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MISCELLANEA. 
A meeting of the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College 
took place at the Thatched House Tavern, on Tuesday, April 13th. 
On Wednesday, April 14th, at the meeting of the Council of 
the Royal Agricultural Society, a letter was read by the Secretary, 
from Mr. Wilkinson, the Solicitor to the Royal Veterinary College, 
stating that it was the intention of the Governors of the Royal 
Veterinary College, together with the Highland Agricultural 
Society, to apply to the Government for a separate Charter of 
Incorporation, and asking for the co-operation of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society of England for the obtainment of the same. A short 
discussion ensued, and upon Professor Sewell being asked what it 
meant, as there had been one already granted by her Majesty to 
embody the veterinary profession, the Professor’s reply, that the 
one already granted only embraced a section of the profession, 
was received with marks of surprise. The application was heard 
with evident coldness, and it was proposed by His Grace the 
Duke of Richmond, that the application be referred to the Vete- 
rinary Committee. 
*** We would ask what Professor Sewell means by stating 
that the present Charter embraced but “ a section of the pro- 
fession !” His name, as well as those of his fellow-professors, 
stands as a “ petitioner” for it ; and not as a petitioner only, but 
as a “ subscriber” to its loan as well, and of the good round sum 
of £200 ; and now, forsooth, he would disown his offspring. 
Moreover, “ the section of the profession,” so named by Pro- 
fessor Sewell, happens to consist of several hundred of its mem- 
bers : a pretty large “ section” truly ! We would advise the 
Professor to be in future more guarded in his expressions con- 
cerning the Charter, or he may, himself, get on a side which is a 
little more “ sectional” than he will probably like. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian 
Sir, — I t is with pleasure, commingled with somewhat of pain, 
that I sit down to pen a few lines in reference to the conduct of 
pupils at present pursuing their studies at the Royal Veterinary 
College, the object in view being to cause an inquiry, and, by so 
