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warmly at heart the interests of the veterinary profession. And 
now, gentlemen, having said thus much, I shall retire. 
Mr. Cherry.— I could wish that the Professor would remain. 
I have many remarks to make, which would be better offered in 
his presence than his absence. 
Mr. Coleman. —I have stated fully wdiat are my feelings 
and views; and my presence here can be no longer required. 
Mr. Coleman then retired. 
Mr. Cherry. —I would beg leave to say, that not a single 
syllable of what Mr. Coleman has now stated applies to the bu¬ 
siness of the present meeting. I have in my possession the 
opinion of Mr. Coleman on the same question in May 1827, and 
totally opposite to what he now states. It is all a mere subterfuge. 
I do not believe that in any form the petition of the veterinary 
body was intended to be granted. I beg that the correspondence 
may be read.—[It was accordingly read by the chairman, vide 
Veterinarian.] 
Mr. Cherry then proceeded. The first document is the com¬ 
munication from the medical examining committee to the gover¬ 
nors, in 1827, recommending the addition of some veterinary 
surgeons. Although no disposition is shewn to amalgamate the 
practical knowledge of the veterinary surgeon with the veterinary 
theories of the physician and surgeon, still it is plausible enough; 
but when information was asked as to the manner in which the 
duties of examination were to be divided between two committees, 
none could be obtained ; and the proposition died a natural death, 
as an abortive malformation. 
In the second document, the medical examining committee 
state, that they see no reason to alter their former opinion : they 
do not, however, recommend the measure, as they were requested 
to do; but should the general meeting “think proper” to ap¬ 
point a veterinary committee, they, the medical committee, then 
wish to relinquish the fees they have heretofore received. This 
looks very much like pouting, since the fees heretofore given 
them had not been complained of; and when the veterinary 
examining committee was proposed at the general meeting of 
veterinary surgeons, it was distinctly stated that its services were 
to be given without fee. I do think it a gross dereliction of duty 
in Mr. Coleman that he had not stated and pressed this. If the 
old committee were not apprised of this fact, they ought to have 
been so through their member Mr. Coleman, who was in pos¬ 
session of it; therefore no facility on this score was requisite : to 
talk of giving facility where no difficulty existed was begging the 
question; and if it was intended to cordially concur in the pro- 
