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THE TURKISH CONTINGENT.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—How this portion of the force in the East is pro-gressing, particularly the medical part of it, will probably benot uninteresting to your professional readers. For the lastfew months the Contingent have been encamped on high un-dulating land at the back of the village of Buyukdere, betweenthe Bosphorus and the Black Sea. During the greater part ofthis period the weather has been oppressively hot, but madebearable by a sea-breeze setting in for a few hours in themiddle of the day. The health of the force has, however, beensatisfactory. At first cholera raged, but for some time past allhave been as healthy as we can expect, and at present thesick report does not exceed 1¼ per cent. of the whole, and everypraise is due to one and all of the medical officers sent out.They are constant in their attendance on the sick, and theregimental hospitals are kept in excellent order. But many ofthe medical officers have suffered a good deal of late, princi-pally from bowel complaints, which have been very prevalent,attributable to inferior rations, and bad, acid bread. Thesudden change from extreme heat to cool weather has pro-bably had something to do with it also. Many of the Indianmedical officers have had to invalid and go home ; amongstthe number, Drs. M’Gregor and M’Allister : the latter gen-tleman reported sick immediately after arriving, and per-formed no duty. The Deputy Inspector-General, Dr. Camp-bell, has also been compelled to invalid with dysentery, in-duced by the arduous duty he performed after coming out.Dr. Vaughan, of the Bombay service, has been appointed inthe place of Dr. Campbell as Deputy Inspector-General, andthe other vacancies have been filled up from the other medical officers. A poor young man, Acting Assistant-Surgeon C.Coates. died a few days ago from continued low fever, but theremaining staff are now getting acclimatised, and anxiouslylooking forward to joining the head-quarters in the Crimea.The force has received orders to move, and the transportshave arrived to convey the first portion. Its present desti-nation is Balaklava, and it is to be hutted near the monastery;

Ibut as the authorities frequently change their arrangements,there is no certainty till we are actually there ;, however, theMedical Department, under the judicious management of Dr.Macpherson, the Inspector-General, is ready for any service,with medical comforts and every necessary appliance for fieldservice.The artillery from General Beatson’s corps are to be given

over to the Contingent, and it is reported that all the cavalrywill be placed under their own native chiefs. In this case,the medical corps attached to that force will not, it is sup-posed be any longer required. Possibly they also will be trans-ferred to the Contingent.

I should wish to bring before your notice a crying case ofinjustice, which all the medical men of the Turkish Contingentare suffering under. Before leaving England, they were givento understand-in fact, were distinctly told-that they, withall other officers, would get the usual field allowances. Re-lying on this, many left a great part of their pay to be drawnby their families in England ; but when application was madefor this allowance, the applicants, to their great surprise, weretold that it should not be granted to the medical men, thatthey were only to have their pay and rations. The conse-quence is, many of the young men are in straitened circum-stances, and complain bitterly and most justly that the Govern-ment has broken faith, making them inferior to their militarybrethren. It is impossible for them on 15s. and 1Os. 6d. perday, to purchase horses, and move their tents, luggage, &c. Itis to be hoped that through the influence of the public, thisglaring injustice will not be carried out, for those that pay forthe war never intended that the medical portion of the armyshould be so treated-making flesh of one, and fish of another.

. Your obedient servant,Turkish Contingent Camp, September 6th, 1855. VERITAS.

ADULTERATION oF FOOD.-A correspondent of theTimes says he avoided green pickles, fearing copper, but whatwas his surprise to find copper in tomata sauce. He sends theTimes the label of the bottle, which says, " All articles inthe Italian line of the first quality." He oaawely adds, theItalian line here spoken of must be that of Lucretia Borgiaand Co. Another writer in the Time9 says, "the colouringmatter of Cheshire cheeses alone costs 2250l. per annum, thisamount being thrown away on a mixture of turmeric, potash,soft soap, and train-oil, with annatto !

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-At a, special meeting

of the board of examiners on the 29th ult., Mr. William Bird, ofBrook-green, Hammersmith, was admitted a member of theCollege.APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—Names of gentlemen who

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

Tltursday, September 6th, 1855.BuRROws, EDMUND POULTFR, Christchurch, Hants.FLUKER, ROBERT CARR, Berwick-upon-Tweed.JEPHCOTT, SAMUEL THOMAS, Birmingham.ROBERTSON, JOHN ROBERT, Felton, Northumberland.STEDMAN, ARTHUR, Great Bookham, Surrey.

Thursday, September 13th, 1855.NOOTT, WaLLIam LANE, Cardigan.ROBINSON, MAJOR KiRKBY, Acomb.SCURRAH, JOHN DEWHERST, Padiham, Lancashire.SxiNNER, JOHN, Kentish-town.WATSON, ALEXANDER, Well-street, Hackney.

THE STATISTICAL CONGRESS has closed its labours.All the Sections were well attended by eminent and earnestmen from different countries. Dr. Farr, Mr. Fonblanque, andand Mr. Valpy, were the official representatives of England.Dr. Balfour, Dr. Barnes, and Dr. W. P. Johnson were alsoattached to the’ Medical Section. The reports presented areof high interest and importance. The sittings were held inthe Palais du Corps Legislatif, which was appropriated to theuse of the Congress. The general meetings were presided overby M. Rouher, the Minister of Agriculture. The members ofthe Congress mere received with marked distinction by theGovernment, and with the utmost cordiality by their French

scientific brethren. On the occasion of the Te Deupt at NotreDame in thanksgiving for the capture ofSebastopol, a portion ofthe e7aceinte was reserved for the members. At the close of their

proceedings on Saturday evening, the members dined together.On Monday last the Emperor received them at the Tuileries,and on the evening of the same day they were received bythe Minister of Agriculture. The deliberations and reportsof the Congress will, we have no doubt, exert influences mostbeneficial to society. We shall endeavour to give more ex-tended account of the transactions in early publications.THE CITY OFFICERS OF HEALTH.—Amongst the ca-ndi-

dates for the appointment vacated by the resignation of Mr.Simon, are Dr. Letheby, the eminent professor of Chemistryand Medical Jurisprudence at the London Hospital, and Dr.Challice, of Bermondsey.MEDICAL FEES.-SHERIFF’S CoUET, SEPT. 15TH.-

EAGER v. FOULKES. -This was an action to recover X9 7s. 6d.,for surgical attendance and medicines supplied to the defen-dant. The latter, it appears, having had an invitation last

September to shoot in the neighbourhood of Croydon, metwith an accident, by which he fractured his ribs and seriouslyinjured his arm. The plaintiff was called in, and attendedhim from the 2nd of September to the 10th, a period of eightdays, and for this attendance and medicine the present claimwas brought.The defendant denied ever having employed the plaintiff, or

authorised any one else to do so-in fact he could not under-stand how he got there at all (laughter). He had employedDr. Cock, of Guy’s Hospital, whose claim he had already satis-field ; and he objected to paying twice over for the same ill-ness. He had been charged at the rate of three visits a day,one of the days being the 10th of September, when he wasactually out on his way from Croydon to London.His Honour-How comes that ?The Plaintiff-Your Honour, on that day I visited him, and

earnestly counselled him not to go out, it being, as I con-sidered, highly dangerous to do so.The Defendant-No doubt, had I consulted you I should

have been in bed at the present moment.The nurse was called, who deposed to the defendant having

duly taken all the potions as prescribed.The Defendant-I don’t remember having taken any medi-

cine, with the exception of a pill, and that is the present claim(laughter).His Honour, in giving judgment, said he observed that no

particulars had been given to defendant of the medicines sup-

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plied, nor the dates. This he did not think right. Medical THE DUBLIN HOSPITALS.-Mr. South, of St. Thomas’smen should understand they were equally bound to furnish Hospital, Lord Talbot, and Mr. Stevenson, have been actingparticulars as any other person. He also thought three visits together for some days in Dublin as a Government Commission,per diem a great deal to much to charge, especially as on one of to allocate a sum of 16,OOOl. to Dublin hospitals as educationalthe days (the 10th) the defendant was well enough to journey establishments. It appears that the opposition to these grantsto London. It waa clear he could not require three visits has arisen on the part of the Poor-law Guardians and otherthen. The verdict would be for £7 19s. 6d., instead of Poor-law authorities on the spot, who, it is said, will not " let£9 7s. 6d., the amount claimed, being at the rate of two visits well alone," but seek to redistribute and disturb the hospitalsa day. as medical schools. Dr. Corrigan informed the commission

*** The above case is instructive in more points than one. that the supervision of the Poor-law Commissioners would be

1. The cool denial by the defendant of his having employed advisable, as everything was left to the hospital governors;,.. ..,", -..

’ but, in Mr. South’s experience, the same occurred in St.the plaintiff, who probably was called in on an emergency, and Thomas’s Hospital, Guy’s, and Bartholomew’s, London, with-might thus have saved the life of his patient ! 2. The deci- out the interference of guardians. A very unfounded prejudicesion of the judge as to the number of visits necessary to be is encouraged, also, by the Poor-law Guardians against treatingpaid daily by the surgeon. 3. The legal necessity, for such syphilitic diseases or such "specialities "-so named by Dr.it really is, of furnishing particulars of attendance andmedi- Corrigan ; but Mr. South observed that syphilis cases wereit really is, of furnishing particulars of attendance and medi- every day treated in St. Thomas and other hospitals ineine, on the part of the surgeon.—SUB.-ED. L. London, and their peculiarities pointed out. Dr. CorriganTHE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM.-A specimen of that very would treat such cases after students have obtained their

rare skeleton, the Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla), from West diplomas; but this it was observed was too late. We do not

Tropical Africa, has just been deposited in the museum. It is see any reason for classing such diseases at all with specialities.stated that this is one of the most formidable of the species, The various discussions on these and other points have beenand held in great dread by the natives. As an illustration of his very interesting, but the argument as to injuring the moralsenormous strength, he can readily wrench the head off a of the medical classes could not stand a moment against thenegro, instances of which have been known. H.R.H. the Improved, and every year improving character of medical

Prince de Canino, accompanied by his daughter and son-in-law, students in London, where, under the care of Mr. Lawrence,the Count and Countess De Campello, Professors Retzius, Köl- Mr. Solly, Mr. Coulson, and others, syphilitic cases are lookedliker, and other distinguished savans, on their way to the meet- on as a department of every-day surgery.ing of the British Association at Glasgow, visited the Museum, DR. LYONS,-In the list of the highly able staff ofwhere they were received by Professor Owen. professors who have been selected for the medical school of theBRITISH AssociATio..-This association has had several

Catholic University, we perceive the name of Dr. Pobert

very interesting meetings at Glasgow during the week, at- Lyons, who is now in the Crimea, engaged in the duties oftended by Baron Liebig, Dr. Daubeny, Dr. Playfair, Sir David

his late appointment.Brewster, Dr. Carpenter, Dr. Stenhouse, Professor Owen, &c., SACCHARINE ASSIMILATION.—The subject of sugar in&c. Amongst the few subjects in relation to medicine, we the animal economy, both in its physiological and patholo-may mention that Dr. Daubeny, of Oxford, exhibited a set of gical relations, is at this moment exciting the attention ofsmall grain weights, for weighing medicines, made of the new many of the most eminent physiologists in France. M. Figuier,metal, "aluminium," for which it seems peculiarly adapted, especially, is occupied in some very interesting and novelby its very superior brilliance as a metal, and its great light- experiments in relation to the true seat of sugar in the sys-ness : so that th of a grain of strychnine, for instance, may tem, the result of which is looked for with much impatience.be weighed with a weight as large as the present ’,-grain The papers published in this journal by Dr. Gibbon the Patho-weight of the surgery drawer. The aluminium weight also logy of Saccharine Assimilation, have been lately copied indoes not contract rust or verdigris. A new compound of exteiaso in the Gazette Hebdomadaire.chlorine, analogous to the allotropic condition of oxygen in THE YELLOW FEVER continues to rage with unabated.ozone, was exhibited by Dr. Andrews, of Belfast, and may violence at Norfolli in Virginia. In one day there were sixty-hereafter be found to play an important part in the theory of four deaths. The populttion are preparing to move en rnassedisinfection and deodorization by chlorine. Baron Liebig read from the town.a paper on a new compound of ftilmii-iieteid, the salts of which are of adamantine brilliancy. Chevalier Claussen exhibited MEDICAL STAFF OF THr TURKISH ARMY IN THE

artificial gutta-percha, likely to be very useful in forming CRIMEA.-In a letter dated September 3rd, from the alliedsplints and other appliances, for surgeons. Various interesting camp on the Tchernaya, it is stated that Dr. Farquhar, who,papers were also communicated, on the physiological chancres 111 the absence of Dr. Fuller, is at the head of the medicalin marine vivaria, &c.

’" ’" staff, and who had hitherto charge of the hospitals at Varna,

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r, t e.. ’ -r , i f’ i A - has ’lately arrived here from Constantinople. It seems thatDr. A. Smith, Inspector- General of the Army, is on a the medical staff which could not get on either at Eupatoriatour of inspection officially, at Portsmouth, Chichester, and or here, and which, in spite of all efforts, could obtain noother garrison towns along the coast. patients, has been successful enough at Varna. Half of the

DOCTORS AT SEBA-STOPOL.-" Here are about one hun- great military hospital was under their care, and besides theydred doctors sick," says the Times correspondent at Sebastopol, erected a tent hospital outside of the town, in both of which" either from overwork or disgust ; and yet we have civil they could stow away 600 sick. Eupatoria supplied them,hospitals on the Dardanelles, maintained at some expense,

and in not inconsiderable numbers. Besides occasional smaller

where the medical men have so little to do that they come ’ arrivals, there have been three larg,e convoys since June, the

up to the camp ’to tout’ for patients and practice. The last of 1600 men, who were sent in two vessels, under the

military surgeons say that it is very evident Government will care of one Turkish surgeon. The main complaint is scurvy,never give them any honour or reward as military surgeons, arising, as usual, from the utter absence of fresh provisions and

except mere service promotion and pay. With a kind of vegetables, besides diarrhea and dysentery, but scarcely anyrefined irony two of the medical officers were invited to attend cases of cholera. A very good plan has been introduced for

at the investiture of the K.C.B.’s the other day, as non e of the convalescent at Varna ; they are quartered in the villagesthem of course were eligible as C. B.’s. These are the echoes about Pravadi, one piastre being paid per head per day forof voices in the camp loud enough to be heard." We would lodging and food. Small as this sum seems, it would be con-

add, they are the echoes of voices at home also, loud enough sidered as sufficient may people, if not were only regularlyto be not too long neglected, if the Government and those paid, which, as you may imagine, is not at all the case. Dr

in authority deem the medical department of the army as Farquhar has now orders to withdraw all the English medicaldeserving of the high position they have gained in the present

staff remauungat Eupatoria, where they have nothing what-war. of the high i. j have gained in j. present ever to do. They were to have had the wounded, but as there.. , , are no fights, there are no patients for them. They are allTHE CHOLERA, -which has raged this year at Dantaio going to Asia. Whether the medical men who are here, and

with more intensity than at any period since the disease first who have also no patients, will so too or remain is not yetmade its appearance here in 1831, is at last beginning to dis- decided. It is intended to have the chief hospital for the armyappear. Since the 10th of June up to the present date there of Anatolia in Sinope, as the healthiest place on the coast.have been about 1900 cases, of which nearly 1200 have ter- Besides this there will be a line-of-battle ship stationed atminated fatally. Batoum as a hospital ship.

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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.-The mortality of London, as

shown by the returns for last week, differs little from theaverage for the second week of September, or from the mor-tality that has prevailed in the previous three weeks. Thenumber of persons who died in the week that ended on Satur-day is 1033, of whom 523 are males, and 510 females. Abouta half of the entire number died under 20 years of age ; 40 hadlived 80 years, or had attained a greater age ; and one person,a female, is reported to have reached the age of 101. Diarrhœaor summer cholera continues to show a decrease, a circum-stance which is probably due to the coldness of the season.The fatal cases of diarrhoea have been in the last five weeks154, 127, 134, 107, and 96. Only 4 deaths are returned ascaused by cholera, 2 of which are those of infants ; of theother cases one occurred to a sailor on board ship in the NewCrane Dock, and one described as "Asiatic cholera" to aplumber in Market-st., London-rd., who died after twenty-fourhours’ illness. The season which is most favourable to an out-break of cholera has nearly passed; and it seems not prematureto hope that London will for this year escape a scourge withwhich other parts of Europe are afflicted. Besides 38 deathsfrom scarlatina, 60 occurred last week from typhus and otherfever ; and in Bailey’s-court, Liberty of the Rolls, a house is

reported where three cases of typhus occurred lately, one ofwhich proved fatal. The house is defective in drainage, andin other respects is said to be in bad sanitary condition.At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of

the barometer in the week was 29 ’943 in. The mean tempera-ture of the week was 56°, nearly the same as in the precedingweek, and 1° below the average of the same week in 38 years.The mean temperature of Saturday was only 52 5°, which is 4°below the average of the same day. The highest temperatureoccurred on Wednesday, and was 72° ; the lowest on Monday,and was 42.5°. The mean dew-point temperature was 516°,and the difference between this and the mean temperature ofthe air was 4.4°. The temperature of the water of the Thameswas 60.1°. The wind was generally in the north-east. Rainto the amount of 0 ’46 in. fell on Thursday and Friday.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS. -On the 24th ult., the wife of J. B. Boley, M.D.,

of a son.On the 6th inst., the wife of Ernest P. Wilkins, Esq.,

M. R. C. S., L.S.A., Newport, Isle of Wight, of a son.On the 6th inst., at Nottingham-place, Regent’s-park, the

wife of Henry Mortimer Rowdon, Esq., M. R. C. S., of a son.On the 6th inst., at Harbertonford, near Totnes, the wife

of P. P. Nind, Esq., M.R.C.S., &c., of a son.

MARRiA&ES. -On the 5th inst., at the parish church of Ber-wick-upon-Tweed, William Burn, Esq., of Lombard-street,London, to Mary Louisa, second daughter of the late AndrewDods, M.D., of Bath.On the 8th inst., at St. Luke’s, Chelsea, Edwin Champion,

only surviving son of the late Charles George Ireland, Esq.,M.R.C.S., to Isabella Erskine, eldest daughter of Capt. Wil-kins George Terry, formerly of the 1st Life Guards.On the 10th inst., at Nantes, George Goldie, Esq., of Shef-

field, son of the late George Goldie, M.D., of York, to Mdlle.Stylite, eldest daughter of the late Vicomte Siochan deKersabiec.

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DEATHS.-At Matlock, Bath, on the 4th inst., suddenly,Emily, wife of Richard George Horton, Esq., M.R.C.S., ofMeanwood, near Leeds, and second sister to Dr. Boulton, ofHorncastle.On the 5th inst., Elizabeth, widow of the late Mr. G. F.

Huston, surgeon, of Whitewell, Herts, aged 59.On the 8th inst., at Bourdon House, Berkeley-square, Mary,

the wife of J. Edmond Sheppard Symes, M.D.On the 8th inst., at the house of her brother, N. H. Clifton,

Esq., M.R.C.S., Cross-street, Islington, Miss Ann Clifton, inher 57th year.On the 11th inst., at his residence, Southwick-park, Tewkes-

bury, after a severe and protracted illness, aged 44, ArthurWilliam, eldest son of the late Hardwicke Shute, M.D.On the 12th inst., Pleasance, wife of Peter Eade, Esq.,

M.R.C.S., Blofield, Norfolk, aged 62.

To Correspondents.Cork.-Great credit is due to the profession in Cork for the spirited manner

in which they have taken up the case of Dr. Murphy. There can be nodoubt but that he has been subjected to very tyrannous proceedings. Weinsert the following with much satisfaction:-"At a meeting of the committee of the Cork Medical Association, held on

Saturday, the 8th instant, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:’That it is expected no gentleman will become a candidate for the office in theCork Dispensary, from which the profession consider Dr. Murphy to have beenunjustly dismissed by the Poor-law Commissioners’ ’ Sealed Order,’ signed,A. Power and John Macdoniiell, M.D., until full and fair inquiry into thecharges preferred against Dr. Murphy, which is still in course of being soughtfor, be granted."’Mr. Wm. Morgan.-Consult Dr. Ure’s " Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and

Chemistry."B. S.-See answer to Mr. Wm. Morgan.A Student.-Some of the Irish schools open on the 1st of October, others at

the latter end of that month.

N., (Reading.)-Both the person and his circular are beneath notice.Theta.-It cannot succeed. A similar publication has been tried before. Great

loss was entailed on its projector.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, MANCHESTER.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-In your notice of the laying of the foundation stone of the new St.Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, it is stated that " Dr. Radcliffe had given hislibrary and museum for the use of the medical officers." This is an error,which I have no doubt you will willingly correct, as Dr. Radford, of Man-chester, is the gentleman to whom the credit is due, in addition to which hehas given the munificent donation of x250 towards the intended new building.

I am, Sir, yours, &e.,September, 1855. A CONSTANT READER.

A Sufferer.-Relief will be given at any hospital.A Candidate for Eastern Employment will find a complete answer to his

questions at page 135 of the present volume of THE LANCET.Jtff. W. W. Morris.-I. It cannot always be avoided, but where possible it is.

- 2. It shall be published shortly.-Delta.-The matter shall be attended to.

Belfast.-We have received the Belfast News-Letter, and have perused withmuch satisfaction the article on the Claims of Medical Officers in the East.It gives a very clear and just view of the position of this class of our mostuseful but much neglected brethren, and reflects great credit on the writer.

Studens Medicine.-He will be required to come up again better prepared;but no additional lectures or dissections are demanded.

Alpha.-I. We are not aware of the existence of any such vacancies.-2. TheSecretary of State for the Home Department.

Q. E. D.—We do not prescribe in this place.A. B.-Mr. Frederick Smith’s plan for dispolluting the Thames appeared inmost of the morning papers of Wednesday last, and is entitled to the seriousconsideration of all classes of the community.

A. H. W-Such subjects cannot be discussed in a public journal. The medi-cal attendant of the family would answer the questions in a satisfactorymanner.

ADVERTISING.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-The following card is being extensively circulated in this neighbour-hood. It seems a curiosity, and as such should be preserved in the pages ofTHE LANCET.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,Dewsbury, September, 1855. ToNy LuxrKur.

"Thompson Whalley, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiateof the Society of Apothecaries, Licentiate of the Royal College of Midwifery,late Senior Dresser at the Leeds General Infirmary, and Senior Prizeman atthe Leeds School of Medicine, Greenside, 1%iirfield."

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTEBS, &c., have been received from-Dr. Andrew Smith;Dr. Marshall Hall; Dr. Handfield Jones; Mr. Wm. Adams; Mr. G. Roper;One of the Varna Staff; Mr. John Capes; Mr. J. C. Hitchens; Dr. StantonWise ; Mr. Wm. Stanwell; A Constant Reader, (Manchester ;) Paris," (withenclosure;) Dr. Allen Thompson; Dr. Boley; Delta; Q. E. D.; Feeling;Dr. Ryan, (Dublin;) Mr. Spode; Mr. J. S. Beavan; Studens Medicine;The Council of Queen’s College, Birmingham; Mr. R. Ripley; Mr. D.Mackenzie; Messrs. Lindsay and Co., (Philadelphia;) Mr. G. Todd; Dr.Radcliffe Hall; Dr. P. Williams; Mr. Harry Dove; Mr. Gamgee; Mr. Wm.Morgan; One of the Medical Staff, (Turkish Contingent;) Dr. Stewart;Mr. J. Z. Laurence; Dr. Stewart; Mr. Gordon Cumming; A Candidate forEastern Employment; Decency; A. H. W.; Veritas; Dr. Letheby; Mr.Herbert Williams, (with enclosure;) Mr. H. Davis, (with enclosure;) X.;Mr. Thomas Mather; Mr. Michael O’Reilly; Tony Lumpkin; Dr. Scott;Mr. Potter, (Chippenham;) Mr. Knight, (Brill;) Rev. G. Elliott, (South.well;) Mr. Cook, (Llanelly;) Mr. Sloper, (Tredegar;) Mr. Earle, (Nelson;)Mr. Carter, (Wantage;) Mr. Skinner, (Tring;) Mr. Hampson, (Openshaw;)Medicus, (King’s Lynn;) Mr. Newman, (Hadleigh;) Mr. Thompson, (Bir-mingham ;) Mr. Crowther, (Halifax;) Dr. Smith, (Melbourne;) A Student.N., (Reading;) Theta; A. B.; A Sufferer; R. S.; Alpha; Mr. W. W’.Morris; Æ. ; &c. &e.

THE North and South Shields Gazette and the Preston Guardian have beenreceived.