The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-31 00:00:00

RUNCORN DOCK DUES

The SECRETARY reported that, from the 25th June to the
24th July, 159 vessels, of 8192 tons, had entered the port of
Runcorn, the tonnage on which was £96135. 11d.

THE TELEGRAPH STATIONS

The Suu-Commtrrzu appointed to inspect the several
telegraph stations presented a long and interesting report.
They stated that they commenced their labours on the 21st,
and closed them on the 26th instant, having in the meantime
visited all the stations except-those at Bidston and Liverpool.
The report then went on to describe what additions, altera-
tions, and repairs would, be required at each station, and
strongly to impress upon the committee the necessity of all
the improvements being effected before the commencement
of winter. The character and efficiency of the men at the
several stations_were favourably noticed.

After some discussion, a resolution was-passed directing
Mr. Hartley to visit the several stations, in order to take
the necessary steps for carrying the recommendations of the
sub-committee into effect.

LIGHTING OF THE HARBOUR.
The SECRETARY read a letter from Lieut. Collins, R.N.,
requesting permission to appear before the committee, in
order to explain a new plan for lighting the harbour. It
appeared that by this method four of the present lights might
be dispensed with.—Referred to the marine surveyor.

TRAFALGAR DOCK SIIEDS

A letter from Mr. Thomas M`Tear, owner of several
steam-vessels trading between•Wexford and this port, was
read, applying for a shed at the western end of Trafalgar
Dock, to be extended to the end of the quay-wall near the
entrance of Victoria Dock.—Referred to Mr. Hartley.

RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The SECRETARY reported that Mr. Evans, Mr. Holmes,
Mr. Barclay, and others, being members of the committee
elected by the Town Council, would retire on the 3d August
next, their period of office having expired.-
A resolution was passed, authorising the secretary to notify
this fact to the town-clerk.

THE PROPOSED NEW DOCK DILL

The Suia-CommiTTER appointed to obtain a bill from par-
liament empowering the trustees to construct new docks, to
build warehouses upon the quays, and to make various regu-
lations relating thereto, presented a report of their proceed-
ings. They stated they had been incessantly employed since
their appointment in using every means in their power to
effect the passage of that most valuable bill ; but, notwith-
standing, the opponents of it had succeeded in throwing such
obstacles in its way'as to prevent its passing in the present
session. The Sub-Committee, however, had the satisfaction
of believing that the delay with regard to the most essential
part of the bill would be more apparent than real, and that
at a future period, parliament, having regard to the time al-
ready lost,. and the accommodation urgently called for, would
abridge the time when the warehouse clause should come
into operation. The total amount of the costs was not yet
ascertained ; it would doubtless be considerable, but if the
opposition to the bill bad been the means of swelling the ex-
pense, it was to be considered it had Bleared the way for a
dock and warehouse bill which would be of great service to
the port. The great object of the late proposed bill—the
building of warehouses on the dock quays, and placing them
under the same management as the docks, had obtained the
recorded approval of a committee of the House of Commons.
The Sub-Committee acknowledged the disappointment they
felt that the concessions which they bad made had failed in
procuring the advantages in return for which they were
offered. Such concessions, they trusted, would not again be
required or consented to. Under the direction of the solicitor
opposition had been made, before the committee of the House
of Lords, to the bills seeking exemption from dock dues, on
behalf of the Harrington Dock Company and the proprietors
of the Herculaneum estate. But should those bills become:law,
they would contain clauses in favour of the public and the
bondholders, providing for the covuenience of the one and
the security of the other. In conclusion, the Sub-Committee
thought that but little injury would result from the conces-
sions they had made if the proposed warehouses upon the
quays were erected. _

a The CHAIRMAN then read two letters from the Solicitor
to the Dock Committee, containing a summary of the princi-
pal evidence given before the committee of the House of
Lords on behalf of the Harrington and Herculaneum bills.

Mr. GLADSTONE believed-that the report of the sub-
committee, just read, stated that the committee of the House
of Commons had expressed an opinion in favour of ware-
houses being built upon the dock quays, and that they
should be under the same management as the docks them-
selves. If that were the case he should wish to know why
the report of the committee of the House of Commons had
not been presented to the house?
The CHAIRMAN supposed that the committee did not
think proper to present their report to the house as the bill
was to be withdrawn for the session and no further proceed-
ings taken upon it.
Mr. GLADSTONR,Said that in the original bill laid before
this committee and the town council, and sanctioned by both,
there was a clause declaring that ships should have the oppor-
tunity of going into dock mad discharging their cargoes,
without being compelled to pUt their cargoes into the new
warehouses. Had not that clause been reversed?
The CHAIRMAN.—No, no.
Mr. GLADSTONE.—Is the bill really withdrawn or not?
The CHAIRMAN.—The last day for the committee of the
House of Commons to bring up their report his lapsed.
Mr. GLADSTONE added that the opponents of'the bill
could not ascertain whether the bill was at an end or not:
Mr. EVANS said that information was given in this com-
mittee at the meeting last week. lie knew not, however,
what claims for information the opponents of the bill had
upon this committee. It was only out of courtesy that this
committee communicated with them,upon the subject.
Mr. GLADSTONE observed that the opponents of the mea-
sure viewed it as one of an oppressive character towards
them ; of course the view of the promoters was quite difierent.
Mr. EVANS remarked that every application from the op-
ponents of the bill in London, during its progress, had been
referred to the counsel for it, and the reply had been dictated
by the strictest courtesy.

-Mr. YATES said, if there had been a want of courtesy on
one side, there had also been a want of courtesy on the other.
He must say, however, that he had not seen any particular
desire on the part of the promoters of the bill to adjust their
differences with those who opposed it. He himself had
taken the trouble to make a proposition through the chair-
man (Mr. Leathom) for a compromise—for instance, to refer
the whole question to arbitration, Mr. Wilbraham on one
side and Lord Sandon on the other, with power to appoint a
third. That, he thought, might have been done. The sug-
gestion was not attended to, and that circumstance, he con-
sidered, did not shew much alacrity in settling differences.
However, it was best to have no recrimination, but to allow
every difference to be brought to an end as speedily as pos-
sible.

Mr. EVANS considered that if the sub-committee were
blamable for anything, it was for the unexpected, large, and
full concessions which they had recommended the trustees to
make.

The CHAIRMAN felt bound to say that he had no recollec-
tion of the proposition mentioned by Mr. Yates being made
to him.
Mr. YATES.—I did make it to you, and afterwards to Mr.
Geo. Wilbraham and Lord Sandon.
The CHAIRMAN.—I have no recollection of it.
Mr. EvANs.—lf any thing of that sort had been offered, I
should at once have rejected it as highly improper; but I
never heard of it till this moment.
Mr. YATES said, other gentlemen might have different
plans for setting matters right : that was his, and be had
suggested it. The question now was the best way to get out
of the concessions the sub-committee had made. They
knew that their opposition in the House of Commons to the
two dock bills 'just named had been altogether fruitless, but
they persevered, (although they had had no instructions
to do so from this committee. All the instructions they had
received was to put in. a petition against them.
The CHAIRMAN was satisfied the sub-committee were in-
structed to oppose those bills either verbally or in writing.
The SECRETARY remarked that the sub-committee had
been authorised to petition against them.
Mr. YATEs asked whether any man of common sense
would for a moment say that the presentation of a petition
was the same thing as opposing a bill in both houses by evi-
dence and other means ?
Mr. GEORGE HOLT enquired whether Mr. Yates meant
to contend that it was the duty of the trustees and the bond-
holders not to oppose those bills without instructions
Mr. YATES meant to say that if the opposing parties called
upon the dock estate to pay the expenses of their op position
they should have asked permission to commence their oppo-
sition.
Mr. HORSFALL would put Mr. Yates i ht as to the peti-
tion. That petition prayed that the petitioners might be heard
by counsel against the bills. They had been heard by coun-
sel and nothing more had been done. The sub-committee
therefore had acted in strict conformity with the directions
they had received.
The CHAIRMAN.—We cross-examined all their witnesses
at length. That was being heard by counsel.
Mr. YATES.—You had no right to oppose them.
The
CHAIRMAN contended that the sub-committee had
that right. It Was however quite possible that the bills might
not pass the house.
Mr. YATES.—Yea, they will.
Mr. BARCLAY.—If Mr. Yates has anything to say in op-
I Position to the sub-committee or their proceedings, he had
better make a motion.
Mr. YATES would leave to Mr. Barclay the work of making
motions. He suggested that the opposition to these two bills
be dropped.
The CHAIRMAN thought that as the sub-committee had
gone to so much trouble in this business, they ought to per-
severe. - - - -

Mr. HORSFALL begged to say, that Mr. Benn had not
said last week that the bill was withdrawn—only that it was
suspended.

The CUAJRNIAN explained that the time for bringing up
the report of the committee of the House of Commons was
enlarged from the 27th to the 2sth instant. The report pot
having been brought up on the 28th, the bill was &fwd.

Mr. RonsFALL was surprised that Mr. Yates should have
taken up the argument of recrimination.
Mr. YATEs had not the slightest wish to indulg,
mination : he wished always to avoid it. But he must s
he was sorry to see so meagre a report issue from the su
committee as that just read. There had been a vast deal
mystification in the whole progress of the bill ; but this
port mystified the question still more. Some points w
entirely slipped over ; for example, not a word was
about the concessions made as to the constitution of
Dock Committee. Now, he wanted to see brc
the committee the exact state of thing as they
what the sub-committee had concede, 'iat t'
had conceded, and what the sub-committ, r
aim at.

in recr

what their °pi

propose(

Mr. EVANS would observe, respecting, the concessions,
that communications had been made already ; therefore it
was not necessary to state them now. The sanction of the
committee and of the council bad been given to them ; and
therefore it would be an useless repetition to go through
particulars of which the committee were already in posses-
sion. . _ _ _

YATES said sanction had been given to four proposi-
tions, which were afterwards departed from in very material

points

Some few further remarks .were made ; after which,
report of the sub-committee was adopted and confirmed
the motion of Mr. MELLoi., seconded by Mr. RIPLEY.
The committee then separated.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

TO THE CONSERVATIVE MERCHANTS AND TRADE

OF LIVERPOOL

It is a remarkable fact, that, whilst the
ciation" boast of their having placed on the regis
meat of their taxes, upwards of 1200 persons, _
had no right to be there, never haring from their own mean,
paid any taxes, you " Conservatives" appear to be asleep a
your posts. Allow me to ask you, by whom are these faggo
voters employed? To whom are they indebted for the breac
they eat ? Is it not to yourselves, " Conservatives.'
Shame !!! Shame !! ! Is it not now, and has it not always
been, the invariable practice of the Catholics and Radicals
not to employ a single Conservative. - Why then do you not
repay them with their own coin ? Why not instantly discharge
from your employ every person whose taxes have been paid by
the unconstitutional means of the " Protector Association ?"
and at the same time declare your intention never to employ
any such in future. Be assured, unless you do so, your own
legitimate votes will be swamped, and the ancient and loyal
borough of Liverpool be disgraced by " representatives in
parliament" nominated by the Catholic priesthood. Awake,
then, conservatives ! Be up and stirring. Do your duty,
and you will soon hear no more boasts from the " Protector
ANTI-RADICAL.

AssOciation."
Liverpool, July 29th. 1840

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

(Ft on the " London and. Paris Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion

Foulards, poils decheare, boreges, broches or plain, and
silks of every colour, shot, plain perlees, glacees satinees, are
all in favour, but during the warm weather they are replaced
by batistes de laine with flowers, tissees, termed batistes
spoulinees, and thread batistes. There is little new in the
make of dresses this month ; the struggle to introduce long
tight sleeves still continues ; short sleeves are much worn in
Paris, with long gloves, matching in colour with the scarf,
ceinture, &c. ; the sleeves a passe coude are also seen ' • other
sleeves are made with coulisses, forming bouillons, but of
moderate size. Corsages are also made with coulisses, some
only half down the body, others entirely over it. Fichus
are in great variety, made of light materials to wear ove
dresses with short sleeves and low bodies. One of tl
forms is in a point with small collar and long
trimmed all round with a narrow Valenciennes la
cross in front and tie behind ; the pr
corsage requires the addition of the chemisettes, which a
very richly embroidered, and trimmed with f
frills are also worn on the tops of dr

it form of

Scarfs are very fashionable
white organdy, having a riviere a j
row embroidery of gold and whi
fringe of white and gold on the ends

very ele

thread, with

Leghorn bonnets are much worn at this moment, but pail!
de riz and crape are also fashionable. -
travelling or country wear, have the fron
band of velvet, and the crown is encircled with a tors
the same material ; plaid ribbons may also be used
same style, and sometimes a bunch of fancy feathers
ing the velvet or ribbon, falls to the edge of the bonne
form of bonnets does not vary. Small flchus either
or tulle, trimmed with two or three rows of fluted 1
worn en fauchon on the head ; long coques of narrc
ribbon are placed in clusters, and tix the fiche on e
the cheeks ; a small ribbon bride ties under the chin

Straw bonnets fc

red with broad

MR. ANDREW BROWN'S ROBBERY.—By the unwearied
exertions of the commissioner of police, the whole of Mr.
Brown's money, nearly £l5OO, has been. recovered. The
amount missing at the time of the trial, viz., £154, was on
Tuesday recovered by Mr. Dowling, and immediately restor-
ed to the owner. The circumstances attending the discovery
of the perpetrator of this robbery reflect infinite credit upon
the police.

THEATRE ROYAL.-Mr. Anderson and Mr. G. Vanden-
hoff are the attractions of the present week. The form(
a most judicious performer, and nightly elicits enthus
bursts of applause. Mr. Vandenhoff may rise in
actor, but he has many difficulties to overcome
which are physical, and others arise from inexperiei
have drawn tolerably full houses. The performauc
nounced for this evening are, " A Legend of Florenc
" The Yeoman's Daughter "

some
nce. T

THE ALPACA AND ITS Wool.—► The alpaca, though of t
llama tribe, is a different animal.
finer than silk, whilst that of the 11
Already has its wool become a cons
merce. Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, has offered

very long wool,

a is short and coarse
rable article of corn

some handsome premiums to the c
to the western coast of South Americ
animals, as there is no doubt• they will flat
of this country. Samples of their wool,
nufactured state, may be seen at the Mechanics
Exhibition, and we understand that four of the animals will
be there, for public inspection, this day and to-morrow, and
we recommend captains of vessels not to lose the opportu-
nity of seeing them.

some of it in a it

Institution

PAY IN ADVANCE.—" William," said a mother to her
little son, " if you go out in the street I'll whip you." The
boy with a knowing look replied, " But., mother, if I let you
whip me now, may I go out afterwards ?"
Mr. Burden has made at his works a rod 183 feet in length,
for one of the tiller rods of the new steamer Troy. The
operation of drawing out these rods is beautiful, indeed,
especially when they are so many yards in length and of red
hot metal.—Troy Mail.
Moss
.ON LAWNS.—Soot completely I
of moss, and at the same time supplies its
ful herbage of the most luxurious growl
passing over the lawn would observe (as fa
allow), at first sight, the spot where it has been apphec ,
colour being so dark, the quality so much better, and eaten
so much shorter than the other part of the lawn. The only
trouble is, that it must be sown with the hand out of a hop-
per, in the months of February or March, at the rate of 45
to 50 bushels per acre, at 6d. per bushel, which will be the
whole of the expense

kny stranger

as the eye would

MR. GRATTAN'S NOSE.—On the subject of personal ad-
vantage, one is strongly reminded of -
humoured bon-mot of Mr. Grattan, th,
ways and Byways,'"who, during a resident
(I believe at Boulogne), had rendered him&
able to his landlady and her family, that wh
to leave, she expressed great regret. observ,
first taken a dislike to him ; but such had be
of his manners, she had even " got over" his nose !
impossible, my good lady," replied Mr. Grattan
nose has no bridge to it."—Bunn's Stage.
INTERMENT IN CROWDED CITIES.-
different nations respecting interment show that in every
country danger was apprehended from the proximit- - "
dead to the living. Experience justified ft--
and the French Government stands
arrangements to secure the health, a
happiness of its members. The dead
cities have, been removed; public cemetene..
established at a distance front towns ; sanatory
been enacted and rigidly enforced. New York, Pensyi.
and a few other States have followed the example ; u.
England yet retains within the bosom of her population the
germs, the nuclei of diseases, the food, if not the
of malignant epidemics. To what cause is this
the part of the British Government to 'I-
Walker's Gatherings from Grave Yard

athor of

y the sea-side

the urt

nd, cor

Trect within their

nciples,

PRESERVING FRUIT, AND OTHER BOTANICAL SPECI-
MENS, IN A MOIST STATE.—At a meeting of the Botanical
Society of Edinburgh, Professor Christian presented some
observations on the preservation of fruits and other botanical
specimens in the moist state; and remarked that, after
numerous experiments, made for a series of years, with vari-
ous fluids, he had found none which served so well to pre-
serve both the consistence and colour of fruits, leaves, and
flowers, as a concentrated solution of common salt. Numerous
specimens were exhibited which had been preserved in this
way for one, two, three. and five years; among
sprigs with leaves,• and ripe and unripe fruit
moschata, Xanthochymus pictorius, *Garcinia C,
Manyostana' Habradendron Cambogioides, Al
momurn , Mangifera indica, Ricinus commun
inermis, &c. In the greater part of these, the
the leaves, and the peculiar colour of the frui
have undergone little alteration. When the -fri
is very pulpy, as in Solanum Lyeopersicurn, o
oranges,
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eemed to

" TAPPING." COFFINS—ItiS Well 6.
in burying the dead, that when leaden
the expansive force of the gas, and the cL
out of the coffin, compels the workmen frequ,
it that the gas may escape. The " tapping"
by boring a hole with a gimblet; a jet of gm.
passes through the aperture, and this, when ignie
duces a flame that lasts from ten minutes to half an
The men who perform this operation are perfectly awl':
the risk they encounter, and they are extremely careful how
they execute it.—G. A. Walker, Esq., in Gail.
Grave Yards.
GEORGE lII.—In a most able but some~,.
upon The Life of Lord Chatham, in the last nnrnber of
Quarterly Review, the writer pays the followinr
to the memory of this best of kings :
raise—even with those who already admired and r
George lll.—the reputation of that excellent mai
sovereign. His confidential communications
whatwasalvrietandLy
ham will convince the public of
all who had seen any portion of his majesty's corre
with his official servants—his sound knowledge a,
pursuit of the great interests of his country--his I
people—his reverence of the constitution—the tot
of all selfish principles, and the sacrifice, when the
terests required it, of all personal partialities—bit
scientious diligence and accuracy in business, tem'
gracious indulgence towards others—a courage, cot
which never was shaken, and a temper which, um
verest trials, never permitted itself to be disturbed
THE UNGKA PUTI.—The animal which rejoh
strange name, and which may be seen at the Egy
London, was brought to this country in the June c
from Macao, where it had been located for nearly fi
but of what portion of the globe it is a " native" is r.
It is endowed with extraordinary agility, and, thou
rently slight and slender, possesses great muscul:
This animal is able to sustain the whole weight of
for some minutes, by clinging with one arm to the
of a tree. In the place in which it is exhibited, an
tree has been contrived, the branches of which an
yards apart : the animal, however, when excited, spri
the one to the other of these, and, catching by one
claw, swings itself from one to the other with the rah
a bird on the wing. The countenance is mild ; the
ferocity, and little of the horrible grin by which babe
some classes of apes are distinguished. It is said tha
this animal is strongly excited, her passion is- Very
and that she will maintain a long contest with her kee
the mastery. Her food is entirely vegetable, consist
fruit, and a few of the smaller productions of the g
This animal possesses very wonderful instincts ; rode
wonderful, that it would almost appear she acts from the it
pulse of metes, and act frum the meolbalaistu of

lstantly

A, pro-

pidity

'Tis as pious woman's voice,

When, or joyous or depress'd,
She the husband of her choice
Welcomes to her grateful breast

THE PARTING.

I whisper no adieu, love ;
Jo tear shall dim my eye;

;azer view; love,

TOW nigh

all lend her lightness

hour to cheer,

f future brig

;htness

not unfeeling

smile the last farewell,
ieck the sadness stealing
many a silent spell,
heart which still shall hold thee
memory's fond embrace-
-ateful love enfold thee,

Which time can ne'er efface

Thou, too, wilt seem as gay, love,
And reckless as the tide,
That bears thee swift away, love,
From Faith and Fondness' side
But when at eve thou g

Upon the distant sea,
Thou 'lt think of all thou leavest,
And breathe a prayer for me.
And whilst, the night-watch keeping,
Thou 'lt muse of love and home,
I, on my pillow sleeping,
In dreams with thee can roam.
Ere long, too, that proud banner

Shall seek our shOres again ;
My eye the first to ken her

tanee o'er the main

And, oh ! that hour of meeting,
'T were worth e'en more than this,
When heart to heart is beating
In one long greeting kiss ;
When words can find no way, love,
Affection's pride to tell,
But smiles alone can say, love,
'T is sweeter than Farewell!

Liverpool, July 30th,

THE

MMI:7MaraMI,MM,MM,TmI

"SUN" AND EMIGRATION,

(From the South Australian Record.)
Le Sun on Monday thus illuminated its disciples :
are not such diligent readers of the South Aus-
in Record as to be master of the incontrovertible

and statements' by which it has proved that ' the
.1 of the corn laws would not provide both remis-
ing employment and subsistence for our people.' "
much the worse for the Sun. it ought not po-
ly to decide, until it has duly considered " the

ad statements" which can be

itions. The Sun goes on to say
need to be given to show that
ass would provide employment

the people

"At present," re-
' there is an abundance of
which would be brought
and more would be an-

at would be a aunsis-

could find remunerating
)dities to buy that corn.
sates is true of almost

'ould t

-Je no end, we believe,
finding both food and

,or our people, were one
away with after another,
If any objection be
ire 01 our machinery supplying the
we reply that this machinery
rom our people; it is but another name
.nd is the means of cheaply providing
." A very few words will he sufficient
orris this plausible but most fallacious
. With the existing and increasing ex-
Aver of production in this country, inde-
retty nearly so, of manual labour, it is an

n laws

POSSIBILITY that our operative popula-

tion can ever again be simultaneously employed at a re-
munerating rate. We shall not weary our readers by
again going over the arguments and statements by
which we have repeatedly established this ominous
truth. THERE IS THE FACT. We hate monopolies

quite as cordially as the Sun; hut this political lumi-
nary, however bright may be its usual career, is in,a
state of murky eclipse when it maintains that the re-
peal of the corn laws, or any other alteration or im-
vement in our legislative system, can ever NOW
vide a home, and, at the same time, a profitable
unemployed labour. And we are per-
dine is not far distant when this fact,
will he irradiated by the beams of this

:uaded that t

tillti
Apollo of the p

s hirns

OLOGY—LORD EBRINGTON SET AT
DEFIANCE.
Won: the Limerick Standard.)
-1 our hope some posts back, when corn-
late proclamation, that
ociety in this part of the country
,ir obedience :And respect for the
d authorities, and not follow up
'arching in procession to Newport
-7nounced to be intended
but our hopes have not been
ie most daring disregards to the
which we have long met with.
yesterday morning the teetotal-
- ,dastle Connell, Silvermines, Borriso-
leigh, with some from this city, and all the towns and
villages round, assembled, and, in regular military ar-
ray, with their usual display of green banners, mottoes,
green ribbons round their necks, and bands of music
playing the usual party airs, commenced their march
for Newport, at which place Mr. Leyne, S. M., from
Nenagh, and a party of sixty-six police, had previously
arrived to preserve the peace. The first party which
reached the town were met by this gentleman, and the
flagman at once arrested and lodged in the police bar-
rack; but after some time the numbers which poured
in from all quarters in military array with banners,
sashes, music, &c., became so formidable and evinced
such an angry spirit at the arrest of the flagman, that
he was delivered up to them, and the police obliged to
return to the barracks, where they remained all day.
No further breach of the peace occurred. Father Ma-
thew administered the pledge to a late hour, and re-
sumed doing so this morning.
We wonder much will Lord Ebrington carry out his
proclamation against the offenders in this instance ?
The authorities cannot plead ignorance of the names of
the exhibitors, as they are known to the police, and,
we are informed, have been taken down ; but, lest they
should plead ignorance, we shall just state that any
Moment that we may be applied to, we are prepared to
furnish them with such information as will insure a
conviction of some of the most prominent actors on the

TEETOI

We expres

menting On LI

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At an ear

ly hour on V

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occasion

THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
(From the Cork Constitution.)
burst is not likely to lack materials for his
The business of the session is, as
Melbourne ministry, crowded to its
Lords will have more to hurry through
aks that remain than the Commons
i with during the six months that
they assembled. How can bills

Lord I

in cozens he satisfactorily dis-

in their lordships deal with them in
1 to render them serviceable to the
option, in fact, have they hut either
iple of the Commons and pass them
calf the next session will be spent in
mend, or unceremoniously to throw
former they will not do, and if they
.latter, who but the ministers are to
liter week they dawdled away, like
of to what portion of the public busi-
themselves. Even the bills of which
^e they were obliged to defer long
J the time when they were to have brought them
and often, to escape inconvenient interrogations,
d to exert their ingenuity that there should be
no house." These are the men who pass. for minis-
-ers in England ! and the result is, that it is only when
the benches are thinned, and members have betaken
them to their homes in anticipation of the recess, that
we are favoured with evidence that ministers sit there
for anything but talk, or hold their places for any no-
bler purpose than the receipt of their salaries, the sa-
crifice of their country, or the service of their friends.
How such a Governmer. t can procure the support of
honourable men, is one of those problems which we
pretend not ability to solve.

I noti

(From the Speptator.)
Our representatives are disposing of the business
before them with railroad speed. The morning sittings
work wonderfully well in passing the government bills
through their different stages without discussion ; Mr.
Brotherton might turn the fact to good account in his
arguments against midnight legislation. During the
two hours of extra sitting on Saturday last,
sixty dif-
ferent subjects were brought on the tapis, and no fewer
than nine public bills were, as the votes of the house
inform us, duly " considered." The number of
matters to which the attention of the house has been
directed in less than a week—we quote from the votes
before us, beginning with Saturday and ending with
Thursday—amounts to 342. Among them, we observe
iew entry in the votes, and a new sign of the times.
's ministers, petitions for their dismissal "
ds under the date of Wednesday, the 22d,
by the names of five places from which peti-
-3 that prayer have been sent. Next day the
entry again occurs, " Queen's ministers, petitions for
tiler dismissal"—aad this time the prayer roam

from twenty places; a some instances more than one
petition being forwarded from the same town. An
instance of ministerial manoeuvring occurred in the
House of Commons on Tuesday, highly characteristic
of the favourite mode of escaping from, instead of
facing difficulties. By the present regulations of the
house, Tuesday is the only day of the five or six in the
working week on which independent members can
originate any motion ; the officials of the treasury-bench
having precedence on all the rest. Lord Ashley, Mr.
Grote, and other members, had precedence of the
government on Tuesday, for the discussion of subjects,
some of which were of great public importance, but
such as the ministers disrelished. To get rid of these,
a morning sitting was appointed ; at which the govern-
ment business was forwarded, out of its order; the
house adjourned till the usual hour of meeting; when
that time arrived, the ministers and their supporters
kept away, and "no house" was the consequence.
By this creditable trick, the troublesome business
stands among the " dropped," and the evil day has
been put off.

EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROVINCIAL
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION.

(Prom the Hampshire Advertiser.)
The Eighth Anniversary of the Provincial Medical and
Surgical Association was held at Southampton, an Wednesday
and Thursday last. The first day's proceedings took place
in the Town Council Chamber, the Mayor having granted
the use of the noble room for that purpose. There were pre-
sent at the Council Chamber on Wednesday, above one
hundred of the most distinguished members of the profession
resident in the southern counties, besides many distinguished
names from London, Dublin, Glasgow, &c. •
The committee were engaged in the preliminary business
of the association from twelve till two o'clock. At half-past
two the public proceedings of the day commenced.
Dr. HASTINGS having moved that the president (Dr.
Jeffreys, of Liverpool,) do take the chair,
Dr. JEFFREYS took his seat amidst general applause, and
having risen, delivered the following address :
Gentlemen,—The unprecedented and distinguished position
which the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association has
now assumed, and the rapid progress it has made, in the
comparatively short period of only eight years of its existence,
places it high in the scale of importance; stimulating the
zeal of its members, so as to prove the value of their labours
and the utility of their efforts. It cannot, therefore, be a
matter of surprise that each succeeding year ever will fur-
nish materials for a few passing remarks from those who
enjoy the honourable and flattering distinction which 1 am
now about to resign into more efficient and able hands. It
is not my province to occupy much of your time by entering
into detail of the proceedings of the last year, still. there are
some points which I feel myself bound to notice, and I can-
not resist the opportunity now afforded me, of expressing to
you the great delight and satisfaction I have in again meet-
ing you, at this, the eighth anniversary of the association.
This gratification is rot a little enhanced by the successful
impression which the association has made, not only in the
Midland Counties, but from one extremity of the kingdom
to the other; and I am led to believe that the reception
which we shall now have, by our southern brethren add
friends, will keep pace, in warmth and zeal, with the in-
creased temperature of their genial atmosphere. It would be
an unpardonable omission in me. if I did not thus convey my
sincere, frank, and grateful feelings to the association, not
only for the distinguished honour which has been conferred
upon me, but also for the very many instances of kindness,
attention, and flattering expressions of approbation both from
friends and fellow members, possessed of attainments, such
as to make me doubly proud of the position in which I have
been placed. It is with great satisfaction that I contemplate
the advantages we are likely to derive from this meeting with
our southern brethren ; and I venture to hope that before
long we shall also visit the eastern, and every part of the dis-
trict over which our sphere of usefulness extends. Sir Ben-
jamin Brodie has told us in his retrospective address, at the
last anniversary meeting of the Medical and Chirurgical So-
ciety of London, held February 25th, 1840*, that—" What-
ever brings a number of men of our profession into friendly
intercourse, and scientific conversation, will be useful in ex-
citing emulation, exercising intellect, and giving additions to
their knowledge ; it maintains the zeal of the zealous, while
it imparts a spirit of emulation to those previously without it ;
it removes that disgustful feeling so liable to be engendered
by professional men, not personally acquainted ; to give us a
better knowledge of ourselves, teaches us humility with re-
spect to our own attainments, and a respect for the opinions
of others." These are sentiments so much in accordance
with my own feelings, that I think they cannot be too often
repeated, and 1 hope require no apology for recording them
upon the present occasion. In compliance with the resolu-
tion passed by the association immediately after our separa-
tion in Liverpool, the petitions to parliament upon the sub-
ject of vaccination were signed by myself, in conjunction with
Dr. Baron as chairman, and Dr. William Conolly as secre-
tary, of that section ; and from the manner in which the
subject has been taken up, and the invaluable experiments of
our diligent associate, Mr. Ceely, now published in our
transactions, 1 think we may fairly claim a conspicuous share
of merit in forwarding the immortal Jenner's discovery, and
further securing its universal good. The able report read at
our last meeting at Liverpool by Dr. Baron, and speedily
afterwards published in the form of a pamphlet, is now in
course of translation into the German language. In the
mouth of August last the petition upon the long-looked-for
subject of medical reform was sent up to both Houses of
Parliament, and was presented in the House of Lords by the
Marquis of Lansdowne, and in the Commons by Lord J. Rus-
sell. Upon no topic, perhaps, is' there a greater discrepancy of
opinion amongst the members of the association than upon
this all absorbing subject. Each extreme is supported with
a warmth and earnestness not for me to dilate upon. It is.
however, only by deliberating calmly upon the question that
we are likely to arrive at just and profitable conclusions.
There are, I think, very few practitioners of the present day
who will not admit that some degree of reform and improve-
ment is loudly called for ; the extent of this, however,
requires much calm investigation to determine and arrange,
much firmness to carry out, and much legislative experience
to adapt to our present necessities. A third petition to the
legislature was sent up about the middle of May, for the
purpose of obtaining a separate clause in the bill in prepara-
tion for taking the next census, expected to come out early
in the next year, wherein it is thought important to ascertain
that portion of the population who may be inefficient indi-
viduals, from sickness or infirmity distinguishing their sexes,
by which means different localities would be marked by the
difference and extent of disease, a point of vital importance
in a statistical point of view. It appeared to me both fitting
and desirable that an address of congratulation should be
presented to our most gracious young Queen upon her
marriage ; and in accordance with the precedent upon the
occasion of the coronation, that a deputation should be
appointed for the purpose of laying it before her Majesty—
thus exercising our privilege, 'as loyal subjects, to approach
the foot of the throne upon all occasions when such homage
is called for, whether it be to rejoice with (Air Sovereign
upon her own individual happiness, or to express the senti-
ments of a class of men who are proud to be useful
members of society, amongst a great and powerful people.
I deeply regret that existing circumstances would not allow
me to collect the sense of the members in general ; I was
therefore compelled to rest satisfied by appealing to some of
the more experienced. Upon laying their opinion before
the Council it was agreed that Dr. Forbes, of Chichester,
and Mr. James, of Exeter, in addition to Dr. Boisrogon, and
myself, should form the deputation. There were three
gentlemen named as most suitable for presenting us, viz.
Sir Astley Cooper, Sir James Clark, and our noble member
for Liverpool, Lord Sandon ; the first of whom (Sir
Astley) having previously expressed to me by letter, the
" delight " he should have in doing so, and also as being an
honorary member of the association, we considered fully en-
titled to the preference ; an attack of gout only two days be-
fore unfortunately prevented his personal attendance as he
wished. During the last month my more especial attention
has been attracted to two of our district branches—the New-
ton, or Lancashire and Cheshire, and the Shropshire and
North Wales—at the anniversary meetings of which I had
the happiness to attend, and I have great pleasure in saying
that they are both increasing in numbers and zeal; and I do
hope that the time is not far distant when our parent asso-
ciation will feel the effects of their exertions in useful prac-
tical communications, and more especially upon the subject
of medical statistics—now placed in the hands of those who,
I am confident, will discharge the duties of their office in a
manner' which will do honour to themselves, and confer a
benefit on the association. I have now, gentlemen, only to
beg you will accept my heartfelt thanks for the high honour
you have conferred upon me, and if I have failed in affording
that satisfaction which the office of president demands, be
assured that it has not been for the want of anxiety to do so,
nor for want of zeal in your service, but from deficiencies
which I feel sure will be favourably considered, and allowed
for, by those distinguished members of the profession whom
I have the honour to address. It only, therefore, remains
for me to say, that it affords me sincere pleasure to transfer
the dutiei of an office which has to me been mixed with feel-
ings of delight I never can forget, and by thus resigning in
favour of a distinguished individual, so worthy of it as Dr.
Steed, I am sure I do it to one who will ornament and im-
prove the superstructure of the foundation laid for him, and
whose attainments, rank, and standing in this locality, at
once secure for us an able and willing advocate, to strengthen
the honour, respFtability, and importance of this most use-
ful, most beneficial, indefatigable, and, I think I may add,
singularly successful association.
ELECTION OF DR. STEED TO TIIS PRESIDENT'S CHAIR.
—Dr. Jeffreys then vacated the chair, and the president elect,
Dr. STEED, took the chair amidst universal applause.
CONGRATULATORY ADDRESSES TO HER MAJESTY.—
Dr. JEFFREYS rose to move that congratulatory addresses
be presented to the Queen and her consort, Prince Albert,
on their providential escape from assassination.—The PRE-
SIDENT said it was ,scarcely necessary for him to put the
motion in the usual way ; he was sure there could not be a
dissentient voice to the motion.—Carried unanimously.

ANNUAL REPORT.
Dr. HASTINGS then proceeded to read the report of the
council, of which the following is an abstract :
Every year since the establishment of the association, the
council, in making the report, have bad to -congratulate the
members on the steady advancement of its affairs in a course
of uninterrupted prosperity ; and on the present occasion the
same agreeable duty devolves upon your council, for on
looking back on the past year, and surveying what, has been
done, it will be found that no former year has more conspi-
cuously shown the advantages that result from the combined
opt rations of the members than the present.
TRANSACTIONS.—The eighth volume of transactions does
not contain communications on so great a variety of subjects
as those previously published, but the varied information
which it contains on the very important subject of vaccina-
tion will, for a long period of time, ensure for it frequent
perusal by all those who are engaged in the scientific and
practical pursuit of this department of pathology. The ex-
perimental essay by Mr. Ceely, containing, as it does, so
triumphant a confirmation of the views originally entertained
by the immortal discoverer of vaccination, as to the identity
of small-pox and cow-pox, very appropriately appears in the
transactions of an association of professional men residing
principally in the English provinces. The appointment of
the vaccination section, two years ago, seems to have been
at drawings
an
ex p e
ns a principal stimulus in encouraging Mr. Ceely in his experi-
mental Inquiry. The committee anxious
experiments are anxious to do justice to the
beautiful
illustra-
ted, did not hesitate to have them executed by first-rate
artists,
y which.zof oo these
b e
I"zmßEßs•—The number now on the books is 1,220.
DISTRICT BitANciits.—An important branch of the As-
sociation has been formed at Bristol. The formation
dis-
trict branches has fully answered the purposes for which
formermefor thoenes,
they were originally proposed.
FINANCES.c—eeThe
all
ico present
ture amounts to .
xupnetsndtoi ....................... and
. . £l5OB 10 9
......... 1283 5 7
ThaemEo

Balance ..........
140;inil sissused2an
PAROCHIAL MEDICAL RELIEF.—The
Sergeantaf important letter to the members from
parliamen-
tary Tal-
fourd, in which he stated the conclusions at which, after
itlealcifre-
guent conferences with the poor law committee, he
ar-
rived with regard to th.e nature
. of the
enactment, and his intentions as
. to the time and manner
Tiia
of introducing the subject to the notice of the legislature.
report recently made to the Secretary of State by the poor
law commissioners evinces a disposition on their part to re-
medy some of the more striking evils of their system. The
council are of opinion, however, that it would be highly im-
prudent for the committee to relax in their beneficial en-
dunning.
VACCINATION tacTiox.--The report 033 vaccination wu

printed immediately after the meeting at Liverpool for general
circulation. The petition founded on that report was pre.
sented to the House of Lords by the Marquis of Lansdowne,
and to the House.of Cornmons by Lord John Russell. As
the former nobleman had distinguished himself by his ex-
ertions when the second parliamentary grant was voted to Dr.
Jenner, it was the wish of the council that his lordship should
bring forward a bill to restrain small-pox inoculation, and
to diffuse vaccination, in conformity with the prayer of
the petition. Other duties rendered it impossible, bra at his
suggestion the petition was read at length to the house. The
result of this proceeding, and of the circulation of the report
among several members of both houses, was a motion of Lord
Ellenborough for a bill to promote vaccine inoculation, but
leaving the practice of small pox inoculation untouched. This
omission was iu part removed by a clause proposed by the
Marquis of Normanby, with a view to restrain the latter
practice. The council experience great satisfaction in per-
ceiving that the efforts of the association in drawing the at-
tention of parliament to this important subject had been so
far successful. They regret, however, that Lord Ellen-
•borough's clause tends to throw the whole regulation of the
practice of vaccine inoculation among the poor into the hands
of the poor law commissioners and guardians. The council
sent remonstrances to several members of parliament request-
ing an enactment might be framed more in accordance with
the petition and with the tenor of the report. The bill has
passed the legislature without these desirable alterations hav-
ing been made. The council are happy, however, to be
enabled to state, that a clause has been introduced into the
bill, which makes it a misdemeanor to inoculate for small-
pox, and thus, in this respect, the law is carried to the full
extent of the expressed wishes of the association, and even
beyond what they had dared to hope for. There can be no
doubt there will be many thousand lives saved annually by
this measure, a result highly gratifying to every humane mind,
and especially to the members of this association, connected
as it is with the labors of the vaccine section.

BENEVOLENT COMMITTEE.—The council regret that this
fund is not supported as it deserves to be.
MEDICAL REFORM.—The question of medical reform has
bee❑ much advocated, from the last meeting to the present,
by members of the profession in all parts of the United King-
dom, It was generally understood that Mr. Warburton
would have aroused from the inactivity which has of late
characterised him in dealing with this subject, and would
not have allowed the present session to pass without bringing
his views before the House of Commons. ,

EMPIRICISM —The existence of quackery is so intimately
connected with the organisation of the medical profession,
that the council are not disposed to consider that auy means
will be effectual in restraining the former until the latter is
improved.
MEDICAL ToPOGRAPEIT.—The council have arranged that
the advancement of medical topography shall beapeedily un-
dertaken by a few of the members residing in different parts
of the kingdom, and the result of these observations be re-
ported to the annual meetings.
THE COUNCIL'S CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS TO THE
QUEEN, on the occasion of her marriage, had been presented
by Dr. Jeffreys and other associates.

CoNcursloN.—The council forcibly appeal at this juncture
to all the members of the association to urge them to re-
newed exertions for the prosecution of the noble objects for
which the society is formed. The endeavours of the asso-
ciation have been crowned with success, as great as the most
ardent mind could have anticipated ; but much remains to
be done, not more, however, than may be fully effected by
the patient and untiring perseverence of a body of en-
lightened men, united together by the bond of peace and
harmony, animated by the desire of improving the profession
which they cultivate, and thus daily becoming more signally
useful in alleviating the sickness and suffering of the human
race.

Dr. MACARTNEY, of Dublin, moved—
" That the report of the council, now read, be adopted."
Dr. LE FEUVRE seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
The thanks of the meeting were afterwards severally voted
to Mr. Wakley, Dr. Jeffreys, Dr. Hastings, Mr. Sheppard,
and the members of the council.

The Thackeray prize of £5O was then Awarded to Dr. Da-
vidson, of Glasgow.
A series of resolutions, on the subjects of the Poor Law
Committee's Report, and Vaccination, was then submitted
to the meeting, after which the " Report of the Committee
appointed to watch over the Interests of the Profession "
was read.
SECOND DAY.

On Thursday morning the members of the association as-
sembled at a public breakfast at the Victoria Assembly
Rooms.
RETROSPECTIVE ADDRESS.—At twelve o'clock the mem-
bers of the association assembled again at the Council
Chamber to hear the retrospective address delivered by
Dr. Scott, of Liverpool.—The report was exceedingly
voluminous, embracing a vast mass of medical and sur-
gical matter. We can only find room for the concluding
remarks, which were thus given by the doctor :—ln the
foregoing part of my address, I have been compelled to
take a very cursory and imperfect survey of subjects de-
serving more extensive and careful consideration. I cannot,
however, come to a conclusion without adverting to some
matters of a more general nature. Tbere seems to me a
brighter day dawning upon our profession than has hitherto
illumined our path. I speak not as regards us individually,
but as a collective body. We are evidently more united for
general purposes than we have ever yet been, and have be-
come more important in the community and in the state.
We had hitherto been too disunited—far.too individualised—
in our objects and our hopes. We had no real bond of union
for mutual advantage. There is no other profession, humanly
speaking, more important than our own. There is no other
profession which confers so great an extent of gratuitous
service. Why, then, should we not be of more importance
as a public body ? Why should we not be consulted on all
matters regarding the general health and safety of the na-
tion ? Why should we remain without any recognised repre-
sentatives, even in the minor subdivisions of public autho-
rity ? How can a due regard be shown to the real interests
of the poor, whilst the salutary influence of our profession is
excluded from participation in the regulations which affect
them ? In other professions there are situations of compara-
tive ease, where emoluments are afforded to enable individu-
als to apply themselves to abstract study, and the science and
literature of their profession. Where can we find this en-
couragement to exertion in our own ? What has the indivi-
dual to hope for, who, despising the meanness and cajoleries
of his art, devotes his energies to its improvement ? Why
should there not be offices of a public nature most beneficial
in their effects to the community to be occupied by members
of our profession? One great advantage, however, has al-
ready been gained ;—the attention of the country generally
is becoming more directed to the causes of disease and the
means of prevention and cure.
Several other resolutions were then proceeded with, after
which the meeting dissolved.