The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-11 00:00:00

THE THEATRE-ROYAL.

Our reaffij will perceive, by an announcement id o4r adver-
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stalimnW this day, that this establishment .will open fur
tfie season on Monday next, with the popular drama of the
"Jewess," and Balfe's admired' opera of the "Siege of Ro-
c'helle," two pieces which have been highly popular and sue-
cesful. The drama of the "Jewess" will be brought out on the
same magnificent and expensive scale as in-London, the dresses,
armour, banners, tic., being the same as those used, when the
piece was first brought out, at Drury-lane Theaqe. The whole
will be under the immediate direction and superintendence of
Mr. Yates, stage-manager of Drury-lane Theatre.' Mrs. Yates
will perform the part of the Jewess, and Mr. Stuart, the Jew;
and who, if we may give credit to the Manchester press, is a
very efficient representative of that character. Respecting the
piece itself, we need only to observe, that its success in Ldd:,
don, Manchester, Hull, and other places in the provinces, has
been unrivalled, and we doubt not it will also meet with a simi-
lar good reception in Liverpool Miss Betts, one of the prin-
cipal vocalists at Drury-lane, is engaged, and will appear in the
opera. Madame Vestris is likewise engaged, and will add to
the attractions during Easter week.

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REMUNERATION TO MEDICAL MEN FOR
ATTENDING CORONEUS' INQUESTS.

Mr. Baker, a surgeon, of London, has petitioned the House
of Commons on the subject of legalizing the payment of medical
men fur their loss of time and labour when called upon to attend
coroners' inquest in their professional character. . The case
upon which Mr. Baker's petition is founded is one of . very fre-
quent:occurrence. The facts are shortly these :—The body of
a woman was found lying Ja a lonely road near Mi. Baker's
hettsee:and he was called out of his bed at two o'clock in the
bMivinieg, to, see whether life was extinct or not. From some
1,04 ri tti u • circumstances attending the death, the coroner or-
.4WAFte:contonts of the ,stoitiach.of the corpse to be analyzed.
At,tbe,elose of...the istrpost• the jury signed a certificate ad-
ttie churchwardens and overseers of the parish where
the body was,:found,.stating that it was deemed necessary by
analysis should,be made, and recommending, as
Mr: Baker had been at considerable trouble and expense, that.
he should be paid for his labours and loss of time. The reason
why he Was not paid appears to have been that, the local act fur
the
,relieC of the poor.of, the.parish-of. Shoreditchorbere'the-
dealli aCti•rodi contains a clause against the
,appropriation of
any money raised under that act to any other purpose than the
direct !Ise of the poor. •
The situation of Medical men with respect to accidents en-
dangering human life, and their liability to be summoned as
professional witnesses befetre coroners' juries, is tine of very
serious hardship. When summoned before one of these courts,
they are compelled to attend whatever injury their ordinary
business niayisestain front. it; and when they. have sacrificed
their tiine inArtleritO promote the ends of, public, justice, the
iestice.er the public leaves then' .to the precarious chance of
beiag:mytinl444,parieh officers, which iu nineteen cases out
of twee w t.MS,to.no reward at all.
t Tilleewily,)this4vil we would recommend the members of the
tai
inedieglipreftesaimgetterally, to:unite in petitioning parliament
fur an acti:enablkutt.ieorteterseto.strder all medical witnesses,
when stotnneoesd„ttod*ive,,,professional evidence before their
courtsrittoibkf4i4Yeatniequitablyreinunerated fur their services.
A l'etitiqauiolAhe?Hettkeiof Coninirms to this effect has been
sitzlivick2,6rile.nfidelliityAir: Weary. Halt4d, President of the
litqahVellezeieVbysieiaris, the. President of the College of
SurgeStlas:,,SireAetley Cooper, Sir Anthony Carlisle, and by all
the n,toet
.erninent physiviansin London. As the subject is now
before parliunorit,,we can only repeat the recommendation to
the mediCal .professlon, of, this and other towns to lose no time
in sending up their petitions, if they wish to be relieved from
the grievance.uf which they so justly and generally complain.
Since the foregoing observations were written, we have been
informed that a petition front the physicians and surgeons of
Liverpoolia,pewilying for signatures at the Medical Library.
t,0•:15'll 0 nilo