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THE MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL AND THEPROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICALASSOCIATION.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,—As the Bill for the future government of the medical

profession has, to use Mr. Duncombe’s word, " dropped," thereis now an opportunity to say a few words to the body of menwho assume to themselves the credit of originating it. I referto the Provincial Medical Association.Every man who really loves our noble profession, of neces-

sity will rejoice in any and every improvement which can beeffected in it. The registration of every legally-qualified me-dical practitioner is absolutely required by ourselves and bythe public, and I can see no objection to the plan proposed ;therefore the sooner that can be accomplished the better. ButI see very great objections to the new system of examinationsproposed, centralization, &c., and no necessity to change themethods now in use.

I think the profession are deeply indebted to the A.pothe-caries’ Society: alter the name if you please; let the Society becalled the College of Medicine, and its members Licentiates inMedicine, but do not put out its light which has shinedbrightly.Then allow it to be optional for the general practitioner to

go to the College of Surgeons or not, just as he pleases, con-ferring upon those who do go there the right to practice andrecover as surgeons. This will also secure to the College ofSurgeons their privileges.The College of Physicians to remain as it now is, with the

power, which it always has had, to compel every man who ispractising or intends to practise as a physician, to presenthimself for examination. Yes, strange as it may appear, Iwould make the law retrospective for this reason: a largenumber of the men who are anxious to remodel, as they styleit, the profession, have been practising without one Englishqualification-in fact, breaking the law.The president, vice-president, secretary, and editor of the

Journal of the Provincial Medical Association, and a host ofothers, are of the last-named class. Let these prove them-selves, then present themselves to the College of Physicians atonce, and I venture to predict this good example will soon befollowed by hundreds, who will very soon find themselves in afalse position.Having complied with the law as it now is, they will come

before the English public and parliament as men seeking(justly if they please) to improve their profession.

I am, Sir, your often obliged and obedient servant,Hastings, July 14th, 1856. Jos. STEAVENSON, M.R.C.P.

parliamentary Intelligence.HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, JULY 14TH.

MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS.

Major REED asked if it was true that those medical gentle-men who volunteered their services as assistant-surgeons in thearmy were to be dismissed with only two months’ pay, whilethose of the Turkish Contingent in the Crimea received twelvemonths’ pay ?Mr. PEEL said this class of officers would receive what they

were entitled to by the terms on which they entered theservice.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND).Sir R. FERGUSON obtained leave to introduce a Bill to enable

the governors of lunatic asylums in Ireland to grant super-annuations.

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for the HomeDepartment whether it was the intention of the Governmentto grant a new charter of incorporation to the Royal Collegeof Physicians of London ?

Sir G. GREY replied that, as a new charter could not begranted without an Act of Parliament, there was at presentno immediate intention to grant one.

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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. - At the Comitia

Majora Extraordinaria, held on the 9th inst., the followinggentlemen were admitted members of the College :-

FRERE, Dr., Queen-street, Mayfair.GARROD, Dr., Harley-street.HABERSHON, Dr., Finsbury-circus.HUE, JOHN, Dr., Bedford-square.SALTER, Dr., Montague-street, Russell-square.WILKES, Dr., St. Thomas’-street, Borough.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentle-men, having undergone the necessary examinations for theDiploma, were admitted members of the College at the meet-ing of the Court of Examiners on the llth inst. :-

BRUNEAU, EDWARD, Mauritius.BUSHMAN, FREDERICK CHRISTIAN, Dublin.FRY, JOHN CORNWALL, Nenagh, Tipperary.FULLER, HARRY, Stowmarket, Suffolk.GRAHAM, JoHN GEORGE, Alma-place, Stockton.HARRISON, ARTHUR ROBERT, Keppel-street, Russel-square.MORGAN, EDWARD MAURICE, Tavistock-place.WILLIAMS, PETER MAURICE GRIFFITH, Toryarched, Pem-

brokeshire.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - Names of gentlemen whopassed their examination in the science and practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on

Thursday, July 10th, 1856.GODWIN, AsHTON, Pelham-crescent, Brompton.JoNES, THOMAS EYTON, Corwen, North Wales.LANGSTAFF, JOHN, Andover, Hants.SHARMAN, JOHN, Abersycham, Pontypool.TERRY, CHARLES, Northampton.

. The following gentlemen passed the examination in Classicsand Mathematics on

Tuesday and Wednesday, July 15th and 16th.ARROWSMITH, WM. H., Durham County Hospital.BELLRINGER, GEORGE H., Penzance.BooTH, WILLIAM R., Great Queen-street West.BRANSKILL, HENRY, Jun., Upper Eccleston-place.BROMLEY, JOHN BOURNE, Lye Parsonage, Stourbridge.BURFORD, HENRY H., Hamilton-terrace.BURRELL, LIONEL, Westley, Bury St. Edmunds.BUTLER, ALFRED L., Guildford.BUTLIN, CHARLES, Camborne, Cornwall.BYwATER, THOMAS G. G., Knottingley.CARTER, JABEZ, George-street, Euston-square.CASS, WILLIAM M., Goole.CHESTERMAN, R. A., Banbury, Oxon.COLBY, GEORGE, Malton.CoRNBILL, JOHN, Queen’s College, Birmingham.CUSwORTH, WILLIAM, New Kingswood.EDWARDS, WALTER, Bampton.ELLIS, THOMAS SMITH, Foley-place, Gloucester.GILSON, FRANCIS G. S.. Guildford-street.GIMSON, THOMAS STEVENS, Walton.GOLDSMITH, GEORGE POCOCK, Walton-place, Brompton.GREENWOOD, D. S., Clapham-common.GRIFFITH, WILLIAM T., Pinckard-street.HICKS, JOHN WALE, Langport, Somerset.HUNTLEY, R. E., Howden Pans.IRVINE, GEORGE R., High-street, Portsmouth.JENKYNS, CHARLES, Tucking Mill, Cornwall.JonNSON, ALFRED, Roos, near Hull.JoNES, WILLIAM OwEN, Bala, North Wales.KERSWELL, GEORGE, St. German’s.KING, JAMES GEORGE, Havant.KITCHENER, THOMAS, Jersey.LANGTON, JOHN, Spencer-street.LEACH, ABRAHAM, Waterhead Mill, Lancashire.LEATHEM, JAMES, Rathfriland, Ireland.MALLETT, WILLIAM JAS., Bolton le Moors, Lancashire.MARTIN, ADAM RAE, Rochester.MEADE, HENRY, Bradford, Yorkshire.MILLER, JOHN N., Norwich.MooRE, DANIEL, Upper Sydenham.MORGAN, HERBERT MAJOR, Lichfield.NELSON, WILLIAM JOHN, Aeon. , Yorkshire.PEARSE, ARTHUR, Norfolk.