The House of Commons reassembled on Thursday; but the bill
of fare for the evening was not inviting, and the Members present were " counted out ' early. They just listened to a speech from Mr. Wakley against the Council of the College of Surgeons and the last charter, with a motion for inquiry; and then honourable gentlemen went to dinner, leaving the motion to fall to the ground. Mr. Wakley's speech constitutes the case of the general prac- titioners—the bulk of the members of the College—against the Council ; but it was not very well stated. A fatality seems to at- tend the statements of medical men on subjects of professional polity : they are full of imperfect allusions and heated complaints; but they lack that cool, direct, well-developed exposition, which would make the public a party to the case, and probably a power- ful coadjutor. A clear account might have been expected from Mr. Wakley ; but in this professional matter, the professional sin besets him.
