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been only suspended. I resolved, therefore, to 1 

 bring their sincerity to trial afresh, by having 

 myself proposed a second time for examination. 

 Upon mentioning this determination to Dr. Pit- 

 cairn, he offered his aid in accomplishing it, by 

 repeating his former motion in September 1798, 

 before which, in consequence of what has al- 

 ready been observed, it could not be received. 



During that interval, the college proceeded 

 to impose a new restriction upon the admission 

 of licentiates into their body, as if to demon- 

 strate the truth of the allegation against them, 

 which had been so scornfully repelled by the 

 judges of the Court of King's Bench, that their 

 by-law for the examination of persons of that 

 class was altogether illusory, and had been 

 framed with the intention, that no one should 

 ever be received by it. -The new restriction 

 was, that whoever meant to propose a licentiate 

 for examination, should give notice of this at 

 a preceding quarterly meeting of the college. 

 Its professed object was to allow r time to the 

 fellows for inquiry into the character of the 

 person to be proposed. The pledge to be given 

 by a fellow upon proposing a licentiate, the 

 candidate's residence for at least seven years in 

 the midst of them, and the interval of a twelve- 

 month between the first and last ballots upon 

 his fitness, were consequently declared to be 



