396 TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
ings adopted. The advice of Messrs. Flux and Argles is, that as the only se¬ 
curity against the annoyance of suit, no articles should be kept or taken into 
stock that have metallic capsules attached to them. This, however, relates only 
to the future; but who knows what there is in store for him with reference to 
the past? At a meeting held at 17, Bloomsbury Square, on Tuesday, the 
16th of January, it was resolved “ That the committee having heard the opinion 
■ f ’ of counsel read by Mr. Flux, are satisfied that no compromise should be entered 
into with Mr. Betts, but that the actions should be defended in court.” So 
entirely is this felt to be a public question affecting the whole trade, that several 
of our members, who are not themselves defendants in the suits, have subscribed 
to a defence fund ; and we urge upon the members of the trade generally that 
the seventeen innocent retailers who are preparing to fight this battle for them¬ 
selves and their brethren, ought not to be allowed to do so wholly at their own 
cost. Mr. Bremridge, of 17, Bloomsbury Square, who has undertaken to act as 
honorary secretary to the committee, will receive the names of subscribers to 
the defence fund, and subscriptions may be sent to him by post-office order or 
otherwise. 
TRANSACTIONS 
OF 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, January 3rd , 1866, 
p resen t—Messrs. Bird, Deane, Hanbury, Haselden, Hills, Morson, Sandford, Savage, 
Squire, Watts, and Waugh,— 
The following were elected— 
MEMBERS. 
Swenden, James..Darlington. 
Magor, Martin.Highbridge. 
Turner, George .Honiton. 
Wootton, Alfred Charles .Luton. 
Gowland, George Robert .Sheffield. 
Gowland, William...Sheffield. 
Manning, Richard James .Wells. 
The sum of £20 from the Benevolent Fund was granted to the widow of a late 
member of the Society at Ramsgate. 
The following communication was received from the United Society of Chemists and 
Druggists:— 
“ Sir,—I beg to enclose herewith, by order of the Executive Committee, a copy of a 
Resolution which was adopted at the Annual Meeting of the United Society held 
Nov. 23rd, 1865, and ordered by that Meeting to be sent to the Pharmaceutical Council. 
“ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
“ Elias Bremridge , Esq., Secretary , “ C. BUOTT, Secretary .” 
“ Pharmaceutical Society. 
{Copy.) 
11 Resolution :— 
“ That this Annual Meeting confirm the recommendation of the Provincial Associations 
at Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, Bradford, Bristol, Oxford, Bolton, New- 
castlk-on-Tyne, etc., to make the first seven clauses of the Chemists and Druggists Bill 
