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TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR MORTON. 
to. It is the health of a lady who sheds lustre upon the diadem she 
wears, by her private virtues—“The Queen.” (Cheers.) 
This toast, being duly honoured, was followed by “Prince Albert and 
the rest of the Royal Family.” 
The Chairman then gave “ The Army and Navy,” coupling the toast 
with the name of Mr. Harrison, Y.S., Royal Artillery. 
Mr. Harrison said: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen,—I feel quite at a 
loss to express my feelings for the honour you have done me in coupling 
my health with the toast of the Army and Navy. I assure you I am 
sensible of the proud position in which I am placed, and my only sorrow 
is, that I am not able adequately to respond to the toast. I will only 
say, with reference to the Army and Navy, that I am sure they will give, 
as they always have heretofore given, a satisfactory account of their pro¬ 
ceedings when called upon to perform their duties. For myself, I am 
happy to belong to that division of the Royal Artillery which is a por¬ 
tion of the army. I believe the army of this country, whenever it has 
been brought in contact with any foreign power, or any power upon 
earth, has always satisfactorily proved, and will for ever prove, its great 
strength, its endurance, and its indomitable courage. The navy bears 
with it the same standard of merit. AVherever it is wanted it is always 
present, and in the hour of strife it has always had strength to sustain 
and power to show to the enemy what English bulwarks are. I beg again 
to thank you for the flattering manner in which the toast has been pro¬ 
posed and received. (Cheers.) 
‘ The Chairman : Gentlemen,—I have now to address you on a sub¬ 
ject which is at once one of pleasure and regret. Of pleasure, because I 
am afforded an opportunity of performing a most agreeable task, for 
which I am entirely indebted to your kindness in having, by your suf¬ 
frages, been elected to the Presidential Chair of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons. But there is a beginning and an end of every¬ 
thing, and my regret arises from a prescience that this may be the last 
ceremony of its kind. I rise, gentlemen, to join you in doing homage to 
all that is of worth in man, to pay tribute to a sincere friend, a wise 
counsellor, and a successful teacher—the cynosure of this occasion. You 
all know the individual to whom I allude ; he has been a long time honor¬ 
ably connected with our profession. I have known him for many years; 
from the alpha of his career at the Royal Veterinary College—a career of 
eminent success—and I have now the honour of presiding at a meeting 
which is to mark the omega of his professional life. Your personal 
acquaintance with that gentleman will enable you all to agree with me 
when I say that he is one who deserves everything that can be called 
forth as friendship’s offering. (Cheers.) There is scarcely a gentleman 
who has been at the College, since he has held a professorship there, who 
is not extremely indebted to him in one way or the other. We know 
how many of his contemporaries have been benefited by his friendship. 
We also know how mildly he has checked the violent passions of some of 
the students whilst careering through “the wild labyrinth of youthful 
frenzy;” and with what solicitude he has encouraged the diffident, and 
those who almost despaired of success in acquiring that professional 
knowledge which they hoped to obtain when they entered the College. 
I think he has been a friend to everybody (Hear, hear); and here I 
speak personally, for during an acquaintance of, I think, five and thirty 
years, not a cross word has passed between that gentleman and myself. 
I have been indebted to him on many accounts, and especially for the 
manner in which he has supported me in selecting proper candidates for 
military honours. How he lias been connected with his colleagues it will 
