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laws relating to the practice of medicine in Great Britain and Ireland, stated that such a bill was necessary for the protectionof the duly-qualified members of the profession, who, accord-ing to the present laws, were daily subject to be injured, bothindividually and as a body, by any unprincipled person whothought proper to dub himself physician, surgeon, or apothe-cary. Other professions and trades had the protection ex-tended to them which this bill proposed giving to the medicalprofession. How necessary such protection was to them andthe public, the police reports alone proved. (Hear, hear.)Mr. W. D. SEYMOUR seconded the motion.Lord PALMERSTON offered no opposition to the introduction

of the bill, but would reserve to himself the future considera-tion of its clauses and the changes it was contemplated to effectfor the benefit of the profession. (Hear, hear.)

QUARANTINE AT GIBRALTAR.

Sir DE LACY EVANS drew the attention of the Under Secre-tary for the Colonial Department to the state of Gibraltar, theinhabitants of the place not having been allowed to hold com-munication with the adjoining continent. As the inhabitantsthereby suffered great inconvenience and distress, he askedwhat was the cause of this extraordinary occurrence, and whe-ther directions had been issued to prevent its repetition ? ’?Mr. R. PEEL regretted the inconvenience and distiess suf-

fered at Gibraltar; but communications had taken place be-tween the Foreign Office and the British Minister at Madrid,and representations had been made to the Spanish Governmentto withdraw the state of quarantine that had existed betweenGibraltar and the Continent. These restrictions had been im-posed in consequence of the cholera; but there was now noreason for their continuance. (Hear, hear.)

Medical News.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The following gentle-men having undergone the necessary examinations for thediploma were admitted members of the College at the meetingof the Court of Examiners on the 3rd inst. :-

BROWN, ROBERT GIBSON, Whitby, Yorkshire.CRISP, WALTER, Norwich.FRYER, THOMAS ’VEBB, Bristol.JENKINS, JOHN THEOPHILUS, Prince Edward Island.JONES, HUGH DAVIES, Hon. East India Company’s Service,

Bengal.STOCKS, ALFRED WILLIAM, Salford.TAYLOR, GEORGE STOPFORD, Sheffield.THOMPSON, WILLIAM, Graaf Reinett, Cape of Good Hope.At the same meeting of the Court, Mr. JOHN RuDALL

HoLMAN passed his examination for Naval Surgeon. Thisgentleman had previously been admitted a member of theCollege, his diploma bearing date January 2, 1846.LICENTIATES IN MIDWIFERY. - The following Members of

the College having undergone the necessary examinations,were admitted Licentiates in Midwifery of the Royal Collegeof Surgeons, at the meeting of the Board of Examiners, on the8th inst.-Joseph Walter Raleigh Amesbury, Hon. East IndiaCompany’s Service, Bengal, diploma of membership datedMay 24, 1850; William Gabb Jenkins, Aberystwith, April 15,1852; James Ekin, London, November 5, 1852; John BuckStedman, Union-street, Borough, March 5, 1841; HenryCornelius Thomas, Gloster-street, Pimlico, May 9, 1851;Thomas Dandy, Rufford, Lancashire, April 1, 1853; HenryPratt, Montreal, June 24, 1853; John Ignatius PurcellWilliams, Denbigh, November 4, 1853; George StopfordTaylor, Sheffield, February 3, 1854.NEW FELLOWS.-At a meeting of the Council of the Royal

College of Surgeons on the 8th inst., another batch of"’ fellows" was made. We shall publish the list next week.APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-Names of gentlemen who passed

their examination in the science and practice of Medicine, andreceived certificates to practise, on-

Thursday, February 2nd, 1854.

COPLAND, JAMES CHARLESWORTH, Notting-hill.HARDCASTLE, NICHOLAS, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.HOOPER, Lucas GEORGE, St. Helier’s, Jersey.THORNE, GEORGE LEWORTHY, Bristol.WILLY, AMBROSE, Teddington, Middlesex.

THE GRESHAM LECTURES.-From the report of theCity Corporation Commission, it appears that the remunerationpaid to Dr. Southey for his Gresham Lectures on Physic is £ 100.

THE COLLEGE LECTURES, by Professor Skey and Owen,will be commenced on the 7th proximo.HUNTERIAN SOCIETY .-On Wednesday, February 15th,

Mr. Cock will read a paper "On Hydatids in the Abdo.men. "

NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICERS.- The claims of this ill-usedand at the present moment still most important branch of thepublic service, which for so many years past we have beensteadily urging on the attention of the legislature and on the )public generally, are progressing most favourably before theHouse of Commons, judging from the number of the petitionswhich are being presented, and the distinguished names of thepetitioners. To the petition from Edinburgh, presented by Mr.Montague Chambers, are appended the names of Sir GeorgeBallinghall, Syme, Alison, Simpson; in fact, all the most cele-brated men of Edinburgh.We subjoin a list of those presented during the past week

by Dr. Michell, Messrs. Brady, Horsfall, and other honourablemembers taking an interest in this important subject :-ConntyTyrone, Waterford, and Donaghadea, in Ireland; from Wey.mouth, Liverpool, Worcester, Southwark, Salford, Farnham,Trowbridge, Worthing, Chichester, Bognor, &c. In additionto these, there are about 150 ready for presentation from allparts of the country; and in a letter addressed by Mr. Mon-tague Chambers, the honourable member for Greenwich, toMr. Stone, he observes-

" The excitement produced by the state of affairs with rela-tion to Russia and Turkey will prevent the House, for the pre-sent, from calmly and patiently attending to the important in-terests of the medical department of the navy. This considera-tion has prevented me from giving notice that I shall bring thematter forward immediately, or I certainly should have doneso at the commencement of the session; but I shall await a

fitting opportunity, and hope, when that occurs, with the assist- ance of other good friends in the House, to make some impres- sion upon those who ought long since to have effected a changeimperatively called for. I had hoped, indeed, that the navalauthorities would of themselves have seriously considered thissubject, and by new and just regulations have rendered the in-terference of the House unnecessary, and it is possible that theymay still do so; but our effort must not be relaxed, as the ex-pectation may be disappointed.

" Believe me, yours most truly," MONTAGUE CHAMBERS.

"T. M. Stone, Esq., Royal Hill, Greenwich." ,

In addition to the above honourable member, Mr. Brady,Dr. Michell, and other gentlemen, have requested Mr. Stone Ito send them as many petitions as he likes, and have promisedto support Mr. Chambers’ motion with all their energy.ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.- MORE CONVICTIONS: °

At the Court of Inland Revenue, held before the Commission-ers on Friday, the following grocers were fined in the penalties named, for having adulterated coffee with chicory, and sold i twithout affixing a label stating that it was so mixed :- William’Bennett, of No. 14, Great Newport-street, Newport-market, fined £ 10 ; Alexander Frazer, 72, Piccadilly, £ 10 ; Robert IIzant, 11, Morton-street, Westminster, £ 1O ; John Freeman, i

17, Great Marylebone-street, .65; Cornelius Belsham, 120,Drury-lane, £ 12 10s. In these cases the adulteration varied inamount from 7 to 50 per cent.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WILSON, OF GATESHEAD.-On ,Monday evening, there was a numerous meeting at MissMurray’s, the Half-moon Inn, of subscribers to the "Wilson Testimonial" and their friends, including Messrs. G. Craw- shay, C. J. Gibb, G. A. Hutton, H. Wilkinson, James Clep-han, William Wylam, John Potts, John Vickers, F. P. Ionn,W. Revely, T. Pringle, H. L. Monro, James Hewitt, S. Neville,John Harrison, John Fawcett, Joseph Clephan, John Hunter,&c. &c., with several ladies. In the absence of George Hawks,Esq., from indisposition, Mr. James Hewitt, a member of theTown Council and Board of Guardians, was called upon to pre- side ; and Mr. Joseph Clephan, who had principally acted forthe Treasurer and Secretary, read a brief report, showing thatupwards of 160 ladies and gentlemen had subscribed, whoseaggregate contributions, after payment of expenses, left a net fdisposable fund of £ 107 ; of which X7 had been expended inthe purchase of a small silver salver at Reid and Sons, bearing

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an inscription acknowledging the services of Mr. R. H. Wilson.medical otncer of the north district of Gateshead, during thEcholera epidemic of 1853, and the remaining .6100 lay on thesalver in a. purse worked for the occasion. The subscribers, hEstated, comprised the Mayor and Rector of Gateshead, andother principal inhabitants (the Chairman and Vice Chairmarof the Poor-law Union, and several Guardians, :Magistrates,Aldermen, and Councillors). Mr. Wilson returned thanks in a

very neat speech.MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.-At the last meeting

of the Council, held at the office, 37, Soho-square, the Treasureisaid that he had much pleasure in announcing that sermons iraid of the funds of the College would be preached by the Rev.Dr. Irons, in St. Mary’s Church, West Brompton, on Sundaynext, the 12th instant ; by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, in theparish church, Hampstead, on the 28th of May; and by theLord Bishop of London in St. Giles’s Church, on the 25th ojJune (being the second time these dignitaries will have gene-rously advocated the cause of the institution). After the busi-ness of the meeting had been disposed of, the chairman pre-sented an elegant silver inkstand to the late Hon. Secretary,Henry Tudor Davies, Esq., in the name of those members oithe Council who had contributed towards this testimonial, inacknowledgment of the services that gentleman had renderedthe College.METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. - This

excellent establishment is progressing most favourably. Fromthe report of the Committee it appears that the followingprincely donations have been subscribed :-X. A. C., £ 900-;Charles Inglis, Esq., 700 ; Samuel Webster, Esq., .6600;Admiral Percy, X225 1Os. ; Earl Spencer, £ 100 ; J. W. C.£ 100. Her Most Gracious Majesty, as usual, heads the listwith .6100, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales sub-scribes 250 guineas. It will be perceived that these sumsamount to nearly £ 3000, subscribed by eight beneficent indivi-duals ; in addition to which, a gentleman generously promisesthe complete furniture for one of the wards.

SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THEINSANE.-At the late meeting of the Society, held at Sir Alex-ander Morrison’s, Cavendish-square, Ellen Hooper, nurse atBethlehem Hospital eighteen years, was awarded three guineas;Millicent Smith, of Dudderston Hall Asylum, Birmingham, twoguineas ; Ann Hudson, two guineas ; W. Huntridge, twenty-six years a keeper at Dudderston Hall, three guineas ; andJohn Bell, of Osbaladick Asylum, York, two guineas. Therewere sixteen candidates for rewards.

THE CHOLERA IN NEVIS.-A letter, dated Nevis, January’ the 10th, states that a Liverpool vessel had called there with500 emigrants on board, five and six dying daily of cholera."She was ordered away as soon as possible, but not beforepoisoning the air and infecting the negroes who went off to seeher. The consequence is that it is raging in the island, on somedays 20 being thrown into one pit. The people have becomeso alarmed that as soon as one is attacked all the relations andfriends fly and leave them to their fate, and gentlemen havehad to go about the country offering high rewards to get mento dig pits and cart the dead out of the town, for the stenchfrom the churchyard in the town was so great that it was for-bidden any more should be interred there, or indeed in any ofthe churchyards. There is not a shilling in the treasury, andthe island is in a state of complete bankruptcy. Our chiefjudge, a most worthy man, has been carried off, and his brotheris also dead. Domestic servants and labourers to cultivate theland are not to be had."

DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED PROFESSIONAL I311PROPERTREATMENT.-Mr. Housley, surgeon, has had two actions

brought against him for damages, in consequence of allegedneglect of his professional duties, whereby an infant which hadfallen out of bed, broke its leg, and subsequently suffered am-putation of the limb. The bandages were found to have beentoo tight, the circulation was stopped, and the leg mortified.In one action on the part of the infant the jury awarded .6200,and in the second they awarded X50 to the father.CITY-OF LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL.-On Monday,

the annual meeting of governors was held in the board-room,Sir J. Tyler in the chair. During the year, 396 marriedWomen were admitted, and 346 delivered. Five women hadtwins. There were nine still-born and nine deaths. Mrs.Haunt gave a donation of thirty guineas, and also X30 towardsthe purchase of bed furniture. The receipts were .f2266 9s. 5d.,and the expenditure amounted to .;82052 10s. lld.

SUICIDE.-Dr. Howard, residing at Upper Gloucester-place, near Dorset-square, destroyed himself last week withhydrocyanic acid. The coroner’s jury returned an open ver-dict as to the state of his mind.

SMALL-pox HOSPITAL.-The annual meeting of governorswas held on Monday, in the board-room of the hospital, High-gate, Mr. J. Bedford in the chair. The receipts figured3155, and the expenditure 2733 14s. During the year, 143patients were admitted, of whom 129 were cured, and 14 died.In 1852, the patients numbered 800. Of the unprotected cases.eight, or 27,11 per cent. died, while of the vaccinated only six,or less than six per cent., died. During the year 458 had beenvaccinated, and 2188 charges of lymph were sent to medicalmen. The Great Northern Railway Company paid to the hos-pital 750, a disputed sum.ROYAL SOUTH HANTS INFIRMARY.—According to the

report read at the last annual meeting, 500 in and 729 out-patients were admitted during the year. Of the former 283were cured, 83 relieved, 22 died, and 44 remained on the books.Of the latter, 429 were cured, 51 relieved, 6 died, and 205 re-mained on the books. Since the opening of the infirmary4567 in and 5759 out-patients had been admitted. The Collegeof Winchester and Queen’s College, Oxford, contributed towardsits support.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Medicus wants to know whether " The Third-Year’s Student" does not holdan appointment on the medical staff of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, andthus criticized his colleagues out of jealousy and envy. The query is ridi-

culous, and the supposition wholly inaccurate. "The Third-Year’s Student"has of late been the subject of much discussion at a certain City hospital,whose startling and monstrous abuses he so eloquently exposed. His lettersare still in the memory of numerous of our readers. They were admired bysome of the best literary judges in the profession; and we do not think thathis deservedly good literary reputation will be in any way injured by thepitiable assailants who endeavour to father upon him communications ofthe most opposite kind, which contain opinions and statements utterly atvariance with those expressed in his published letters. If our late dis-

tinguished correspondent chooses, he has it in his power, with a touchhis pen, to crush these silly calumniators.

N.-At the rooms of the Medical Society, George-street.Bristotiazz.-Dr. Hooker’s work on Physician and Patient" can be procuredby order of any bookseller. The edition published in England is quite adifferent work from the original, and did not obtain the approbation of thelearned author. Reviews of both the American and English works haveappeared in THE LANCET.

Scrutator.-The pamphlet was published by Messrs. Kent and Co., of Pater-noster-row. It may still be purchased.

Your Faithful -Reader since Oct. 5, 18?3.-Our respected correspondent mustsurely have overlooked some of the articles which have appeared in thisjournal on the subject of the Vaccination Act. We shall, however, directattention to the point noticed by him.

Mr. John Wallace, (Stornoway, N.B.)-To procure a satisfactory answer tothe first question, a medical practitioner should be consulted.-To thesecond, No. We cannot undertake to communicate by letter.

Civis.-Such tricks are stale, and only worthy of the mean and cowardly.Dr. John Furlonge, (Antigua.)-We are much obliged to our correspondent

for the papers which he has forwarded to us relative to the cholera inAntigua.

Dr. G. Johnson has written to us to state that we were in error in reportinghim as one who was not present at the Hanover-square meeting, becausehe says he attended, and he assented to the resolutions that were passed,and that he has sent a subscription to the treasurer, for all of which services,doubtless, particularly the last, he has been thanked and laughed at.

Fideg.-Since the promise was made in THE LANCET of January 28th to pub-lish the letter of our correspondent, a gentleman, who was present at Mr.Skey’s operation, has assured us that the view of the students was not at allobstructed by strangers or other persons. In consequence of this assurance,made by a gentleman who was a spectator on the occasion, and on whoseintegrity we implicitly rely, we have refrained from publishing Fides’

communication.One who is Anxious not to Dain up the Fountain of Knouledge.-The students

of St. George’s Hospital, who have conspired to exclude one source

of professional information, no doubt belong to the class aptly described bythe late Mr. Liston, as men born surgeons. Some people are said to gothrough life with just the amount of wit they had at starting. They don’twant any more; and they take care not to get it. Contented ignorance andsublime conceit commonly go together. Our correspondent is advised taseek elsewhere for the opportunity he wishes of hearing both sides of thequestion.

J. C.-Taylor’s. The price of the book is 128. 6d.Inquire,-There is no provision for such a case. A, the person desirous of

being registered under the Act possessed both qualifications, he mightelect under which title he was enrolled.