288 LETTER TO 



whicli Dr. Stanger must at last address him- 

 self, if the mandamus were issued. The same 

 sentiment was immediately after expressed by 

 you a second time ; " if any one proposes him" 

 I venture to repeat your Lordship's words 

 " the question is submitted to a majority. It 

 goes then to that tribunal, which, 1 hope and 

 believe, is the sanctuary of honour and good 

 faith, and he may as well address himself to 

 them now, as if this mandamus went." I am, 

 my Lord, one of those persons, whom you thus 

 declared to have a right to address themselves 

 to the honourable feelings of the College of 

 Physicians of London. I have exercised that 

 right. I have applied to the sanctuary of honour 

 and good faith, for a completion of those as- 

 surances, which your Liordship regarded so 

 deeply imbedded in truth, that you erected 

 upon them a decision, wbich was to affect the 

 reputation and fortunes of many of your fellow- 

 subjects, of no mean rank in society, and from 

 which there could be no appeal. Of the suc- 

 cess of this application f now think it my duty 

 to inform you, as it originated in your counsel. 

 The counsel was given in open court ; the nar- 

 ration of its consequences ought, therefore, in 

 my opinion, to be made with equal notoriety, 

 if my feebleness would permit ; and this con- 

 sideration will, I hope, induce your Lordship 



