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the course of that march. He was Principal Medical Otficerto the party which sustained the siege of Jellalabad, andafter it was raised on the 7th of April, 1842, he joinedGeneral Pollock’s army, and was present at all the actionsfought by it between Jelalabad and Cabul. For hisservices in Afghanistan he received three medals. In 1843he was appointed Secretary to the Medical Board. In 1852he was appointed Apothecary-General. He held this im-

portant office until late in 1853, when he was promoted tothe rank of Superintending-Surgeon, and was posted to thePegu circle. In April, 1857, he was posted to the Meerutcircle, and reached Meerut three days before the mutinybroke out. He was then appointed Director-General of theBengalMedicalDepartment, the arduous duties of which officehe performed until the close of the mutiny. In 1861 he wasappointed Honorary Physician to the Queen, being the firstwho attained that distinction in India. In April, 1862,after forty-one years and eleven months’ uninterrupted workin India he retired from the service, the Governor-Generalnotifying in the Gazette, among other expressions of un-qualified approval, that "Dr. Forsyth’s career has been oneof continued usefulness and honour." In 1862 he wascreated a Companion of the Bath, and in 1881 the dignity ofKnight Commander of the Star of India was conferred uponhim. Few men have ever been more thoroughly qualifiedthan he was for hard work and high command in India. Offine constitution, great physical power, a noble presence,and endowed with the highest moral and physical courage-wise, just, and moderate-he was a born leader of men.His manner was reserved; he was not of ready and fluentspeech; Nature had given him a warm temper, which heheld under strong control; but reticent as he was, one whoknew him intimately, and worked with him for years,writes:—"Every word he uttered was to the purpose,decisive, and pointed. His judgment in all official matterswas excellent, although he was by no means quick indeliberation. His reticence covered a heart of the mostaffectionate kindliness, generosity only limited by hismeans and his perfect conscientiousness, and a deep butunostentatious religious faith and practice."

RICHARD HENRY PRIOR, M.D.Dp. PRIOR, whose death, on the 4th inst., from heart

disease, at the early age of thirty-seven, we announced lastweek, was a distinguished student at King’s College, andhaving taken the diplomas of L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.,and, later on, the degrees of M.D. and Cb.D., in 1869settled in St. Albans, where his skill and attention to hispatients soon gained for him an extensive practice. He heldseveral public appointments, being one of the honorarymedical officers to the St. Albans Hospital and Dispensary,for some time medical officer of health for St. Albans, andmedical officer to the second district of the St. AlbansUnion. In 1875 he was a successful candidate for municipalhonours, being returned second on the poll, and he servedthe town in the capacity of councillor for several years. In1877 he was elected Mayor of St. Albans, and in thatcapacity discharged the duties in the council chamber andon the city bench which fall to the lot of the chief magis-trate with dignity and tact. He was a member of the SchoolBoard from its formation and was its first chairman, a

member of the Public Library and School of Art Committees,and a director of the St. Albans Building Society. He was,too, we understand, one of the gentlemen just appointed bythe Lord Chancellor to the post of J. P. for the city ofSt. Albans. He was a man of large sympathy and generosity,and among the poor was held in high esteem.

JAMES GARSTANG, F.R.C.S. ENG.MR. JAMES GARSTANG died on the 15th instant at his

residence at Lytham, after a protracted illness. He was a

pupil of Messrs. Lodge and Walton, of Preston, and in 1827became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, and in1828 took the M.R.C.S. diploma. In 1852 he was elected anHonorary Fellow of the College of Surgeons. Mr. Garstangcommenced practice in Clitheroe, and only about ten yearsago removed to Lytham, where his practice lay chieflyamongst his personal friends. He was for many years amagistrate for the county, and he also acted as one of theLocal Improvement Commissioners up to the time of thechange in the constitution of that Board.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS LONDON.

AT an ordinary meeting of Fellows, held at the RoyalCollege of Physicians on the 25th instant, the President, SirWilliam Jenner, referred with deep feeling to the loss theCollege had sustained, since its last meeting, in the death ofSir Thomas Watson, and suggested that the Fellows shouldpass a resolution expressing the extraordinary sense they hadof the high merits of Sir Thomas Watson and the obligationthey owed to him as a body. The proposal was unanimouslyadopted, and the resolution when drawn up will be forwardedto the immediate relatives. The following councillors wereelected : Drs. Quain, Ba,lfour, Ogle, and Sir H. Cooper, M.D.,in the room of Drs. Wilks, Stone, Buchanan, and Fox, whogo out of office. A communication was read from Sir Chas.Dilke relative to the, International Colonial and ExportTrade Exhibition, to be held at Amsterdam during May andOctober, 1883, containing information relative to the pro-gramme of the Section for Colonial Medicine. The annualReport of the Examiners was then read. It is satis-factory to record that the ’number of candidates presentingthemselves for examination is every year increasing. Theyear included in the present report shows an increase of40 per cent. over its predecessor. Reports were also pre-sented from the Sanitary and the Finance Committee. A dis-cussion arose on the adoption of the Treasurer’s report withregard to the insurance of the College building and con-teuts from fire. It was thought that no sum of money couldrepresent the professional, and even national, value of manyof the works and reliques of the past collected within itswalls. It was eventually arranged that an opinion shouldbe taken as to the best means of securing against the con-tingencies of fire, or of promptly dealing with it if itoccurred. The last business on the agenda was the mostimportant. It was to consider a recommendation (1) toinstitute a special examination on the subject of Hygiene,or State Medicine ; (2) to institute a special examination onthe subject of Psychological Medicine ; the Council statingin their report that the scheme would confer a great benefiton the public and supply a much-needed want in the pro-fession. Some discussion arose, but the hour was so latethat the subject was adjourned for further consideration tillthe next meeting.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. -

The following gentlemen passed the Second Examinationfor the licence (Anatomy, Physiology, &c.) on Jan. 22nd ;-

Caskey, John Shaw. Jones, John.Davies, Ivor Henry. Kent, George Dugan.

Maturin, Benjamin Allen.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.The following gentlemen, having passed the requiredexamination for the diploma, were admitted Members ofthe College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners onMonday last :-

Armstrong, A. J. Mackenzie, L.R.C.P. Ed., Chippenham-road.Atkinson, William, M.D. Qu. Univ. Irel., Camden Town.Black, William Jones, L.S.A., Manchester.Burman, F. James, Wath. near Rotherham.Chadwick, John, L S.A., Rochdale.Davies. John Thomas, L.R.C.P. Ed., Rhyl, North Wales.Fink, George Herbert, L.S.A., Regent’s Park College.Fletcher, John, L.S.A., Manchester.House, P. W. M’Dowall, L.S.A., Barking-road.Hudson, 0. Henderson, Sheffield.Jackson, John Wm., L.R.C.P. Ed., Fulford-road, York.Jones, Arthur, Ormskirk.Keess, Arthur, L.R.C.P. Ed., Woburn-place.Liptrot, Alfred Bailey, Wigan.Loga.n, Robert, M.D. M’Gill Coll., Michigan.Mead, Rivis, M.B. Ed., Whitby.Owen, J. F. Holland, Rainhill, Liverpool.Rowell, Robert Henry, L.S.A., Houghton-le- Spring.Young, John More, M.B. Glas., Rothwell, Northampton.

The following gentlemen were admitted Members of theCollege on Tuesday last :-

Arthy, G. F. Seaman, Manchester.Buck, Lewis Archer, Newmans-row.Gresswell, Albert, Louth, Lincolnshire.Holt, Henry Lyttleton, L.R.C.P. Ed., Devonshire-place.Holton, Richard, L S.A., Lincoln.Hunt, Edwin Guy, Halesowen.Lane, Benjamin Hugh, L.R.C.P. Ed., Victoria-street.