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received no assistance from the municipality, notwith- 

 standing the example of Nottingham, where the college 

 was locally aided from this source. 



The letters, discussions and meetings had by this 

 time brought the university question fully to the notice 

 of the public. Consequently at a meeting of the repre- 

 sentatives on 21st May, held at King's College, it was 

 resolved (1) to ask Mr. Goschen to receive a deputation 

 and (2) to ask Sir John Lubbock l to move a resolution 

 in the House of Commons. The result was that Mr. 

 Goschen consented to receive a deputation on 30th June. 

 A very strong party of practically all the leading men 

 interested in education outside the Government was got 

 together, and constituted with the representatives of the 

 colleges " a very formidable body," as Mr. Goschen 

 said on receiving it. The deputation was introduced 

 by Sir John Lubbock and the chief speakers were Mr. 

 Chamberlain and Mr. Mundella, followed by Sir Lyon 

 Playfair, Sir Bernard Samuelson, Mr. Burt, Professor 

 Tilden, Dr. Percival and Sir George Young. Mr. 

 Goschen, while stating that it would be impossible to 

 deal with the matter by supplementary estimates that 

 year, made it clear that he was interested and that the 

 appeal had his sympathy. 



Ramsay, writing to his mother on llth May, 1887, 

 and referring to what was going on, added : "I feel a 

 little cocky about it, seeing I have engineered it all ; 

 but perhaps it is too soon to be cocky yet till we have 



1 Afterwards Lord Avebury. 



