The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-14 00:00:00

THE ABOLITION OP TESTS AT OXFORD.

The following is a copy of the bill introduced
by Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Grant Duff to provide for the
abolition of religious tests in connexion with academical
degrees and offices in the University of Oxford:
"Whereas it is expedient that provision should he made
for enabling her Majesty's subjects to take degreo oth,
than degrees in divinity in the University of Oxford, sad
to hold public professorships, raiderships, and °Oar
academical offices which are or may be tenable by laymen
therein, without requiring from them religious tests:
it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual sad
temporal, and °ominous, in this present parliament ae.
sembled, and by the authority of the mime, as %limn:
" 1. From and after the paving of this act, no person
shall be required, upon taking or to enable him to take
degree (other than a degree in divinity) within the sail
university of Oxford, or as a condition of exercising
en • any of the privileges and rights which may her •
tofore have been or may hereafter he exercise' !
enjoyed by the graduates thereof, to subscribe any arm
or formulary of faith, or to make any declaration or ta's,
any oath respecting his religious belief or prof's:Wet,
or to conform to any religious observance, auythm;
in the forty-fourth section in the act passed r
the session of parliament held in the seventeen:.-
anal eighteenth years of her present Majesty, char
eighty-one, or any other act of parliament or statuteef e •
Raid university, to the contrary notwithstanding:
pn-
vided always, that in case any such degree shall he tender,
as a qualification for any office now tenable only by a ea I,
ber of the united church of England and Ireland for which
such degree has heretofore constituted one of the na.
nary qualifications, being other than an office within
said university or any of the colleges or halls thereof, th,
person or persons appointing or electing to such office shall
require the person MO tendering such degree se aforesaid
subscribe such formularies or to make such declaration as
he would have been required to subscribe or male ,n
taking the degree of toaster of arts in the said tutivenity
if this act hail not passed.
2. From and after the passing of this act no person
shall be requiem', as a qualification for or as a con.lities . i
holding any public professorship, readership, or other
academical office which is or may be tenable by a I,FT,
within the said university, to subscribe may arm!, •
formulary of faith, or to make any declaration or task
oath respecting his religious belief or profession, or t
form to any religious observance, anything in th, -
tith, and 10th sections of an act passed in the
parliament held in the 13th and 14th years of ;
Charles 11., chap. 4, or in any other set of parliamenr r
statute of the said University, to the contrary notwei.
standing.
3. Provided always, that nothing in this act rectal!.'
shall be taken to apply to any headship or fellowship, or
any office of or in any college, house, or hall within ale
said university, not being a feline-ship or other
meat in such college, house, or hall attacked to see..
public professorship, readership, or other actikmia:
office in the said university, and hob' by virtue thenof:

NEw PEERS.—We understand that it is the n.-
tention of her Majesty—of course, on the recomnier.:
tion of her ministers—to confer the dignity of the
age on two eminent lawyers—the Lonlotiithe-rleuix„!
DPNeill and Sir Hugh Cairns. The nis,sity oi
providing for the appellate jurisdiction of the thrxe
of Lords, which the increasing legal businis- of r:
country makes every year more important
more onerous, is the object of this., poinom to.
The Right Hon. Duncan 31'Neill was Solicit,: a ion r.I
for Scotland during Sir Robert Peel's sin rt admaa-trame
in 1534.5. He was LoriltAdvoeitte from PLI*2 I'
lie ha. been Lord Justice-General since rCe.f. A•
Scotch cases are brought before the House of 1..0. i•
but reasonable that a Scotch lawyer should !::,tea
the house, and we have no doubt that MI. WN,
eminently fitted for such an honour. Hut
have the old evil which renders the lion, ic.4lie"rt
spite of so many promotions. It is emend, to as 'a "t t".
Lord Justice-General was born in 171Ii.iind or r",
7.1 years of age. If his peerage he ar: ..1
good ; but if it he conferred to increase tho
of the house, we may regret that its utility ir h •
last but a very few sessions. The 111.1118, ..f
Cairns is free from any such objection. T,,.. ','"
Justice of Appeal is still young, bri!, f""
their full vigour to the business of the 1,............hi
be able to spare sufficient time from the dori
court, he will, no doubt, render important si 1-•
country. Times.
TILE ELECTION FOR CORE Col•NTl'
to the electors of the count.: have Ivon
M.Carthy Downing and Mr. A. 11. sm,t't
Mr. Downing appeals to his ronneshr, of
years duration with the liberal party In the tan ,ty.
as the ground of his claim tipoa the coon h.
the constituency, and declare= for all 1•, •
matt of the law of landlord and t, n•.
withdrawal of state endowments fan,,
equality for all creeds in the rustier •,` •
education, and the modification of the oar iono!
accordance with the wishes of the
hierarchy. Lastly, he advocates a large
mentary reform. Mr. Smith Barry decline t ph
self to any Party in the state. is in favour of " as fr
statesmanlike" solution of the land ipoistioa . r."
freedom of education, religious equality, and -a,!,
justment of the church que,tion as will
equality without interfering with vested iurr,•
removal of "catholic" diAabilities, a rolliet
it"
tion, and increased government expenditure in
country. With respect to parliamentary reform. •
is in favour of such changes as win admit the int,lhr,
artisan to the suffrage withont transferrimi
to any one class in the comounnity. Colonel 51,im..1.
wrs also about to address the electors, has retiris'. Di f
of Mr. Downing.—Cork Nramteer.

I. 'v INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

('t)t'RT OF COMMON PLEAS.
• N.st in Middltates.--(before Lord Chief
stirs 11.:vill and a Special Jury.)
I. SN.S
• .t'VvlAll $1:ly of the'tearing of this CUM..
• Mr. Fiel:l,ll.l'., Mr. Matthews.
• al:mated for tl.O C plaintiff : Mr. olerid..,
.1,:•l311. IL James for the 3e-
.11 his case ru behalf of
• the tc•tatOT.ll%
tliis given in reply. Smith. a
: • :lrfetelant, here st Red that at Shirley Mr.
t:••••11::•• hy Mr. Turner to Mr. totterell as
• " ttil,ll 110 said that it VMS
irk who boen r•xamini .1 as
trick w h.., Lr thew on the :list .January
house. tie plaintiff's solicitor.
stated that She only Mu. Merrick
:Ist Jan.:ly wan tito and 111 r.
idenee.
.t tallith•. a farmer at Itlaeb Cash, lei
•••. .vitrl tor Mr. John llatnp. for two or three
. -all, by sayinii that he stayad wt witness's

rollU.s. the wife of the last wittu,s, gave confir-
u . • also propose,' to ask her whether she had
. :Mtn !lamp locution the plaintilf.
I. -cirf Ja•t ice sill Oct if he admitted this
•• 1;1,1 :1%. ,•r dist.l3liltiVit
• ;. •• .1 in ref- tee to the plc: AM, which
I.,dlronpresiuusly escludecl at t:!e in•tcnee of
• 11.- auntie I.
.a•ec tl :Ili, scuul-1 1/io.ll 1:11 atiuther Licge
of itcluiry ail thecefote he woall ;pit pits: the

: •stion.
M:. I •!, in suto: art:.; up thi defendant's ease. void
!I, it f-.• the courts pee-tinted the lel.:itioloy of the
• 10,.o: • - of t toot-tied woootn, but now he wos bonny
• •.y tii Ji it was remitted to .L jury to oay
the Cwt. whether the hush:old weld hare
~. his wiie during such a period that
Uttill•r of the chill in question. The
divided itself into three ports. It was said
Ifonin and his wife never were tot terns of
tol trot the seporAtion front I, to Isit.".
• :out ni:euniory entborntssment, without any
. '•• of or disagreement with Turner ; that there wits

Mr.
• •.‘ ...in. It of Mr. John Ihmip's visits to his wife at
hlm,: that ca 11... pf•rsobs were asked to
that it was Mr. Ilamp ; and Witty
• Om' • U:O4 110 concealment of the child.
I. • ; a .r. no conjugal difference between Mr. and Mrs.
II ;.. that the evidence showed 110 sufficient
hy they should not have lived together, why Mr.
i• meld 110 t have ..01110 to Shirley, or Mrs. llasup to
. ti:. l,• coil Ibe nn doubt th liere was con-
. • •.: :!••• plaier.tf's 4. \i‘!Cileo, :001 if the child were
: • •• ••••1•• tc,in good nse.on fur concealment, whilst
- • ' ti•l's ease were title. mo reasonable ground for
could I,
..se was proceeding when our report left.]

OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)

%NI, HYLAND e. WILDRIDGE.

Mi. le “1141 311. ntyfunt appc..red G.r the plain,
•. •••, jeattt illanthle, Dr. 6itiliks, unit Ur.
• • f ilefen.l.mt.

probate case tried before a common jury.
.i,,tift. opuuu.lol the will of the late Mr. George
K :14e. ,ho Iva. a merchant carrying on hildneal at
City. and bad a private residence at Manor-
Inix ton. lie was an Irishman by birth, and
...fed in business accumulated consider•

INC:. he married a MiAnlbbidd, &light, of a
imot tin in the navy. There W:l9 mime disparity in
a_. s Miss Iblkil.ll.eing only It, and Mr. Willridge
111. It fippehrisl lie was not on ct ry friendly terms
wit; his wife's relations--particularly his inother.inslaw—
woil. W 34 nest intimate with his brother, one of the
.iei ins in this can.. In May, leGl, Mr. Wildridge was
aeie.e.l with a paralytic stroke, anti be tootle a will, In
a hid. lie bequeathed the whole of his property, amounting
h. nearly 110.1100/., to his brother, and only his household
to his wife, and be appointed Mr. Ryland one of
bis excentors. His wife now disputed the due execution
..f this will, .0 the grounds of the undue influence of the
brother. awl that lief testator did not know the contents
of the will it the time lie executed it.

IThu ca. was procooding when our report loft.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN tr. It. N. COUGH.

The bankrupt was a solicitor, of Parliament-street. This
was nu adjourned bitting for examination and discharge,
but no :lel:01111k bad been filed, and it was stated that
there ire, se me prospect of an arrangement being made
for taking the case out of court. Thu liabilities are esti-
mated, 9,0011/.
Mr. Terry stated that the bankrupt had a claim of 2,000/.
on a coiupany in Belgium, and if that were realised his
debts would be paid m
The sitting was :oljourned sine die, by consent, with
protection for sic

IN HE JOHN ORHELL LEVER.
The bankrupt in this case was once well known as mem-
ber fur :Away, in Ireland, in which calamity he took au
active part in procuring frmn the goveninient of the day •
subsidy fur the Galway 'friumatlantic steamera. He is
described on the proceedings as a general agent,
of Cannowstreet. He was Adjudicated bankrupt on the
petition of a Mr. Barlow, formerly a clerk of the bankrupt's.
Ile b et previously executed a deed of inspectorship, but
it was not carried through. At the sitting fur choice, debts
of about 7.10/. were proved, the principal creditor being
Mr. G. N. Townsend, newspaper editor, of Montague-
street, Russell-square, who claims 315 i. as balance of
salary of a year, thw as editor and manager of the
!'rear newspaper, of which the bankrupt was formerly pro-
prietor.

TM:. was the sitting for examination and discharge, but
no accounts hove bt..en filed.

Ur. Li/Abner, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn-
ment for viz week,.

The bankrupt stated that an arrangement was in pro-
grru whereby be hoped to puy Ids creditors AU. in the
pound, and take the proceedings out of wart.

IN RE TIMOTHY LEISHMEN.
The bankrupt was a cornet in the sth Dragoon Guards,
formerly of liublia and elsewherein Ireland, since of
Vincent-terrace, Islington. The debts are of which
72V. is stated to be on accommodation bills. The smuts
are returned et 604/., including 450/., proceeds of the sale
of the lutukruid's commission.
Mr. Reed appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Lawrence
fur the bankrupt. It was stated that the bankrupt had
charged Lis etnianiludon before he was of age, and au ad-
journment was asked for inquiry into the circumstances.
Adjan col accordingly.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(More 31r. rn.ler-Sheriff Barchell and a Jury.)

Mai virs r. THE SOUTH EASTERN ItAILWAT.-COMPVISA:

TION FOR RAILWAY INJURIEM.
This was an action in the Queen's Bench by Sarah Mil-
ian& against the South Eastern Railway Company for
injuries as a passenger by the negligence of their servants.
Judgimmt xis allowed to go by default. The damages
were laid at :ASV., and a suit of inquiry was executed to
assess the compensation to he awarded.
Mr. Prentice, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Raselfoot)
appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Murphy for the cow-
ptny, in mitigation of damages.
Mr. Prentice, Q.C., stated the case to the jury. The
plaintiff, with her husband and two children, went, on
the 30th September, to Tunbridge. They missed the ex-
cursion tram, and went by the express. The company
" dropped " 'mite carriages at Tunbridge, and on the day in
question the carriages so dropped from the train were
shunted against some empty CRlTLigee, and a serious col-
lision took place. The husband was so injured that he
idial in a few days, the children were hurt, and Mrs. Rol-
lan.la was very much injured. The present action had
n to .lo with the claim for her husband's death,
but only for the injuries she had sustained.
Mrs. Hollauds was called to give evidence, and iligi;eitz
m, a p the parties consulted, and a verdict was
upon for Inn/.
Verdict accordingly.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ASsAULTING A WOMAN.

/Aly• I). 1 Myra, a rough-looking fellow, without shoes
to his feet, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting
a woman named Elizabeth Beasley residing in Prince's-
Tn.. Newi.n-t •Inarket.
The comp!. doant, whose face bore marks of ill-usage,
sell that 11111. had lived with the prisoner as his wife
some years, and she had had frequently to
ocopiaiii at that court of his illtreatment of her. Last
niAlit he came home drank and got into bed, where she
was lyiag with their two children. He then began abusing
h.,. charged her with having been intimate with two
police:, awl then struck her in the face with his fist.
She ran downstairs and called a constable and gave him
into custody. All she wished was that the prisoner would
te,p away from her.
lu answar to Mr. Knox, the gaoler (Barns) said the pri-
m,- r had several times been charged with adsaulting the
coi..l.lainant, besides being summoned for a similar thing.
been held to bail on some occasions, and on others
wcr to prison. The prisoner and the complainant had to
attend to a stall at the corner of Cranbourn-street, but for
some time the prisoner had taken to drinking, and left the
to look after it.

.......
...t roinett, 15 C, said that seven years ago he
tL, prisoner in custody for assaulting a woman, and
h.. a then committed for three months with hard labour.
, ;ant :;with, 1 C. said the prisoner had been in the

11140:...• ;LAN Claill4 the co:apt:tin:aut. for several years,
• .r4...rt) has in 4 Ilstl hint in custody 10 years ogo
fo her.

51r. Ku r. Lid he was bOUil.l to save the complainant
:‘, ..111.1., V.LIPICIILV. all 1 Alt"uld commit the psi-
w,ll : t: full tcrw, 'tamely, six mouths with hard
..