The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-09 00:00:00

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY COMMISSION.

The following is a summary of the chief recommenda-
flow) which the Commissioners have submitted to her
Majesty, first stating those which can be carried out by
itoyai statute, and afterwards those which would require
the intervention of Parliament :

"1. That tlid Royal statutes of the college should
undergo a completd revision, so as to give an amended
code, framed on the plan of classified legislation which we
have described.
" 2. That the University Senate should be abolished,
and that any powers intrusted to the office of Vice-Chan-
celor, in addition to his powers as Visitor, should be
defined by Royal statute, and not by decrees of the Pro-
vost and Senior Fellows.

" 3. That no professorship should be held by a Senior
Fellow. _ _

" 4. That the Board should be empowered, with the con-
sent of the Visitors, to vary the subjects prescribed for the
Fellowship examination, and to regulate the mode in which
the examination should be conducted ; and that any Junior
Fellow who holds a professorship may be summoned to
examine in the subject of his professorship.
" 5. That the statutable ground of preference, in case of
equality of answering at the Fellowship examination,
should be abolished • that each vacancy should be filled by
a distinct vote • and that the candidate Fellows elected at
the same time should take rank according to merit.
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"6. That the fees payable to Tutor -Fellows by their
pupils should be divided into four parts ; that one-fourth
should be payable to each tutor by his own pupils, and
that the other three-fourths should be thrown into a com-
mon fund, to be distributed. on a system to be settled by
Board and Visitors, for the endowment of professor-
ships, lectureships, and examinerships, to which Junior
Fellows should be alone eligible ; and that the power of
appointing tutors should be vested in the Provost and
Senior Fellows.
" 7. That the general obligation to enter holy orders now
imposed on Fellows should be abolished, but that it should
be required that at least four of the Senior Fellows should
be in holy orders.
"8. That ex-Fellows should be eligible to the Regius
Professorship of Divinity.
" 9. That a number of septennial divinity fellowships
should be established ; one, and only one, being elected at
an examination in the month of October in every year, the
course for examination being the same as that for the
existing fellowships, with the exception of the mathema-
tical and physical courses, for which a course in divinity
should be substituted.
" That graduates of the Queen's University, who are
recommended by the bishop in whose diocese the Queen's
College where they have been educated is situate, should
have an opportunity of pursuing theological studies in the
divinity school of the London University, and should be
entitled to receive such certificate as the Board might
think proper to give of their having completed the divinity
course.
"11. With a view to the more general and efficient cul-
tivation of the modern languages, we submit to your Ma-
jesty that the power of appointing to the Queen's profes-
sorships of French and German an of Spanish and Italian
might be entirely delegated to the Provost and Senior
Fellows, and that the study of one modern language, at
least, should be made compulsory on all candidates for the
degree of bachelor of arts.
" 12. We are of opinion that the preference now given
by the college statutes, in case of equal answering at the
scholarship examination, to those who have been educated
in Dublin schools, or born in counties where the college has
property, should be abolished.
" 13. That power should be given to the Board and
Visitors to appoint the subjects for the scholarship exa-
mination, and to vary the duration of scholarships, but
that not less than 70 should be always maintained at the
expense of the college, and that the Board should have
power to select the examiners for scholarship.
" 14. That a reasonable number of the exhibitions should
be increased in value, and given in the same manner as the
college scholarships, but without making the holders of
them members of the corporation ; and that they should be
open to persons of all religious denominations.
" 15. That no distinction should be made between noble-
men, fellow commoners, and pensioners, with respect to
the course of education required for the degree of bachelor
of arts. _ _ _

"16. That the formal exercise now required for the
different degrees should be discontinued, and that arrange-
ments should be made for making the higher degrees real
tests of merit.

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" 17. That the fees now charged on the different degrees
should be abolished, and that they should be granted
without expense, except the degree of master o arts,
for which a payment should be made to the funds of the
college.
" 18. That the imposition of oaths and declarations to
obey the college statutes should be discontinued, and that
the other college oaths should be repealed, or considerably
reduced in number.
" 19. That all students who do not reside in college or
with their relatives should be required, when resident in
Dublin, to live in licensed halls or lodging-houses, and
that officers of the college should be appointed to have
charge over their discipline and conduct.
" 20. That the provisions of the college statutes direct-
ing the imposition of fines for neglect of duties should be

repealed.
21. That the provisions of the Royal statutes limiting
the use of the library to graduates should be repealed;
and that full power of granting admission to the library
should be conferred on the Provost and Senior Fellows.
" 22. That the Auditor of the college should be ap-
pointed by the Visitors, and that an audited balance-
sheet and statement of the income and expenditure of the
college should be published annually.
" 23. That the duties now performed by the Bursar
should be divided into two parts, and that an agent should
be appointed to manage the college estates, under the di-
rection of the Board, the Bursar, still acting as cashier of
the college, and both officers being paid by salary.
" 24. That, unless new duties be attached to the offices
of Senior and Junior Proctor, these offices should be aboli-
shed, and that the other officers now paid either wholly or
in part by fees should be paid by salaries in proportion to
the services performed by them.
" 25. That the existing arrangements with respect to
non-tutor fellowships should be altered, and that on the
creation of septennial fellowships provision should be made
for a gradual reduction in the number of the junior fellow-
ships created by the Royal statute of 1840.
The remaining recommendations relate to the repeal
of acts of Parliament, the remission of taxation, and the
granting of public money. But they have appeared to
us to be so intimately connected with the subjects of our
inquiries that we have not thought it out of place to in-
clude them in our recommendations.
" 26. That the power of admission to the Bar in Ireland
should be entirely intrusted to the benchers of the King's
Inns, and that the statute by which law students are re-
quired to attend at the Inns of Court in England should
be repealed.
" 27. That the stamp duty on articles of apprenticeship
to an attorney or solicitor should be remitted or reduced
in favour of those who have incurred the expense of a
University education.
"28. That the provisions of the School of Physic Act,
by which Roman Catholics are excluded from the profes-
sorships of anatomy, chemistry, and botany, should be
repealed.
' 29. That the provisions of the School of Physic Act,
with respect to clinical education, the election of the King's
professors, and the distribution of the funds of Sir Patrick
Dun's estate, should be reconsidered.
" 30. That the stamp duty now levied on matriculations,
on degrees, and on certificates of degrees, should be re-
mitted.

" 31. That the subjects of foreign States should be
allowed to obtain degrees without taking any oaths or
making any declarations.
"32. That the Copyright Act should be so modified as
to give the library of Trinity College the same facilities as
the British Museum for obtaining the books to which the
college is entitled under its provisions.
" 33. That if the admission of the public to the college
library were, as we suggest, placed on a more liberal basis,
the expense of any consequent increase in the number of
attendants required might properly be defrayed by a pub-
lic grant, and that half the expense of a convenient and
useful catalogue of the books and manuscripts, if completed
without delay, might also be defrayed by a public grant,
the other half of the expense being defrayed from the funds
of the college.
"34. That the drawback now allowed on the paper used
in publishing certain works at the University press might
be extended to all educational works published by the
University."

CRICKET.

THE UNITED ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v,
FOURTEEN OF YORKSHIRE.

This grand match was resumed and brought to a con-
clusion at Hyde-park, Sheffield, on Tuesday. The
United, it will be observed, won the match in one
innings by 36 runs. Dean made the long score of 62.
The final state of the game was as follows :