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not succeed ; he saw Professor Spooner, however, who gave 
him the best advice he could. At a later hour in the day he 
saw Professor Simonds, and it was his opinion, as well as 
that of Professor Brown, Professor Spooner, and himself, 
that it was impossible to do anything in the matter at so short 
a notice. 
Professor Brown confirmed the statement of Mr. Greaves, 
who, he said, had done all that was possible under the cir- 
cumstances. Mr. Burrell’s letter, he said, was read on the 
same evening at the meeting of the Council, and was referred 
to the Parliamentary Committee. Nothing happened until 
the session passed away; a new council was elected, and 
suddenly the President, Mr. Wilkinson, received information 
that the Bill was about to be read for the third time in the 
House of Lords. He obtained, as soon as possible, an inter- 
view with the noble lord who proposed the Bill, and 
discussed the matter with him ; hut it was then of course too 
late to do anything. He had no donbt if earlier notice had 
been received that a clause would have been inserted in the 
Bill of the kind desired, but whether it would have passed 
the House was another matter. 
The President said that everything was done by the 
Council that had been done before. The matter was placed 
in the hands of the Parliamentary Committee, and by them 
referred to the Parliamentary agents, who had previously 
been very vigilant. It was their business to watch the pro- 
gress of the Bill, and the Council reposed the greatest con- 
fidence in them. If blame was to be attached to any one, he 
was afraid the Parliamentary agents must bear it. As soon 
as he heard from the Secretary that the Bill was in the 
House of Lords he saw Lord Komilly upon the subject, who 
was informed that it was quite impossible to take any steps 
in the matter. 
Mr. Helmore said it was to be regretted that the matter 
did not end more successfully, but he did not see that any 
one was to blame. It was also a subject of regret that a 
conflict had taken place between the Council and College 
with regard to the practical examination, but the afiair was 
ended, and perhaps it was hardly worth while saying any- 
thing more about it. With regard to the allusion to the 
death of Mr. Ernes he thought it was somewhat invidious 
to state that that gentleman was the “one most to be 
regretted.” 
It was explained that the phrase alluded was a misprint, 
and that it should have been “ one of the most to be re- 
gretted.” 
