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COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO MR. SANDFORD. 
Testimonial Fund, but in reality he had only been called upon to take care ot 
the money when it had been obtained by others. The real work had been 
done by the Secretaries, Messrs. Matthews, Carteighe, and Mackay, whose 
healths he begged leave to propose. 
Mr. Carteighe and Mr. Matthews having briefly responded, 
Mr. Mackay said he had been much surprised to find his name proposed 
as one of the Secretaries to the fund at the preliminary meeting held in 
October last, but he supposed it was done in order that some one connected 
with the North should be associated with the testimonial to their worthy and 
esteemed friend and President. He was only sorry that he had been unable 
to do more, but he had done what he could, and the subscription-list must 
tell its own tale. If the names were few, and if the sums appeared small, the 
name of Mr. Sandford was not unknown or unrecognized in Scotland, and if 
he ever visited that part of the kingdom, he was sure that actions would 
testify to this more powerfully than any words of his could do. 
Mr. Haselden proposed the health of “ The Committee,” coupled with the 
name of Mr. Howden. 
Mr. Howden in reply, said the services rendered by the Committee on this 
occasion had been a labour of love. To a man, they loved the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society, and felt convinced that a most important and useful 
future lay before it. Lord Bacon said of men of science that they were 
the ministers and interpreters of nature, and pharmacists might be called 
the ministers and interpreters of the divine art of healing the sick, and they 
were now called upon in an especial manner to show the Government and the 
public that they were properly qualified to discharge the onerous duties en¬ 
trusted to them. Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, he could not sit 
down without briefly alluding to the valuable services rendered by their 
esteemed President; he had sacrificed time, social pleasures, and even com¬ 
mercial prosperity, for the benefit of the Society and the vocation to which 
he belonged. The testimonial which it was their honour to present to him 
must be looked upon therefore, not as the quittance of a debt, but simply as 
an expression of that gratitude which they could never sufficiently express. 
But their labours were not yet completed, for they had to discharge the very 
difficult duty of selecting an artist to paint a portrait of their President, which 
should be worthy to adorn the walls in Bloomsbury Square. They would be 
fortunate if they could find an artist combining within himself the excel¬ 
lences of Bubens and Vandyke, Sir Joshua Keynolds and Sir Thomas 
Lawrence ; but as this could hardly be expected, they must by anticipation 
ask the indulgence of the subscribers. They would do their best, and hoped 
that a gentleman would be found worthy to paint a companion portrait to that 
of Mr. Allen, their first President. 
Mr. Pass proposed the health of “The Visitors,” remarking that it was 
very gratifying to see so many gentlemen not directly connected with phar¬ 
macy anxious to do honour to their President, and to his exertions in connec¬ 
tion with the Pharmacy Bill. In connection with the toast he would name 
Dr. Spurred and Mr. Flux, whose legal knowledge had been of great service 
in the preparation and passage of the Bill. 
Dr. Spurrell having acknowledged the compliment paid him, 
Mr. Flux also expressed his sense of the honour done him. He said they 
were met to congratulate one another upon the victory which had been 
achieved, but he might remind them that it had not been won without great 
labour and hard fighting, for which Mr. Sandford deserved all the thanks 
which they had given him. Having in some measure shared his labours, he 
could bear testimony to the great and unceasing exertions required to bring 
about the desired result. He would remind them that the Society was still 
