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A MEMORIAL TO THE GOVERNORS, &C. 233 
the door was ordered to be closed at the general meeting of the 
subscribers: but although he had been treated with this indignity 
by these gentlemen, and perhaps justly [in a sarcastic tone], he 
was prepared fully to justify his conduct. It had been asserted 
by Mr. Sewell, that the law was passed at the general meeting- 
held in June. I (said Mr. Cherry) was at that general meeting, 
and I will be on my Ocfih [knocking the table with some violence, 
and spilling a glass of water on the chairman’s unmentionables] 
that that law was not then passed. 
Mr. Coleman. —There is no necessity for such violence, Mr. 
Cherry. 
Mr. Cherry. —I beg pardon, Mr. Chairman, if I may have 
somewhat incommoded you. I acknowledge that I feel warmly 
on this question. Perhaps I have more at stake than almost any 
other man. I have two sons embarked in the same profession 
with myself: but the night is too far advanced to prolong the 
discussion. 
A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Coleman for his 
gentlemanly conduct in the chair, and the meeting was ad¬ 
journed. 
We insert the copy of a Memorial which would have been pre¬ 
sented to the consideration of the meeting, had not the discussion 
of the first question occupied so great a portion of time. We the 
more readily insert it, because it seems to embody the grievances 
of the veterinary profession; and although its language is ener¬ 
getic, it is respectful and decorous. It is a document which we 
think should not be lost, and may possibly be the basis of future 
proceedings: — 
A Memorial to the Governors of the Royal Veterinary 
College, intended to have been proposed at an adjourned 
meeting of Veterinary Surgeons, held at the Freemasons* 
'Cavern, Great Queen Street, April the 27th, 1829, and 
Professor Coleman requested to present at the next meeting 
of the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College . 
Sheweth, 
That the Veterinary College at St. Pancras has been esta¬ 
blished thirty-seven years; that much improvement lias been 
effected in the knowledge and treatment of the diseases of the 
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