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Globe, Volume V, Issue 552, 25 March 1876, Page 4

“As the Granada was passing out of the Heads,” says the Wellington Evening Post, “an alarm of fire was given to test and display the efficiency of the arrangements on board. The alarm bell had scarcely rung when every man was in his proper place. The water buckets were cleared, the fire hose was playing, the boats in readiness to be lowered, certain officers kept back the passengers from rushing to destruction, and the entire system was ready for practical application in a marvellously short time, the movements being directed by the captain by whistle. The order and promptitude displayed reflected the greatest possible credit on all concerned, and the plan might be imitated with advantage in many of our English ships." According to a St Petersburg paper there are in Russia 53 lady doctors who have duly obtained diplomas and are now practising their profession, and 118 others are pursuing their studies with a similar object. 23 of them are married. Of the whole 171, the majority—lo2—belong to the noble class, 17 to the mercantile, 14 to the shop-keeping, 12 to the families of the clergy, and the remaining 24 to mixed classes. In England the “ medical women ” movement is also progressing, the authorities of the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham, having resolved to admit the female students to equal participation in the privileges of the male students, including attendance at the clinical lectures The Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, also, has just been legally advised that it has no power to withhold its certificates of qualification in midwifery from women who have complied with the necessary regulations.