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.OXFORD UNIVERSITY C-0.211111a510N.,
(From the Tiviee.) • "
• The Report of the , Oxford Lincyersity CommiSsion.
which has so long been feared Or desirod, was publi4hed
nn Frid&y, and now lies before us. For the benefit of
the numeroug persori interegted in- this report, but!. not.
liiWy to see it till their annual -visit.to Osterd or the
fildropoli.a, we may as well describe the- outward fea
tures Of a document which haslaltl rtOl been anticipated
in.scree quarters as 3 spectral•hugbear rather than as
a slut reality. It i n Its, a bulky volazoe. runing to n. arty
sOO folio pages, cif which more th&l. 250 are devoted to
the report inielf, arranged under the-teveral head's of the
state, the discipline, the studieS, and the nvenu:,..i of the
University and the several Colleges and Hails, summed
up with a very compendious " conclusion," The remainder
of the volume consists of some legal and historical
statements, correspondence, tables: of fees Wad other

docuinents, and the evidence .of -ninety prelates, dig-
nitaries, professors, distinguished men, and University
and College officials--the so-celled evidence assuming
in some beam:lees the character of considerable p
phlets, and' in others being confined to the 'forriisl
receipts of the circulars issued by the Commission.
This superficial account of thd veluine will satisfy the
most sceptical member of the Unieereity that the Com-
missioners have Twits a report, send that they have not
been entirely paralysed by the scruples which led so
many respectable men to withhold the information at
their command. The Commissioners express their re-
gret. that, Owing to these scruplesetherepore is hot quite
so complete as might have been desired, but no' one can
turn over the leaves, without perceiving that there is
quite enough, not merely to satisfy a large curiosity, but
also to supply the necestery materials for legislative (HS=
cussion. After all; those palpable, facts of the case that
are before the (tees of the whale world, and which con-
stitute_ the operatinueattd resillts_.of the. University sets-.
Aim, are the most important', and,. as'far as we can see,
'they are fully brought out in the pages before as.. As it
Is, the Commissioners feel' it necessary to apologize far
the,;ength of the report. •- ; e o, • •
„al-tough it is the object
.of nianytef kite recOuamenda-
:tionS rather to emancipate the: University and Colleges,
and :enable them to extenittheifiitiiity then:46l*M's, and
though it is rather- a bgictiing_:than`a complefe system
which is suggested; yet the CoeseiniSeitiners have:ghne
quite as far as was desirable, or perhaps possiblesin
upli scheme of reform. That proposed reform, is
serious, extensive. and 'Articular. Indeed, there ls.not
an office or an institution, or a procaine in the University,
from the appointment of the -Vice.Chaneellor to the
debts of the Undergraduetes.--from• the government of
University to the time of the king vaention, which is not
affected. The mere summary of else proposed alterations
extends to 47 heads. The careful attention which has,
been given to every point fully explains the increasing'
assiduity with which the Commission has held its sittings
from October 19, 1850, to April 23, ,1852, seldoni With
more than the interval of u week, and generally with
less. Whatever difference of opinion there will be as to
the merit of this or that proposal, there can be no differ-
ence as to the conscientious spirit in which the Commis-
sioners have discharged their sacred trust.
They propose to give the University, with proper re-
serves, full power of self-government. To carry this
power into effect; they propose to" create a Senate, pre-
serving the name of the "Congregation," consisting of
all Heeds of Houses, the Troetors, ail Profeisors and
public Lecturers, together with-the "enior Tutors of ail
Colleges and Halls, and fo give. this body authority to
o rigiu
Standing Committees,
and. power to appoint Delegacies, or
es,
for special purposes. This body
is proposed rather as an : addition to the existing
branches of the academic legislature, the' Hebdomadal
Board still retaining ire executive powers and its right
to originate measures, and' the -Convocation still having
that veto into which prescription has narrowed its func-
tious. Such an addition, liewver; has-long been re-
quired, and tiA recently its place. was supplied by a spe—
cies of mixed Committee or confetence, that mediated
between the Hebdomadal Board and the Convocation—:
the Lords and t Commons of-.the University.. It is
proposed to give the most- important functions
of the University, the supervision' of studies, the
appointment of Examineret end the msnegement of
the public libraries, to the professional: body alone, that
body, however, being very,extensively remodelled.* It is
also proposed that the Proetori Shall severally. bold office
for two years, the first year of :the one coinciding with
the last year of the other; tthe duties of the Office being
confined to matters of discipline, and the election being
vested in Congregation without..the..
restraint.ct.the Ca-
roline Cycle. Among other prapeeed changes affecting
the'state and discipline of the: University may be men-
tioned the abolition of promissory oaths, the discontinu-
ance of the distinction bttsreen noblemen, • gentlemen
commonsrs, and ceremoners; -Check on the credit given
to undergraduates byithe early presentation of bills, and
the recovery of debts in. open court, and liberty for the
foundation of halls as well as. for re.idence in private
lodgings, under due superintendence, without connection
with any college or hell. .
The alterations affecting the studieh of tho University
are equally extensive. The Commissioners propose .a
public examination before matriculation; the option of
some special branch of study in the latter pert of the
academic course; four professional boards for the regu-
lation of studies, viz , for Theology, Mental Philosophy,'
and Philology, Jurisprudence end History, Mathemati-
cal and Pnysical science; the entire race netruction and.
re-endowment of the Professorships, partly by the ep-
plication of college fallow.ships to the purpose; the elec-
tion of Professors by the Crown, or . the proposed Con-
gregation instead of the Convocation; the removal of
restrictions from University scholarships and prizes, and
the formation of libraries estid• museums of • physical
science under the entire management of the professors.
With regard to the
.revericsvf the University, it is pro-
posed to publish all accounts, including those 'of the
press; to equalise fees; V) confine the funds 'of the Uni-
versity to University purpoSe§o, and; to remit Abe atinip.
duties on matriculation ,and degnSes•
The changes proposed in the constitution anGovern-
ment of the colleges tire equally extensive and of much
the same character. Time will not allow as to go into.
details, but they amount To•the abolition of every untie-
ceCtary rule which may interfere with the true interests
of the College. Among otherpointse we may instance theutilizing .
of fellowships by attaching professorial duties;
the creation of scholarships tenable for a limited term,
the opening of all foundations to the whole university
except in special cases; the election. of heads of houses
from the whole body of Masters
,Of Arts; the regular.
and effective visitation of the colleges, with anaual re-
ports to the Crown, end the power. of making and re-
pealing statutes. But here wo must stop. The com-
missioners, after carefully summing up their labours, add,
" Of the proposals which affect the university, the most
important are those which we have made for remodelling
the constitution and abolishing the existing monopoly of
the colleges and halls, by allowing students 'to resido at Ott-
ford without the expense of Connazien with those bodies.
In regardtto the colleges, we would especia?tY
urge the
immediate necessity of 'opening the i .fellowships and
scholarships, of attaching, professorships to certain col-.
leges, of increasing the number and value.of. scholar-.
ships, of granting to the colleges. the . power of altering.
their statutes, and, above all, of prohibiting as unlawful
the oaths to observe the statutes. •

We endeavoured, in a leading article on Saturday, to
describe the principal recommendations of the Oxfpr&
University Commission. The- following " cOnclueion"
will perhaps give the best idea of the effect of the " re-
port, which is of itself .00long for publication, and al-
most for abridgment;:— ' : _ . , .
We have now gone through_ all the sulejeces proposed
by your Mejesty for :our consideration, and. have given
our opinions on each of them, its by the terms of our
commission was required of nee Our report has • run to
a length greater than we expected, but, if we have
employed many pages in giving an acccent of obose-
lete customs and laws, . this has not been done
merely for the purpose of recording curious
facts or indulging in antiquarian research. The great
aim and purpose of the statutes, both of the nuiver•.
sity and of the colleges, was to perpetuate what seemed
expedient at the time of their enactment, by means of
laws intended to be unalterable. If we look only to their
statutes, the colleges of Oxford are now what they were
in the times of tho Plantagenets and Tudors, and if the
Laudian Code be binding, the -University of Oxford is
now what it was in the time of King Charles I,; but,
in fact, almost every distinct. purpose and every -par-
ticular . object of the founders, almost every detail
of government and administration has been neglected
or superseded; therefore the peculiar character of the
university and colleges of Okford made it necessary to
give some' account of their ancient condition, in order
to show what their present condition would be if the
statutes were still maintained. . The contrariety be-
tween the state of ' things 'presumed by the statutes
and that produced by the lapse of time could not be
made clear without some inqiiiey into the ancient
state of the several academical bodies, and for this
tWbeeehxacveallethnocue
reason evce have deemed it necessary to enter into
such inquiries at some length. Our report has also been
particular plans stmeul
_ swelled by the extent to which we have quoted evidence.
thought ttiht necessary to doso
wpaerthlyavbeecgalusloteeodf,
adrngnumnee: whichinheir
own
partly because we wpre_an,pous that the advocates of
words, es-
pecially when we
partly because' w:ere constrained to differ from them,
supported lo a gret.4?fshed to show' that our opinions are
have corn manic- ' "''''
extent by the opinions of the .o who
seed with us We will now sum up the' .c
we have thought' it
our duty reeemmendatiOns which
Majesty, with a view to resclearty to
lay
before your
colleges to a sounder conclitiOr:" university and the
great resources more serviceabla and to render their
learning. . e to edecation and to
We are of opinion,— •
rity to make, abrogate, or alter stetutes, with
the
excep-
tionautho-
demical teachers, as well as the trerebers of the le bdo-
, medal board. For this purpeFe it may be expedient
1. That the university should receive'
tion in case it has exceeig: & its power anin mtderairfica-
Laudian Code, and should henceforth have afutelln-
of a fe.v fundamental articles not to be the
altered
without the consent of the Crown or some other superior
authority.
2. net the right of initiating, measures should be
Confided to a body comprisors professors and other aea-
. that the body called congregation should be re-
modelled, So as to. CQll5i4. of 1!.111 'beads of 'houses,

the proctors, all professors and public lecturers;
to tether with the senifT tutors ;Of • all colleges and
hdls; thatjrhe raeraberti of this body should possess the
right of originating roe cures,
that it Should be con-
vened by the Vice-Chanc.--illor to discuss measures poly
on the written rc (pest of a fixed.number of itti mem-
bers; that i; should be empewered to appoint ,delegaeles
tor dischsrging the functions usually belonging
to the committees of deliberative bodies ; that • its
members should be ailo,ved,, ta), address tno. house in
Er,glish; Vi4t rneastucs, afto..)s,ing passed by this
• House of Coogregatioi:, should ,be proposed to the
House of Convoco,tien sit-aply for acceptance cr rejection
in the seta.:manner thatmeasures emenating from the
hebdoniadal board are BOW proposed; that' hese changes
being ti.)e hebdomadal board should continue to
diseharge its executive end edministrstive functions,
and shouid also retain its present right of originating
measures.

3. That the standing delegacies intrusted with mow
tire functions should be composed partly of official
members, and partly of members approved by
eengre-
gation on the nomination of the Vie .Chancellor and
Prectore; ono-third of the persons thas nominated
to
retire every year; but to be re-eligible; and that the
professors should be formed into a standing delegacy,
wholly official and not liable to alteration, for the super-
vision of studies, the appointment of examiners, and the
management of the public libraries. The official mem-
bers of the other standing delegacies to be determined
by the -House of Cono-regation.
4. That the Vice-Chancellor should be appointed ab-
solutely by the Chancellor from the heads of colleges
and halls, and that the passage in.the Laudian Statutes,.
which seems to give convocation a veto on the appoint-
ment, should be removed from the statute-book.
5, That the tenure of the proctoep oface should be ex-
,
the do eof each year, and that the limitations with
tendetlineittvo years; one proctor lenn,,slte
respect to standing should be no longer retained;
that the *odors should be elected by icongtevation,
without regard to the cycle issued by Icing- Charles L;
that they should be re-eligible; that they should no
longer have any share in ,nominating examiners, is ad-
judging prizes, in electing certain professors, or in ap-
pointing Alio select preachers; and that their power of
'veto on %nate of convocation should be eheilished.
6. That the imposition of promissory oaths for the
*performance of academical duties shoteld be prohibited.
7. That all distinctions between noblemen, gentleman-
commoners, and commoners should be discontinued,
8. That, in order to place some check -on credit, ,no
debt whatever contracted by. a minor while an under-
graduate of Oxford should be recoverable, unless the bill
shell have been sent in to the undergraduate within three
calendar mouths after the date of the earliest item, and
have been send
l'elenca within case
ofnoa-fix months aymcata copy of the bill shall
from the same date to
the parenn'ttuardiatt, or college-tutor of the debtor; and
that no such action should be brought after the expira-•
tion of a year from the date of the earliest item.
9. That for the recovery of debts from members of
the university, the Vise-Chancellor's Court should here-
after proceed according to the forms of the County
Courts, and that the practice of the court should be
faro ern open.
10. That the. provision of the statutes, by which all
members of the university are obliged to belong to some
cellege or hall, as also that 1.)57 which colleges and halls
membersyh
are obliged to have all theirrooms accessible through one
common gate should be annulled; and that liberty be
thpeerumniitvteinrgeit' as viell
o by
te the
university, under due superintendence, to live in privte
lodgings, without connexion with a' college or hall.
fgoiuvuencla farc ion tie
fex litaellnssi aos n of
fy
11. That. there should be a public examination for all
young mon before matriculation.
12.-That during the. latter part of the abademical:
course, all students Should be left free to devote thenie
selves to some special branch or branches of study.
13: That the professors--should be distributed into
four boards for the regulation of .itudye-1. Theology;
2. Mental Philosophy stud Philology; 3. Jurisprudence
and history; 4. Mathematical and Physical Science:.
14, That a schema should be framed by competent
authority to provide for the requiiite number of pro-
fessorships, partly by tunalgateating some of those
which belong to the same department, partly by sup-
pressinte those which are not wanted, partly by creating
now chairs; that the endowment of the professorships
should be increased,: when- inadequate, further endow-
ments being obtained by placing professorships in cer-
tain colleges, according so the precedent set by the foun-
ders of Magdalen and Corpus.
15. That restrictions on the appointment of professors
should be removed.

16. That the appointment to newly-created chairs
should be given to the Crown, but that the appointment
to existing professorships should be left in the same
u should
lt raerred to
(whenever n ,
hands as at present, except that those vested in convo-
cation, in the graduates of divinity, end in the heads of
houses,&rehrosu
should bed be transferred f
appointed
17. That to assist the professors, assistant-professers,
o
by boards, to which they would respectively belong, sub-
ject to the approval of congregation;ecessary) that, in case inde-
pendent endowments cannot be supplied, limited num-
ber of fellows of colleges, if appointed
lecture-
ships, should, while holding them
ships though married; and that' retain their 1710 e. s
a•c, seeh_e.ow
authorize the establisheatlnt of
the!ew lectureships_
t_se
congregation shld
when-
ever they may be wanted, or
which may have ceased to be re
18. That professors and
suspension of ho
-
lecturers should be allowed to
receive fees.
19. That the long vaeatio
71
minate on fixed days. should commence and ter-
-20. That examinations should be
conducted (as far as
possible) in the vacations,
21. That steps should be taken
tions which limit the usefulness to remove the restrio-
larelnies and prizes. a the university soho-
the mautigement of the, Library
should be • 22. That the Bodleian aan„la
general permission to teke misers- That although no
out of the building should beeteel books manuscripts
delegacy or congregation shouldseited, the professorial
Mission in special cases. That hay® honer for.
give per-
due accommodation: That
should be extended, and a se,, the hours for reading
placed under
should no longer take place iu f visitation of the library
23. That arrangements should term.
cliffe Library; that for this p" 21°41
flirting the department of phy.
the visitation
provided, with
be mado for trans.
Bodleian Library should b© empowered-
the curators of the
books in that department to Itreowered to make over
science to the Rad-
eliffe•Library ; and that, if this e
effected, the Radcliffe Library division of subjects be
trustees of the Rad-
the supervision of the professolould be placed under
That a special library of archae rii• of physical science.
formed in the building, called ti3lo9gY and art should be
24. That a catalogue should " University Gallery."
mentary to that of the Bodleian Lbs prepared, supple-
of indicating such books as exist ibrary, for the purpose
in Oxford, but are not to be soansin the other libraries
25. That the university should'," in the Bodleian.
lately brought forward for bluish Proceed with the plan
all departments of physical scient/ng 4 great museum for
poems, laboratories, and apparatus e, with proper lecture-
the trustees of the present collee for lectures. That
should be empowered to transfer Ira of various kinds,
museum, and that the curators of the cellections to this
that ptofessors of physical science. "`l3 Museum should be
• 26. That a balance-sheet .of the r. - •
versity should be printed annually Cvanues of the uni-
cation ; and that the account booksr the use of convo-
be accessible.. That a statement themselves should
the delegates of the press should b the proceedings of
fee as could be done without injurg.° made annually, so
27. That the table of fees exacted
should be revised, so as to equalize all by
the university
the same purpose, and to abolish all t,_ fees demanded for
acted for no service, or which are unnecessary,
which are ex-
being prid to vested interests. due regard
28. That the funds at the disposal
I
should be applied to university purposes of the university
gard being paid to the local claims of , ollly, due re-
to the university. r °Perty belonging
29. That the stamp duties levied on ms on
degrees, end on certificates of degrees
should be re-
mitted, and that the Statute of Morteutia,
should be re-
laxed so far as to allow the university
funded property in land. to invest its
30. That all oaths imposed by coile
all declarations against change in statutes,
statutes, and
prohibited as unlawful. "ltas, should be
31. That all fellowships should be thrown
members of the university wherever bar; open to all
have taken the degree of bachelor of arts,
.and they
duce a proper certificate of character. Thats,isid can pro-
stated in the body of our rfport, an exception'
to
reasons
should be made in regard to New College and 0 this rule
College. t. John's
. 32. That persons elected to fellowships should be re-
lensed from all restrictions on the tenure of their •
‘ellowe
ships arising from the obligation to enter i
-uto holy-
dere, or from that of proceeding to degrees in
thef or-
ties of theology, law, or medicine; but that it wouldbea'.
expedient to modify rather than remove the restriction
arising Item the possession of property; and that
bacy _should still
,continue to be a necessary enndF,.""l
all
for holding tellows,hipe, with certain specified ezes p tli.en&
°ll
33. Thet steps should be taken in the various colleges
to prevtitit the annual value of any fellowship ,
amounting to more than 3001., or tailing blow tiso7om
34. That no portion ef the funds of colleges
, except
thou specifically given for that purpose, show P
s be ap.
Plied to the purchase of edvoseons.
r 35. That any surplus remaining, after making due
provision for the fellows, should be upped to increase
the number and value of scholarships, and that no scho-
larship should be of less amount than 501. a year.
36. That, in colleges where there is more than one
- foundation, oil fellows should he placed on the same foot-
ing, both as to rights andlinties.
37. That for the election of fellows and scholars in the
larger colleges, hoards should be formed, consisting of
not less thtin 12, and including the head and all fellows
• engaged :in education; Vogt in all cases the election
should be niade by the sal ages of the whole heard,
of the -• 1 •-•case might he
scup e society, as tare ,-. , and not by
1 nom •• . ineeeet and that all elections iihOUld be determined
by the merits of the candidates, as tested by exernieatim
•
number
ZS. 'hat a certain of fellowships should
for ti.e• - ' be,
present at least, eppropriated for tive eecoarage-
mult of the now Studies introduced into the academical
, system.
. .
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S 9. That, if necessary, the visitor should have power
to issue a commission for the re-examination of candi,:
dates for fellowships, en appeal from rejected candidates
who can give prima facie evidence of higher merit than
those who have been elected, and to reverse the decision
of the electors.

40. That all'scholarships should be I:live-sea open to
your Majesty's subjects under the age of 19, of. what-
ever lineage or birthplace ; and that in these colleges
which have at present but few scholarships, or a
number not proportioned to their wealth end re-
sources, the number should be increased. That the
only exceptions should be that (1) at Jesus College
certain scholarships should be reserved for pergoes born
or educated in Wales; and that (2) at colleges in con-
nexion with particular schools, certain scholarships
should be reserved for persons educated at those schools,
subject to the, provisions specified in the body of cur
report.
41. That no scholarships or exhibitions in the gift of
colleges should be tenable foe mere than five years; and
that in no case should e scholarship lead to a fellowship
without.
T ° uthiraet college
shcorapetition
42.
revenues should be made to a certain
extent available for the education of the,uniTersity;
and that for this purpose the three .lectuivships.
founded by Fox at -Corpus , Christi should be restored
,and endowed with revenues from the college funds,"sufll-'
oient to maintain two professors; that at Magdalen,
where three similar lectureships were founded by Wayn-
flete, six should be created and endowed for the mainte-
nance of six professors; that at Merton two, and at
All Souls four or more, similar endowments should
be made, to which might be added,, if necessary, one
at New College and one at Queen's. That these colleges
should be empowered to suppress, either for a time of
altogether, a sufficient number of their fellowships,
-ardOrtgo-Proviaarlbsio igidaintettts- without toO Moak,
diminishing the emoluments of the re:Dahill:II:follows.
48. That these professor-fellows should not be elected
by the Collegeelectors, hntth'at • such fellowships Should
follow the professorahips to which they may'be respec-
tively attached. .
44. That the heads. of colleges shoulAe Woeted teem
any persons whp have taken the degr . aster of
arts; add that the .eleotion tolheee s 7 S r , pos.
eible,' be left, to the fellows of thh. Ast; in
case abuses these'electioes
to' abate them should be made by a lito,4ttote in the
moda Of election.
45: That in all cases the visitors should be 'empowered
to viiit their colleges, and to correct abuses; and that
the head of each college, under the seal of the college,
should transmit annually a report on the state, disci-
pline, studies, and revenues of the college, according to
such a form as the visitor may think fit, and that the
visitor should be called upon to lay a copy of such re-
port before the Sovereign, with such observations as he
may think fit to make.
be applied to the several societies in the manner specified
me4hed. aTt
ohne
at trhiethp rriengcai
regard
e to
oetmh be ocdoilel de
giens hu eg
eahbeorvael ra ehcoot
onsd-
in the body of our report.
have 447. That tohoedhead
suchad fellowsnt
t ol a s in y
a each
Ise expe-
dient, to alter or abrogate statutes, and to frame new
statutes as occasion may require.
n control society
yht shouldou
In drawing up this summary of our recommendations,
we have not attempted to make any distinctions between
them. It mast be manifest, however, on a cursory
survey, that these recommendations are very
different both in kind' and in importance. Some
the university and the colleges have not the
power to adopt without assistance from superior
'authority; some they have power to carry oat, though
they are not likely to avail themselves of that power;
some we hope they may be induced to consider and to
carry into effect of their own free choice; a hope which
is strengthened by the fact that several important
cadges have been made since your 'Majesty's Commis-
sion' was izsued. It may be thought doubtful 4hether
those which involve alteration in the Laudian Code re-
quire external aid or not; but even a doubt on such a
point renders it necessary to refer •the question to supe-
rior authority. But no doubt can exist as to the neces-
sity of legislative interference, if the principal measures
which we have recommended for the reform of the col-
leges are to be carried into effect.
Of, the proposals which affect the University, the most
important are those which we have made for remodel-
ling the constitution, and for abolishing the existing
monopoly of the colleges and halls, by allowing students
to reside in Oxford without the expense of connexion
with those bodies. In regard to the colleges, we would
'especially urge the immediate necessity of opening the
fellowships and scholarships, of attaching professor-
ships to certain colleges, of increasing the number and
value of scholarships, of granting to the colleges the
power of altering their statutes, and, above all, of pro-
hibiting as unlawful the oaths to observe the statutes.
The evil of these oaths will be much increased after the
publication of the statements which we have felt it our
duty to make.
In offering these recommendations we have been
guided solely by the desire to render the great institu-
tion which is the subject of our inquiry greater than it
has ever been. Our object has been to lay such pro-
posals before your Majesty as we believe to be calcu-
lated to place the University of Oxford at the head of
the education of the country, to make its great resources
more effectually serve their high purposes, and to ren-
der its professors fit representatives of the learning and
the intellect of England.

All which we humbly submit to your Majesty's
gracious consideration.
Witness our hands and seals this 27th day of April,
1852. • S. NORWICH.
A. C. TAIT.
FRANCIS JEUNE.
HENRY G. LIDDELL.
JOHN Lucius DAMPIER.
BADEN POWELL.
G. H. Jost/sox.
A. P. STANLEY, Secretary.