The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-20 00:00:00

UNI VERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

JUNE 19.—Not-

withatuning the claims of the weather and the dampness
of the gram on either side of the Isis, the +meows* eras
immense on Monday evening to witness the precession of
the elgtivessied rasing bona (19 ia camber). The ~en
rite. by the Unlearnt? Musical Sanely took place yens,.
day evening in the Town Mall, sad wee meet numerously i
attended. She annual sermon I. aid of the Radcliffe In- i
firma? wee this morning preached at St. Mary's by the
Lord Bishop of Litman. The collection was isithidered a ,
large one, amounting to 961. 3e. Id., being mosey 301. more
than it was last year. The charch was crowded in every
part; the Iselin as usual, itheispyieg the galleries, and the
mambas of the University, to the body of the edifice.
The exhibition of the Royal Osfcrdshire Horticultural
Society, held la the beautiful gardens of Trinity
College, was thronged the whole of the afters., n.
Lord and Lady Derby arrived at Worcester College noon
atter four o'clock. Hie lordship was most enthusiastically
cheered by the members of that college. At six o'clock •
distingulshed party diced with b:s lordship at the Vies-
Chancellor's. Among the paints were : Lord Stanhope, the
Bishop of Lincoln and lady, Lieutenant-General Sir De
Lacy Beans, H.C.B.,the Vies-Chancellor of Cambridge, Di.
limb.= and Lady Anstrather, Miss Pasty of Putty, Dr.
Maebridis, the Warden of Wadham and Mrs. Spoon, the
President of St. John's, the Master of University, and the
Principal of Alba. lialL At • meeting of the Hebdomadal
Council, in the Delegates'-room, yesterday, it was ordered
that heads of houses, doctors, proctors, and members of the
new museum delegacy, in their full academical drew, be re-
quested to meet the Chancellor, in the Divinity School, at •
quarter before three o'clock, on Wednesday, June 20, and
theses accompany hiss to the site of that museum.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND THE EDUCA-
TION BILLS.—A petition against the Education Bills now
before parliament was carried on Taesday, in convocation
of the University of (Word, by 46 votes to 10. The peti-
tioners, while expressing a desire for the diffusiott of educa-
tion, record their opinion that the inculcation of mere secular
knowledge, or morality, apart from the sanctions of religion,
ought not to be regarded as education, and is especially un-
suitable in schools for the poor. They cannot consider the
difficulty removed by merely requiring the Scriptures
to be read, unacoomnshied by definite doctrinal instruc-
tion. The best practical solution of the matter, under
existing circum►tances, they apprehend to be the plan
already adopted by the state, of aiding and stimulating
the charitable efforts of religious zeal, a system which they
rejoice to say has been blessed with great 'access. They
deprecate as a great evil the questions which, under the pro•
posed bill+, would be raised concerning the conflicting
claims of rival creeds in given districts, and consider
councils and vestries ill-adapted for the control and ma-
nagement of schools. The petitioners, therefore, earnestly
deprecate the " establishment of free schools for the moral
and intellectual culture of the poor," apart from " doc-
trinal religion," and pray the house not to sanction mea-
sures which would interfere with those charitable educa-
tional efforts at present so extensively in operation upon a
religious basis.