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the sciences, and in the estimation of the public. The benefits that 
have been conferred have inspired the hope of still greater im¬ 
provement, and a spirit of union, of grateful feeling, and of quiet 
determination, pervades the whole profession. There is one heart 
and one hand. Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.” 
In what way, then, could their united feelings and determinations 
be better evinced than in a respectful memorial to the Governors 
of the Veterinary College, expressive of their gratitude for the be¬ 
nefits that had been conferred, their conviction of the kind and good 
intentions of the Governors, and a frank avowal of the defects which 
still remained, and of the proceedings that were necessary in order 
to accomplish the common and noble object which both parties had 
at heart] Messrs. Mayer, father and son, of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 
have taken the lead in this good work, and have circulated among 
the profession, for the signature of the respective members, a Memo¬ 
rial to the Governors, which does them the highest credit, and which, 
there cannot be a doubt, will make its due impression on those to 
whom it is addressed. 
The following is a copy of the 
MEMORIAL. 
“To THE Governors of the Royal Veterinary College. 
“ This Memorial of the undersigned Members of the Veterinary 
Profession humbly sheweth, 
“ That your Memorialists, actuated by a desire to promote the 
welfare of veterinary science, and fully convinced that any sug¬ 
gestions they may bring forward, having for their object the ac¬ 
complishment of so noble a purpose, will meet with your careful 
consideration—have thought it their duty most respectfully to ad¬ 
dress to you a few words on the present state of the profession to 
which they are devoted. 
“ In the first place, they cannot but congratulate you that, after 
many years’ attention to the interests of veterinary science, you are 
at length beginning to see it occupy that station to which, in every 
point of view, it is entitled to aspire, and its members, for the 
most part, assuming that position in society which is their legiti¬ 
mate aim and due. 
