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THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
We had penned the foregoing appeal to the profession, when we 
received Mr. Mayhew’s portraiture of “ things as they are ” at our 
Royal Veterinary College. Cordially do we congratulate our 
readers, as well as ourselves, on the resuscitation of Mr. Mayhew. 
Of the well-known cause of his so long ‘silence let not another 
word be said. Let it suffice for us to know, that — 
“ Richard is himself again,” 
and will in battle-front his prowess show. Mr. Mayhew’s feelings 
would not have been widely different from our own when he wrote 
the lines, “ The veterinary profession, however, must now shew 
its feeling. If the charter have their support, the fact must he 
demonstrated. In such a cause every individual must act as if 
the issue depended on his single arm. All know what has been. 
They are aware how their wishes are opposed, and their best in- 
terests endangered.” — But, stop ! What comes next 1 Nothing 
less than “the threatened plan” — a plan the concoction of which 
receives additional evidence from Mr. Cherry’s communication — 
“ of manufacturing illegal diplomas.” If which “ be carried into 
effect,” adds Mr. Mayhew, “ the consequences will not be slight.” 
Indeed, they will not. Valueless, worthless, as the certificate will 
be, derived from any examining board so constituted, without 
the pale of the charter, yet are the public not sufficiently informed 
on such matters to be able, unassisted, to make a distinction between 
one diploma and another — between, as Mr. Mayhew has hap- 
pily expressed it, “ the false and the true paper;” and, therefore, 
adjuncts to the Legalized diploma will become necessary to its veri- 
fication. The one suggested by Mr. Mayhew is an artistic chef ‘ 
dioeuvre, consisting in a cast from the model of the crest of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ; and, under the restrictions 
to which it is proposed it shall in strict honour be subjected, a 
valuable as well as an ornamental possession it cannot fail to prove. 
Another recognition, an undeniable one, and protection, the incor- 
porated practitioner will enjoy will reside, permanently and for ever 
reside, in his REGISTRATION. In that honourable and indisputable 
enrolment will his name stand, promulgated in every corner of the 
country, while the “ College List” will remain, where it ever has 
been securely kept, screened from the dust as well as from the 
