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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 4, 1872 
THE PROPOSED DINNER AT THE CRYSTAL 
PALACE. 
With the view of affording the members of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, and old pupils of the School of 
Pharmacy, who may come to London to attend the 
Annual Meeting on the 15th May, an opportunity of 
meeting their fellow-members in the metropolis and 
other friends, a Public Dinner will take place at the 
Crystal Palace on Tuesday, the 14th of May, at six p.m. 
The President in the chair. 
STEWARDS. 
Allchin, A., London. 
Atherton, j., Nottingham. 
Attfield, Professor, London. 
Barron, F., London. 
Betty, S. C., London. 
Bottle, Alex., Dover. 
Bremridge, Elias, London. 
Barnes, J. B., London. 
Bentley, Professor, London. 
Brown, W. S., Manchester. 
Bourdas, J., London. 
Burden, E., London. 
Cracknell, C., London. 
Deane, Henry, Clapham. 
Davenport, J. T., London. 
Down, Dr. Langdon., London. 
Evans, H. S., London. 
jFrazer, D., Glasgow. 
Gale, S., London. 
Greenish, T., London. 
Giles, R. W., Clifton. 
Haselden, A. F., London. 
Hill, A. B., London. 
Hills, T. H., London. 
Hodgkinson, W., London. 
Hampson, K., London. 
Howden, R., London. 
Linford, J., London. 
Mackay, John, Edinburgh. 
Mackey, J. B. London. 
Martindale, W., London. 
McCullock, F., London. 
Malden, W. W., London. 
Paul, Dr., London. 
Preston, Alfred, London. 
Redwood, Professor, London. 
Robbins, John, London. 
Radley, W. V., Sheffield. 
Sandford, G. W., London. 
Savory, C. H., London. 
Squire, William, London. 
Shaw, Jno., Liverpool. 
Smith, E., Torquay. 
Stoddart, W. W., Bristol. 
Schacht, G. F., Clifton. 
Southall, W., Birmingham. 
Starkie, R. S., London. 
Schweitzer, J., Brighton 
Tilden, W. A., D.Sc., London. 
Urwick, W. W., London. 
Wade, Jno., London. 
Williams, Jno., London. 
Warrick, R. B., London. 
Gentlemen willing to act as stewards will oblige by 
forwarding their names to the Hon. Secretary. Dinner 
tickets, including wine, one guinea each. 
In order to make the necessary arrangements and 
prevent discomfort, members and their friends desirous 
of being present are requested to apply at once for 
tickets, enclosing a P. 0. 0. for the amount, to Mr. 
Bremridge, 17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C., or the Hon. 
Sec., Michael Carteighe, 172, New Bond Street, 
London, W. 
Grenadier Guards’ Band under the direction of Mr. 
Dan Godfrey. 
THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT AT 
CHELTENHAM. 
A Meeting of the Chemists and Druggists of Chelten¬ 
ham was held on the 25th April, to take into consideration 
the following memorial of the assistants and apprentices 
in their employ:— 
_ “ Gentlemen,—We, the assistant chemists and appren¬ 
tices of Cheltenham, viewing with satisfaction the success 
w hich has attended the efforts made in some of the 
principal trades in the town, to diminish the hours of 
labour during the summer months, most respectfully 
pray you, our employers, to reduce the hours of business 
in our profession. 
“We feel we can venture to ask this, not only on 
account of a want of sufficient time for physical and 
mental recreation, but also because of the higher educa¬ 
tional demands which the late Pharmacy Act imposes 
upon us. 
“ We most respectfully beg to suggest that the hours 
of closing least likely to operate with disadvantage to 
the trade or the public, will be five o’clock on each 
Wednesday, and eight o’clock on other evenings, through¬ 
out the summer,—from the beginning of April to the 
end of September.” 
The following resolution was proposed, seconded and 
carried unanimously:— 
“ That this meeting, while desirous of shortening the 
hours of business, and of joining, as far as circumstances 
will admit, in any generally adopted arrangement, on 
the part of the various trades of the town to attain that 
object, regrets its inability to meet the request of the 
assistants and apprentices, so respectfully stated in then- 
address to the chemists of the town.” 
THE VISIT OF THE BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL 
CONFERENCE TO BRIGHTON. 
A Meeting of the Chemists and Druggists of Brighton 
was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, April 24th, 
under the presidency of Mr. W. D. Savage, with the 
object of discussing what steps should be taken in refer¬ 
ence to the projected visit of the British Pharmaceutical 
Conference in August next. It was unanimously de¬ 
cided that the Pavilion Committee should be communi¬ 
cated with respecting a suitable room where papers 
might be read and the Conference business transacted. 
It was also resolved that a dinner should be given to 
their confreres at the close of the first day’s business ; 
and that on a subsequent day, provided the weather be 
favourable and a sufficient sum of money be raised, to 
organize a picnic to the Dyke. The treasurer, Mr. 
Thomas Glaisyer, reported favourably of the response to 
his appeal for funds, and said that further communica¬ 
tions would be made to the local secretaries at Lewes, 
blastings, Eastbourne, Worthing, Horsham and other 
places. 
MANCHESTER CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual Dinner of this Association took place on 
Thursday, April 25th, at the Mitre Hotel. Covers were 
laid for thirty. After the repast the Secretary’s report 
was read. The usual toasts followed which, with music 
and songs, concluded this thoroughly enjoyable social 
reunion. 
The General Meeting (for the election of officers for 
the next session) is postponed owing to the removal 
from the rooms recently used by the Association. 
LETTER ON PROVINCIAL EDUCATION. 
The following copy of a letter sent to the Presidents 
of several Provincial Associations who responded to Mr. 
Radley’s communication of February 15th has been for¬ 
warded to us by the writer: — 
“ Sheffield , April 30 th, 1872.” 
“ Dear Sir,—In reference to my former letter on the 
steps taken by the Council of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety with regard to provincial education, I have to 
thank you for the prompt manner in which you dealt 
with it by bringing the subject before your association. 
The object I had in view was to ascertain the general 
opinion of chemists in the country on the question, and 
to take action thereon if it was deemed desirable. 
“ It is remarkable that my letter struck a chord which 
immediately vibrated through the body politic, and 
drew forth a response which betokens a wide-spread 
dissatisfaction with present arrangements in this particu¬ 
lar. No doubt you will have noticed the discussion 
which took place on this subject at the last meeting of 
the Council, as reported in the Journal of April 6th, 
from which it appears the Council is prepared to re¬ 
consider the matter with a view to a more liberal use 
of the funds of the Society in aiding pharmaceutical 
education throughout the country. This being the case, 
it seems to me undesirable at present to convene a meet¬ 
ing of delegates of provincial associations, but that a 
wiser course will be to wait awhile and reserve our 
strength for future action if the necessity continues. 
The Annual Meeting will probably afford an oppor¬ 
tunity of bringing the subject before the Society. Will 
you have the goodness to make known the contents of 
this letter to the members of your Association ? and 
believe me to remain, vours truly, 
“ W. V. Radley.” 
