BY MU. T. TUKNKlt. 
GB7 
counsel for the prosecution ably addressed the Chairman on the 
bench for my expenses to be allowed as a professional man, whose 
time was in much demand by the public. 
The worthy Chairman’s reply was a very decided one, and as 
follows : — u Had Mr. Turner’s profession been acknowledged as 
other professions, I should have had much pleasure in sanction- 
ing, and the county would have sanctioned, a more considerable 
pecuniary allowance ; but this not being the case, I much regret 
that it is out of my power to allow Mr. Turner a sum beyond that of 
any ordinary witness, viz., five shillings per day.” I immediately 
made my bow to the Court, and, as you may all fairly conclude, 
not quite upon good terms with my position. A few short minutes 
passed after this Court-scene was over, and the thought struck 
me, that had we been a chartered body I should have escaped 
this apparent indignity, and, only a few weeks prior to my visit 
at Warwick such an advance had been made in furtherance of our 
common cause, that there appeared a foretaste of empiricism be- 
ing deprived of its sting, and that every licentiate of the Royal 
Veterinary College would be deemed a professional man, as by 
law established. 
The very important movement of a large body of veterinary 
surgeons, which commenced in a meeting convened in this me- 
tropolis, and advertised as such in the public newspapers and 
periodicals, announcing for its object the welfare of the veterinary 
art, has lately taken place. At this meeting a committee, with 
a chairman and secretary, was appointed to watch over its 
interests, and subscriptions were received to aid in carrying 
out the design. On this public occasion I cannot forbear ex- 
pressing the deep feelings of obligation and esteem which I 
entertain towards the gentlemen who formed the committee, 
and who by their urbanity, zealous attention, searching scrutiny, 
and firmness of purpose, aided by the most honourable intentions, 
in my judgment deserve the cordial thanks of every member of 
our profession. A few words, however, I must be permitted to 
say respecting the secretary, Mr. Thomas Walton Mayer, of New- 
castle, with regard to whom any eulogiums of mine would fall 
immeasurably below his real worth. Without his co-operation 
after the ladder had been raised to the building, not one step 
could have been advanced. The labours of that gentleman have 
proved little short of Herculean. For his generous self-devotion to 
the accomplishment of our noble object he has my most grateful 
thanks ; he has also that which is of far higher worth, — his inward 
feeling of satisfaction at being instrumental, in early life, in 
attempting to establish the best interests of an art of which he is 
becoming so distinguished a member. 
