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was 11, which likewise shows an increase. From the East,the latest intelligence reaches to the 15th of August, fromTrebizond; 19th, from Constantinople; and 21st, from Smyrna.At Trebizond, the disease seemed to be on the decline, thoughit had carried oft’ 600 out of 1200 attacked. At Constantinople,the disease continued much the same; but at Smyrna, thedeaths were some thirty per diem. Scarcely any attackedsurvive, and death lias ensued after, in some cases, a fewminutes, and in most cases, only a few hours. At Magnesia,eight hours distant from Smyrna, the deaths number 35daily. From Egypt, the accounts from Cairo are to the 19thof August; and from Alexandria, to the 21st; both showinga decrease. The returns from the former report 202 caseson the 15th, 203 on the 16th, 184 on the 17th, 143 on the18th, and 174 on the 19th; from Alexandria, 97 cases on the19th, 75 on the 20th, and 100 on the 21st.—Examiner.

Contagionism in Belgium.-Two royal decrees were pub-lished on the 21st ult.; the first enacts, that all goods comingfrom the ports where the epidemic cholera has broken out shallbe placed under restraint, and that they will have to perform aquarantine of five days; the second appoints local sanitarycommissioners in the different seaports. They will have tosettle, after having consulted with the medical committee ofthe province, where the vessels bound for those ports shall beexamined, and whether there is occasion to make them under-go quarantine.From Berlin we learn, under the date of September 3rd,

that up to the 1st of this month, 377 persons had been attackedby cholera in that capital. Of these, 235 had died, 38 re-

covered, and 104 were still under treatment.In the letters from Egypt, dated August 21st, we find the

following details:-The cholera broke out at Cairo on the 16thof July; it has since carried off 6641 persons; at Alexandria,4032 since the 26th of July; at lonta, 1800 from the 12th tothe 20th of July; and about 7000 in the villages of the interior.Total, 19,473. There are now, however, evident signs of im-provement, and hopes are entertained that the disease willsoon recede.

St. Petersburgh, August 27th.—The " Journal de St. Peters-bourgh" states that on the 24th; in the morning, there were 438cases of cholera; within the next twenty-four hours, twenty-nine new cases, thirty recoveries, and eleven deaths, (of whichseven took, place in private houses) were announced; and onthe 25th, 426 cases were still under treatment.Further accounts from the same capital, dated August 25th,

mention that on that day there had been. forty-five new cases,thirty-two recoveries, and nineteen deaths, (fifteen of whichtook place in private houses.) On the 26th, in the morning,there were 420 individuals still labouring under the disease.In the course of the day, thirty-seven new cases, forty-one re-coveries, and twenty deaths occurred; of the latter, nine tookplace in the patients’ own dwellings. Thus there were left onthe 27th, but 396 individuals suffering from cholera.PREPARATIONS AGAINST THE CHOLERA IN IRELAND.-A sanitary

society has been formed in Dublin, consisting of some of themost eminent medical men and philanthropists; and arrange-ments have been made to carry out the provisions of thenew sanitary Act, and to appoint local boards similar to thosecalled boards of health under the Act of 1831, to whosesuperintendence the arrangements in the several districts ofthe city will be committed.ACADEMICAL COSTUME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—In

those cases in which graduates or undergraduates shall think I,fit to wear an academical dress distinguishing them as con- Inected with the university, the following shall be the dresses:-For Undergraduates: a gown similar in material and form to i,that of St. John’s College, Cambridge, with distinctive velvetfacings.-For Bachelors of Arts: the Cambridge bachelor ofarts’ gowns with distinctive velvet facings, and a black hoodfringed with velvet.-For Masters of Arts: the Cambridge-A,I.A. gown with distinctive velvet facings, and a black hoodlined with lavender.-For Bachelors of Law and Medicine,and Doctors of Law and Medicine: the Cambridge M.A.gown with distinctive velvet facings and distinctive hoodsfor each degree.-Undergraduat,es, Bachelors of Arts, Bache-lors of Law, and Bachelors of Medicine, to wear a blacksquare cloth cap edged with velvet and a velvet button;Doctors of Law, Doctors of Medicine, and Masters of Arts, ablack square velvet cap. The students of University Collegenot undergraduates, who choose to adopt a costume, wear aplain gown, minus velvet, with a square cloth cap.MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—A special general court of the gover-

nors of this institution was held on Thursday last, for takinginto consideration the recommendation of the weekly boardof the 18th of April last relative to the medical school, and

also for sanctioning a further advance of ..E200, and for adopt.ing such measures as the governors might deem fit for theestablishment of a medical school on a permanent footing,and to provide for the annual expenditure requisite for itssupport; it was accordingly unanimously resolved to cancelthe debt of £100 due from the school for cash advanced lastyear; and that a further sum of X200 be granted, providedthat the diagrams, models, microscope, books, ,c., for prepa-rations, and the effects purchased therewith, become the pro-perty of the hospital. A sum of £100 was also granted forthe expenses of the museum, salaries of the librarian and thecurator, and that the lecturers be indemnified from loss.

TO CORRESPONDENTS., The quack circulars sent to us by a correspondent at Newcastle are dis-gusting enough, but there is no remedy in the present state of the law.

If A A Lay Subscriber will forward his name and address, in confidence, wewill endeavour to supply him with the information he is desirous to obtain.

Af.D., (Islington,) should forward the advertisement in print. If not, asour correspondent has omitted to favour us with his name, in confidence,we’must refer to the Ecclesiastical Gazette-a journal which we have neveryet seen.We have not had space this week to insert the correspondence of the

Editor of "The London and Provincial Medical Directory," and the publicexamining boards, respecting the alleged qualifications of Mr. W. HardingFlmt, of Longnor, Staffordshire. In the next LANCET we will publish itentire.A Regular Subscriber.—The Coroner acts illegally in paying a fee to the

unqualified practitioner, if that fee is paid out of the county rate. The case

might have been one which did not require the attendance of a qualifiedpractitioner at the inquest.

G. 111., (Marlborough )-A graduate of the highest univcroities wouldbe affected, and not otherwise.A Constant Reuder.—We should think so.D. D. D., Inquirer, The Enemy of Fraud, A Tradesman of Belford, Scru-

tator, life., &c., are informed that a reply from Mr. Propert will be found atp. 324. If the office be continued with its present pretensions, and underthe management of the persons who are now connected with it, we fear thatwe shall be compelled to notice both it and them in a manner which will bemuch more annoying than agreeable to us. Mr. Propert is a gentleman ofadmitted and undoubted respectability, but his reply to the questions whichhave been proposed to him is exceedingly unsatisfactory, and we advisehim forthwith, to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the character ofan undertaking with which his name is now associated. When he statesthat he disapproves of that portion of the project which announces that theagency (of the office) " is best adapted for a young man of character andenergy in business for himself as a chemist," it appears that he concurswith us in condemning the main pillar on which the office rests for support.In a word, it is plain that the Medical Protection Office (so called) is a

new. agency office, set in motion by puffs and pretensions of first-rate

quackish magnitude.A Hater of Humbug ought to be a lover of justice. Does he consider that

it accords with any principle of. equity that the editor of a public journalshould attack the reputation of a medical establishment on the authoiity ofa correspondent who, even in confidence, withholds his name and address?We repeat, we know the head of the firm to be one of the most respectable,as well as one of the most capable, practitioners in the kingdom, and we donot believe that he has entered into partnership with an unqualified indi-vidual. If it be so, let us have proof of the fact.Amator Justitiæ.—He cannot legally make such a claim, and, ill fact, if

such a demand were made, it would almost amount to a fraud.M.R.C.S. & L.A.C.—He can make no efficient movement until the local

board is appointed, when he should immediately apply to the most in.fluential members of that body.

W. W.—We shall be glad to receive a continuation of the Notes on Physio.logy and Therapeutics. Those al sent shall receive insertion eally.

Will A Surgeon inform us from what paper the paragraph relative toclosing shops was derived?

Iatros.—Ollendorf’s German Dictionary will perhaps best suitthe purpose.The letter of Jlr. Ritson on the Influence of Carbonic Acid as an Anticlote

to Cholera shall appear next week.The communication of Mr. May is already in the hands of the printer.The letter of Juvenis shall be published next week.dlr. Clake will perceive his communication at p. 329.Communications have been received from-Iatros; Dr. Miller, (Marl-

borough ;) A Regular Subscriber ; Mr. L., (Somerset;) Dr. Letheby,(London Hospital;) Homo; Mr. Reeves, (Carlisle;) Mr. Gower, (Hamp-stead ;) Dr. Mayne, (Leeds;) Mr. Leadam, (Ferryside, Carmarthenshire;)A Quondam Parish Doctor; H. S. K.; Dr. de Méric; Scholasticos; Mr.O’Shea; A Surgeon; G. P.; A Hater of Humbug; Amatorju!-t)tise; Mr.Rumsey, (Gloucester;) An Old Subscriber, (with inclosure ;) A Hater ofQuackery; Sir James Muiray, (Dublin;) Mr. Charles Butler; the Editorsot the London and Provincial Medical Directory; Mr. Ritson, (Manchester;)Mr. W. M. Morgan; A Lay Subsciiber; Mr. May, (Maldon;) Medicus;M.D.; Mr. Lord; Juvems.The Gloucester Journal, Sept. 2nd; Midland Monthly Advertiser for

September, (with a biography of the quack, Coffin;) Ipswich Express, Sept.12the; have been received.