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we conceive that the regulation which we have 

 imposed, in order to prevent frivolous examina- 

 tions, is not inconsistent with the reasonable 

 exercise of discretion ; and which, therefore, is 

 warranted by the charter, which entitles us to 

 make these statutes." 



Having already occupied so much of your 

 Lordship's time in citing passages from Mr. 

 Erskine's speeches in the case of Dr. Stanger, 

 I feel averse to give extracts from those of the 

 remaining counsel of the college upon the same 

 occasion. I shall, therefore, only recal to your 

 Lordship's tecollection, that two of them, Mr. 

 Gibbs and Mr. Dampier, made use of the same 

 by-law to convince the court, that the manda- 

 mus ought not to proceed. 



I know not, my Lord, exactly in what light 

 the declarations of counsel in a court of law are 

 to be regarded, or how far they may be thought 

 binding upon the persons in whose behalf they 

 are made ; but if they are ever held to impose 

 an obligation upon a client, and without admit- 

 ting that they do, it is difficult to conceive how 

 the business of a court of judicature can be 

 carried on, those in Dr. Stanger's case ought 

 to have produced this effect. The principal 

 advocate, of a body termed by your Lordship, 

 the sanctuary of honour and good faith, declares 



