MR. Coleman’s bust. i229 
That did not spoil him; wealth did not produce idleness. It 
has not spoiled his sons, who are most assiduous in business, 
and much connected with the respectability and the growing 
improvement of our profession. 
And now, gentlemen, in conclusion, permit me, from my very 
heart, to thank you for this testimony of your esteem. Your 
esteem has ever been my best reward; and this token of it, so 
near the close of my career, is indeed dear to me. I do not, 
however, take it as notice to quit. You do not mean it so; and 
I do not think that retirement from the duties of this chair 
would at present contribute to my happiness; yet, when you no 
longer deem me capable of fully discharging its duties, give me 
the hint, and I will retire. Gentlemen, once more I thank you ; 
I ought to be, and am warmly interested in your welfare—for 
you are all my children. May you be prosperous and happy! 
and if you are so to the extent to which I wish you, you will 
not have much cause to complain.^’ 
Mr. Morton then said that he had a short but pleasing task 
to perform. He begged to present the Professor with a list of 
the pupils who had, in contributing to the procuration of the 
bust, received far more honour than they conferred. 
The company re-assembled at the Freemasons’ Tavern, at 
six o’clock, in order to conclude, in the good old English style, 
the ceremonies of such a day, by a dinner. Several of the per¬ 
sonal friends of the Professor were now present; among them 
we observed Sir James McGregor the Surgeon-General of the 
Forces, Sir Charles Clarke, Sir C. Bell, Professors Mayo and 
Green, Drs. Bright and Paris, and Messrs. Bransby Cooper 
and J. Cocks; also Messrs. Morton and Spooner, Secretary and 
Treasurer to the Committee, and Mr. Sievier, the sculptor 
of the bust.—Few of Mr. Coleman’s present class were 
absent; and we were pleased to see so great a number of prac¬ 
titioners, and some of them from distant parts of the country. 
We recognized Messrs. Bardell, Bartlett, Braby, Byron, Cheet- 
ham, Dickens, W. Field (Mr. John Field was at the presenta- 
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