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appeared in some periodicals. . It had been said that the profes¬ 
sion, as a body, were not qualified to practise. He knew many, 
very many excellent practitioners. With respect to the school at 
St. Pancras, the teachers were respectable and eminent. It was 
the duty of the pupil to protect them. When one of them was, 
perhaps, retiring from active life, it was unbearable that he should 
be attacked with such violence and malevolence,—that he should 
be so scandalously calumniated. He was a disinterested person 
in this business. He was not dependent on his profession. He 
sought no appointment. If some instances of neglect might 
occur in the best establishment, let them be fairly and candidly 
stated ; but let it not be said that the teachers were altogether i 
unworthy. They are truly respectable men. Mr. Coleman had 
done much for us. He had obtained us a name, a rank in the 
army ; and many who had attacked him so violently were in¬ 
debted to him for their very bread. 
Those who were not entitled to vote having now separated them¬ 
selves from the rest, the meeting at length proceeded to busi-' 
ness ; but at this time nearly or quite one-third of the assembly,- 
wearied and disgusted at this continued and disgraceful alterca¬ 
tion, withdrew. Messrs. Goodwin and Langworthy had pre¬ 
viously disappeared. They were now T followed by Messrs. Mar¬ 
shall, Symonds, Fenwick, Vines, Mavor, Cooke, Cannon, and 
several others, and it being then a perfectly one-sided affair, there 
being no enemy with whom to contend or on whom to trample, 
something like peace and order was restored. 
Me. Mo rgan thus addressed the chair. I feel, sir, some¬ 
what diffident in presenting myself before you. It requires no 
little tact to express one’s-self in a glib way before a public as¬ 
sembly. My notions will, perhaps, appear better in print than I 
can express them viva voce. I am one of the veterinary profes¬ 
sion. Much has been said of the College of which I have the 
honour to be a member: Many and gross slanders have been 
thrown on the teachers of that College. We could not find 
better men in any part of the world. Look at the comparative 
respectability of our profession now and forty years ago. The 
pupils were at first eight only—they have increased to sixty. I 
will not speak of the motives of those who have so scandalously 
vituperated our teachers—these motives will not bear the light; 
but I will conclude by moving “ That this meeting, having en¬ 
deavoured to ascertain the general sense of the veterinary profes¬ 
sion, and, having given the subject mature deliberation, resolve 
that the appointment of a separate examining committee, con¬ 
trary to the approbation of the general meeting of the governors 
of the Royal Veterinary College, is not only uncalled for, but 
