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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING, July 27, 1859. 
Presrnt —The President, Professors Simonds and Morton, 
Messrs. Silvester, Ernes, Cheeseman, Withers, Mavor, 
Cartledge, Helmore, and E. Braby. 
W. Burley, Esq., the President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
This was the quarterly meeting to receive the reports from 
the committees, respecting all of which there transpired 
nothing of any interest. The only report made was that of 
the Treasurer, and that was considered satisfactory, as it 
showed a balance in favour of the College of £502 5s. 11 d. 
It was proposed and seconded that the Treasurer’s report 
be received. 
The Secretary’s state of health was reported to be much 
the same as at the last meeting, and that at present no medical 
report could be given as to the result. 
Orders having been signed for the Treasurer to pay the 
current expenses, the meeting adjourned. 
By order of the Council, 
E. Braby, Hon. Secretary. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 9. 
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Chief Baron and Special Juries.) 
BROWN AND ANOTHER V. CLAPP. 
Serjeant Shee and Mr. C. Pollock were for plaintiffs ; Mr. Montagu 
Chambers, Q. C., and Mr. Smith for the defendant. 
The plaintiffs, who carried on business as stone merchants at Bank- 
side, Southwark, sued the defendant, a farrier, who also practises as a 
veterinary surgeon in the Borough, to recover damages for unskilfulness 
and negligence in treating a horse of the plaintiff for lameness. The 
defendant pleaded “ Not guilty.” 
It appeared that the plaintiff had purchased a carthorse some two 
