THE VETERINARIAN, NOVEMBER 1, 1844. 
Ne quid falsi dicore audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
THE VETERINARY PROFESSION— THE CHARTER. 
By our Number of last month our readers have been fully put 
into possession of the transactions of that party of the profession 
who have been mainly instrumental in obtaining the Royal Charter 
of Incorporation, and of a party, out of the profession, whose object 
has been to subvert or nullify that Charter. The information was 
conveyed to them in authenticated statements sent to us for publica- 
tion, with a request that they should be inserted by us in our 
Journal, without comment of any kind. Nor was a syllable of 
comment appended to them ; nor did they require it. They spoke 
for themselves. The parties at issue proved to be the governors of 
the Royal Veterinary College on the one hand, and the veterinary 
profession on the other. It is no new thing to find these parties at 
variance ; indeed, they have ever been so within our recollection. 
We (members) have, on more than one occasion, been refused 
favour — nay, recognition, even — by these high and mighty 
“ Governors.” We have been refused to be admitted simply as 
subscribers to their institution ; notwithstanding we saw enrolled 
among “the noblemen and gentlemen, subscribers to the institution,” 
the names of horse-dealers and omnibus proprietors. No wonder, 
therefore, we repeat, the Governors should still be at issue with us. 
But what is the question at present on which they are disagreed 
with us ! — No less a one than the Royal Charter of Incor- 
poration ! That Charter which has cost the Committee so many 
hours of labour and anxiety to obtain ; and which, when once ob- 
tained, we all fondly hoped would prove an honour and a bless- 
ing to us; but which, if the Governors can have their way, seems 
likely to turn out something like a curse to us. 
The Charter was obtained in March 1844 ; and on the 1st July 
following, “ a humble petition” was sent by the Governors and 
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