The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-14 00:00:00

LMPERLAL P.

11003 g OF COMMONEL—(THIS DAY.)
lbe IMAM took the asir at 12 o'eleek, bat there were
sadhosigh members present to snake • house 011 20
wipes* Pot
PRIVATE BURINERS.
The followiag bills were read • third time :—Aseam
owdkey, liiirnsh sad Mass Railway, and Poulnamiterry
possiesPon, Worst& sad Budlerigh Blatancies Railway,
sod Bidwell+ Railway and Harbour Balk.
Tara ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL.
Bre ooscam moved the iseand reeding of this bill.
Be old it bad been opposed on two grounds—that it
lee peal, and that it was tee large. He could
was
Bos woes to either. Any progress In the Masa-
• d teells and subsoriptions seemed lo him welt
how d weeddemtios ; sad on the other hand he did
oest Woe that if testa were swept away the univeraity
raid be rewelationied. The liberal party in the hank
hoe vole which it gave last year, virtually decided that
Ys steditice of tans most Garry with it the enjoyment of
au iodises, end, after that, he felt alsointely
ssusodol from holding out say hopes of moth-
;mi. oak regard to thorn privileges. The bill
hod, Iberians, stand or fall in its entirety. It was objected
hos dor object of the bill wee to admit dissenters. That
Is., oh the direct object, though it would be a result,
(yeh. boor.) The universities were historically national
Aloes, and the dome:ion of the clergy with them was
holy areidental. (Hew, hear.) General education
h ho widest mese was the object for which anim-
ism were established, and the imposition of religious
lode toiled to defeat that object. Snob were the
pissolpies on which that bill was founded, mid it
Iwo a solecism in science to make degrees dependent
hfigians tests. (Hear, hear.) The system which the
smarts of the bill advocated was, he contended, • shed.
dowel sad wuroeical one. The universities were lay oor-
pholins for the benefit of the whole community. The
hes• member then quoted Stephen's " Oesomenteries"
h wive, of this view. Hospitals and all other
rads issiltutioes were ooenseted In former times with
ohm simply because the priests were the depositaries of
',hog. It was a undone fact that on the 000ticeut, in
geese witholio countries, the Roman mambo clergy had
hod le have control over the nniversitie• Even in
melds* protestant had been the rector of a university for
IA dram Ths church of Rome, with all its control over
how thought, had sormadired its hold on the seats of
brag; while in this country the church of Ragland
mood a right to exclude half the population from the
hased universities. (Hear, hear.) He argued against the
hew of exclusiveness which prevailed in Orford, and "sh-
amed that it was evident that the theological tests
swot it was sought to preserve were social
herb ; that by removing them obstruction' to the
estimairg of the university there would be established a
dim IS the moral sympathy and affection of the country.
its almeestended that if dissenters were freely admitted
ys lbs university there would be no danger of their
orooggig churchmen, either intellectually or numerically.
11s gdmenos which this measure was intended to re.
goes was not • sentimental, but a real practical
Inv as the testa which were required for taking
ye id= degrees operated in many team to pre-
ssed who were enabled to take them from en-
almfullowships to which they could be otherwise entitled.
sow proposed would abolish these subeeriptions
skirlaar, would give a vote in convocation and entitle
Nem to all the privileges of the university.
Nr. G. DUFF seconded the motion, on the ground that
▪ would be useful at mos to the church, the dime'.
OK sad the University of Oxford.
lard L C SOIL moved that she bill be read • second time
Relay six months, and we. speaking when our report left.