The chemist and druggist, 15. September 1859

TRADE INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Bowcn May, the solicitor to the Medical Registration Association, attended before Mr. Jardine, to support a summons charging Mr. Henry Scott, of Adam-street Adelphi, with falsely representing himself to be a surgeon. Mr. Scott was defended by Mr. Mayhcw. The case for the prosecution was, that the defendant had the word "Surgeon" on a brass plate attached to a bell-pull on the door-post, the words "Dr. Ladd" painted on the inner door, and that on the 27th July he prescribed for a young lady named Saunders, who deposed that he told her he was a surgeon, and demanded a lee of one guinea, observing that it was "not like going to a chemist." She paid the guinea. A printed copy of the medical register was produced, in which the name of Mr. Scott did not appear. It was made up to the 1st July. Mr. Mayhcw objected that there was no evidence that Mr. Scott was not on the register on the 27th July. Mr. Jardine held the objection to be good, and ultimately adjourned the case, to give Mr. Bowen May an opportunity of calling Dr. Hawkins to prove that Mr. Scott was not registered up to the 27th July. There have lately been several similar prosecutions, so that there is some probability of the black-sheep being weeded out. Chemists are often ordering matches, &c. to be enclosed with their parcels, we therefore note two trials respecting the transmission of inflammable goods by railway:—At the police office at Birmingham, Messrs. M'Clclland, commission merchants of that town, have been summoned under the following circumstances : — It appeared that the firm had, at the instance of a Mr. Spencer, an oil and vitriol manufacturer, forwarded three packages containing carboys of oil of vitriol, by the London and North-Western Railway to Liverpool, in order that they might be shipped to Rio Janeiro. The packages arrived safely at Liverpool; but while they were housed in the company's goods shed, one of the carboys burst and set fire to the place. The fire was subdued without much mischief having been done; but the railway company felt it to be their duty to summon the consigners for this infraction of their bylaws in sending inflam- mable liquids without a notification of the fact to the company's servants. Mr. Hugh M'Clelland, one of the defendants, stated that his firm had acted in ignorance of the requirements of the law in this respect. The whole of the packages had been sent off as received from the manu- facturer ; but notice had been given to Messrs. Lyon, Brothers, the consignees in Liverpool, upon whom devolved the duty of shipping to Rio. Mr. Berry said that the result of inquiries had been such as to justify the conclusion that Messrs. M'Cielland, in omitting to give the notice as to the inflammable character of the liquid transmitted by the railway, had acted in ignorance of the law; their subsequent conduct had been also characterized by a fair and honourable disposition with reference to the penalty incurred, the amount being 20/. The Bench, in delivering judgment, said that the matter was of so much importance, and the penalty so necessary as a warning to others, that if they had possessed a discretionary power to mitigate, they should not have liked to exercise it; they therefore fined Messrs. M'Clelland 20/. and costs. As regards the railway company, it was understood that the matter had been amicably arranged. Benjamin Cokcr, a young man in the employ of Mr. Melairs, tobacconist, of 214, Shoreditch, was summoned before Mr. Combe for sending by the South Western Railway lucifcr matches without distinctly marking on the outside of the package containing them the nature of their contents, or giving notice in writing to the servants of the company with whom the same wcro left, thereby rendering himself liable to a penalty of 20/. Mr. Recs, the solicitor of the company, attended to prosecute. Tate, a porter in the company's employ, said that he was on the luggage platform at half past nine o'clock on the morning of the 13th of July last, when his attention was attracted to a brown paper parcel labelled Guildford. He was about to convey it to the van with other goods, when he perceived that it was on fire, and on opening it he found the contents to be lucifcr matches. Witness immediately informed Mr. Graves, one of the inspectors, and shortly afterwards he saw the defendant in the superintendent's office. In answer to the charge, the defendant said that he intended to have carried the matches in the same carriage with himself, but the parcel was taken from him, and he forgot it. He had no intention of breaking the law. Mr. Bees urged a conviction in such a case, for had not the porter discovered the fire at the time it might have communicated with other goods, and done considerable damage. It would also act as a caution to others. Mr. Combe lined him 5/. and 2.?. costs, or six weeks' imprisonment. Mr. Hooper Tolbort, an apprentice to Mr. Frond, Dorchester, has, by a diligent employ- ment of his leisure hours, placed himself at the head of 299 candidates, Section A, at the late Oxford Middle-class Examination. He also stands second only, in Languages. A greater amount of credit is due to Mr. Tolboi t, from the fact that while he has earned for himself this enviable position, he is, we arc told, diligent in his attention to business. In the hope that his example may stimulate others, we subjoin the Preliminary Examination required of all Candidates. 1. Analysis of English Sentences and Parsing, and Correction of Faulty Sentences.—2. A Short English Composition.—3. Arithmetic.—4. Geography.—5. The Outlines of English History. Subjects selected by the Candidate himself: Al. English History and Literature, from the Accession of James I. to the Death of Anne.—a2. Shakes- peare's King John, ami Burke's Inflections on the French devolution.—A3. Outlines of Political Economy and English Law.—a4. Physical, Political, and Commercial Geography.— Bl. Latin.—b2. Greek.—n3. French.