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party. I remember of him saying at the close of the lecture—“Well, 
gentlemen, I cannot see anything wrong in this man’s lecture.” I 
was at the council meeting, but did not listen to what was going on, 
as I was disgusted with the whole proceedings. Mr. M‘Bride had 
been badly used all along, and got no support from head quarters. 
I thought that Principal Williams could put an end to the state of 
matters if he had liked. 
John Jerrard^ veterinary student, deponed—The students who 
were noisy in Mr. M‘Bride’s class did not seem to be more intimate 
than the others with Mr. Williams. 
Charles Romanes, V.S., Buccleuch Place, secretary to the Vete¬ 
rinary College, stated that he wrote the copy of the letter appended 
to the schedule, and that he thought the Principal brought the 
draft of the letter. The handwriting of the draft letter was 
Dr. Dalzell’s. He knew, a day or two before the letter was written, 
that a letter was to be written from the Principal. He knew there 
was some difference between the Principal and Mr. McBride a few 
weeks before the letter was written. Mr. Williams never expressed 
to him a desire to get quit of Mr. M‘Bride. Within three or four 
days after the letter was sent away, Mr. Williams told him to read 
the letter to some of the students who came into the office, and to 
any students who asked to hear it. Eight or ten students came into 
the office, and heard the letter read. 
By the Lord Advocate—He attributed the disturbances to some 
extent to the knowledge among the students of Mr. M‘Bride’s dis¬ 
qualification as a student of Gamgee’s. 
Dr. Strangeways, professor of anatomy in Clyde Street College, 
deponed—That when Mr. Gamgeewas lecturing under Professor Dick 
he attended his lectures. When he was told of Mr. M‘Bride’s ap¬ 
pointment he informed Mr. Williams and Mr. Macgregor, the agent, 
that Mr. M‘Bride was a pupil of Gamgee, and he did so because he 
thought he was ineligible, in consequence of the statement in Pro¬ 
fessor Dick’s will. Mr. M‘Bride attended the council meetings, and 
he received him as a member of council. After the meeting of council 
held to consider the causes of the disturbances, an examination was 
prosecuted, six students being selected on each side, and being 
examined before the council. Afterwards Mr. Williams or Dr. 
Dalzell proposed to write a friendly letter to Mr. M‘Bride. The 
letter w^as written, but the witness declined to sign the letter because 
he wished to remain passive in the position in which he was placed. 
It was agreed that Mr. Williams should sign the letter in behnP of 
the council. Dr. Dalzell and Mr. Williams wished to sign the 
letter, and witness did not wish to sign the letter. He wished the 
letter to be sent, but a feeling of delicacy induced him not to sign 
it. He would much rather that the letter should not have been 
sent, and he did not authorise it to be sent. He saw nothins: im- 
proper in the letter. He did not care whether Mr. IM‘Bride should 
be dismissed or not. 
By the Lord Advocate—Mr. Williams never expressed a desire to 
witness that Mr. M‘Bride should retire. He tacitly agreed to the 
