The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-26 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

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. THE OXFORD IJNIVNESITY ELECTION.
ThiikJohn Bull is the first to publish the list of Mr
Mowbray's London election committee. It eonsiste
of 170 names, and is strong as regards social position,
but very deficient in the intellectual leaders as com-
pared with Sir Roundell Palmer's committee. The
chairman is the Marquis of Hamilton, eldest son of the
Duke .of Abercorn. „. The vice-chairmen are
Sir M. Hicks Beach, the Hon. W. Brodricli
(whose brother is on Sir Roundell Palmer',
committee), and the Rev. R. Gregory, who, to use
a university phrase, has been proximo amessit tc
a bishopric more than once. The committee con-
tains the following names of note :—Bishop Ander-
son, H. Barnett, Right Hon. S. Cave, M.P..
6.rchcleacon Churton, Rev. W. R. Cosens, Callen;
Courtenay, Sir 11. Croft, Archdeacon Denison, Mr
Dimsdale, M.P., the Dean of York, Mr. Dyke, M.P.
Hon. A. Egerton, M.P. Hon. W. Egerton, M.P., E
C. Egerton, M.P., Sir W. Fraser, Archdeacon Gar-
bett, Mr. 11. Gifford, Q.C., air T. Gladstone, Mr
G. Langton, Dean Goulburn, Mr. J. Hardy,
Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., 'Mr. Heygate, M.P.
Lord Hill Trevor. 7.‘1.13., Mr. Stavely Bill, Q.C., Dr
Holden. head master of Durham Grammar School
Right Hon. 0. W. Hunt, M.P., Sir Paul Hunter.
Rev. J. W. Joyce, Mr. King-King, M.P., it E.
Lechmere, M.P.. Rev. E. P. Lightfoot, Rev. S. C.
Malan, Sir J. Marjorihanks, Dr. Mitchinson, head
master of King's School, Canterbury, Sir G. Mont-
gomery, M.P., the Bislop of Moray and Ross, M.
Morgan, M.P., Right lion. Sir S. Northcote,
Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Sclater-Booth, M.P..
Mr. Severne, M.P., Mr. Shaw Stewart, Right
Hon. T. S. Estcourt, Rev. Dr. Thornton,
head master of Epsom College, Canon Thurlow,
Canon Trevor, Bishop Trower, - and Mr. Williams
Wynn, M.P. The joint Oxford committee of Mr.
Hardy and Mr. Mowbray has Dr. Clerke for its chair-
man ; Dean Manzel, Dr. Michell, the Public Orator,
and Professor Wall, for vice-chairmen. The com-
mittee includes the following Heads of Houses :—The
Warden of Wadham, the President of St. John's;
the Provost of Queen's, the Warden of Merton,
the Provost of Worcester, the President of
Corpus, the Master of Pembroke, the Prin-
cipal of Magdalen Hall, and the Principal
of New Inn Hail. There are ..ho the folkwing pro-
fessors :—Ogilvie, Wall, Onseley, and 13=6:vs. The
most remarkable feature of this committee is the
almost entire absence of the teaching clement.
While Sir Romidell Palmer's committee abounds
with tutors of colleges, i.e., the men who have the
training of the present generation of Oxford under-
graduates, there are but about half a dozen actual
tutors and lecturers on the Conservative committee,
though plenty of ex-tutors, who no longer influence
the thought of the university. It is therefore
clear that but for the Actwhichvirtually enfranchised
the rural graduates of Oxford, . living teaching
Oxford, the Oxford which guides the thought of the
day, would return not only cir R. Palmer, but
another Liberal with him.

The John Bull gives a list of members of Sir. 11.
Palmer's committee who in 1865 suppotted Mr. Hardy.
These are ten in number, and besides these there are
on the same committee eighteen who were neutral
on that occasion.

Canon Trevor's opinion of Sir Roundel]. Palmer,
in re the Oxford University election, is published i.y
the Ministerial papers. The rev. canon gives
Roundell every credit for honour, intellect, raid con-
science, but thinks he is not the man for the
university. Ile censures him for holding his
tongue and withholding his vote in the last Par-
liament, and thinks him guilty of casuistry
in his explanation of the Coronation Oath. " Sir
Bounden Palmer has intimated his willingness to
consent to disestablishment 'if not to dis:_ndowmcnt;
this is a weak and delusive compromise. There are
some clergymen in England (not I think in Ireland)
who look to it as an escape from State control. But
a free Church has no claim on the endowments of a
National Establishment. Whatever might be left

would be left as a purely State gift, and Parliament
would take care (as Mr. Coleridge has already inti-
mated) to fetter it with conditions quite as strin-
gent and more offensive to religion than
anything in the present union of Church
and State." Further the Canon states his belief
that Sir Roundel' yields to Mr. Gladstone's policy
in the matter of disestablishment uneonvin..ed, rather
than oppose altogether the political hopes of his
party and the ambition of its leader. " For my part,
though not insensible to the necessities of party, I
• hold that the member for the University owes his
first duty to the Constitution and the Church."
How Canon Trevor can reconcile this statement
with the former one, that he believes in the honest
conscientiousness of the candidate, we do not under-
stand.

AN AC C OMMOD AT ING CANDIDATE.

Wanted—a constituency which is not pleased with
its candidate. Provided—a candidate ready made to
hand, warranted to please everybody or nobody.
Said candidate ;Vonld give his services willingly to
said constituency. As to politics, like many another
candidate, he would " prefer not to be fettered by
party ties." In fact, he would " give a general sup-
port to the Government of the day." t:anguine
Conservatives may help to return him, for is nit Mr.
Disraeli certain of retaining office ? All true Liberals
may'vote for him, in view of the speedy return of
their pt.rty t) the right hand of the Spud, cr. Even
on ttle Irish Church, this w-ondcifal candidate will
please both sides. IL would cordially support Mr.
Gladstone's Irish Church scheme if it should turn out
to be one likely " to calm and not to excite rel:&ius
passions, and to cause persons of all creeds to live
together in contentment and mutual respect." This
is just the cuestion at issue, and Mr. William Ray
Smce, withotit proposing an answer to it, advertises
that he would be very glad to get into Parliament.
Either Mr. Smee must have very little intelligen-c
himself, or he must think the world "a word of
fools."