The Morison lectures for the present year have been delivered by Dr. Alexander Bruce, who has chosen for his subject “The Nerve Tracts and Connections of the Special Nerves in the Spinal Cord, Mid and Hind Brain.”

The following gentlemen now serve as Commissioners for general control and correspondence, and for the superintending and directing the erection, establishment, and regulation of ayslums for the pauper lunatics of Ireland:—The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Holmes, Mr. Thomas Robertson, Dr. O'Farrell, Dr. Courtenay, F. R. Cruise, M.D., Mr. David Drummond, and Mr. Charles Kennedy. It will be observed that the retirement of General Sir R. H. Sankey, R.E., from the chairmanship of the Board of Public Works has been followed by the appointment of Mr. Robertson, who succeeds him in that office as well as on the Board of Control.

We have pleasure in recording the presentation to Dr. Nicolson, by the officers and staff of the Broadmoor Asylum, of a silver bowl, with appropriate inscription, on the occasion of his resigning his post at that asylum.

We regret to have to record the death of Dr. François Joseph Semal, physician and director of the great asylum at Mons, on the 16th May. We hope to give an account of Dr. Semal's life and work in the next number of the Journal.

Mr. Corbet has given notice of a resolution that “it is desirable that an International Commission be convoked to inquire into this matter.”

Applications were received from 491 candidates for admission to the recent examination. These were drawn from 27 English, nine Irish, and seven Scotch Asylums. The returns show that of this number 397 were successful, 86 failed to satisfy the Examiners, and eight withdrew. The following is a list of successful candidates:—

The next Examination for the Certificate in Psychological Medicine will be held on Thursday, July 16th, 1896, at 10 o'clock a.m., in London at Bethlem Hospital; in Edinburgh at the Royal Asylum, Morningside; in Glasgow at the Royal Asylum, Gartnavel; in Aberdeen at the Royal Asylum, Aberdeen; and in Dublin at the Richmond Asylum, Grangegorman. Applications for admission to the Examination should be sent not later than Thursday, July 2nd, 1896, to the Registrar, who will be happy to supply any further information on this subject.