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went up another until he went home to dinner, when ourhypochondriac, feeling he had done his best by viewing orbeing near a medical man as long as possible in case ofsudden seizure of agglomerated sickness, would then takehis dinner and a smoke, and feel he had done a good day’sduty."

MEDICAL STUDENTS’ DINNER.The Newcastle students held their annual dinner on last

Wednesday at the County Hotel in this city. Nearly 100students were present. Dr. Arnison presided, while the.vice-chair was occupied by Mr. H. E. Armstrong, our medi-"cal officer of health. The proceedings were very harmonious,and the dinner, upon the whole, is said to have been one ofthe happiest and most social that has ever been held in thehistory of the college.

ALNWICK INFIRMARY.

At the late annual meeting of the Alnwick Infirmary,Earl Percy in the chair, it was stated that the number ofpatients in and out of the house had numbered 862, of whom’’789 had been cured or relieved, 39 had died, and 34 remainedon the books. The statement as to the financial state of the

hospital was considered satisfactory as compared with lastyear. At the same meeting it was resolved that Dr. Wilson,who had sent in his resignation as honorary physician, be;asked to reconsider his resignation.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nov. 9th.

EDINBURGH.

(From our own Correspondent.)

THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND IN EDINBURGH.

ON the 30th ult., the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, Secretary forScotland, delivered an address, under the auspices of theEdinburgh School Board, to a large audience of the citizens.Eschewing most carefully all matters of party interest, Mr.Balfour discussed very fully the relations of primary andsecondary education as at present constituted in Scotland, andtook occasion to urge very forcibly the somewhat neglectedclaims of the latter, and to demand on its behalf a widermeasure of individual and national support. In a few piquantapothegms he depicted the outcome of the present hiatusbetween primary and university education, and showed howdeleteriously this lack of continuity acted upon the educa-tional powers of the latter, by greatly reducing the range of’their activity, and debarring them from the attainment ofthe highest possible practical results. Speaking ofuniversity reform, the right honourable gentleman con-1idently looked forward to the passing of the Bill whichhis predecessors have failed to push through the pressof Parliamentary business. Of the provisions of the pro-posed Bill he did not speak more definitely than to inferthat the measure as a whole might be termed "heroic"; butin dealing with another part of his subject, he expressed theview that there should be greatly increased facilities for theteaching of special branches of knowledge within theuniversities, and that the chairs so established should beliberally endowed, and the universities in this way shouldhave their character raised from that of training schools forthe professions to that of " seats of learning where the torchof human knowledge may be advanced." Mr. Balfour’s visitto Edinburgh was primarily for the purpose of opening aBoard school and addressing those interested in educationalmatters; but it is whispered that preliminary discussionswith those most closely interested will take place, and thathe will leave Edinburgh with the outline of the comingUniversities (Scotland) Bill in his pocket.

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THE ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR

resulted in the return of Lord Iddesleigh for a second termof office, which he is entitled to hold for the next threeyears. The Conservative candidate obtained the substantialmajority of 347 votes over Sir Lyon Playfair, his Liberalopponent. There is no doubt, however, that this cannot becounted a party victory, for many other considerationsbesides party sentiment were at work in influencing thEdecision of the students.

ROYAL INFIRMARY.

A vacancy has occurred on the staff of surgeons attachecto the infirmary, owing to the resignation of Mr. Josept

Bell. Each member of the present staff has been thus pro-moted one step, and in consequence an assistant-surgeon-ship has now to be filled up. Amongst the candidatesalready in the field are Dr. Hodsdon, assistant-physician tothe Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children; Mr. Mac-donald Brown, lecturer on anatomy in the Royal College ofSurgeons; and Mr.A.W. Hare, senior demonstrator of surgeryin the University. It is expected that other candidates willyet be forthcoming as the date of the election approaches.Edinburgh, Nov. 9th.

IRELAND.

(.From our own Correspondent.)

ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND.

A MEMBER of the Senate will be elected next month, andalready there are four candidates in the field for the vacancy- Mr. T. P. O’Connor, M.P., Dr. McMordie of Belfast, whowas defeated on the last occasion, Major FitzGerald of

Dublin, and Professor Stephen O’Sullivan, M.D., of

Queen’s College, Cork. The Graduates’ Reform Asso-ciation in Cork at a meeting appointed a deputation towait upon the last-named gentleman, for the purpose ofrequesting him to withdraw his candidature in favour ofMr. O’Connor. The main object, it may be mentioned, ofthe Graduates’ Reform Association is as stated by its president(Mr. O’Connor), to make the Senate and the Convocation ofthe University more representative of the mind and thoughtof the Irish nation. Professor O’Sullivan, however,decidedlyrefused to withdraw in favour even of the president of theAssociation. That this determination was only whatmight have been expected is shown from the followingcircumstances. Professor O’Sullivan, on October 15th, inti-mated to the members of Convocation of the Royal Univer-sity his intention of becoming a candidate for the vacantseat on the Senate, while his opponent did not come forwarduntil after the meeting of Convocation, which was held onthe 27th ult. But leaving the priority of candidature out ofthe question, it is tolerably well known that the retirementof Professor O’Sullivan would not ensure Mr. O’Connorssuccess at the forthcoming election.

ACADEMY OF MEDICINE IN IRELAND.

The opening meeting of the Pathological Section of theAcademy was held on the 5th inst., the presidential addressbeing delivered by Dr. W. Smith. A rare specimen, that ofa liver with two gall-bladders, was exhibited at the meetingby Dr. Purser.

DEATH OF DR. LONG, J.P.

Dr. P. Long died at his residence in St. Stephen’s-green,Dublin, last week, aged seventy-three. He was in failinghealth for some time past, but his death was due to acuteinflammation of the lungs. He was a member of the Cor-poration of Dublin for more than a quarter of a century, andfor nearly twenty years performed the duties of assistantmedical officer of the Dublin police. About three years sincehe was appointed to the Commission of the Peace for thecity of Dublin.Rev. Dr. Haughton has been elected President of the Royal

Irish Academy for the ensuing year.Dublin, Nov. 9th.

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BELFAST.

(From our own Correspondent.)

OPENING OF THE MEDICAL SESSION: THE ROYAL HOSPITAL,

THE winter session began on Nov. 2nd, when Dr. JohnW.Byers delivered the introductory lecture at the RoyalHospital. After welcoming the students back, be spoke ofthe events of the past year which had affected the BelfastSchool of Medicine. These were the formation of theMedical Students’ Association, the death of Dr. ThomasAndrews, and the resignation of Professor Gordon. Hesaid they were proud of both, not only as able medicalprofessors, but as distinguished Ulstermen, who by theirwritings have gained a wide reputation. Both descendedfrom families well known in the north of Ireland, the career