The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

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CHANCEttbIISHIP OF CAM-
_ BRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
(From the Post of yesterday.)
Committee Rooms, British Hotel, Cockspur street.
bhe Committez for conducting the election of the Earl of
, .4wil.beg that his supporters will come early to the poll on
• nreda3', and also to call their attention to the list of special
s advertised in all the papers.
NELSON, Chairman.
@EOM A PRIVATE LarrElt.
CAMBitIDGE, TUESDAY EVENING.
1 40 nut eiaggerate the state of affairs in remarking that
Zelnost intense excitement has prevailed in the University
15g tb° w4ole of this day, in consequence of the course of
oeeedings•-wlaich Prince Albert's supporters have deemed it
Lit to adopt with reference to the forthcoming election.
-the day large numbers of members of the Senate
Ye been flocking into the town, and even at this early stage
"re exhibited all the indications of a determined and vigorous
• %asst.
the election of a Chancellor of the University of
9.3 you remark in your leading article this morn-
s'Ae i!fi assumed altogether a new character. Since Prince
a formal refusal to be put in nomination quietness has
'flied throughout the University and town, but the de
ation of tho Trinity men to persist in placing his Royal
114. !uses in the false position you so powerfully condemn,
vada the
unlimited disgust amongst the resident graduates
e members of the University generally. This is suffi-
eiCtly evidenced by the conduct of the Rev. Dr. Webb, who
De withdrew his name from the committee so soon
;_ee, ascertained his Royal Highness's views on the matter.
7_r._tral other influential members of Prince Albert's commit-
' have followed the example of the Master of Clare Hall,
Dave expressed their intention of withholding their votes
'l7 tier in the approaching election.
oho ;meeting held in Landon yesterday, of which the Poet
two contains the proceedings, has excited consider-
tethitrell‘sion, and without any desire to cast undeserved
ons on the conduct of some of those whose names
for the first time in connexion with that committee,
Ge'mUnified
Ante that certain Right Rev. Prelates, who " have
Unigedtheinselves to secure a result so honourable to the
ftiraYkenlitY," a 3 Prince Albert's return, have come in for a
thi -"are of criticistn. The resident graduates feel some-
12$ like anxiety to learn what circumstances have
Maipted the feelings of deep gratitude with which the meet-
'as affirmed in the resolution moved by the Lord Bishop
• bypondon, heard that his Royal Highness Prince Albert
boobeen pleased to express the pride and pleasure he would
zt,eitulkthlktatihtiengßtihsheocpffice of Chancellor of the University of
oride, and still more surprise has been created by the
boaly of the metropolitan diocese, who has
Proved so lavish in his praises of the Earl of Powis,
old at this moment so suddenly turn round, and oppose his.
ZPoptment to that high office. to which the Noble Earl, in
ti'ol:lleration of his untiring exertions in behalf of our na-
hut it °mirth, has so strong a claim. Motives are imputed,
.will not advert to them.
ti:tiznen one and two o'clock to-day it was rumoured that
lumr"o I of Powis had intimated his intention of resigning,
with g„a Personal objection to being brought into collision
delibtre Prince Consort. As the same false report. has
not t".„ been circulated amongst members of the Senate,
cissunirLeeent in the University, I may state, that under any
the lsat"lcee the Earl of Powis will contest the election to
Arran,
testern T—"aate have been made with the directors of the
Thurm.: „,
Counties Railway for running additional trains on
nec--`o4',the day of nomination, and on the following days,
s °fl Thursday,.'"!tr Q the day of election, a procession will be
4. ph.
pvttt: Catherineßm. Hall, the Master of which, the Rev.
for the ill
, is the Vice-Chancellor of the University
the Present year, and will move at ten o'clock towards
the 3,,,`"te House, on arriving at which the Bedell will read
statute of Elizabeth, "de electioneCancellarn." The_n
bip;.hancellor, the two Proctors, and the Junior Doctor
DreoettY present (or, if there be no Doctor in
will
Ith, tr. then the Junior Doctor of Law or Physic will.supp
41 Co) will stand in scrutiny, and will give in their votes
Nz following form .
Th elegit —in Cancellarium nujus Academite."
writta o!nher two electors will then bring npth!iravLoteas
tissujuol, the. same form, each of the candidates n
standing at the table on his behalf. The otge.r
"'ra of the Senate will then vote in the order of their
oval.
Am",
_ere can be very little doubt, I apprehend, that tbe,,,re-
gLof the election will depend mainly upon the non-resident
tit-111r rs of the Senate, and as so much interest has been ex-
-111;1' W all quarters with reference to our future Chancellor,
to_ifie number of votes will be registered. I have not been
1.115'50 ascertain precisely how many members there are of
Senate—that is, persons entitled to vote—as the Univer-
,:vealetuernanda.r for the present year has not yet been made up.
1.0111 the last calendar I am enabled to make up the follow-
- 'be number of members of the Senate connected with the
several colleges and halls are :-
-- Trinity College 1,164
St. John's College 694
Queen's College 152
Gonville and Cahn College
Christ's College l3B
Corpus Christi College. l2B
Emmanuel College 136
•••.
-.--- St. Peter's College 122
St. Catherine's Hall
Magdalene College
Clare Hall
Jesus College
•••• ll6
Trinity Hall
Pembroke College
King's College
Sidney Sussex College
59
Downing College
Commorantes in Villa

3,454

During the last year the numbers have, of course, mate-
tetua!ly increased, and I think I may safely say that the
littn.iner now exceeds 4,000. Of these it is confidently
"t,lcipated 2,000 will vote in the course of the forthcoming
tection.

UNIVERSITY REFORM.
(Front tlAjs 12414colning Oxford Magazine).
whether it be thi dew of heaven or the springs.
Pt
adartb, doth scatter and lose itself in the ground, ex-'
'7l4he collected into some receptacle, where it may by
u tendon and sustain itself; and, for that cause, the in-
zssttry of man bath framed and made spring-heads, conduits,
beaen."‘ and Pools; which men have accustomed likewise to
utlf7 gol •
tend adorn with accomplishments of magnificence
`wiutiT'. am well as of use and necessity. So knowledge,
Pr not preserved in books*
utiniair 4 descend from divine inspiration or spring from
'Were seise, would soon perish"and vanish to oblivion, if it
pt and condoning
aces appointed, as Um • • Coll and SchooLs for
this recei
the
satramdei.ti”ons, conferences, and
'versales, egest
he trust-

.ae trusty
confer i
iI: squire of Don Quixote had no misgivings what-
. „
altouching his capacity for governing the island, which
pve knightqounerhillntp
ofLa Mancha was, in due course,
resentati of many hopefulect andworthy
well-meaning mena of
Sancho is no bd
•iiierse daYs- They think reform is "as easy as lying" to the
on- The best men are often most open to these delusions.
est themselves, and desirous of conforming everything
the'Zcw rule of right, they think, that it is only necessary to
w that an evil exists, in order to secure the application of
remedy.
Experlence, however, has shown how visionary such 04'
11411retitr exPectations are. Wrongs are rarely, perhaps never,
lkiae"ect by logic. Moral force is not yet so irresistible as
be _ ble enthusiasts would have us hope and believe. If this
,„'_° in respect to the reform of glaring and notorious evils,
more is it so with the less obtrusive, but more dan-
%trill?s which affect the vitality of nations.
Aft,il'st,ce and exactions, which press upon the millions,
otf be long endured and struggled against, are thrown
IV
convulsive throes and a dangerous crisis.
eial
enter which affect the moneyed interests, the commer-
uve.prise of wealthy classes, are comparatively short-
u• But evils against which the excited passions of the
bonged many, or the resentment of a powerful class cannot
7ptUntedly directed, are long-lived.
..!kad of this class are the evils of our public schools and
`"...l.3!_srsities. Parliament may be reformed, and being re-
lorrnia
may be argued and coerced into the repeal of a law
_ Jul as the sanction cf a bread tax. University reform—
reform, is quite a different mat-
of " education," the meaning of
Itood. What education can, and
'oral elevation of a people is by no
is not yet felt, that the nation
or what is required for its perfect
that both the heart and the brain
tutriment in order to give vital force to
that the mere husks of educational

tot a distinct appreciation of what.
' is not, yet the contineed dis-
, renders the present time most
'ement fur university reform ; and a
,mmiision would be hailed with de-
,pen to any who shall address it in
aims, with an appreciation of the difil-
well as the glorious object to be
Alm few nor small. The public
enlightened on the subject. A large
view public schools and univer-
medium. They see the school or
youth was spent through an at-
_ poetry, _ them it is scarcely less than irre-
' verence to think of defect tither iu the constitution or the
working of institutions which, by a mischievous delusive
.fignre, is personified to them as a mother.
Then there is little to be hoped for from within the
'universities. It is not surprising that with possession, a
'feeling of absolute, personal, exclusive right should grow up
:in the minds of the few who have, and the larger number who
expect to have, wealth, honours, and social distinctions under
,this'exclusive system.
There is also the further disadvantage, that the sense of
responsibility, political and religious (using the terms in their
Nlargest sense and as almost synonymous), is deadened, if not
'Mt, in men who are associated as a privileged body : so that
likt nuu come to be a proverb, that corporations have neither
u odj es to be kicked, nor souls to be damned.
• let, as we have said, the times are favourable to the great
.114 holy enterprise of making the universities and public
-'e"ocis' national institutions in truth and reality, part of
the national life, and working to the mere perfect develop-
:Talent of the national mind.
A great preparatory work has been done, and that uncon-
sciously. Within a recent period the heriditary, instinctive
coutidence of the nation in the universities has been broken
by Painful revelations. The nation has been compelled to
•believe, what once it would fain have rejected, as a mon-
strous libel. The nation has been compelled to accept as a
fitctt that for years the universities have been the seat of a
dangeroush: and too successful conspiracy against the faith of
-I'h they were supposed to be the bulwarks. Everywhere
throughout the land a newly-ordained graduate is received
.With well-founded distrust ; all the while no correcting or
°PPosing influence is seen in operation ; and the faithfulness
And the power of academical rulers is alike doubted. The
Conviction has spread that there is not health enough left in
the
system to throw oil' the fatal and pervading taint. The
Public is prepared to hear, and to assent to the declaration,
that the leprous house must be taken down.
_• This on purely religious grounds: but the idea of univer-
aft/ reform must be both comprehensive and minute. Organic
Principles must be broadly laid down, and all details be
worked out in accordance with them.
tithe It cannot be suffered that statutes of founders, which
inav have repealed, should sometimes be held to be
binding by fellows of societies, and other times at their ca-
?rice held to be naught, to the deadening of moral feeling.
St
therecannot be, that instead of a university, we should have a
acollection of classical and mathematical schools, carried
,a
„for the advantage of the separate societies which hold
Fie establishments. Professorial chairs cannot remain un-
tenanted,un even by the ghosts of the past. Revealed religion
Thecl natural science cannot be for ever banished from Oxford.
universities wait for reform. The intellect and the
Piety, and the patriotism of the nation say, Reform ! and
there must, there will be reform, and perhaps the larger and
more complete for being deferred. We can afford to wait.
meQ There is a great work to be done, and itrtanuot be that
was be wanting for the glorious labour.

Publi CI a I
c and grammar-school
ter* Amidst all the talk
the vtoril is not yet underst
What it cannot do for the mi
meats strictly defined. It
cannot live- on bread alone,
deYelopmedt. It is not felt
Sr the nation require nutria
,the 4ody olitic, and, the
.44tins are inpsufficient.
.sollicathough there is not
tiolf is, and what it
(Utai4Sn' of the subject r
;f,avoiirable to a movemen
Vell-constituted royal com
light. The public ear is of
clear tones,, with lofty aims
dies to tie overcome, as
The dlculties ate neit
luiud is ilt ,partially enli
Majority of our legislators
Pities, through a talse m
university at which their
mosphefe of poetry. To t