peculiar to the Latin, such as the accusative before the infinitive, the ablative absolute, and some familiarity with the use of the subjunctive mood, he may be soon taught to read a simple Latin author, as Cæsar, Nepos, or Ovid; and the power of translating these into his own mother tongue will give him a command of language he never before possessed, and will improve the memory, quicken the perception, and teach an accurate attention which he cannot obtain in the study of modern languages, whose structure is so different from that of the dead. Besides, in mathematics and higher arithmetic there is often a limit, and that not a very advanced one, beyond which a lad cannot go; and even if he do advance considerably in the study of mathematics or science, to the neglect of language, this has a hardening effect, and fails to call out the imagination and many of our highest and best feelings. The stern realities of life, and the struggle to keep his social position, will harden his mind soon enough; so before life's battle begin, let him lay up something-be the store ever so small-to soften and humanize him; and let him have some knowledge of the classic models hallowed by having been for ages the medium for literary instruction, which he cannot fail to take pleasure in if he has been instructed by a master fit for his duties. I trust that in no scheme for middle-class education will a knowledge of Latin hold a subordinate place. Again begging to express to you my most earnest approval of your schenie, I am, Yours most respectfully, T. D. Acland, Esq. JAMES TEMPLETON. MEMORIAL From Members of the Medical Profession in London, addressed to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. GENTLEMEN, We, the undersigned, being or having been physicians, surgeons, and teachers of the Medical Sciences in the Hospitals and Medical Schools of London, are informed that the governing bodies of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge are considering a plan for the institution of voluntary Examinations and Distinctions in the various Schools for general education throughout the country. We believe that the adoption of such a system may be most beneficial, by supplying a means primarily for testing, and secondarily for increasing and guiding the preliminary knowledge of many who are destined for the study and practice of Medicine; thus meeting a want which has been long and deeply felt. We therefore desire to express our hearty concurrence in the proposal, and our hope that it will be adopted. (Signed) W. ADAMS, Assist. Surgeon to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. T. ADDISON, M.D., Sen. Phys. & Lect. on Practice of Physic, Guy's Hosp. J. M. ARNOTT, F.R.S., Mem. of Coun. & Court of Exam. R. Col. of Surg. Sir B. C. BRODIE, Bart, F.R.S., Serjeant-Surgeon to the Queen. W. BALY, M.D., F.R.S., Assist. Phys. & Lect. in Medicine, St. Bart. Hosp. G. BARLOW, M.D., Physician to Guy's Hospital. J. H. BENNET, M.D., Physician Acc. to the Royal Free Hospital. E. L. BIRKETT, M.D., Phys. to City of London Hosp. for Diseases of Chest. J. COPLAND, M.D., F.R.S., late Lect. on Pr. Med., Middlesex Hospital. G. N. EDWARDS, M.D., As. Phys. to City of Lond. Hosp. for Dis. of Chest. H. FULLER, M.D., Phys. and Lect. on Forensic Med. at St George's Hosp. W. W. GULL, M.D., Ás. Phys. and Lect. on Practice of Med., Guy's Hosp. C. HARE, M.D., Assist. Phys. at University College Hospital. B. HOLT, Senr. Surgeon, and Lect. on Clin. Surgery, Westminster Hosp. 94 MEMORIAL FROM THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN LONDON. W. C. HOOD, M.D., Superintendent Phys. at the Bethlehem Hospital. G. JOHNSON, M.D., Physician, King's College Hospital. H. BENCE JONES, M.D., F.R.S., Physician to St. George's Hospital. S. WHARTON JONES, F.R.S., Prof. of Ophthal. Surg. at Univ. Coll. and Surgeon to the Hospital. W. LAWRENCE, F.R.S., Surg. Extraordinary to the Queen; Surg. and Lect. on Surgery, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. S. A. LANE, Surgeon and Lecturer on Anatomy, St. Mary's Hospital. E. LONSDALE, Surgeon to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. E. A. LLOYD, Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. R. MARTIN, M.D., Warden of the College and Assist. Phys., St. Bart. Hosp. W. O. MARKHAM, M.D., As. Phys. and Lect. on Pathol., St. Mary's Hosp. G. MACKMURDO, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital. C. MURCHISON, M.D., Assist. Phys., King's College Hospital. E. NOAD, Ph.D., F.R.S., Lecturer on Chemistry, St. George's Hospital. W. O'CONNOR, M.D., Physician, Royal Free Hospital. J. W. OGLE, M.D., Assist. Physician, St. George's Hospital. J. PAGET, F.R.S., As. Surg. and Lect. on Physiol., St. Bartholomew's Hosp. R. PARTRIDGE, Surgeon, King's College Hospital. T. B. PEACOCK, M.D., Assist. Phys., St. Thomas's Hospital. H. A. PITMAN, M.D., Phys. & Lect. on Practice of Physic, St. George's Hosp. J. E. POLLOCK, M.D., Assist. Phys., Brompton Hosp. for Consumption. G. D. POLLOCK, Assist. Surg. and Lect. on Anatomy, St. George's Hosp. R. QUAIN, M.D., Phys. to Brompton Hospital for Consumption. C. B. RADCLIFFE, M.D., As. Phys. & Lect. on Mat. Med., Westmin. Hosp. F. H. RAMSBOTHAM, M.D., Lect. on Obstet. and For. Med., London Hosp. E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D., Physician to St. Mary's Hospital. J. SIMON, F.R.S., Med. Officer, Gen. Board of Health, Lect. on Surg. and Pathol., St. Thomas's Hospital. SPENCER SMITH, Surg. to St. Mary's Hosp., and Dean of the Med. School. W. TYLER SMITH, M.D., Physician Acc., St. Mary's Hospital. H. H. SOUTHEY, M.D., F.R.S., Lord Chancellor's Vis. Lunatic. S. SOLLY, F.R.S., Surgeon, St. Thomas's Hospital. W. SHARPEY, M.D., Prof. Anat. and Physiol. Univ. Coll., Sec. Roy. Soc. A. SHAW, Surg. and Lect. on Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital. E. STANLEY, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A. SUTHERLAND, M.D., Lect. on the Pathol. and Treatment of Insanity, St. Luke's Hospital. S. TATUM, Surgeon to St. George's Hospital. B. TRAVERS, F.R.S., Surg. Ext. to the Queen; President of R. Coll. of Surg. J. SPENCER WELLS, Lect. on Surg. at Grosvenor-pl. School of Anatomy. Memorial from Architects, &c., in London. WE the undersigned, being Architects, or otherwise interested in the successful prosecution of the Arts of Design, beg leave to express our opinion that some recognised test of the general education given in schools would be productive of great advantage, and our satisfaction that the Universities have under their consideration the establishment of examinations for this purpose. Believing, as we do, that professional qualifications are best tested by actual practice, we think that the best preparation for professional life is a good general education. But we also think that if some knowledge of the history and principles of the Arts, and of the physical sciences connected with them, were encouraged as a part of the general education of the middle ranks, much national benefit would result from the more just appreciation of the work of professional men. (Signed) THOS. L. DONALDSON, Profess. Arch. Univ. Coll., London. C. R. COCKERELL. SYDNEY SMIRKE, A.R.A, &c. ROBERT HESKETH, F.I.B.A. THOS. HENRY WYATT, F.I.B.A. GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT, A.R.A., W. J. A. MOSELEY. RICHARD CHARLES HUSSEY, F.S.A., P. C. HARDWICK. EDWD. C. HAKEWILL. JOHN WHICHCORD, F.S.A. JAMES THOS. KNOWLES, F.R.I.B.A. CHARLES GRAY. JAS. EDMESTON, Jun. J. HENRY STEVENS, F.I.B.A. J. J. SCOLES, V.P. R.I.B. A. Memorial from Attorneys and Solicitors in London. At a Meeting of the Committee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, held on January 19th, 1858, W. Strickland Cookson, Esq., in the chair, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That this Committee has seen with great satisfaction the regulations which the University of Oxford has made to encourage a higher standard of Education among that part of the youth of the kingdom hitherto unconnected with the Universities. That the Committee feel these regulations to be especially valuable to the body of Attorneys and Solicitors, inasmuch as they will greatly facilitate arrangements long desired by the body for the purpose of securing that all young men before entering into articles of clerkship shall have received a sound Education. II.-SELECTED PAPERS RELATING TO THE EXETER EXAMINATION. THE documentary matter contained in the following pages is extracted from a journal which in a few days will be on the tables of about a thousand farmers in the West of England. These remarks are prefixed in order to introduce to the notice of those who take an interest in the education of the middle classes, an experiment which is being tried in one corner of the island under somewhat favourable circumstances.* A local Agricultural Society, the oldest, it is believed, in England, has been extended over several counties, and the stimulus of unrestricted competition has brought together a number of persons in various occupations with a common object in view. A thirst for knowledge has been excited; and a consequent sense of the evils of neglected education has been awakened, especially as regards the subjects of language and natural science. A few persons of various shades of opinion, political and religious, having learned to act together and to trust each other, have provided a small prize-fund,‡ with a view to put to a practical test * It is right to state, that neither the Council of the Bath and West of England Society, nor the Committee for the Management of the Prize Fund for Practical Schools in the West of England, are responsible for these Introductory Remarks. †The Society was established in the city of Bath on the 8th September, 1777, "For the Encouragement of Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, and the Fine Arts." No particular attention seems to have been given to the last-named object, but committees were appointed at an early period for "Agriculture and Planting," for "Manufactures and Commerce," and for "Mechanics and the Useful Arts." In the year 1790 it was resolved "that the title of the Society stand as under'The Bath and West of England Society, for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.'" This title appears to be in part borrowed from that of the “Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce," Adelphi, London, now holding its hundred-and-fourth Session. The Highland Society in Scotland was instituted in 1784, and chartered in 1787. The Board of Agriculture was established in England in 1793. The present arrangements of the Bath and West of England Society date from the year 1851. Prizes to the amount of one hundred and twenty guineas, and a life membership of the Bath and West of England Society, are offered for competition. See Notice I., p. 113, also p. 104. |