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ON Friday last, November 11, the Chemical Society gave a banquet in honour of six of its Past-Presidents who had been for over half a century Fellows of the Society. The occasion was the more noteworthy that these eminent chemists—Gilbert, Frankland, Odling, Abel, Williamson, and Gladstone—are in many cases ranked among those whose teaching has most deeply influenced chemical science. As M. Friedel said: “They form the finest phalanx of the fathers of chemistry which exists in any country.” The season of the year prevented many foreign chemists from attending, but a great number of letters and telegrams were received. Amongst the men of science present were Prof. Armstrong, Sir J. Wolfe Barry, Sir G. Birdwood, Sir J. Crichton Browne, Dr. Böttinger, Major-General Sir Owen Tudor Burne, Dr. T. Lander Brunton, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Sir Ernest Clarke, Sir W. Crookes, Major-General Sir J. Donnelly, Prof. Wyndham Dunstan, Dr. Dupré, Dr. Dyer, Mr. T. H. Elliott, Mr. H. M. Elder, Sir John Evans, Major-General Festing, Prof. Michael Foster, Prof. P. Frankland, Sir Archibald Geikie, Mr. W. Gowland, Mr. C. E. Groves, Mr. W. Hills, Sir W. Huggins, Prof. Judd, Dr. W. Kellner, Lord Lister, Major P. A. MacMahon, the President of Magdalen, Prof. Herbert McLeod, Prof. Raphael Meldola, Dr. Rudolph Messel, Prof. H. A. Miers, Prof. G. M. Minchin, Dr. Ludwig Mond, Mr. J. Fletcher Moulton, Q.C., M.P., Dr. Hugo Müller, Sir A. Noble, Prof. W. Ostwald, Dr. W. H. Perkin and Prof. W. H. Perkin, the Master of Peterhouse, Dr. Pye-Smith, Mr. Boverton Redwood, Prof. Ramsay, Lord Rayleigh, Lord Reay, Prof. Roberts-Austen, Prof. Rücker, Dr. Russell, Prof. Smithells, Prof. Sprengel, Sir G. Gabriel Stokes, Mr. J. W. Swan, Prof. J. M. Thomson, Dr. Thorpe, Prof. Tilden, Mr Tyrer, and Sir H. Trueman Wood. We hope to give in another issue a full report of the speeches made on the occasion of this highly successful gathering.