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the effect pCoduced," he cried triumphantly, overjoyed at
his succ " I knew it would ; they will never forget it—
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rich he had caused. "Itis a pity, however," he re-
, " to have made one of those young creatures so sym-
,Jathetically unhappy, for upon my honour she is very pretty;
and were it not that I expect a little more practice in my
peculiar line to-day, I should certainly have endeavoured to
find out who she is. Ha, ha! lam quite serious, I assure
you."

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PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSO-
CIATION.-NEWTON DISTRICT BRANCH.

&fie fourth annual meeting of the sectional branch of this
association, of which there are now seven in England •alone,
was held at the Legh Arms, Newton, on 'Thursday, the 18th
the members of which consist of medical gentlemen of
and Cheshire; and although the members .did
_ _9, they are now increased to 97.
In the absence of the president, (Mr. Ainsworth, of Man-
chester,) Dr. JEFFREYS, of .Liverpool, the president of the
parent association, was called to the chair, who said, that had
he been at all aware of his services being called for, he would
have been better prepared to act in the position in which he
had been so hastily placed upon this occasion, which indeed
he was bound to do whenever his official duties were de-
manded, either from necessity or choice. Knowing there
was so little time for business, and so much important mat-
ter to come before them, he would not occupy their atten-
tion, but proceed to the business of the day immediately ; he
would, therefore. call upon one of the secretaries of this
branch to read the report of the past year. •
Mr. HARDY, of Warrington, then proceeded to the fol-
lowing effect :—Amongst a variety of other subjects, the
council took the opportunity of expressing their hearty con-
currence with the efforts which had been made, during the
past year, to induce the legislation to adopt some legal
enactment for the correction of the abuses and defects which
at the present moment are so lamentably injurious to the
best interest of the profession, as well as prejudicial to the
welfare and safety of the public at large. The evils resulting
from them are manifold, and have for a long time claimed
the serious attention of every class of practitioners ; for whe-
ther we regard the number of sources from whence diploma:
and licenses to practice are issued, the great diversity which:
exists in preparatory education required from those who ob.
taro them, or the absence of every thing like legal prote,
tion against the fraudulent and destructive practices of
'7ipled pretenders, the Kest,
medicarproiession in this country is Most r
is some consolation, therefore, to obse the vigs,_
exertions now making, by the various medical association,
now meeting throughout the kingdom, to procure redress
for our common grievances. The unanimity which prevails
is most gratifying, and the earnestness with which its consi-
deration has been urged upon the legislature, must eventu-
ally secure an interference to put an end to a state of things
alike disgraceful to the profession, and the country in which
we live, as well as positively injurious to the community at
large. The council felt called upon to notice the bills now
before parliament, on the subject of vaccination, which may,
in some measure, be regarded as the first fruits of the endea-
vours of the Provincial association, to determine the true
value of this grand agent. for the prevention and anni-
hilation of small pox. The object of both bills the same,
viz., to extend the practice of vaccination. Both provide
that this shall be done by legally-qualified practitioners
only ; but there is this difference—that of Mr. Wakley's
determines the amount of remuneration to be received for
the vaccination of every pauper, the other leaves the point
open to the same auction-like bargaining which characterises
the mode in which medical relief is at present provided for
the poor in this country, and is therefore highly objectith-
able. There is also a difference which is not less
Whilst Lord Ellenborough's bill indirectly sanctions the
practice of inoculation, the other positively forbids it altoge-
ther, and consigns to the prison every practitioner who may
be guilty of it. Having pointed out the main feature of both
bills, it may be desirable (the council go on to observe) to
consider how far it is incumbent upon this association to
adopt any proceedings in reference to them. They were of
opinion that all the objections contemplated would be best
accomplished by one bill, and both those now before parlia-
ment, arc in their present shape equally objectionable. Any
measure which sanctions the practice of inoculation, either
directly or indirectly, they conceive to be dangerous to the
public health, and every law which consigns a medical man
to prison, for au act which circumstances may require him
to perform, is rather arbitrary and despotic for the times in
which we live.

Laiicashir

rant and. u

stactory. I

On the motion of Mr. TWELMLOW, seconded by Mr.
MANLEY, the report was unanimously adopted, and ordered
to be printedjor the use of the members.

SAMU.EL WCULLOCII, Esq., of Liverpool, was then
elected president, and Dr. Green of Newton, and William
Goodlad, of Manchester, vice-presidents for the present
year: and Dr. Llewellyn Jones, of Chester, president, and
Dr. Baird, of Liverpool, and Robert Thorpe, Esq., of Man-
chester, vice-presidents for the ensuing year.
The tnanks of the meeting were then voted separately with
suitable resolutions, moved and seconded in rotation to the
officers of the past year, and that Mr. Sharp and Mr. Hardy
of Warrington, be requested to continue their servics as ge-
neral secretaries.

Dr. DAVIES moved and Mr. PENNINGTON seconded a
vote of thanks to the council, for their services during the
past year, with a request to them to continue their services,
with power to add to their number.

Dr JEFFILEYS then stated, that the usual routine business
of the association being ended, it then behoved them to com-
mence their operations for the present year ; and as the
election of president fell upon a surgeon of Liverpool, Mr.
Forshaw, and Mr. Bickersteth had been applied to for this
purpose, but the state of health of the former would not allow
him to accept the offer, and the pressing engagements of the
latter forced him to decline it, he (Dr. Jeffreys) had therefore
great pleasure and satisfaction in transferring his office, as
substitute, to one so well qualified as Mr. M'Culloch, who,
he was sure, from his standing and attainments, would fill
it in a manner worthy of the important and responsible duties
of it.

Mr. AV Cu LLocnthen took the chair, and having made some

observations complimentary to his senior brethren who may
havefdled it, and his own comparative incompetency, he felt
sensibly the honour conferred upon him, and would use every
means in his power to afford satisfaction. He would not
trespass further upon them, but at once call upon Dr. Ken-
drick for his promised paper relative to smallpox and vac-
cination.

Dr. KENDRICK commenced by saying, that as he unfor-
tunately differed from many of his brethren upon the subject
which he was about to speak, that must be his apology for
obtruding himself on the present occasion. He should take
the answers which he returned to the medicine section of the
Provincial Association, and comment upon them as he pro-
ceeded. He had drawn up a set of queries of his own, which
time would not allow him to go into ; but he would print and
circulate them amongst the members of the association. Mr.
Cecley's experiments had confirmed the identity of small-pox
and cow-pock. Cases of small-pox after vaccination were
evinced in those of the Fulwood's Rents ; and Lord Robert
Grosvenor proved that confluent small-pox may follow vac-
cination—but the great majority were safe. It was fallacious
to suppose that vaccination was necessary every seven years,
and illustrated it by facts which were the result of his own
experience, seriatim, so that he came to the conclusion that
not more than one in fifty were instances of insecurity. Mr.
Crosse, of Norwich, was of this opinion. The modified form
differs from the natural, or inoculated small-pox : delirium is
a leading symptom, but convulsions never were observed ;
when erethema comes on with the pustular fever, no delirium
occurs—there is no secondary fever—no disfiguration after-
wards. He never saw it fatal, except in two cases, who died
of purpura htemorrhagica ; the vaccine lymph had not lost
any of its protecting powers. Variola had occurred twice—
as well in variole as of vaccine. Inoculation was no test of
security from the modified disease. Patients late in life have
died of small-pox who resisted it early. The causes of
failure were generally said to be four :—first, imperfect vac-
cination was always followed by small-pox ; the second had
been touched upon ; and the fourth, he found if the lymph
had passed into the system it was sufficient.t Nothing short
of exterminating small-pox would remedy the evil. Dr.
Kendrick then entered into some very judicious points rela-
tive to the vaccine bill now passing the House of Commons ;
bat as these are now under consideration, we hope that Dr.
K.'s views, if not wholly, may in part be remedied and it is
perhaps a wise measure that, if we cannot gain all we want,
it is advantageous to obtain a part—the wedge being intro-
duced, it may be driven.

Dr. JEFFREYS then moved a vote of thanks to Dr.
Kendrick, for the very able, useful, and practical remarks
which had just been delivered by him ; which he was the
more delighted to do, because it afforded a strong proof Of
the fruitful effects of the branch meetings—and urged most
strongly that Dr. Kendrick would allow his remarks to go
forth into the world ; indeed he must say it that was a duty
which he thought ought not to be omitted.

Dr. HoLmc-seconCied the resolution, and concurred in the
value, of what they had so agreeably listened to.

Dr. MARSIIALI, of Manc-hester,, then gave the detail of a
most interesting case of an affection of the bladder. and the

operation which he performed to relieve the patient with
success ; and also a correspondence with Dr. Alonro of

Edinburgh, upon a similar case

➢Zr. ROBSON, in a speech of some length, and the relation
of well-known truths, moved a resolution, to appoint a com-
mittee to report on the state of the profession in this district.
Dr. JEFFREYs seconded it ; and it was referred, after being
carried, to the council for arrangement.

EFFREYS being

,alled for information relative to the
Styptic Matk.o, noticed at the last branch meeting, said he
had received a communication from Dr. Kendrick of its
efficacy, and was disappointed that, by accident, tie order
given for it had not been executed, but a supply was expected
from South America by every vessel which was coming from
Valparaiso.

The thanks of the meeting were the,.
man, which was carried by acelamatiOn.
Shortly afterwards'about4o of thettiembers sat down to an
elegant dinner, served up with great profusion, by the new
landlady of the Legh Arms. Mr. M'Culloch presided, and
Mr. Goodlad occupied the vice-chair; on removal of the
cloth, various loyal and constitutional toasts were give
an,

given to the Chair-

drank with enthusiasm ; and the day beirig the anniver:
sary of the battle of Waterloo, the health of Duke of
Wellington was given, as the hero of a hundred fights, not
as' a statesman, which was feelingly introduced by the iair-
man, who had served under him. The healths of the various
officers were given, and responded to with great animation,
and nothing was omitted to promote harmony and good feel.
ing, which appeared so cordisily to exist amongst all present.

We are always happy to record the kindness and
generosity of the conductors of many of our public establish-
ments, and in our good old town, these dispositions are con-
stantly being manifested. •Mr. Smith, of the Hastham Ferry,
gave an exciting treat on Tuesday to the boys and girls belong-
ing to St. Ann's West-Derby Church Schools, by giving them
a free passage to and from Eastbam. The children, (Several
of whom had never seen a river before,) were highly delighted,
and after spending a never to be forgotten day in the pleasant
woods surrounding the ferry, returned to the parsonage, and
ended the festival with tea and bun.
ATTEMPT AT SELF-CRUCIFIXION IN CORK.—Friday the
medical officers at the Dispensary in Hanover-street were
presented with one. of the most extraordinary cases that had
ever come before them. Upon a car, brought to the door of
the institution, was laid a stout hale man about 30 years of
age he was tied down, and it was with difficulty the persons
in charge could restrain him. Upon being brought into the
consultnrkroora it was found that his feet and hands had
been perfoi4ed, apparently with large nails. It appeared
front the statenkent of those by whom he was brought to the
dispensary that his name is Bartholomew Donovan ; that he
is a labouring man, has resided several years at Carrignavar,
had frequently betrayed symptoms of insanity, and was yes-
terday morning found in an outhouse contiguous to his own
dwelling bleeding profusely at the feet and hands, having in
each a large nail, with a view, he stated, of "crucifying'
himself! He was taken home, and this day, his wounds
being first dressed, the unhappy creature was sent to the Lu-
natic Asylum.

•
FEMALE LABOUR IN ARABIA.—I saw several females
here literally performing the duties of bullocks ; that is, in
plain English, they were yoked to the plough :, one was a
comely lass, and she answered my inquiries, laughingly, that
they hired themselves for the purpose, the remuneration be-
ing a small quantity of grain. The men, at the same time,
were standing looking on with spinnets ill their hands. An
odd transfer of duties this! The reader may recollect, that
Sir Thomas Munro relates, as a reason why an Indian should
be exempted from paying his taxes, that he pleaded the late
loss of his wife, who did as much work as two bullocks.—
Weilsted's City of the Caliphs.

TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE. ENT,

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No. 5, Bury-court, City,
29th Sivau (30th June), 5000 A.M

SENTE

an important light upon the subject
of Wednesday.

the aged members twent%

Chief Rabt

ay crime—

such practical proof of the'iirivanta;J:Cl;;ZlC:
society of this nature, that to enlarge on that part o
ject would be supererogatory. Even without sue'
demonstration, the very objects of the society must
impress every man who is prudently careful of the
Courier.

A few days since a woman, a native of Ilmins
livered of her 24th child !

Hard times! and we must make the most of

of a fat

The Boston Spiflicator says there is a man livi
city whose nose is so large that n"-
they are obliged to look twice.

ly can see it

THE " BRITISH QUEEN."—This splendid vessel
on Monday from Blackwall for New York, at ha
twelve o'clock, with a fair complement of passeng(
goods on board. The fineness of the day induced thot
of persons to wait along shore to witness her departure

1 PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS AT DAMASCI

foul and murderous crime win.
will readily stake your honour here
after, on the truth of the declaration that in„
(inking human blood does or ever did exist sin.
But from what has been lately published, I apps,
will he told by our calumniators that such a rite may
and you not know it, because, as our accusers assert, '
mystery of blood is not known by all Jews, but only
Robbins ;" that therefore your asseveration might be r
true as far as your own personal knowledge goes,
~s to the crime of which our nation is accuser'
meet this objection I come forward. 1.
Providence has permitted me to be the spie.
great Jewish communities of Britain for nearly forty
previous to which time I filled a similar office in Geri.
My honoured father (of blessed memory) for many years
sided over the Jewish congregation in London, Berlin, I:
other towns of note in Europe, so did his father before him.
and for more than ten generations
.my ancestors have with
great renown held the highest clerical duties amongst us.
Their instructions have been transmitted from father to son,
until it reached me, so that if any man, from the office he
holds, the instruction he has received, and the ancestry from
which he descends, ought to be thoroughly acquainted with
all our laws, precepts, customs, rites, and observances, I
may, without the slightest tincture of vanity, and in accord-
ance with strict truth, declare I am that man.
Moreover, I am far ailvanced in life on this earth. I in-
dividually have nothing to hope for, but must expect it can
not be very long ere I shall appear before the supreme Judge
of the universe, the Holy One of Israel, who on Mount Sinai
proclaimed, " Thou shalt not kill," and " Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
With a full sense of my responsibility, I voluntarily come
forward, and without any equivocation or mental reservation
whatsoever, join in the awful oath of expurgation, which,
nearly 200 years ago, in the name of the whole Jewish nation,
and on the subject of this very accusation, was taken by the
pious and learned Rabbi, Manasseh Ben Israel, to whose
efforts the Jews owe their admission into Britain, and
which oath he has recorded in his defence of the Jews, called
Vindicicr Judcrorunt. With him, and usinn- his words. I say

guide of

ALter on our part is purely ne,
no be cleared by the evidence of witnesses, lam
c tra led -0 another kind of proof which the L,
b sed .Or es __ ~.zscribed (Exodus xxii, v. ll)- -
is an oath. Wherefore I swear, without any dece'
by the Most High God, the Creator of heaven and earth, wl
promulgated his law to the people of Israel on Mount Si-
that I never yet to this day saw any such custom, as t 3
of human blood in any religious rite, among the r
Israel, and that they do not hold any such by divh.
of the law, or any ordinance or institution of their wis,
and that they never committed or sought to commit any
wickedness (that I know, or have credibly beard of, or have
read in any Jewish author). And if I lie in this matter, then
let all the curses mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronom,
come upon me, let me never see the blessing and consolar.
of Zion, nor attain to the resurrection of the dead-"
This my solemn oath, which the virtuous and h
Mendelshn declares he is ready to repeat after Rabbi
asseh Ben Israel with a clear conscience, I pla
hands, although the high authoritiP-

t or fraud

glily gifted

that it wil

CE ON JONES, THE RIBBONMAN

Amongst our Commission Intelligence will be found the
address to the prisoner of Mr. Justice Ball, in passing sen-
tence upon Jones, convicted of the Ribbon conspiracy.
One would imagine, from the lengthened ambages, and
the apologetical language in which he deals, that the learned
judge thought the sentence a severe, if not an extreme one ;
and that the hopes of pardon or mitigation entertained by
the prisoner and his friends were neithr unreasonable nor
unlikely to be realised. We share not, nor will the public,
we think, share in the learned judge's scruples, or sympathise
with his tenderness. There is no crime more injurious to
society than the levying of war against the Sovereign ; and
for a crime of such magnitude transportation for seven
years can hardly be called an adequate, much less an
tant, punishment. If Jones be guilty of a
sentence passed is sufficient proof that he has been
levying of war against the Sovereign, and the
of arms, and the organization of traitors for that purpose
And, although the particular object of that war be
undefined, the general intent is not the less criminal.
It is, in our opinion, merely trifling with a matter of the most
formidable import, to extenuate the crime, by saving that—in
its present stage—" it manifests no definite intention or ob-
ject of attainment ;" whilst the very conclusion of the same
sentence informs us that, " it appears to possess organization
capable of being made instrumental for any purpose requiring
combined movement and unity of action." The true light in
which such a conspiracy_ should be viewed, is that in which.

end the

in the subsequent part of his address, the learned judge ap.
pears to have seen it : for, " harmless though it apparently
be, in this absence of any manifestation of ascertained aim or
object, it is formidable in its adaptation to any purpose
however criminal, which, through design or accident, it
leaders might be prompted to undertake."
It', then, it be true, as Mr. Justice Ball observed, tha
" such an association, so constituted, is one which no govern
meat deserving the name could suffer to exist in this country
if by legal means its suppression could

whit is to be thought of the successive whip
from Lord Wellesley's time inclusive, to the present, which
have suffered this nuisance and opprobrium to exist? But
more—what is to be thought of the officials of such govern-
ments, who, far from seeking the suppression of the crime
connived at its secret growth, and gave to its ramifying pro
gress the encouragement of that secrecy, which conspirac
requires for its operations, by denying its existence ?
Mr. Justice Ball has pronounced its character—
government is unworthy of the name of government.
Might we beg to know, on behalf of the public, wh_ _-
most deeply interested in the fact, how Mr. Costello has be-
come assured of the extinction of the society-

security the country may have against its revival
One fact it may not be amiss to notice. The
rial letters were either suppressed or slurred over, in L
statement made on the part of the crown : but we have re
son to-believe that copies will be moved for in parliamer
and we can state that they are calculated to throw a new a

lost mate-

.—Dublin Evening 3

THE LIVERPOOL ANNUITANT SOCIETY.—The
anniversary of this excellent society was celebrated last Fr
day week, at the house of Mr. Percival, Derby Arms, Booth
The officers, committee, and members assembled at twels
o'clock at noon, when the preliminary business of the annu
meeting was disposed of. At two o'clock the members •
down to an excellent dinner. The society then proceeder
the election of the officers and members for the current
Mr. H. B. Hensman was appointed to the presidential,
and Messrs. William Henderson and John Tathair
chosen to fill the office of stewards. Mr. T. Kaye was i
pointed treasurer, after which the other routine busin
the society was transacted. We are happy to obser
year after year, the reports of this association corium
give fresh indications of its prosperity and usefulness.
experience of forty years has given full proofs not only of
soundness of the principles on which it was originally base
but of the excellence of its laws and regulations, and of th
admirable, economical, and busineSs-like manner in which h
has been conducted by those who have been, from time to
time, appointed to work out its intentions. The society has
far some years past had a large permanent fund, which was
gradually allowed to accumulate in order that it might be
possessed of a capital sufficient to prevent its stability being
endangered by any untoward or unforeseen exigencies. It is
a stringent rule in the policy of those who govern the opera-
tions of the association, not to allow this fund to be materially
diminished, so tharthe society may be regarded as fixed upon
a basis of perfect security. The present number of members
is, we believe, about one hundred and thirty, each individual
of whom, by a small annual payment, ensures to himself a
provision for his declining years, and to his widow an an-
nuity for liie. The scale of the annual payments is regulated
each year by the committee, in conformity with the esta-
blished rules. The number of widows at present receiving
annuities from the funds of the society is thirty-nine, and of
" A statement like this affords

have—as the grocery-keeper said when hew,
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, speaks
were poisoned, and after " vomiting themselves to deal
recovered.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will,
honour the Duke and Duchess of Buckinghai
with a visit at Stowe, Bucks, early in August.
In allusion to the bankruptcy of Messrs. Gve
it is stated that the site on which Vauxhall Garde"
now to he let for building ground.
Mr. Sturges Bourne, the lord warden of the
has appointed one of his sons to the situation
keeper, vacant by the death of Mr. Buckley.
We are enabled to state, on what we consider good auth
ty, that everything connected with the liquidation of the 1
bilities of the Agricultural Bank is proceeding satisfactori
and we have no doubt that all will he paid in full in a vc
short time.—Limerick Standard.

HEIR-Looms.—The term heir-looms has occ____
dispute, but the rule which is recognized appears tt
No chattels personal or capable of being entailed
law recognizes a power of descent in such things as
be necessary to support the dignity, uphold the sph
continue the importance of an estate of inheritai
word loom is a Saxon word, signifying a limb or
and thus heir-looms are members of the inherit,
which generally cannot be separated from it without
ing from its value. Thus the ancient jewels of the ci
held to be heir-looms, because the loss of them would ma
rially detract from the grandeur of the inheritance, and 1
dignity of the sovereign for the time being. Deer in apa
fish in a pond, charters, deeds, court-rolls, and other dot
ments necessary to verify title of estates, together with t
chests in which they are kept, become heir-looms, a-. 1
with the land. Plate and other valuables presented t
for public services have been held to be heir-looms,
necessary to the dignity of the several inheritors
honours of him by whom they were received. Such, a]
the case with things which cannot be separated from the in-
heritance to which they pertain; as chimney-pieces, pumps,
ancient fastened tables and benches, and whatever might be
considered as rational appendages to the freehold. Thus
tombstones, monuments, and coat armour, hung up in a
church, come under the same designation, together with any
ensigns of honour which may hang with them. For, though
the church be the parson's freehold, and these are annexed
to the freehold, yet they were placed there by consent, for
the advantage and honour of the ancestor and family of the
heir, and exist therefore for his benefit. So that the parson,
though he is not liable for any damage that may be done to
them, which has not occurred through his special act, or those
of his agents, yet he cannot take them away, without being
subject to an action from the heir for trespass.—This' Legal
Hand Bcioks : Personal Property,