Oct. 23, 1873] 
NATURE 
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it extended to South Kensington, nor were fifty trustees the 
proper administrators of public money to the amount of hundreds 
of thousands a year granted to science and art. He appealed to 
_ art students throughout the country not to allow the work of 
the Prince Consort to be destroyed, and the means of their 
own instruction to be taken away or muddled with old 
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decaying notions. He urged them to call upon their repre- 
sentatives in Parliament—and an election was not far off— 
to protect their interests and rights from unprincipled invasion ; 
and he offered his humble services, if he could assist them, to 
preserve the institution which the Prince Consort founded from 
the hands of the ignorant spoiler. Mr. Melly, M.P., in propos- 
ing a vote of thanks to Mr. Cole, spoke in terms of praise of his 
efforts to spread art and science, and said it would be far more 
sensible to transfer the British Museum to South Kensington 
than to place the latter under the management of the British 
Museum. It was not by following antiquated notions that the 
work of education was to be carried on, but by adopting the free- 
trade principle which Mr. Cole had carried out at South Ken- 
sington. He was the Cobden and Bright in the education of art 
and science. He had been in this matter a true free-trader, and 
in following the public he had served it. Mr. Cole, in respond- 
ing, offered 50/. towards the establishment of a local museum.” 
Surely it is monstrous that while a Royal Commission is sitting 
to inquire into these matters the Government should thus 
attempt to make the Commissioners look ridiculous by taking 
_ such a step without waiting for their report. This is another 
tion to New Guinea. 
the west coast, and crossed the main land to the Bay of 
al 
instance of the ignorant action of Government in all matters ap- 
pertaining to Science. 
THE Challenger reached the coast of Brazil on September 15 
last, after a successful but rather stormy voyage across the 
Atlantic. She was to have left Bahia on September 25 for the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Mr. SCLATER has received a letter from Dr. A. B. Meyer, 
announcing his return to Vienna after a most successful expedi- 
Dr. Meyer landed in Mac Cleur’s inlet on 
_ Geelvink. He has obtained fresh specimens of nearly all the 
known Paradise-birds, and of one which he belives to be new to 
science, 
THE examination for Natural Science Scholarships, held in 
common at the same time and with the same papers for Mag- 
dalen, Merton, and Jesus Colleges, Oxford, has terminated in 
the following elections :—At Magdalen College, to the Demy- 
ship, Mr. W. W. Jones, of Clifton College ; to the Exhibition, 
Mr. F. J. Bell, of Christ’s Hospital. At Merton College, to the 
Postmasterships, Mr. W. Carter, of Blackburn Science School, 
and Mr. F, J. Bell, of Christ’s Hospital. At Jesus College, to 
the Scholarship, Mr. E. W. Poulter. It will be seen that Mr. 
Bell was elected by two colleges and has decided to accept the 
election to Magdalen. There were fourteen candidates. The 
election to the Biological Fellowship at Magdalen College took 
place on Saturday last, when Mr. C. J. F. Yule, of St. John’s 
College, Cambridge, was announced jas the successful candidate. 
' The election to the Physics Fellowship at Merton College will 
not take place until Oct. 30. 
WE regret to have to announce the death of M. Jules Pierre 
Verreaux, Aide-Naturaliste au Musée d’Histoire Naturelle du 
Jardin des Plantes. M. Verreaux was_a great traveller in early 
life, and enriched the French National Museum by large collec- 
tions from the Cape and Australia. On his return to Europe, he 
was for many years scientific assistant to his brother, the late 
Edward Verreaux, at the Maison]|Verreaux in the Place Royale at 
Paris, so well known to naturalists of all countries. After 
his} brother’s death, M, Verreaux accepted the office in the Jardin 
des Plantes, which he held until his decease. M. Verreaux had 
a very complete and extensive knowledge of the class of birds, 
and was the author of numerous ornithological memoirs and 
papers. His loss will be severely felt by ornithologists who 
have occasion to consult the rich collection in the Jardin des 
Plantes, and by many friends and correspondents in this country 
and elsewhere. 
WE have also to record the death of Dr. Otto Wacherer, a 
German physician, resident at Bahia, who made large collec- 
tions in various branches of Natural History, and was the 
author of an excellent memoir on the Ophidians of that district 
of South America, published in the Zoological Society's ** Pro- 
ceedings,” 
Dr. BEsSELS, of the olaris expedition, has given evidence 
that the death of Captain Hall was solely due to natural causes. 
Sir C.'B, ADDERLEY, M.P., speaking at the annual meet- 
ing of Saltley Reformatory yesterday, expressed his satisfaction 
at the undoubted diminution of crime in this country. He did 
not attribute the decrease to any change in our system of secon- 
dary punishments but to the gradual spread of education and 
enlightenment, more especially among the lower classes. 
On November 18 there will be an election at Balliol College, 
Oxford, to a scholarship on the foundation of Miss Hannah 
Brackenbury, “for the encouragement of the Study of Natural 
Science ;” worth 8o0/. a year (and tuition free) for four years : 
open to all such candidates as shall not have exceeded eight 
terms from Matriculation. At ten o'clock, A.M., papers will 
be set in the following subjects :—(1) Mechanical Philosophy 
and Physics; (2) Chemistry ;°(3) Physiology ; but candidates 
will not be expected to offer themselves in more than two of 
these. There will also be a practical examination in one or more 
of the above subjects, if the examiners think it expedient. Can- 
didates are requested to communicate their intention to the 
Master of Balliol by letter, on or before Monday, November fo, 
enclosing testimonials from their colleges or schools, and (if 
members of the University) certificates of their Matriculation ; 
and stating the subjects in which they offer themselves for ex- 
amination. 
WE have received the List of the Candidates who took 
Honours at the May Examination of Science Schools and Classes 
in connection with the Science and Art Department. We are 
sorry that our space does not permit us to publish the list of 
names, which we are glad to see is very large ; it is, moreover, very 
gratifying to notice that in nearly every department a considerable 
proportion of the successful Candidates have been “ self-taught.” 
THE following science-teachers, who attended the special 
course of instruction in magnetism and electricity to science- 
teachers, in connection with the Science and Art Department, 
having passed first class, are registered as qualified to earn pay- 
ments in magnetism and electricity :—T. N. Andrews, G. Arm- 
strong, T. Bayley, J. Bresland, R, Brown, W. Cook, S. 
Cooke, J. Hamilton, H. Harris, J. Harte, D. Low, S. 
G. Maunder, A. J. Rider, A. Robinson. J. Sayle, J. 
Simpson, C. Symons, P. H. Trachy, J. Webb, J. W. 
Woods. The following for the same reason are registered 
as qualified to earn payment in acoustics, light, and heat :— 
J. Alexander, T. J. Baker, S. Barbour, J. Beavis, G. R. Begley, 
P. Doyle, J. B. Duckett, T. Elliott, T. Isherwood, G. Jeffrey, 
L. M. Leader, E. Leech, E. Magennis, J. Marsahll, J. Moylan, 
W. Patterson, E. Reynolds, L. J. Ryan, J. Schofield, G. Severs, 
W. J. Snowdon, W. Sturgess, C. Symons. 
THE name of Dr. Kaup, whose death we noted last week, 
was inadvertently misspelled ‘‘ Kemp.” Jean Jacques Kaup was 
Grand-ducal Inspector of the Natural History Museum of Darm- 
stadt. 
Sir SAMUEL AND Lapy BAKER, it is said, have accepted an 
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