THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL STAFF CORPS.

THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL STAFF CORPS.

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178 the development of this corps, and many I personswatching eager in their inquiries to high in authority

Surgery will be given by Mr. John Marshall, F.R.S., of London. From 2 till 5 P.M. the sections will again meet. On the last day (Friday) an address in Public Medicine will be given by Mr. Thomas Jones Dyke, medical officer of health for Merthyr Tydvil; at 11 A.M. the sections will again assemble; and at 2 P.M. the concluding general meeting will be held, at which the reports of various committees will be considered. All the meetings will be held in the Town Hall, which has been most kindly lent for the week by the Corporation of Cardiff. The entertainments are numerous. On Wednesday from .5 to 7 P.M. a garden party will be given by the High Sheriff of Glamorgan and Mrs. Hill. At 8 P.M. a conversazione will be held, under the auspices of the President of the Association and the South Wales and Monmouthshire Branch, at the Park Hall, Park-place, which is one of the finest halls in the province. With a large organ at the conversazione, various entertainments will be provided, and an exhibition of scientific instruments and works of art. The evening will terminate with a ball. At this Hall the dinner of the Association will be held on Thursday at 5 o’clock. On Friday, at 3.30 P.M., there will be a garden party, with music and refreshments, at the Windsor Gardens, Penarth, by invitation of Lord Windsor. The whole terminates with a reception at 8 o’clock in the evening by the Mayor of - Cardiff at the Park Hall. With such a programme, and so generous a list of entertainments, a large and successful meeting is anticipated, The whole of the arrangements have been most ably carried out by Dr. Alfred Sheen, the honorary local secretary, assisted by the local medical men, who act as honorary secretaries in the various departments, museums, excursions, and entertainments. On Saturday excursions have been arranged to (1) Tintern Abbey and Raglan Castle; (2) to Glastonbury Abbey and Wells Cathedral ; (3) Caerphilly Castle ; (4) to Symond’s Yat and the Speech House and Forest of Dean. in

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THE will and two codicils of William Johnson Smith, M.D., Greenhill, Weymouth, who died on April 12th last, were proved on the 12th ult. by Thomas Crawford, M.D., John Gray, the nephew, James McPherson Lawrie, ILD,, and William Johnson Smith, the acting executors for all purposes other than such as are connected with his Irish property, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of .E75,000. The testator devises all his real estate and chattels, real situate in Ireland, to his brother, the Rer, Samuel Johnson Smith, who is appointed executor for Ireland, and he bequeaths to him ;E5000. He also bequeaths X6000 upon trust for his sister Mrs. Gray for life, and then for her children; E6000 upon trust for his sister Mrs. Hyland for life, and then for the daughters of his said brother; S500 to the Royal Hospital, Weymouth, if he has not given that amount in his lifetime ; X20 to each of the Dorcas and Benevolent Societies of the said town ; and numerous other bequests. His estate, Godmanstone, Dorset, subject toa rent charge of X150 per annum, which he gives to his nephew, John Irving Smith, he settles on his nephew, William Johnson Smith. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves upon trust for his nieces, Eliza Jane Johnson, Fanny Margarita Smith, Katharine Georgiana Smith, and Annie Jane Smith. The will and three codicils of Gideon George Gardiner, late of 47, Wimpole-street and 40, Finsbury-circus, M.D., , who died on April 23rd last, were proved on the 17th ult. by John Charles -Robbins and Harry Thomas Mileham, the.c executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of .621,000. The testator bequeaths an annuityof .E1.50 to his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Gardiner; X5000 each to his nieces, Fanny Russell Gardiner and Annie Isabella GardinEr; .E1000 upon trust for his said John Charles Robbins; and many other legacies. Asto the residue of his pure personal estate he leaves one-third to the British Home for Incurables, Clapham-rise; one-third to the Royal Medical Benevolent College, Epsom; and one-third upon trust for Mrs. Fanny Stanwell for life, and then for the children of

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how the corps was succeeding. He further stated that there were many points in the drill he had just seen which were to be commended, and a few in which he should like to see A large number of ladies and gentlemen an improvement. were present to witness the parade. Amongst these we noticed Lord Ruthven, Sir Guyer Hunter, Mr. McLure, Mr. Malcolm Morris, Surgeon-Major Evatt, Surgeon Com. On August 8th 114 of the corps proceed manding, &c. &c. to Aldershot for a week’s drill in a military camp.

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" The annual meeting of this Association will be held in the lecture-room, Public Hall, Queen-street, Cardiff, on Wednesday, July 29th, at 1 P.M.; Dr. Joseph Rogers, of London, in the chair. As matters of great importance to the Poor-law medical service will be brought forward and discussed on this occasion, it is earnestly hoped that all Poor-law medical officers attending the meeting of the British Medical Association at Cardiff will make an effort to be present. Among the subjects that will be referred to will be :-Lunacy Law Reform; the Enfranchisement Clauses of the Government Medical Relief Bill; Permanence of Appointments, &c. By order. " JAMES MILWARD, M.D., Local Hon. Sec."

THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL STAFF CORPS. ON Saturday, July 18th, the Volunteer Medical Staff ’Corps underwent its first annual inspection at Wellington Barracks. Sir James Hanbury, K.C.B., Principal Medical Officer of the Home District, inspected; Surgeon Cross of the Grenadier Guards acted as Aide-de-Camp; Surgeon

William Stanwell. The will of John

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House, Hammersmith, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, half-pay, late of 2, The Laurels, Chiswick, who died on &bgr;lay 3rd last, was proved on the 13th ult. by William Lovely, the nephew, and Bingham Watson, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of 17,000. The testator makes provision for his wife, Mrs. Georgiana Chapman; and bequeaths numerous legacies to sister" nephews, nieces, and others. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves to William Lovely, Leisa Parry, Harriet Andrews, Herbert Lovely, Harriet Massingham, and Eliza Crisp. The will of Frances William Innes, M.D., C.B., SurgeonGeneral, H.M. Army, formerly of 2, Roslyn Bank, but late of 2, Lyndhurst-road, Hampstead, who died on April 23rd last, was proved on the 1st inst. by Mrs. Emma Innes, the widow, and John Innes, the executors, the value of the personai

After Commandant Cantlie commanded the battalion. with the in line swords battalion drawn inspecting up drawn, Sir James witnessed the march past of the four .companies. Afterwards No. 1 Company, under Surgeon Squire, went through various company manoeuvres and estate amounting to over .611,000. The testator directs the stretcher-bearer drill. No. 2 Company, under Surgeon-Major payment of £ 1000 to his wife under the covenant in hi, Norton, dressed, lifted, and carried wounded. No. 3 Company, marriage settlement; and gives various legacies to hi, under Surgeon Platt, loaded and unloaded ambulance children. The residue of his property he leaves to hi, waggons. No. 4 Company, under Mr. Casson, the lay company, daughters. The will of William Buchanan, M.D., a Past Diaster of t6’ executed various manoeuvres and formed seats. Sir James addressed the corps drawn up in three sides of a square with Society of Apothecaries, formerly of Egremont Lodge, officers in the centre, and congratulated the officers and men Brighton, but late of Church-gate, Cheshunt, Herts. 1fh,’ upon their smart and soldier-like appearance. He assured the died on May 2nd last, was proved on the lst inst. by Geor,," members of the corps that many anxious eyes from all parts Buchanan, M.D., and Albert Buchanan, the nephews, tt"