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London, England, 1850-11-01 00:00:00

tablished Church, and a national jealousy was felt,
which prevented vast numbers from availing them-
selves of the opportunities within their reach. The
provincial college, which have since been incor-
porated into " The Queen's University," however,
removed every just cause of complaint. The
services of the most eminent Irishmen, without
distinction of religious creed or profession, were
secured. On this point we shall refer to the
recent speech of Sir ROBERT KANE, the
President, whose name has been long since justly cele-
brated for his attainments in the arts and sciences,
and whose appointment was hailed with the highest
approbation by every disinterested and unprejudiced
person. The Honourable Gentleman, is speaking of
the constitution of the new university, said—
" The University Senate includes the Preident of
the Queen's College, in virtue of the institutions which
they administer. It also contains among its members a
representation of the piety and learning, the rank and
genius of our country, such as will bring us honour and
respect abroad, such Es will confer the highest dignity
upon the degrees issued under its Leal. A senate
graced with the presence and guided by the
counsel of the Most Reverend the two Arch-
bishops of the Metropolis, of the Earl of horse,
of Chief Baron Pigott, and of other eminent FA-son-
ars, whose names you will have seen in the published
official list of the University; such senate may well be
trusted to uphold, conjointly with our efforts, the cha-
racter of these colleges, to main'ain the plan of studies
in accordance with the most advanced requirements of
the age. Without interfering with the more immediate
province of the Board of Visitors of each college, the
University Senate will certainly not forget the principle,
which constitutes the vital excellence of our organization,
the perfect security of every student from interference
with his religions faith, and the degrees in the several
faculties of arts, law and medicine, granted to the stu-
dents educated in this college are, by the specific clause
in the royal charter, declared to have and possess all
rank and precedence, rights and privileges, belonging to
other university degrees. Therefore, at least the in-
habitants of this country can obtain the best educa-
tion and reach the highest honour in the learned pro-
fessions, without being subjected to those penalties upon
conscience, common to all exclusive universities, and
which equally marked the degradation of those who im-
posed and those who received the shackles. No. The
Queen's University in Ireland marks its foundation as
the final, but must important step in liberating the
Roman Catholic people from the thraldom in which they
had been so long unjustly held. Here all students meet
upon equal terms in the impartial lists of literary tour-
ney. Here every student will be required to respect
the conscientious scruples of his neighbour, whilst his
own shall equally be secured from interference. Here
no undeserved supremacy, no unearned rank, no class
exclusion, no privileged facilities, can change the course
of fortune, or peril the success of conscientious merit.
Former enactments have given the political man his
proper place, as citizen of a free country—but it is now,
now for the first time, the intellect has been free. Now
can our country's genius fearlessly soar in the full light
of science unrestrained, freed from the lures and limi-
tations which in exclusive colleges have marred its flight
and paralyzed its efforts."
But, although religion was not forced upon any
class of students, and the receiving of such instruc-
tion on their parts was purely voluntary, Sir
ROBERT KANE was fully justified in asserting that
" that there existed greater securities for moral and
religious discipline than in any other colleges, not
purely ecclesiastical, even in Catholic countries," and
in the energetic appeal to the parents and guar-
dians of pupils, as to whether any youth "had
been injured in morality or religion by having
last year studied in the college, or if, in
the conduct of the students or authorities, the
principles of morality had been violated or reli-
gion outraged." In fact and truth every opportunity
was afforded to those who would receive instruction
in these matters, and they were perhaps more freely
resorted to, and greater benefit derived because their
attendance was not compulsory. Men cannot be
made religious by Act of Parliament, and, although
you may force youths to listen to religious lectures,
you cannot insure any real benefits therefrom.
Yet these were the institutions against which
the cry of " Godless" was raised by APHALE
and the ecclesiastical bigots, who first asked
merely fur freedom and toleration, which having ob-
tained, they now seek to establish a spiritual despotism
over the consciences and religious liberty of the
people.
The death of the venerable Archbishop CROLLY
afforded the reactionary party an opportunity of car-
rying out their designs. For the first time the ordi-
nary rule with respect to the election to the Prelacy
was violated. The names of those respectable
clergymen were, as usual, transmitted to Rome
as " dignus," " dignior," and " dignissimus," one
of whom was to have been selected for the Roman
Catholic Primacy. But all were contemptuously
passed over, and the Rev. PAUL CULLEN, an Irishman
only in name, who for thirty years had dwelt in Rome
and breathed the atmosphere of the Papal Court, re-
ceived the high appointment. This gross insult to
the Roman Catholics of Ireland was submitted to.
Tne decree of the PONTIFF was obeyed, and that has
been followed by the new aggression on the British
nation—the parcelling out of England into
districts and the appointment of a new body
of Prelates to have spiritual jurisdiction
iu England. We may judge from the proceedings of
the Synod of Thurles, which condemned the new Irish
University by a majority of one, namely, by the vote
of Dr. Cum.eN himself, what will be the next move in
England. The aggression, we say, must be strenuously
resisted, and it is of even greater importance to
Roman Catholics than to Protestants that it should be
so. The speech of Sir ROBERT KANE, and its recep-
tion by Roman Catholic parents and guardians in
Munster, proves that in Ireland the people will not
yield to the unreasonable demands of a slender majo-
rity of the Bishops ; and the English people are also
showing that they are deserving of the religious
liberty for which their forefathers so strenuously and
energetically contended.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—A clearly-defined and
beautifully-printed plan of this extraordinary struc-
ture has just been issued from Mr. Wyld's establish-
tnent. in it the public can for a single penny obtai❑
a most accurate sketch of the character of the great
palace of the Exhibition. Every section of the build-
ing is marked and lettered so that it can be readily
scrutinised and appreciated in its various departments.

REMOVAL OF THE COURT FROM OSBORNE TO WIND-
SOR CASTLE.-(Tana DAY.)—Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
Princes Alfred and Arthur, and the Princesses Royal, Alice,
Helena, and Louisa, and attended by Viscountess Jocelyn
( Lady in Waiting), the Hon. Caroline Dawson (Maid of
Honour), the Hon. Colonel Charles Grey (Secretary to the
Prince), Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour (Equerry to
his Royal Highness), and the Mister of the Household
(Major-General Bowles), left Osborne Palace this morning
at ten o'clock, and embarked on board the Fairy royal screw-
steam tender, Captain Lord Aldolphus Fitzclarence, for
Gosport. The Queen was received with the customary
honours at the Clarence Yard, whence the royal party tra-
velled by special train on the South-Western Railway to
Basingstoke, and thence by the Great Western Railway to
Windsor. Her Majesty was received_ at the terminus by a
Lieutenant-Colonel's guard of honour of the Ist battalion of
the Coldstream Guards, and at the Castle by the Lord and
Groom in Waiting. The Court is expected to return to Os-
borne at the close of this month, until Christmas.

The Right Hon. Richard Lahor Sheil has been
appointed her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence,
in the place of the late Sir George Hamilton. He will remain
fir a short time in England for the purpose of assisting in
carrying into effect the contemplated reforms in the Mint.
DESPERATE LEAP PROM LONDON-BRlDGE.—Yes-
terday morning, shortly before one o'clock, the numerous
persons passing over London-bridge were most painfully ex-
cited owing to the following desperate case of self-destruc-
tion being committed by a gentleman named George Wood-
land:—lt appears that Mr. E. F. Justins, of No. 59,
Fenchurch-street, City, and Mr. Woodland, had been
spending the evening together at the Grapes Tavern, Union-
street, Borough, and shortly after twelve o'clock they left the
house and proceeded towards the City. After walking to-
gether some distance on London-bridge, Mr. Woodland,
without saying a word to his friend, mounted the parapet
and deliberately threw himself into the river. In his descent
he no doubt struck his head against one of the buttresses of
the arch, as a loud crash was heard before he reached the
water. The alarm was promptly given, and every exertion
was made to recover the unfortunate man, but, owing to the
darkness of the morning, without success, and he was carried
away by the tide and drowned. Not the least idea can be
formed by Mn Justins why the deceased should have de-
stroy©: himself. He was perfectly sober at the time, and
seemed quite collected. He is described as being ;79 or 40
years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, and very thin. He was
dressed in a light twill coat and dark trousers.
THE EQUITY Coulas.—Vice-Chancellor Rolfe
will, on being sworn in on Saturday morning before the Lord
Chancellor, at his private residence in Elton-square, ;pro-
ceed to take his seat in the Vice-Chancellor of England's
Court in Westininister• hall—the arrangement being that the
Judges of the Equity Courts shall sit on the first day of term
at Westminster-hall, and for the remainder of the term at

OFFICERS OF COUNTY COURTS.—There is a new
provision in the extended County Courts Act respecting the
removal of clerks and high bailiffs of the courts. The Lord
Chancellor has now the exclusive power (except in the courts
within the Duchy of Lancaster, where the Chancellor of the
Duchy has the authority) to remove clerks, high bailiffs, and
assistant-clerks from their situations, and also authority to
make orders respecting the attendance of clerks at the County
Courts.

ABiIINCE or MIND.—A certain magistrate, living
in Connecticut, was so fascinated by the appearance of a
pretty lady, a witness before his court, that, instead of a
Bible, he presented his face to kiss. He did not discover his
mistake till his wife, who happened to be present, gave, him
a box on the ear.—Galt Reporter.