CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. BARLOW AND 
THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian .” 
“ Edinburgh Veterinary College, 
“ 13th August, 1846. 
In The Veterinarian for August, there appears the report of 
a Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, signed 
by Messrs. E. Mayhew, E. N. Gabriel, and W. A. Cherry. In 
consequence of receiving from the Secretary of the Council a simi- 
lar document, containing statements regarding myself on which I 
requested some explanation, I wrote to him as follows : — 
“ Edinburgh Veterinary College, 
“11th July, 1846. 
“ Sir, — Along with your letter of the 9th inst., I have this day 
received a copy of Report on the Edinburgh examinations. The 
greatest part of that document does not in the remotest degree 
concern me, as it relates to matters in which I have not taken any 
part. The only portion of the Report which I require at present 
to notice, and on which I request an immediate explanation, is the 
paragraph , 1 Sixthly, That Mr. Barlow, not being a professor, or an 
appointed lecturer, his assumption of the right to vote a3 an ex 
officio member of the Board of Examiners was a violation of the 
bye-law No. 3, sect. 5/ I request to know upon what authority 
it is asserted that I am not an appointed lecturer , and shall expect 
an immediate answer. 
“ I am, Sir, your’s obediently, 
(Signed) “ John Barlow/' 
“E.N. Gabriel, Esq.” 
Since writing the foregoing, I have received the following com- 
munications from the Council : — 
“ Rolls Buildings, July 13th, 1846. 
“ Sir, — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 
11th inst., and will lay the same before the Council. 
“ I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, 
(Signed) “E. N. Gabriel/' 
“ J. Barlow, Esq.” 
