The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

ELECTION PETITION&

Petitions were presented eontpleleing of toxins Marie
• ise Ge!lvey, Linnet*, Beverley, Berseteple, LIPWIS. Her-
vire, the Western Division of Norfolk, Banbury, Kiag's
lqua, and Fromm

NOTICE OF MOTION.

Hr. FERRAND pre notice that on Thursday nut he
would ask the President of the Baird of Trade
whether the Secretary for the Home Department,
in the session of 1.864. did sot prudes the house that
=Dalums for the protection of life and property
e immediately drawn up and inserted in all future
waterworks bilia ; whether with alums bad been drawn
up and inserted ; Egad if sot, the reason why. The his.
gentleman also gave notice that as as early day he would
gall attention to the dangeroua state of existing water-
works reservoirs, and to the fact that so proviaion had
hitherto been made by parliament to obtain an admirals
'empty of good spring water for the inhabitants of &Miele
from which the water springs had been taken, to the injury
of the public health, owisg to the sources of the riven
baring bees withdrawn without cospenrating reservoirs.
THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY DV IRELAND.
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• Sir R. PEEL asked the Chaneallor of the Exelsequer
what changes were eoetemplated in the charier and con-
natation of the geese's University aid Queen's Colleges I.
Inked, and whether it was the intentioa of the covers-
mud fully to inform the house before proceeding with any
ateseare involving a departure from the present system of
university education in that country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—In reply to
the question of my tight hoe. friend, I had bettor peps
fiat say, as the gnostics in its terms includes the usat's
Colleges along with the gnomes University. no o sego
whatever are eoutemplased in the charter or in the rroesti-
talon of the Queen's Colleges in Ireland. With respect to
the changes crntemplated in the charter end constitution of
the Queen's University I may perhaps best describe them
by saying they are snob as were indicated and explained
towards the close of the last session of perliament in the •
speech of my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, having for their object to qualify per-
nous who had received their education where "'particular sad
excludes religion waa taught to receive degrees in the Queen's
University, anal likewise to mike some arrangements for the
wpm of obviating jealousies and securing harmony and
**Mesas with reference to those degrees. As overdo the
last part of the question of my right hoe, friend, of course
I esnoot say that it will be in our power to keep the house
Mortised of these steps severally before prof:reeling with
them although I am by no mesas prepared to say that they
ought to be described as involving a departure from the
present systeaa of univrrsity education in Ireland. Bot
waiving the verbal question, I may pledge myself to my
right hon. friend that the charter and papers containing
correspondence will be presented to the house at the
earliest possible moment. With regard to the eons.-
ndencie, some of that charaeter bee already been prepared
he preeentetioe, and is about to be moved for by an boa
umber. . .

SirT:PEEL—I wish to know whether the charter of the
ileiversity will sot be altered without the knowledge or
vole of this hone?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—lmmedi-
ately any charter shall issue to the Queen's University
varying from the present charter it will be brought to the
knowledge of the honer..
Sir R. PEEL—Not before?
"The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Not before.
P Kr. LOWE—Do I understand that the change will take
place without this house having an opportunity of eypress-
lag an epioicu epos it? (Cheers from the onroeition.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I appro.
beed that the proosedrup which I have referred to will be
in conformity with the practice of the executive govern-
'sent, namely, to tender to the crows snob advice as they I
think will be best for the public interest. (Hear, hear.)
They will do this on their own responsibility, and they
will make blown that advice to the House of Conscious at ,
the earliest possible moment, fully admitting the right of
the house to call them to aooonnt for the advice they may
tender. (Cheers.)
Sir R. PEEL—My right bon. friend ham not answered
the question I put to him. (Hear, beer.) What I wish
to ask ia this,—bas any alteration taken piste in the
'barter of the Queen'. University? That is done by the
sign manual of the sovereign. Has it been done, or will
it not be done without the ►ouse being first consulted as
to the changes which will alter the present liberal system
of education in Ireland to one of a sectarian and denomi-
natioeal ammeter ? (Bear, bear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—That alte-
ration has not bees effected. With respect to the rest of
the question, 1 must refer to the answer I have already
given.

THE POLICE AND THE PENTONVILLE PRISON.
Mr. BAGWELL asked whether it was true that direct-
tioas bad been given by the Home-office to Sir Richard
Mayne, the chief commissioner of police, that 20 men
of the metrooolitan forte should be appointed to guard
the prison at Pentonville, and whether it was true that this
dett7 was confided to eon* but constables of English birth
Sir G. GREY said his honourable friend had been kind
...ugh to call his attention to the paragraph which ap-
peared in the Times. All he could say was that the para.
b which appeared in the Timm wire entirely without
a tros. No each instructions had been given by the
Honee-Office. The twenty men referred to to the para-
graph were permenently stationed at the Caledonian-road
station, end were stationed there loog before any Fenian
wenviote were brought to Pastonville prison. Is the ordi-
mazy arum of their duty two of these policemen patrolled
resod the prison. He did not know whether the sweaty
misin were Englishmen, Irishmen, or Bootchmsm.