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art to be worked in the nobler metals by Mr. G. C. Stanton. 
On the mantel-pieces, and on brackets, were placed a 
medallion portrait in marble by the last-named artist, and 
busts and statuettes in ivory and alabaster by Mr. B. 
Oheverton. The useful process of rendering soft stone hard, 
and making it resemble marble, according to Barrett’s pro- 
cess, was likewise exhibited by Mr. J. Part, jun. 
On the tables were placed many of the rarer chemicals, by 
Mr. Squires and Mr. Bolton ; specimens from the Royal 
Botanic Society, and Royal Veterinary College ; an admirable 
collection of models, in wax, of morbid parts and diseases of 
the skin, by Mr. H. B. Tuson ; the different purgative 
agents used for the horse, by Mr. J. Field ; the drugs em- 
ployed by the native horse-doctors of the north-west pro- 
vinces of India and the Punjaub, by Mr. F. G. C. Shaw; 
and specimens showing the manufacture of alum and soda, 
by Mr. C. Stephenson. Microscopes, exhibiting living and 
other objects of professional interest, were brought by Messrs. 
Simonds, Varley, and Gamgee, and a stand, with stereo- 
scopes, was furnished by Mr. W. E. Kilburn; while anato- 
mical and botanical drawings were freely distributed over the 
rooms. The ground-floor was appropriated to refreshments, 
which, as before, were on the most liberal scale, and supplied 
by the Messrs. Gunter. 
The meeting was certainly all that could be desired. After 
the customary introductions, much animated conversation 
took place on the different articles so kindly lent for the 
occasion, accompanied with the interchange, between the 
members of the two professions, of the most friendly senti- 
ments towards each other, and of the advantages that w r ould 
be derived from these reunions more frequently taking place. 
If the objects this year were fewer in number than those of 
last year, there was one feature in the arrangement made by the 
Committee — who w^ere anxious to avoid repetition — valuable 
for its instructiveness. We allude to the exhibition of series 
of different substances. Thus specimens w ere exhibited of 
the edible horse-radish [Cochlearia armoracia), the white briony 
root ( Bryonia alba), and the root of the aconite ( Aconitum 
