Chancellor, and the deep interest which you have always taken in their prosperity, render it unnecessary for your Memorialists to enter into further details, and they, therefore, beg leave most respectfully to submit the following principles of Union.

I. That in the University to be established, the precedence, rights and privileges granted to the University of Aberdeen in 1494, and ratified in 1497, shall be maintained inviolate, and that these shall be exercised by the combined University.

II. That there shall be a complete staff of Professors in the Faculty of Arts, namely, Professors of Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Logic and English Literature, Natural Philosophy, and Moral Philosophy, who shall conduct their classes in King's College.

III. That the classes in the faculty of Medicine including those of Chemistry and Natural History and the classes in the Faculty of Law, shall be conducted in Marischal College; and that it shall be left to the Government to allocate the classes in the Faculty of Divinity as may after due consideration be deemed most advisable.

Your Memorialists need not remind your Lordship that, in adjusting the terms of Union between the two Colleges, due regard should be paid to the circumstances in which they are severally placed as respects the Branches of study for which their localities are best adapted. While New Aberdeen is a fit site for the classes in Law and Medicine, Old Aberdeen is from its quiet and retired situation the best place for the classes in Arts; and as such was apparently selected by the Founder of King's College. On this ground, and on the ground of justice to the ancient University your Memorialists trust that at least a complete Faculty of Arts will be retained in King's College.

IV. That the constitution of the University shall be broad and liberal; so as to secure the confidence of the public in its internal management, and faciliate such improvements as altered circumstances may, from time to time, require.

Your Memorialists, in conclusion, take the liberty of pressing upon your Lordship, as the head of Her Majesty's Government, the necessity of introducing a measure for effecting the Union of the Colleges as soon, during the present Session of Parliament, as the state of public business will permit.

They have entire confidence in your Lordship's knowledge of the subject, in your acquaintance with the circumstances and wants of the country and in the integrity and sincerity which have distinguished your whole life as a Peer of Parliament, and as a Minister of State.

Signed in name, and by appointment, &c. XI 28.