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TESTIMONIAL TO DR. EDWARDS AT LIVERPOOL. 
limits of this town and neighbourhood, hut also by his geniality and kindness as a friend 
and brother; for wherever his company had been it had always brought with it sun¬ 
shine and smiles, and v/herever he had gone he had adorned the society in which he had 
moved, and contributed very much to its pleasure and comfort. He (Mr. Picton) trusted 
that the same geniality on the other side of the Atlantic would have many opportunities 
of displaying itself; he w’as sure, in fact, that it would. He was glad that Dr. Edwards 
was going to Canada rather than to the United States. He bore no grudge to the 
United States, but at the same time he was very glad that Dr. Edwards was still to sail 
under the British flag. No doubt the other side of the Atlantic was the country of the 
future. They could not conceal it from themselves that, as the song said, “the star of 
empire glitters in the west.” They might regret it, but though it was not yet an ac¬ 
complished fact, it had yet to be accomplished. Though England was not “ chawed 
up,” as the Yankees said, yet we were so crowded up here, so little room to move, so ^ 
little scope for a man to exercise his energies, that he did not wonder that young men, 
—young, enterprising, and active,—should go abroad to where there was a boundless 
territory, and where a young man with strength on his side, and brains in his head, had 
an opportunity of raising his family to the position which they ought to occupy. He 
believed it to be the order of Providence that it should be so. In that w'ay the great 
designs of the Creator in peopling the earth and disseminating peace and happiness 
throughout the world would be completed. Though they were sorry to part with their 
friend, yet they all knew that if society on the other side of the water was to be per¬ 
vaded by intelligence, education, refinement, and progress of mind, it was by the immi¬ 
gration of men like Dr. Edwards that that great consummation was to be achieved. 
Therefore what might be our loss was their gain, and we might rejoice with them in 
it. It was always pleasant that the bonds of union and common interest should be 
drawn closer between America and England; and there was scarcely a family in the 
world—he believed there was scarcely a gentleman present—who had not relations and 
friends in America. Intelligent and active scientific men going forth and taking their 
position on the other side of the Atlantic, augured well for both the one country and the 
other. He was sure Dr. Edwards would carry with him the best wishes of his friends 
on this side, and he trusted they would have the opportunity of hearing of his success. 
It would be a pleasure to the Doctor in Canada to feel how he had been appreciated 
here, and in that way it might smooth his path a little in his way to distinction, to emi¬ 
nence, and to success. They all cordially and heartily wished him God speed. 
The Eev, Enoch Mellor also referred to the high character which Dr. Edwards had 
always sustained amongst a large circle of friends in the town, and the service he had 
rendered in his professional capacity to the cause of science. , 
The Chairman then intimated that the first part of the business of the evening bad 
now been disposed of, and that an address from the Lecturers of the Liverpool Koyal 
Infirmary School of Medicine would now be presented by Dr. Nevius, who, on rising, 
said that as Dr. Edwards’s eldest colleague in the medical school, he had to present to 
him the address, wdth good wishes, which had been prepared and signed by the whole 
of the school. Long before his (Dr. Edwards’s) connection with the Medical School, he 
had the pleasure of being associated with him in various ways ; and he should add to 
that record of long association this statement, that if, instead of happening to be joint 
lecturers, they should now be separated, the same feeling of friendship would continue 
to exist between them. He was sure that if Dr. Edwards should be so fortunate as to 
be associated with education, it would be a great gain to those among whom he 
laboured. 
“i'Vom the Lecturers of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine. 
July nth, 
“ TO J. BAKER EDWARDS, PH.D., F.C.S. 
“Dear Sir,^—In parting from a colleague with whom we have been associated for 
twelve years in the Liverpool Koyal Infirmary School of Medicine, we gladly take the 
opportunity of expressing our hearty good wishes for your prosperity in the land which 
you have selected as your future home. 
In the important subject of chemistry you have shown your extensive knowledge 
and your zealous interest by the readiness with which you have lectured in many of 
