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VETERINARY" POLITICS. 
We will venture to say that there are several ready to present 
themselves at the fitting time, and that the concours for the selec- 
tion of the man would be numerously and nobly attended. 
It is no matter of surprise that Professor Sewell, having com- 
mitted himself so far, should be anxious to work out this grand 
improvement in the education of the veterinary pupil, and every 
one connected with the Veterinary College and with the interests 
of agriculture would cordially wish him success. “ So much inte- 
rest,” said he, “ do I feel in the successful establishment of a school 
of instruction in the maladies of cattle, that I have determined, if 
it costs me £300 a-year, to establish an infirmary at Islington for 
the reception of sick and lame animals. The history of the differ- 
ent cases shall be reported to the pupils, and every elucidation of 
fatal disease shall be forwarded to the College.” 
We confess that we see not the slightest hope of the success of 
such a project. If not one stray beast has as yet been allured within 
the walls of the Veterinary College, but little additional hope is to be 
founded on the establishment of an infirmary a little more than a 
mile off, and at a greater distance than is the College from that 
on which the best or the only hope of a supply of patients can 
ultimately be grounded, namely, the central and western and 
other railways. Let the experiment, however, be tried, if the 
Professor wishes it, and not at his expense. Let a reasonable time 
and scope be allowed for the accomplishment of his plan. If it is 
seriously entered upon, we will, for a certain period, fairly and can- 
didly await the result; but too much time must not — nor must the 
important interests of the agriculturist — be sacrificed to a mere 
delusion. We must also have more than three lectures in the 
course of the session, honestly devoted to the treatment of cattle. 
With an extract from the Mark Lane Express, in the editor of 
which paper the Agricultural Society and the veterinary profession 
possess a warm, a judicious, and a highly valued friend, we close 
our present remarks. 
“ There has, perhaps, never occurred a period when the import- 
ance of the veterinary profession to the agriculturist has appeared 
so prominently as during the past year. An epidemic, in some 
instances fatal, and in all cases productive of great loss to the farmer, 
has spread, and is still spreading, throughout the country, at- 
