The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-15 00:00:00

TO the MEMBERS of the UNIVERSITY of
LON DON.
. .

i; rNTLEMEN.—Stnee we last addressed yea on behalf of fir
t,,h•i iviiiisick's Committee, changes hare occurred with regard
v • hire iviirestiitution .if the University in rarliament
fly the retirement of Ur Wood, the numberof candklateshrought
the I•niveraity is reilneed to four, all of them avowedly
I.; wra's: and on every gemmed it Is dosirable that the expresvion
.4 xda•t al opinion with regard to these four should now become
Nor...leveled. Judging from it recent announcement in the

•• Toms" ul the num per of s matures to the sego sitinn pre-
. uteri by ?I r. iAtWe, $t would appear that no one candidate has
prearnt the assured support of any considerable section of the
r.lustra

1 hat Dr. Wood's views with regard to the representation of the
I o I.:rally are not shared in by ell his late supporters is evident
i• oni the apie ndul letter. which ono of tubas received from Mr.
Icimpes, pro, lowly a se, mtary to hl3 committee, and which wo
the permisoion of Jir. liompas to circulate.
We have ventured to ask your support for air John Lubbock on
the grounds of his elowi confliction with the University. of his
distinguished literary sail scientific attainments. of Ws shinty as
a public speaker and man of business, mid, above ail, on account
of Ins thorimgh identification with the educational views and
general pilitk a of tbegreat majority uf our graduates.
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We need se.ir,. ly sly that, as a scientific man hineicif, and a
leader In the i•otilie thought of thu day. Sir John I.tibboek's
°Nonni: nhnt the smith, of science In idueation lifer widely
insu 1,4•115 e which hat e been r. cent!, expressed, awl are, WO •
think, nowt, in to:connoted with those which a candidate for the
representation of a leilriled lowly rolgin Iw exmckll to maintain.
air John s whoeuer of wientitic study as an essential part of a i
edile.ltion is 63,41111011 his mew:talon of It value 3, II
111one...tiler than upon a Mere consi-
deration of the immediate utility of 'dentine knowldlge.
Should you nv the force of thew consideration., snit not
ahead)! I, Lye :06.1 your name to the list of Sir John bilibovis's
you will cotumardeate with one of UN of your
ciallcst Coll‘c111,•1.“..

of llie Committee, yours respectfully,

F. W. FARRAR, 8.A.,
U. c. 1.1. A., Ualveraity Culkie,
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W. 4,1i1.17%4:, M 8., F. 11.8., 84. Barthel.> Hon. Seca
nave's 11. :40A,, LC.
P. 11. I'l I:NAL rii, 8.A., M.D., Guy's Dos j
pi, .1, S E.

King's I lench Walk, Temple, KC., Febe;tery 4, 1869.
th molt 11,—Ton ;tre nu doubt aware that LW. %Vocal
11:,e tionilicii his 11111 aka' no power to continue a candidate
for the rem,. otdion the Unirerbity of London. As one of
Ids ,iipportcr,. I li.nc been °WOW, therutom, to consider the
claints obit la ti: r candidates have upon the suffrages of the
gradual silo ays felt that. If pwatble, it wait desirable
that Is, .Louth i t. ;.roiciitist by one of our own graduates, and
I had lir t to r ahcther I conk' conscientliusly support
Mr. KJ,: 'hi, lost member for a now unlivcnity, If a Kra-
duatc. sill is I .I,lly i o subject to much observation and
rrl-
ti.l: .• therefore that he should not only he a
111,111 4., 0.11113', 1,10 tot who would afford no handle for hostile
51orciitur, I think our member should to chosen
from °lows who airs:oily have Oral some time and trouble to
tin iulrrr.ls of the I inversity in lea prominent positions; but
Mr I ~q not reiolcrcd himself cionsplcutuni by his failure
I'. Isis Is I i tilt I hitt rsity, either au a member of the bradnatef
l'omoot, e or looter the new choler.

Ur. in hi. later to Mr. Millie, expressing hie Intention I
leti. e. ha, , ailed the special attention of his supporters to
th. of Mr. Lowe, but the very piints In hi; millions
t •• re ~erred Wis••eili to me to afford occasions for opposing his
• Ills views on ethic:a/ion may he gathered from his
p,,oledied ilsecliec, and esivecially the speech that he delivered
ChM at iallutinrgh, and, both with relation to the lower
losses, thy appear to me wholly erroneous. With
r• t to the lower dames, his fundamental proposition appears
t•• !. that it In the duty of the government to educate the
. , as It Is to administer justive and to protect property.
1,,....,0nes lu the str•oigest form the old tory theory of a poll-
ti -I g..vernment, which has gradually been giving place for
• I.
its to the theory of individual liberty, and which, rather
I. e• the menu estei mil form of the government, ccistitutes the
• •• tftial difference between despotism and freedom. With the 1
, lu.,ion he draws from his theory, that the government ought
apply by compulsory rating education to those who hone
• 11., means of obtaining It, I fully agree; but I understand
II sir John Leh:sick supports the same views on lite iiiii kr •
lociple that government ft b •und to are that children are son-
i'...l, either by their parents or. If that I, impossible by govern-
°..a itiolf, with the essentials of life. With regard to
noddle-class education, Mr. Lowe has ventured Li put
as the first requisite the acquirement of useful in-
tonleition, and to treat as only secondary !he proper
training of the mind. it will be unfortimate if the advocate of
sue b i•rioriples receive the support of our University, which has
loom accuftal ~though entrulL of favouring cramming. end whose ,
real ol,,iect has late to direct the studies of young men in such '
a way vs should hest train their mental powers. lum far from
deroiug that It is desirable that &dentine studies should form n
far Leger feature ,ban they 110 ill modern education: lint on this
pilot also Mr John Lubbock will advocate the same opinions,
with (or higher scientific attainments and with sound views on
the true principles of adoration. II r. Lowe's views on the sub-
ject of the Irish Church are the same as those of all the other
candidates, and indeed are now so general that they .1,1 hardly
tae con.idered as alternate; any Ns, /31 ground for inir support. •
Even, however, If I had nierissi iv Mt Mr. Lowe in his views on
the subjects r. leered to by lir. Wood, there are other grounds
ors which I should have felt it inipossilde to vote for him. As a
liberal, I could never vote fur oat; who has shown by his acts as
well as worth that he has • minuend distrust of the majority of
lob fellow.countrymen. 1 lams it is thought by many if his
tutpi.., to, that the questiou of reform being passed, his °Melons
tied subject am of little importance tint so far is this from
le h.c the cue, that in the speech I have referred tii, he bases
dos ~./1 on the qUestiou of olueution us the result of reform,
!!!!'l that be should have thought the changes whkh he now'
tell— titer undesirable, but lurid., paeans of the Reform Bill!
vh..ther quifttion, second only to those mentioned by Dr.
w• . our relation with our colonial empire. Mr. Lowe has
Itl ben, especially by his speech on the defences of Canada,
t•• i.• cseu the lies between the colonies mid the mother country,
. ! to create mutual distrust Those who, Ilke myself, have
...melon with Canada, know what indignation his opinions
• no mid, as It asema to rite, justlyj, not ouly among the leading
al,o.11:1113 themselves, but also among those in England who are
t i,tercated In the welfare of that colony.
ha,. lined It mad that alz. Lowe's speech on the praposed
Lei'-11 of the University of Durham to our conatituency
o , inlet a dab, to our support. I certainly felt that years of
' !weicatious and unrewarded work for the Univenity, such as
t'•••se of Dr. Wood, deserved every recognition; but the fact
t hat at a time when It was already known that Mr. Lowe was
diced) to lie asked to stand for our University, he Woke *gobbet a
oiotion which would have deprived him of all prospect of repre.
larding the consUtueuey, somata me but • poor ground log re-
turning him as our member
I hue written thus at length to you to show you that tt
lout without conslderatlen that I have decli:°d to
You to allow me to unite with you mil your fellow-
workia s In endeavouring to secure Sir John Lubbock for ou
future member. Mr Jului Is closely couttected with our Unless-
sity, his father was our first Vice-Chancellor, and he himself is
a member of the Senate. As, too, he Is Dot a member of either
of the older Universities, and hat parliannutary reputation Is
ret to be made, he will become, if elected, so closely identified
with our Ugly that It will be of small moment that be
never • among tt• The known ability which
hat placed him, at so early an age, In the Area rank of scientific
toes, and which he its employed not only en theoretical pur-
suits hat on the study of practical polities, entitles him to the
position of our member, while upon the leading questions of the
day be is consistently liberal in principle as Well as °Plutons. I
shall beg
his Mor happL thn.erstilote, to give you any aid I am able In
securin

Thumb, nut. faithfully,
. - &My M. BOMPAB.