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which Professor Spooner did, adopt the course he had in his speech. 
Had the Council altered the curriculum of study, or had they re¬ 
duced the time fixed as the period of study, there might have been 
some justification for the charges he had made. 
Mr. Brown said he had himself been applied to by a young man 
to give him a certificate for shoeing, when he shewed him the by¬ 
law on the matter. He was, however, told by the young man that 
the certificate would be received by the Council, and he then saw 
him prepare a horse’s foot for shoeing, and examine it for disease 
before putting on the shoe : he then gave him a certificate of 
what he had seen done; and, as he had got a diploma, he supposed 
that it passed. 
Mr.-A. Cherry having defended the Council from the aspersions 
cast upon them by Professor C. Spooner, 
Mr. Vines made a violent speech, in the course of which he 
accused Mr. A. Cherry of abusing his own father, and was called 
to order by the President. 
After some rather angry observations between Professor C. 
Spooner and Mr. A. Cherry, 
Mr. Gloag wished to know where the place was that the by¬ 
laws of the College were hung up at! In his opinion, every mem¬ 
ber ought to be acquainted with where that place was, in order 
that they might make themselves acquainted with them, so as to be 
enabled to express an opinion upon them. 
Mr. A. Cherry explained that, the College not being in the 
possession of a room in which they could be always hung up, they 
were always laid on the table of the Council and at all meetings of 
the College. 
Professor Spooner explained to Mr. Gloag, that, by the Charter, 
the Council were empowered to make by-laws; and that any mem¬ 
ber of the Council had the power of proposing an alteration in any 
of the by-laws, a copy of which was stuck up for three months’ 
consideration before it was agreed to. 
Mr. Gabriel said that, when the last by-law was proposed to 
be suspended, he had himself the next day brought a copy to that 
tavern, and, in the usual manner, stuck it up in the room usually 
used by the College, when Mr. Bacon had pledged his word that 
it should remain for three months suspended, and that every person 
who applied should be permitted to see it. 
Mr. Vines then attempted to again address the meeting, and 
refused to desist when called to order by the President, who was 
going to put the motion. 
The President said he had a duty to perform, and could endure 
Mr. Vines’ interruption no longer. He was of a peculiar tem¬ 
perament; and he felt that, if Mr. Vines did not desist while he 
