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THE MESSRS. GUTHRIE.-In THE LABCETof the 10th of September, two statementswere printed relative to Mr. GUTHRIE andhis son. With respect to the first of themwe have received Mr. Guthrie’s unqualifiedcontradiction of its truth, and we should notbe doing justice to our own feelings if wedid not express our belief of the accuracyof the negation.With regard to the correctness of the se-

cond statement, we have no opinion to offer;but we feel it to be our duty to publish thefollowing note on the subject, which has beenforwarded to us by Mr. Guthrie, sen. :-

" Sept. 20, 1836." DEAR SIR :—Though I cannot feel my-

self at all called upon to contradict anyanonymous statement, yet as an act of cour-tesy towards you I will reply to your note,by saying, that the manner in which myname was used in connection with your son’sby some writer in THE LANCET, was whollyunwarranted. I will further add, that asfar as your son’s conduct has fallen undermy observation, it has not only not meritedmy censure, but has merited my decided

approbation, and I have always spoken ofhim in terms of commendation, never in anydisrespectful way. I am, dear Sir, yourobedient servant,

"G. H. ROE."To G. J. Guthrie, Esq."

" G. H. ROE."

CORRESPONDENTS.We received last week for insertion a let-

ter from Dr. Wayte, of Lynn, in which thedoctor defends the original "Lynn Dispen-sary" from some aspersions which he consi-ders Dr. Tweedale to have cast upon thecharacter and tendency of that 11 charity."The letter of Dr. Wayte places beyond alldoubt, in our mind, the fact that the "LynnSelf-supporting Dispensary" is a rival insti-tution " got up" by a 1’iml physician, to acertain extent " successfully" for the pri-vate interests of the one founder, and detri-mentally to those of the other. The originaldispensary is, we believe, now defunct.Such facts as we can gather from the com-munication of Dr. Wayte shall be publishednext week, until which time we find it im-

possible to devote more space than this no-tice occupies, to the public portion cf thecontroversy.A Pupil fif Charing-Cross Hospital.-If

more be admitted on the subject, the prin-cipals must defend themselves, not writeany longer by proxy.If A Pupil will divide 100 by 3, he will

find the number of w eeks. So long as theirfriends are paid for tickets of admission tothe lectures, what care the Company whohears them delivered ?The communicati ons of Mr. Ingleby, 3fr.

Savage, Mr. Roclrick, Mr. Phelau, and T. G.in our next.

NEW COURSES OF LECTURES.

IN THE LAXCET of SATURDAY NEXT, Octo.

ber the 8th, will be published the Introduc.

tory Address delivered on the re-opening ofthe Lundon University by Professor A.

T. THOMSON. The same number will con-

tain several other introductory addresses

delivered in the different medical schools of

London.

The present opportunity is embraced for

announcing that the above-mentioned num-ber of THE LANCET (No. 3 of the volumesfor the present year) will contain the first

of an extended and elaborate course of

LECTURES ON MEDICAL

JURISPRUDENCE,to be delivered immediately in the Univer-sity of London by Professor A. T. THOM-

SON. The whole of the proof-sheets of

this course will pass under the revision of

the Professor; and the lectures will containthe received doctrines and discoveries in

forensic medicine, down to the moment ofthe revision of the discourses by the lec-turer.

The enactment of the MEDICAL WITNESSES

BILL, in the last Session of Parliament, hasrendered the science of MEDICAL JURISPRD-PRUDENCE one which is pregnant with suh.jects of the deepest interest, both to MEDICALSTUDENTS and ESTABLISHED PRACTITIONERS.

There will be commenced in this Volumeof THE LANCET, and concluded in the twovolumes of the present year, a course of lec-tures by M. MAGENDIE on thePHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS

SYSTEM.The MSS. of these important lectures

will passunder the revision of M; MAGENDIE.REPORTS of the most important CLINICAL

LECTURES delivered in the great Hospitals-of the most interesting of the LONDON Hos-PITAL CASES-of the Proceedings of theMEDICAL SOCIETIES, and Reviews of Bookswill be regularly continued in this journal.

THE LANCET GALLERY OFMEDICAL PORTRAITS

will be forthwith re-opened, engravedPortraits, executed on steel, of PROFESSORGRANT and MR. WARDROP, being alreadynearly completed.