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consisting of near a hundred members, to pro- 

 pose him, although such a man would add dig- 

 nity and lustre to the college." 



" Will any man say that these things are at- 

 tended with any inconvenience to the public ? 

 They are not at all ; for, in the first place, if 

 the gentleman who proposes himself to ex- 

 amination has studied at either of the English 

 universities, then this does not apply ; if he has 

 not studied at either of the universities, and 

 can find one fellow in the college who knows 

 any thing of him, and thinks him a fit person to 

 be proposed, then this by-law does not stand 

 in his way." 



Such, my Lord, was the use which Mr. 

 Erskine made of this by-law, in resisting the 

 issuing of the mandamus. The pleadings ceased 

 almost immediately after he had finished his 

 speech, and the rule was discharged, in con- 

 sequence of an error which was discovered in 

 the mode of Dr. Stanger's application to the 

 college. While it was in doubt, however, whe- 

 ther this error was of sufficient importance to 

 put a stop to the proceedings, some conversa- 

 tion took place between the judges and Dr. 



