Cases of longevity are not only much more common, but also more extraordinary in respect to a greater duration, in Russia than in any other part of Europe; thus, from the report of the holy synod, published in 1827, it appears that there were living in 1825, among those who professed the Greco-Russian religion throughout the empire, not fewer than 848 males who were 100 and more years old; among whom, 32 had passed the age of 120, 4 were between 125 and 130, and 4 others between 130 and 135 years of age. Out of 606,881 males who died in 1826, 2785 had passed the age of 90 years; 1432 that of 95; and 818 that of 100. Among the latter, 38 were more than 115 years of age; 24 more than 120; 7 more than 125; and one was 160 years old at his death. MEDICAL GAZETTE. _Saturday, December 27, 1828._ "Licet omnibus, licet etiam mihi, dignitatem _Artis Medicæ_ tueri; potestas modo veniendi in publicum sit, dicendi periculum non recuso."--CICERO. ANALYSIS OF WAKLEY'S DEFENCE ON THE LATE TRIAL. We last week presented our readers with a full[20] and, we trust, accurate account of the trial for libel, which has recently excited so much interest; and we offered some remarks of a general nature upon its result and tendency. We had purposed at the same time to subject Mr. Wakley's mode of conducting his cause to a critical investigation, but this we were prevented from doing by want of time and space. We thought it likely, too, that the Editor of the Lancet would have fairly met the question in his next publication, and himself put the facts of the case, at least, on record: instead of this, however, he has devoted his pages to compliments to himself, and scurrilous and absurd abuse of Sir James Scarlett, in which he informs us that in his opinion that gentleman is "prodigiously overrated even as a lawyer," and says many other things, which serve only to shew how dreadfully Wakley himself had smarted under his lash. We find the general opinion to correspond with that which we expressed last week--that the defendant had managed his cause in a very bungling manner; and the estimation in which he and his witnesses were held by Judge and Jury is apparent from the charge of the one, and decision of the other. Both, indeed, regarded the asseverations of his whole _family party_ as dust in the balance against the testimony of one single competent and honourable man--Mr. Callaway; for on his evidence the result obviously hinged. Our contemporary affects to look upon the verdict as a triumph on his part--so he would if the damages had been five hundred or a thousand pounds, for in truth he has nothing else for it; and with all our hearts we wish him many such victories.