18 JANUARY 1896, Page 14

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

versity of London. His indomitable pluck and endurance in doing so when in the grip of mortal illness even equalled those of the late Sir George Jessel. On one occasion he was carried ED the stairs to preside at a meeting of the Senate, and showed as alert an attention and command of the business as he could ever have done in his life, though he was, too evidently, a dying man.—I am, Sir, &c.,

AN OLD MEMBER OF THE SENATE.