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eight being Catholic towns, whilst Protestant town.,
iwooerkeedexerap
ted from the tax,
amount t'rti :if as
aThe
symbol of religious intolerance.this source of income had increased
an
-"
since 1838, and it was now about 14,0001. per
ml but one cause of that was that the municipal
in could not be obtained in Ireland without pay-
ing this tax, ministers' money; the miserable municipal
tranchise could not be enjoyed without this payment;
4.9 if a reform in the Municipal Act took plate during
this session, and that such a reform rendered that pay-
Ment unnecessary, then it must follow that the Protestant
Clergy would be deprived of a large amount of their in-
ncome, inasmuch as the same motive for paying it would
ot exist on the part of the Catholics. The Government
ad already settled the latter question, because it had
tunulteed such an importance that it was desirable to
settle it in order to avoid the shedding of blood; and
would the Government refuse justice to the eight town -
Which paid ministers' money, because those eight towns
were not
powerful enough to make a similar resistance to
pthat which was made by the whole country against theis
tietrYuleut of tithes ? The grievance of paying t
b
- (3° the part of the Catholics was very con-
and Lord and hal been admitted by Lord Stanley
111,°(1„ Lord Eliot is the House of Commons ; and
ee"ftig that it was one which ought to be
.remov;
sMr. Fagan) had prepared a substitute
Le amount. The Ecclesiastical Commission bad madte
ur
Turee suggestions; but the first two were inexpedien ,
iff..l3d he therefore adopted the third. The Ecclesiastical
t`-; °Lunaissioners in Ireland obtained their revenue from
the
tax uPen the incomes or the bishops arid clergy of
btablished Church; but any mode of providing a sub
nit" ,
e analogous' to that would not be advisable. The
Second proposition of the Commissioners was quell"' in
reve
Pedient, and he would therefore suggest that, us the
e" ot the Ecclesiastical Commissioners was rapidly
ern
easing, D y
the demise of the holders of benefices and
frebends Which were to cease under the Church Tempo-
vlciticri Act, a sufficient surplus might be ontgined to,prot
" a substitute for the 13,000/. or 14,000/. at prtsen
arhsin.
wellfrom the ministers' money. All he asked was
to bring in a Bill on the subject. The present.
.a,..
fences former Governments, had recognised the exes
tr of the grievance, and he therefore considered thatfirst
read? could not be any objectisn to giving
110„Ing, especially as such a course would notibtiand tbte
"se to its future adoption. The removal of t
grievance
would be an earnest to the people of Ireland
ths British Legislature intended to devote its atten
sirovViespermanent welfare of that country.
inlet • SOMERVILLE said that he could not forbear
able to the temperate tone adopted by the Honour
sbl Ge fall fro
le the
He had not heard one single word
hilaz_t !tom his lips calculated to give offence to any Mem-
s_r 311 the House. He was quite aware that different
4.,eFretaries of Ireland had been most anxious to remove
,"
els cause of complaint. Lord Stanley, the Earl of Sc.
tielan, and Lord Lincoln were amongst the number.
4t. (Sir W. Somerville) was also most anxious upon
clergy
subject. He had several communications with the
,Ittergy of _
bee Established Church, who were almost
One vier
in favour of some change being adopted.
cafe to bad indeed gone so far as to communi-
cii e to him the heads of a Bill for such a purpose; but
factor
of the plans which they had seen proposed a satis-
lute ory substitute for the present plan, nor did he think
fo" the Honourable Member for Cork had been more
infturtate
114 than those who preceded him. The effect of
be , tnedfate abolition of the present system might
rich to make
,a present of so much money to
deriveowners, whilst the poor proprietors would not
or any benefit He had not abandoned the hope
e He
of effecting some • remedy for this
.;,tii!vance. Certain returns were at present ordered
RAlch would throw additional light upon the sub;ec.t
pe; w°llldl therefore, ask his Honourable Friend not
tnotot
ad severe in his motion ; by doing so, he would
11-r•ree. his cause. The- Honourable Member for the
n notice
afni ersity of Dublin (Mr. Hamilton) Lad
give but he
ma Motion in the shape of an amendment ; s
of
it r W. Somerville) did not consider that the terms
went far enough. If, however, the motionthe
Honourablea Member for Dublin (Mr. Reynolds)
.was
greed to he Would give the subject his most anxious
attention,,attle. HAMILTON concurred in praising the tempe_re-
e tone adopted by the Hon. Member for Cork ; h _
til),ltild not, however, agree in supporting the abolition of
e taxt. from which the clergy of the Established
!:!lurch drew their almost exclusive support. He ad.
9itted that some chan was desirable, but the effect of
the abolition of ministers' money would be to raise the
ten
ts of those houses which formerly paid them,
Mei b •
R;„ e increasing the rents of the owners.d
ssece the tax was first imposed property bad change
er)! Much, and, consequently, the tax had become
• equalled. He was willing to consent to the extension
Of the labours of the Committee, but he could not con-
tent to the introduction of any words into the motion
rte
beingnding to the abolition of ministers' money, or to that
supplied by the appropriation of any of the
4venu:und
ofth establish, d church of Ireland. He moved
Palan amendment—That a Select Committee be ap-
✓ted, to consider and report upon the state and
irPeiration of the laws respecting ministers' money it.
e"tld and to report whether any and what amend-
-4E14 in those laws would be expedient.
The question having been put,
*0,11.4' POWER thought that his Honourable Friend
1,4 have gone far enough, had he contented himselfh
.1114/ Pointing out the injustice and inequality of t
-4,Pe:t• in question, and then leaving it to Ministers to
ut some substitute. As at present levied, the tax
(If 3 Putting the clergymen of the English Church into
11,4,1je position, and one from which they were most
vertu as
to be relieved. Considering the immense re
tin °f of the Church, it would be hard indeed unless
tv;:`,,substitute for ministers' money could be
.found.
the 'l.' not hard that people who made such exertions as
to 1,1'14 did to support the religion which they believed
in tiel the true one, should be taxed to support a ehurct.
4nd (..! doetrities of which they did not concur..
.Englandd
of h`cotland were free from any such impositions, and
adl Ought not to stand alone in the single deformity
Vise to support so anomalous a burden.
of tiilise°llut BERNARD doubted whether the revenues
a oic Church were at all of that voluntary
eish4tlltee teerthwhlich the Hon. Gentleman who had. spoken
140 nad he them with. As to the question nowd
411_, re the House, he thought the proposal of the Hi; •
OfbLertrned Gentleman the Member for the
apse:l;l3lLn was one likely to afford an arrangement seeb
th„-"tig the subject. It was true the valuation by which
the Poor;
Was collected was an old one, and. fell. heavily on
the ,43°r; but were they to abolish ministers' money
pr6",:,would be leaving a large body of clergysumbesntituunte
soreded for. It was proposed to apply as
te:yortion of the funds of the Establisheda Church,
tsle-,'"ose funds were not sufficient for the actual and
1100\ et wants of the Church.—(Loud cries of " Oh,
Why the Commissioners had stated that such
t:',;`," fact to Lord Heytesbury.—(Oh, oh.) He hoped
ap‘,l° Place of this discussion a Committee would be
itiirtr°ted, before whom the subject would be fully arid
terj discussed. The real grievance relating to minis
is
ell4°ney was, that it was a tax necessary to be paid
oerer to confer the municipal franchise. He re
ej'et d that he was ready to agree to the motion for the
that no on the solo and simple understanding,teueo pledge, direct or indirect, should be given,
ported the revenues of the Irish Church. He sup-
oehd that Church as the great prop of the union,—
404tr0," .from Mr. Hume.) The Hon. Member for
highe, se might cheer, but ho supported it also upon
that it grounds, because he believed in his conscience
oppon Was the true Church, and that the object of its
ing the°ta was to abolish it for the purpose of establish-
Die, e„Church of Rome in its place.—(ob, oh.)
or ~UME could not at all agree with the opinions
I.lBltinients of the Noble Lord who had just spoken.
thatTt liume) most deliberately declared his opinion
tai or for the Protestant Church in Ireland, main-
that against the wishes of the majority of the people,
miser country would not be in her present state of
Ulm dc_ and destitution.—(Hear, hear.) He believed
evils, bunch to ;have been the principal cause of her
Irkia_tt,tid that no peace or order could be expected io
_!io till it had ceased to exist. That time, although
The"ght not live to see, would soon arrive.—(Hear.)
bed t had heard statements to the effect that distresses
that "n made on the miserable effects of the poor, and
this th"rl it very beds and blankets had been taken to pay
the, 4Y. So great were these evils, that the clerg
Pt's nselves objected to this rate. It was certain they pie did so; and if the statement as to the clergy
ere true, there was no reason why
impost 8.0t1.1/
continued, opposed as it was to the wishes of both
hNParties. . It the sentiments of the Noble Lord were to be
en as the type of the feeling of his class in Ireland.
(Mr. Hume) would indeed despair of that country.
--(ear, hear.) This was an English and a
'Scotch,
8:" well 'as an Irish question ; and the people would
1.°1,1; find out the folly and expense of sending 30,000
tholl?,1011/00 bayonets to Ireland to maintain those who
pr f, t with the Noble Lord, and to maintain the
pro
Church Establishment. Most deeply did he
raret that when Government, in 1833, reform d the
they establishment and did away with cess money,
askyingdid not remove this impost also. They were
for measures of coercion towards Ireland ; but it
swe4:livuld be ve‘ll to consider in how fa. they were them-
the cause of agitation and distillbance there, by
refusing to remove just grounds of complaint. This
question had been often before the House, and more
than once the Ministry of the day had admitted the
grievances complained of
churches for which thenre. weWrehyno alicrnlgdreg
congregations?—
(He
teiyo
ns build
(Hear, hear.) Be did
consider a Committee ne-
cessary, for the House fully°t consider informed of the nature
of the evils:complained ot—.. (Hear, hear)—and:he trusted
to hear the Government say that they would in this
matter make their firsteace-offering to Ireland—(llear,
hear)—that they. would. at once remove those evils, and
declare their intention to devote the surplus revenues of
the Church to the education and into of the people.
Mr. REYNOLDS then rose to address the House
but was interrupted by the following occurrence, .
reference to nce, with

Sir R. INGLIS then resumed the debate on the mo-
in for a Committee on ministers' money in Ireland.
The Hon. Member for Cork had used expressions im-
elying that the exaction of ministers' money made it a
question whether the ministers of the Church of Ireland
were ministers of Mammon or ministers of Christ.
Mr. POWER had not spoken of those ministers in
such terms as the lion. Baronet supposed. What he had
said was that their position had a tendency to make the
people look upon them in th light.
Sir R. INGLIS thought the Hon. Gentleman bad
used the expression historically. What was the nature
of ministers' money? It was a tax upon the locality;
and, whether raised from Roman Catholics or Protes-
tants, it was raised without reference to the respective
creeds of the parties.
Sir G. GREY regretted that much larger and wi-ler
questions had been introduced into the discussion than
he motion properly demanded. There was a practical
grievance which was admitted to exist both by those
who received and by those who paid ministers' money.
This was not the first time the question had been brought
before the House. In 1844, when the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite was in office, a similar .motion was
agreed to; and it was distinctly admitted that the subject
was one worthy of the attention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment. The then Secretary for Ireland stated that their
attention had been direeted to it, but that they had not
yet succeeded in framing a satisfactory measure. Lord
Stanley, then a Member of this House, expressed a hope
that in the course of the next session they would
be able to propose a remedy. The next session passed
over without a remedy being found. The present Go
vernment, he was afraid, had not been more successful
than their predecessors. The Hon. Member for the Uni
versity of Dublin had urged inquiry on behalf of the
recipients ; the Member for the city of Dublin on the
part of the payers, had also sought inquiry, The Hon.
Member for the University of Dublin seemed to object
to that part of the motion which implied that sums
ought to be taken for the purposes to which ministers'
money was now applied out of the funds at the disposal
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Instead of point-
ing at some particalar fund, he (Sir G. Grey) would pro-
pose that the Committee should be appointed to inquire
.‘ whether any and what fund existed which might be
applied to the purposes of ministers' money."
Mr. REYNOLDS denied that the proposition for a
Select Committee to inquire into and report the nature,
amount, and appropriation of ministers' money in Ire
land, with a view of ascertaining whether any other,
and what funci, could be made available for that pur-
pose, could be called an attack upon the temporalities
any more than upon the spiritualities of the Protestant
Church. He objected to this ministers' money for
two reasons : first, because persons who professed the
Roman Catholic religion, the Presbyterian religion, and
other creeds into which our common Christianity was
divided, were compelled by law to support a religion
they dissented from.: He thought the surplus revenue in
he hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissior ers could bi
made to furnish this 12,000/. Secondly, he objected to
,he tax on account of its gross inequality. In the city
of Dublin it operated must unjustly, because the houses
in the old and decayed parts of the city, formerly of
great value, were taxed high, whereas, in the modern,
but more valuable parts, the houses were taxed upon a
reduced scale. The former were likewise occupied b)
Roman Catholics (the poorer portion of the population)
Arid the latter by Protestants, so that the injustice was
doubled. He asked both sides of the House whether it
was worth while to maintain an impost so small in
amount, so unjust in its nature, and so insulting to those
who were not in communion with the Church of Eng-
land. Tie tax had another and a more obnoxious lea-
ure; no man in any borough could enjoy the municipal
ranchise unless he paid this tax. He thought the reso
lution should be withdrawn, and the proposal of the
Right Honourable Gentleman, which was consented

t h
ersit

Honourable Gentleoliin the Member for the Un:
of Dublin, aim ed to.

Mr: MONSELL hoped the Hon. Member for C irk
would persevere in his motion. The injustice of the tax
was admitted, and where was the necessity for inquiry ?
If inquiry had been proposed into the whole ecclesiasti
cal grievances of Ireland, he could have seen the pro-
priety of it, but inquiry into this particular grievance
was not require d.
Mr. NAI'IER said the real question was, whether a
portion of the property of the Protestant Church of Ire-
land was to be altogether abolished.—(No, no.) He
maintained that this was virtually an attack on the Church
Establishment of the United Kingdom; but he stood upon
the ground that the Protestant Church of Ireland ought
to be at all hazards maintained.
MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
The Sergeant-at• Arms now appeared at the table,
and intimated that the Speaker's order had been ex-
ecuted, and that Mr. Feargus O'Connor was now ie
custody.
Sir G. GREY rose and said—Sir, I move that Mr.
Feargus O'Connor be discharged out of the custody of
the Sergeant-at-Arms, in order that he may attend in his
place in this House.
The SPEAKER then put the motion, which was
agreed to.
Mr. O'Coemoa, immediately afterwards entered the
House and took his seat.
The SPEAKER—Mr. O'Connor, the House has
been given to understand that an expression fell from
you previous to your leaving this House, in the discus-
sion of the report of the Committee on Petitions, from
which the House is bound to suppose that there was an
intention on your part to take hostile proceeding,
against an Hon. Member of this House, the Hon. Mem-
ber for Cirencester, for words spoken in the heat of de
bate. I hope you will be able to state to the House
that it is not your intention to take any such proeeed-
ings. It is my duty to inform you that the Hon. Mem-
ber for Cirencester has already expressed his regret that
any language should have fallen from him calculated to
give offence, and that it was not his intention to make
use of any unparliamentary expressions; and, at the
same time, I feel called upon to say that, if those ex
pressions had reached my ear, I should have deemed it
my duty to call upon the Hun. Member to explain at the
time. As you were not in the House when the Hon.
Member for Cirencester expressed his regret, I think it
is only due to you to call on him to state in your pre-
sence what he has stated in your absence.
Mr. CRIPPS—Sir, I have just to say that I felt, as
a member of the Committee, that my conduct wa-
directly impugned when I heard imputed to that Com-
mittee conduct of which I knew them to ,be wholly in
capable. I have taken a deep interest in the proceed •
ings of the Committee, and therefore I perhaps felt the
more warmly; but I deeply regret if I have exceeded the
line of a Member of Parliament's duty, and the respect
due from one Member of this House to another, and
from one gentleman to another.—(Hear, hear.) I never
en any respect meant to impugn the word of any Hon.
Member; but if I have on this occasion, by anything
that I have sale, left that impression, I deeply regret it.
—(ffeal, hear.) I shall now say, that this is the first
time in the whole course of my life I have been betrayed
into saying a single word that was capable of injuring
the feelings of any individual.—(Cheers.)
Mr. O'CONNOR—Sir, I beg to exculpate you alto-
gether from the nonpee forniance of your duty; and for
this reason, that the words I made use of were,—that
I had three duties to perform; one to the House, the
other to the Committee, and the third to myself;
that, as regarded the House, I hoped they would
believe me that I could not be a party to any delusion
seeing practised upon them; that, a-i to the Committee.
so far from casting any imputation on them, I
said there was none whatever chargeable against them.
I stated in words as distinct as man could use, that I
had done what was my duty to the House and the Com
inittee, and without further observations I then left the
[louse. lam proud to say that after being in this House
in many tempestuous scenes, and lived a life that might
have brought me into frequent collisions with others, I
have never uttered a word that could give offence to any
individual.—(Hear, hear.) On the contrary, I have
studiously avoided doing so; but I tleMkttliat any Mem-
ber of this House, placing himself in my situation, would
say I was unworthy of holding a seat here if I had not
resented the words which were employed. At the same
time I am ready to accept the apology which has been
made for the unparliamontary language, especially after
the concluding observations made by the Hon. Member.
—(Hear, hear.) The excitement arising out of this
matter being over, I shall entirely forget any insult
I may have received. lam not capable of foster-
ing animosty or permitting any feeling of the kind
to rankle in my breast ; but I have a higher duty
than even that to perform to myself and the
persons whom I represent here. After the ex
pression of feeling I have heard this night, it is my duty
to state that I will abandon my motion for to-morrow,
and that I shall not found any motion on that petition
but shall leave the question to be settled between the
Government and the- country, and between the Com-
mittee and those whosenlt the petition. I had no reason
it be with my consent
to doubt the statement
hatmaandye to the House, .nor would
tised. But one thin tI
may state fairly and frankly,
delusion should be prat
pptosed to be the duty of every
Hon. Member scrupuloeu,Ssir
remembero examine every petition he
signed by 3,373,000 persons was laid when a petition
presents to the House
oabn the floor of this
petition until it was
not now in
House, and the Hon. Member for Fin
impossible, then
his place, never saw thai,
fsoor laid ont
the floor. It was physically
see
all the eigngtures, or ti) be iu pituati9u tQ asimsuroe

MR. O'CONNOR.
The SPEAKER called the attention of the House to
the order of the day, that Mr. O'Connor be ordered to
attend in his place forthwith. It was desirable to know
Whether the order had been served on the Hon. Member.
the
--(H
order had
He called on the Sergeant to state whether
been served.
The Sergeant-at. Arms informed the Home that the
order had been served.
Mr. Gossett. the messenger, having been called,
Mr. SPEAKER.—Have you served the order of the
°use on Mr. O'Connor, the Hon. Member for Not-
t?—l~ham?—l have.
tw:Mr. SPEAKER.—When was the order served ?—At
t,t'.;'3' minutes before seven o'clock.
roteany]N SPEAKER—Did the Hon. Member express
he did
otion to obey the order of the House P—No ;
r.
At the SPEAKER--Where was the order served ?
mr Pee of the Northern Star.
84vi hiZktliEß—Dicl you see him personally

the House as to the entire accuracy of that petition.—
(Hear, hear.) I state this to show that I was not wil-
lingly a parry to any delu-ion, and that I could not by
possibility avert that with which I was charged. I ate
glad I did not allow myself to be led away by that ex-
citement which the Hon. Member presumes I was the
cause of, when he says the veracity of the Committee had
been impugned ; and now, as he has performed his duty
as a gentleman and a Member of Parliament, I will per-
form mine, and I tell him that he is in error if he sup-
poses that I cast any imputation on the Committee.—
(Hear, hear.) Having now shown that there was no
foundation for the charge made against me, I have estab-
lished better grounds for the retraction of that charge.
MINISTERS' MONEY.
Mr. NAPIER then resumed his observations in refer-
ence to the motion on this subject. He took his stand
on the Act of Union, and asked a Protestant House of
Commons not to agree to the proposition now made to
it, which would have the effect of weakening the Pro-
testant Church in Ireland. He asked the House where,
but for the Established Church, would be the connexion
between the two countries? The Protestants of Ireland
did not send Members there to declaim against England
or to denounce Imperial policy. He thought that any
inconvenience or irregularity in the mode of levying or
assessing the tax should be rectified. He had no objec-
tion to make it just and fair, to transfer it like the rent-
charge from the occupier to the owner, or to assent to
any proposal for its amendment which did not involve its
total abolition.
Mr. SHEIL made great allowance for the vehemence
of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman who had just
addressed the House, having come hot and reeking from
the hustings of the University- of Dublin, but the
Honourable Gentleman would forgive him for telling-
him that many who had heard him would lament
the resignution of the Right Honourable Frederick
Shaw. The Honourable Gentleman was mistaken
in supposing that the proposition made to-night
for the abolition of ministers' money involved the
abolition of any part of the Church property. It did not.
It was not proposed by any man in that House to de-
prive a single Protestant clergyman, performing duties
in the respective towns of Ireland charged with mini-
sters' money, of a single shilling of his revenue. Nay,
more, it was not proposed that the successors of the
Actual incumbents should be deprived of their revenue,
oecause the clergy in the great towns of Ireland were
not sinecurists; they had real duties to perform; and he
was not acquainted with a single Roman Catholic gen-
deman who held that a Protestant clergyman ought not
to be paid in a manner most fully commensurate with the
functions he had to discharge.—(Hear, hear.) The real
question to be considered was, whether a most obnoxious
tax—admitted to be so on all hands—might not be
abolished consistently with the principles preferred by
Hon. Members on the other side of the House. In his
ludgment the ecclesiastical fund in the hands of the
Commissioners was fully adequate to discharge every
purpose to which it had been applied, and might be
used in the same way as it was employed for the pur-
pose of removing cburch-cess, an impost of the most
grievous and galling kind. By the Church Tempo-
ralities Act it was provided that churoh-cess should
be abolished, yet that impost was not of so
ibnoxious a character as this, it being a charge at com-
mon law whereas this was statutory. The Act pro-
vided that churches should be built, small livings aug-
tnented, and diocesan schoolmasters supplied with the
means of livelihood, and that without trenching on
church property. Could it possibly be maintained that
they would be alienating church property, when they
proposed to apply to an ecclesiastical purpose the same
'and which was used for other ecclesiastical purposes?
He did not coincide with his Right Hon. Friend the
iecetary for Ireland, when he said he did not believe
the Eccesiastical fund could be used in substitution for
the impost.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE—I never said anything of the
kind.
Mr. SHEIL begged pardon, and was glad to find he
was mistaken. He had the accounts before him, and
they furnished this statement. The Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners were authorised by Act of Parliament to
borrow 100,0001. from the Board of Works; that the
debt had been reduced to 40,0001.; last year they paid
10,0004 in liquidation of that debt. What, then, was it
requisite to do? To leave the debt of 40,0004 standing,
to pay the interest of that at five per cent., and to
abolish ministers' money until a new fund should arise.
But there was a new fund as it was. The Eccle
siastical Commissioners stated in their last report that
upon the death of the present Bishop of Clogher their
'unds would be augmented by the sum of 8,6801. a year.
Why should they not pay the interest on that debt, and
abolish ministers' money? On the death of the Bishop
f Clogher they would come into the receipt of 8,8604
a year ; and why should they not then be able to re-
plenish the coffers of the Established Church ?—(Hear,
hear.) If this was practicable, why should the abolition
af so odious an impost be stigmatised as robbery of the
Established Church? The Church Temporalities Act
,night be amended, and ought to be amended. Was
the House, was the country, aware that by the Church
Temporalities Act larger revenues were secured to the
Bishops of Ireland than to the Bishops of England?—
(Hear, hear.) It was understood that the Bishops of
England were to receive no more than 5,0004 a year.
But how were the Irish Prelates paid? Take the case
of the Archbishop of Armagh. Before the enacting of
he Act in question, his revenue was 16,0001. a
,ear. It had been reduced ay the Act, but it still
amounted to as large a sum as 12,000/. That, to
oe sure, was the case of an Archbishop. But take
the case of the Bishop of Derry. When that prelate
was appointed, it was stipulated that he should
acquiesce in any terms which the Government might
,hiult tit to propose. The condition they imposed was
hat he should pay 4,000/. a year into the ecclesiastical
fund. The balance, however, was worthy of acceptance,
The splendid residue amounted to 8,000/. a year, and
hat sum was secured to him and his successor. Not
one shilling would he (Mr. Sheil) take from that
meritorious Christian bishop—(Laughter)—but he was
most decidedly of opinion that the revenue of his suc-
cessor ought to be curtailed—(Hear, hear)—and so it
should be with all the Irish bishoprics. The revenues
of the Irish bishops exceeded those of the English.
Was he to be told that that anomaly ought to continue?
Assuredly it ought not. But to go back to the tax.
('here was a remarkable historical tact connected with it,
which showed how obnoxious and detestable it had
ever been considered. The circumstance had been
already referred to by the Hon. Member for Cork; but as
the House was thin at the time, he would make no apology
or repeating the allusion. The Catholic Parliament of
James 11., tollowing the exampleof the ProtestantParlia-
merit that bad gone before it, seized the whole of the
Church property for Catholic purposes. The property
~f the Protestant Church was transferred to Catholic
priests. But what was done with ministers' money?
Was it too transferred to the priests? No; the Act of
James 11. expressly recited that ministers' money was
not recognised by the common law, that it was imposed
by statute, that it was a grievous imposition, and in
conformity with the wishes of all parties it was de-
clared to be abolished ter ever.—(Hear, hear.) The
thorn was small, but it was attended with peculiar ex-
acerbation.—(Hear, hear.) He would advocate its entire
abolition. He was as convinced as that he was speaking
hat moment, that unless the ecclesiastical institutions of
Ireland were modified, unless Government dealt boldly
and promptly with respect both to the Protestant and
the Catholic Churches, wretched, paltry, and temporary
measures of amelioration might be applied; but that for
the evils of Ireland they would not be able to devise an
effective cure.—(Hear, hear )
Mr. CALLAGH XN supported the motion. The tax
-vas felt to be a badge of servitude, and a galling injus•
lice; and in the name of the Irish people, he called on
the House to abolish it altogether.
Mr. GROGAN objected to the mode of settlement
suggested by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Master of
the Mint. It would not do to abolish minister's money,
and to substitute payment out of the ecclesiastical fund.
('hat fund was already a portion of the revenues of the
Jhurch, and if it were to be applied to other purposes
han those to which it was at present aliecated, in order
hat ministers' money might be abolished, it was clear
hat the 12,000/. a year now received under that head
would be alienated from the Church.

Mr. SPEAKER—When you served the order, did he
make no answer ?—He did.
Sir R. H. INGLIS— What was his answer ?—(Cries
of " Order !") I believP I ana entitled by the rules of
the House to ask that question ?—He asked what would
be the consequence if he did not attend.
Mr. SPEAKER—What you say ?—I told him
that quite chipPodea on the pleasure of the House.
Mr. SPEAKER—You may withdraw.
Sir G. GREY—In consequence of the statement just
made by the messenger who served the order of the
House on the Hon. Member for Nottingham, I have to
move, in accordance with the invariable practice of the
House %% hen an Honourable Member is ordered to at-
tend in his place, and declines to comply with the order,
" That Feargus O'Connor, Esq., Member for Notting
ham, having been ordered to attend the House forth-
with, having been duly served with the said order and
having neglected to attend accordingly, be taken into
custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms attending the House."
Mr. HUME suggested that the Hon. Member might
be directed to attend to-morrow.—(Cries of " No, no.")
Sir G. GREY observed that two hours had elapsed
since the order had been served; and, if the Hon. Mem-
ber for Nottingham had any intention of attending be
would probably have done so. If he (Sir G. Grey) re-
collected aright, the statement of the messenger was,
that it was not the intention of the Hon. Member to
attend. When the Hon. Member was taken into cus-
tody it would et p >ar what was the real state of the
case ; an 1, should the House then see fit to discharge
him from custody, nothing would have happened to in,
,erfere, at least, ~ith his Parliamentary duties.
The motion was then aereed to.
MINISTERS' MONEY.

Dod, J

Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL was of opinion that the tax
was a grievance in principle, and that it was inflicted
tinder circumst,inces which aggravated its injustice, the
burden being heaviest on these towns where Catholics
tnost abounded.

Mr. J. O'CONNELL did not rise to reply to the
heroics of the lion. and Learned Member for the Uni-
versity of Dublin (Mr. Napier), but merely to say, that
if the Right Hon. Gentleman the Alaster of the Mint
intended, by anything that had fallen from him that
night, to advocate the pensioning of the Catholic clergy,
he for one would not give his assent to any such proposi-
tion. He considered the tax a gross injustice, and
therefore would vote for its abolition ; but he did not
want to have the revenue that-was realised from it trans-
rerred to the clergy of his own Church.
Mr. FAGAN replied. He believed that an inquiry
before a Select Committee would not satisfy the people
uf Ireland on this question; they would be content with
nothing short of a repeal of the Act of Charles.
The Hods() then divided, when there appeared--
For the motion
For the amendment
Majority - 76
The amendment, with the addition proposed by Sir
W. SOMERVILLE, was then agreed to.
STAMFORD ELECTION.
Mr. WOOD postponed till after Easter his motion for
a Select Committee to inquire into the allegations of cer-
tain petitioners, complaining of the interference of the
Marquis of Exeter at the late and former elections for
the borough of Stamford.
LYME• REGIS ELECTION.
On the motion of Mr. HUME.
The Clerk read the resolutions of the Select Com-
mittee on the Lyme-Regis election petition, which
charged Mr. John Attwood with bribery; and
The HON. MEMBER then proceeded to say that a pe•
tition had been presented from the inhabitants of the
borough praying that an immediate and searching in-
quiry be made into the proceedings of Mr. Attwood at
the late election, in order to relieve the constituency
from the consequences of any erroneous impressions.
By the 49th George 111. c. 118, it was enacted that if
any person paid, promised, or gave any sum of money
to procure his return, he should for every such gift,
payment, or promise, forfeit the sum of 1,0001. There
P
arli
a
was the clearest evidence of promises in this cases. It
was further enacted that if any person promised to pro-
cure any office or gift, in order to procure the return of
itin
meat.such peTrshoen,bohreousghhouhladd bueotinin thiseliib leto s
case
been
disfran-
chised, but all those gifts and promises had been
clearly proved, and there was a standing order of
the House, declaring that the House would proceed
with the utmost activity against any person, whether
the Member or not, who should be guilty of those cor-
rupt practices. If precedents ware required, he would
refer to the glee of Mr. Henry Swan, for the borough

.of Penryn, in the year 1819. Only one cast, was there REMOVAL OF ALIENS BILL.
proved, yet the Attorney-General was ordered to pro
secute him. Again, in the case of Sir M. Imprz
borough of Barnstaple, who was similarly proceeded
against, These cases, however, were nothing in corn
parison with the Lyme Regis case, where it appeared
that upwards of 100,0002 had been laid out in the pur
chase of houses in order to secure votes, not for Mr. i
Attwood only, but for any person Mr. Attwood might
recommend. He begged to move, therefore, that tin e
Attorney-General be instructed to prosecute John Att-
wood, Esq., for bribery andpractices at the last
election for Lyme Regis. corrupt
Mr. P. W 001) seconded the motion. in
the
g,
An
following are the provisions of the 8.11, intituled
move) nAct to authorise, during a limited time, the Re
of
.‘liens from the Realm :"
[The Bel was laid on the table of the House of Lords
bylltlie Marquis of Lansdowne, on Monday night.]
parliahlereeetnips it is expedient that provision should be made
n. certain cases, and for a time to be limited, respecting
aliens arriving or resident in this kingdom. Be it
andnacte.d by the Queen's Most Excellent Majeaty. by
and with thoeraaasilvmice and consent of the Lords Spiritual
uPnder tits the same andbled , Commons,aod
by
, that when and so oftetnhineas authorityt
one
of. presenth her
rf
Mr. BANKES said the cases which the Hon. Member %la "
had quoted were not precedents. Mr. Swan and Sir LiejuetstY's principal Secretaries of State, or the Lord-
Manasseh Lopez had both been unseated for bribery ; art
of
fnant or other chief governor or governors of that
but Mr. Attwood was only collaterally implicated. He United Kingdom called Ireland. by warrant
did not say that a person collaterally implicated should s or their hand or hands respectively, to
,hhan Published in the London or Dublin Gazette, as
not be prosecuted ; but he did say that it was a matter
which should not be hastily adopted, and he was not i„enicase nutY
be, shall direct that any alien or
therefore satisfied with the meagre statement which the may hereafter
who may be within this realm, or who
to
ouictetri
iaaol
iend
shall arriveknow i
ntghl eyreainnd,
ws hilafulliidyerpeafruts
et hoirs
nreegall:ent,
Hon. Gentleman had made. The matter would car_ within time limited in such warrant, and any
taint y have been much better brought forward by the
any member of the Committee ever was aouttehndi'vin.artuh7s realm. or any part thereof, co, teary to
chairman of the Committee. He was not aware that
obedience to such warrant,. or shall be
put it to the Hon. Gentleman whether it would not be ,
more fair to postpone his motion to some future time. .
ua
jest , rant, it shall be lawful for any of her
Mr. HUME said if any one thought it unfair to pro Lieutenant or
Secretaries of State, or the Lerd-
present, and he
other chief governor or governors
ceed at present he was quite ready to postpone his ~f Ireland,. or his or their chief secretary, or
motion. He had no personal feelin but was actuated for an-
g, y Justice of the
peace, or for the mayor or
solely by a sense of public duty. chief magistrate of
Sir GEORGE GREY suggested that it would be alien to be arrested,
any city or place, to cause every such
rested, and to be committed to the Co 1 mon
better for the Hon. Member not to adjourn the motion. gaol of the county
but to withdraw it, and to bring it on again at some arrested, there to or place where he or she shall he co
remain, without
bail or mainprise,
future time. until he or she shall be
Mr. HUME then withdrew the motion. .f being sent out of h
taken in charge for the purpose
COUNTY COURTS. wafter given.. t e realm, under the authority here-
Mr. COCHRANE moved for leave to bring in a Bill And beit enacted, that every such alien so knowingly
to amend the law relating to the recovery of small and wilfully refusing or
debts in England, the 9th and 10th Victoria. He was to any such warrant as anfresaid
eglacting to pay due obedience
of opinion that the grossest injustice had been in- realm contrary to such
vio•, r being found in this
arrant, shall be guilty of a
flitted under this Act, and it was much harder upon misdemeanour, and being
the poor man than the sth and 6th Vic discretion of the Court, adjudgedbeconyicted thereof, shall, at the
to suffer imprison-
toria, which abolished imprisonment for debts talent for any time not exceed
under 201., and for which this was a substitute. It was offence, and not exceeding twerii, one month for the first
ye months for the second
his intention originally to have moved the entire repeal and any subsequent offence.
of this monstrous Bill, but he proposed now to move the And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any one
insertion of two clauses. The first clause provided that ef her Majesty's principal Secretaries
of State, or the
no person should be imprisoned except on the debtors' Lord Lieutenant or chief governor or governors of Ire-
side of the gaol, and that the imprisonment should be land, in any case in which he or they shall apprehend
limited to three days for each instalment of debt. The that any alien will not pay immediateobedience to any
second clause limited the fine for contempt of court to 2/. such warrant as aforesaid, or in any case where any
instead of 51., or in default seven days' imprisonment, as alien shall have been arrested or committed for
at present refusal or neglect to obey any such warrant
Sir G. GREY said if the Hon. Gentleman had adhered or shall have been convicted of such
refusal'
to his original intention of moving the repeal of the Bill, or neglect, and either before or after such alien shall
he should certainly have opposed it, because he believed have suffered the punishment inflicted for the same by
the measure had proved highly beneficial, and that the warrant under his hand and seal, to give such alien ;T)
courts had been much appreciated by those who had charge to one of her Majesty's messengers or to any
recourse to them. At the same time, he had been led other person or persons to whom he shall think proper
to suppose that there might have been some abuse of to direct such warrant, in order to such alien being con.
the powers given by the Act. He was quite ready to veyed out of the kingdom; and such alien shall be
admit that
the subject required inquiry, and he should so conveyed accordingly; provided always, that where
not, therefore, at present oppose the introduction of the such alien (not having been convicted as aforesaid) shall
Bill.
allege any excuse for not complying with such first men-
Mr. G. BANKES thanked the Right Hon. Gentleman tinned a arrant, or any reason why the same should not be
for permitting the introduction of the Bill. If the powers enforced, or why further time should be Allowed him for
of the Act had been abused, the persons guilty of the comply•therewith,it shall be lawful for any one of her
rig
abuse ought to be punished, Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, or for the Lord
After • a short conversation, leave was given to bring in Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ire-
the Bill.
land, to judge of the sufficiency of such excuse or reason,
and to allow or disallow the same either absolutely or
on such condition as he or they shall think fit; and
where such alien shall be in custody under such war-
rant of any of her Majesty's Seer. taries of State or of the
Lord Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors
of Ireland as aforesaid, the messenger or other
parson in whose custody he shall be, forthwith
upon its being signified to him that such ex-
cuse or reason is alleged by such alien, shall
make known the same to such Secretary of State, or to
the Lord Lieutenant or other chief governor or gover-
nors of Ireland as the case may be, who upon receiv-
ing such notification, or in any case in which he or
they shall be informed that any such excuse or reason
is alleged by or on behalf of any alien to quit the
realm, shall forthwith suspend the execution of such
warrant until the matter can be inquired into
and determined, and such alien, if in custody
under any such warrant, shall remain in such custody
until the determination thereon shall be made known,
unless in the meantime such Secretary of State, or the
Lord-Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors
of Ireland, shall make order for the release of such alien,
either with or without security.
Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in
this Act contained shall affect any foreign ambassador
or other pubic minister duly authorised nor any domes-
tic servant of any such foreign ambassador or public
minister, registered as such according to law, or being
actually attendant upon such ambassador or minister,
nor any alien who shall have been continually residing
within this realm for seven years next before the passing
'if this Act.
And be it enacted, that this Act shall continue in
force for one year from the passing thereof, and until the
end of the then next session of Parliament.
And he it enacted, that this Act may be repealed or
amended in the present session of Parliament.

ANNUAL INDEMNITY BILL.
On the motion of Mr. PARKER, leave was given to
bring in this Bill.

The other orders were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Half-past Twelve until Twelve
o'clock to-day,

EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.
On Wednesday a meeting was held at the rooms of the
Royal Society of Literature, for the purpose of forming
a body to promote emigratisn from the United Kingdom
to the Australian colonies, and that an endeavour should
he made to effect this object by interesting parishes,
unions, public and private bodies, landlords, country
gentlemen, and others, in an undertaking so beneficial to
all classes of her Majesty's subjects. The chair was
taken by the Hon. F. Scott, M.P.
In commencing the business of the meeting, the HON.
CHAIRMAN observed that the best way for him to ac-
quaint the assembled parties with the objects and in-
tentions of the proposed scheme would be to road the
prospectus, which, although it was but a meagre out-
line, would still serve to show what was intended.
It appeared from this prospectus that the expenses of
emigration to Australia was defrayed from the pro-
ceeds of the Crown lands, and that at present a con-
siderable emigration to the Australian colonies was
being carried on under the guidance of Government, in
consequence of a large sum now available in those
colonies applicable thereto, and the anticipation of a
further sum to be raised for the same purpose. The
funds contributed exclusively by colonists were limited to
procuring that kind of labour which would yield the
speediest repayment of their capital, Irrespective of other
considerations not less important to the future destinies
of the colonies than the present welfare of the mother
country. The existing regulations restricted the class
of emigrants to single young men and women, or young
couples with a very small proportion of children. There
were, however, many other classes who would prove most
eligible emigrants, and to whom emigration would be a
far more necessary boon—viz., agricultural and other la-
bourers, whit were rendered ineligible by being unable to
support themselves and families without parochial assist-
ance. Many of those who have defrayed the whole amount
of their passage money to the United Shales, carry-
ing thither their small capital and reproductive labour
would have doubtless gone to Australia, if the expenses
of the voyage had been equal. In Sussex, the emigra-
tion which was some years ago undertaken by a society
for this purpose, had been attended with most benefi-
cial results; for in Petworth parish the poor-rates had
been reduced from 1,4001. to 3001. per annum, and in
other parishes where emit,ration had been encouraged,
the supply of labour had not exceeded the demand It
was therefore confidently believed that an assisted sys-
tem of emigration would materially call forth sponta-
neous exertions. One mode by which it was intended
to effect this assisted system was, that in cases where
eligible emigrants, able to pay the amount requisite to
convey them to North America, should be willing to
pay down that, or any other sum to be transferred to
Australia, such sum being received by the department
presiding over emigration, . the emigrant should be
carried to Australia, free of all further charge, the de-
ficiency being supplied from the Colonial Land
Fund applicable to emigration; the wants of the
colonies, and the eligibility of the emigrants, being
taken into consideration; the largest contributors being
preferred. This would be an important step, as it
would, at a smaller cost to the colony, convey thither
a larger amount of labour, and would tend to assure
the emigrant that there was no wish to get rid of him,
but that it was optional for him to accept such assist-
ance as would enable him to resort to a healthy climate,
and a country where he could at once obtain work and
comfortable subsistence. The Chairman said he was
sorry to see there were so few Members of Parliament
present, but he had been informed that Wednesday was
an unfortunate day for such meetings, as the House of
Commons usually met early oh that day. He should not
detain them by any address on the good that would cer-
tainly arise from a more extended system of emigra-
tion. It would at once form a medium for getting rid
of the redundant and superfluous population of the coun-
try, and improve our manufactures at the various colo-
nies belonging to the British empire.
The Hon. Mr. KINNAIRD then rose to propose the first
resolution. Previous, however, to reading it, he stated
he was not much astonished to see so thin a meeting;
there was an almost universal dislike to the formation
of all new societies.. He agreed with the Chairman in
his statement, that emigration more fully carried out,
would not merely be beneficial to the emigrant, but also
to the colonies and tho mother country. He would,
therefore submit to them the following resolution:--
" That the Australian colonies, including New Zealand,
offer a large and most valuable field for emigration to
the distressed and crowded population of this country,
and whose emigration to these colonies would be alike a
bettering to themselves, and a boon to the colony which
receives them. And that to admit of this emigration
being carried out to the requisite extent, it was essential
that a portion of its expense should he contributed by
unions, parishes, and other bodies, together with land-
lords, or by emigrants themselves.
Captain STUART seconded this resolution, stating that
he had great pleasure in doing so, as he cordially agreed
with its contents. He had resided in Australia for
twenty-two years. It was a beautiful country, and
presented miles and miles of rich soil ready for the
plough.
Mr. A. CUNNINGHAM in the absence of Vernon
Smith, Esq., M.P., proposed the second resolution, which
was to the following effect: —" That in order to carry
out this great national object, the meeting should form
itself into a society, to be called ' The Labourers' Relief
Emigration Society,' tor the purpose of affording such
information and aid to those interested as may at mice
teach them how great is the gain which each emigration
affords to honest industry, and may guide them in the
steps necessary to avail themselves of the advantagese
thus presented." Mr. Cunningham remarked that he
thought
thought one of the most important means by which the
future society could work was the distribution of tracts
and Information, which might load to the obviating of

many erroneous opinions entertained wiTh regard to
emigration.

E. L. BOYD, Eq.. seconded the resolution.
The third re-01117ton was
proposed by Dr. T. —arNo:—
" That a number of gentkmen named be appuit;tel e
committee (thr,,e forming a quorum), for tin, purpote ~f
drawing up the rules of the society appointing ( ffiee
bearers, calling general meetings, and arranging and
managing the general business of the society, with the-
power of keeping up their numbers." Dr. Laihg said
nothing could be so important at the present time as the
subject of tmigration. There were, to his knowledge. 0 less
than 3 000 heads of familes in Gla,gow, 2,000 in Paisley,
and numbers in other parts of Scotland, who were :n ~,t,,,,,.,
a state of starvation He had made a t,•ur thrw:;:,)
Ulster, now the most peaceful pr .vince in Ir2land: 1:,!;:
there he found that one person had only allotted to i,in,
one-fourth of the land which was posse-s?d by anothr:
in Scotland or England, owing to the cr0w,4„,1„,,,,,
0,
the country. The most fertile soil sod healthful climate
were to be found in Australia ; and, as had been atated

acres and acres of rich land vvtrit there waiting f,41.1-;
rlough. And he was itire that if only one' britn,h
caltivation were followed—that of cotton growin,a, s,
great an improvement would take place in our ma, k, t.

that we should bo soon able to un'lersell Etottit.l
Jonathan and his niegers.
The r,solution was seconded by ARTHUR MILLS,
The fourth resolution, to the eff,ct that the annual
payment of 1/. should entitle any one to be a member of
the society, was proposed by Captain HAMILT,N, and
seconded by JACKSON, Esq.
All the resolutions were unanimously carried.

After a vote of thanks had been passed to the Chair-
man the meeting separated.

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE.

PROPOSED NEW SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.
CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 11.
_ _

The Syndicate appointed to consider wheth( r it is
expedient to afford greater encouragement to the pursuit
of those studies for the cultivation of which professor.
ships have been founded in the University, and if so, by
what means that object may be best accomptishsd, have
made and this day circulated the following report:—
The Syndicate, admitting the superiority of the study
of mathematics and classics over all others as the basis
of general education, and acknowledging therefore the
wisdom of adhering to our present system in its main
features, are nevertheless of opinion that much g o
would result from affording greater encouragement to
the pursuit of various other branches of science and
learning which are daily acquiring more importance and
a higher estimation in the world, and for the teaching
of which the University already possesses the necessary
means.

In accordance with this view the Syndicate recom
mend as follows:

A.
viTcehacth,
aantcetlhloerbsehgaillning of each academical
places, and times, of the several professors' lectures for
issuea prograeofth
the year then to ensue. eyseusbr
j,
ects,
et the
, s
That all students, who, being candidates for the de-
gree of 13. A., or for the honorary degree of M.A. are
not candidates for honours, shall, in addition to what is
now required of them, have attended, before they be
admitted to examination for their respective degrees,
the lectures delivered during one term at least by one or
more of the following professors:—Regius Professor o'.
Laws, Regius Professor of Physic, Professor of Moral
Philosophy, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Ana-
tomy, Professor of Modern History, Professor of Botany,
Woodwardtan Professor of Geology-, Ja:.ksonian Pro-
fessor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy-, Down
ing Professor of the Laws of Rt gland
, Dovvning
Professor of Afedicine, Professor
of y, Professor of Political Economy; and shall have obtained
a certificate of having passed an examination ~atisfactory
to one of the professors whose lectures they have chosen
to attf H.

T. at all students who, bein oandidates for the digree
(:)" B.C.L , du not pass :he examinations for the first
class in that faculty, shall, in addition to what is now
required of them, have attended, before they be allowud
to keep their act, the lectures deliver, d during Ont. t rm
at least, by oue or more of the followitig professors :
Regius Professor of Physic, Pr,f,ssor of Nloral Philo-
sophy, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Anatomy,
Professor of Modern History, Professor of Botany
Woodwardian Professor of Geolpgy, Jacksonian Profes-
sor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Downinz,
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Mineralogy, Profes-
sor of Political Economy; and shall have obtained a
certificate of having passed an examination satisf,ctory
to one of the professors whose lectures they have chosen
to attend.

That this regulation shall apply to all students
answering the above descri pion who shall commence
their acidemical residence in or after the Michaelmas
term of the year 1849.

That a New Honour Tripos be established, to be
called the Moral sciences Tripos, the places in which
shall be determined by an examination in the following
subjects:—Moral Philosophy, Political Economy, Mo-
dern History, General Jurisprudtmce, the Laws of
England.

That the examiners for the Moral Sciences Tripos be
the Regius Professor of Laws, the Professor of Moral
Philosophy, the Professor of Modern History, tho
Downing Professor of the Laws of England, the Pro-
fessor of Political Economy, together with one additional
examiner to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor and
appointed by grace of the Senate ; and in e•tse any of
the above mentioned pro essors be prevented from ex-
amining in any year, deputies to examine instead of
them shall be nominated by the Vice-Chaucellor and
appointed by grace of the Senate.
That the examination for the Moral Sciences Tripos
shall commence on the second Monday after the general
admission ad respondendum qucestioni, and shall continue
four days.
That all students who shall have passed the examina-
tions and kept the exercises required for the degree of
Bachelor of Civil Law, or of Bachelor of Physic, or who
shall have passed the examinations entitling to admis-
sion ad respondendum qucestioni, may be candidates for
honours in the Moral Sciences Tripos next succeeding
such examinations.
That the candidates for honours in the Moral Sciences
Tripos whom the examiner shall deem worthy of an
honour shall be arranged by them in three classes, the
places being determined by estimating the aggregate
merits of each candidate in all the subjects of the exa-
mination. And that in tlik se classes marks of distinction
shall be affixed to the names of sach of the candidates as
have shown eminent proficiency i❑ particular subjects.
That the first examination f,r the Moral Sciences
Tripos, under the regulations now proposed, shall take
place in the year 1851.

C.
That a New Honour Tripos be established, to be called
the Natural Sciences Tripos, the places in which shall lte
determined by an examinbtion in the following subjects :
Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry,
Botany, Geology.
That the examiners for the Natural Sciences Tripo-
be the Region Pr ,fessor of Pnys;c, the Prot, ssor of Che
miatry, the Professor of Anatomy, the Profes or o'
Botany, the Woodwardian Professor t.l Geology, together
with one additional examiner to be nominaLeu by the
Vice-Chancellor and appointed by grace of the S rate;
and in case any of the above-mentioned professors he
prevented from examining in any year, deputies to ex
mine instead instead of them shal be nominated by the Vic
Chancellor and appointed by grace of the Senate.
That the examination for the Na!ural Sciences Tripos
shall commence on the 6,h Monday after the general ad-
mission ad respondendum guastioni, and sha:l continue
four days.

That-all students who shall have passed the examina-
tions and kept the exercises required for the degree of
Bachelor of Civil Law or of Bachelor of Physic, or who
shall have passed the examinations entitling to admission
ad respondendum quastioni may be candidates for honours
i❑ the Natural Sciences Tripos next succeeding such
examinations.

That the candidates for honours in the Natural Sci-
ences Trips whom the examiners shall deem worthy of
an honour shall be arranged by them in three classes,
the places being determined by estimating the aggregate
merits of each candidate in all the subjects of the exa-
mination. And that in these classes marks of distinc-
tion shall be affixed to the names of such of the candi-
dates as have shown eminent proficiency in particular
subjects.

'that the first examination for the Natural Sciences
Tripos, under the regulations now proposed shall take
place in the year 1851.

That with a view D.
to encourage attendance at the
lectures of the mathematical professors, and to secure a
correspondence between those lectures and the mathe-
matical examinations of the university; and also as a
means of communicating to the students themselves,
from a body of experienced examiners and lecturers,
correct views of the nature and objects of our mathema-
tical examinations: the Lucasian Professor of Mathe
matics, the Plumian Professor of Astronomy, the ',own dean Professor of Geometry and Astronomy, and the
Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental
Philosophy, together with the moderators and examiners
for mathematical honours for the time being, as well as
those of the two years immediately preceding, be constit-
tuted a Board of Mathematical Studies; whose duties is
shall be to consult together from time to time ortica4l.l
matters relating to the actual state of mathematical
i I
pre
studies and examinations in the University;
pare annually, and lay before the Vice
report, to be by him published to the University
Lent or Easter term of each year.
importance
The Syndicate, having respect to the great.w of giving
an
Chancellor,
t h
ea
of the study of theology,
increased efficiency to the regulaticoomm
for the promotion of it, further re
and w.anhstahleerne
E.
grad
of vaiy_established
That all persons who p
tion at the theological examination, ,
be required to pro-
of the Senate, May 11n,
g attended- the lectures de-
renttitobrrn
a e
establishedl v e a
for
examine-
b y g
duce a certificate o
sothe
o ft three
theological Professor of Divinity, and the Nor-
hleeaßegius
twopro
foe!
Margaret.
l i de-
livered during
professors,o i, e tetr mhvaizTa tt
vinity, the
regulation now proposed shall first come into
That the
heological examination in the Michael.
operation at the t
risian Professor of Divinity.
mss term of the year 1850.

(Signed)
Roht. Phelps, Vice-Chancellor. li.enry G.Tand.
John Graham. W.
110, Nina,
W. Whewell. J. J. Smith.
11. Philpott.
C. Merivale.
Alfred (Militant.
Henry S. Maine. J. Mills.
W H. Thompson..
John Itiviland.
Edward Warter.
James Challis.
The Vice-Chancellor has given notice that separate
graces for adopting the regulations proposed in the
parts, A, 13, C, D, E, respectively) of the above report,