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important business fairly before the members of the profession at 
large. 
A bill similar to that in prospectu for the surgeons once being 
obtained for the veterinary profession, there will not need to be 
published “Lists of Registered Members,” or at least not after a 
first and full publication of them : no false pretender will then 
dare to style himself VETERINARY SURGEON ; every “ farrier ” 
and “cowleech ” must be known and employed as such, and not be 
suffered to trip up the heels of the registered practitioner by calling 
themselves by the false titles of “ veterinary surgeons.” 
Such fair prospects as these, backed by such fair promise' of 
fulfilment, it is, our readers will be assured, with pain we feel we 
have any cause to urge us to damp or obscure; but we must do 
our duty, and communicate to them the unwelcome intelligence that 
interests are at work endeavouring to obtain either some material 
alterations in our charter, or else an entire abrogation of it. On 
the day on which the proceedings we annex an account of 
took place, we understand it was resolved, a deputation of the 
members of the Royal Agricultural Society should wait upon Sir 
James Graham, to express their dissent from the charter. We 
have also learned that a deputation for a like purpose has been 
sent by the Royal Highland Agricultural Society. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
A MEETING of the Council was held on Monday at the society’s 
house, in Hanover-square, his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., 
President, in the chair. There were also present Earl Spencer, 
Viscount Hill, Lord Camoys, Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P., Sir R. 
Price, Bart., Sir C. Lemon, Bart., Colonel Challoner, Mr. D. 
Barclay, M.P., Mr. T. W. JBramston, M.P., Mr. J. E. Denison, 
M.P., Mr. A. E. Fuller, M.P., Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Mr. H. S. E. 
Sotheron, M.P., Mr. W. O. Gore, M.P., Professor Sewell, Messrs. 
C. G. Du Pre, S. R. Baker, R. Gibbs, W. F. Hobbs, J. Kinder, 
H. Gibbs, F. Pym, &c., &c. 
After the adoption of the Report, Mr. J. E. Denison, M.P. 
called the attention of the Council to the treatment of the diseases 
of cattle, observing, that unless attention were paid to the restric- 
tions affecting the course of education to be pursued by pupils of 
veterinary surgeons, one of the society’s most important objects 
would be frustrated. Some time back a charter had been granted 
to veterinary surgeons, under which pupils were to be submitted 
to examination. It was highly desirable that, in the course of 
education, regard should be had to the pupil obtaining a proficiency 
in the knowledge of cattle pathology and practice, improper treat- 
