New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-10
GREAT BRITAIN.
-s~ elections -Education-0xfore un'vorS"S'
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LeNnon, Monday, July 20, leo2

DAVIS of the rotten b0roughs. Luz PN
have made enormous profits; the elecuoneeins
AGENTS handsome fortunes, and the nci Ie,la
Club and Carleton Club nave 10 pay o"i'
which cannot be audited. All the laws tsainst
bribery and the recent Acknowledgement Oh TWO
oftwo boroushs showing that the lorbearance even
of the English Parliament can be exhausted ny
TOO omen bribery, have remained oil no avail Ey'
erybody complains Of the magnitude oil the evil
A contested election is often runous for both the
candidates. the returned and the defeated, and
vet puhl;c opinion shrinks from thorough-going
extension Of the suffrage. They see scores Of
constituencies, varying from one to hive hum
dred electors, offering irresistible inducements
40 bay the half Of them; but universal
suffrage, as it is i'll America, seems to the
statesmen Of England nothing else than Anarchy
and Socialism and after all, they are content
that seat in Westminster should be only excep-
tiopally in the reach Of talent, unsupported Oy
wealth. The noneyed classes have the Uo'efH'
ment of England in their grasp and DO not It.
member that any monopoly has ever been gwen
nm voluntarily by those who enjoy its profits.
In reading the speeches of the Liberals on the
hastings. YOU would think the issue OF this great
excitement was the question OF Free Trade ana
Protection-the big loaf rerSus the small ioai'
If ON the other hand, you hear the speeches.
the Ministerial candidates, they explain 10 you
that there is not the slightest foundation TOT SUCH
an s,nreb.nsion; the loaf may remain big ana
cbssn Init the exceptional burdens OF the agr-
culturist. the Land tar, &C., are to be adjusted
The Derbyites know but too well that this scheme
inf
s;tion of the manufacturing and commercial inter-
ests. which would have to bear heavier taxa
tiop. but especially because the interests OF the
farmers would not be secured. Ii would result
in the increase Of rents, to the profit oil the
landed aristocracy and gentry, now halt ruined
by free trade in corn, while the tenants would
Day more, and the landowners would not have to
mortgage their estates. This is ell, and 1t IS OF
course worth some exertion on the part OF
the arstocracy but the scheme must fail as
soon as it is developed and put before the eyes of
tho public. Even for England, it is too sectional,
too much in favor of a single class.
The real issue of the elections is quite differ
ent one--it is the question Of Education and the
influence of the High Church. You know the
low standard Of popular education in England
but the Conservatives deem even this far too high
II il their intention to hand its direction alto
getber over to the High Church, to bring up
narrow-mlnded, bgoted generation easily ridden
by the landlord allied TO the clergyman. But
they have shown the cloyen foot too early. With
nut waiting for the sanction Of Parliament, they
have made alterations in the educational section
of the Prvy Council, in order to crafty the Epis-
nj IN fhoir rim lnatr
nge-and powerful it is, this patronage. When
the weak Wing administration began at last to
perceive that it was impossible to govern England
ut the rate of one Liberal speech, three defeats
and dozen of half Liberal, badly concocted meas
ures a-year, they sought the protection of the
Church. Lord John Russell raised the No
Pepery cry, and got up the Papal aggression ex-
citement. But, short sighted as lie is, he did not
perceive that he was playing the game of the
Conservative opposition. Bigoted Protestant
fanaticism turns always in favor of the Tories
giyepower to the Bishop Of Exeter and he will
WELD it always against the Wings Lord John
found this out when it was too late. Whatever
may be the faults and plumbers of the Wing co.
terie, they are sound on the question Of edu
cation, and this secures for them the support
Of the Dissenters and Of many thinking men all
over the country.
A most important Parliamentary report bear
ing upon this question has been lately published
by the Oxford University Commission. 1t is a
complete disclosure of the system of higher edu-
cation in England, drawn up by the Bishop of
Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of
Pembroke, and several reverend gentlemen con-
nected with the High Church or the Oxford
University. 1t cannot be said that they are enc
mics of the University, and yet the report is the
most sweeping evidence that Jeremy Beatham
was right in saying that "Oxford is paved with
perjury" The governing body Of the University
has withheld FROM the Commission the iniorma-
tion sought, with the purpose Of disputing the
legality Of the Commission: but the statutes of
the Colleges were furnished by the officers of the
British Museum the Bodleian Library, and the
Record-ofiiee. Most valuable information as to
the state, discipline and studies of the University
was gathered from the voluntary evidence of fel
lows, professors, and members of the Univer-
sity; but as TO the revenues, the College au-
hofties withheld their assistance, though the
Commission had openly declared that ait
was their desire to be guided in the
course of the inquiry by the convenience of the
University and by the suggestions of its authori-
ties" The result the inquiry is, the recommend
alton ola thorough-goiOg reform of the University
by the Legislature, and Of dispensation for the
Fellows for the oaths TO conform to the Statutes
oil the Founders, as those Statutes are not kept
at all, and cannot be kept adduce but few ex-
amples Of these strong, regulations. In St. Johns
College, tine scholars to walk cut ttro and ira
together; the scholar and fellow should live in N,
sane bedroom, and the former, in return for in.
stuction given him, shall serve his fellow as
help, in every thing which is allowed and honest,
In An'SOuls College, the Fellows are to speak ex.
elusiyely Latin, and to hear the Bible read during