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suitably to acknowledge the high honour which they had con- 
ferred upon him, but they must not conclude that, because 
he had not words to express his gratitude, he did not, 
therefore, feel grateful. He assured them he sensibly felt 
the compliment they had paid him. From the large muster 
of members of the profession at Red Lion Square on the 
morning of that day, he flattered himself that the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons w r as advancing. They had 
now possessed the Charter for many years, and he might say 
they had had no small difficulty in keeping it from becoming 
a dead letter. It had to fight many battles, and at length 
it appeared that there was nothing w r anted to render the 
Charter really beneficial to the profession at large, but 
unanimity among themselves, and he congratulated them on 
the dawn of this, even, though it were, at the eleventh hour. 
He thought there could not be a better indication of this 
improved state of things than the large assembly in the 
earlier part of the day, and the spirit w ith which it had been 
followed up, as exhibited in the many cheerful faces that 
surrounded the table at that moment. He w r as inclined to 
think, although it had been said that the Charter had done 
nothing, it w as no small matter that they were now a recog- 
nised profession ; for if they were to be regarded merely as 
mechanics, there w T ould be little spirit shown in following 
the pursuit, whatever might be the remuneration. But as 
it was now an organized profession, sanctioned by Govern- 
ment, it surely was not too much to expect that Government 
would see that the rights which they had authorised should 
not be infringed upon. Among these rights w T as this, that 
no individuals w hatever were fairly entitled to serve as veteri- 
nary surgeons in Her Majesty’s cavalry but those who had 
emanated from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
It w r as too true that the Charter had been violated, but he 
hailed the approach of the moment wffien a revolution would 
take place, and then there would be an end of all monopoly, 
and the profession w T ould have a free, open course ; then, too, 
he believed the Charter would prove of that value wffiich it was 
anticipated it w r ould be, but w T hich had not yet been realised. 
As this Charter w as founded upon representative government, 
inasmuch as no individual could be a member of the council 
unless elected by the College at large, it would depend upon 
themselves to make it work for the benefit of the institution. 
— The applause having subsided — 
Mr. Turner again rose and said, it was a well-known fact 
to most present, that, on that day twelvemonth, our never- 
failing supporter of the profession, Professor Morton, called 
