306 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE 
profession, the members of the council, and the teachers in the 
various schools which had received the Queen’s sign manual. 
So long as the London school was at variance with the 
Council, so long there were discordant meetings ; but as 
soon as matters were amicably arranged between them, that 
degree of harmony had commenced w hich the report likened 
to a “ marriage bell.” They were not, how ever, in a right po- 
sition, with reference to one of the schools. He would ask 
if the St. Pancras school had pursued the same course as 
that adopted by Professor Dick of the Edinburgh school, 
whether there would be that harmony existing of wdiich 
mention was made in the report. He (Professor Spooner) 
thought the report should not issue from the Council with- 
out any mention of the fact that the Edinburgh school, so 
far from having in any w ay yielded to the sentiments of the 
profession at large, was still sending forth uncertificated 
members as practitioners. It might be said, that they under- 
went an examination, but that was not before a proper and 
officially appointed board, and the pupils who only passed 
that examination, were just as external to the corporate body, 
as the man who had been educated in a stable (Hear, hear). 
The Council had done its best to secure a house for its meet- 
ings and for the transaction of its business, but as yet had 
not succeeded. He should be glad to hear the opinion of the 
meeting as to the desirability of such a residence for the 
College, more especially as certain members of the Council 
thought that the state of their funds did not justify the ex- 
penditure that would be required. The report stated, wffth 
reference to the proposed Exemption Bill, that the present 
Government was not favorable to the measure. He (Pro- 
fessor Spooner) ventured to question that statement; he 
thought it would tend to make them lukewarm in their en- 
deavours, and to abate their interest and their exertions in 
obtaining the bill. He thought in stating the number of 
pupils who had obtained diplomas, the report should have 
distinguished those w ? ho had graduated in the London, and 
those who had graduated in the Edinburgh school. Very 
few pupils from the latter school had received diplomas, 
wfffile dozens had been sent forth from it into the country as 
illegitimate practitioners of the art. 
Mr. Vines thought the distinction ought to have been made 
in the report, and suggested the propriety of appointing a 
committee to confer with Professor Dick, and to ascertain 
whether he would consent to the formation of a properly 
constituted board in connection with the Scotch schools. 
The report was unanimously adopted by the meeting. 
