The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-19 00:00:00

BRIDGE.

The Bishop of LONDON said that he had to present a
petition from the Senate of the University of Cambridge,
which appeared so important that he would occupy their
attention afe minutes. Their lordships would be aware
that although students were admitted that were not mem-
bers of the Church of England, yet they could have
nothing to do with the grievance of the university. Tho
petition which he had the honour to present was signed
by 36 members of the Senate.. It was the desire of a portion
of both universities that it should be secularised. He should
personally object if such a course was pursued. It would
entirely upset the whole system of the Government, and
studies of at all events of Oxford. But he did not enter-
tain the fears of these memorialist', and be thought that
they might extend a great deal the advantages

to persons other than members of the Established
Church, and he did not think that any danger would occur
from admitting to the Convocation and Senate of the
University, there would accrua, from the admission to their
lordships' house, persons who were not members of the
Established Church. He thought that there ough
to be no danger in having also professors of
abstruse science who were not members of the
Establi.9hed Church. Now the petitioners whose petition
he had the honour to present stood in tho same middle
position as himself, and wished that while every facility
should be given to dissenting students, yet they
desired that the governance of the college should be
in the hands of members of the Church Established
Their petitioners were afraid that if persons not of the
Established Church were admitted the education of the
clergy would cease, and the seminary of the colleges as a
religious one would cease. In secular colleges ho must
say that the education-which the clergy received must bo
very different from that received at Cambridge and Oxford
they desired especially to avoid.dissevering the colleges;
and were anxious that the government of the colleges
should be left to the Established Church. To any ar-
rangement that some of the fellows might be not mem-
bers of the University:they had no objectiion, and while
wishing that the University might be thrown open as
much as possible, they still d, sired s that the government
of the colleges might still remain in the hands of those
professing that religion, whose glory and safeguard it had
been in times past. (Cheers,) Tho right rev. prelate
concluded by laying the memorial on the table.
D.THE RITUAL COMMISSION. I

Lord TAUNTON inquired when the second report of
the Ritual Commission would be laid on the table, and re-
marked that there was great evil and danger in ritualistic
practices, and that the sooner they were thoroughly inves-
tigated into the better. He sincerely trusted that no point
would be left unsettled, and that whatever the service of
the Church was to be that it would be carried out in uni-
formrty throughout every parish church in England.
This he considered would alone give satisfaction. (Hear,
hear.)
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the
Ritualistic had been very busily engaged in preparing
their second report, and they trusted to lay it before her
Majesty in a very short time. Their lordships would un-
derstand that he could not go into any details. (Hear
hear.)

RETURNS OF NUMBER OF SPECIAL
CONSTABLES.

Lord S'TRATHEDEN moved fora return of the number
of the speciol constables who enrolled themselves in the
different parishesof the metropolis after the explosion at
Clerkenwell. He eulogised their having come forward so
spontaneously, and asserted that no acknowledgment had
been made of their conduct either the year before last, or
last year, or at present. .

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING.

The SrEAKER. took the Chair at four o'clock.
Mr. WHITE presented a petition from Liverpool, pray
ing that the public expenditure might be greatly reduced.
Colonel SYKES presented a petition praying that the
elective franchise might be extended to women properly
qualified by the payment of taxes, &c.
Mr. PEASE presented a petition from Dewsbury pray-
ing that public-houses might bo altogether closed on
Sundays.

PAUPER LUNATICS.
Lord EUSTACE CECIL asked the Secretary to the
Poor Law Board whether it was the intention of her Ma-
jesty's Government to introduce, during the present Ses-
sion, any measure relating to pauper idiots and lunatics in
workhouses.

Sir M. BEACH said a bill was to be proceeded with on
that subject in the other Bouse of Parliament on Monday
next.

DISCOVERIES AT BOW.
Mr. SCHREIBER asked the Vic;;-President of the Com-
mittee of Council on Education whether his attention had
been called to recent discoveries on the site (hitherto
lost) of the manufactory of English porcelain at Bow ; and
whether hp would direct that steps be taken to acquire a
selection from the specimens already found for the Science
and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum.
Lord R. MONTAGU said it was quite true that several
interesting specimens of English porcelain had been dis-
covered at Bow. Arrangements had been made with
Messrs. Bell and Black for further opening the digging.

THE REFORM BILL.
Mr. EVANS asked the Attorney-General whether the
attention of the law officers of the Crown had been directed
to certain arrangements alleged to have been concluded,
or to be in process of being made, in several
metropolitan and other parishes, under which
the owners of small tenements were to collect and
pay over the poor rates on behalf of their tenants, and were
to be remunerated for their trouble by a money compen-
sation in order to comply with the provisions of the Re-
form Bill?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had to say no
attention had been given to the matter. He did not know
of any such arrangements being made.

NEW ZEALAND,

Mr. H. LEWIS asked the Under :Secretary of State for
the Colonies what steps had been taken to put the men of
the New Zealand Defence Corps into possession of the
land to which they were entitled for their services, and
what was the reason of the delay which had taken place
in giving the men the portions of land to which they were
entitled ?

Mr. ADDERLEY said the claims of the New Zealand
Defence Corps was a matter entirely for the Provisional
Legislature. When the corps was disbanded promises of
grants of land were made to the officers and men, the
claims of those persons had been recognised, and the
carrying out the promise made to them had been pre_
vented by local circumstances, but he believed the grants
would be very shortly made.
THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL.

Mr. MONCRIEFF asked on what day it was intended
to proceed with the Scotch Reform Bill.
Mr. DISRAELI said he could not give any very pre-
cise answer. He was very desirous that the Irish Reform
Bill should receive its second reading; after that he would
at once fix a day for the consideration of the Scotch bill.

Mr. BOUVERIE said that he supposed the Irish Reform
Bill would have to be road aseeond time before the bill for
Scotland was considered.
Mr. DISRAELI said that was so.
IRELAND.

Mr. LOWE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when
and in what manner it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to give the house the opportunity promised by him
of considering the proposed issue of a charter for a Roman
Catholic university in Ireland.
The Earl of MAYO said the matter was entirely in the
hands of the house; as far as he was concerned he would
certainly give ample opportunity for the matter being
discussed.