TESTIMONIAL TO Ell. EDWARDS AT LIVERPOOL. 
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esteem, and considered that his departure from Liverpool would be a great loss, and end¬ 
ing with his best wishes for Dr. Edwards’s prosperity. 
Mr. Shaw observed that he had received many other very complimentary letters in 
reference to Dr. Edwards, and amongst the number he would beg to read one from the 
President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, as follows:— 
“47, Piccadilly, London, Avgust 22th, 1866. 
“ Dear Sir,—I am very glad to find, by a circular received from you this morning, 
that Dr. Edwards is to have a token of esteem from his friends in Liverpool before leav¬ 
ing England ; and I feel assured, by the known spirit of your city, that it will be 
worthy of the occasion. 
“ Am I to regard this intimation as a personal favour to give me pleasure (which it 
assuredly does), or to infer from it that Dr. E.’s Liverpool friends are willing to permit 
others to join in their testimonial ? If the latter be the case, I, for one, would gladly 
contribute. “ Believe me, dear Sir, faithfully yours, 
“ John Shaw, Esq. “ George W. Sandford.” 
Mr. Shaw having replied to the above, Mr. Sandford, in another letter, enclosing a 
contribution, adds;—“ We shall, I assure you, miss him (Dr. E.) very much in the 
Council of the Pharmaceutical Society, where it has long been my privilege to meet 
him.” 
The next he would read was from Joseph Ince, Esq., also a Member of the Council 
of the Pharmaceutical Society,—a gentleman whose talents and business qualifications 
are well known to all Pharmaceutical Chemists by his contributions to the ‘ Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Journal.’ One of his latest, entitled “ Pharmaceutical Ethics,” and read before the 
Conference recently held at Nottingham, was published in the Journal for this month. 
Mr. Ince writes:— 
“ I have unfortunately mislaid your circular, and in consequence I cannot tell where 
to address this note. I will not subscribe sixpence to any testimonial silver teapot, ink- 
stand, or ornamental timepiece. In the first, tea will never be made, the second will 
never hold ink, and as to the third, the Doctor, when I last saw him at the Midland 
Eailway, had a watch. 
“ But I will most willingly and cordially give my guinea towards presenting Dr. Ed¬ 
wards with a certain sum of money to be placed at his own disposal, together with a com¬ 
plimentary letter. In any case I should be extremely sorry not to bear my part in any 
public acknowledgment to my good friend and fellow-student. Dr. Edwards. 
“ Ever yours most truly, 
“ Joseph Ince.” 
Mr. Shaw also replied to the letter, giving every information as to what had been 
done, and that the surplus contributions would be handed over to Dr. Edwards as a 
purse of money. 
Mr. Ince, in his second letter, says:—“The testimonial seems most judicious, and I 
am obliged to you for allowing me to have a share in so well-deserved a courtesy.” 
Numerous other letters, referring in equally complimentary terms to Dr. Edwards, 
might be quoted. 
The letter of the Committee accompanying the presentation was next read, as follows:— 
“ To John Baker Edwards, Ph.D., E.C.S. 
“ Dear Sir,—A few of the members of the various learned societies in Liverpool, and 
other of your friends, being desirous, on the occasion of your leaving Liverpool, of ex¬ 
pressing their high regard for you, have resolved to present you with some small souve¬ 
nir, as a token of their admiration for your private and social character, and for your 
scientific attainments. Accordingly, while expressing our regret at the loss we sustain 
by your removal, we beg your acceptance of the accompanying timepiece, etc., as an 
expression of our sincere wishes that you may be long spared successfully to prosecute 
your scientific researches. 
“ We are, dear Sir, yours very truly, 
“Christian D. Ginsburg, LL.D., Chairman. 
“ John Birkbeck Nevins, Treasurer. 
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