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been instructing up to that time, though he withdrew from his situa- 
tion of demonstrator of anatomy, he continued to teach a class of 
pupils, preparing them for the general purposes of the College. 
Some obstructions were thrown in his way, not that he was treated 
very handsomely before. His demonstrations had been at ten o’clock; 
the appointed class hour being nine. They shifted the hour of demon- 
stration from ten to nine or half-past nine, so as that the two classes 
might clash, and it ended in his students adhering to him and throng- 
ing around him, and somewhat neglecting Mr. Spooner. Of course, 
some jealousy and heart-burnings arose, as I am afraid, which led 
to a bad spirit on the part of Mr. Spooner towards this gentleman. 
So matters stood ; he passed his examination with very great satis- 
faction ; he was elected a member of the Council of the Royal Col- 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons, I believe, by the largest number of 
votes of all those who were admitted in the year he was admitted 
to the Council, and no one could stand more fair as an honoured 
and respected member of the profession to which he belonged. 
Gentlemen, things were in this position. After he had left the 
College, and ceased to be connected with it, and become a member 
of the Council of the Royal College, it so happened that a dispute 
arose between this College of Surgeons and the veterinary hospital 
at Camden Town. The profession of veterinary surgeons, as a 
body, had applied to Government, and obtained from Government, 
a royal charter of incorporation. It seems the professors and the 
leading members and authorities of the Veterinary College at Cam- 
den Town were not satisfied with the position they had assumed 
under the charter, and, in consequence, they applied to Government 
for a new charter, the object and effect of which new charter 
would have been to place the professors and teachers of that estab- 
lishment in a position of superiority over the rest of the profession, 
which, it was felt by the general body of the profession, they ought 
not to assume ; the consequence was a considerable opposition about 
this charter, the principal promoter of which, I believe, was Mr. 
Spooner. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons presented 
to Government a memorial against this new proposed charter, and 
according to the terms of the charter of the Royal College of Ve- 
terinary surgeons, a meeting took place of the members of the pro- 
fession of that college for the purpose of considering this memorial, 
and considering the charter for which Mr. Spooner and his adher- 
ents petitioned. A public meeting took place at the Freemasons’ 
Tavern of all the members of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons, and at that meeting attended, as members, Mr. Spooner and 
various other gentlemen. A discussion took place upon the subject 
of the memorial which had been presented by the College against 
Mr. Spooner’s proposed charter ; it was the subject-matter which 
