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tribution  of  $10,000.  The  medical  corps  of  the  hospital  are  greatly  in 
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has  been  commenced,  1787  patients  were  treated  the  past  year, 
of  whom  740  were  natives  and  the  remainder  of  foreign  birth.  The 
whole  number  of  patients  of  all  kinds  from  the  foundation  of  the  Hospi- 
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OBITUARY. 
Prof.  John  Millington,  an  eminent  chemist  and  practical  miner, 
died  at  Richmond,  Ya.,  on  the  10th  instant,  aged  eighty-nine.  He  was 
a  native  of  London,  and  an  associate  of  Mc  Adam,  whose  name  is  immor- 
talized by  his  process  of  macadamizing.  He  formerly  was  occupied  at 
the  Royal  Institution  during  the  period  of  Sir  Humphrey  Davy's  admin- 
istration. Mr.  Millington  lived  in  Mexico  several  years,  and  engaged  in 
the  mining  business.  Subsequently  he  became  Professor  of  Chemistry 
in  old  William  and  Mary  College,  in  Virginia,  and  filled  that  chair  with 
g;eat  acceptance  for  twelve  years.  Afterward  he  became  Professor  of 
Chemistry  and  Geology  in  the  University  of  Mississippi.  At  a  ripe  old 
age  he  retired  to  private  life,  and  for  several  years  he  resided  in  Phila- 
delphia. 
