"A communication was received from the guardians of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras, stating that there was an increase in the number of inquests held upon the bodies of persons dying in the workhouse, and that a majority of them were unnecessary; but the guardians were powerless to prevent such inquests being held, and were of opinion that if the fees receivable by the medical officers of the workhouses in the metropolis were abolished, a number of such inquests would no longer be held." The insinuation against the metropolitan Poor-Law medical officers of a charge of obtaining fees under false pretences, does credit to the shopkeepers in limited lines of business out of whose inner self-consciousness it sprang. Of course the inquests held upon many of the paupers who have died in the St. Pancras Workhouse have been unnecessary. There, not very much more particularly than in other workhouses, can the majority of paupers be supposed to perish from special neglect. Most of them, no doubt, die of mere misery. * * * * * =Victoria and Hahnemann.= "The QUEEN has been pleased to send a present of game for the patients of the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton." _Similia similibus._ HER MAJESTY treats, by promoting consumption. But the First of Lady Doctors does not "exhibit" infinitesimal doses. Truly Royal practice of homoeopathy. * * * * * THE SOUTH KENSINGTON BAZAAR. MR. PUNCH has seldom been more disgusted--and that is saying a good deal in these days--than by the low, sordid, Philistine, anticosmopolitan agitation on the subject of the International Exhibitions. He will endeavour to express himself calmly on the topic, but gives no pledge that he will not be induced to use strong language. British manufacturers and vendors complain (he hates people that complain of anything) that the Foreigner is unduly and unjustly favoured by the directors of these Exhibitions. "Foreigner!" At the outset, that word is in itself offensive. All mankind are Brothers, more or less. But let that pass. The Foreigner is allowed to bring to South Kensington whatever wares he pleases, and to exhibit them to the best advantage at handsome stalls, for which he pays no rent. To the Exhibition the British public is invited by every official blandishment--fete, flower-show, and music are among the attractions--and for several months the very best and most opulent portion of society is thus brought to be tempted by the Foreigner's productions.