METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.

528 ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.-Meeting of LANCET; but as it would be difficult to de. 14th. Sir C. E. Smith in the chair. fend a person incognito, and " as a person - The remainder of the laws relating to incognito" the writer desires to remain, he the duties of the chaplain, and those of the declines our offer, and has explained the secretary and the matron, and part of object of his former letter in the paragraph those of the steward, were discussed at this above quoted. Who or what our corremeeting, and the proceedings closed with spondent may be, if he be not simply a clause 5, page 34. The duties of the se- " Conjuror,"-and a conjuror he certainly cretary and the matron are of such a na- is, unless he really indited his letter on ture as can scarcely disturb the feelings of the principle that " one good quiz deserves party. Moreover, it is the general opi- another,"-we know not, nor can guess; nion (we give the words of our reporter), and as he persists in his intention to let " that THE LANCET has effected an excelfacts pass undenied, why we also lent and conciliatory change in the bear- must fall back upon the feeling expressed the last sentence of his demi-politiing of the medical officers. A better feeling seems to pervade their party." To demi-eavalier communication of July 14th. ground arms and stand at ease, but not off Mr. Davis.-It is not possible yet to our post, be therefore our position. At state what will be the contents of the Bill. this meeting neither Sir Benjamin nor Dr. Has A. B. obtained his information Chambers was present, and nothing ocfrom the Army Medical Board ? We think of not even the illcurred worthy notice ; he has been deceived. We never heard directed personalities and ungentlemanly of any such course as Lectures on the behaviour of Dr. Seymour. " Institutes of Medicine." The letter of A Member of the College, next week.-A Scotch Student has reached its CORRESPONDENTS.

July

alleged

in

destination.

A correspondent who signs himself One of the Slandered, has addressed a brief note to us in which he says " that the in" tentions of ’A Governor of St. George’s " Hospital’ are fathomed by those whom " he has attempted to malign," and " hints to him that the scurrility and ill-condi" tioned language of his epistle is in" juring the cause he wished to espouse." A letter from the same correspondent last week contained similar remarks, but the imputation was so indefinite that we did not comprehend the meaning of the writer. This he was told, with an offer of room for a reply, on showing that he had been slandered by any correspondent in THE

The expense incurred and paid by the Treasury on account of the Pariiamextary Medica) Committee has not amounted to more than 2532l. 19s. The expense of the Committee on the Vaccine Board, in 1833, amounted to 100l. 7s.

Fiat Justitia.-The exclusive clause in the charter coutd not be abrogated by any claim that might be introduced into Mr. Oswald’s bill. A wider measure of refurm,wttich is in progress, will remove all grievances arising from the possession, real or supposed, of unjust on the part of the London chartered institution. To publish the letter of our correspondents would, therefore, be super fluous.

powers

Observator

can

hardly expect

us to

pub-

lish his letter without the contidential authentication of his name and address. When those have beentransmittcd, he sh.tlt be informed whether we can insert his statements without attaching hii name and address to them in ptint.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (Extract from a Meteorological Journal kept at Ifigh Wycombe. Lat. 51° 37’ 44" North, Long. 34° 45" West.)

_

July 14,

1835.

W. JACKSON,