The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING'S LECTURE in
HALL.
Rev. Dr. Hetherington, on " The State and Prospects of
Christianity in the Fast of Europe, and West of Asia, comprising
the Turkish Empire."
C. Bushell, Efq., to take the chair at 7 3() p.m.

HOPE

NOTICE TO LANDOWN

15 and 16, Vict., c. 85, and 16 and 17 Vict., c. 134.
THE BU ttIAL BOA BD for the Parish of Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, are prepared to Treat with any Persons, or Bodies
Corporate, FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND for a Public Cemetery or
Burial Ground, under the pi °visions of the above-mentioned Acts of
Parliament.
Applications may be made to BoßasTsoN GLADSTONE. Isq ,
Chairman of the Board, or to the Clerk.
Signed, E. HARVEY,
No. 12, Castle-street,
Clerk to the Board.

Nora.—By the aLove Acts, P rsons under Disability are em-
powered to convey Lands, and other facilities and advantages are
conferred.

THURSDAY L ECTURES
IN -HOPE lIALL.
November 6 The State and Prospects of Christianity in the
East of Europe and West of Asia, cz,mprising the Turkish Empire ;
with au Account of the Greek Church"--Itev. W. M. Hetherington,
1) D., EdinUurgh, Author of " History of the Char: h of Scotia3d,"

&c.
November 13.—" 'I he Revocation of the Edict of Nantes "—Rev
Julius Wood, D.D., Dumfries.
November 20.—" The Itornanism of the Middle Ages "
James Begg, D.D., Edinburgh.
November, 27,—" St. i ouis and the Waldenses"—P. E. Dove.
Esq., author of "Theory of Human Progression," "Logic of the
Christian Faith," &c.
• December 4.—" The Pre-eminence of rhrlst"_Rev. J. Sherman,
London, Author of " The Pastor's Wife."
December 11.—" How to Live ; illustrated by the Life of Captain
Hedley Vicars "—Rev. John Baillie. L,ndon, Author of " Memoirs
of Hewitson," &c.
December 18.—" The Literary Claims of the Bible "—Rev. J. B.
Owen, London.
Other Lectures are intended in January, February, and March.
T. B. IioasFALL, Esc; , M.P., Rev. H. S. BROWN, JOHN CrtoreEß,
Esq., and P. M. DOVE, Esq. C. Busos:Lt„ Esq., to take the chair
to-night, at Half-past Seven o'clock, p.m. •
ADMISSION FREE-COLLECTION TO PAY
COSTS-SURPLUS TO TOWN MISSION.
N.B —Persons who desire rocm to be kept for them may have
Retained-seat Tickets from Messrs. SMYTH, 12. Berry-street, and
62, Bold-street ; NEWLIN°, 27, Bold-street; Biro, 61, Ranelagh-
street ; TIIONISON, 90. London-road; BENSON and MALLETT, 10,
Castle-street; and other Booksellers, at Two Shillings and sixpence
for the Half course (Oct.—Dec.), or Family Tickets for Four at
Eight Shillings, for Seven at Twelve Shillings. Retained-seat
Tickets for Singe Lecture. Sixpence.
Masters may procure half-course Tickets for Clerks or other mem-
bers of their establishments at half-price,from Messrs. TURNER and
DuNNETT, 4, James-street.
EXTRA LECTURE IN HOPE HALL.
Wednesday, November Ig, at Hal-past Seve i o'clock, p.m.—
" Mission to the Heathen, Defended from Modern Objections "
Rev. W. G. Barrett, (formerly Missionary to Jamaica,) Secretary to
the London Missionary Society.

'—Rev.

PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT FOR
LIVERPOOL.

THE GENERAL APOTHECARIES' COM-
PANY (LIMITED).

CAPITAL, £lO,OOO, with power to increase to £lOO,OOO, in
Shares of £lO each.

DIRECTORS.
JOHN CHARLES ATKINSON, Esq., M.D., Kew Green Surrey.
JOHN GARDNER, Dq., ➢S.D., 51, Mortimer-street, and

.
Harrow on the Hill.
HENRY HARDINGE, Esq., M.D., Sackville-street.
EDWARD JOHNSON, Esq., M.D., Regent-street.
JOHNJAMES RIDGE, Esq., M.D., J.P., Gravesend, Chairman.
GEORGE HENRY SMITH, Esq., 51, Cleveland-square.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
UNION BANK OF LON DON, 4, Pall Mall East.
SOLICITOR.
E. Mcss, Esq., 23, Mdorgate-street.
Auorrous.
GRIFFITII TAYLOR, Esq., Gravesend:
SAMUEL HARRIS, Esq., Mansell-street, Whitechapel.

OFFICE, LABORATORIES, AND CENTRAL WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DEPOT, 49, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.

September, 1856.
This Company has been established to meet the urgent public
demand for pure Drugs and Chemicals, arid for Medicines prepared
by the aid of the present advanced state of science.
It was Incorporated in January last, under the provisions of the

Limited Liability Act.
Spacious Premises have been taken—Warehouses, Druglls,
Laboratories, and Machinery erected ; and the Company is now
prepared for business, wholesale and retail.
An inspection of the Estab'ishment in Berners-street will abun-
dantly prove that this Company possesses power and facilities to
perform all that it promises, namely—to prepare and supply the
Medical Prsfessieon and the Public with Medicines of every kind,
of known strength, and perfect purity. Invalids' Foods, and Domes-
tic Chemicals. It is confidently believed that, by observing good
faith with the public in its operations, such a Company cannot fail
to inspire confidence, and accomplish far more than any corps of

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Government Inspectors.
Among its arrangements may be mentioned :-Ist. That no
fore gn or indigenous Drugs are purchased, except such as are
sound and genuine. 2nd. That they are crushed or ground upon
the premises. 3rd. That all commercial Chemicals are tested or
analyzed before they are sold for medicinal purposes. 4th. That the
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Laboratories are under the constant
superintendence of a resident eminent scientific Chemist, recom-
mended by Baron Liebig and Dr. Fresenius, as eminently qualified
for those duties. sth. That the preparations ordered by the Colleges
in their Pharmacopoeias, are made strictly in accordance with their
directions.
The Directors have taken measures to ascertain the views of the
Profession ; and they are gratified to find that this enterprise has
elicited the cordial approbation of a very large number of Practioners
of Great Britain; they receive daily assurances of support, and the
Company is already doing a very satisfactory amount of business.
The first issue of the Capital of the Company was readily sub-
scribed, although Cary little publicity was given to the design ; and
a considerable stock, together with Buildings, Plant, Machinery,
Utensils, and the Fittings of a spacious Shop for dispensing and
retail, with all preliminary expenses, and advertisements, have been
paid for, leaving a portion of the Capital in hand sufficient fur the
business on a certain scale.
It was always, however, contemplated by the Directors to make
the premises in Berners-street the Manufacturing, and Central
Wholesale Depot ; and to open Branches to suit the convenience of
the public in various parts of the Metropolis, and in the principal
Provincial Cities and Towns of Great Britain, for the gale of their
drugs, and preparations, and for dispensing prescriptions. This
intention is strengthened, since many profitable businesses, already
established, have been offered to the Company, under the impres-
sion that it must command a very large trade founded on public

confidence.
By the establishment of such branches, the company will not
only secure th- profits of a wholesale and manufacturing business,
but will add thereto the larger proportionate profits of the retail—
and, moreover, it will be able to conduct its branch Establishments
at far less expense than individuals, since all prepara' ions and com-
pounds will be prepared at the central laboratories,Berners-
street.
The public Press has added another to the many import.ant ser-
vices it has rendered to Society by exposing the evils arising from
the prevalence of adulteration of Drugs and Chemicals employed in
Medicine, and, demanding a remedy for this abuse, The Times, of
August 25, observes:—
" It requires but a slight portion'of common sense to understand
how important an ingredient of medical success the purity of drugs
must be Drugs are the executive of the medical man, and, therefore,
with bad or inefficient drugs he acts like a paralysed roan, whose
limbs refuse 'o obey him. The physician may have the most exact
idea in his bead of the amount of drug power which he wants to
apply to the patient's disease; but if his drug deceives him, e
m, and con-
tains less of this virtue than it professes to do, awl perhaps ven
that injured by some foreign a Imixture, his whole estimate is
affected, and the process becomes a piece of guesswork. As one
witness says before the Committee on Adulteration, Tile mischief
of defective medicines is not always immediate. It frequently hap-
pens that a person, from taking a defective drug, increases the dose
in order to produce the desire'l effect. Then, upon taking the same
prescription to be made up, when the genuine drug is used the per-
son is almost poisoned.' It is therefore with much concern ve learn
from the evidence given before the Committee on Adul'eration that
the adulteration of drugs, though considerably reduced of late years,
stir goes on to a large amount. Nor is this concern lessened when
we bear that the commonest and the most powerful drugs are both
subject to this adulteration. There must be numberless critical
crses of di ease in which the correctness of the strength of an
opiate must make all the difference of life and death; jet we are
told that 19 out of every 24 samples of opium are adulterated."
The Directors of the GENERAL APOTHECARIES' COMPANY
(limited) consider that the remedy for the evil thus exposed will be
found in their plan, and that public confidence must be obtained by
a large and respectable Company. able by its constitution and
arrangements, to meet the demand for purity in medicines, and
staking its existence upon maintaining good faith with the pro-
fession and the pubic.
Upon these considerations it was resolved, at a General Extra-
ordinary Meeting of the Sh reholders, held at 49, Berners-street,
August 28, 1856, that the Capital of the Company hould be at
once increased by the issue of further Shares, at the discretion of
the Directors, for the pu pose of extending the business of the
Company ; such Shares to b, issued at par, namely, t'lo each.
The Directors therefore announce, that they are prepared to
receive applications for such Shares.
**s The Premises and Laboratories are open to the inspection of
Visitors, on forwarding their cards to the Manager ; and persons
desirous of subscribing for _Shares are invited to Evisit the
i Establishment.
September, 1856.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the GENERALAroTuIiCARIES' COMPANY

(Limited.)
49, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.
Shares ot .elO each In
Gentlemen,—Please to allot me
the above Company any;
and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number of Shares which may be allotted to me, and to pay the
amount upon allotment ; and I undertake to abide by the provisions
of the Deed of the said Company, and to sign the same if required.
Date..
Name in full
Residence.. • • •.•, , ....
Profession or occupation
Referee
* *Applications for Shares to be transmitted to the Manager, at
49, Berner:-street, Oxford-street.
The Directors have said nothing in the foregoing Prospectus
respecting the expected profits of this undertaking ; it is well known
that in a successful Dru 4 Business they are very large.
Sharcholcers in this Company are entirely exempt from
by the Act of Parliament under which it is incorporated.

the Company are now making arrangcmeots to open a
Depot in Liverpool, of which the local Shareholders
will have the control, subject to the approval of the
Central Board.