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Bleeding had been found to effect a 
cure. — A member inquired of Dr. O’ 
Beirne, whether he had ever used oil of 
turpentine in this disease ; he had 
found it beneficial as an enema ; the 
proportion he used was ^ij oil Tereb. 
to 5j of laudanum ; and pouring cold 
water on the head at the same time. 
Dr. O’Beirne had no objection to the 
use of the oil, but he wished not to 
complicate the treatment. Mr. King 
related a case, which terminated favour- 
ably after an immense living lumbricus 
had been voided. 
A short description of a case of A- 
neurism of the Arteria Innominata, 
furnished by Sir D. H, Dickson, was 
then read. 
Section F.—STATISTICS. 
President . - S\v Chari.ks Lkmun, Ban. 
Vice Presidents. - H. HAllam, Esq., Di. 
J erra NU 
Secretaries. -Kes. J E. Browby, C. B. Fripp, 
James Heywoou. Esq 
Committee. - i . W. Cowell, Esq., M. Dupin, 
Lord King-, 'Vi. Von I’.aumer, Bight Hou l, 
S. It ice, Profes-or Babbage, Dr. Bowring, 
M. P., 1 . Wyse, W. P , Bev. E. Stanley, Col. 
Sykes, Dr. W. c. Taylor, Henry VVoolcombe, 
I sq. J Sinnpson, Esq , Major Clerk, Porter, 
Esq., Professor IVJounier, Lord sandon, Lord 
Nugent, carpenter Bowe, Esq, Ihonaas 
Moore, Esq., Bev. W L Bowles. 
A report was read, entitled ‘ A few 
Statistical Facts, descriptive of the for- 
mer and present state of Glasgow,’ by 
James Cleland, L.L.D. This report 
was so comprehensive, and entered into 
such minute detail, both as to the past 
and present state of the city, that we 
must be content to extract the more 
interesting passages. — 
Church Accommodation. — In conduct- 
ing the government census for 1831, 
Dr. Cleland embraced the opportunity 
of ascertaining the number of sittings 
in the churches of the Establishment, 
and in the chapels of the Dissenters. 
The results are as follows ; — 
Sittings in the various places of wor- 
ship in the city and suburbs, 73,425, — 
viz. in the Established church, 30,928 ; 
Seceders, Dissenters, Episcopalians, 
and Roman Catholics, 42,497 ; being 
in the proportion of only one sitting to 
2. 75-100 persons, or 20,291 sittings 
less than what is required by law, viz. 
church accommodation for two-thirds 
of examinable persons. When this 
statement came to be considered by the 
religious part of the community, efforts 
were made to procure additional church 
accommodation. A society was formed 
for ‘ erecting additional parochial 
churches in Glasgow and its suburbs,’ 
and although it has been instituted 
little more than two years, upwards of 
24,000^. has been subscribed, and al- 
ready six churches are built, or are in 
course of erection. Assuming the po- 
pulation in 1836 to be 235,000, and 
that 60 sittings should be provided for 
every 100 of the population, it is found 
that although every sitting in every 
church of every denomination were 
occupied, there would be a deficiency 
of church accommodation to the extent 
of 6 1 ,594 sittings. To supply this want 
6 1 additional churches would be re- 
quired. 
Roman Catholics . — Being desirous to 
obtain an acurate account of the num- 
ber of Catholics in this city and 
suburbs. Dr. Cleland requested Dr. 
Scott, the Roman Catholic bishop, to 
allow him to examine this register of 
births and babtisms for 1830, when he 
found that they amounted to 915; and 
as he had previously ascertained that 
there was one birth forevery2947-100th 
persons in the comunity, he concluded 
that tha number of Catholics in the dis- 
tricts referred to must be 26, 965 souls. — ■ 
Having a desire to know the increase in 
the number of Catholics in the city and 
suburbs during the last five years, he 
applied to Bishop Murdoch, the coad- 
jutor of Bishop Scott, who also allowed 
the register of births and baptisms, to 
be examined, and calculating on the 
same principle as in 1830, Dr. Cleland 
considered that the Catholics in this city 
and suburbs, at the end of 1835, amount- 
ed to 46, 138 souls. 
Trade . — The increase of trade at 
Glasgow, in consequence of the improve- 
ments on the river, almost exceeds belief. 
Less than fifty years ago, a few gabbarts, 
and these only about 30 or 40 tons bur- 
den, could come up to Glasgow. The 
recent improvements have been such, 
that in the year 1831, vessels drawing 
13 feet 6 inches water were enabled to 
come up to the harbour; and low large 
vessels many of them upwards of 300 
tons burthen, from America, the East 
and West Indies, and the continent of 
Europe, as well as coasters, are often to 
be found three deep along nearly the 
whole length of the harbour. During 
the year 1834, about 27,000 vessels 
passed Renfrew ferry ; and at some 
period of the year, between 20 and 30 in 
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