The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-30 00:00:00

Barley. Oats. Flour.
6,500 qrs. 9,450 qrs. 6,400 sacks
7,010
40

-- brls.

LEWES MARKET.—ApriI 27.
3s. 2d. to 3s. 10(1. Veal 4s. 4d. to 4s. 9d.
Mutton 310 4 8 I Pork 3 2 3 8
A moderate supply, and,ddull trade.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

MEDICAL DIPLOMA.

In the " Second Statement by the Council," published
before the opening of the University in 1828, it is an-
nounced that "besides Certificates of .the Professors, the
University will grant Certificates of General Proficiency
in literature and Science. Every Student will be re-
quired to produce a certain number of Professors' Certi-
ficates, before be can be allowed to enter upon examina-
tion for the General Certificate."

The object in granting this certificate, is to put the
student in possession of a document which shall be an
evidence of his having acquired at the University a certain
amount of knowledge in the different departments of ge-
neral and professional education. But to make the docu-
ment practically useful, it must have such a designation
as the person obtaining it can conveniently affix to bis
name and be called by; as is the case when he takes a
degree at an incorporated University.
The Council have been for some time engaged in con-
siderating the qualifications, conditions, and the form
under which this diploma shall be granted in the diffe-
rent departments of education ; they have not yet
settled what these shall be in any other than the
Medical School, but expect to be able to an-
n ounce the whole scheme before the conclusion of
the present session. Having come to a decision upon the
medical diploma, the Council have thought it advisable to
make it known before the medical students of the preset .t
session shall be dispersed.
It has been resolved that the general University certifi-
cate shall be granted, in the medical school, under the fol-
lowing conditions and regulations, and that it shall be
called " The Diploma of Master of Medicine and Surgery
in the University of London," (which may be thus trans-
lated and abbreviated, M. Med. et Chir. U.L.)
1. That the candidate shall be twenty-one years of age.
2. That he shall have attended lectures on professional sub.
jects, during three academical sessions of this University; or
two sessions at this University, and one winter session of at
least five months' duration in any established school at home or
abroad.

3. That he shall have acquired certificates of honour+ in the
following classes in the University :
Practice of Medicine,—Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Mid.
wifery, and Diseases of Women and Children, Materia Medica,
Botany, Chemistry, and Anatomical Demonstrations and Dis.
sections.

4. That in the year which may be spent out of the University,
he shall have attended lectures on two different professional
subjects, each course of such lectures being of at least five months'
duration.

5. That he shall have attended the medical practice of an hoe.
pital, containing at least 100 beds, for twelve months; and the
surgical practice of the same hospital, or another hospital of the
same number of beds for the like period of twelve months.
6. That he shall be required to translate a passage in writing
from Celsus, Gregory, Heberden, or other Latin medical author.

7. That h'sving-coiriplied with. the preceding regulations, he
shall write an Essay in the English language on some professional
subject, chosen by himself, and approved of by the Faculty of
Medicine before the Essay is composed. That this Essay shall
be read in whole or in part, as the Faculty may desire, at a
public meeting in the University ; and that the candidate shall
be called upon to explain or defend the doctrines maintained in
his Essay. That he shall also make an anatomical demonstra-
tion, and be examined upon any part of his professional studies
on which the Faculty of Medicine may think proper to propose
questions.
In proposing the above regulations for conferring an
honorary distinction, suited to Surgeons and General
Practitioners, the Council have thought it proper to re-
quire attendance on those classes only which are necessary
for obtaining the Diploma of the College of. Surgeons of
London, and Society of Apothecaries. But they are de-
sirous that the attention of Medical Students should also
be particularly directed to the subjects of Clinical Medi-
cine, Comparatire Anatomy, and Medical Jurisprudence :
and it will also be a great recommendation to candidates
that they should possess some knowledge of Mathematics,
Natural Philosophy, and Natural History. The scheme
of instruction in the University affords ample opportunity
for such studies; and a diligent pupil, during the period
prescribed by the regulations, may obtain respectable
knowledge in several of these departments, without inter-
fering with the more direct object of his pursuits.
The Diploma will be conferred in public on the 23d of
December in each year, or the 22d, if the 23d be a
Sunday; and the examinations wi I commence on the cor-
responding day of the preceding week. The essay must be
sent to the Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine on or
before the 15th of November, and boost be signed by the
candidate, with a declaration that it is wholly his own
composition. In the event of students leaving England,
or in other cases of emergency, the diploma will be grant..
ed at other periods of the session, if the candidates possess
the necessary qualifications.
In selecting the designation, care has been taken to avoid
all interference with the titles and privileges coaferred by
chartered bodies. The value of the diploma to the pos-
sessor of it will depend upon its being known to be granted
to those only who, eta a strict examination, prove them-
selves worthy of such a distinction.

The following extract from a report of the Faculty of
Medicine, contains their views as to the good effects upon
the education of medical students which this measure may
tend to produce.
" The medical profession is divided into three classes,
viz. physicians, surgeons, and general practitioners. The
latter form by far the greater body, and until this Univer-
sity can give a physician's degree, not many of those des-
tined for that branch of the profession can be expected to
take any considerahle part of their education in its Medi-
cal School.

" Under the appellation of general practitioners are in-
cluded two distinct classes of medical men. One of these
consists of practitioners who hold a highly respectable
rank in the profession, and who have devoted much time,
labour, and money to their professional education; men
possessed of some attainments in the collateial sciences,
and who, practising their profession in a liberal and scien-
tific spirit, have the highest claim to the confidence of
the public. Another class bearing the same appellation,
consists of those who have acquired the right to practise
by possessing only the minimum of knowledge by which
the licence can be obtained, earned by the smallest possible
expenditure of time, and labour, and who consequently
have very imperfect professional attainments. The public
possess so little knowledge of the details of a medical and
surgical education, that all the most serious duties of a
profession are commonly confided, without inquiry, to
any one who calls himself a general prac►itioner, and to
such hands, especially in the country, the largest portion
of professional duty and responsibility is intrusted.

It becomes therefore a great duty for the Uni►ersity
to endeavour to remedy the evil, as far as it has the means
of doing so, by holding out this honorary distinction as
encouragement to general practitioners to follow such a
more extended course of study as the science they profess,
and as the public interest require."
(By order of the Council,)
LEONARD HORNER, Warden.
Uni►ersity of London, 24th April, 1830.

• It is proper to explain to those unacquainted with the
system of the University, that Certificates of Honour are granted
at the conclusion of each session to the more distinguished stu-
dents in the several classes. The distinction is conferred, if an-
swers in writing to questions proposed during a very carefully
conducted examination, shall prove that the student must have
diligently attended to the instruction of the Professor.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Earl
Of ABERDEEN, Viscount BERESFORD, and the CHANCEL-
LOR of the EXCHEQUER had interviews with the Duke of
WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury.

WINGS OF INSECTS.—The transparent wings
of certain insects are so attenuated in their structure that
50,000 of them placed over each other would not form a
pile a quarter of an inch thick.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet
Cyclopedia.