MR. JAMES CASTLEY. 
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Wales’s Royal Regiment of Lancers, and in which he remained 
until his death. He saw much service; he was in the Penin¬ 
sular campaign—he was at Waterloo, and afterwards at Lisbon, 
when a small force was sent out there. 
Of the manner in which he conducted himself in his reo;iment 
we have sufficient evidence in the fact, that nearly all the offi¬ 
cers of the garrison of Cork, of which his corps then formed a 
part, attended his funeral; and also in the short but expressive 
acknowledgment of Mr. Phillips, the Adjutant of the 12th, in 
a letter to us,—‘‘ I may say, he has been my friend these twenty- 
three years.” Mr. Dick describes him as “ one who, of all the 
army veterinarians he had ever had the opportunity of being 
acquainted with, he esteemed the most/’ 
Of his conduct in private life we have evidence delightful to 
produce. Mr. Dick speaks of him as ‘‘ a most agreeable and 
kind friend, and his whole conduct that of a gentleman;” and 
his brother told us, under the impression of the deepest feeling, 
that during the misfortunes that pressed upon his family, no 
parent ever possessed a son whose affection carried him farther: 
his counsel and advice were ever ready and judicious ; and, not¬ 
withstanding the paucity of his means, his pocket was ever 
open. As for myself,” he continued, ‘‘ I have lost a truly affec¬ 
tionate brother; and had I been taken away before him, my 
family have lost a father. I do not think any one in the world 
can justly reproach his memory.” We can add nothing to this, 
except the statement of a fact, that he had, in a manner, adopted 
one of his brother’s sons, and had destined him for his own pro¬ 
fession ; and deeply feeling, perhaps, how much he was in¬ 
debted to his own classical and liberal acquirements for his cor¬ 
dial reception among his brother officers, he had, out of his 
little stipend as a veterinary surgeon, placed his nephew in the 
general school of the University of London, as the best prepara¬ 
tion for future respectability. 
Of his rank as a scientific and sound practitioner, let the pages 
of our Journal,—let the united voice of the profession, speak. 
This, however, is a subject too important for the rapid sketch 
we are here pourtraying. Hereafter we must endeavour to do 
justice to his merit in this particular, and after we have had 
opportunity to examine the numerous and valuable records which 
he has left behind him. 
One would almost have thought that our lost friend had been 
aware of his approaching dissolution, when he penned the 
beautiful letter which this Number contains. If he had been 
conscious that he was giving his last advice, he could not have 
spoken more to the purpose. Let us listen to him. What 
