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Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTH.

On the 24th inst., at Nottingham, the wife of T. ApplebyStephenson, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

On the 21st inst., at St. George’s Church, Hanover-square,Thomas Houghton Walker, M.D., of Tolleshunt D’Arcy,Essex, to Ellen, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Sea-brook, Esq., of the same place.

DEATHS.

On the 23rd inst., at Bow, Middlesex, Henry Ereth, aged 10,eldest son of Henry Vincent Garman, Esq., M.R.C.S.On the 24th inst., at Shaftesbury, aged 67, James Lush

Buckland, Esq., M.R.C.S., and for twenty-seven years Sur-geon to the Queen’s Own Regiment of Dorset YeomanryCavalrv.

Obituary.WILLIAM OGILVIE ROBERTS, ESQ.,

ASSISTANT-SURGEON R.N.

THIS gentleman, lvhose decease took place at Calaba, nearBombay, on the l4tfi of May, was the eldest son of Dr. Roberts,surgeon-dentist, Edinburgh. After obtaining the diploma ofthe Edinburgh College of Surgeons in 1855, he entered theRoyal Navy, and has been almost constantly engaged in foreignservice-in India and China. He was present in the expeditionof Lord Elgin up the Yang-tzse-Kiang river to Hankow, andto his pen the public were indebted for many of the graphicand characteristic descriptions which appeared in the news-papers of events in China during the late war. By his amiabledisposition and ready talents Mr. Roberts had, during his shortcareer, endeared himself to a large circle of friends, by whomhis loss will be deeply regretted. His remains were interredin the burial-ground of Calaba with military honours, and hisbrother officers, in testimony of their esteem, have ordered a

suitable tablet to be erected over his tomb.

MEDICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.

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’ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL. - Operations,2P.M.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED ANDEPILRPTIC.-3; P.M. Clinical Lecture on " Para-lysis and Epilepsy." By Dr. Brown-Sequard.

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. - 8 P.M. "Reporton the Outbreak of Cholera amongst the BritishTroops at Scutari during November, 1855." By

Dr. Fraser.

Guy’s HospiTAL.—Operations, It P.M.WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.TfHDDLESEx HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. MART’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. - Operations,

I 2 P.M.

, ROYAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL. - Operations, 2P.M.

OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - 8 P.M. Mr.AIitchell "On some of the Exigencies connectedwith Preternatural Labour." - Short papers by

Dr. Drage, Dr. R. U. West, &c.rST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.’ Operations, 1 P.M.LONDON HOSPITAL.- Operations, 1½ P.M.GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING’S CROSS.-L Operations, 2½ P.M.

f WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera-tions, 1½ p.M.

ST. THOMAs’s HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½

- j P.M.

KxNG’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.CHARRING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.

-NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

To Correspondents.WE have this week added sixteen columns to our journal, for

the express purpose of presenting to our readers a full reportof the proceedings of the General Medical Council down tothe time of our going to press.

Staadens.-l. He should attend a course of lectures on Chemistry, Botany, andMateria Medica, and a session of practical instruction in a laboratory.-2. Miller’s Chemistry, Pereira’s Materia Medica, and Lindley’s Elements ofBotany.-3. The expenses for lectures, laboratory instruction, and examina-tion fees would be about twenty guineas.

Dr. W. J. Wilson, of Claythorpe, should put himself in communication withthe Committee of the London Medical Registration Association.

Medicus is thanked for the report. The subject shall be noticed.IF Mr. Edward 8eymourwill send his address, he shall be communicated with

privately.B. G., (Chelsea.)-We are not aware that the preparation mentioned possesses

any advantages over others of the same class.Dubious.-l. There is no authentic record of such a casualty after the interval

of a fortnight. 2. We believe such an occurrence to be impossible.Medicus, (St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.)-Attention was drawn to the subject

in our "Notices to Correspondents" in the last number of this journal.Truth-seeker (Leeds) shall receive a private note, if he will send his nameand address in confidence.

B. F. H., Chir.-A surgeon has no legal claim to a surgeoncy in consequenceof having previously been an ensign. The appointment rests entirely withthe authority who recommends other officers for commissions.

An Old Subscriber would much oblige us if he could forward to us a correctreport of the trial.

Country Subscriber.-We are not aware that the medicine named has ever been:used for such a purpose. Dunglison says it is an excitant, diaphoretic, anddiscutient, in doses of half a drachm daily; also as a solvent for uric acidcalculus, and as a remedy for diseases, acute and chronic, connected directlywith the uric acid diathesis.

Mr. Saunders, (Edinburgh.)-Thanks. The notice shall be inserted.

A. B.-Yes, at Brompton. The person was acquitted.IF A. Foreigner will send his name and address, he shall receive a letter -which

will procure him advice at one of the hospitals., A Ilember of a Provincial Medical Association.-The law upon the subject isi most uncertain and unsatisfactory. The Medical Council are not in a posi-

tion to solve the difficulty. Some amendments must be made to the MedicalI Act.

Staff Assistant-Surgeon.-1. No head money is now given to medical officers ofthe army proceeding to India in charge of troops.-2. No increase of pay inIndia has been granted with reference to the new Warrant, the IndianGovernment having decided to decrease the allowances in the same ratio asthe Warrant gives an increase of pay proper.

P. Repps.-I. No, he must possess a medical and surgical qualification.-2. Yes.

Henri.-Bolton-street, Piccadilly.Mr. Hayward’s letter shall appear next week.

Alpha, M.D.-1. The Board would not sanction the appointment under ordi-nary circumstances.-2. It probably would.

A. Volunteer R.-It has not been decided otherwise.

Medical and Surgical Aid to Garibaldi.-Mr. Ernest Hart, 69, Wimpole-sireet,London, and Mr. Sampson Gamgee, 18, Broad-street, Birmingham, are col-lecting gifts of drugs, dressings, and instruments, for immediate conveyanceto General Garibaldi’s head-quarters in Sicily. Mr. Hart will furnish a listof necessaries for hospitals and the wounded in the field to anyone whoapplies.

Dr. W. P. Harris, (Hong-Kong.)-The interesting case of "Fissure of theAnus" shall appear in an early number of the forthcoming volume.

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, &c., have been received from-Mr. Skey; Mr.Glover; Prof. Tufnell; Mr. Broke Gallwey; Dr. Ormerod; Mr. Seymour;Mr. Long,Kingstown, Dublin; Dr. W. P. Harris, Camp Rowloon, Hong-Eong ;Mr. W. Saunders; Mr. Stephenson, Nottingham; Mr. Mackesey; Mr. Deer,(with enclosure;) Mr. Hewson; Mr. Gaisford, (with enclosure;) Dr. Wilme,(with enclosure;) Mr. Shettle; Mr. Lewis, Rainhill, (with enclosure;) Mr.Williams, Henley; Dr. Laing, (with enclosure;) Mr. Arkle, (with enclosure ;)Mr. Thomas, (with enclosure;) Mr. ’Lvlapleson; Mr. Nicholson, Leeds; Mr.Antey, (with enclosure;) Mr. Spackman, (with enclosure;) Dr. Evans, (with

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enclosure;) Mr. Clarkson, Lancaster; Mr. Parvin, (with enclosure;) Mr.Hawkes, (with enclosure;) Mr. Ashton, (with enclosure;) Mr. Hammond,(with enclosure;) Dr. Crothers, (with enclosure;) Mr. Hughes, (with enclo-sure ;) Rev. H. Montagu, (with enclosure;) Mr. W. G. Payne; Mr. Harris,(with enclosure;) Mr. Cooper, Chepstow; -Mr. James, (with enclosure;) Mr.Hale; Mr. W. Burness; Mr. Hayward; M.D., (with enclosure;) C. R., (witheRclosure;) M.D., Edinburgh; R. S.; A. B.; One who though Poor, &c.;.A Member of a Provincial Medical Association; L.S.A.; &e. &e.