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SITTINGS OF THE COUNCIL. 
1 
Present— the PRESIDENT, the SECRETARY, Messrs. FIELD, LanG- 
worthy, Wilkinson, F. King, jun., Robinson, Mayhew, 
Ernes, Braby, Henderson, W. Arthur Cherry, J. Tur- 
ner, C. Spooner (Professor), and Mr. Shepperson, Visitor. 
The minutes being read, before they were signed by the President, 
Mr. Mayhem rose, and, after some remarks on what he consi- 
dered to be erroneous proceedings, he presented several protests, 
which were read, and, without further comment, the minutes were 
then confirmed. 
The report from the Deputation, directed at the last sitting to 
be prepared, was presented, and read by the Secretary ; and it 
was moved by Mr. Arthur Cherry, seconded by Mr. F. King, 
“ That the Report be adopted and inserted on the minutes,” which 
was carried without a dissentient voice. 
The President read the copy of a letter he had addressed to 
Mr. Mark Phillips, merely to inform that gentleman of the reason 
of the delay in not giving a definite answer to the communication 
received from the Home Office. 
The Secretary read a protest against any alterations being made 
in the present Charter from Mr. T. Mayer, sen., and also another 
protest of the same tenor from Mr. T. W. Mayer, jun. It being 
moved and seconded that both these protests be entered on the 
minutes, the same was carried. 
At the last sitting, the gentlemen who had been appointed on 
the deputation were re-appointed, as a committee, to draw up a 
report on the proposed alterations; and the report being now 
presented, the same was read by the Secretary, and, after some 
general remarks by several members, it was decided that, as the 
Committee had divided the proposed alterations into clauses, and 
numbered them for the more easy reference, that each clause in 
their report should be taken seriatim ; and they were now read 
separately, discussed, arid put to the vote. 
There did not appear to be any difference of opinion amongst the 
members as to the course to be adopted ; the only difference seemed 
to be as to the terms in which such opinions were to be conveyed. 
The opening clause, proposing the admission of the members of 
the Agricultural Societies and the Governors of the Royal Veteri- 
nary College into the body corporate, having been objected to by 
Professor Spooner, on the ground that such admission was not sought 
for, it was given up after a long debate. The rest were, with some 
few modifications, all adopted; the whole of them, however, being 
most critically and minutely examined into before they were 
adopted. It will not be requisite to enter into a more lengthy re- 
port of this part of the proceedings; because the opinion of the 
Board being so very unanimous, and such an important document 
