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ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE 
tain gentleman came there one day when Mr. Sewell was out. I was in the 
way. 1 offered to listen to what this gentleman had to say, and told him that I 
could, perhaps, give a satisfactory reply. “ Very probably, very probably,” 
said the subscriber; “but I had rather see the old gentleman.” 
This Association, whose anniversary we are met to commemorate — he is 
the father of it, and we are all very much indebted to him. I trust that he 
will long live after I have ceased to be Professor. The chair will be filled 
to his honour and to the credit of the institution. 
Professor Sewell was thankful for the handsome manner in which Mr. 
Coleman had proposed his health. He attributed it to old partiality, or to 
that friendly feeling which must of necessity spring up between men so long 
and so closely connected with each other. The veterinary profession has 
been much indebted to Professor Coleman, and on whomsoever his mantle may 
fall, may he pursue the same course with equal success. Should it fall to his 
lot to be chosen as the future head of the profession, his would not be a bed 
of roses. It would be a situation that required the unremitting' devotion of 
every power. The scientific, the zoological duties he would have to dis- 
charge, would well employ every moment of his time. To the subscribers he 
felt more indebted than he could express. He had always been upheld by 
them in his humble attempts to fulfil the intentions of such an institution. 
To the pupils he owed a great debt of gratitude: their behaviour to him had 
ever been attentive and kind; and yet the duty which he had to discharge 
was occasionally a harsh and painful one. It fell to his lot to have to main- 
tain the discipline of the College : he had endeavoured so to do with as little 
offence as might be, but he had formed a determination of purpose to main- 
tain that proper governance which the character of the institution and the 
welfare of the pupil demanded. If he had on one or two occasions been 
thought by some to have acted somewhat too sternly, he had been supported 
by the approbation of those whose opinion he valued ; and he had at the pre- 
sent moment cordially to thank the pupils, as a body, for the kindness which 
he experienced from them. 
“The Royal College of Physicians,” with much acclamation, and, after 
that, “ The Royal College of Surgeons.” 
Mr. JVilkinson, the only surgeon present, returned thanks. He wondered 
at the absence of those gentlemen of eminent reputation and talent by whom 
the former meetings of the veterinary surgeons and students used to be ho- 
noured. He must attribute it to unavoidable engagements; for he was per- 
fectly assured that they all felt a deep interest in the advancement of veteri- 
nary science. His intimacy and connexion with one of the professors, and 
the pleasure which he felt in witnessing the increasing respectability of the 
veterinary art, had made him for some years a thankful and a pleased guest 
at these assemblies ; and it was his fervent wish that the Veterinary Medical 
Association may be upheld, and may triumph as long as it is found to be 
of essential service to the profession and the public. 
“ The Veterinary Examining Committee” was then proposed. 
Professor Coleman was sorry that it fell to the lot of so incompetent an 
individual as himself to return thanks on behalf of the Veterinary Examining 
Committee. He would have been happy if Sir Astley Cooper had been there 
to have discharged this duty: he fully expected to have met him, and he 
was well assured that circumstances over which he had no control had caused 
his absence. He knew that the Veterinary Examining Committee had the 
interests of the institution at heart, and were as anxious for the welfare of 
the veterinary pupils as for that of their own immediate pupils at their own 
hospitals. The examination conducted by them is no farce. The students 
must answer the questions put to them, or they will be rejected. These ques- 
