"  Essex  Street,  17th  of  March,  1815."

The  clause  proposed :

''Provided  always,  and  be  it  farther  enacted,  That  nothing  in
this  Act  contained  shall  extend,  or  be  construed  to  extend,  to  pre-
judice, or  in  any  way  to  affect  the  trade  and  business  of  a  Chemist
and  Dmggist ;  but  all  persons  using  or  exercising  the  said  trade,
or  who  shall  or  may  hereafter  use  or  exercise  the  same,  shall  and
may  use,  exercise,  and  carry  on  the  same  trade  in  such  manner
and  as  fully  and  amply  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  they  might
hace  done  in  case  this  Act  had  not  been  made"

"  Your  Committee  directed  that  the  charter  of  the  Apothe-
caries, the  new  bill  in  Parliament,  with  the  proviso  above
proposed,  and  the  letter  of  the  solicitors  of  the  Apothecaries'
Company,  should  be  submitted  to  the  consideration  of  counsel
as  to  the  effect  the  same  might  have  on  the  Chemists  and
Druggists,  and  that  the  Secretaries  should  lay  the  same  before
counsel  with  proper  instructions  accordingly.
"  Monday,  17th  April. — The  Secretaries  laid  before  the  Com-
mittee the  case  submitted  to  counsel  on  behalf  of  the  Chemists
and  Druggists,  with  the  charter  and  bill  in  Parliament,  and
counsel's  opinion  thereon ;  also  the  proviso  proposed  by  the
Solicitors  of  the  Society  of  Apothecaries,  as  settled  by  counsel.
