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RECEPTION OF THE CHARTER. 
After the conclusion of the business of electing the first officers 
under the Charter of Incorporation of the College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, the president and gentlemen who had been engaged in 
the business of the day adjourned to the dining-room, where a 
solid and substantial repast having been provided, the company 
sat down, in number between fifty and sixty, Mr. Thomas Tur- 
ner, the President of the College, officiating as chairman. 
The following is a list of those who were present at this 
repast : — 
Thos. Turner, President, Croydon 
Jas. Turner, London 
Wm. Field, London 
Professor Sewell, R.V.C., London 
Professor Dick, Edinburgh 
Professor Spooner, R.V.C., London 
Professor Simonds, R.V.C., London 
Thos. Walton Mayer, Newcastle- 
under-Line 
Thos. Mayer, sen., Newcastle-under- 
Line 
Hen. Lee, Dover-street 
Thos. Turner, jun., Croydon 
Wm. Walter, sen. 
Wm. Walter, jun. 
W. Meginnis 
R. Vines, 13, College -street 
W. McKenna, Belfast, Ireland 
Francis King, sen., Stanmore 
Francis King, jun., Stanmore 
W. Youatt, London 
R. Hutton, Great Yeldham, Essex 
Edward Turner, Reigate 
Geo. Baker, Reigate 
W. J. Godwin, Birmingham 
W. C. Spooner, Southampton 
H. J. Surmon 
Alex. Henderson, V.S. to the Queen 
Dowager 
Richard Walters, V.S., London 
Langton M. Rogers, H.E.S. 
Hen. Lepper, Aylesbury 
S. H. Withers, Bristol 
F. C. Cherry, P.A.V.S. 
James Burr 
W. Pritchard, Wolverhampton 
W. Wallace, Wolverhampton 
M. Roper, Times Office, for Tub 
Veterinarian 
F. R. Silvester 
F. J. Sewell 
A. Howarth 
W. H. Cardwell 
Jas. Turner, London 
Samuel H. Withers, Bristol 
Robert Hunt, London 
Chas. Wallis, Staines 
Chas. S. Robinson 
George James Sparrow 
Chas. Marshall 
Wm. Baker, Sudbury, Suffolk 
Wm. Powell, jun. 
On the cloth being withdrawn, the chairman rose to propose the 
first toast, which was, “The health of her most gracious Majesty 
the Queen.” He prefaced it by observing, that he did not think it 
necessary that he should say much about the event which had 
called them together that day, and the happy termination of which 
