editors’ address. 
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lege, and declare themselves at once either for the schools or for the 
body of the profession. 
We are sorry we cannot present our readers with a picture 
marked with less agitation and opposition of the transactions of 
the year now passed : we would we could hold out to them the 
cheering prospects of peace and union for the year to come. We 
are not, however, going to indulge in any idle prophecies — to meet 
evil half-way ; we are not, indeed, going to say one syllable about 
the new year before we have settled our account with the old. And 
a very bad settlement we feel — sensibly feel — we should make of 
it, were we not, honestly and heartily, to proffer our thanks to 
those friends who have lent us a helping hand in our monthly 
labours. There have been times when we have had unpleasing 
work, times when we have had rough work, to do ; with the kind 
aid of friends, however, we have managed to get through it all, 
and if to their satisfaction, no less to our own. We feel a mon- 
strous desire here to make the only little return to those good 
friends it is in our power to make them, viz. to honourably name 
them, one by one, and record their merit; afraid, however, lest in 
so doing we might arouse feelings it would hurt us even for a 
moment to reflect upon, our pen refuses this part of its office. 
We will, however, thank them, one and all, again and again, for 
their kind and liberal support. 
A novel feature in our Journal for the year 1846 has been the 
publication of the sayings and doings of our Council. Our situa- 
tion in the Council, and the delicacy — perhaps false — arising out 
of this, debarred us, for a long time, from such publication ; when, 
however, we found a newspaper (the Era) printing such transac- 
tions, of course our own hands became untied, and we immediately 
determined on furnishing our readers with all and every informa- 
tion relative thereto in our power. To what extent we have acted 
up to this determination, our reports of the “ Sittings in Council” 
will best shew. 
That our members of Council — at least the metropolitan mem- 
bers thereof — have done their duty — diligently, unremittingly, 
zealously done it, the reports of those present at the “ Sittings,” 
will satisfactorily testify. Men out of the Council may deem it 
a monstrous pleasant thing to walk two or three miles, or ride eight 
