EXCLUSION OF VETERINARY SURGEONS, &C. 19 
from Mr. Sewell when I was permitted to subscribe to the institu¬ 
tion, which will prove that in the year 1825 my contribution, as 
it is called, was then as acceptable as that of any other person. 
No. 360. 
January 3d, 1825. 
Received of Wm. Goodwin , Esq. the sum o/ Two Guineas , being 
his Contribution to the Veterinary College for One Year 
from Michaelmas 1824 to Michaelmas 1825. 
G. Holme Sumner, Vice-President. 
William Sewell, Treasurer. 
£2..2..0 
The reason that it is no longer so, I am no better able to dis- 
coverj than your readers will be, after having attentively perused 
the evasive letters of Messrs. Coleman and Sewell. 
The first, written at Mr. Coleman’s suggestion, states, that, as 
a veterinary surgeon, I cannot subscribe to the institution, but 
that I may send the horse in another’s name, provided he be a 
subscriber. I leave it to those whom it may concern to find out 
whether this is in accordance with the College regulations—to 
admit horses that are not the bona fide property of the subscribers. 
Mr. Coleman next directs me to Mr. Sewell as the proper officer 
to answer any enquiries; and on writing to him I receive a lu¬ 
minous reply, to which I must refer the reader, stating that the 
admission of subscribers is limited to veterinary surgeons and 
pupils. 
For my own part, I will not believe that the governors of a na¬ 
tional institution like the Veterinary College, would give their 
consent to any such measure as has been attributed to them. 
But of the contemptuous treatment that has been thus attempted 
towards the veterinary profession I shall say nothing, until I have 
laid my case before the governors; and which I intend doing, not 
merely as an individual, but as a member of an insulted profession. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
W. J. Goodwin. 
Mr. Morton to Mr. W. Goodwin. 
Royal Veterinary College, November 28th, 1828. 
Sir, 
In accordance with your wish, I made your request known to Pro¬ 
fessor Coleman, who desires me to state, that any person besides 
yourself is at liberty to send the horse into the infirmary, provided 
