The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

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UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD --
CAMBRIDGE. A Mel'
Under the administration of Lords Grey an" -;
bourne, the question of reforming the two Lrniversitl:lB
and ia adoring them less exclusive, made considtrµea
progress, in as well as out of Parliament; Bed
once confidently expected that, long before this, COn„-n.
derable changes would have been made. Ihe PreV—ie
derane, however, of such Members as form the slat
of the majority in the present Parliament, has tilt.% it
back ail hope of success for some time to come, all •
is highly to :he credit of that able member, Mr. Christr;
that he :till perseveres. His motion, this year, 'Os for
a commission of inquiry into " ail matters relating
it.
the privileges, revenues, trusts, and to the state of edrrd
lion, learning and religion in the Universities of ford
and Cambridge." f
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From the various details with which the speech s
Bon. Member for Weymouth abounded, we will se'elhe
tew of those possessing most general interest.
Regius Professorships in these Universities have endef
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meats 6,f 2401. each per annum; and the Arabic Prei.ereo
sorships of 6401. There are eighteen canonries, t;,'to
ben, fices, and several other preferments anneseui,e3
variou; Professorships, and several canonries atiac.
to Headships of Colleges. The Universities itsveho
perpetual copyright (if all works they publish ; chile
private authors have but forty-two years. They —the
also a copy each of every work published in
tots
United Kingdom. They are exempt from theets,„"aa
of mortmain. They have the peculiar powers 0f g—t 9;
ink; degrees for practice in the Ecclesiastical Coerthe
and with their degrees, individuals can pass tbroligh•
inns of court in considerably less time than otherifl.ty
Their church patronage is immense. The UniYehr'itbe
of Cambridge has in its gift 305 livings, of which has
declared annual value is 113,000/. ; that of Oxford 'O3
440 livings, of the value of which there is not cebd;
plete return ; but, if calculated upon the basis ("Awl
Cambridge return, their value will not be less
308,000/. per annum. Beside this the two instituti;
have the granting of privileges of the value of 173,°0 r
per year to those who receive them. They have .0.1:01)
half per cent. returned by Government on the s";ato
duties on degrees, which duties, with fees, are pal'
them be the individua
hadls. Cod,
The 'Universities at one time the monopoly 0„,",d.
printing of almanacs, and charged the Stationer's tfrio
pany 1,000/. per annum for its exercise. That bodf,,o,
1775, declined to make the payment ; and the Act
posing a Stamp Duty upon almanacs having Pajaa
shortly after, the Universities possessed sufficient
in
once to procure the insertion of a clause by which 1.0,
5001. a year each was permanently secured to th
of *
in the shape of the payment from the BOavu.„se
Stamps and Taxes, and though, when the alrw
duty was repealed the revenue ceased to derive eititO
benefit from this source, yet the payment is jthe
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continued ; though nothing is done in return n ita
way of service to the public. The Univeesities have,jiihe
the Queen's printer, the sole right of printing
from
Scriptures ; and, until a recent period, their profits "hr
this source amounted to about 12,000/. per annul:ll'oS
sides an additional advantage of 6,000 Z a yew:, iv
drawback upon all the papers so used. When a sle3-o,
monopoly in Scotland was abolished, a short time job,
by the exertions of Dr. Thomson, of of Coldstrjsse
and one or two others, aided by TAe ,ere
paper—Scotch Bibles being saleable here, that
brought at greatly reduced prices into corafe,"ttet
with English ones, and necessarily reduced the I'm
to the great benefit of the poor and the saving the
funds—or rather the increased exertions Wit" sad
same funds—of Bible and Missianary
Sabbath-schools ; the poor having been previously 7,-pdea
and the circulation of the Word of God greatly The
for the profit of these great religious institutions! .or
monopoly has been virtually destroyed; but the 11:1 the
sitics still possess, in addition to the ordinary PrtHititsfe
advantage of paying no paper duty; and they
the like exemption upon works printed in sev'ere''
gnages.
There are many particulars in which the 1-luive,-6
Alhet
need to be reformed, in order to render them, Tiii'b*igl)
in science, literature, or religion, worthy of the of
position they assume, and of the great advantage
possessis
.
The main question, however, for general disctassi°
the religious exclusiveness of these institutions. tars
Cambridge persons not of the church establishosen
admitted to study; but, whatever their attainmerits,,s;rtr
not take degrees. At Oxford, subscription to the 001 y
nine articles is required, and therefore they are '„°,tl es'
excluded. It is a common notion that these $' "there
elusively church foundations, and that therefore "tjS,
is no hardship in the matter. Bat the le„c,,-oeo
that the Universities were founded by Roman Coi",-;030.
and various endowments were added in Catholic "roes
Since the establishment of Protestantism, °fees j
professorships, &c., have been set up. So tliatlyter
question of right, depending upon the views iing'f the
tions of the founders, Catholics and member `to the
atablishment have an equal claim, in proportifA As to
endowments made by the respective founders- ~,000
Protestant Dissenters, they have no such claini; „a.
many eminent men, members of the Church, ~1,.1
vccated their admission on the ground of nst ode
pediency and benefit; considering that increase""„,-„dicO
tion would give a stimulus to learning, soften Pr ',coos°
remove animosities, and produce harmony amentilffietill
classes of the people. Probably, ere long, the f
may be met, by further additions, at the expert 6e
the
State, and on condition of all parties being elig,Ne.l
The discussion upon this question has hap.perei toy f:
portunely, we think, while the scheme of more r,ferti•
endowing a Roman Catholic College is under cogis7. 0
tion ; though no one, in or out of Parliament, 110,'-,robr
we know,hes noticed the connexion of the two. " 00-
gtst as a good point of resistance to the 2,f.a3110
Bill, that some independent member should inov,..,e.tbir
substitute for the whole grant, the admission o'f
lies to Oxford and Cambridge, as a matter Of
arising from Catholic foundations ; leaving Is 1011celr
like other denominational institutions, to voltr.itarY
port.— Initehaven Herald.

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SIR WALTER SCOTT ON BEM:Tr.—III one O
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delightful descriptions of female loveliness whi fro'
the pages of this interesting writer, he alludes 004;
grant and balmy mouth and pearly set of teeth, tts
ing among the first attributes of f:'ininine beavAPo Frei
care and conservation therefore or ornament it .sects °
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sitatingly to recommend " Rowland's (Monter
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the advantages of " Balmy Breath," and " Pearli
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WRONG SIDE OF A STREET.—A rernarws.-
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of the effect which this idea has upon proper Or
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staneed in the fact of the immense premises of
.„ItiOeh
Rundell and Bridge, on Ludgate-hill, having lerbotlr
for so long a period without finding a tenarA, 21',1"
' in the most public thoroughfare in Lond'en, o'llo4
their spacious and admirably-lighted rlleries, „efitv
to very many trades. After having br.en to let for bee'f,
three years, during which periorfi the rental blist
gradually reduced to a fraction, of what the;( soilaln
time commanded, they have been leased to a Mr. Al
late of Graham and Smith, who, it would aPre4,-
lf.;
connected with the late house of Everington'st
selector of the varion:
s Continental and British -tecV;
factures for which
;hat establishment was celeliOt and
an appointment, requiring no ordinary judgrilie,° ce to
agility; and., it seems, that having acted in den 0.-I,tio
the populs'e notion above alluded to, he intends cf of tile
the pub to his aid by giving it the berrO%
thousands he has saved in the purchase of his let °ofl
rTHE S HAP WICK MURDERS.—The
more wretcvei
vict, Sarah Freeman since her trial has assunteu ri. ler
meanour somewhat becoming her awful situsti%e 1,
understand that she has generally behaved well °1„0:010
sentence, displays much shrewdness in her to
and understands everything she reads. She has*, '1;011
made no confession, nor has she expressed a: 4ecix
see any one. Her brother, nevertheless, was itan ore:
see her on Sunday, when, after affirming that: iOO
body was against her," she strongly asserted her 13",,§10,ie
cence, and attempted to criminate the relative therL,'"„t
her. At present she exhibits so resolute a tone thal:t.r 09,"
hopes are entertained of her making a confession. eesecir
that her spirits are, at times, exceedingly good. 1,:";00/'
tion is fixed for Wednesday next.—Taunton Coorif

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BIRTHS.ObrIt On the 15th inst., at Ditchley, the Duchess of
of a son.

On the 17th inst. Mrs. Augustu4 Banks Taylor, d.,
well, of a son. led
the
On the 17th inst., at Milton-terrace, Gravesen li, -1300 p
of Captain Archibad Park, of the 29th Regiinort 0
Native Infantry, of a daughter. f 014
On the 18th inst., at Portland-place, the lady .0 of
Davidson, Esq., of a son. Tor C.
On the 18th inst:, the lady of Captain Isaclte, .--• of
a son, still-born. Cot
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On the 19th inst., in New Bridge-street, Mrs. 0
a daughter. or,
On the 19th inst., at Clare Lodge, S:ydenhatn, 30'
sr,
lig Letts, of a son.
of tile
At 4h P ,

At the Hyde Parsonage, Bedfordshire, the lady
Edward Bullock Webster, of a son.

MARRIED.
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On the 17th, inst., at Leckford, Hants, Williana —4, e-
Esq.' to Emily, eldest daughter of the Rev. France
ton, M.A., of liamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood.

DIED.
On the 15th inst., at Southerndown Giarttorgillt;
Catherine James, wife of Abraham Verity,
On the 15th inst., at Elm cottage, Welwyn, ger
ee
Batten, Esq.; aged 87.
On the 15th inst., James Cotterell, Esq., of Allen-
a orS
Kensington, aged 69. tbetiP
On the 16th inst., in Alpha-road, Regent's-park , b
it ,
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relict of the late Mark Paltner, Esq., of Boston, Lief; f".'
On the 16th inst., at Bramcote, Notts, Henry En'e.
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Town-Clerk of Nottingham.
Or, the, 17th inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. Charlotte -
On the 18th inst., at Upper Tooting, Surrey, a
Smith, late of Walbridge, Gloucestershire, aged 86. 7(
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