The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

OXFORD UNIVERSITY CONIMISSIoN.

The following circular has been published :
Oxford University Commiume,
Downtog-street, Loudon, December.
Bir,—Her Majesty's Cotomisaioners for the re.v.r.ra
Oxford will feel obliged to you for any inf:rtr,lt..,c
you sexy be disposed to furnish oa the fallowing i.. 41 A
inquiry, which, for the asks of V/llVlDielleto b.,. 11.10
arranged under the tons of questiova
I hays the honour to be, your obedient humble Fervent,
A. P. STANLEY, Set

1. Is your society gowned by statutes 3 If tot, are Mtn
any orders or rules by which it is goveruid ?
2. If the society is govenssd by statistic were than s's•
tutee given by the founder ? An the critical statutes L 3
force, wholly or in part ? If they tie not in tome, by whit
authority and when have they been altered ?
3. Is there any provision in y3ur present ststutrr fx
their alteration or amendment? or was there, is your on
Sinai statutes, any such provision ?
4. Will you state in what respects, if any, sour sots%
have ceased to be observed—whether owing to lopes of tau
or other causes ?
6. In what case is the nonresidence of your heed or yea
I fellows permitted by the statutes ? and bow ruby of pa
fellows are non-residents? Would the Uoivmi.vrrthe
college be benefited, in your opinion, by the general War
meat of residence ?
8. Is the merely:* of the head of your college pertain/0g
the statutes ? If not, by what authority is such manta
itriuttorli Is that permismonaopliceble to any other WOO
of the foundation besides the head ?

7. Does the college consist of several foundations i If 4,
do the fellows on the several foundations enjoy the um
rights and advantages?
8. Are there In your college any unincorporated ,4
fellows ? If 13, by what statute% are they govanil
you consider such fellowshil a beneficisl to the soce-iy Ot
do you think their present poeition might be altered ra
advantage ?
9. Row many of your fellowship, studentships, whole.
ships, exhibitions, or the like, are at present open n awe
titiun without restriction; and how many eid tile: is
particular places or schools, or to persons of the kin or sass
of founders?
10. Will you tkuote the clauses of your statues ,n whet
any such restriction rests, together with any spiciri Mita
which the founder or framer of your statutes nosy hay. ha
for this restriction ?
11. Is the rrrrr iction absolute ? If not, nu the vi:tes
availed itaelt of any facilities which the statutes ail,' in
°penis* the foundation ?
12, If the statutes give a " preferesee" to certaideasli
dates, how do you interpret such preference?
13. Do you consider the present restriction, if anti a
the election of your fellows, students, scholars. deceits, a
the like, to be beneficial to the promotion of educaeloa a
learning in the University, in your own society, sad in Its
particular place, school, or family, if there be any, which
supposed to be favoured by those restricti ms?
14. Are your fellowships, studentships, scholarships
demyships, or the like, disposed of strictly accordice
merit? Is ouch merit tested by issminvion ?
16. What is the 'fatigable connexion between your Wl*
ships and your seholanhips, demyshiper, or the like ? Wee
is the practice in this resyct ?
16. If your fellowships are limited to those who area
have been scholars, or the like, of your society, his
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system been found beneficial to the collar ?
17. Are the fellows of your college obliged to proceed*
the higher degrees ? If so, in what faculties?
18. Do your statutes enjoin that your fellowship, staler!.
ships, scholarships, or the like, be increased or disunited
in number as the revenues of your college vary? flu rd
provision of the statutes been acted upon ? Do yos canoe
that the enforcement of such provision at the present
um
would be beneficial to the society ?
19. Do your statutes contemplate the residence in car
of any undergraduates not on the foundation i Di ;NI
forbid it? Will you quote the clause• in your astute •
which such permission or prohibition rein?
20. What smoent of property vacates a fillowat
scholenhip, or the like, according to your statutes!' lids
rule enforced equally with regard to real and personal P"'
party ? Do you conceive that the enforcement of suet sna
at the present time would be beneficial to the society ?
21. Is the head of our society etatuably required toner
iniorlioljordias gogi many of your fellows, itudestalf
the like are subject to the lime rale ? If thsetstasa
not obi:reed, on what authority does the nonolswormall
dispensation rest ? Is the obligatiou to enter into holy 00
expressly laid down by statute, or is it deducedfre• el*
junction to study theology, from au injuncton to Cid"!
clerical duties now disused, or from soy other like prow!
22. Are your fellowships confined to persons of seals
University standing ? Is the admission of undergisdawl
fellowship, or the restriction et fellowships to peso'
particular degrees, productive of inconvenience ?
23. Are clergymen excluded from presenting these..
as esndidates for your fellowships ? Are laymee ?
24. An fellows or other members on your fo,
allowed by statute or other authority to hold ‘cc..0.0.a
preferment? end, if so, to what amount?
25. What etatutable restrictions limit the election off!

head ?
26. How many benellose in the gift of your society
been added since the original foundation ? Will you gall
what time and in what manner each was squired ?
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you at present a fund for the purchase of adroit:ow
27 AT• there any prelectorship founded in your
for the benefit of the whole Unir.reity ? Are feiloirtii
connected with such puebetershipe ? If so. do the 'lila.'
allow any special liberty of choice in the fellorehge w
anted ? .
28. Has the college the nomieation to tae, esteinkg
any schools ? What control does the colg
leech school ?
29. Will you quote the clauses our of your statute' which
forth the powers and dutin of the visitor of y
Has the visitor ever intepond his authority to relieve t!
college from the observance of any of the statutes, or tor"
new statutes or ordinances • ty calla el°
30. Are gentlemen commoners in your eerie ~o•
to pass the seine elimination at entrance ar other M.-iko;
Do they follow the woe course of studies, end IT'
ja
bjected to the same discipline as other pee)."
sa
pwpillarif To what charges are they hal It bot'o
borne by other independent members ? Ice°
31. Can you state how many member' of yoer
receive assistance from exhibition, or the like, not
gift or under the administration of you. society.? NeT»
an the sources and what is the amount of the assistants
received ? Poll
32. How many persona are supported, wholly m the
your society as battling, servitors, Bible-clerks. 0 ,
liko 1 What are their duties, and what taro their stiPl7o,l
other emoluments or immunities? How ars they
can
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An they marked by any pi:tinter drat'? WY t
brio he
ever greater ?If so, •out you • tate why it has 0n,..50
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