ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 301 
Its receipt was acknowledged as follows : — 
Sir, 311, Regent- street, July 1st, 1847. 
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of June 26th, 
announcing an application from the Royal Veterinary College, and the High- 
land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, praying that a Charter may be 
granted to the Royal Veterinary College of London and Edinburgh. 
I have the honour to remain, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Thomas Turner, 
President of the Royal College of 
S. M. Phillips , Esq. Veterinary Surgeons. 
But as the announcement was merely that which, as a matter of 
course, had been anticipated, it was not considered necessary that 
any further immediate steps should be taken respecting it. As time 
passed on, however, without any further intelligence transpiring, 
several of the country members of the Council, whose opinions are 
always sure of commanding attention, became anxious for more 
recent information, and, in compliance with their wishes, the fol- 
lowing application was made by your President : — 
To the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart., Her Majesty's Principal 
Secretary of State for the Home Department. 
Sir George, — I had the honour, in July last, of acknowledging the receipt 
of a communication from Mr. S. M. Phillips, intimating that a Petition from 
the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College, and the Highland and Agri- 
cultural Society, was then under your consideration. 
May I be permitted to beg the favour, in the name of the Council of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, of a copy of that document, if not 
incompatible with the usual routine on such occasions ? 
I have the honour to be, 
Sir George, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Thomas Turner, 
311, Regent-street, President of the Royal College of 
Sept. 10, 1847. Veterinary Surgeons. 
The reply was prompt and satisfactory. 
Sir, Whitehall, 1 5th September, 1847. 
I am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of 
your letter of the 10th instant, and to transmit to you the enclosed copy of 
the Petition of the Royal Veterinary College of London, and the Highland 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland, in pursuance of your request. 
I am, Sir, 
Thomas Turner, Esq. Your obedient servant, 
President of the Royal College Denis Le Marchant. 
of Veterinary Surgeons, 
311, Regent-street. 
