The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-02 00:00:00

A BILL FOR UNITING KING'S COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY OF OLD ABERDEEN AND MA-'
RISCHAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF
ABERDEEN into ONE UNIVERSITY, BROUGHT
IN BY MR. BANNERMAN AND MR. OSWALD,
WAS ORDERED TO BE PRINTED JUNE 22.
Commissioners were appointed in 1830 to visit the Univer-
sities of Scotland, and in the following year they reported that
an union of the Colleges and Universities was expedient.
They also suggested an improved constitution for them, as
promotive of Religion, Morality, Science, and Literature.
It is proposed by the Bill that the offspring, of the Union
should be styled " TILE UNITED UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN,"
and that whatever, at present, pertains to the two Colleges
shall for the future belong in common to the United Univer-
sity. The chief officers, the Chancellor, the Rector, and the
Dean, are to be elected—the fora _t by the Senate ; the Rector,
(who is to perform his duties personally) by the Principal,
Professors, Students, and Graduates; and the Dean by the
Principal and Professors. Official plurality is provided
against. A RECTORIAL COURT, of which four shall be a quo-
rum (the Dean or the Principal always being one), is to be
constructed. Although the Rector have a casting vote, he is
to possess of himself no power. Accounts and annual reports
are to be published.
The Property of the United University is by the 24th clause
declared to be in the Rectorial Court, which is to have a com-
mon seal. It may alter the internal system of the University.
The shortest session for Theology is fixed for five months,
that for Medicine and Arts at six.
The Fees are to be regulated by the Rectorial Court under
certain specified regulations.
The 32d clause enacts that the Rectorial Court shall have
power to deprive any Graduate of his degree for " conduct
unbecoming a Graduate." Its power:over Professors extends
to Censure and Suspension—and (the Chancellor agreeing)
'to Deposition. The Court, in some cases, is to be held a
private court.
If a Professor, who is in health, have no class for two years,
he shall be held to have resigned.
All degrees are to be granted by the Senate. Students to
be expellable by the Senate without appeal. The appoint-
ments of Lectureships and Bursaries are to be in the Senate.
The Principal of the University is to enjoy a salary of 2001.
a-year, and the Salary annexed to each of the Professorships
is to be dependent on the number of Students. New Profes-
sorships may be instituted. By the 68th clause it is enacted
that no Principal or Professor shall, while holding such office,
hold any other official or permanent situation, or be engaged
in any trade or profession, without the permission of the Rec-
torial Court.
The' Convocation is to be composed of the Chancellor, the
Rectorial Court, the Professors, the Lecturers, and the Moni-
tors. Convocations are to be held for inductions and installa-
tions. The 79th clause enacts that the Duke of Gordon and
Earl Aberdeen be joint Chancellors. The 80th, to the 84th
inclusive, also make appointments by name. The present Pro-
fessors are to retain their salaries, or with consent of the Rec-
torial Court a retiring pension may be granted. The present
regulations as to teaching, are yet to remain in force. The
appointment of the present Factors is to terminate the 30th
of September, 1835.
The Bill contains 91 clauses: the foregoing presents only an
outline of those which appear to be most important.