The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-01 00:00:00

Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen ; the Right Hon. William
Dari.d Murray, Earl of Mansfield ; the Right Hon.
D ancan Mc Neill, Lord Justice General and Lord
.t'resident of the Court of Session ; Sir William Gibson
Craig, of Riccarton, Bart. ; John Inglis, Esq., Lord
Advocate for Scotland ; James Craufurd, E,q., one of
the Senators of the College of Justice ; William Stirling,
Esq., of Keir ; James Moncreiff, Esq. ; Alexander
Hastie, Esq.
The names were agreed to and the clause was ordered
to be added to the bill.

Mr. ELLICE, sen,, remarked upon the extensive
powers given to the commissioners, powers which the
Home Secretary 'would hesitate to give any body of men
in England._

Mr. WAL:'OI4E raid it was intended to insert in the
bill a clar.de requiring the commissioners to lay before
Parlinent their res)lutions 15 days before they Were
P". in force.

Mr. GLADSTONE said what he whiled to see was the
Scotch degrees brought up to those of England which
he did not think could be done while Scotland main
tained four Univereitics. The greatest good in his
opinion would be effected if the four Universities
were consolidated into one all the colleges arranging
themselves under it as a central body. He did not
think any loss by doing so would be occasioned, but, on
the contrary, a positive advantage would be gained.
What he was most anxious for was, that powere should
he given to the commissioners to inquire into the possi-
bility of consolidating the four universities into one.
This would involve upon the commissioners the duty of
inquiring and reporting the result to the Crown, and if
it was found that the feeling was in favour of such a
proceeding, means could be taken ultimately to carry
out the object, the effect of whioh would be to elevate
the higher branches of education in that country. He
therefore moved an addition to the clause, to the effect
that the powers he had mentioned should bs given to
the commissioners, and that in the event of her Majesty
granting a charter to the central university, the four
existing bodies might be authorised t 3 surrender their
powers of granting degrees to the new university. (Hear.)
The LORD-ADVOCATE trusted the addition pro-
posed by the right hon. gentleman would not be
pressed at the present moment. He suggested that it
might be proposed upon Coe bringing up of the report.
After a short discussion, the words proposed were
withdrawn, on the understanding that they should be
brought forward on the bringing up of the report.
The clause, with a few other verbal amendments, was
then agreed to.

Clauses 15 to 18 inclusive were agreed to.
On clauso 19 (previous clauses having provided for
grants of money by Parliament),
Mr. BAXTER moved the addition of the following
proviso :—" That it shall not be lawful for the Commis-
sioners to app!y any portion of such moneys for the en-
dowment of pr.fesr.orships in theology." lie spoke, he
said, on behalf a two-thirds of dm people of Scotland
who were dissentients from the 14: tablished Church.

Mr. DALGLISH sec irded the pr iviio.
The LORD ADVOCATE objected to the proviso,
which would abolish the faculty of theology altogether,
a faculty which was the most distinguishing feature in
the universities of England and Ireland.
Sir J. TRELAWNEY thought that if the Parlia.
mentary grants were to be applied to theology an acri-
monious spirit would be raised whenever those votes
came under consideration. He thought it would be
very advisable altogether to avoid questions connected
with particular theological views in that house.
The committee divided. The numbers were—
For the proviso
Against it
Majority —8
The proviso was therefore negatived.
On the question that clause 19 sta.cd part of the bill,
the committee divided, when the numbers were—
For the clause
Against it 76
Majority -49
The clause was added to the hill.
Mr. BAXTER gave notice that on brinc,dng up the
report he should again take the sense of the house on
the application of public money to theological purposes.
He regretted the division that had just taken place, be-
cause it raised a false isms.

The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill was
reported to the house ; several members, however, giving
notice that they st.ould move new deuces on bringing up
the report.
The sitting was then suspended.

The house resumed at six o'clod-, and was
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