REJECTION OF VETERINARY SURGEONS, &C. 239 
Messrs. Goodwin and Cherry retired, and the subscribers pro¬ 
ceeded to deliberate on the important business before them. With 
he result of that deliberation we shall probably be acquainted be- 
bre our leading article is sent to the press. 
THE VETERINARIAN, JUNE 1 , 1829 . 
* Licet omnibus licet etiam mihi, 
dignitatem ai'tis veterinarian tueri. "—Cicero. 
OUR readers, we are persuaded, will fully share in the surprise, 
regret, and indignation, which we felt when we were informed 
that tire memorial of the united body of veterinarians, advocated 
by the Professor, and recommended by the medical examining 
committee, was rejected by the subscribers to the Veterinary 
College at their last annual meeting. 
On that occasion we were not present. The governors, waiting 
not for the sanction of a general meeting of the subscribers, but 
exercising an usurped and, as we think, illegal authority, had 
determined that no veterinary surgeon should be there, unless it 
were some favoured individual whom they, by ballot, might 
vouchsafe to introduce. Our readers will, therefore, kindly for¬ 
give the imperfection of our report, but for the general accuracy 
of which we pledge ourselves. 
The meeting consisted of about twelve or thirteen individuals, 
among whom were one or two subscribers. The others were the 
Professor and Assistant-professor, and a little knot of governors 
determined to sanction their own proceedings. 
First came on the question of the eligibility of veterinary sur¬ 
geons as subscribers to the Veterinary College. This was speedily 
disposed of. ' We are no longer to have the pleasure of contribut¬ 
ing to the support of that institution whence we derived the 
knowledge of our art, or labouring to effect its improvement, or 
sharing in its most valued privileges. One of the governors 
thought that we wanted to lord it over our betters; a second 
hinted that we were actuated by malicious and revengeful mo¬ 
tives ; and a third most sapient gentleman feared that we might 
