THE VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
which prevents the medical committee from recommending an\ 
person to fill up a vacancy who is not a teacher. 
Mr. Cherry.— The proceedings ofthis body must be like the 
proceedings of every other body, I apprehend ; and they niust 
have records of their proceedings, upon which this law, it it 
exists, must appear. I merely rise, sir, to mention t ns, m 01 ei 
to know whether we really have any thing to contend with on 
that point, or whether, in truth, we are fighting with a shadow. 
Professor Coleman.— I really must say, in this instance, it is 
the shadow; for even if they had the power of recommending who¬ 
ever they pleased, whether they be teacheis 01 not, it ceitauny 
would not necessarily follow that they should be elected. r>ut, 
gentlemen, you will recollect the first question is, whether any 
alteration in the present examining medical committee be neces¬ 
sary. Mr. W. Percivall has spoken on the question; and 1 
shall be happy to hear the observations of any other gentleman 
on it: if there is nothing further to be said, I shall put the 
question. . . . 
A Member enquired if the present examining committee weic 
all teachers ? The Professor replied, that no person had ever 
been elected that was not a teacher. 
Mr. Quick wished to know whether the meeting was to enter 
into a general discussion upon the subject on which they had met t 
The chairman had stated plainly that he had attended ex¬ 
pressly for the purpose of tendering his services on the two ques¬ 
tions he had mentioned, and no other. 
Mr, Cherry enquired whether it was to be understood that the 
meeting was to be dissolved as soon as those two questions wtie 
disposed of. . . . „ 
Professor Coleman said, that will be for the determination o 
the meeting. The meeting will determine whether any thing else 
is to be gone into or not. I repeat, that I only tendeied my ser¬ 
vices on those two points ; and it might be very indelicate for me 
to remain longer if other questions should be brought forward. 
They might b°e questions, whether I should continue to be the 
professor—whether the assistant-professor should be continued— 
and involving several points of a similar kind. It will be it col¬ 
lected, too, that at our last meeting, I particularly hoped that 
one of the points would not be pressed. I thought it impolitic to 
press it at present. I thought it would be bettei for you to make 
one step sure at a time; but that also is for your consideration. 
Mr. Field considered it impossible for the meeting to suppose 
that Mr. Coleman had pledged himself to attend on the discus¬ 
sion of any thing but the two questions which lie had stated. 
