Star.
London, England, 1828-03-15 00:00:00

ielliNCE Of ANATOMY.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN had a Petition to
present of a name very different from any u h ch had
been offered to their Lordships during? the Session. He
thought it necessary, therefore, to call their attention
to it in a more particular manner. The Petition he held
in his hand related to a subject of very great import-
ance, and to one which, if neglected, he had no hesi-
tation to say would be found of growing importance.
It was very numerously signed, and proceeded (tom a
most respectable body of Surgeons, who complained of
the d fficulties they experienced in consequence of the
present state of the law, in procuring a sufficient supply
of subjects for dissection. The Surgeons of this country
were placed in a situation of great difficulty, and the
Yetitioners had determined, as he thought very pro-
perly, to bring their case under the notice of their
Lordships. They were subject to the government of a
Corporation which would not admit any man to prac-
tice who had not gone through a certain course of study,
of which dissection formed an indispensable part. They
were subject also, in the case cf want of skill, to actions
on the part of individuals who might have employed
them, and to all the consequence. of heavy damages
and costs. This they alleged might arise without any
fault on their part, since they were placed by the law
in a state of embarrassment in procuring the necessary
means of instruction. It there was one opinion in which
all scientific men agreed, it was in this, that no substi-
tute could be found—that no anatomical preparation,
no mechanical contrivance could ever supersede the
necessity of actual dissection of the human body. The
Petitioners stated that the same difficulties were not
exi;cri,nced by the profession in Ireland or in France.
To hi. knowledge a great number of young men had
been driven to the latter country for instruction.
It w.s a case which did not involve merely the
welfare of the profession, but the welfare of the commu-
nity.
He was not prepared to suggest any remedy
immediately, but he might probably at some future
time offer some suggestions upon the subject. He did
not think it was impossible to apply any remedy to this
evil, or to do so even without injury to the public feel-
ing. deans at least, he trusted, might be found, not
perhaps perfectly or adequately, but at least in some
degree to supply the wants of the public ; for they were
the wants of the public if they were the' wants of the
profession, to which the heal:11 and safety of the public
IA ere necessarily entrusted. It might perhaps tend to
abate the ptej idice that prevailed upon this subject, if
the law was repealed which employed dissection as the
means of aggravating the sentence of the greatest cri-
minals. Tire Petition was from the Medical'and Sur-
: gical Society of Worcestershire, and the first signature
to it was that of Dr. Hastings, a very learned and emi,
Lent Physician, the President of the Society. _ .

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The Petition was then read at length, and ordered to lie upon thei
table.

The. Mutiny. BiU and the Marine Mutiny Bill, were acteralli
committed.

Mr. Ceavraa, from the Treasury, presented the Finance Ac-
counts of the United Kingdom for the year 1g27.
Mr. Mason, from the Cant India House, presented an Account
of Salaries and Pensions granted by the East India Company, and
a Report of the Regulations passed by the Government of India.
11r. JOUNSONs from the office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
presented the Report of the Irish Commissioners of Roads and
Bridges. . _

Arr. AULD presented the Report of the Commissioners of the Pe-
nitentiary at Millbank, with an Account of the. Expenditure.
These Papers were severally laid upon the table.—The House
then adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House was occupied until half-past four o'clock with ballot.
ing for a Committee to investigate the merits of the Dover Election.
In consequence of the House not sitting yesterday, and this being
the last day tot obtaining leave to introduce private Dills, there was
an unusual quantity of private business transacted.

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Mr. AULD, tram the Milibank Penitentiary, presented the An-
nual Report of the Commissioners.
Mr. Mason, from the Bast Indic House, presented Returns from
the Court of Directors.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. CLAY /OR, from the Treasury, presented Finance Accounts
of the United Kingdoms.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. BYNG brought in a Bill for the Improvement of Covent
Garden Market, which was read a first time.

A Message lions the Lords requenetlCOpies of the Reports
nude by the Select Committees which eat in the Setsious of 1816
and 1823 on the GanteLaws.—Ordeted.

)►Jr. Desert, the Clerk of the House, presented the result of the
Ballot for a Committee to try the merits of the Dover Election.
and the following Hon. Gentlemen took the oaths as Members of
the Committee

Lord Asirley, Mr. F« 13..ker, F. J. Calvert, Sir N. C. Tyndal,
Lord Viierrunt Ebrington, Mr. F.' Gye, Dlr. J. liaise, Mr. Calrei,,l

Mr. T. Green, Sir H. Inset. Mr. S. Tollemache, Mr. J. Bastard,
Mr. J. Caws, Mr. B. L. Lister, and Mr. George Bankes.
Mr. C. BARCLAY presented a Petition from the Parishes of
Battersea and Wandsworth, praying that they might be beard by
Counsel against the Battersea Inciosure lkil. The Hon. Member
said, that if the Bill were passed into a law it would deprive the
public of the use of a considerable space of ground, which now
afforded an opportunity for healthful recreation, and he should,
therefore, certainly, take the sense of the House on its merits
whenever the second reading came on.r.(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MANNING obtained leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate
and amend the several Acts relating to the London Docks.
Mr. MANNING presented a Petition from the Governors of
the London Hospital against the London Railway Bill.
General GASCOY NE brought in a Bill for the amendment of
the Liverpool Docks Act.—Read a first time.

Mr. IfELY HUTCHINSON. presented a Petition from Cork,
praying for the Repeal of the Stamp Dutieson Receipts.—Ordered
to be printed.
Mr. \V. SMITH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable the
Thames Tunnel Company to raise more money.
Mr. C. PALMER obtained leave to bring in a Bill far the
Building of the Royal Clarence Bridge.
Mr. W. PEEL presented a summary Statement of the Persons
charged with Criminal Offences.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. GRACTAN presented a Petition from certain Inhabitants
of Dublin, respecting the introduction of a system into Ireland for
the Provii-ion of the Poor.
General GASCOY NE remarked on the great importance of
the subject referred to by the Petitioners, and expressed his hope
that the Hon. Member (Mr. Grattan) would propose some specific
measure upon it.
Mr. HUME wished to call the particular attention of the Right
Hon. Secretary for the Home Department to the subject of the
Petition, and he hoped that the Right Hon, Gentleman would
think it advisable to Appoint a Commi tee of Inquiry.
Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he should have no objection to
the appointment of a Committee, if any Hcpourable Gentleman
would take upon himself to move for it; but, circumstanced as he
was with two Committees to attend to, he felt that he should not
be able to do justice to a third, even if it were thought desirable.
I Perhaps, however, on investigation, the Hon. Member for Aber-
deen would not think a Committee necessary. Notwithstanding
all the application of the lion. Member, be (Mr. Peel) could see
that he bad not read the whole of the Report of the Emigration
Committee; for, if be had done so. he would have all the inforrna-
tiun that could be well collected on the subject.
The Petition was ordered to lie upon the table.
Mr. LOYD presented a Petition from certain Roman Catholics
lof the county of Limerick, in favour of Emaaclpation.—Ordered
to be printed.
' Mr. B. COOPER presented a Petition against any further con-
' cession to Roman Catholics, from the Clergy of the Cathedral
Church of Gloneester.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. IC COOPER presented a Petition from the same body,
against the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. If the /louse
should determine to repeal the Test Act, be trusted some other plan
would be adopted, equally efficacious, for the security of the Esta-
blished Church.

Mr. CRI PPS presented a Petition from the Maltsterspf Ciren.
cester, against the Malt Act.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir J. GRA II A M presented a Petition front Lord Kensington,
against the Salmon Fishery Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. KNOX presented a Petition front two Parishes in the
county of Fyrone,in favour of Emancipation.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. ASllf7USTpresenteda Petition front the blahsters of the
City of Oxford, against the Malt Act.—Laid on the table.
On the motion of the sante 1(m. Member, several Returns were
ordered connected with the trade in Foreign Corn.
Mr. %V. SMITH presented a Petition from the Members of the
United Synod of Associates and Seceders of • Edinburgh against the
Test and Corporation Acts. Ile begged. the attention of the House
to this Petition; it showed, contrary to what had been intimated by
the Right Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Secretary Peel) upon a former oc-
casion, that the inconvenience of these Acts was felt in Scotland
as well as here. The Petition spoke the sentiments of 150,000
persons.
Mr. Secretary PEEL read a part of the Petition, by which be
said his statement was borne out. The Petitioners stated that they
were happily free from the inconvenience felt by the Dissenters of
England, in consequence of the Test and Corporation Acts.—Or-
tiered to be printed.
Mr. W. SMITH said, his Bon. Friend the Member for Surrey
(Mr. Denison) presented a Petition on the sth inst. from the Surrey
An`i-Slavery Society, fur the printing of which his Hon. Friend
neglected to move. A/ his request he now therefore moved, that it
should be printed.
The Petition was ordered to be printed.
Lord EMU N vroN presented a Petition from the Maltsters of
Tavistock and South Mutton, against the Malt Act.
Mr. LYGON presented a similar Petition from Easthope.
Mr. LEG H KECK presented a Petition from the Archdeacon
and Clergy of the rchdrazonry of Leicester, againat any further
concessions to the Roman Catholics.

The same lion. M maga presented a Petition from the same
body, against the Dissuners' Marriage Act,and against the Repeal
of the Tr•st and Corporation Acts.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir M. W. Rill LEY moved for a Return of the Composition
paid by the Bank on Promissory Note Stamps.
Mr. HUME presented two Petitions from the Parish of Ceres,
in Fife, one signed by the Female and the other by the Male in-
habitants, praying that Robert Gourlay might be heard at the Bar
on the subject of Emigration.
Alr. HUM E moved for certain Returns connected with the
Parish of Mary-la•bonne. _ .

The same Hon. Member moved for a Return of the number of
persons arrested on the ground of recognizance. entered into by
them, distinguishing such a. were estreated for non-appearance of
the individuals, such as were arrested for non-payment of fees,
after the appearance of the individual., &c. His principal motive
in moving for this return was a practice which, be understood,
prevailed in London and Middlesex, according to which those who
entered into recognizances were arrested unless they paid certain
fees to the Clerk of the Peace, and this whether those for whom
they were security appeared ur not, whether they were found guilty
er declared innec:

On the suggestion of Mr. Secretary PEEL, the motion was
withdrawn for the present.
Mr. CUILTEIS presented a Petition from Margate against the
Test and Corporation Acts.
Mr. DUSEISSON presented a Petition from Liverpool,
against the $lll for allowing the mode or taking the poll at elections.
On the motion of Mr. TENNISON, the further consideration
of the Report of the East Itetturd Disfranchisement Bill was post-
poned to Friday nest.