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language respectful but strong they have required the obtainment 
of a charter to protect the qualified members from serving in cer- 
tain parochial offices, and to enable them to resist the pretensions 
of incompetent and unqualified men — an increase of the admission 
fee, for the better remuneration of the lecturers — the shorter or more 
lengthened period of the pupil’s residence according to his previous 
advantages — the addition of a certain number of qualified veteri- 
nary surgeons to the Examiners’ Board, and last, but not least, the 
appointment of a competent lecturer on the diseases of cattle. 
A standing committee has been formed to watch over the general 
interests of the profession, and they have pledged themselves to 
carry out, in a spirit of liberality and good feeling, all that may 
be necessary for the farther advancement of veterinary science. 
Therefore, we say, that this year commences under far more favour- 
able circumstances than any preceding one : but the battle is not 
yet over, and it will require much determination on the part of the 
committee and the deputation to accomplish the noble objects to 
which they are pledged. 
At present we will inquire how the matter stands with regard to 
Cattle. The duty of Lecturer on Cattle has been consigned to Mr. 
Sewell, sufficiently employed, as every moment of his time pre- 
viously was, on the pathology of the horse, and a salary has been 
awarded to him of £100 per annum as a recompence for the addi- 
tional labour. The Assistant Professor, Mr. Spooner, was not di- 
rectly appointed by the Governors to deliver a course of lectures 
on the anatomy and physiology of these animals, but, unasked, he 
prepared himself for what he considered his new task, and by far the 
most laborious and trying of the two. He has nobly accomplished 
his work, and has entitled himself to the gratitude of the pupils. 
What is his remuneration 1 At one of the early meetings of the 
Veterinary Committee of the Royal English Agricultural Society 
it was determined to award to Mr. Sewell, on the condition of his 
delivering a satisfactory course of lectures on the diseases of cat- 
tle, &c., a salary of £100 per annum — to Mr. Spooner, a salary of 
£80 per annum, on condition of his teaching the anatomy and 
physiology of cattle, sheep, &c. The remaining £20 were to be 
given in prizes to the two best students of the year. What has 
