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VETKlllNAKY AFFAIRS. 
is satisfactory for me to know, that they wiil receive from you 
every attention, and that you will not consider them as emanating 
from any factious or disrespectful feelings towards the Governors, 
but solely from the desire of promoting, in every possible way, the 
welfare of our profession, and the propositions of those of whom I 
was an humble representative. 
The minute of the Committee states, that “ The Memorial of the 
veterinary surgeons submitted to the General Meeting on Wed¬ 
nesday the 10th instant, and the minute” (which has not been com¬ 
municated) “ then made thereon, being again fully considered, It 
was resolved,” &c. 
The Memorial, you are aware, contains no less than four differ¬ 
ent propositions; and if, as the minute implies, the whole was fully 
considered, I am at a loss to conceive why the resolution should 
only refer to the Charter, and that the Deputation should receive 
the decision of the Governors on that point, and on that point only. 
We were informed at the General Meeting, that the propositions 
would be referred to the Examining Committee for their considera¬ 
tion. It will be satisfactory to know whether this has been done, 
and what is the resolution of the Committee upon these points; for 
I am led to the conclusion, that some resolution has been made on 
the subject, from the fact of Professor Sewell having stated in his 
concluding lecture, that the Governors had resolved'' that no addi¬ 
tional Lecturer on the Pathology of Cattle should be appointed, 
and that they were perfectly satisfied that he was fully capable to 
perform the duties of Lecturer on the Pathological and Surgical 
Treatment of the Horse and all domesticated animals. 
It is not only important, but it is earnestly desired by the pro¬ 
fession, that the earliest information should be given to the Depu¬ 
tation on these points; because they feel and believe that no pro¬ 
gress can be made in veterinary science, or the profession at large 
benefitted, until the whole of the propositions contained in the 
Memorial are carried into effect, for the accomplishment of which 
they feel it their duty to use their best exertions. 
The Resolution itself states, that the Committee do not see the 
immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter, 
but that every facility would be given to the veterinary surgeons 
