The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 2, 1867

from Mr. A. DURHAM, and it was a practical one.
The students in this hospital have many advan-
tages from the numerous cases before them for
study, and, as the lecturer truly observed,
a man could not learn his duties so well
at a small hospital as at a large one. By
extended observation he learned that no two
cases are ever exactly alike, and that the treatment
applied to each should be adapted to its special re-
quirements. To sum up his advice in a few words,
he urged the students around him to " observe cor-
rectly, to examine carefully, and to investigate
thoroughly." Many mistakes may be made in the
history of science, because men will not take the
trouble to follow these plain rules, and in conse-
quence were compelled to guess at results rather than
to draw their own conclusions from experience.
Some sensible observations were made in conclusion
respecting the faults and flaws that exist in the
profession, and which do more harm than even the
" quackery without."
At King's College Professor MILNER gave an
admirable address, and directed his observations
especially to those who, just entering upon their
task, saw with dismay what lay before them. He
impressed upon them that the most important part
of a man's education was that which he gained
himself. Among other counsel which the learned
Professor gave to his young hearers was the import-
ance of having some rest in their arduous avocations;
and the due observance of Sunday was, he said,
of value for health, besides being a religious duty.
This is a mistake often made at the present time,
when people are apt to think that they cannot do
too much, and persist in forgetting the importance
of rest. At the University College the address
was delivered by Professor HEWITT, who confined
his remarks principally to the treatment of disease,
concerning which ho made some very rational
observations, and he directed some notice
to the importance of the nutritive treat-
ment being rightly adopted. Dr. LETHEBY,
at the London Hospital, made some interesting
remarks. He said that 87 years ago their pre-
decessors met in that Hospital to inaugurate the
first medical session in the metropolis ; and if
those earnest men that day assembled could rise
from their graves and sec them now assembled
with their educational work before them they
would feel wonder and admiration. Altogether
we may consider that these addresses are full of
hope and promise, and seem to indicate that the
changes which must inevitably take place in the
medical profession, as iu others, are for the most
part in the right direction ; and here, as elsewhere,
we mu notice much greater freedom from pre-
judice than in former times.

The Reform League apparently are not inclined
to enjoy their holiday. Now that the troublesome
bill has actually been carried through both houses,
and has received the Royal assent, they might, one
would think, be inclined to let politics alone for
awhile. But they possess so much redundant
energy that they feel themselves capable not only
of putting their own country in order, but of
regulating the affairs of other nations. They are
willing not only to assistLordDEnuY, or, if need be,
Mr. GLADSTONE, in managing the business of Great
Britain, but they are quite ready to give the benefit
of their opinions to King VICTOR EMMANUEL
and his Cabinet. Just now they are determined
to make the weight of their displeasure felt abroad,
and accordingly a public meeting was held last
evening at St. James's Hall, under the presidency of
Mr. EDMUND BEALES, for the purpose of express-
ing their sympathy with GARIBALDI, and their
indignation at his imprisonment. The speeches
were all to this effect, and were more or less
vehement. RICCIOTTI GARIBALDI was among the
speakers, and was, of course, listened to with deep
interest and attention, as his own reputation and
his father's fame deserved. But we may remind the
Leaguers that the position of the Italian Government
is a difficult and a critical one, and that, in pursuance
of the principles of liberty and toleration which they
so louily profess, they should be a little less ready
in their wholesale denunciations of persons at a dis-
tance, who are acting from motives which they are
unable to understand, and amid circumstances with
which they are totally unfamiliar. It is too much
the habit of the present day to show our own
wisdom and liberty by abusing every one else, and
the Reformers of London will not benefit the cause
of oppressed nationalities, nor raise their own re-
putation for political sagacity by embroiling them-
selves with every one who does not think, speak,
and act exactly after their pattern.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Monday Evening.

King Victor Emmanuel has returned to Florence,
and the telegrams received from that city to-day
announce that perfect tranquillity prevails through-
out the whole of the kingdom of Italy.
As was supposed 'the Italian Parliament will
meet in a very few days. The Government is well
aware that under the present excited circumstances
it is necessary to consult the representatives of the
nation, to explain its conduct, and to lay before the
Chamber the diplomatic correspondence which has
been exchanged with the French Government. The
Opposition, it is said, mean to propose a resolution
to the effect that the arrest of Garibaldi was illegal,
being contrary to article 45 of the fundamental
statute, which declares the personal inviolability of
its representatives. The Opposition deputies have
also drawn up a collective letter, in which they
invite the President of the Chamber, should he not
have received a more direct communication, to inter-
vene with his personal authority with the responsible
Ministers "to obtain the, prompt reparation of an
illegality which is calculated deeply to wound the
national feelings."
Some of the papers still believe that France will
again interfere for the protection of the Pope, and
that another French forco will be sent to Rome. I
do not think that the rumour is well founded, but
yet the Journal des Debuts, a journal of so much
influence, seems to believe in it, for it argues that
the convention of last September did not afford a
solution of the difficulty, which has been much
increased by recent circumstances.
A letter from Nismes, dated Sept. 26, gives an
account of the remarkable and terrible effects of the
storm in that city, which was more daring than
ever known in that locality. The account speaks
of " avalanches" of chimneys and tiles from the
roofs, and says that the streets were encumbered
with b►icks and fragments. In the neighbouring
town of St. Gilles a Madame Bruginer was passing
along the street when a portion of the facade of a
house was precipitated upon her head, which broke
her skull, and death ensued instantaneously. Great
havoc has been ml.de among the olive crops.
In the machine gallery of the Exhibition is seen
a vertical steam engine, partly gilt and partly plated
with silver, so that at the same time it is handsome
as well as curious. But the principal merit of this
machine does not consist of its beauty. As a spe-
cimen of progress in this branch of industry it is
curious, from the novelty of applying the motive
power. It affords an interesting specimen of the
various machines constructed by MM. Hermann,
Lachapelle, and Co., and Charles Glover, many of
which are to be seen in various parts of the Champ
de Mars, of a horse power varying from one to
fifteen horses. Several of these machines are con-
stantly at work, and they form the motive power
for hydraulic machines for manufacturing soda
water, lemonade, and even for cutting diamonds.
These machines occupy very little space, they are
easily fixed, and they work with such regularity