The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 23.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at
!rite o'clock.
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented petitions in fa-
vour of Church-rats from South Mold, and several other
places in Suffolk.
Lord DAC RE presented a petition from the guardians of
the poor of a union in Hertford, praying that their Lordships
would pass a law enacting parish officers to assess the on tiers
of tenements not exceeding the value of 61. a-year.
Lord BE AUCH AN! P presented petitions in favour of
Church-rates from places in Worcester.
Mr. Bta:vm, and other Members of the House of Commons
then brought ❑p the Dundee Improvement Bill.
THE UNIVERSITIES.

Lord RADNOR presented a petition in favour of a Re-
form of the University Statutes, and begged to ask the Noble
Duke a question relative to the state of things in Oxford in
reference to this question, and he wished to ask if the assurance
given by the Noble Duke lately, that reforms were going on
there came from the heads of colleges or the boards of col-
leges ?—for if they merely came from the heads, they were not
worth anything. He also wished to know if any other persons
than the heads of houses were anxious for those reforms, for
they had no power without the consent of Convocations ?
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he had been in
communication with the Head of Pembroke College, as the
official visitor; and he understood that the reforms referred to
were under the consideration of the governing body, and he
had every reason to believe that every improvement would be
made in the Statutes which was possible. He had reason to
believe this from the correspondence he had had with the
Vice-Chancellor; there was a disposition on the part of
the heads of houses to recommend to the Convocation such im-
provements and alterations in these Statutes as seemed proper.
Lord RADNOR said, he was afraid that the Convocation
was not so desirous of these alterations, which the Noble Duke
stated the heads of colleges wished to have made ; and he had
a letter from a person who should be acquainted with the sub-
ject, who stated to him, that on the-part of Pembroke College
there had been an intimation made to the board, that the
heads of the college had no wish for any alteration, and that
the same disposition existed in the other houses.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the Noble Lord
must be aware that it was not in his power to compel
these heads of houses to do anything in reference to these
reforms. He could merely give his advice; and he had stated
the information he had received on the subject.
Lord RADNOR said that he was aware that the Noble
Duke could not do more than offer his advice to these parties ;
and what he regretted was, that they did not follow that advice.
Lord MALME SB URI' asked if the letter referred to by
the Noble Lord, was from a member of the University ?
Lord RADNOR said that it was from a Fellow of the Uni-
versity, but not from a Fellow of Pembroke College.

The conversation then dropped.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
from Greenwich in favour of the Irish Municipal Bill; and a
petition from the same place, and one froth Swansea, praying
for the abolition of Church-rates.

Earl WICKLOW moved for a copy of the letter of Mr.
Senior to Lord J. Russell, with all other notes that had passed
between them, in reference to the Report of the Irish Poor-
law Commissioners.—Agreed.to.
The Recorders Courts' Bill, and the Quarter Sessions
Courts' Bill, severally went through a Committee.