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The effect of this mutual kind feeling is highly favourable ; and where respect is not extorted for position , ' it is cheerfully conceded to ability . Lest the system above detailed should not be sufficiently organized , there is in force an admirable plan . Every surgeon has attached to him three dressers j every physician three clinical clerks , who really discharge all the practical-duties , and who are personally responsible for the patients during the absence of their superiors . Of every case a daily record is kept in an official book , which is read by the bed side . Thus many of these voun ° " men have under their immediate daily
inspection more cases than will fall to their lot in practice durinf five years of semi-starvation . And if ever there should arise among them one with the pencil of a Thackeray , he will publish a work , called Notes from a Hand-Book , whose fame will fill the country . One amusing trait casually attracted our notice . A poor man left his home in ruddy and vigorous health . He met with an accident which placed him beyond the hope of recovery . His wife was sent for , and showed the tenderest and most touching sorrow . However , before remaining with him , she expressed a desire to leave for
a short time . On her return she had contrived an unprecedented mode of displaying her conjugal emotion . She had mounted the daintiest conceivable widow's cap ! And in it she actually nursed her husband up to the period of his decease . Not every man has the opportunity of seeing how weeds become the wife of his bosom . It must have been a delicious sensation , to feel that the last glimmer of earthly light which flickered over him as he sank into the valley of the shadow of death , was reflected from the premature " trappings" of his bereaved helpmate . We have digressed ; let us return .
Our student , then , is now prepared- —we beg pardon , there is yet one thing to be done ; having learnt his profession , he has to cram the crotchets of his examiners . Most of these worthies cultivate a pet monomania , which if he neglect woe be ^ to him ! Consequently , he lias to deliver himself of these with unperturbed decorum , though he probably believes them to be what Sydney Smith would call , "the full bloom of imbecility . " At length , then , he enters the world , dubbed M . R . C . S ., L . A . C ., and forthwith embarks in his profession—we rejoice to say he does so with far better chance of success than his father . Fifty years ago the medical
profession seemed inexhaustibly prolific ; as a natural consequence it was soon glutted . The ingenious were driven to start various opathies and isms , the less inventive , or more honest , starved . This uninviting prospect , and the impulse given to engineering by the railroads , prevented . any great accession of young members , and when the present race of practitioners pass away there will be abundant opportunities for those who are rising to fill their places . Moreover , a fine field has recently been opened in Australia , of which many will avail themselves . In the course of a single morning there were no less than four applications at
one of the hospitals for surgeons , to take charge of outward bound vessels . We will conclude with a hint on tins subject which may prove useful . A young man , with neither interest or property , was desirous of settling in London . How was he to manage ? He rented two feet and a half by one of a handsome street-door in an eligible locality , near Broinpfcon , and immediately set sail . On his return , ho found ho had not been wught by a single patient . Without hesitation lie took n second voyage ; on his return this time lie was told there had been one inquiry . He took the hint and remained at his post . Ho is now doing well . V .
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8 UI 0 IUB IN THE AT 1 MY . We hnvo received a very painful account of a recent wugutal ocourronco in a distinguished Cavalry regiment . Our informant states that " in the Fh-sfc Kogirncnfc of nigoon Guards , a rospoctablo young man , an engineer «> y trade , and a native of Glasgow , " Hhot himself through ho ] , eart wilH his carbino , on tho morning of tho 17 th instant , in his barrack-room . An inquest was hold on his My tho samo afternoon , and a verdict of folo do so juu'ned . Tho eonsoquonco of which wnu that tho body of ><> unfortunate young man wan thrown " into a holo of ' » o ditch in tho gravo-ynrd at Newbridge , after being "HHoctod by tho doctor . " Our correspondent , who ad-J-ohsoh 1 IB - « "dor italingH ' of deop indignation , unnorta that j ' ° Unha I > l > y deceased was driven to suicide by tho cruelty an « l ' r , ° XI ) Ol ' iCnC ( 1 ( l itl tho ro £ »» ont ; ' »»«» «»« it tormented ' ( liHtrnc (( K lby a life of misery and constant punishment JHUl talcen rofugo in this iinal aot of despair . Wo are ' «<> posiiwn to vimcU for tll 0 HO fftfltfl > , ulfc wo < ruHfc ^ ' «• leant receive tlio innnedialo and strict investigation 1110 authoritioa at the itorso Q uards . IioBtil
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SMYTH v . SMYTH AND OTHERS . { To the Editor of tTie Leader . ) Sir , —Being a " constant reader , " and a sincere admirer of much that is excellent in your paper , I deeply regret the observations you have made on the conduct of Mr . Bovill and his associates , at the late " Smyth " case at Gloucester . It appears to me that you have not sufficiently distinguished between " Sir Richard Smyth , " plaintiff in
the cause , represented by himself and his friends ( among whom I may mention Mr . Gayley Shad well , and other gentlemen of reputation ) as an injured man seeking for _ a restoration to his undoubted rights—under which guise he was presented to the notice of his counsel —• and the self-convicted foi'ger and perjurer shrinking from the piercing eye of Sir Frederick Thesiger , as he levelled at him the last overwhelming questions , which he found himself unable to answer .
Then when , to the astonishment of his counsel and , we would believe , of his solicitor , they found that the story they relied on was a tissue of falsehood , having been retained to conduct an action at nisi prius , and not to defend a forger and a perjurer , they threw up their briefs . I regret too , permit me to say , to observe in your article the expression , " a weary judge . " It seems to imply that the judge was anxious to bring the case to a conclusion .
I had an opportunity of closely observing the judge through the cause , and never did I see such unwearying assiduity in taking the notes with extreme exactness , which often had to be tested , owing to the repeated contradiction of his own previous statements by tho plaintiff . The extreme courtesy of manner with which Mr . Justice Coleridge addresses all equally , was preserved to the last moment of tho trial ; and even when , I feel morally certain , ho could have no further doubt of the plaintiff ' s falsehood and guilt , he frequently excused his irritability and impertinence to the examining counsel , and spoke to him so gently and kindly that , it appeared to me , tho prisoner seemed to roly on his protection , even after his crimes were- evident to tho wholo court . Such inflexible lovo of justice , tempered with tho utmost . suavity of manner , hi , I imagine , raro , even on the English bench . Long may Mr . Justico Coleridge adorn it . Sir Frederick Thesigor ' s activity and zeal were only equalled by tho rapidity with which ho saw every turn of tho witness ' s mind , and traced every one of his subterfuges . When the exposure was complete , ho appeared almost overcomo by his feelings , and is said to liavo exclaimed , " Tawell again , by Heaven !"
Mr . Catlin will not again deride " country attorneys , " after this specimen of tho acutcne . su and energy of Messrs . Palmer and Wansoy . Hut perhaps , above all , the youthful defendant is most indebted to his uncle , Mr . Arthur Way , the receiver of the estates , who , with the most untiring prodigality of poraonul exertion , traced out the movements of tho plaintiff in " Ireland and elsewhere : and , with the assistance of the celebrated " Kiold , "
the " Inspector I { ticket" of Meats' 2 Cause , umdo tho discoveries which led to the crushing weight of ovidenco under which tho soi-dimnt "Sir Jtiohard , " losing nil his impudence- and noil-possession , ahrank , cowed , into tho corner of tho witness box , all his villany exposed ; nor in it probablo that Richard will ever bo " himself again , " an Inn next appearance will be as " Thomas William 1 ' ioviw , " tho ox-convict of llchcutor gaol ,
A word more , as to Mr . Bovill and his associates . I assure you it was the opinion of all , that if there was any indiscretion on their part , it was in exceeding , and not shirking , their duty to their client . The forgery of the document , ' on the validity , of which they principally rested their case , was sufficiently proved to satisfy the most earnest partisan of the plaintiff , on the second day ; and had they been desirous of avoiding their duty , or perhaps , had they been of longer standing at the Bar , they might then , without any injustice to their client , have resigned his
cause . I must explain , that I have not the least personal knowledge of Mr . Bovill , or of either of the gentlemen associated with him , and that I was deeply interested in the exposure of his client ' s infamy ; but I did see and feel the painful position in which Mr . Bovill , one who has already raised himself to a position scarcely inferior to any in his profession , was placed ; and I respected the chivalrous and honourable manner in which he persevered for his client , till perseverance become impossible , unless the counsel was to become the accomplice of the declared criminal .
Pardon my trespassing at this length on your columns . I know your love of fairness to all ; and therefore subscribe myself—by the somewhat hackneyed title , A Lover of Justice .
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A COUPLE OF RECTIFICATIONS . ( To tJie Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —In the Leader which has just appeared is this portion of a paragraph concerning the pattern drawers and block cutters of Paisley : — " They wish to limit the apprentices , and to insist on getting in the slack season an equal share of work with that given to the journeymen /' Now , this word "journeymen" cannot be the right one , as thus applied , and must have either slipped out unwatched from the pen , or from under the fingers of
the compositor , for as it is , the fact is wholly changed ; the object of these Paisley journeymen being , that while no more than three apprentices shall be allowed to every five journeymen , so , again , it is their aim not to let the apprentices get all the work in the slack season , but that , as the saying is , there shall be " share and share alike "—no very unfair regulation , as I should conceive ; and especially -as a block-cutter with whom I am well acquainted has made known to me such illustration of the over apprenticeship in this trade as well warrants such an opinion . The second correction concerns what is said of the
dock labourers of London , whose " strike is ended without any advantage , their riotous conduct deserving the failure " A statement of this wholesale character looks ugly in print , but as I am perfectly aware in what manner it must have originated ( from a much overdone report which appeared in a certain daily journal , the Advertiser ) , so am I anxious that some contradiction should be given to the same , and especially in the Leader , whose evident good fooling in the cause of the poor worker ia ever present , more or less , in its column . ' ! . True , thero wore riots , or rather assaults , committed towards the conclusion of this strike—several on the
iuosday evening in the neighbourhood of the West India Docks , but on the whole the conduct of these men proved much better than might have been anticipated at such a juncture from such a class ; for generally , and under circumstances of an unusually trying nature , they bore themselves most quietly ; indeed so much so , that I heard myself some of the police authorities speak to this fact in a very complimentary manner , while I knew from my own knowledgo that the compliment was deserved , having been present at most of their meetings , which they held in Ikmucv ' sfields , near Victonu-park .
As , therefore , I do not consider that the bad deeds of a few should be taken " as a justification for punishment to fall on tho majority in any of these social struggles , so do I hope that you will permit tho appesir-Ance of this rectification in your eolunnw ; ami I beg also to apprise you that it i , s the intention of the writer of thin note to put together tho whole ««« " « f these really severely treated dock labourers , when I am Hiiro " it will no-longer be thought that thoydwrvrd to fail , but rather to have triumphed . ' ' >• ' *• Kwa . Ifi , lHfiU .
[ Tho first correction makes dear what our printer ' s error confused . That , tho Paisley , print-cuttera seek what is unfair—namely , dictate to their musters the amount of work to bo given to them and to tho " apprentices , " ( which word should havo been the last in tho sentence , instead of "journeymen . " ) 2 . The dock-labourers , as a body , must be judged by tho eonduct of the most prominent <> f them . Wo . see two fuelh : " riot" and " failure ; " both are faults . All fuilurenaro not faults ; but in the present , condition of indu « try tho niou who ( Uuorvo succptftf gonondly coiuinund , it , —M . \
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[ iW THIS DEPARTMENT , AS Alt OPINIONS , HOWEVER EXTREME ABE ALLOWED AM" EXPBESSION , THE EDITOR . NECESSAEILX HOLDS HIMSELF BESPONSIBLE SOU NONE . ]
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There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profitedby reading controversies , his senses awakened , and nis judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Milton .
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August 20 , 1853 . ] T H E L E AD E R / 811
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1853, page 811, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2000/page/19/
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