SITTINGS OF THE COUNCIL. 661 
appealed to Mr. Percivall, as the published Editor of the Journal, 
to undertake to see this justice (1) done him. 
Mr. Percivall stated that he, as Editor, could not pledge him- 
self to do any thing of the kind individually, neither ought he to 
be asked for such a pledge ; but that he would see that the state- 
ment as given by Mr. Peech in explanation should be properly 
reported. 
Professor Spooner still kept dwelling on the topic, and uttering 
complaints of being maligned ; and the usual string of irrelevant com- 
plaints against the ill usage he had experienced at the hands of the 
Council followed, and would have produced the usual discord, ' but 
Mr. Ernes said, that as the Council did not recognise any pub- 
lished report or any journal, they could not be answerable for any 
thing that appeared ; but that every member was entitled to give 
any report that he might deem proper, and that the Council was 
not the place to enter into such discussions. 
Mr. Arthur Cherry protested against the making the Council 
an arena for the display of private grievances or personal com- 
plaints. 
Mr. W. Goodwin seconded these views. 
The President stopped the farther prosecution of the subject, 
and the minutes were then confirmed. 
The Treasurer laid before the Council the accounts for the last 
half year, by which it appeared that, after all current expenses, 
there remained a balance of £1.90 odd in his hands. 
Messrs. Mayer and Goodwin moved and seconded that the 
Treasurer’s report be adopted. Carried. 
Mr. Arthur Cherry moved, and Mr. Ernes seconded, that the 
sum of £100 be applied to the further liquidation of the Loan. 
Carried. 
A Letter from the President to the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, 
applying for a Copy of the Petition for a New Charter, then lying 
at the Home Office for consideration ; the reply to that letter, accom- 
panying the copy of Petition, and the said Petition, were then seve- 
rally read. In the latter allusions were found to be made to the 
heads of a Charter submitted to the Home Office ; and after a short 
discussion it was moved by Mr. Gabriel, and seconded by Mr. Field, 
that the President be requested to apply to the Home Office for a 
copy of the same. Carried. 
Mr. Gabriel then rose, as he stated, with much pleasure to pro- 
pose a vote of thanks to a member of the portion of the Board of 
Examiners acting for Scotland, Dr. M'Gregor; and he added, that 
he was the more induced to do so, because, from filling the same 
appointment to the portion of the Board acting for England as Dr. 
M'Gregor did in that acting for Scotland, namely, being Secretary 
