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every person has a right to address himself to the 

 honourable feelings of those breasts, to which Dr. 

 Stanger must at last have addressed himself, if 

 this mandamus went. If they find him to be, 

 (as I am inclined to believe he is from what I 

 hear of him) possessed of all the requisites of 

 medical learning and moral character, he will 

 address as powerful arguments to those gentle- 

 men, every individual of whom is called upon to 

 exercise his opinion upon the subject. He is not 

 to wait to be seconded; the by-law does not 

 require that ; if any one proposes him the ques- 

 tion is submitted to a majority. It goes then 

 to that tribunal, which, I 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 ; they are not bound to admit, 

 all they are bound to do is to examine." 



One of your brethren on the bench, Mr. 

 Justice Grose, refused the mandamus on the 

 same ground as your Lordship. Another, Mr. 

 Justice Lawrence, had several times, in the 

 course of the two trials, declared his confidence 

 in the readiness of the college to admit any 

 licentiate, in the situation of Dr. Stanger, to 

 an examination, and for this reason probably 

 thought it unnecessary to repeat the same opi- 

 nion, when he gave his reasons for refusing the 

 mandamus. The remaining judge, Sir William 



