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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. - The degree ofBachelor of Medicine and Surgery has been conferred uponArthur Edward Hart.

BEQUESTS. - Miss Deborah Cannon has be-queathed £ 500 to the Stewart Institution for Lunatics,Palmerston ; £ 300 each to the Royal Hospital for Incurables,Donnybrook, the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, and the Monks-town Hospital.

MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.-The nextexamination for the certificate in Psychological Medicine willbe held in England on Dec. 7th, at Bethlem Hospital,at 11 A. M. The examination in Scotland will take place onDec. 16th. Candidates should at once give notice to thegeneral secretary, Dr. Fletcher Beach, 11, Chandos-street,Cavendish-square, W., if they wish to be examined in

England, and to the secretary for Scotland, Dr. Urqubart,Murray’s Asylum, Perth, if they desire to be examined inScotland.

FOOTBALL CASUALTIES.-On the 18th ult., duringa match between the Western Mail Rovers and Guildford StarA, at Cardiff, a player aged fifteen years sustained a fractureof the arm and was taken to the infirmary.-A well-knownChesterfield player aged twenty-four years died on the23rd ult. from injuries received to the abdomen while playingfull-back with Chesterfield against the Derby Junction, onthe Chesterfield ground, in the English Cup Competition.-On Saturday last a youth seventeen years of age, in a matchat Knostrop, had his femur fractured, and was admitted tothe Leeds General Infirmary.-On the 28th ult. a student atthe Downton Agricultural College, Salisbury, died from

injuries sustained in a Rugby match on Saturday last. Oneof his arms was badly fractured, lockjaw supervening witha fatal result.

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Parliamentary Intelligence.HO USE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, NOV. 23RD.The Treatment of Lunatics.

MR. AsQUITH, replying to Mr. M’Cartan, said his attention had beendrawn to r,he last report of the Inspectors of Lunatics in Ireland wherereference had been made to the treatment of lunatics in the BelfastWorkhouse. In that institution eighty-one persons suffering fromepileptic insanity or idiocy were in durance on Dec. 31st last, and ofthese nineteen were constantly confined to bed, whereas they shouldhave been encouraged or compelled to get up and move about. Thewant of bath and lavatory accommodation was also adverted to in thereport. In Belfast, however, large sums of money had been expendedby the guardians to provide proper accommodation for that afflictedclass of persons.

FRIDAY, NOV. 24TH.

Barbed Wire Fences.

Replying to Mr. A. C. Morton, Sir Walter Foster referred to an Actpassed during the present session which gave power to local authoritiesto take proceedings for the removal of barbed wire fences likely tocause injury to persons using a highway, but the Local GovernmentBoard had no power to give instructions to local authorities in thematter, or to enforce action under the above-mentioned statute.

The Bovine Tuberculosis Com7nisgion.Mr. H. Fowler, in answer to a question put by Mr. Field on the

above subject, said he had been informed by the Commissioners thatthe experimental investigations had been completed, and that thereports of the sub-Commissioners would be ready in a few days. Thefinal report of the Commission would probably be issued duringDecember.

The Hours of Labour of Railway Servants.With regard to this matter, Mr. Dalziel asked the President of the

Board of Trade in how many cases action had been taken under thepowers conferred upon the Board by the Railway Servants (Hours ofLabour) Act, and with what result.-Mr. Mundella said the questionwas somewhat premature, since the circular issued by the Board hadonly recently been replied to. He hoped, however, that the companieswould deal satisfactorily with cases brought before them, so that itmight not be necessary on the part of the Board to resort to the powersconferred by the Act.

Sanitary Work for the Unemployed.A conversation, raised by Mr. Keir Hardie, took place with regard to

the desirability of finding occupation for the unemployed on works ofa sanitary and productive kind.-Mr. tf. Fowler said a circular letterhad been addressed to sanitary authorities on the subject of the presentlack of employment in various parts of the country, a calamity whichsome hon. members supposed was capable of being remedied by theBoard over which he presided. He wished to say, however, that theLocal Government Board had no power of themselves to undertakeworks of the kind referred to, nor had they power to require localauthorities to do so, though they were most desirous of assisting suchauthorities as far as possible. .

Deaths from Carbolic Acid.Mr. Macdona, quoting certain statistics with respect to the number

of deaihs due to the taking of carbolic acid, either by accident ordesign, asked whether the Government would place the drug under thePharmacy Act, whether coroners might not be instructed to certifythe name of the poison which caused the death inquired into. andwhether the Secretary of the Local Government Board would order areturn to be made of the number of fatalities caused by carbolic acidduring the last five years.-Sir Walter Foster said the information inhis possession on the subject did not extend to the whole of the tinespecified, but a return might be moved for. The Board had no juris-diction with regard to the articles which were to be deemed poisonsfor the purpose of the Pharmacy Act, nor had it any power to issueinstructions to coroners in the way suggested.

MONDAY, NOV. 27TH.The Vaccination Acts.

Mr. Picton asked the Home Secretary if it was legal to summon a ma,nresiding in one union (the King’s Norton) for non-compliance with theVaccination Acts, and to fine him for the same offence in another union(the Birmingham).-Mr. Asquith said it would appear that the defen-dant in the case referred to resided at Harborne, in the King’s NortonUnion, but part of that union was in the city of Birmingham, so thatunder Section 33 of the Vaccination Act, 1867, the Birmingham magis-trate had jurisdiction in the case.

TUESDAY, NOV. 28TH.Infant Mortality in Belfast.

Mr. Asquith, replying to a question put by Mr. Young on the abovesubject, said the remarks of the coroner at an inquest on the body ofa child supposed to have been murdered in Belfast had reference to theordinary death-rate of children in that town, which appeared to beconsiderably higher than in some other places in Ireland. That excessive mortality was attributed by the medical officer of health to badsanitation, the prevalence of zymotic diseases and other canses usuallyto be found amongst populations of the artisan class.

The Proposed Fever Hospital at Norwood.In reply to a question put by Mr. Young, as to the suitability of the

proposed site for the fever hospital at Norwood, Mr. H. Fowler said theinquiry into the matter was concluded on Wednesday last, but thereport of the inspectors had not been received. When forthcoming,however, it, along with the evidence, would be very carefully consideredby him before any decision was arrived at.

Appointments.Sucemsful applicantsfor Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutiors, and

others possessing i?2form4tion suitable for this column, are invited to,forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not laterthan 9 o’clock own the Thursday morning of each week for publication inthe next number.

BOWSER, H. C., M.R.C.S., L.M. Edin., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the Local Hospital, Port Douglas, Queensland.

BURT, C. C. B., M.R.C.S.. has been appointed Medica.1 Officer for theSnitterfield Sanitary District of the Stratf ord-on-Avon Union.

CHRISTIE, W. W., M.D., Ch.M. Glasg., has been appointed a PublicVaccinator for the districts of New Plymouth and Waitara, NewZealand.

COLE, T. W., MB, B S. Dubl., has been appointed Medical Officer tothe Bolsover Local Board.

COUNSELLOR, CHAS. EYRE, M.D., L S.A., has been appointed Examin-ing Surgeon for the Bureau of Pensions, U.S.A.

CROPLEY, H., F.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer to the.Northampton Workhouse, vice Percival, resigned.

FULTON, T. K., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F. P.S. Glasg., has beenappointed a Public Vaccinator for Wallaroo, South Australia..

HARBISON, W. H., L.R.C.P., L.IVL, L.R.C.S Edin., L.F.P.S.Glasg., hasbeen appointed a Public Vaccinator in South Australia.

HEAVEN, J. C., L.R.C. P. Lond., M.R.C.S., D.P.H., has been appointedan additional Medical Officer, pro. tem., to the Bristol Sanitary

I Authority.LENDRUM, J. B., M.B., M.S.Aberd, has been appointed Assistant

House Surgeon to the Huddersfield Infirmary.MORGAN, T.. W. S., has been appointed Medical Officer for

the Eighth Sanitary District of the Bedminster Union.NAYLOR, W. R., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointed Senior

House Surgeon to the Huddersfield Infirmary, vice Hall. resigned.NUNN, P. W. G., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been reappointed Medical

Officer of Health for the Borough of Bournemouth.PORTER, THOMAS, VLB. Vict.. Ch.B., has been reappointed, for one

year, Assistant Medical Officer to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.SAWKINS, F. J. T., M.B. Sydney, has been appointed Resident Superin-

tendent to the Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales.SMITHIES, JOSEPH J., L.R.C.P., L.M. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has been

reappointed Medical Officer for the Gisburn Sanitary District ofthe Clitheroe Union.

STANLEY, LEWIS, M.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., has been appointed SeniorHouse Surgeon to the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital,Plymouth.

TURNER, G., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been reappointed Medical. Officer of Health for Ware.WESTWOOD, A., M.B., M.S. Edin., has been appointed Medical Officer

for the Stretford Samtary District of the Barton-upon-IrwellUnion.

WHITE, J. A. T., M.R C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed HousePhysician to the Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland-road.

WILSON, ALEX., L.R.C.P. Lond., F.R.C.S., has been reappointed, forone year, Senior Anæsthetist to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

YOUNG, R. W., M.R.C.S.Eng., has been appointed a GovernmentMedical Officer and Vaccinator for the district of Dowling, NewSouth Wales.