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London, England, 1865-06-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX INDUSTRIAL SHOOL BILL.

short-lived administration of Sir R. Peel, wishing to grant
a greater concession to the University of London, called into
existence the body now known as the University of Lon-
don, and the body then known as such retired into the
background under the title of University College. The uni-
versity of London naturally thought, waen•tYs distinction
was conferred, that a building would b ) provided for it ;
but since the year 1845, when the charter was granted, it
had been driven from pillar to post, and, although it was
now placed in a corner of Burlington House, it only held
it as tenant-at-will. The University of London was an
examining body, and had no teaching function whatever ;
so that what it required was a series of examination rooms,
where it might examine 400 candidates at a time.. It was
essential that the building should occupy a central situation.
The university had 1,600 graduates; its senate comprised
some of the most distinguished names in the country. The
Lord President of the Council was its chancellor, and Mr.
Grote, one of the greatest of English historians,wa.s its vice-
chancellor. Its B.A. examination was superior to that of
Oxford and Cambridge ; it conferred every degree except
those in theology, and the new degree whichitinvented was
one of great importance—that of Doctor of Letters. For all
the work it was doing for the State it only received £5,500
a year. It was a mistake to suppose it had any local connec-
tion with the metropolis. The University of London had no
more connection with University College than with Galway
or Aberdeen. It was an imperial institution, which took
no heed of creed, colour, or birthplace, but received every
one who came up for examination. Such an institution,
he thought, had a claim on the Government to have a suit-
able building provided it. The authorities of the Univer-
sity of London had no doubt that if they were provided
with such a building the usefulness of the institution would
be greatly extended ; and that instead of the number of
candidates now examined, 3,000 candidates might be
examined 20 years hence. He was willing to rest his case
in favour of the university having this building on the fact
that at least one-third of the members of the House of Com-
mons had not the remotest idea what the University of
London was ; or, if they formed any opinion, they fancied,
most erroneously, that it was the building in Gower-
street. The First Commissioner of Works could not do a
mure graceful thing, or one more creditable to the Govern-
ment. of which in this matter he was the organ, than
frankly to admit that the case of the university was made
out, and that it should have such a building as it desired.
1 Mr. COWPER readily admitted the claim of the univer-
sity to respect and encouragement, and that additional ac-
commodation was necessary for that flourishing institu-
tion. This might be provided in the neighbourhood of
the present site by the erection of another examination
hall and an additional waiting room for candidates, which,
he thought, would be sufficient for the time. The subject,
however, was under the consideration of the Govern-
ment, and he hoped it would be dealt with in a manner
that would prove to be satisfactory to the university
authorities.

Mr. H. BAILLIE once more directed attention to the
proceedings of the ordnance select committee, which, he
reiterated, had been characterised by mismanagement, in-
competence, and extravagance. The Ordnance Depart-
ment was, in fact, administered by a committee of officers
who were practically without responsibility,and had avert'
anomalous duty to perform, for whilst they were called
upon to pronounce judgment upon the inventions ;of other
persons, they had become rival inventors and manufac-
turers themselves, and carried on their experiments at the
cost cf the country. He complained that the Government
seemed to treat the subject as if they considered that a
committee of inventors were the best judges of their own
inventions, and pointed out that great evils must result
from persisting in the present course.. The advice which
the committee had recently given the War-office to reduce
the size of the projectile and the weight of the charge for
the newly-named seven-inch gun would, if acted upon,
prove very costly to the country, inasmuch as the whole of
the existing projectiles which had • been purchased at an
enormous sum would become utterly worthless.
Mr. PEACOCKE contended that an inventor ought not
to sit as a judge upon'his own inventions in competition
with those of other persons, and censured the manner in
which some of the ordnance trials had been conducted.
Mr. VIVIAN wished to know who was responsible for
any particular arm, whether small or large, that might be
adopted.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said there was no doubt
that the responsibility rested with the Secretary for War.
The ordnance committee first made their -reports to the
director of ordnance, who in return reported to the Minister,
and by his advice the latter was chiefly guided. He ad-
mitted that the functions of the committee were not those
of inventors, but it would be abused, if one of its members
suggested a useful improvement or an important alteration
or invention, that he should be debarred from having it
considered. But during the seven years they had been in
existence there were only two cases in which they had
invented, and these were scarcely sufficient to constitute
them an inventing body. The noble marquis also gene-
rally defended the proceedings of the committee, in re-
spect of the conduct. of gunnery experiments, and the
changes effected in various descriptions of ordnance.
In answer to Colonel P. HERBERT,
The Marquis of HARTINGTON further stated that no
instructions had been sent to General Cameron to with-
draw from the clergymen acting as chaplains to the troops
in New Zealand the pay and allowances given them while
performing duty with the troops, and if any such orders
had been given by general Cameron it must be the result
of a misapprehension on his part.
The motion for adjournment was agreed to. *

On the order for considering the report on the Azeom
Jah petitions,
Mr. C. Forster moved that George Morris Mitchell, who
had fabricated signatures to the petitions, and knowingly
procured others to bo forged, was guilty of contempt and
breach of the privileges of the house.

Mr. HENNESSY objected to the motion that Strutt, the
principal offender, had been allowed to escape, that
Mitchell had acted merely as that person's agent, and that
the inquiry had not been conducted with impartiality and
fairness.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL vindicated the proceed-
ings of the committee from the imputation, and said it was
the duty of the house to mark its sense of the reprehensi-
ble acts of Mitchell, which had been proved beyond the
shadow of a doubt. With regard to Mr. Strutt it had
never been pretended that he was a party to the forgeries.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Cox, Mr. G. P.
Bentinck, Sir J. Fergusson, and Mr. B. Carter took part,
the motion was agreed to.

Mr. C. FORSTER next moved that George Morris Mit-
chell be committed to her Majesty's gaol of Newgato, and
that the Speaker issue his warrant accordingly.
The motion was opposed by Mr. Hennessy and Mr. Ben-
tinck, and supported by Sir J. Forgusson and the Attor-
ney-General.
Upon a division it was carried by 41 to 7.

Mr. FORSTER having proposed that Marshall and
Whitehead, who had acted in concert with lfitchell, had
been guilty of contempt and breach of privilege,
Mr. Hennessy, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Ayrton condemned the
whole proceedings in the case as discreditable both to
Parliament and the country, and Mr. D. Seymour declared
that the house was acting in opposition to the principle
of English law, in convicting men without trial and un-
heard.

The house again divided. and the motion was agreed to
by 39 to 5. An order was then made for committing
Marshall and Whitehead to the custody of the Sergeant-
at-Arms ; after which the house
_went into committee of
supply.

Sir R. PEEL, in moving the vote of £235,583, the re-
mainder of the grant for public education in Ireland, briefly
reviewed the operations of the National Board during the
three decennial periods from 1834, and described the pro-
sent state of education in respect of the number of schools,
scholars, and teachers, which he represented as being per-
fectly satisfactory, and working harmoniously for the in-
terest of the country.
In the course of the debate which followed, Mr. WHIT E-
SIDE contrasted the system of the Church Education So-
ciety with that of the National Board, and complained that
the schools of the former were excluded froM the State
grant, simply because the reading of the Scripture formed
part of the instruction given there.

Mr. CARDWELL said that if the Church Education
Society complied with the conditions upon which grants
were made, they might come in and take their share with
rest.

Ultimately the vote was agreed to, as were several
others for miscellaneous services.

In reply to a question from Mr. NEWDEGATE,
lir. HENNESSY stated he would submit a motion to
the house with reference to this bill on Thursday next.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
On the motion of Viscount PALMERSTON that the
house on its rising adjourn till Thursday next,
Mr. GRANT DUFF called attention to the claims of the
University of London,
suitable for
to be provided at the national ex-
pease with a building
its purposes, and worthy
of the position which it occupied amongst the educational
institutions of the country. The honourable member said
the claims of the body which he was desirous to bring be-
fore the house were different from those of any other
establishment. The University of London was to all in-
tents and purposes a department of the State. Its chan-
cellor was appointed by the Crown ; three-fourths of its
senate were nominated by tho Crown; the regulations
made by its senate did not become operative until they
wore sanctiOnod by the Home Secretary ; and its accounts
were required to pass through the Audit Office,
like those of any other branch of the public service. It
was obvious that, standing in this relation to the Go-
vernment, it was barred from many advantages that
There had been
were open to other institutions.
a time when its name was the watchword of
party, but that epoch in its history had long since
gone by.
_The scheme for founding the University
of London originated in 1825, when a number of
gentlemen united together and raised a fund of £160,000.
With this money they erected the large building in Gower-
street, the object being to establish an institution like one
of the Scotch universities, as the founders were dissatisfied
with the position taken by the older universities towards
dissenters. In the year 1835 that house addressed the Crown
for a charter for the university, which was graciously
granted. But the Liberal Government which succeeded the I

The orders of the day were also gone through, and the
house adjourned at 20 minutes before one.

M. DE MORNY'S TREASURES.—The sale of pictures
and works of art belonging to M. de Morny began
yesterday.
The catalogue contains 547 old and modern
pictures, objects of art and curiosity, &c. Among the mo-
dern painters are Auguste Bonheur, Calonna, eastern,
Comte, Couder, Decamps, Desgoffe, Diaz, Faure, Gericault,
Gerome, Lays, Meissonnier (six Meissonniers), Robert-
Fleury, Alphonse Roehn, Theodore Rousseau, Saint-Jean,
Schopin, Willems, and Ziem. In the productions of the
old French school are those of Boucher, Boily, Chardin,
Claude Lorraine, Drouais, Fragonard, Greuze, Pater
Prud'hon, Joseph Verner, and Watteau. Of the Italians
and Spaniards, Guardi, Murillo, Salvator Rosa, Velasquez.
The pictures have been valued at two millions of francs
(£80,000). The collection of "objects of art" consists of
enamels, rock crystals of European and Chinese work, jade,
alabaster, amethysts, malachite, schist, lapis-lazuli, Orien-
tal agate cups, hand screens, bas-reliefs, vases, Oriental
scimitars, Indian poniards, the handles incrusted with
rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones set in gold,
Japanese sabres with rich lackered scabbards, knives of
curious workmanship, porcelain of divers countries, Ja-
ppstlgaannoedsdsea,starnian3di Chinese bronzes, caskets, screens, flower
s,a
dboixne s
goofhvi,ar:no
citrus ssitzeeds awnidt
with
jadeforms,
lapis-
lazuli. Then there are snuff-boxes in gold and enamel,
f and r ad
beaux,
x
bonbannieres, in the style of Louis XV. and XVI., jewelry,
goldsmiths' work, nuggets of Australian gold, sculptures
in marble, terracotta, ivory, wood, and silver. These
objets d'art are valued, it is said, at a million of francs. The
first day was occupied with what are described in the cata-
logue as modern pictures.

lINNIMIMMWMII

rim SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3,186 a,

been made, yet the result sonehow is not so satis-
factory. I sincerely trust we shall have in the next
Session of Parliament an extensive and thorough
Reform Bill, one that will le-arrange the distribu-
tion of seats, which will extend the franchise to a
great degree both in towns and counties, and which,
last but not least, will give to the voter the protec-
tion of the ballot. (Loud cleering.) If you dome
the honour to select me as oae of the Liberal Candi-
dates for the representation of Dover, and if I
should be so fortunate as to be returned, if I see no
signs of a more matured Reform. Bill coming from
the next Parliament, I shall, on the old adage that
half a loaf is better than ID bread, vote for Mr.
Baines's bill. (Cheers.) We are told that this is a
revolutionary measure. Weare told that the whole
of the representation of the country would bemerged
in one class. Now, gentlemen, this appears to me
to be nonsense. I do not believe that one class
would by any possibility entirely govern the repre-
sentation of the country. (Hear.) But we are
gravely told that the working classes of this country
are revolutionary; and who tell us this, pray ? The
people who know least about the working classes.
We find some gentleman living in the country with
two gardeners and a footboy, and he arrives at the
conclusion that the working classes are revolutionary
because the footboy goe4.to a Methodist meeting-
house. (Hear, and laughter.) You do not find our
great employers of labour in the manufacturing dis-
tricts obstructing Reform. No, because they know
the working classes are not revolutionary. I have
myself for some years employed a great number of
workpeople ; but I am not afraid of their revolution-
ary tendencies, because, indeed, I know such ten-
dencies do not exist. (Applause.) I alluded to
the ballot as being a necessary supplement of any
Reform bill. I have not an implicit faith in the
ballot curing all evils. Ido not believe that it will
put a stop to all bribery and corruption ; but I
believe it would put a stop to a great deal. Mr.
Smith then stated that, although a member of the
Church of England, he desired to see Aural.
all attempts at compromise having failed.
He desired to see strict economy exercised, but at
the same time to maintain the army and navy so as
to preserve our position as a great European Power.
It was to him a source of great satisfaction that there
was at the head of our financial department a man
who had shown himself to be the greatest financier
of his day. There was one matter connected with
foreign affairs to which he should like to allude, and
that was the misunderstandings which existed be-
tween England and America. The American Go-
vernment was making claims which he believed un-
just and unfounded ; but he was certain there was
only one thing wished on both sides—that the sub-
ject of these claims should be impartially and legally
settled. Whether this was possible depended a great
on themselves. If they returned representatives
favourable to the Government now in office, to that
Government which during four years of unexampled
difficulties had maintained an impartial neutrality
between the two contending Powers, he believed
that this would be possible. But if the result should
be contrary—if the people should determine to put
the reins of power into the hands of those who had
always exulted in the misfortunes and laughed at
and ridiculed the mistakes of America, what could
they say then ? What could they expect ? He
had no hesitation in saying that if they were to have
a Conservative Government within six months they
would be at war with the United States. (Cheers.)

On the motion of Mr. Alderman ROBINSON,
seconded by Mr. Alderman WORSFORD, a resolution
adopting Lord Bury and Mr. Eustace Smith as the
Liberal candidates, and pledging the meeting to
support their return to Parliament, was unanimously
adopted; and after voting thanks to the Mayor for
the use of the hall, and to the chairman for pre-
siding, the meeting broke up.

LEWES.

Mr. Brand has issued his address, in which he
says :

" I rest my claim to your suffrages mainly upon the
ground that I have devoted myself zealously to the sup-
port of the Government of Lord Palmerston, which, I make
bold to say, has deserved well of the country. That Go-
vernment has been in power for six eventfulyears. Among
the striking events of that period we have seen Italy re-
generated. It has been a period of war abroad and of peace
at home. On the continent of Europe, Italy, Poland, and
Denmark have been, successively, the theatres of war ; and
in America a civil war of unparalleled magnitude and in-
tensity has raged for four years. Yet this country has,
under the blessing of God, enjoyed profound peace, which
has been preserved by strictly adhering, in conformity
with the sound public opinion of the country, to a policy
of neutrality. Peace at home has brought in its train
plenty and prosperity. During the last six years the wealth
of the country has increased beyond all former example.
Our foreign trade has been largely augmented, especially
that with France, of which you have evidence at your own
doors in the rapidly growing trade of Newhaven. Year
by year taxes have been reduced, of which the aggregate
sum, including the remissions of the present year, exceeds
£10,000,000 ; yet in the face of such large remissions the
revenue continues to maintain its buoyancy. During the
same time debt amounting to above £17,000,000 has been
extinguished. Our annual expenditure since 1859 has also
been reduced by above £3,000,000. Meanwile the country
has been placed in a state of defence by fortifying naval
arsenals, and, above all, by the institution of a volunteer
army. Many domestic measures of practical usefulness
have been passed, and especially some having for their
object the wellbeing of the industrious classes. An attempt
was loyally made in 1860 to enlarge and amend the repre-
sentation of the people in Parliament, but that measure
failed, mainly because public opinion was not ripe for it.
Such are some of the leading events of the last six years.
They illustrate the career of an Administration which has
guided the destinies of this country for that period, and to
which lam proud to be attached. My political opinions
aro so well known to you that I need scarcely repeat them.
They are not changed. I hold that our constitution would
derive renewed vigour through judicious reforms in our
representative system in accordance with the progress of
society, and our Church, of which I am an attached mem-
ber, would be strengthened, and its true interests pro-
moted, by the removal of the vexatious impost of a com-
pulsory rate."