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Physic and Surgery,"-Mr. W. J. WEST, of Tonbridge, in thechair; whereupon, after deliberation, it was

Proposed by Mr. HARGRAVES, of Tonbridge Wells, secondedby Mr. STARLINC of Hadlow, and resolved unanimously,

" That this meeting entertain the deepest respect for the senti-ments expressed by the Right Hon. the Secretary of State, (SirJames Graham,) in his speech in the House of Commons, on in-troducing the Medical Bill. They therefore feel equal disappoint-ment and regret at finding many clauses in the Bill quite at

variance with those sentiments, greatly prejudicial to the interestsof the general practitioner of medicine, surgery, and midwifery,and that it ought on no account to pass into a law in its presentform."

Proposed by Mr. GoRHAM, of Tonbridge, and seconded byMr. SEDGWICK, of Maidstone,

" That this meeting approve of a Council of Health, properlyconstructed ; but as the present Bill makes no provision for anyrepresentatives of the general practitioner, in such council, theyare of opinion, that it will neither possess nor deserve the confi-dence of the profession, since seventeen or eighteen thousandmembers will be placed at the arbitrary control of a few."Proposed by Mr. THOMPSON, of Westerham, and seconded by

Mr. HARGRAVES, of Tonbridge Wells," That this meeting cannot refrain from expressing great mis-

trust in the powers invested in the Council of Health, as at pre-sent proposed to be constituted, as likely to destroy that cordialityand good feeling which ought to exist between the differentclasses of practitioners in medicine.’’

Proposed by Mr. DUNCAN, of Tonbridge Wells, and seconded I

by Mr. SANKEY, of Leeds," That it is essential to the respectability of the general prac-

titioner, that he should have authority over the education andexamination of members of his own body. That this meetingtherefore earnestly desire the members to be placed on a properfooting, in their own College, (that of members, or of fellows, ofthe College of Surgeons,) or incorporated in a separate collegiateform, by Royal Charter, confirmed by Act of Parliament; andfurther beg to express their desire that a higher standard ofeducation shall be required by the new College than that requiredby the College of Surgeons."

Proposed by Mr. WALLACE, of Hartfield, and seconded byMr. PowELL, of Tonbridge Wells,

" That in conformity with the spirit of the foregoing resolu-tions, a petition and memorial be respectively presented to theHouse of Commons, and the Right Hon. the Secretary of State forthe Home Department; that copies be sent to the National Asso-ciation, and the Members of the Western Division of the Countybe requested to present the petition, and to support the prayerof it."

BRIGHTON.

A MEETING of the medical practitioners of Brighton and itsneighbourhood was held at the Town Hall, on the 31st March,for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill lately pre-sented to the House of Commons, entitled " A Bill for regulatingthe profession of Physic and Surgery,"-Mr. DR17MMOND in theChair. The following resolutions were moved and adopted :-Moved by Mr. MOTT, and seconded by Mr. MITCHELL,—

" That this meeting, having considered the provisions containedin the Bi!llately presented to the House of Commons, is of opinionthat the same is highly objectionable to them as general prac-titioners, and would be injurious to the public at large if passedinto a law."

Mr. LOWDELL called the attention of the meeting to a factwhich explained the paucity of numbers of the Brighton practi-tioners present at this meeting. An opinion was entertained by agreat number, that the meeting having been called by a branchof the Association, those attending it must be a part of that Asso-ciation, whereas this was a meeting by itself, and the words ofthe circular shewed it. ,

Mr. CoRDO BURROWS said that he might, as HonorarySecretary of the Brighton Branch of the National Association,be permitted to explain to the gentlemen who attended thismeeting from the country, that there had been some little discus-sion as to the mode of calling it. He himself had been desirousof calling it by requisition, but the majority of the members de-cided that it should be called in the manner it had been. He didnot think, that if any gentleman read the circular, he couldsuppose it was a meeting of the Association. After the admirableaddress of Mr. Mott, which explained the objects of the meetingand the position in which the medical profession stood, it was un-lleeessary for him to make any remarks on the subject.-

Mr. TREW (of Steyning) moved, and Mr. HARRIS (ofWorthing) seconded,-" That a petition [read to the meeting]be adopted, and that the members for the borough of Brighton berequested to present and support it, and that the other boroughand county members be requested to support its prayer."

Mr. GEORGE WEEKES (of Hurstperpoint) proposed, and MrGEAR (of Newhaven) seconded, the appointment of the followinggentlemen as a committee, to carry out the objects of the petition- Messrs. Drummond, Cordy, Burrows, Mott, Seabrookt and.

Mitchell, which was adopted unanimously.THE SURGEONS OF THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD.

To the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., Her Majesty’sSecretary of State for the Home Department.

The Memorial of the Surgeons of the City and County of HerefordSHEWEtH,—

That your memorialists, members of the Royal College of’Surgeons of England resident in the city and county of Hereford,in compliance with the oath they have recently taken, on beingadmitted members of the College, to maintain its dignity and’welfare to the utmost of their power, feel it to be an imperative’ °duty respectfully to call your attention to the injustice displayedin the mode of carrying out the charter recently granted to theRoyal College.Your memorialists cannot but feel, that the Council of the ‘

Royal College of Surgeons of England has broken faith with thegeneral body of the members, by the principle of election to thenewly-created grade of the fellowship which it has seen fit to

pursue. Full power was given to the Council by the new char-ter to carry out this principle in a way which would not haveinterfered with existing rights and privileges, but it has not doneso; and further, your memorialists consider the course it has

adopted is most injurious and degrading to the overwhelmingmajority of its members, and utterly at variance with those prin-ciptes of honour and justice which should ever distinguish a RoyalCollege.Your memorialists fully recognise the right of merit to the dis-

tinction of the fellowship, but this principle of election can onlybe justly carried out to a very limited extent, and when it is-

thought necessary to go beyond this, they are of opinion that theonly just mode is then to make " length of standing in the pro-fession" the means of admission for all present members to thefellowship, (at once, if they have attained the requisite period, oras they respectively do so,) since it is the only plan which, from.its not being retrospective, would prove satisfactory to the mem-bers in general, and regain for the Council that perfect confidencewhich has been so much shaken by a departure from it in the late,:proceedings.

For these reasons, your memorialists would humbly, butearnestly, suggest for pour consideration the propriety of advisingher Majesty to grant a new charter to the Royal College of Sur-geons of England, or to sanction such a modification of the presentcharter, as will effectually remove the injustice which has been’thus cast upon the majority of the members of the College; or, in-the event of neither of these plans being deemed admissible, yourmemorialists would also respectfully suggest for your considara-tion, the propriety of advising her Majesty to grant a separate-charter of incorporation for the general practitioners, as a measure’then essentially necessary, in their opinion, for the maintenanceof the welfare and prosperity of this most important class of thenrofession..

Date of Diploma.Edward Wallcer, Kington 1796George Rootes, Ross ...... 1812Philip James, Hereford... 1813Henry Rudge, Leominster 1613John M. Probyn, Kington 1815J. B. Shelton, Bromyard 1824R. P. Morris, Kingsland... 1829Wm. H. Denham, Pyon... 1829G. R. Terry, Hereford... 1830Charles Cook, Ledbury... 1830Wm. Thompson, Kington 1830John S. Palmer, Weobly 1830Joseph Thomas, Hay...... 1831H. C. Barnard, Hereford 1834Robt. Archibald, Hereford 1834Edmund Jones, Ross...... 1835G. H. Marshall, Kington 1836Wm. Blakely, Kington... 1838Henry G. Bull, Hereford 1841J. Marshall, Leominster 1841F. R. Trumper, Hereford 1842Geo. Gwillim, Ledbury... 1843

Date of Diploma.James Price, Hereford ... 1806J. W. P. Lyde, Hay..... 1807T. F. Watling, Leominster 1813James Lane, Urosmont... 1813S. Millard, Whitchurch... 1826Chas. E. Thomson, Ross 1828H. J. Jenkins, Madley ... 1829Miles A Wood, Ledbury 1830Thos. Pritchard, Hereford 1830’Edwd. James, Kington ... 1830E. W. Howey, Bromyard 1831’John Tanner, Ledbury... 1832;T. Burlton, Leominster... 183.John Morris, Hereford ... 1837T. T. Price, Hereford ... 1838G. Woodcock, Eardisley 1839Peter B. Giles, Byford ... 1840-Joseph G. Barrett, Ross... 1841Saml. Wandby, Hereford 1842’’Thos. Bishop, Hereford... 1842H.W.Watling,Leominster 1843