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BENEVOLENT FUND DINNER. 
■\vliat liad been accomplished to the promoters and patrons of the school, who had 
maintained it for a quarter of a century, through good and through evil report. Not 
only was there great credit due to those who founded and maintained the school, but 
also to those men who, in its early days, were its greatest ornament, and who, as teachers 
in the school, had contributed to its elevation,—men who had passed from this world, 
hut whose names shed a halo around those who followed them, and who thereby could 
not fail to derive some amount of credit and of lustre in being connected with the school. 
But there was still another class by whom the usefulness of the school was demonstrated, 
namely, those w'ho, having been successful students in it, had since become distinguished 
pharmaceutists. He was proud to recognize around him a host of accomplished che¬ 
mists who were outstripping their former teachers, and thus contributing, in the most 
efficient and creditable manner, to do honour to the toast which had just been drunk. 
Mr. Matthews, President of theUuited Society of Chemists and Druggists, in complimen¬ 
tary terms, proposed the health of the Stewards, coupling with it the name of Mr. Orridge. 
Mr. Orridge said that at that advanced period of the evening he felt sure he should 
have the concurrence of his brother Stewards in merely saying, heartily and most sincerely, 
that their exertions had been a labour of love, amply repaid by having the presence of sg 
many friends, and the substantial assistance afforded to the treasury of the Benevolent 
Fund. He begged, on behalf of the Stewards, to thank those who had so liberally re¬ 
sponded to their appeal. 
Mr. Morsox proposed the health of the Secretary, Mr. Bremridge. Their success was 
to be attributed to that gentleman, and he called upon them to drink his health, and 
long life to him. 
Mr. Bremridge, in acknowledging the compliment, thanked them for the cordial manner 
in which they had been pleased to receive his name. He was, however, afraid that Mr. 
Morson had rather overstated his usefulness, but he did take credit to himself for possess¬ 
ing a deep interest in the Society and its operations, and he could not look back on the 
time he had had the privilege and the honour of filling his official position but with plea¬ 
sure and gratification. He assured them, however, that the success of the Society was due 
to the attention and time devoted to it by the Council, by the several Committees, and es¬ 
pecially to the abilities and attention given to it by their worthy President. The present 
financial position of the Society and the estimation in which it was held, by the medical 
profession and the public, was the best evidence of the necessity for such an institution 
and of the soundness of its constitution, and as long as the Society continued to be 
governed and conducted as it had been, it must go on and prosper. He believe (the trade 
was generally interested in the Society, and he looked forward with pleasure to the time 
when he should have the honour to be their Eegistrar-General. 
Some other toasts followed, after which the company separated. 
Several lists of subscriptions and donations were read over, amounting in the aggregate 
to about £1450. 
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.* 
£ $. d. 
Adams, George, Hertford.2 3 0 
Alexander, Austin, & Poole, Earl St. 1 1 0 
Allen, A. U., Lymington.0 5 0 
Anderson, Thomas S., 30, Duke St., W. 0 10 0 
Andrews, George, 18, Holborn Hill 
An. £1. Is. 
Ansar, Harford, and Co., 77, Strand 
An. £3. 2s. 21 0 0 
Arnold, Edward, Norwich.10 0 
Ashton, William, 154, Sloane Street . 0 10 6 
Atkins, Samuel R., Salisbury .... 1 11 0 
Atkins, W. S., Birmingham .... 0 7 6 
Atkinson, George, Aldersgate Street . 10 10 0 
Attfield, Dr. J,, 17, Bloomsbury Sq. .550 
Averill, H, A., Stafford . An. £1. Is, 
Averill, John ,, . An. £1. Is. 
£ g. d. 
Baigent, William H., Shefford ... 1 1 0 
Bailey, Delamore J., 30, Conduit St. . 5 5 0 
Baiss, Brothers & Co., Leadeuhall -^t. 10 10 0 
Ball in aid of the Benevolent Fund, 
held at Willis’s Rooms on January 
30 (surplus).29 10 6 
Barber, George H., Esq., IO3, Iron¬ 
monger Lane.110 
Barclay and Sons, Farringdon Street . 10 10 0 
Barclay, Robert ,, . 10 10 0 
Barnes, James B., Knightsbridge . . 1 0 0 
Barnes, W. C., Hackney Wick ... 1 1 0 
Barret, E. L. & Co., Thrawl St., N.E, 5 5 0 
Barret, E. L. ,, An £1 1». 
Barron, Harveys, Becket, and Simp¬ 
son, Giltspur Street.10 10 0 
* As several members and friends have expressed their regret at having been unable to 
attend and their will ngness to contribute to the result of the Dinner, a supplementary list of 
contributions will be published in a future number of this Journal. 
