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Messrs. Cartledge and McGinnis having been appointed scruti¬ 
neers. The result of the ballot was as follows :— 
Mr. W. Robinson . 
26 
Mr. Stockley . 
. 14 
— J. Turner . . 
26 
— Wells . . 
. 14 
— Henderson . . 
23 
— Gowing . 
. 10 
— Percivall . . 
23 
— Dunsford . 
. 10 
— Pritchard . . 
23 
— H. Daws . 
. 6 
— Peech . . . 
18 
— Cartledge . 
. 4 
— Varnell . . . 
15 
— Hall . . 
. 3 
The following seven gentlemen were declared elected :— 
Messrs. Robinson, Turner, Henderson, Percivall, Pritchard, 
Peech, and Varnell. Mr. Stockley and Mr. Wells having re¬ 
ceived the same number of votes (fourteen), a ballot was taken, 
which resulted in Mr. Stockley’s favour. 
Another ballot was then taken to decide which of the gentle¬ 
men elected should fill the places of Mr. Godwin and Mr. King. 
The election fell on Mr. Robinson to fill the place of Mr. King, 
and Mr. Henderson that of Mr. Godwin; so that these gentle¬ 
men will remain on the Council till the expiration of the period 
for which their predecessors were elected, namely, Mr. Robinson 
till 1855, and Mr. Henderson till 1854. 
Professor Spooner moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman 
for his presidency at the meeting. 
Professor Morton seconded the motion, which was carried by 
acclamation. 
The Chairman , in acknowledging the vote of thanks, ex¬ 
pressed a hope that harmony and unanimity would be cultivated 
among the members of the profession, as the only means by 
which a real and lasting progress could be secured. 
The proceedings then terminated. 
MUZZLING DOGS, AND ON RABIES. 
OUR Number for December 1851 contains a letter from a 
member of the veterinary profession—Mr. Litt, of Shrewsbury— 
taken by us from the Shrewsbury Chronicle , “ on the impro¬ 
priety of muzzling dogs,” embodying some observations which 
hardly less deserve the attention of the public at large than our 
own especial consideration as more immediately concerned in 
the professional bearings of the subject, and in some opinions 
which Mr. Litt has put forth on the much-agitated subject of 
rabies. From this letter it appears, that on some occasion 
during last year the mayor of Shrewsbury, as other mayors, 
magistrates, &c. have often done, issued an order “ that no dogs 
