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ON DIT. 
Mr. Mayhem's, motion regarding Dr. Mercer’s conduct, of which 
notice had been given at the last sitting, was, after a good deal of 
discussion, carried, being seconded by Mr. W. Arthur Cherry ; and 
the Secretary was directed to write to Dr. Mercer, inquiring of that 
gentlemen whether the statement respecting his having given a re- 
port regarding the late examination at Edinburgh to the Highland 
Society, not having given such information to the Council of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, was correct or not f 
Mr. Ernes gave notice of motion ; and, after a very interesting 
conversation respecting the apprenticeship clause, which chiefly 
tended towards the importance and necessity of such a clause, the 
sitting broke up. 
ON DIT. 
A RUMOUR is current, that a room is being erected for the 
purpose of examining pupils in at the Royal Veterinary Col- 
lege. How they are to get examiners to sit in it has not yet 
transpired. Though the general system of all proceedings connected 
with that institution has always been eccentric, still, such an idea 
as the above seems so utterly ridiculous, that we can hardly credit 
it. Mrs. Glass tells us to first catch our hare : but if the rumour 
has any truth in it, such does not seem to be “ college” doctrine. 
It may prove like the man who, having sold the lion’s skin, was 
killed in the chace endeavouring to obtain it. 
We have heard, on good authority, that the Committee ap- 
pointed by the Council to prepare a Memorial to be sent to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department have had several 
meetings, and that they have prepared a Memorial ready for ap- 
proval by the Council at their next sitting, Wednesday the 30th 
September ; and, if we are not misinformed, the Memorial will be 
of great service to the good cause, being mild in its tone but strong 
in its matter, based on the causes which led to the application 
being made to the Crown for a Charter of Incorporation, the in- 
efficient and neglected state of the Schools, and the efforts that 
have been made, and are still making, by the Council of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons to remedy the various evils exist- 
ing in the very foundations of our profession, and which, unless re- 
moved, will inevitably destroy the body corporate, and have been 
the cause of the very low estimation in which the veterinary pro- 
fession has been so long held. We shall endeavour to obtain a 
copy for our next number. — Ed. Vet. 
