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concluding, (with which, however, I shall not 

 trouble your Lordship,) that his omitting to 

 bring it forward was highly disagreeable to his 

 employers. 



In January, 1797, the circumstance of Dr. 

 Stanger' s having given his faith to observe the 

 statutes of the college was a second time sworn 

 to by their president, and in the trial which 

 took place in May, Mr. Erskine did not again 

 neglect to touch upon it. But the whole of this 

 part of his speech seemed to denote a struggle 

 between the ingenuous feelings of a gentleman, 

 and the desire of an advocate to gratify his 

 clients. " I do not mean to say any thing 

 offensive to Dr. Stanger ; he will understand 

 that I am using the words of Lord Mansfield. 

 I have done justice to this gentleman, who, 

 I have no doubt, is a learned man, and a person 

 of honour and character in his profession." 

 These were expressions employed by Mr. 

 Erskine, while speaking of the engagement 

 under consideration. But as the only possible 

 view of the college, in producing it to the 

 court, must have been to pretend that it had 

 been violated, to call Dr. Stanger " a person of 

 honour" was directly in opposition to their de- 

 sign, and plainly demonstrated the aversion of 

 their principal advocate to lend his aid towards 

 its completion. 



