It is clear, not only from the letters which we
publish else- where, but from other equally remarkable indications, that the Oxford feeling agaiust the organisation of a physiological laboratory with every arrangement for vivisection is very deep and wide-spread. Here is an illustration. The Rev. Coker- Adams, of Saham Rectory, Thetford, has sent to the Bursar of New College, Oxford, the following letter :—" To the Senior Bursar, New College, Oxford.—Saham Rectory, Thetford, St. Barnabas' Day, 1883. My dear Bursar,—If the University of Oxford has no better employment for its money than the ex- penditure of £10,000 in promoting Vivisection, that learned body cannot want and shall not have another sixpenaffrom me. Should there be any way of becoming unattached to the University, while remaining, technically as truly, attached to my College, I will gladly avail myself of it. Otherwise, I must regretfully request that you will take my name off the books at the end of the academical year.—Believe me, yours, very truly, Comm-AD./ins." But we sincerely hope that Mr. Coker-Adams will reconsider his course. It is always a pity to diminish the number of the Opposition, especially if there be any chance of turning the Opposition into the Ministry. Our notion is that while there is a good war to wage, an efficient soldier should never throw up his commission.
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