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THE VETERINARIAN, MAY 1, 1856. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
THE CONVERSAZIONE AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OP 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The President of the above institution, W. Field, Esq. 
again invited the members of the profession and their friends 
to a Conversazione on the evening of the 26th March last. 
The suite of rooms on the first floor, consisting of the 
council and Committee rooms, the library and the museum, 
were set apart for the reception of the company, who were 
received with courteous dignity by the President. 
Among those who accepted the invitation, most of whom 
were present during the evening, were the following : — 
Marquis Townshend, Viscount Raynham, Hon. A. F* 
Kinnaird, M.P., E. J. Hutchins, M.P., Major Lyon, Captain 
Fugion, R. E. Broughton, F.R.S., F. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A., 
F. H. R. Spratt, R.A., G. Lance, Thomas Landseer, G. C. 
Stanton, J. Thomas, B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, Fisher Hobbs, 
and I. J. Mechi, Esquires. 
Eeverends . — J. G. Briscoe, S. B. Harris, D. M‘Anally, and 
P. Moody. 
Physicians. — J. M. Appleton, B. G. Babington, F.R.S., 
A. W. Barclay, W. D.Chowne, — Cust, — Duncan, D. Fraser, 
H. W. Fuller, E. Lankester, F.R.S., R. Lee, F.R.S., J. O. 
M c William and Son, J. W. Ogle, — Oldfield, — Sanders, 
F. Sibson, F.R.S., J. Snow, R. D. Thompson, J. Webster, 
F.R.S., — Westmacott. 
Surgeons and Friends. — J. E. Adlard, Jacob Bell, W. Bolton, 
R. Bowles, F. H. Bridgman, T. B. Brown, F. Buckland, 
J. Clinton, T. J. Clover, E. Cooke, F. de la Fosse, C. Eales, 
— Filleter, H. Foster, S. Garrard, P. Gowland, H. Gray, 
W. E. Greenwell, P. Hewitt, F. E. Hicks, T.H. Hills, J. Hogg, 
