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tion), Fletcher, Harrison, A. Henderson, Hollingworth, Jumpson, 
King,jun., Leigh, jun., Lepper, Lowes (3d Dragoons), Marshall, 
Mayer, jun., Morgan, Sibbald, Silvester, Snow, Sparrow, Stan¬ 
ley, James Turner, Thomas Turner, Vines, Wright, and Youatt. 
Mr. Sewell filled the chair, and Messrs. Sibbald and James 
Turner were Vice-chairmen. The three sons-in-law of the Pro¬ 
fessor, Messrs. Selby, Bruce, and Barwell, were seated opposite 
to him ; and his daughters, with Mrs. Sewell and other ladies, 
occupied the gallery. 
Such an assembly, and on such an occasion, presented every 
thing that was gratifying to the well-disposed mind. It was 
one of those happy hours in which we can forget every differ¬ 
ence of opinion, and every prejudice—in which those who by 
accident, or strange misunderstanding, or even on principle, are 
at variance, may, for the moment, consign to oblivion every 
cause of contention—in which we may not only afford to do 
justice to each other, but should scorn ourselves if we were not 
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disposed to do so. It was one of those sunny scenes in lifers 
varied track, in which we can joyously abandon ourselves to 
every sensation which the passing hour excites, and to which 
memory will often delight to recur. 
Surrounded by his natural and his adopted family—by all 
his children, as he had called them in the mornino;—the Pro- 
fessor forgot the bodily pain under which it was evident that he 
laboured during the presentation, and threw off the weight of 
many a year; and even the countenance of our somewhat too 
cynical friend, the chairman, shortened and expanded almost to 
the contour that we remembered many a year ago. 
The cloth being removed, the usual toasts, The King,” 
The Queen,” and “ The Duke of Cambridge, the President 
of the College,” were drunk with the accustomed honours. 
‘^The Governors of the Royal Veterinary College” was then given; 
and, after that, the health of him whose bust was placed in a con¬ 
spicuous part of the room, and respect and regard for whom had 
brought us together. Mr. Bransby Cooper’s one cheer more” 
was electrical. Mr. Coleman, now quite himself, replied with 
all that good humour and affectionate regard which the father 
