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THE CHEMISTS’ ANNUAL BALL. 
The second Chemists’ Annual Ball was held at Willis’s Rooms, on Wednesday 
evening, January 22nd. There were present the President of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society and members of most of the leading Metropolitan pharmacies. 
The following gentlemen were announced as Stewards:—E. Barron, Esq.; 
Charles Bass, Esq.; Robert Bentley, F.L.S.; I. Bourdas, Esq.; M. Car- 
teighe, F.C.S. ; O. Chard, M.B. ; G. Francis, Esq.; Charles Harvey, Esq.; 
Edward Harvey, Esq.; A. Hinton, Esq.; H. O. Huskisson, F.C.S. ; Joseph 
luce, F.C.S. ; j. G. Johnson, Esq.; Alfred Low, Esq.; Charles Maw, Esq.; 
T. Morson, jun., F.C.S.; J. G. F. Richardson, F.C.S.; Robert Risdon, 
M.R.C.S.; R. S. Starkie, Esq.; John Wade, Esq.; R. B. Warrick, Esq.; 
William Watts, Esq.; John Williams, F.C.S.; Francis Yates, Esq. Com¬ 
mittee : —Dr. Attfield (Chairman) ; I. Bourdas, jun., Esq.; E. Bremridge, Esq.; 
G. J. Haddock, Esq.; John Harper, Esq.; Henry Smith, Esq.; W. A. 
Tilden, Esq.; A. C. Trotraan, Esq. ; Thomas Billing, Esq. (Treasurer) ; 
Thomas D. Watson, Esq. (Secretary.) 
After the supper, which was remarkably well served, the Chairman spoke as 
follows:—“Ladies and gentlemen, we will, if you please, drink to but one 
toast, the only one we had last year, the one to which, it is hoped, we shall 
annually drink for many years to come—‘ Success to the Chemists’ Annual 
Ball.’ (Great cheering.) From the manner in which you have received the 
mention of that toast, it is to be inferred that the present Ball has afforded you 
much enjoyment. You will be glad to know that the Treasurer reports it to 
be even more successful than that of last January. Gentlemen, most of our 
past, present, and prospective pleasure in connection with this Ball we owe to 
the strong support we have received from the ladies. So long as they, in such 
numbers, give us the charm of their presence, so long will gentlemen be found 
who will vie with each other in making the necessary arrangements for this 
annual reunion, and who will ever experience ample reward if they only meet 
with success. Ladies, while we thank you for being here, we ask for your in¬ 
fluence at home on behalf of future gatherings. Do what you can to induce 
others from your social circles to join us in these pleasant parties. Only do 
this, and the Chemists’ Ball will certainly become a permanent institution, an 
institution which will do much towards encouraging amongst us, as a class, 
good-feeling, friendship, and esprit de corps." Dancing was kept up with great 
spirit for five or six hours, to the excellent music of Coote and Tinney’s band. 
The number of tickets sold was over 300. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Citizens or London and their Rulers, 1060-1067. By B. B. Orridge, F.G.S. 
This work, which has recently been published by one of our members, although 
mostly relating to subjects foreign to that of which we take cognizance here, gives a 
curious account of an early lecture on Materia Medica in the City of London. Speak¬ 
ing of the Lord Mayors of two hundred years ago, he says,—“ The Company of Grocers 
were the druggists of the time; and on the occasion of the Lord Mayor’s show of Sir 
Thomas Allen, converted it into a sort of open-air lecture on Materia Medica, which 
must have been highly edifying to the citizens.” If the money spent in Lord Mayors’ 
shows of the present day were devoted to lectures on Materia Medica, the public, would 
certainly not be the losers; and we recommend the author, who is a member of the cor¬ 
poration of London, to try and effect some such change, which would be a worthy result 
of the extensive investigation he has made of the early records of the city. 
