The chemist and druggist, 15. September 1859

Aug. CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH.* 15. Napoleon fete at Paris. Trial of Dr. Smethurst rc-commenccd. 16. Foundation laid of Spurgcon's new Tabernacle, which is intended to hold 5,000 persons; donations amounting to nearly £5,000 were laid on the foundation stone. French Amnesty published. 17. Great non-electors Meeting at Rochdale addressed by R. Cobden. Swiss soldiers dis- banded at Naples. 18. All former Newspaper Warnings and Military Offences pardoned by the Emperor of the French. Cardinal Antonelli resigned in Ilome. Garibaldi appointed commander-in- chief of the Italian army. 19. Termination of Dr. Smethurst's trial—verdict Guilty. A solicitor named Buller absconded with about £100,000. Meeting of workmen connected with the London Building Trades. 20. A defensive league agreed on between the Italian states. 21. Arrival of the Indian Mail, with the startling intelligence, that at least 10,000 men of the army of India were about to be disbanded and return home. 22. Her Majesty visited Aldershott. Bradford Musical Festival commenced. 23. The great Carron frauds made public. The Indian Loan successfully contracted at an average of 975-. 24. Reports arrived of a great massacre of Christians at Borneo. 25. Commission appointed to consider the defences of the country. 26. Bradford Musical Festival closed. 27. T. Carmoody, a builder on strike, fined 20s. for annoying a workman at Trollopc & Sons. 28. Leigh Hunt died. 29. The agitation respecting Dr. Smethurst culminated in an interview between his counsel and the Home Secretary. Demonstration of the building operatives at the Surrey Gardens. 30. Her Majesty and the Royal Family arrived at Holyrood at 8 a.m. The Lord Chief Baron attended at the Home Office, with his papers, relative to the conviction of Dr. Smethurst. 31. Reported serious illness of the Sultan of Turkey, and disturbances in the East. Sept. 1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer received £2450. from Y. Z. for taxes. Meeting of building operatives to organize an Anti-Strike Committee. The Cutler's Feast held at Sheffield; principal speaker the Right Hon. James Wilson. 2. Dr. Smethurst reprieved; letter written by him on the 18th of Junc^ published in tin-, Lancet. News arrived of the wreck of the Australian steamer Northam in the Red Sea; crew, passengers, and mails saved. 3. Victor Emanuel accepts provisionally the throne of Tuscany offered him by a deputation of its nobles. 4. The French ambassador recalled from Florence. 5. Daring attempt made to rob the mail between Cowbridge and Bridgend ; the robbers, three in number, captured. 6. The master-builders resolved to re-open their shops on Monday, the 12th instant. The Grand Duke Constantine departed for Russia. 7. The Papal rale abolished by a vote of the National Assembly in Bologna. The Great Eastern Steamer safely made her first voyage. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attended the Chemistry Class of the University of Edinburgh, when Professor Lyon lectured on Chemical Light. Several citizens arrested in Edinburgh for non-payment of the Annuity Tax. 8. The Great Ship continued an ^onward course triumphantly. Disastrous fire at Oatlands Park Hotel. Political banquet held at Huddersfield : principal speaker, Mr. Bright. 9. Important article published in the French Moniteur on the Italian question. 10. Letter published by eleven of the jury who convicted Dr. Smethurst, stating their adhe- rence to the verdict. Great explosion on board the Great Ship. 11. Disastrous news received from China; three men-of-war sunk, and the allied troops repulsed. 12. The Chemist and Druggist went to press. 13 ) 14* > The Chemist and Druggist in course of Printing. 15. 20,000 Copies op The Chemist and Druggist published. Apothecaries' Hall.—-The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, September 8 :—Francis Thomas White, Rawreth, Wickford, Essex ; John Steele Park, Ballarat, Australia; William Howse, Burford, Oxon; Reginald Croft Lever, army; Thomas Moore, Hales Owen, Worcestershire. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination :—Thomas William Colbeck, Kensington. * For the- future this article will be discontinued, and the space occupied with trade matter.