The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAIILLIM.M.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Wi.osilin • ;
IN the Ho' lie of Cow Botts yesterday, Mr. Ewswr
snot ed the second reading of the Oxford :Intl Cam-
bridge Universities Education the abject of
which, he mid, was to open the universities to
duslents witimut its being neceesary tur them to
belong to at r college or hall.
Mr. It. H >PE opposed the bill. }iv slid think
that if it pissed it would be product.ve of the
bow:fits its tuthors expected. It was bond news-
/ail Ilan who wished to take tiezrues to place
themselves.ruder private tutors. is .1d 1...0 students
would not on this. This was a oit f-r Oxford.
At Onmbridgethe university was 1-: ait only to
the student t who resided in c•.'.....,3.1,1,11t to those
who resides in lodgings, and who Lou;: their meals
In lull. L.t Oxford follow the of Cam-
bridge in tile respect, and notch of the object of
this bill would be effected. But this Wall a matter
which ssiNht to he left t the universities
themselves He also objected to the measure
because it ,vould be difficult it to carry out
discipline. He moved the rejecti. nof she bill.
Mr. Poe, objected to the because it made
no p7..visis a for discipline, took n security with
=pull to the age at which Palltiv:ll% May be ad-
mitted, aunt would even allow women to matriculate:

Mr. 'NE •vs supported the bill becx:se it would
open the door wider to the middle ::rid lower
ela ASPS. lie suggested that the hi!) sh..uld be re-
ferred to e select committee.
Riv W. EATIP !OTIS said the univemity authori-
bee at ()vier(' were quite wishful t extend the
adv.mtage of that university, and he t:,6light they
ou;bit wit :o be interfered with. He tnn,wil to get
bold of tie class which it was till: object, of this
bill to introduce, but lie did not think they should
get many of them, because the public shads were
supplying the great want which in the middle ages
was auppded by the universities. He was not
sure that they should admit young ioui without
onnnectioe with college or hall, bnt it was it matter
which the university had the power Id. dual with
thsmselve I. and should be left to

Mr. EV..NA th4gight it do..sirahh• t. r•. ad the bill
a second t me, but that it should lou sultrred to a
select committee.

Mr. Sstwve protested against these perpetual
changes vr:lich it was sought to make is the univer-
sities, and thought after the changes which had
been made they were entitled to }.e re 4, unless
menu real large and good measure of reform were
pro•ased. The university authorities were always
ready to c milkier any good suggestion.
Mr. velar quite agreed that at Cambridge
there was a great desire on the part of the au-
thorities t increase the number of stl.dents, but if
the bill were referred to a select committee, that
committee would very much assist the university
authoritie in that respect. He thought there were
great adv intages in allege life ; it ought to be
cheaper, .uul the students could bt.netit by the'
endowments of the college.
Mr. Lows said the coUrs,,ne at I P‘fOrd were con-
siderably endowed, and perhaps the endowments
were a little overdone, for the ft lees were not
always of the calibre desired. The obvious remedy
was to increase the number or students. They
were told that the university authorities were al-
ready taking tneas,mes to etket the object desired,
but they lad been two years considering it, and
bad taken no practical step. He tho.iglit it an ex-
cellent suggestion that the bill should go before a
select committee to consider the practical grievance
they had to meet, and the best remedy to apply.
Mr. HENLEY thought the bill should net be re-
ferred to a select committee, but that the whole
lathiest should.
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gr. OLATIOTONC said the bill left the considera-
tion of the discipline to the authorities of the uni-
versities. The select committee would inquire
into the means of giving effect to the principles of
the bill. Ho did not think that the adoption by
Oxford of the system at Cambridge would be auffi
elect. In 1864 and 18116 the house recognised the
insufficiency of the present system, and provided
what it thought a remedy, namely, the establish-
ment of private halls ; but that had failed.
They must take into view the whole breadth of this
question. At Oxford there never was aperiod when
there was a greater number of tutors and professors
eminently qualified for their work. At the same
time there had never been a period in our history
when, if they looked at the number of persons
capable of receiving university education, the uni-
versities were doing so little for the country. There
had never been a period when they had done so
little for poor students, when so many of the clergy
were educated elsewhere, when the universities
were so little represented on the bench. Then, with
Tglto the medical profession, there was scarcely
ion of it that was educated at the universi-
ties ; and in our great manufacturing and commer-
cial communities there was scarcely a trace of the
influence of the universities. One great reason for
this was, the preposterous length of the vacations.
He hearti:y supported the second reading of the
bill.

Mr. HANDY mid, in December, 188.ri, a great
number of the members of the University of Oxford
assembled together to consider whether they could
extend the benefits of the university, and they
appointed committees to consider various proposals.
The reports of those committees were now under
the consideration of the university authorities ; and
seeing that they had themselves taken the initia-
tive he ply. it to the house whether it would pro-
Geed with this bill, and whether it would not wait
to see what the university did.
Mr. ACLAND considered the subject was ripe for
dealing with to the extent that this bill dealt with
it. The real reason why Oxford did not educate
England was the college system.
The house then divided, and the second reading
was carried by 164 to 150 ; and on the motion of
Mr. Fswvxrr the bill was referred t., a select com-
mittee.

Kr. MURPHY moved the second reading of the
Roman Catholic ()hutches, Schools, and Glebes
(Ireland) Bill, the object of which, he said, was to
extend the powers and provisions of existing acts,
which allowed land not exceeding iu quantity five
acres to be granted for the glebes of churches or
chapels. The bill extended the quantity to twenty
acres. But he proposed now to postpone the bill
till the 3rd of July.
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Mr. NZWDISGATE Said this bill contravened the
law of mortmain, which had been found necessary
in former times in our own country, when the
people were Roman catholic', and was now found
necessary in Italy and France, and he moved that
the order be discharged.
After a short but angry discussion the postpone-
ment was carried by 118 to 66.
Mr. O'Raittv moved the second reading of the
Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill, the ob-
ject of which he stated was to prevent the sale of
liquors on the Sunday, except for consumption off
the premises, in the middle of the day and the
evening.
Sir If. M3YOATE suggested that the bill should be
referred to a select committee.

Xr. Mt R!..111' supported that suggestion.
Lord NAAM said he had made int !gin, as to the
feeling on this hill in Ireland, and the opinion in
Dublin was against it, and that it would have the
effect of promoting secret drinking. He thought it
ought to be referred to a select committee.
The bill was read a second time.

The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 6 u'clock.

REI •P.PTI IN OP THIS BELOLiNd. T 1 the Bel-
gian voluotters were in England lest year they were all
allowed the free use of the Alhambra, and the same tour-
May will he extended to them this year. A special perform-
ance will also he given in their honour.
FALL or Two HOUSE& —YOSterdlly afternoon,
two houses in Clementli-lane, Clare-market, suddenly gave
war and fel: acmes the street with a terrine crash. Partly
°snug to the shock. and partly to the fell of mat/rills the
banner of two of the house. in Clement's-passage. Clare-
market, gave way, and there in every prospect of these
houses entirely collapsing. The proprietress of a grocer's
shop had to get out of the first-floor window, all the lower
part of the premises having fallen in. No lives were lost,
sad, so far as can be ascertained, no one has been seriously
injured.
Mr. Smith Child, of Stallington-hall, Stone, has
given 800/. for the erection of a block of cottages for con-
mileseents and incurables in connection with the North
Staffordshire New Infirmary.

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.)

Wliiaat Hatmapati,iii police-constable of the A division,
ea:, indicted for stealing a pair of boots, value 145., the
, of. 51'1nto.b, another constable of the
di% idea.

rol:culed ; defended the i•rd
sneer.

F. aj•;eur: ' front the evidence that the prisoner. who
was st aidne4 at Llardinees-lane, King's-street, West- I
min st er. soil a pair of boots toe Jew named Lewis Isaac...,
for these boot. being handed toldm from a window la
the lowor p ,t(the station-house, but upon investigation
it turned our that those constables who were employed in
plaits clotites duty had to provide themselves with extra
boot.. or -hock and At they saved their uniform boots, mid
in many en,s sold them for lea than their value. The
hypothesie e-t up for the defence was that the prisoner
sold these hoots believing them to be his own, and if that
were so that he had a perfect right to dispose of his own
property. and that he had no felonious intention, althauih
they all:ea:ea to belong to another constable.
The jury took this view, and Aclptittrol the prisoner.
The Assn:tont-Judie said he should communicate witai
Sir Richard Mayne. the Commissioner of Police,as be
thought the practice of selling articles at the Lotion-
boose in the way deacribed was most objectionable.
Rile" ,•* we' indicted for stooling a pair of boots
I a pettiocsit. two dresses. and a gilt ring, value Cis., the
Iky of Daniel Willi: moor.
e Mosecti his. Agnes Williamson? deposed to having
given the prisoner & night's lodging out of pore charity,
but she went away in the middle of the night with the
property in question.
The jury found the prisoner Onika.
The Asatotontsludge sentenced her to be imprisoned and
kdpt to h :r1 labour for two years.
ent:driee Conch. 25, was indicted for maliciously da-
maginti pane of glass. value 224., the property of John
Wakelin.
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The pio=e,:ntor 1:-..Tpa the Saddler's Arms public.house,
Swnikow.street, Piccadilly, anal on the ''2nd of May, at half.
put nine o'clock at night, the prisoner, who was dnink,
deliberately went up to the plate-gkos window, worth 1.1 t.,
and after four attempts smashed it with her fist.
Keeley, the chief miser of the House of Detention, said
prisoner 11...1 broken 14 panes of glass in her cell window.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced her to be imprisoned and
kept to hard !shone for six months.
was indicted for stealing three shawls.
value Pl.. IW.. the property of Joseph Long. The shawls
were kanirimi et n pawnhrolcer's door, and the prisoner
walked off with them, but was brought beck and given into
custody.. . .

The prisoner was found Gnilty.
It was shown that she was an old thief, and had already
been sentenced to three yens• penal servitude.
The Assistant Judge sentenced her to be iniprisoncd
kept to hard labour for two years.
(Ettore Mr. Payne.)

John flat, aged 16, was indicted for stealing from Sarah
Bell her pulse. containing a sovereign, two rings, and
other articles. The prisoner .nstched the purse from the
hand of the preeecutrii on the 17th of May, in itlorning•
lane.

The jury found the prisoner Cullrg.
Kr. Payne said n good flogging would do such n young
ruffian as the prisoner good, and ordered him to be kept
nine ino-taa in prison. and to receive 14 strokes with tue
lash.

SURREY SESSIONS.

(Before Kr. R. R. Adams.)

INg•;orl ifulf,,:q. described on the calendar as a general
de.der, was indicted for stealing a clock and other articles
of considerable value, the property of Joseph Cope, a con-
vict sow undergoing penal servitude.
Mr. Lilley. instructed by Mr. Edwin, prosecuted; and
Mr. Oppenheini, with Mr. Wotberspoon, defended the
nner.
Thie case occupied the attention of the court several
hour. The aUrgation ass that after Cope had been sent
'optima, and while his wife was in the hospital, the pri-
soner took possession of their reaiden.N3 and coolly sold ulf
the goods.
A verdict of (1.0, was returned.

Mr. Adams considered it a very just verdict, and a more
heartless rubbery be bad seldom heard ef. He sentenced the
prisoner to 12 months' hard labour.
(Before Mr. Penryhn, Deputy Chairman.)
William Bnfae w. efi, was indicted for stealing, in.the
dwelling-house of Robert Kent, the sum of air., his
Prrte Merchant prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley defended
the prisoner.
It was st.ted that the prisoner had eloped with the wife
of the prosecutor, and that he one day, in the absence of
the prosecutor, celled upon his daughter, and told her that
her mother wished to see her at a certain place in the
nelz,hbourhoo.l. While the daughter was away be broke
open • box and took sway TY.
He was found Godly, and sentenced to twelve months
bard labour.