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The “ Exemption” feature of the Abstract may not present 
matter for gratulation. Failing, however, in the manner the 
“ Bill” has, when we come to reflect on the cause of such failure, 
together with the unprepared state of the espousers of the mea¬ 
sure to meet unexpected opposition; instead of being depressed 
or discomforted by it, this ought, on the contrary, to rouse us to 
renewed and redoubled exertions. Let members in every 
quarter of the country bestir themselves afresh—let them join 
hand in hand in petitioning and soliciting for parliamentary aid— 
let them enlist every member of parliament they can in the ser¬ 
vice of their cause of right and justice, and they will not, cannot, 
fail a second time to carry their point. 
We hail the election of Professor Sewell to the Presidential 
Chair of the corporate college with no small exultation. The ap¬ 
pointment reflects no less credit on the Royal College of Veteri¬ 
nary Surgeons than it does deserved honour on the Professor of 
the Royal Veterinary College. It is gratifying to behold such 
reciprocity of feeling and regard existing between corporation and 
school; while to both, at the same time that it is most creditable 
and cannot prove otherwise than pleasing, it promises well for 
a union between them which cannot fail to be conducive to the 
best interests of the veterinary profession at large.- And what 
has added to our gratification on the present occasion has been 
the unanimous vote by which the election of the Professor was 
carried. On such an occasion we would not have a dissentient 
voice. The demur made—and most properly made—to the 
election, because the Professor had been thought or reported to 
have lent his sanction to certain East India veterinary appoint¬ 
ments of persons not members of the Royal College, proved 
foundationless. The President entered office with clean hands, 
and, we firmly believe, with an honest and zealous heart; and 
we cordially wish him a happy and prosperous year of his oc¬ 
cupation of the chair. 
