OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION. 
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On Monday evening, June 8th, the members of the deputation 
met at the Imperial Hotel, Covent Garden; and, having elected 
Mr. Thomas Turner to present the Memorial to the Governors of 
the Royal Veterinary College, and fixed what letters should be 
read to them, they adjourned to Wednesday, the 10th inst., to 
meet at the Thatched House Tavern, at twelve o’clock. 
June 10. 
The annual meeting of the Subscribers to and Governors of the 
Royal Veterinary College being held on this day, the following 
delegates were at their post,—Messrs. Daws, King, jun., Jones, 
Mayer, Nice, Joseph Sewell, Simonds, and Thomas Turner. 
Satisfactory excuses were received from the other delegates. 
The Governors having been informed by Professor Sewell that 
a deputation of the profession was in attendance, it was imme¬ 
diately introduced and courteously received. 
John Angerstein, Esq., occupied the chair of the Governors, and 
addressed the deputation in nearly the following terms: Gentle¬ 
men, we have considered your Memorial, but it contains so many 
points, that it is necessary for us to take some time for satisfac¬ 
tory examination of the matter. We understand that you have 
had an interview with Lord John Russell on the subject of a char¬ 
ter : will you state the nature of the interview 1 
Mr. King stated that Mr. Mayer was principally concerned in 
this. The wish that seemed to prevail through the whole pro¬ 
fession, with regard to the possession of a charter, arose from the 
extreme inconvenience to which the veterinary surgeon was ex¬ 
posed, both in town and country, in being called upon to fill certain 
parochial offices, from which the human surgeon was exempt. 
Inquiry being made at the Home Office by Mr. Mavor, and he 
believed also by Mr. Youatt, with regard to the possibility of the 
abatement of this nuisance, the reply was, that nothing could be 
done, unless a charter of incorporation was obtained. The annoy¬ 
ance to the country veterinary practitioner, who is often obliged 
to ride so many long miles to see and do justice to his patients, is 
often extreme. Mr. Fox Maule recommended Mr. Mavor to peti¬ 
tion the Marquis of Normanby on the subject. 
