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kss and absurd? Really, sir, gentlemen should pause before 
they pursue the headlong course on which they are now bent. 
Mr. Hallen. —Mr. Child labours under a mistake as to the 
opinion of the Professor and Assistant-professor. I attended the 
former meeting of veterinary surgeons. It was determined that 
a memorial should be presented to the governors. Mr. Coleman 
offered to present that memorial. W hat did this amount to ? 
He made himself no party in the business. lie went as a mere 
agent. Such have been his own assertions. As to Mr. Sewell, 
he never gave an opinion that the present system required altera¬ 
tion, or should be altered. Mr. Coleman attended merely to 
learn the sense of the general meeting, and he reported that to 
the governors. 
Mr. Child. —Was or was not the memorial of the veterinary 
surgeons recommended by Sir Astley Cooper and Mr. Coleman ? 
Mr. Morgan. —If they had approved of these alterations, 
why did they not urge them more strongly? They did not 
see the necessity of them. That which was obtruded on the 
committee was the work of a few disappointed individuals. It 
w as unconnected with the opinions or wishes of Mr. Coleman or 
Sir Astley Cooper. 
Mr. Child. —The only medium of information I have on 
either of these points is the periodical publications. Are they 
right or are they not ? 
Mr. Jumpson. —Do as I do, sir, never read them. 
Mr. Child. —Was there or was there not a resolution passed 
by the medical committee, recommending a separate committee? 
” Mr. Bunbury. —There are many members from the country 
here anxious to be travelling homeward. I here are many 
parents of sons whom they destine for their own profession, 
anxious that that profession should be put on its proper footing. 
Why delay as we are now doing ? 
Mr. Cherry.— I must submit that this meeting was intended 
to act in continuance of the last. It was there deliberately put 
and carried, that twelve veterinary surgeons should be selected 
from the general body to form a competent board for the exa¬ 
mination of veterinary pupils. [Aye! you carried every thingyour 
own ivaj then]. The question was then set at rest, w hether the 
student should be compelled to go before a committee not com¬ 
petent to examine, or before those who were fully competent. 
[ You thought you should bring in your own junta], 1 
never attempted to thrust on the committee a junta. I would 
form a board competent to examine. [ Have you got them in your 
great bag there ? Why do you not open your bag , Cherry ?J 
The present meeting is not competent to set aside that which was 
determined at the last. 
