VETERINARY ANNIVERSARY DINNER. 
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masters of your profession, or you ought not to prosper : attend 
diligently to the duties of your profession, or you cannot pro¬ 
sper: and preserve your moral character unstained, or you will 
not be esteemed or happy, however you may seem to pros- 
per/’ 
If these are indeed the last words of Marmion,’^ our young 
friends will treasure them in their memories : but we do hope, 
that, for many a year, we shall see hini, who is at the head of 
his own profession, and to whom we owe so much, presiding at 
our anniversary festival. He shall freely indulge in what per¬ 
haps we thought a little too prolonged and indiscriminate pane¬ 
gyric. It might be our selfishness, or our jealousy, or our exclu¬ 
sive attachment to our humble profession, that made us fancy a 
failing, that yet ^Meaned to virtue’s side.” If-we are to see 
him no more, our best wishes follow him to his dignified retire¬ 
ment. There are few men to whom we are so much indebted, 
no one whom we more cordially esteem and more truly ad¬ 
mire. 
Mr. Sewell was now called to the chair. He proposed the 
health of Mr. Youatt, who during the illness of the professor 
had admitted the veterinary pupils to his theatre. 
Mr. Youatt was not aware of any claim he had to the marked 
approbation of such an assembly, except his avowed and firm 
determination to exert his feeble energies, in vindicating the 
respectability and effecting the improvement of the veterinary 
art. 
The meeting now assumed a more convivial character. Some 
excellent songs were sung, (Mr. Lushington had previously 
favoured the company with two admirable ones,) and all depart¬ 
ed before confusion and riot had quite usurped the place of 
. order and decorum. 
The anniversary dinner of 1828 will be regarded with pecu¬ 
liar interest by every veterinarian. 
