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SITTING OF THE COUNCIL. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Silting of June 28, 1848. 
(Quarterly Meeting.) 
Present — the PRESIDENT, the SECRETARY, Messrs. CHERRY, sen., 
Henderson, James Turner, Burley, Pritchard, Ernes, 
Braby, and PERCIVALL. 
The minutes of the last Meeting having been read and con- 
firmed, 
The Secretary announced that an answer had been received to 
the letter addressed by the President, in accordance with the ex- 
press desire of the Council, to the Commander-in-Chief; which, with 
the permission of the President, he would read to the Council, pre- 
facing it with the perusal of the President’s letter. 
A pause of some duration ensued after the reading of these letters : 
at length silence was broken by 
Mr. Burley , who could not understand the meaning of the reply 
received from the Commander-in-Chief. He felt quite surprised 
at the authorities treating the matter after this manner. He should 
have thought that it had been the object to secure for the army the 
very best qualified men as veterinary surgeons. If candidates were 
to be received who were not in possession of the diploma of the 
Royal Chartered College, then did the Charter become of no effect. 
Seeing the Principal Veterinary Surgeon of the Army present, he 
would appeal to him for an explanation of the dubious meaning of 
the letter, — “ Satisfied with the existing arrangement, and did not 
consider it expedient to alter it.” 
Other members were expressing the same desire, and all were 
evidently in expectation of some explanation, when 
Mr. Cherry at length rose and said, had he been treated in a pro- 
per manner he had come prepared to give the required explanation : 
as matters stood, however, he certainly should withhold it. 
Mr, Ernes conceived that the letter explained itself. The words, 
“ Satisfied with the existing arrangement,” evidently meant that 
order of things which had now, by virtue of their Charter, been in 
force for four years; and, therefore, by saying “ he did not consider 
it expedient to alter it,” his Grace clearly gave his sanction to the 
present Charter. 
Mr. Jas. Turner viewed the letter in the same light. It certainly 
was “ a great fact,” that, since the obtainment of the Charter, no 
