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such. The matter was
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to the Finance Committee.
NEW OBANGE INSTITUTION AT ST. lIMENS.—The
• of a new lodge at St. Helens, in connection with
Te Institution of Great Britain and Ireland,

Aduyi.a.t
took place on Wednesday last, at 'the King's Head hotel. i near Altrigeham. The secretaryatated that following the
Arrangements had been made for . a lecture on the prin- rotation hitherto adopted, the place of meeting for next year
ciples and duties of members, prior to their enrolment ; would be Manchester, but he believed it would be to the
the large assembly-room was fitted up with the national benefit of the society to meet at Altrincham, and, as that
emblems, &c., and a large assemblage of ladies:was pre- town was only a few minutes' ride from Manchester, by
sent, anxious-to hear the principles-of Orangeism, and by railway, it was hoped' that little or ro inconvenience would
their presence grace the ^~ -f 'lug. At be occasioned to the Manchester members by this arrange-

)pearance of .
R. W. D. G.

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the hour appointed, the
Esq.; of Liverpool, entered the room, in company with
the Hon. G. S., and other grand lodge officers, who
were enthusiastically received. When the enthusiasm
had subsided, the G.T. introduced the D.G.M, who
opened the proceedings by the usual form of prayer. The
D.G.M then gave his address in eloquent terms

The members present approved the secretary's

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suggestion, butnothing-will be filed .until the meeting in
December. The entry for the show to-morrow, (Wednes-
day) is now complete, and is the largest the society has
ever had. The ?exhibition of poultry will considerably
exceed, both in numbers and quality, that of the show at
Liverpool last year. The reaping machines are to be tried
in corn growing ans.the farm of Mr. Warburton, of Bewsey,
about two miles from Warrington, the clarbefore the show.

warmly cheered in the course of its delivery. He showed
the protesting spirit of our ancestors, from the invasion of
the Saxons to the great revolution, an epoch which
settled on a firm foundation those rights and privileges
which now are Britain's pride and boast, .and that the
Bill of Rights was not the work of that time alone, but
was the confirming and securing of what the nation had
been struggling for through many generations. He next
showed that the Orange Society had been, and ever would
be, a protesting and repelling- system against foreign in-
vasion or home rebellion; that, with God's blessing, it
was the mainspring of action to support our Church, our
Queen, and our glorious constitution ; and also it was, he
said, the lever which had raised Protestantism high above
subserviency to Popery, and that if the powerful
stimulus of Orangeism were removed, or suspended, our re-
ligion and liberties would be torn from us. He then re-
minded the meeting of the heroes, soldiers, and martyrs, who,
to gain the liberty we now enjoy, bad endured agony and
torture ; and that, amidst the strife of war and persecution,
through them the flag of truth and liberty had been
upheld ; that martyrs had not been burned, that they
(the meeting) should be enthralled ; nor had heroes
bled, that they should be the vassals or slaves of Popery.
He alluded to the memory of their devoted and high-
hearted ancestors, to the thrilling deeds of glory with
which their names are imperishably connected ;—their
undying love of liberty—their zeal—their. .enthusiasm for
truth in life—their fidelity in danger and in death. These,
said he, are things of which you have no right to boast, if
you allow the Pope to be your ruler, his priesthood to be
endowed, the l,able repudiated, and educational establish-
ments neglected. He exhorted them to be faithful and
true to the sacred trust committed to their care, and to
hand it down unimpaired to posterity ; and then, conti-
nued he, come what may, be it weal, woe, liberty, slavery,
life, or even death, if found but true to our God, our
country, and each other, we may look back with a grateful
recollection. After an urgent appeal to the friends pre-
sent, to give in their names as candidates for admission,
the Right Worshipful sat down amidst much applause,
having consented to give another lecture in a month.—
The `Wellington Lodge" was then opened in due form
by the grand officers, who installed Brother Joseph Taylor
as the Worshipful Master: a large number were ml-
tiated, and a long list of names sent in for approval. At
the close of the proceedings a large party met the brethren,
with their ladies, in the ball-room, where a plenteous
supply of good things was provided. The usual loyal
toasts were drunk, added to which was the Church of
England and the Orange Institution. The Brothers
G.T., N. Bradley, Esq., J. Little, Esq.,
and D:4—ONortehG
Dis-
trict, Liverpool, Brother Warwick, &e. ,f th
rand
Lodge, made some excellent observations ; and to the
various speeches the D.G.M. responded in excellent style
and spoke in terms of commendation of the M.W.G.M,
T. J. Ouseley, Esq., The toast of the evening-, which was
to Brother Taylor and the Lancashire Witches, was, as
may be supposed, enthusiastically received, and suitabl
responded to by Brother Taylor. The brethren and inhay-
bitants of St. Helens have not enjoyed a more gratifying
tettival for a long tinle.—(FrQm a correspondent.)

UNQUALIFIED MEDICAL PRAUTITION'ERAL—In a case,
Ecroyd v. Knowles, at the Salford County Court, on the
24th ult., says the Manchester Courier, his Honour (J.
W. Harden, Esq.) gave judgment in an important case.
The plaintiff is a chemist and druggist, and leceps a shop
In Broughton-road, and-having served an apprenticeship
to a surgeon, he is in the habit of giving advice to his
.customers, sometimes attending them at their own houses,
but charges for medicines only and not for advice. He
attended the defendant's wife in her confinement, and was
paid for that attendance. In February, 1851, he vacci-
nated the child, and shortly after it began to suffer from
scrofula, and died in about three months, after very-great
suffering. During that illness, the plaintiff and no one
else attended the child, frequently calling at the defend.
ant's house, and being always addressed as " Dr." TWA
action-was brought for lotions, powders, and ointment,
supplied in the course of his medical treatment. The
defence was. that by the act 65 Geo. 3, cap. 194, sec. 21, it
is declared -4' that no apothecary shall be allowed to recover
any charges claimed by him in any court of law, unless
such apothecary shall prove on the trial that he was in
practice as an -apothecary prior to or on the sth August,
1815, or that he has obtained a certificate to practise as
an apothecary from the Master Warden and Society of
Apothecaries ;" that the plaintiff was probably not born
in 1815, and had no certificate. The defendant, moreover,
contended that as the death of the child was attributable
to the plaintiff using diseased matter for vaccination, it
could not be said that his services were worth anything.
My decision turns upon the first point only, and it
becomes necessary for me to inquire what are the relative
duties of an apothecary and of a chemist, within the
statute 55 Geo. 3, cap. 194, by the 28th section of which it
is provided, " that nothing in this act contained shall
extend or be construed to extend to prejudice or in any
way to affect the trade or business of a chemist, in the
buying, preparing, compounding, dispensing, and vending
drugs, medicines, and medicinable compounds, wholesale
and retail; but all persons using and exercising the said
trade or business, or who shall or may hereafter use or
exercise the same, shall and may use, exercise, and carry
on the same trade or business in such manner, and as
fully and amply, to all intents and purposes, as the same
trade or business was used before the passing of this act."
The business of a chemist is, in my opinion, to prepare
and dispense, that is, distribute or deal out and sell
medicines ; but if he presumes to prescribe or administer
medicines in the ordinary course of attending patients, it
appears to me that he practises as an apothecary, and that
he cannot recover for the phials. See the Apothecaries'
Company v. Greenough, 1 28. 799 ; Allison v. Haydon, 4
Bing., 619; Steed v. Henley, 1 C. and P. 574.. Each
branch of the medical profession has its own province ; it
is, I think, quite clear that the plaintiff in this case has
interfered with the province of the apothecary, and that
charging for the drugs is a mere blind ; he is, conse-
quently, debarred by the 21st section of the Apothecaries'
Act from maintainin this action, and the verdict must
be entered for the defendant.