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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [September 24 , 1&7<?. 
THE BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
THE DINNER. 
On Tuesday evening, after the first meeting of the Con¬ 
ference, the President and officers were entertained hy the 
Local Committee at dinner, at the ‘ Adelphi Hotel.’ The 
Executive Officers entertained were :—Mr. W. W. Stod- 
dart, F.C.S., F.G.S., Bristol, the President. Mr. H. C. 
Baildon, Edinburgh ; Mr. H. S. Evans, F.C.S., London; 
Mr. J. Ince, F.L.S., F.C.S., London, Vice-Presidents. 
Mr. H. B. Brady, F.L.S., F.C.S., Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
Treasurer. Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S., London; 
and Mr. R. Reynolds, F.C.S., Leeds, General Secretaries. 
Mr. E. Davies, F.C.S., Secretary for Liverpool. Mr. T. 
Dutton, Secretary for Birkenhead. Committee: Messrs. 
F. B. Benger, Manchester; S. C. Betty, London; M. 
Carteighe, F.C.S., London ; T. B. Groves, F.C.S., Wey¬ 
mouth; W. Martindale, F.C.S., London; J. F. Robin¬ 
son, Liverpool; and F. Sutton, F.C.S., Norwich. The 
Local Committee for Liverpool consists of Mr. J. Abra¬ 
ham, Chairman; Mr. R. Sumner, Vice-Chairman; Mr. 
J. Shaw, Treasurer; Messrs. H. S. Alpass; G. Barber; 
T. Britten, J. M. Buck; H. Coupland; F. D. Delf; T. 
Dod; E. Evans, sen.; W. J. Foulkes; A. T. Horton; 
W. Jarvis; S. Johnson; C. Jones; A. H. Mason; T. 
Martin; M. Murphy; J. Pendlebury; A. Bedford; C. 
Sharp; J. Thompson; qnd J. "Woodcock. Mr. J. Abra¬ 
ham occupied the chair, Mr. R. Sumner the vice-chair, 
and the party numbered upwards of one hundred. 
The Chairman, after the loyal toasts had been 
honoured, referred to the American Pharmaceutical As¬ 
sociation, now holding its nineteenth sitting in the city 
of Baltimore. It had been suggested to him that they 
should send a message of friendly greeting to their friends 
in the West, as under:—“From the President of the 
British Pharmaceutical Conference, at Liverpool, to the 
President of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 
at Baltimore. The most successful meeting ever held, 
sends hearty fraternal greeting.” He then proposed the 
toast of the evening. That meeting was, he said, the 
seventh of the British Pharmaceutical Conference. It 
was an infant which had already, in seven years, grown 
up to he a giant; and it was so ably represented here 
that it needed no commendation from him. The very 
able address delivered that evening hy the President, Mr. 
Stoddart, he was sure well deserved the warmest enco¬ 
miums he could bestow upon it, and he only wished that 
any praise of his was better worth receiving. He was 
sure they would drink with the heartiest goodwill, 
“ The success of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, 
and the health of Mr. Stoddart, its President.” 
Mr. Stoddart, who was much cheered, said he returned 
his sincere thanks for the honour just done him in 
connecting his name with that of the Pharmaceutical 
Conference of Great Britain, and, as its President, an 
honour to which he had never thought to aspire. It was 
with the greatest affection and love that he had seen the 
Society grow as it had. What he had done for its pro¬ 
gress had sprung from a liking for it. It was one of the 
most useful institutions; and it had done more good, 
both directly and indirectly, than any ever established 
for the furtherance of their interest for many a long year. 
He did not expect to see, in his time, the total benefit 
capable of being derived from the institution; but he 
looked forward with much pleasure, prophetically speak¬ 
ing, to the incalculable benefits which the younger mem¬ 
bers of the Society would derive. The advice given by 
the older members was given with hearty good will, and 
for the welfare of the younger members. The time 
would come when they would be thankful for the days 
when the British Pharmaceutical Conference had sprung 
from the ideas of a few at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fol¬ 
lowed as it had been by the meeting at Bath, and those 
which had annually succeeded it down to the Conference 
at Liverpool. 
Mr. R. Sumner proposed “Prosperity to the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society,” and associated with the toast the name- 
of Mr. Sandford, the President of the Society. This toast 
was very warmly received, and 
Mr. Sandford, in response, said the business of the 
Conference should be pharmacy, pure and proper. The 
Society had other business in which that Conference 
could help it. It had the duty of advancing pharma¬ 
ceutical education, and he hoped it had not neglected 
that duty, and that the time might come when it might 
do it more extensively than it had done hitherto—when 
it might support pharmaceutical schools, not only in 
London but in the country. It would be the endeavour 
of the Society to carry out faithfully the duties put upon 
it by the Government. The members had the matter in 
their own hands, and so long as they used their powers 
properly they would have the support of the Govern¬ 
ment. The Conference had it in its power to promote 
that very much. To the Conference a great deal might 
be due for the passing of the Pharmacy Act. It was,, 
therefore, with great pleasure that he had heard the 
chairman speak so highly of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
As for himself, he returned thanks for personal kindness 
to him, and he hoped the Conference would long con¬ 
tinue to be the prosperous body it now seemed to be. 
Professor Attfield proposed “ Success to the Liver¬ 
pool Chemists’ Association,” the most important Associa¬ 
tion of the kind throughout the country. In 1849 Jacob 
Bell came to Liverpool to urge the claims of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society, and one of the results of his visit 
was the formation of the Liverpool Chemists’ Associa¬ 
tion. Jacob Bell characterized Liverpool as “a collec¬ 
tion of men than whom there is not a man in the coun¬ 
try having a greater amount of public spirit and energy.” 
The same public spirit had characterized the chemists and 
druggists of Liverpool from that time to the present. 
In the index to the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal’ would 
be seen a very large number of titles of lectures and 
papers contributed from Liverpool, and the character of 
the papers was unequalled by any given to the parent 
society in London. The present Conference exhibited 
the same characteristic spirit and energy. 
Mr. J. F. Robinson and Mr. J. Shaw responded. 
Mr. A. Bedford proposed “ The Officers of the Con¬ 
ference,” coupled with the names of Mr. Brady, Mr. 
Reynolds, and Professor Attfield. 
Mr. Brady expressed his regret that after seven years’" 
duty he felt compelled to resign the office of treasurer, 
but he hoped that the Conference would not suffer, and 
that there would be no difficulty in finding a successor. 
Mr. Reynolds and Professor Attfield also replied. 
Mr. Stoddart acknowledged “the glorious reception” 
which the Conference had met with at the hands of the 
people of Liverpool, and proposed “The Local Com¬ 
mittee,” coupled with the names of Mr. E. Davies and 
Mr. Mason. 
Mr. E. Davies and Mr. A. H. Mason responded, and 
expressed their gratification that their efforts in connec¬ 
tion with the exhibition had met with such approval. 
The Chairman announced that, although he was sur¬ 
rounded by the most brilliant array of pharmaceutical 
talent ever assembled in the provinces, he had received 
letters of apology from Mr. Henry Deane, Mr. Daniel 
Hanbury, Professor Bentley, Mr. Hill, Mr. Schacht, Me. 
Cooper (of Exeter), and other prominent members of the 
Conference. He proposed “ The Visitors.” 
Mr. Groves, of Weymouth, and Mr. Mack ay, of Edin¬ 
burgh, responded. 
Mr. R. Sumner proposed “ Professor Archer, of Edin¬ 
burgh,” whose health was received with much applause. 
The toast of “The Pharmaceutical Press,” coupled 
with the names of Mr. Paul, editor of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Journal , Mr. Brough, editor of the Pharmaceuti¬ 
cal Year-Book , and Mr. Wootton, editor of the Chemist 
and Druggist , together with other toasts, followed before 
the party separated. 
