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and of many valuable opportunities which he had suffered to es- 
cape. It told him that, individually, he was supposed to stand 
upon different ground to that of almost every gentleman he saw 
about him ; and he confessed that he could not help feeling a little 
mortification at the position in which he was placed. He would 
not, however, recur, at such a meeting, to any thing unpleasant, 
but w r ould direct the attention of his hearers to the noble situation 
in which they stood — and the glorious prospect which was now 
opened before them ; and happy, indeed, was he to be permitted to 
enter upon the subject, and to express his sentiments with regard to 
it. They were now a Royal College, incorporated by Charter, and 
this evening they had met together to commemorate the noble objects 
which the Charter was designed to carry out. For his part, he 
threw all private and personal feelings overboard, and only hoped 
that they would continue in their glorious career, and bend all their 
energies to carry into effect the objects for which they were incor- 
porated. 
As regarded himself, personally, he should only say, that he felt 
the highest degree of pleasure in proposing the toast which had 
been put into his hands, and only regretted that it had not been 
entrusted to those who could have done it greater justice. He 
proposed “ Success to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.” 
This was drunk with all the honours and with vehement applause. 
The Chairman said that he felt himself bound to return thanks 
for the very handsome compliment which had been paid them. 
He had listened with the greatest delight to the sentiments that 
had fallen from his old friend Youatt, and was truly obliged to 
him for the manner in which he had introduced the toast that 
had been put into his hands. He was perfectly convinced that 
all those who now surrounded the board would labour to maintain 
the respectability of the situation in which they had now been placed. 
It would depend upon themselves whether the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons would become and would continue respected 
and useful. He was obliged to them for the manner in which they 
had received the toast, and he doubted not that the memory of the 
pleasures of this night would be cherished to the latest hour of their 
existence. 
Mr. King , jun., obliged the company with Moore’s favourite 
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