg that the Minister of Police glit this
to have any secret funds, he replied by the 61.'10
menial?' ad hominem. " You ask," said he, -01
is the utility of the secret funds ;--TheY serve if
defeat the plans of Secret Societies." In fact:l
is known that M. de IS VILLEL and the pers°%4,'
his party are all members of these secret 50elec
It would have been difficult for M. de Cl'igil•
be silent on the occasion, He spoke, t'°ll:ls e;
great dignity . and calmness ; he compl“e4.o4'
fuzed that part of M. de V.'s disconrse reaPect-00
secret service money. On the affair of UP 0,
the Noble Pees• had the art of eluding the lie
ments Of his adversary ; he avoided treating 4a)
basis of the question, but he insinuated, -01,,
much address, that Messrs. CAroJEL, "1"3 3
bef
DE FARGUES, and Company, might, if oat
thought themselves Taltunniated, ac
rna against the parties. Indeed, it is rell;'''bicte test
these gentlemen let the heaviest accusatil-15
upon their shoulders, without daring 10 kavetice•
course to the only means of procuring ju:prai
Be this as it may, I am neverdicies fi""oce
opinion, that the Ministers might 1° .1;
.01
m comunicated what they know at the ''11.31 De/
Lyons ; 'for however they may love Peace'
oP
will never succeed in concealing the truth : s°ere,
or later it will birst forth in thunder, and (1),00
fore the sooner the better. Consequeill,
this point I am perfectly of the opinion of -;%''ll
\TILLELE, not from the same motives 'if).
knows where the guilt lies ; but he fas°cigsiied
Ministers date not attack it in its 14"ircei
consequently he defies them.
The property tax papers'were b'jv '-
Lincoln on Thursday. 441'
Nv TO,
SUICIDE.-Abollt tIVO o'clock yeste"-
ng, a younp, woman passed hastily ""in -
street, Strand, to the river side. S"
pc
by the watchman who is stationed it) "el()%
Sleet, and another stationed sit the? e°"l-11. °.•
gateway in Surrey-street, who were WytinrChf.66l
gether. The unfortunate woman 104";‘,1,.efr
the river, precipitated herself into the stir` 011:
watchmen ran to her assistance ; and a ‘"tevvielift'f
who wng as paasi at the time in his boat,
cil° - ,1011
the spot, being at first attracted by lip ';ejpo;
and seeing her struggling in the IN4s::l(titbeliau
however, arrived too life—she sunk,
has not since been found.
,1

BIRTH•
On the 9th inst. at Lowcsby-hall Leicstershire, the Lt
of Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowlie, Batt. of a sun.

Of
DIED.
On Wednesday last, iil (;cope-street,l-lanover srPla,?1,110;
Riebard Garcon , Bart. Uncle to the 'Marchioness of 131;„, to
ham, and many years Representative in Parliament
City of Winchester. l
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