MR. SPARROW IN REPLY TO MR. REYIS. 
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Sir James Graham is not the first whig, nor will he be the 
last, whom the force of circumstances and the aspect of the 
times have compelled to range themselves under the conservative 
banners of the noble duke and Sir Robert Peel. 
The time has arrived, when men of property must array them- 
selves against men of no property, as a matter of self-defence — 
when those who value the permanent blessings of a monarchical 
government will have to come into fearful collision for its sup- 
port with a party steadily and resolutely pushing on for the esta- 
blishment of republican and infidel principles. 
Should that day arrive, sure I am (or I mistake the loyalty 
of our professional body) there would not be found a single man 
who would not rally around our beloved and youthful sovereign 
for her defence, and that of our glorious constitution ; and even 
Mr. Bickford would not be last in shouldering his musket on such 
an occasion. 
Sir James Graham, like a. wise man, “ has taken time by the 
forelock,” and thinks prevention better than cure. May he and 
his worthy colleagues succeed : they have an arduous and not a 
very enviable task before them. 
\our kindly inserting this letter in your next month’s Journal 
will much oblige, your’s sincerely, 
Thomas Mayer, Sen. V.S. 
REPLY TO MR. REVIS, 
By Mr. II. W. Sparrow, F.N., Market Place, New Malton. 
Sir, — In a late number of The Veterinarian, I find an 
attack made by Mr. L. Revis, in favour of a Mr. G. Haliday, 
— both veterinary surgeons — on an article inserted by me in the 
September No. of this periodical, and my motive for inserting 
which was the desire to expose empirics. 
Had the person who wrote the letter for Mr. Revis also added 
his name, I should then have entered into further detail, well 
knowing the production not to be from Mr. Revis’s own pen. 
The fact of the case is this : — I commenced practice in Malton 
a twelvemonth ago, having had letters of introduction to W. Allen, 
Esq. of this town, who both breeds and trains race-horses. I 
have the honour to be employed by this gentleman, and also other 
influential men ; the consequence is, that I am a sad annoyance 
to both these veterinary surgeons, of whom I will take no far- 
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