Star.
London, England, 1828-12-11 00:00:00

MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIE fY.
A numerous meeting oi tors society took place yes
tetd4y; the Rght Hon. Earl SrANHOPL in the Chair.
Afier the ordonny busineis of the meeting had been
dispo.ed of, the Secretary read an or der rf the Council
for the immediate expulsion of Robert Brown, Esq. of
the British Museum, F R.S. F.A.S. F.L.S. and, indee.t,
of every scientific society in the metropolis. The ord. r
of expulsion was founded on certain letters written by
Mr. Brown to the Secretary and Directors, in answer to
communications from these Gen lemon reque ling the
delivery of a valuable collection of plants presented to
the Society by the Lady of Sir Alexander Creighton,
and handed over to Mr. Brown two years since, fssr the
purpose of his bestowing the Linnean names.
Before the ballot for expulsion took place, Di. Wools.
FORD moved for the production of the correspon..ence
and the letters were read, from which it appeared that
Mr. Brown took offence at the " peremptory manner
in which he hadbeen ordered to return the pl ants, " and
lest he should be subjected to such treatment in future,
returned hi. diploma," and requesting his name to be
erased from the list of fellows.

Dr. SIGMOND said, the mem' ers would do well to
consider seriously before they expelled Mr. Brown, who
was admitted to be the first bot.olist of the present day.
He moved as an amendment, that Mr. Brown's resig-
nation be accepted.
Mt. Eaorr defended the Council, and loudly conic'
on the Society to support it.
Mr. CA PgL, M.P. followed on Cie s .me side.

The NAle CHAIRMAN s lid, the Ciiuncil should not
be supported if is error; but he thought, in the present
case, the Council were right.
The ballet was proceeded wi h, and Mr. Brown was
declared expelled by a majority of six.
In the cousk of the evening a paper was read on the
utility of botany in meJicone.
Mr. JOHN HARDY presented specim'ns of the leases,
, flowers, and eitract of the a plant which has of
late caused considerable aeonsensin South America and
the West Indies, in consequence set its being a specific
for the bite ul the most poisonous -reptiles.
hesents were announced from the Grand Duke of
Tuscany, comprising 332 specimens of medicinal plant-.
Several members were admitted, and ballots taken;
after which the meeting adjourned.

RESURRECTION MEN.

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PROM Till DUBLIN MORNING POST.

On the night of sday and morning t f Friday
last, Menion churchyard was made a scene of blood
and outrage, under circumstances at once shocking to
humanity. S )itietime about a week back, a female of
the name of Ryan died in the neighbout hood of Mer•
rion, and was interted in die churchyard there. After
the burial, four brothels of Vie decersed, assisted by
some Wench., kept constant watch at the grave of
their sister, to protect her remains from that violatiois,
the practice of which has latterly been carried on to
such a frightful extent on the dead in those cemeteries
more immediately. in the vicinity of the metropolis.
On the above night, between the bouts of eight and
nine o'clock, the Ryan. having lift two of their party
as sentinels at the grave, retired with the remainder
into a cabin, which is situate cloe to the churchyard.
They bad not been long there when a knock was given
at the door; it was opened, and outside appealed a
party consisting of about nine or ten persons, some of
whom, addressing themselves to q.ose within, announced
to them at once what they were, and the purport of
their business—namely, that they were resurrection men,
and came there to raise bodies as subjects f dissection;
adding. that being aware of their being engaged watch.
ing a corpse, they had called upon them, in the first it—
stance, for the put pose of having the grave in which it •
was deposited pointed out to them, in nosier that they
might avoid it. To this the reply from the other party
was, that although they came there especially to guild
a particular body, yet that while they remained they
were determined equally to protect the other., and, in
a wort, that they would not suffer any whatever to be
disturbed.

The " Resurrection men" on Oil expre•seJ their de.
termination to go to work at once, and raise and carry
off by force, if necessary, as many bodies as they pleased,
without regard or discrimination towards any one beyond
another. They were proceeding accordingly to act up
to :his declaration, when the opposing party sallied
forth and arranged themselves to resist their entrance
into the burying ground. A conflict instantly ensued
—sticks, stones, and fists were the only weapons in re-
quisition, and after a pretty smart contest in this way
the " Resurrectionists" were defeated, and compelled to
retire, giving however, in their retreat, their antagonists
t r understand they would take measures that their
triumph should be r f but t.mporary duration.
About two o'clock in the morning they returned to
the scene of action, several of them being provided
with fire arms; more done prepared with pick-Axes,
and other instruments of their unhallowed trade, as
'hair offensive. Those whom they thus came to at-
t .ck, had employed their time in increasing their
force, by the addition of both rn-n and arms ; they
now stood in regular array ill the churchyard. There
was no time spent in parley. A •olley of bullets,
slugs, and swan drops, from the Resurrectionists,
commenced the engagement. This was promptly
answered by a similar discharge from the other side,
while those who were not armed with guns rushed
on each other with such weapons as they pos.
sensed. The consequences that might be expected were
soon felt. One of the defending party, a man named
Ward, received a ball in one of his arms, and while in
the act of attempting to discharge a pistol in return,
the barrel, from being overcharged, burst and shattered
iris right hand in a dreadful manner; others on the
same side also felt the effects of their adversaries' shot ;
while at the same time more than one of the invaders
of the sanctuary of the tomb were obsea wed to fall, and
a few to withdraw themselves altogether, evidently dis-
abled from taking any further part in the combat.
After the contest had been supported for some time,
the wretches who had originally been the cause of this
bloodshed began to give way, and were soon after en-
tirely driven from the premises, when they retreated
towards town, bearing with them their wounded com-
panions. The field of action, on the following morn-
ing, exhibited abundant proof of the fury and deadly
animosity with which hostilities had been carried on.
Since the occurrence, a strong party of theWilliamstown
police, under peace officer M'Dowell, contiaue to patrol
nightly sear the churchyard.

Ile Bramble cutter arrived at Plymouth on Sunday
night from Gibraltar, which she left on the 28th ult.
and Tangiers on the 29th. We are happy to be able
to state, that only five deaths bad occurred at Gibraltar
on the 28th, and, that there were only seventeen admis-
sions into the hospitals. Our Consul at Tangiers was
not in confinement. He might have embarked on board
a ship of war, but declined. le have little doubt that
Ihediffer epees with the Tsokietine Authorities have ere
'this been settled.