328 MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE 
deavoured to serve its best interests ; but he considered himself to 
have been neglected. 
Mr. Mayer wished to observe, with all due deference to Pro- 
fessor Dick, that that meeting had been called for a special pur- 
pose and object, and he did not see how they could go beyond or 
out of it. 
Professor Dick did not think that a General Meeting of the pro- 
fession should be so restricted. 
The President doubted whether they had the power to go be- 
yond the special business mentioned in the advertisement conven- 
ing the meeting. 
Professor Dick said that he felt much interested in this question. 
He maintained that this was a business which could be entertained 
and discussed at a General Meeting. They ought to know what 
the Council were doing ; as, for any thing they knew to the con- 
trary, they might be doing mischief. 
Mr. Percivall. — The simple question was, whether that meeting 
could entertain other business than that which came under their 
Charter : If, under the provisions of the Charter, that was not a 
business that might be entertained, it was clear they had no right 
to discuss it then. 
Mr. Gabriel then read the clause, in which it was stated, that 
the day, the object, and the place of meeting, should be specified 
in the advertisement. 
Professor Dick. — Then I can move that this meeting be ad- 
journed for half an hour ; that would let in the discussion in the 
mean time. 
A Member. — Supposing the meeting be adjourned, nothing can 
be done but that which the meeting is met to discuss. The ques- 
tion is, can the meeting go into any other business than the elec- 
tion of members of the Council 1 
Mr. Cherry, sen., thought it was advisable that the Council 
should give all the information they could. Considering that this 
was the only opportunity which the Council had of meeting the 
general body of the profession, there should be some means of 
communicating to them what had been done. At the present mo- 
ment this could only be known to the Council themselves. He, 
Mr. Cherry, was sorry to see so thin a meeting ; but, though the 
number was small, he did not think they should adhere too tightly 
to the strict letter of the Bye-laws, but should communicate to the 
general body all that information which it was so desirable should 
be given. 
Professor Dick — Unless this sort of business was brought be- 
fore the General Meeting he did not see how the profession could 
have any information at all upon the subject. He contended that 
