4 JULY 1840, Page 7

The Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, which numbers upwards of

1,200 members, proposes to hold its eighth anniversary, meeting at Southampton, on :Wednesday the 22d and Thursday the 23d July next.

A church-rate has been carried at Dudley, by a vote of 728 to 309. The expense of repairing York Minster is estimated at 25,000/. ; to- wards which the Archbishop of York has subscribed 1,0unt, the Bishop of Durham 2004, Lord Ilarewood 500/., Lord Wharncliffe and others 1004 each.