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scalpel; these would have produced some mischief, had the bowelbeen returned in this state of incarceration.,The second occurred in a man aged seventy-one, whom I

found complaining of cramp and spasms of the bowels, with con-stipation. On inquiry, he persisted that he never had any rupture,and I passed my hand over the abdomen without finding anyprotrusion. His symptoms remained unabated during the night;and the next day I found a hard, small lump in his groin; butthis, both himself and his wife stated had been just that size, andalways in the same state, for twelve years; and I had difficulty inconvincing them that this enlargement was the cause of his dis-tress. He permitted me to operate, and after enlarging thepassage-as I can scarcely call it dividing the stricture alone-Ipassed the sac back unopened, but it merely remained within theabdomen unaltered in size, and I was compelled to draw it outagain (and this was a work of some difficulty) and open the sac;and found it very thick and resisting, with a small knuckle ofintestine completely adherent to it, and great care was requiredin separating them. The patient lived three weeks after theoperation. He lost his constant hiccup two days after the bowelwas returned, but sunk from a severe attack of diarrhoea.

In these two cases it was clear that the operations would havebeen imperfectly performed without opening the sac; and as

most of the cases which are brought to the hospitals are of somedays’ duration, it would be, as a general rule, safer to ascertainif any unnatural adhesions exist in the sac, before the strangledintestine is returned. I remain yours truly,

Horsham, November, 1852 . S. BCSTOCK.J. S. BOSTOCK.

QUACK PILLS AND FORGED TESTIMONIALS.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-Will you he so good as to insert the following corre-spondence in your world -wide journal.

I remain, yours truly, RJOHN PUGHE, M.R.C.S. Eng.

Penhelyg House, Nov. 12, 1852.JOHN PUGHE, M.R.C.S. Eng.

No. 1.To the Editor, of the "Carnarvon Herald."

Dear Sir,-As the person whose conduct is complained of inthe following correspondence continues to follow the same courseof deceptiveness, I feel called upon hy my dn’y to my professionand to the public, to beg of you to permit its insertion in the‘° Herald," seeing your valuable journal has been so long the me-dium of circulating the imposture. No comment is needed.

Yours very truly,Penhelyg House, Nov. 12, 1852. JOHN PUGHE.JOHN PUGHE.

No. 2.Dear Sir,-Having been a pupil of yours at St. Thomas’s

Hospital from October, 1835, to June, 1838, I take the libertyof troubling you with a somewhat absurd question, for of courseI am perfectly satisfied in my own mind that you never permittedany such use of your name as is herein alluded to.A person of the name of Robert Isaac Jones, residing at Tre-

madac, Carnarvonshire, has for some years been driving a brisktrade by palming upon the public a nostrum which he callsCambrian Pills," affirming them of course to be capable of re-moving almost all complaints.

In order to give them a seeming medical authority, he appendsto his numerous advertisements a certificate laudatory of theirqualities, bearing.the signature of " Benjamin Travers, F.R.S.,"&c.

In order that it may be in my power to expose the tricksof this puffer by authority, will you be so good as to favourme with a distinct reply whether I am correct in stating thissame certificate to be a forgery?

I remain, yours truly,To B. Travers, Esq, F.R.S. JOHN PUGHE, Surgeon.JOHN PUGHE, Surgeon.

No. 3.Dear Sir,-I have been asked by other persons if I gave autho-

rity to this Mr. Jones for pirating my name, and have repliedas to you now-quite the reverse. I distinctly refused, as I haveinvariably done, to lend my name to any medical preparation orquack advertisement.Many years ago he sent me a box of his pills, and I think a

requisition (which I flatly refused) for a certificate. There areno means of preventing such forgeries.* I-Iolloway has long

* Sir James Murray’s case has since proved that the fabricators of falsetestimonials are open to an action at the hands of their customers, for ob-taining money under false pretences.-J. P.

honoured me with a testin:onial of his oint rent. Locock, Babing-ton, Clark, Bright, and a dozen others, are unwarrantably sub-jected to this abuse.

Believe me, dear Sir, yours faithfully,B. TRAVERS.

John Pughe, Esq., Pcnhelyg House, Aberdovey.B. TRAVERS.

Medical News.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. - The followinggentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations forthe diploma, were admitted Members of the College at themeeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 19th inst.:-

ATTWOOD, JOHN, Australia.BAKER, FRANCIS BRAMLEY, Hampton-court.BROWN, GEORGE DRANSFIELD, Croydon.HALL, FRANCIS RussELL, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.HUXLEY, CHARLES RODNEY, Lisbon.OGDEN, HOBERT THOMAS, ltochdale, Lancashire.RICHARDSON, CHARLES SCHOFIELD, Greenwich.SANKEY, GEORGE, Ashford, Kent.THURSTON, GEORGE HENRY, Goswell-street.UMPHELBY, ARTHUR, Ipswich, Suffolk.WESTCOTT, ROBERT, Spencer-street, Goswell-road.WILLIAMS, WiLLiAM JosEpii, Uffaulm, Devon.

THE FELLOWSHIP.-The following Members of the Collegewere admitted to the Fellowship at a meeting of the Councilof the Royal College of Surgeons, October 21st.:-

BAKER, ALFRED, Birmingham.BARNES, CHRISTOPHER llEWETSON, Notting-hill.BARTLEET, EDWIN, Birmingham.BELCHER, ROBERT SHIRLEY, Burton-on-Trent.BERRY, SAMUEL, Birmingham.BLEECK, CHARLES JAMES, Warminster.BLENKINSOP, HENRY, Warwick.BOWER, ROBERT, Rochdale.BRENDON, PETER, Highgate.BROWNBILL, THOMAS FREDERICK GEORGE, Salford.BULLOCK, JOSEPH, Congleton, Cheshire.BURROWS, JOHN CoRDY, Brighton.BrTLER, CoRXELins, Brentwood.CHURCH, WILLIAM JOHN, Bath.CovEY, EDWARD, Basingstoke.CovEY, WILLIAM HENRY, Wilton-street.CRONIN, WILLIAM JAMES, Queen’s.town, Ireland.CROSS, WILLIAM, Clifton.DAVIES, FREDERICK, Upper Gower-street.EDWARDES, GEORGE, Wolverhampton.EVANS, JOSEPH JOHN, Bristol.EVANS, WILLIAM, R.N., Bath.FAYRER, GEORGE, Barking, Essex.FORTESCUE, WILLIAM, Smithfield-bars.FosTER, JOHN FREDERICK, Hartley Wintney, Hants.Fox, LUTHER OivEi, Broughton, IIants.

, GooDwiN, RoBERT DocxsEY, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.j HARDING, JOHN FossE, Myddelton-square.

IIARRIS, HETMAN CHARLES, Windsor-place, City-road.I-IARRI,-O-,-’, JAMES BowER, Broughton, Manchester.HAYNES, JOHN lGlsrrop, Evesham, Worcestershire.HICKMAN, EDWARD, Southampton-place, Eus.ton-squa.re.HILLAS, GEORGE LEICESTER, Sydney-place, Brompton.Ilonasov, THOMAS, Halifax.HUNTER, GEORGE YEATES, Margate.INGRAM, EDWARD, Boston, Lincolnshire.KING, ABRAHAM, Bridgewater.LOWDELL, GEORGE, Brighton.MERRY, ROBERT, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.MIDDLETON, THOMAS, Salford.MuRiEL, JOHN, Ely, Cambridgeshire.NOBLE, DANIEL, Manchester.PEACOCK, HENRY, Dockyard, Chatham.PERKINS, HOUGHTON, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square.PITT, JOHN BALLARD, Norwich.POLLOCK, ROBERT JAMES, Da.th-place, Kensington.PRICE, JAMES, Brixton.PunsELL, JOHN, Ilarleyford-place, Kennington.RooTS, WILLIAM SUDLOW, Kingston-on-Thames.ROUNTREE, JOHN, Oldham.RYE, ARTHUR BRISLEY, Banbury.SMITH, THOMAS, Bow-lane.

t THEED, FREDERICK, Rhyl, Flintshire.

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TUCKER, FREDERICK IIOSKEN, Halifax.UNWIN, JonN RAGGETT, Claremont-place, North Brixton.WALLACE, RICHARD, Trafalgar-place West, Hackney-rd.WATKINS, JAMES, Falcon-square.WOODS, CHARLES JonN, Godmanchester.WRIGHT, WILLIAM KELSON, Holland-pl., North Brixton.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-Names of gentlemen whopassed their examination in the science and practice of medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on

Wednesday, November 17th, 1852.FRANCIS, MATTHEW, Sunderland.GREENWOOD, THOMAS BRYAN, Ilorslydown, Southwark.PAYNE, CHARLES HENRY, London.ROOCROFT, WILLIAM, Wigan.SHEPHEARD, JoIIN, North Walsham.WELFORD, GEORGE, Sunderland.WILKINSON, EDWIN ADOLPIIUS JAMES, Northleach.YOUNG, WILLIAM, South Shields.THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE LATE DUKE OF

WELLINGTON.—The following military medical officers werepresent with their regiments:-Assistant-surgeon F. Rèynolds,Rifle Brigade. Surgeon J. T. Oswald Johnston; Assistant-surgeon A. M. Mabeth, 33rd Regiment. Assistant-surgeonJ. Bowling, Scots Fusilier Guards. Assistant-surgeon J. J.Majoribanks Wardrop, 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot.Assistant-surgeon Frederick Wildborc, Coldstream Regimentof Foot Guards. Assistant surgeon A. S. Fogo, M.D., FieldBatteries, Royal Artiilery. Surgeon J. B. Gibson, M.D.;Assistant-surgeon II. Kendall, M.D., 1’i’tli Regiment of LightDragoons. Surgeon J. Payuter, 13th Light Dragoons.Assistant-surgeon H. Somers, 8th Hussars. Surgeon E.Mockler, Scots Greys. Assistant-surgeon R. F. Valpyde Lisle, 8th Regiment of Dragoons. Assistant-surgeonHenry Briscoe, M.D., Royal Horse Artillery. SurgeonG. Gulliver; Assistant surgeon F. G. Keerin, RoyalRegiment of Horse-Guards. Surgeon J. Cockburn; Assistant-surgeon, Owen W. George M.D., 1st Regiment of LifeGuards. Surgeon J. Tadrew; Assistant-surgeon E.11’Culloch,M.D., 2nd Regiment of Life Guards.VACCINATION IN DENMARK.-The Bill for abolishing

compulsory vaccination has been lost in the Upper House bya majority of 25 to 20.

ST. MARYLEBONE BANK FOR SAVINGS, 76, WEL-BECK-STREET, ESTABLISHED 5TH JULY, 1830.-Comparativestate-ment of progress at specified periods during the last sevenyears :-

D. FINNEY, Secretary & Actuary.LUNATIC ASYLUMS.-From a parliamentary blue

book just published, it appears that there are eleven districtlunatic asylums in Ireland, containing 2735 patients, of whom1380 were males, and 1355 females. To five of these asylumsthere are resident medical officers, and to the remaining six thenon-resident merely devote a certain number of hours per monthto the treatment and cure of the lunatics. The Cork Asylum,with 400 patients, has the largest amount of medical care, viz.,fifty-nine hours per month; whiie the Waterford Asylum standslowest on the list, having sixteen hours’ medical attendance permonth for the treatment of 120 lunatics. The average cost ofeach patient is highest in the Central Criminal Asylum at Dun-drum, being L23 3s. per annum. The average cost per head atWaterford is £17 9s. per annum; while Cork is the lowest, theaverage expenditure being £13 8&. Eight new asylums are inprogress of erection, at a probable expense of .E298.420.

BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.-The following dona-tions have been presented to this institution: W. J. Phelps, Esq.,.E3S, Miss Rees Mogg, £31 10s. Subscribed by the workmen atthe Keynsham Works of Messrs. Harford and Co., X6 Cs; "AFriend," per rr. Lyon, £1 Is.

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BAIL CoulxT, Nov. 22.-(Before Mr. Justice Cromp-ton.)-THE QUEEN v. JACKSON.—Mr. Crowder applied for a

criminal information against Charles Jackson, a druggist, of

Plymouth, for a libel alleged to have been published by him, re-flecting on the professional character of Dr. Rowe. It appearedan action had been brought by Jackson against Dr. Rowe, foralleged improper treatment of the wife of the former, which re-sulted in a verdict for the defendant. Dr. Rowe had publishedthe particulars of the trial in a pamphlet, and Jackson had pub-lished a pamphlet, in which it was alleged the libel forming the

ground of the present application was contained.-His Lorclship

took time to consider.Nov. 23rd.-Mr. Justice Crompton this morning said, that in

this case, in which a motion was made yesterday by Mr. Crow-cler for a criminal information against Jackson for a libel, thelibel appeared to be of a most gross nature ; but lie thought the

parties would be well left to their ordinary remedy by indict-ment, if they chose to pursue it. The chief matter that weighed

with him was, that matter had be’cn brought forward by Dr.Rowe which had not been brought forward at the trial, and liethought counsel had exercised a proper discretion ; but after hehad recourse to the press there was no occasion to allow him toresort to the extraordinary remedy of a criminal information,and the.-e would be no rule.-Rule refused.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. JOHN ALLANSON, OF LEEDS.-On Friday, the 12th instant, the Hey Society (Leeds) presentedan address, handsomely emblazoned on vellum, to John Allau-son, Esq., on his resignation as house surgeon to the LeedsGeneral Infirmary, a situation he has faithfully filled for up-wards of twenty years. Mr. Allanson replied in suitable terms.

THE SHOTTISHAM IMPOSTURE.-The believers inElizabeth Squirrell are advertising for subscriptions to defray thecosts of prosecuting those who have defamed her character.This is too good. We should like to see the Court of Queen’sBench engaged in trying the question whether Elizabeth Squinelldoes really and truly live without eating, and perform the variousnatural functions without the ordinary means of exerting them.-Bury Post.

HOSPITAL STAFF.-Acting Assistant-Surgeon SamuelGibson, M.B., to be assistant-surgeon to the forces, vice Greereto the 21st Foot. -

ATMOPATHIC TREATMENT.-Mr. Joseph Stringer, ofSheffield, aged fifty-trvo, died in half an hour after undergoingatmopathic treatment. It appeared at the inquest held upondeceased, that while suffering from rheumatism he went into avapour bath, after which he swathed himself in cold wet bandages,and in that state was carried home, where he died, before medicalassistance could be procured. Mr. Bartolome and the housesurgeon of the Sheffield Infirmary, who performed the autopsy,gave it as their opinion that death was caused by syncope,brought on by congestion of the internal organs,’produced by asudden chilling of the body. The proprietor of the bath said hewas in the habit of subjecting the patients of Messrs. Martin andRudal to similar treatment. The jury returned a verdict inaccordance with the medical testimony, and recommended thatsuch treatment should never be applied without a medical certi-ficate.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO DR. MYLES EGAN.-Uponthe arrival of the Roman Emperor at Australia, the passengerspresented an address to Dr. Myles Egan, the surgeon to theship, expressive of their gratitude for his skill, kind attention,and urbanity to them during their outward-bound voyage.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20.—During the three weeks that havepassed of this month the deaths show a decrease, having beensuccessively 1101, 1022, and 922. In the ten weeks correspond-ing to the week that ended last Saturday the average number was1016, which, if corrected for increase of population, becomes1118, than which amount last week’s mortality is less by 196.These facts are evidence that the public health has not suffered

lately, notwithstanding the unusual and prolonged wetness of theweather. A decrease is also observed in the mortality of zym01icdiseases, which have declined from 228 in the preceding week to184 in the last, while in the same time diseases of the respiratoryorgans (exclusive of phthisis) have decreased from 192 to 167.Scarlatina has fallen from 88 to 59 ; and with respect to otherepidemi.s the numbers referred to them last week are as follow:small-pox 4, measles 8, hooping-cough 17, croup 4, thrush 4;diarrhosa 16, dysentery one, influenza 3, purpura one, ague one,infantile and remittent fever 2, typhus 50, puerperal fever 6

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(besides other 5 deaths that occurred in childbearing), erysipelas5, syphilis one.

Last week the births of 770 boys and 720 girls, in all 1490children, were registered in London. In the seven correspondingweeks of the years 1845-51 the average number was 1337.At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of

the barometer in the week was 29’159 in. The mean tempera-ture of the week was 49.3°, which is 5’20 above the average ofthe same week in ten years. The mean daily temperature wasabove the average on every day of the week, and the excess wasmore than 8° on Monday and Tuesday, and 60 on Wednesdayand Saturday. The wind blew generally from the south-west.The rain in the week amounted to 1’77 in.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.A Country Surgeon.-The stupid remarks alluded to did not escape our

notice. Historical truth demanded the fullest and most authentic de-

tails, more especially as an imperfect, if not an inaccurate, statementhad been industriously supplied to the newspapers by an individual whohad impertinently made himself a witness of the melancholy event.There is not a member of the profession, save the writer of the observa-tions alluded to, who will not agree with our correspondent, that theremarks called for by the details were made "with a feeling of delicacyand reserve, much less calculated to compromise the position of themedical attendants than any attempt to sanction or bolster up that which,both in and out of the profession, is criticized and condemned." It is

quite true that nothing does " tend more to degrade the profession thanthis readiness to sacrifice truth to feeling in abortive and ill-judged effortsat proving light that which is manifestly wrong." The absurdity of sup-posing that the system could not sink exhausted whilst the stomach wasfilled with undigested food, could only have been perpetrated by a writersufficiently oblivious to assert in one paragraph that which he denies inanother. Such nonsense is beneath serious refutation. We may pro-bably hereafter use many additional facts in our possession.

An Irishman, A General Practitioner, A. B., 4.5-c.-We have been positivelyinundated with communications on the subject to which our esteemedcorrespondents refer. At present we do not see that any good objectcan be achieved by continuing the controversy.

Mr. S. Walmesley’s request shall receive attention.Enquirer, (Edinburgh.)-We are not able to state the cause of Dr. Harvey’s

resignation of the chair of medicine at King’s College, Aberdeen. Wefeel certain that the University in question will have reason to regret theloss of so amiable and distinguished a physician.

J. G.-The imposition has been discovered, and the parties concerned in thenefarious transactions have all decamped.

A Student.-There is no risk attending the treatment of the case. At thesame time, our correspondent would act wisely in consulting an expe-rienced surgeon.

CHLOROFORM IN CROUP.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-I shall feel greatly obliged if you or any of your numerous readerscan inform me whether the inhalation of chloroform has been used in croup.Having had it casually suggested to me, I am anxious to be better informedbefore employing it in my own practice.

I am, Sir, yours obediently,E. EDWARDS,

Surgeon to the London and North-Western Company’sNov. 1852. Works, Crewe.

J. S.-Cobra de capello.M.R.C.S. will find a letter from Dr. West, respecting the Hospital for Sick

Children, in our impression for Nov. 13. We believe the institution isopen to legally qualified practitioners.

Mr. Horsley’s communication has been received.Dr. Atkinson’s paper, " On the Cause of Tuberculosis, with Suggestions asto its Prevention," shall be inserted next week if possible.

Mr. Geo. Boddington’s communication was received.Mr. H. W. Diamond will have perceived that we anticipated his wishes inrespect to Mr. R. G. Hill.

.M..R.C.&’. and M..B.T.C.D.—No prosecution for practising as an apothecarywithout a licence can be instituted without the consent of the worshipfulSociety. We have the best reason for knowing that no such consentwould be obtained from them in cases where medical practitioners wereotherwise duly qualified. Our correspondent, therefore, may rest satis-fied upon the subject. Whatever the "annoyances" to which he may besubjected, it is quite certain that an action for penalties will not be oneof them. The Society of Apothecaries have justly earned for themselves,by their encouragement of education, the good-will of the profession; butnothing would damage them more than the institution of proceedingsagainst qualified members of the profession.

T.C.D.-The land for the new Medical College at Epsom will be takenformal possession of on Wednesday next. The friends of the institutionwill afterwards dine together at the Spread Eagle: Mr. Freshfield, M.P.,in the chair.

J. P.-I. The time is not yet announced.--2. Written and vivâ voce.-3. TheStudents’ Number of THE LANCET should be consulted on this point.-4. It is necessary that the candidate for examination should be an

apprentice.THE letter of Messrs. Freeman and Co. shall be published next week.

A.-The house-tax in cases of medical practitioners, who "appropriatepart of their house to their business," is nine pence in the pound.

Chirurgus.-The system is more in vogue on the Continent than in Eng-land. If, however, the student be well grounded, it would no doubt be" found to answer" completely.

J. W. D.-The subjects for examination are not yet given out. If our co.-

respondent will watch the advertising columns of THE LANCET, he willobtain the information he requires as soon as it is made public.

A Citizen.-The statement of the governors of Bethlehem has not yet madeits appearance. We believe, however, that it may be confidently lookedfor next week.

Nemo.-We cannot notice the absurd articles on Electro-Biology, which aremaking their appearance in the Star, Guernsey newspaper.

3,fr. Ernest P. Wilkins, (Newport, Isle of Wight.)-The case detailed in theletter forwarded to us would reflect no honour on the profession by itspublication. Surely Mr. Izod could not be aware, when he received theaccount for attendance upon a pauper, that the money came out of the

pocket of the union medical officer ! Mr. Higginbottom, (Nottingham.)-It would give us pleasure to complywith the wishes of our respected correspondent; but it is not our customto copy the contributions made to other journals.

A Surgeon, (Halifax.)-There can be no doubt that the establishment ofthe proposed fever wards and house of recovery at Halifax would confera great boon on the inhabitants of that town.

Dr Roe, (Plymouth,)-We cannot enter into the points of dispute again.In our remarks upon Dr. Roe’s pamphlet, we expressed our convictionthat there was not the slightest ground for charging him with malpraxis.Was it necessary to say a word more on that point? It conveyed ouropinion, we think, pretty clearly upon the conduct of the medical wit-nesses who appeared in court to substantiate the charge made against him.The addition to the Report of the Trial, however, in the shape of Observa-vations on Diseases of the Womb, is another matter. Intended, as theseObservations unquestionably were, for the public, we cannot alter theopinion we gave respecting them. They were by no means necessary tovindicate the professional character of Dr. Roe ; that had been alreadysufficiently done by the verdict of a jury. We can only express our regretthat Dr. Roe was so badly advised as to commit what we believe to be agrievous mistake. We cannot notice the contemptible pamphlet ofJackson.

A.-Assuming that the case is stated correctly and entirely, the conduct ofC. is neither "honourable nor justifiable."

Mr. C. N. Leithfield will find the information he requires in the Students’Number of THE LANCET.

Mr. Chadwick’s cases were received, and shall be inserted at the earliestpossible opportunity.

-4pp)-enticeshil).-I. Optional for those who entered the profession previousto October, 1852.-2. Yes. Answers to the other questions would fill theentire space which we devote to correspondents. The Students’ Numberof THE LANCET will supply the information.

A Subscriber will perceive that the amended Draught Bill is published in thepresent number of this journal, at page 499.

A Constant Reade?-.-.The diplomas referred to are easily obtained. Theyare a disgrace to the parties holding them. We should advise our corre-spondent to be content with his present qualifications.

Physic.-We cannot answer the questions proposed by Physic. Any clergy-man in his neighbourhood will readily furnish him with replies to hisquestions.

THE SHERBORNS UNION.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-Would you kindly oblige a "a duly qualified medical gentleman,"who, after spending six years in arduous and not always very agreeablestudies, not to speak of examinations and their anxieties, together withtheir concomitant expenses, finds it yet a hard task to keep body and soultogether in himself and his family-thanks to high rents and taxes-last, notleast, income tax,-where, in what latitude and longitude, that delightfuloasis called Sherborne district, in favour of which so tempting an advertise-ment appears, is situate, that he may satisfy the cravings of nature, andyet enjoy some necessary repose of mind and body in so ambrosial aparadise.The advertisement (see Times supplement of Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1852)

offers £90 !-think of that glorious sum !-for the perquisite attendance on7000-1 really beg pardon, 6886 persons. Of course there are no marriagesnor births in this happy district, and no consequent increase of number cantherefore be reasonably anticipated. It is positively giving you 3d. a pieceyearly for perfect ease and comfort, besides the liberty of free exercise over14,288 acres, or an area of twenty-two miles.

Your obliged, humble servant,November, 1852. ARGUS.

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, &c., have been received from - Mr. JohnCooper, (Liverpool;) Mr. Stephen Walmesley, (Ulverstone;) Mr. J. B.Stedman; Mr. Chambers; Mr. E. Edwards, (Crewe ;) A; Chirurgus; DrW. G. Maxwell, (India ;) Mr. John Higginbottom, (Nottingham;) A. B.;M.D., M.R.C.S., (Hull ;) An Irishman; Mr. Henry, surgeon 34th Regiment,(Barbadoes;) A General Practitioner; Enquirer, (Edinburgh;) J. G.;A Student; Mr. J. S. Bostock, (Horsham ;) A Constant Reader; J. S.;A Subscriber; Physic; A Country Surgeon; Mr. C. N. Leithfield; Mr.J. G. Thompson, (Mabyn;) Indicus; Mr. T. W. Casson; S. T. C.; Mr.H. J. WellsLucas; Mr. John Horsley, (Cheltenham;) Dr. J. G. Atkinson;Aliquis; Mr. H. W. Diamond; M.R.C.S. and M.B.T.C.D.; J. W. D.;T.C.D.; J. P. ; A Citizen ; Nemo ; Mr. Ernest P. Wilkins, (Newport,Isle of Wight;) A Surgeon, (Halifax;) Dr. Roe, (Plymouth;) Messrs.

Freeman and Co.; Mr. Chadwick; &c. &e.