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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: ANNUAL MEETING OF CONVOCATION.
1006 The Annual Committee
the
appointed, following UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: ANNUAL MEETING members being elected:-OF CONVOCATION. Faculties of Medicine and Science.-M. Baines, M.D. ; A. W. Bennett, M.A., B.Se. ; W. L. Carpenter, B.A., B.Sc.; THE annual meeting of Convocation of the University W. C. Coupland, M.A., B.Sc.; J. Curnow, M.D.; G. EMtes, of London was held on Tuesday last, the 10th inst, Dr. Wood. M.B. ; W. H. llolman, M.B. ; H. G. Howse, M.S., M.B.; Sir P. R.
the Chairman of Convocation, presiding. Mr. Henry E. Allen, LL.B., B.A., was re-elected Clerk of Convocation. The - report of the Annual Committee was received on the motion of Mr. Howse. The report contained the reply of Her Majesty .acceding to the petition of the University to grant it the privilege of addressing Her Majesty upon the Throne ’" upon the occasion of the completion of the fiftieth year of Her Majesty’s reign, and upon all future occasions in like manner as is allowed to Lhe Universities of Oxford and Cambridge." The Committee also reported that revised regulations for matriculation had been framed by the .Senate, embodying many of the recommendations of Convocation. The steps taken with regard to the reconstitution of the University were stated and the report of - the Special Committee of the Senate on the subject was .appended. The Senate had approved of the adoption of a motto for the University in accordance with a - resolution of Convocation, and had referred the consideration of its selection to the Committee on Exami- nations in Arts, Science, and Laws. The Annual Committee desired that the subject of the expenses of Convocation be again referred to them, and with respect to a -resolution upon the regulations for the doctors’ degrees, The were not prepared to make any recommendation. report mentioned with regret the death of Mr. William Shaen, and stated that the vacancy in the Senate occasioned by the death of Mr. George Busk had been filled by the -Crown appointment of the Right Hon. A. J. Balfoir, M.P. On the motion of Dr. Weymouth, seconded by Mr. Spratling, B.Sc., it was resolved that the resolution of January 17th, 1887, in regard to the annual expenses of Convocation, be again referred to the Annual Committee for its further consideration. Dr. Napier moved, and Mr. Mears seconded, the reception of the interim report of the Special Committee for the consideration of the regulations for the examinations for the - degrees in Law. Dr. S. P. Thompson moved, and Dr. Napier seconded, a resolution, which was to the effect that in the voting for graduates nominated by Convocation to serve on the Senate the vote of each member should be restricted to one candidate. It should be remembered that Convocation is required to submit three names to the Crown, and that it has been the custom for the choice to fall on the candidate who has received the largest number of votes. It was urged that under the present system the candidate thus chosen might not represent the actual majority. After much discussion, in which the resolution was opposed by Mr. Macdowall, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Osler (who believed the proposed change was ultra vires), Sir A. K. Rollitt, and others, and supported by Dr. Weymouth, Dr. Nesbitt, Dr. Collins, and other?, the resolution was carried. A further resolution, to make the nominations in rotation from amongst the Faculties of Arts, Science, Laws, and Medicine, was moved by Dr. Thompson, and seconded by Sir A. K. Rollitt. At present the selection is made alternately from the combined Faculties of Arts and Laws and those of Science and Medicine; and it was urged that this gave a disproportionate representation on the Senate to graduates in the Faculties of Arts and Medicine. Sir Julian Goldsmid opposed the resolution, and in the course of his speech referred to the "inchoate scheme" for the reconstitution of the University now before the Senate, expressing his belief that it would be long before it emerged as a real fact. Several graduates spoke, and eventually the resolution was lost. On the motion of Dr. O’Reilly, seconded by Mr. Enright, the meeting reaffirmed previous resolutions in favour of the establishment of London local examinations by the University ; but a further resolution to initiate the undertaking by means of a voluntary Permanent Committee, or Syndicate, was passed over. Mr. E. S. Weymouth, M.A., moved, and Mr. Nesbitt, M.A., seconded, a resolution that Convocation cannot assent to any proposal for the establishment of Faculties in which it will not obtain substantial representation. The meeting adjourned without coming to a vote on this resolution.
was
Magnus, B.A, B.Se.; H. Morris, M.A., M.B. ; Neale, M.D.; O’Reilly, D.Sc.; W. J. Spratling, B.Sc.; F. Taylor,
M. F.
C. Unwin, B.Sc. Arts and Laws.—J. B. Benson, LL.D., B.A,; J. W. Bone, B.A, ; M. P. Christie, B.A.; J. Hennell, B.A.; R. W. Hinton, B.A.; B. Kisch, M.A., B.Sc.; W. G. Lemon, LL.B., B.A.; A. McDowall, B.A., B.Sc.; S. P. Moore, LL.B., B.A., B.Sc.; T. B. Napier, LL.D.; H. A. Nesbitt, M.A.; W. Paice, M.A.; G. A. Smith, M.A.; E. S. Weymouth, M.A.; R. F. Weymouth, D.Lit., M.A. ; B. Whitehead, B.A.
M.D.; S. P. Thompson, D.Sc., B.A. ; W. Faculties
of
WILLS OF MEDICAL MEN. THE will and codicil of James
Drummond, M.D., formerly Glasgow, afterwards of Richmond, and late of 5, Great Cumberland-place, who died on Feb. 28th last, were proved on the 16th ult. by George Skene Keith, M.D., the acting executor, the value of the personal estate exceeding £52,000. The testator gives his furniture and effects to his spouse Mrs. Jemima Johnston or Drummond; and there are bequests of
in favour of his mother and sister. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves upon trust for his wife for life or until she shall marry again, and then for his children. The will of David Scott, M.D., late of 52, Camden-square, Camden-town, who died on March 7th last, was proved on the 18th ult. by Mrs. Emma Louisa Scott, the widow, James Hamilton Wylie and Alfred Charles Preston, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £31,000. The testator gives all his household furniture and effects and .61000 to his wife; X150 each to his executors, James Hamilton Wylie and Alfred Charles Preston, and £1500 upon trust for his son David Forest. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves upon trust for his wife for life, and after her death to his said son absolutely. The will of Robert Elliot, M.D., late of 93, Denmark-hill,
Camberwell, who died on February 15th last, was proved on the 4th ult. by Mr. Norman Bruce Elliot, M.R.C.S., the son, and Major-General James Mansfield Nuttall, C.B., the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over .E12.000. The testator bequeaths .625 to his executor, MajorGeneral J. M. Nuttall, to purchase a walking-stick or other momento of him. The residue of his real and personal estate he gives to his son Norman Bruce and to his three daughters Janet, Caroline, and Charlotte Alice in equal shares. The will of Robert Bryce Gilland, M.D., formerly of the Berks County Asylum, but late of Fayremeade, Sevenoaks, who died on March 8th last, was proved on the 7th ult. by John Bryce Gilland, William Taylor (physician), and William Taylor (farmer), the executors, the value of the personal estate being sworn over .66000. The testator after leaving sundry legacies to persons connected with the Berks County Asylum, leaves the residue of his real and personal estate to his sibter Ann Wilding Taylor absolutely. The willof Charles Hutton, M.D.,Iateof 26,Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, who died on March 27th last, was proved on the 19th ult. by Mrs. Henrietta Sophia Elizabeth Hutton, the widow, and the Rev. Edward Seymour, the executors. The testator gives all his real and personal estate to his wife
absolutely.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of the commissariot of Lanarkshire, of the deed of settlement, with two codicils, of Ebenezer Watson, M.D., of Glasgow, who died on Dec. 13th last, granted to Mrs. Mary Ferrier Young or Watson, the widow, Mr. James Ebenezer Watson, the son, and Mr. John Ebenezer Watson and Mr. Thomas Watson, the cousins, the executors nominate, was resealed in London on the 2nd ult., the value of the
personal estate amounting to over S12,000.
in
England
and Scotland
The following legacies have recently been left to hospitals and other medical institutions : Miss Harriet Gurney Fordham, late of Melbourn, Bury, Cambridgeshire, X500 to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge; X300 to the Hunstanton Convalescent Home; £200 each to the Royston Cottage Hospital, and the Hospital for Children with Hip Diseases, -
the
appointed, following UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: ANNUAL MEETING members being elected:-OF CONVOCATION. Faculties of Medicine and Science.-M. Baines, M.D. ; A. W. Bennett, M.A., B.Se. ; W. L. Carpenter, B.A., B.Sc.; THE annual meeting of Convocation of the University W. C. Coupland, M.A., B.Sc.; J. Curnow, M.D.; G. EMtes, of London was held on Tuesday last, the 10th inst, Dr. Wood. M.B. ; W. H. llolman, M.B. ; H. G. Howse, M.S., M.B.; Sir P. R.
the Chairman of Convocation, presiding. Mr. Henry E. Allen, LL.B., B.A., was re-elected Clerk of Convocation. The - report of the Annual Committee was received on the motion of Mr. Howse. The report contained the reply of Her Majesty .acceding to the petition of the University to grant it the privilege of addressing Her Majesty upon the Throne ’" upon the occasion of the completion of the fiftieth year of Her Majesty’s reign, and upon all future occasions in like manner as is allowed to Lhe Universities of Oxford and Cambridge." The Committee also reported that revised regulations for matriculation had been framed by the .Senate, embodying many of the recommendations of Convocation. The steps taken with regard to the reconstitution of the University were stated and the report of - the Special Committee of the Senate on the subject was .appended. The Senate had approved of the adoption of a motto for the University in accordance with a - resolution of Convocation, and had referred the consideration of its selection to the Committee on Exami- nations in Arts, Science, and Laws. The Annual Committee desired that the subject of the expenses of Convocation be again referred to them, and with respect to a -resolution upon the regulations for the doctors’ degrees, The were not prepared to make any recommendation. report mentioned with regret the death of Mr. William Shaen, and stated that the vacancy in the Senate occasioned by the death of Mr. George Busk had been filled by the -Crown appointment of the Right Hon. A. J. Balfoir, M.P. On the motion of Dr. Weymouth, seconded by Mr. Spratling, B.Sc., it was resolved that the resolution of January 17th, 1887, in regard to the annual expenses of Convocation, be again referred to the Annual Committee for its further consideration. Dr. Napier moved, and Mr. Mears seconded, the reception of the interim report of the Special Committee for the consideration of the regulations for the examinations for the - degrees in Law. Dr. S. P. Thompson moved, and Dr. Napier seconded, a resolution, which was to the effect that in the voting for graduates nominated by Convocation to serve on the Senate the vote of each member should be restricted to one candidate. It should be remembered that Convocation is required to submit three names to the Crown, and that it has been the custom for the choice to fall on the candidate who has received the largest number of votes. It was urged that under the present system the candidate thus chosen might not represent the actual majority. After much discussion, in which the resolution was opposed by Mr. Macdowall, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Osler (who believed the proposed change was ultra vires), Sir A. K. Rollitt, and others, and supported by Dr. Weymouth, Dr. Nesbitt, Dr. Collins, and other?, the resolution was carried. A further resolution, to make the nominations in rotation from amongst the Faculties of Arts, Science, Laws, and Medicine, was moved by Dr. Thompson, and seconded by Sir A. K. Rollitt. At present the selection is made alternately from the combined Faculties of Arts and Laws and those of Science and Medicine; and it was urged that this gave a disproportionate representation on the Senate to graduates in the Faculties of Arts and Medicine. Sir Julian Goldsmid opposed the resolution, and in the course of his speech referred to the "inchoate scheme" for the reconstitution of the University now before the Senate, expressing his belief that it would be long before it emerged as a real fact. Several graduates spoke, and eventually the resolution was lost. On the motion of Dr. O’Reilly, seconded by Mr. Enright, the meeting reaffirmed previous resolutions in favour of the establishment of London local examinations by the University ; but a further resolution to initiate the undertaking by means of a voluntary Permanent Committee, or Syndicate, was passed over. Mr. E. S. Weymouth, M.A., moved, and Mr. Nesbitt, M.A., seconded, a resolution that Convocation cannot assent to any proposal for the establishment of Faculties in which it will not obtain substantial representation. The meeting adjourned without coming to a vote on this resolution.
was
Magnus, B.A, B.Se.; H. Morris, M.A., M.B. ; Neale, M.D.; O’Reilly, D.Sc.; W. J. Spratling, B.Sc.; F. Taylor,
M. F.
C. Unwin, B.Sc. Arts and Laws.—J. B. Benson, LL.D., B.A,; J. W. Bone, B.A, ; M. P. Christie, B.A.; J. Hennell, B.A.; R. W. Hinton, B.A.; B. Kisch, M.A., B.Sc.; W. G. Lemon, LL.B., B.A.; A. McDowall, B.A., B.Sc.; S. P. Moore, LL.B., B.A., B.Sc.; T. B. Napier, LL.D.; H. A. Nesbitt, M.A.; W. Paice, M.A.; G. A. Smith, M.A.; E. S. Weymouth, M.A.; R. F. Weymouth, D.Lit., M.A. ; B. Whitehead, B.A.
M.D.; S. P. Thompson, D.Sc., B.A. ; W. Faculties
of
WILLS OF MEDICAL MEN. THE will and codicil of James
Drummond, M.D., formerly Glasgow, afterwards of Richmond, and late of 5, Great Cumberland-place, who died on Feb. 28th last, were proved on the 16th ult. by George Skene Keith, M.D., the acting executor, the value of the personal estate exceeding £52,000. The testator gives his furniture and effects to his spouse Mrs. Jemima Johnston or Drummond; and there are bequests of
in favour of his mother and sister. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves upon trust for his wife for life or until she shall marry again, and then for his children. The will of David Scott, M.D., late of 52, Camden-square, Camden-town, who died on March 7th last, was proved on the 18th ult. by Mrs. Emma Louisa Scott, the widow, James Hamilton Wylie and Alfred Charles Preston, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £31,000. The testator gives all his household furniture and effects and .61000 to his wife; X150 each to his executors, James Hamilton Wylie and Alfred Charles Preston, and £1500 upon trust for his son David Forest. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves upon trust for his wife for life, and after her death to his said son absolutely. The will of Robert Elliot, M.D., late of 93, Denmark-hill,
Camberwell, who died on February 15th last, was proved on the 4th ult. by Mr. Norman Bruce Elliot, M.R.C.S., the son, and Major-General James Mansfield Nuttall, C.B., the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over .E12.000. The testator bequeaths .625 to his executor, MajorGeneral J. M. Nuttall, to purchase a walking-stick or other momento of him. The residue of his real and personal estate he gives to his son Norman Bruce and to his three daughters Janet, Caroline, and Charlotte Alice in equal shares. The will of Robert Bryce Gilland, M.D., formerly of the Berks County Asylum, but late of Fayremeade, Sevenoaks, who died on March 8th last, was proved on the 7th ult. by John Bryce Gilland, William Taylor (physician), and William Taylor (farmer), the executors, the value of the personal estate being sworn over .66000. The testator after leaving sundry legacies to persons connected with the Berks County Asylum, leaves the residue of his real and personal estate to his sibter Ann Wilding Taylor absolutely. The willof Charles Hutton, M.D.,Iateof 26,Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, who died on March 27th last, was proved on the 19th ult. by Mrs. Henrietta Sophia Elizabeth Hutton, the widow, and the Rev. Edward Seymour, the executors. The testator gives all his real and personal estate to his wife
absolutely.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of the commissariot of Lanarkshire, of the deed of settlement, with two codicils, of Ebenezer Watson, M.D., of Glasgow, who died on Dec. 13th last, granted to Mrs. Mary Ferrier Young or Watson, the widow, Mr. James Ebenezer Watson, the son, and Mr. John Ebenezer Watson and Mr. Thomas Watson, the cousins, the executors nominate, was resealed in London on the 2nd ult., the value of the
personal estate amounting to over S12,000.
in
England
and Scotland
The following legacies have recently been left to hospitals and other medical institutions : Miss Harriet Gurney Fordham, late of Melbourn, Bury, Cambridgeshire, X500 to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge; X300 to the Hunstanton Convalescent Home; £200 each to the Royston Cottage Hospital, and the Hospital for Children with Hip Diseases, -