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children employed in mines, but with few alterations theBill was identical with the measure which had been pre-viously before the House.

CORONERS.

Mr. GOLDNEY got leave to introduce a Bill to amend thelaw relating to the election and office of coroners.

THE POLLUTION OF RIVERS.

In reply to Mr. Dimsdale,Mr. BRUCE said he should be glad if it were in his power

to bring in a Bill this session for the prevention of thepollution of rivers by sewage, but he was pressed for time,and, moreover, he had not yet received the report of theCommissioners.

LUNATICS AND HABITUAL DRUNKARDS.

Mr. DALRYMPLE moved for and obtained leave to bringin a Bill to amend the Law of Lunacy, and to providefor the management of habitual drunkards. The hon.

gentleman said the Bill differed but little from the Bill oflast session.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. - At

a meeting on February 7th the undermentioned gentlemanpassed his primary professional examination :-

Coffin, Richard James Maitland.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. -The following gentlemenpassed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on Feb. 9th:-

Cooper, George Joseph, Dacre-park, Lee.Robinson, John Desborough, Syston, Leicestershire.

The following gentlemen also on the same day passed theirfirst professional examination :-

Dunn, William Allison, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Jeukinson, Harold, Leeds Hospital.

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, IRELAND.-At examina-tions held on Feb. 8th and 9th the following gentlemenobtained the licence in Medicine and Midwifery :-LICENCE m MEDICINE.—Wm. Burt Shorto, David Brown, John Hoysted,Paul S. Connolly, Robert WiUcocks Kelly, George William Macllwee,Thomas Munns Wills, John Kilbride, Morgan Philip O’Leary.

LICENCE IN MIDWIFERY. - William Wilson, John Hoysted, Paul S. Con-nolly, Robert Willeocks Kelly, George William MacIlwee, Thos. MunnsWills, John Kilbride.

MR. ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S., will preside at thenext house dinner of the Medical Club, which takes placeon Tuesday, the 21st inst., at seven o’clock P.M.HUNTERIAN SOCIETY. -At the annual general

meeting of this Society held on the 8th inst., the followingofficers were elected for the ensuing year :-President: Mr.D. De Berdt Hovell. Vice-Presidents : Mr. Thos. Bryant,Dr. J. Hughlings Jackson, Dr. Robert Fowler, and Mr.Charles F. Maunder. Treasurers : Dr. Thomas Mee Daldyand Mr. Thomas Brown. For the Oration of 1872: Dr. J.Hughlings Jackson. Librarian: Dr. Fowler. Secretaries:Dr. John J. Phillips and Mr. James E. Adams.

BEQUESTS, DONATIONS, &c. - Mr. Alfred SmithEvans bequeathed as follows to the medical charities ofBirmingham-viz., £1000 to the General Hospital; .61000to the Queen’s Hospital; .,8300 to the General Dispensary;and .6300 to the Children’s Hospital. 11 S. W. Y." has, for thethird time, sent .S1000 to the Great Northern Hospital; theWorshipful Company of Clothworkers, £52 10s.; J. P.Jodrell, Esq., £25 £5 5s. sub.); and the Marquis of Bute,£5 5s. The Middlesex Hospital has received a third dona-tion of .81000 from 11 D. T. S." The Small-pox and Vacci-nation Hospital has received a second donation of £1000from " D. V." The Royal Infirmary for Children andWomen, Waterloo-bridge-road, has received £1000 from"E. F. L." The Cumberland Infirmary has received i£1000 under the will of Miss Cust. The Chester Infirmary has become entitled to £500 under the will of John Morris, Esq. The Whitehaven and West Cumberland Infirmaryhas become entitled to .8200 under the will of Mrs. Armi-stead. The London Hospital has received .8100 from SirThomas Tilson, and £31 10s. each from Messrs. A. C.Bryant, F. C. Byrant, and H. Wagner. " G. S. W." has givena second donation of .81000 to University College Hospital. J

Medical Appointments.ALLEN, C. D., M.B., has been appointed Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator,

and Registrar of Births &c., for the Glenarm Dispensary District of theLarne Union, Co. Antrim, vice John S. Holden, M.D., L.R.C.S.Ed.,resigned.

BAGNALL, S. F., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Senior House-Surgeon to the Preston and County of Lancaster Royal Infirmary, viceJ. C. Weddell, M.D., resigned.

BROWNE, T. L., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer for theHope District of the Wrexham Union, vice Parry, deceased.

CAss, E. E., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Junior House.Surgeon to thePreston and County of Lancaster Royal Infirmary, vice John Buxton,M.B., C.M., resigned.

FERNIE, A., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 3 of the Barnstaple Union.

GULL, F., M.R C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vacci.nator for the Coddenham District of the Bosmere and Claydou Union,Suffolk, vice B. Blomfield, M.R.C.S.E., deceased.

HETHERINGTOx, Dr. C. E., has been appointed Resident Assistant-Surgeonand Registrar to the County Down Infirmary, Downpatrick, vice Dr. J.Simms, resigned.

JoHNsoN, Dr., of Bedford-street, Bedford-square, has been appointed aVisiting Physician to the Infirmary for Consumption and Diseases ofthe Chest, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square.

MEAD, H. T. H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for theWestern District and the Workhouse of the Christchurch Union, viceJ. Fitzmaurice, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.

MENCE, W. H. D., M.R.C.S.E, has been appointed Medical Officer for theSt. Ives District of the St. Ives Union, Huntingdonshire, vice W. R.Grove, resigned.

NETTLE, W., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon and Secretaryto the Cornwall Royal Infirmary, Truro, vice R. V. Ash, L.R.C.P.L.,M.R.C.S.E., appointed Medical Officer for the Skiriaugh District andthe Workhouse of the Skirlaugh Uuion.

OGLE, J. W., M.D., F.R.C.P.L., has been appointed lion. Physician to theRoyal Asylum of the St. Anne’s Society, vice T. Mayo, M.D., F.R.C.P.L.,

’ deceased.SHAw, 0. S., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer at

the West Derby Union Workhouse, vice J. P. Ryan, L.K.Q.C.P.I.,resigned.

SHoRTO, W. B., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed an Acting Medical Officerto the Southampton Dispensary and Humane Society.

STOVIN, C. F., M.D., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C S Ed., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for the Waterperry District of the ThameUnion.

TENNANT, G., J’lLB., C.M., has been appointed a Visiting Assistant to theNewcastle-upon-Tyne Dispensary, vice Wm. Anderson, M.R.C.S.E.,resigned.

USHER, T. S., M.D., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for theBingley District of the Keighley Union, Yorkshire, vice D. Glendinning,M.D., deceased.

WATSON, W. R , L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for the Halfway District of the Parish ofDundonald, Ayrshire, vice Hunter, resigned.

WATTS, A. N., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed an Acting Medical Officer tothe Southampton Dispensary and Humane Society.

WEAVER, J., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer of Health forLongton, Staffordshire.

WiLLIAMs, J. LL., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer of Healthfor Wrexham.

WILTON, J., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Iledical Officer tothe South Metropolitan School District School, Sutton, Surrey.

WrLSOx, A., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.F.P.B: S. Glas., has been appointed a VisitingAssistant to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dispenary, vice Charles Carr,M.R.C.S.E., resigned.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

CLARKE,-On the 10th inst., at Curzon-street, Mayfair, the wife of Wm.Fairlie Clarke, F.h,.C.S.E., of a son.

HULKE.-On the 8th inst., at Deal, the wife of Dr. Frederick T. Hulke, ofa son.

THORNE.-On the 8th inst., the wife of F. Thorne, M.R.C.S.E., of Leaming-ton, of a son.

THURSTON.-On the 6th inst., at Ashford, Kent, the wife of Edward Whit-field Thurston, Surgeon, of a son.

WRIGHT,-On the 7th inst., at Dover, the wife of Joseph C. H. Wright,L.K.Q.C.P.I., Surgeon 2nd Batt. 17th Regiment, of a son.

MARRIAGES.DAVIES-THORNBER.-On the 9th inst., at St. Bartholomew Church, Colne,

John Davies, L.R.C.P.Ed., of Southport, to Elizabeth Ann, onlydaaghter of the late Thomas Thornber, Esq., of Colne.

MASON-SLATER.-On the 8th inst., at Chislet, Thomas Edward Mason,M.D., of Deal, to Caroline, daughter of Edward Slater, Esq.

DEATHS.BULLOCKE.-On the 7th inst., at Falmouth, J. J. A. Bullocke, L.S.A.L,,

late of Constantine, aged 73.CHESTERMAN,-At Newbury, suddenly, Shearman Chesterman, M.R.C.S.E.,

of Banbury, aged 67.HUNT.-On the 4tli inbt., at Sherwood, S. Hunt, M.R.C.S.E., late of Lough-

borough, aged 74. ’

KIDD.-On the 7th inst., at Armagh, Laura Isabella, wife of A. Napier Kidd,

SMITH M.D., F.R.C.S., aged 26.SMITH.-On the 7th iust., Joseph Smith, M.R.C.S,E., of Milford-place, North

. Brixton, late of the Clapham-road, aged 78.