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plan in consequence of what had passed there, 

 before I should see an account of the proceed- 

 ings, which Mr. Gurney was then preparing 

 from his notes in short-hand. When I had 

 perused that account which from various cir- 

 cumstances I did not receive until several 

 months after the trial, I hastened to inquire, 

 whether any licentiate, w r ho came within the 

 conditions of the by-law, meant to avail himself 

 of it : but, finding that there was none, I deter- 

 mined to apply f >r an examination of my own 

 fitness to be a fellow of the college, whatever 

 reason I might have for being fearful of its 

 issue, rather than allow the grounds of the de- 

 cision to run any hazard of being forgotten, 

 from want of an early appeal to them. I men- 

 tioned this intention to two of my friends among 

 the fellows, Dr. David Pitcairn, and Dr. Mat- 

 thew Baillie, who, by immediately offering to 

 propose me, removed the first, and in the opi- 

 nion of the judges of the Court of King's 

 Bench, the only difficulty in the way of obtain- 

 ing my object. On the 29th of September, 

 1797, a motion was accordingly made at the 

 college by Dr. Pitcairn, and seconded by Dr. 

 Baillie, not that I should be admitted a fellow, 

 but merely that I should be examined concern- 

 ing my fitness to become one hereafter. If 

 your Lordship's surprise would have been 



