The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-20 00:00:00

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Sin the universities and colleges of
emi Dublin." It should be known to
that the foundations of the ager
skin of tbrill±la were of very great ent sire*.
In the time of VIII. several colleges were ethr
I bushed as noel• schools, and the fellows were obliged
is take ea meth dra theywould make theology the ensf elf
=strinc. REM Parke and other eminent mew in
were obliged to take this oath. This ,
WNW tie gaths which he proposed to abolish. In the
rim
thee of Mary it was the theology of the holy Roman
eine& that was to be the end of their study.
deem was retained in the reign of Elisabeth, bat
enelthet ion was prefixed declaring the sufficirie, of the
So things went on till the time of hing Jams,
liern=relgn the statutes first assumed a settled firma. Ia I
his as it was that subscription to the three articles of the
Nth moo of the church of England was required. Tai . 1
the Mimes articles set forth the supremacy of the gem 1
raw g mos&bilief in the liturgy ; and the third, belief
hi So Arilithe. Subscription to these three 106.
tithe wee nquieel at oath universities, but they were intro-
the& with a Maw other to the clergy than to the laity. The
=V shale farmed only one-third of those who
ett ientweeilly, and those, at least, who were not
divinity stalls Whole be ezeopted fromobscribing to any
such taste. Ilehenelpies to the Thirty-ale• Articles seemed
to Inn to be sae M the most extraordino, teen that could
be devil& kr arq ens entering a college.mp.) It was
tonna that the shodents should wear Re had
slipVisbet hethat rlosegist rt wstoo wished
ula be hilt te=l:r
whether they wail di sear no (Hear, beim) Masher
canon required the simisistration of tho semenial gm
times a year, and there was a due of 4d. on Use. gige_ild
not attend. In Trinity College, Cambridge, it was U. 'Meth
effect of retaining these old laws was to give a enthelb
complexion to the universities, and to ensounlia=
church discipline. In Oxford it was required Wes
that persons should be instructed in the Thirty-alas Aellike
as • part of the " rudiments of religion." Now it might boon,
proper to call the Greek Testament and Paley's Evidensas
" the rudiments of religion," but the Thirty-nine Articles
appeared to him to be rather the results of theory, than'
the rudiment; of religion. With es much pro prieW might
the Athanasian Creed be called the rudiments °IMO"' se
the Thirty-nine Articles. As these elaborate teas wens ser
quired, he di I not think the interests of the established
church would bo properly promoted. It was because he
thought that the interests of the church of England would
be promoted—because it would remove a sense of injustice
from the dissenters—because it would increase the benefits
to be derived from the universities by making them what
they were intended to be, great educational institutions— ,
that he proposed this motion.
Mr. ht ART seconded the motion, which he did with
great revive' for the university at which he was edu-
cated, andwith great regret that he did not profit more by the
instruction which was there given. So far from its toeing
prejudicial to the universities to abolish these testa, he
thought it would greatly benefit them. (Hear, hear.) If
they were national untitutions they should adapt them-
selves to the condition of society in the nation. When
these institutions were founded, the people of this many
were Roman catholic, and at that time tests could be Me
har. It was stated that in the 13th century, no fewer
than 30,000 students attended the universities. But now, in
consequence of the happy freedom of opinion which pre-
vailed in our times, there were persons of all religious de-
nominationg, and tests operated as an exclusion. What he
wanted was, that they should be mode really national insti-
tutions. These tests did not serve the cause of education,
religion, morality, or the universities themselves, and
therefore he seconded the motion of his hon. friend with
great pleasure. (Hear.)
The question having been put,
Mr. CAMPBELL, after some remarks upon the abstract
question of religious tests, observed that, wiless some great
emergency arose, reform in this matter would be more hap-
pily and more harmoniously effected by the internal agency
of the universities themselves.
Lord J. RUSSELL said as the house was about to pro-
ceed
to a division he would state very shortly what was the
view he took of the motion. Ili, bon. friend had moved'
that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the
whole house, sod the object of the propnaal was " to con-
sider the religious tests imposed as a qualification for any
civil corporate privilege in the universities and colleges of
Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin." Now it was a good
man) years since any question of this kind had beau raised
in that house. He remembered, however, that at MN Has
it occasioned a great deal of interest there, more Pledra•
lark because many of the most distinguished mono= it
the University of Cambridge, amongst whom was hie
noble friend Lord Mooteagle, thought that fnen
ther advantages should be given to the dissenters Ia
that University. On one occasion a late friend of
his (Mr. G. W. Wood) proposed to introduce a bill by
which persons dissenting from the established church,
whether protestant dissenters or Roman catholics, should
obtain the right of admission to the Universides of Oxford
and Cambridge, and be admitted to a degree, if otherwise
qualified fur one, always excepting a theological degree,
without taking any religious test. He (Led J. Russell)
supported that bill, believing that it was founded on right
principles, and that it only gave di-
.seaters the proper dis-
tinction and reward of study. The bill was also supported
strongly, and in every able speech, by the present Lord Stan
ley ; and a distinction was drawn by that noble lord between
that bill and a measure which some were inclined to support,
to which he (Lord J. Russell) wished to direct the
attention of the house, because he thought it
bore on the present motion. The noble lord said:—
" I must fairly say, that whilst I am ready to admit the
dissenters to the full benefit of a university education—to
the full benefit of the civil privileges which might attend
and accompany the attainment of a university degree—l
would sedulously guard those institutions from the adonis.
lion of dissenters as part of the governing body of the uni-
versity. Ido hold (continued the right hon. gentleman)
that them is between these two as broad a line of distinc-
tion in principle as it is possible for the imagination to ma.
ceive. Further, it is a line we see drown in the actual
practice of two of the universities. Trinity Dub-
lin, is indiscriminately open to protestants and as
far ria regards the distinction conferred by degrees, but net
as regards the government of that institution, which is la
the hands of protestants alone. In Cambridge, again,
although we are told, that, if dissenters were admitted to
the universities, there would be an end of all discipline, of
all religious instruction, do we find that the admission of
dissenters to study in that university produces any of the
bad effects which it is said would result from their admis-
sion ? Do the
_y not go through the whole of the under-
graduates' studies as a matter of course ? Do they refuse te
conform to the discipline, or to shrink from compliance
with the rules and regulations of the respective colleges
into which they are admitted ? Not at all; but at the very
moment when, es my right hon. friesd observed, the
honours of a degree appear waiting to mown his exertion,
and send him with distinction in an honourable profession
into the world—at that very moment the university inter-
poses, and rays, ' You must sign the Thirty-nine Articles,
or go without the reward you have so well deserved.' There
is no objection raised on the score of the religious insane-
tion of the university not having bees received ; and,
therefore. the plain and simple question for the house
to consider Is, whether you will require this taut
to be taken immediately before receiving the de-
gree, or having received it, on the party pm-
seating himself as a candidate for university honours.'
Now, he Lord J. Rumall) thought it was well stated by
Lord StasNy as that gesegion, that there was the greatest
distinction 6atwean wilatiabsg persons who dissented from
the chnreh, nee only to 'lady at the university, not only
to obtain ail the rle which they could derive from the
library and the prelberm bat afterwards to obtain a as-
sess as the owned 0 proideno—theo sees, be said, the
of ret &thrift between sash en &Weise es that, and
pernMeg drentres boom pert of the gnat:ft body
of the inethes,, by Se
resolving the bllownip tor-time
' whiek beleaged to then. Cosmidering how wry season
there were in this country whq though they dimemeed ion
the established church, might obtain these hone/am and
would and them of great use in after-life, he thotaght such
a ought to be coothappeared,
ed. It far In-
stanedvarr, lam • me that the author of " The Credi-
bilit at tbe Gospel " Dr. Lardner, could not receive
the n of • slegrei at the University of Oxford or
Cambridge. But tint was a very different thins from id-
persons who we. awed to the char* in their
religtoesbelief, or in doff vierre of church ,assent, as
Pea re the Mends, body din university. This last on-
noise wear, he laws& intosiaso esatasisa Lis the die-
, alpine it the animosity.. Rs odd net soesehe bow por-
no who dills& oath sada coupe& hemicesisoly
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whkh were goesonal se diewast the gaiveriticedb.rw,
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I paint. It cosily reallagpor m hose the weds, and he
undressed It to go is that anent hum the "soh of the
boa. gageassars. Guaeding blaandf, therefore, by saying
that le sash a bill so was themerly ineduswil by Mr.
Weed a& supported I,Lord Story be field eve hh
geraial soport, he not therm that he emil net gin his
anon le the meths beige the bee& wad sea if be could
give lis amid men to kbe ea net id& the time re
=,..eanneint lor intranscbg ig—Osear, hear=
geoid nee la a party to the bringing of it
M the rAI e_!_t_a sNles t.
Mr. METWOOD ezpiained.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON contended that dissenters ought
met to be deprived of any twister which the menthes of
the church wore entitled to enjoy. The hon. member was
proceeding, when
Ai Hog. Marmot moved that the house he toasted ; andl
Whin strangers had withdrawn it was found that there
were only 38 members present.
no house accordingly adjourned at twenty minuted tot
eight o'clock.

GRu.viricu ELECTION.—Mr. Alderman Salomons
has been personally canvassing the electors in Greenwich,
and the friends of both pelmet are beginning fe bestir them.
selves in must.