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THE VETERINARIAN, FEBRUARY 1, 1862. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
ADDRESS OE CONDOLENCE TO THE QUEEN. 
At the meeting of the Council of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, which took place on the 21st ult., it 
was determined to present an address of condolence to the 
Queen, on the irreparable loss which she and the Royal 
Family have sustained by the death of the Prince Consort. 
We are much gratified at this step on the part of the Council, 
and should have exceedingly regretted had it not been taken, 
as all the advantages which we possess as an Incorporated 
profession are due to Royal favour; besides which the 
late Prince was Patron, jointly with Her Majesty, of the 
Royal Veterinary College. For the first time we approach 
the throne as a profession, and deeply do w r e regret 
that it is to express our sympathy with our beloved Queen 
for her great bereavement. The address, we fear, will not 
be prepared in time for us to give it in our present number, 
but it will appear in our next. 
APPOINTMENT OE SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE 
OE VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
We have to announce that Mr. W. H. Coates, M.R.C.V.S., 
late of Gainsborough, has been elected Secretary to the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in the place of Mr. 
Gabriel. It will be remembered that, in consequence of 
declining health, Mr. Gabriel was compelled to resign the 
duties of Secretary several weeks since ; and we regret to add 
that the same cause has since obliged him to vacate his seat 
at the Council Board and also at the Court of Examiners— 
situations which he has so long and so worthily filled. 
THE PRIZE LIST OE THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
AT THE FORTHCOMING METROPOLITAN MEETING. 
Most readily do we comply with the request to give inser¬ 
tion to the “ prize list” of the forthcoming Metropolitan 
