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of error, I shall now take the liberty of showing 

 in what manner Mr. Erskine represented hi^ 

 own argument, and what assistance he expected 

 to gain from it, in his attempt to prevent the 

 issue of the mandamus. I shall at least prove 

 by this procedure, that I can have no intention 

 to deceive. 



EXTRACTS* from Mr. ErskmJs Speech in the Court 

 of Kings Bench, April 23, 1796, ii\ the Case of Dr. 

 Stanger against the College of Physicians. 



\ " Subsequently to the time when Dr. Fother- 

 gill's case was before the court, there was a re- 

 vision of the statutes of this learned body, who 

 took the very best and the most eminent advice 

 which this kingdom could furnish them." 



" They made two by-laws in which there 

 is a power given for any fellow at the ordinary 

 comitia majora, after Michaelmas, to propose a 

 licentiate of seven years standing, who is thirty- 

 six years of age, for examination, who, if ap- 

 proved of by the majority of the fellows then 

 present, is to be examined at the three next 

 comitias, and then, if approved, to be admitted 



* From Mr. Gurney's Report, taken in short-hand. 



