The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-25
Z N q L "A N l. :
Legislative Testing Of Premier Glad
Stsle'S Official Sensibility.
The Irish Universities Observation-Disclosures Defni-
ton of the Ministerial Position Toward
Trinity College and Against Ro-
man Catholic Endowment
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON April "a, 1872.
During the session Of the House of Commons this
evening, Immediately after the Speaker had taken
the Chair, Mr.. IL. Fawcett, member for Brighton
asked Mr.. Gladstone whether the government
would regard an affirmative vote on the amend
ment offered by the Marquis OF Harrington to the
Dublin University bill as one of confidence In tho
government Mr.. Fawcett also asked whether the
government would fix specific time for the con-
sderaton of the Dublin University bins
MIR. Gladstone replied 'non to each inquiry and
further stated that IL was the intention of the
government to have public business transacted by
the House before 1t proceeded to the consideration
OF Mr.. Fawcett's bill.
Premier GIadstone's Position Towards
University Education In Ireland.
The question Of University Education in Ireland
under the aspect presented by Mr.. Gladstone's
words of concurrent endowment" has excited the
very deepest attention Of the members Of the prin-
cpal dissenting bodies separated from the Protest
ant Established Church-the Presbyteria Inde-
pendent and Baptist congregations, particularly
least the Queens Cabinet contemplates to endow
Roman Catholic University cOexistent with Trinity
College, Dublin, which was established by Eliza
beth specially for Protestant propagandism. A
letter protesting against Concurrent Endow-
ment, under "the pretence OF educational sub
sides," was, was sent to Mr.; Gladstone by the
It as lust observation that tp the Endowment Of
Roman Catholic university would be opposed to
1 %snE Ra0''' declarations Of Her Maes'yS
The memorialists said "that the distinct ref,l-
sal OF the Roman Catholics of Ireland to partici-
pate in any redistribution OF the revenues of the
Church Establishment, or to accept any other en-
dowment, greatly aided the settlement Of the
Church question in Parliament. That the rumor OF
an intention Of Her Majesty's government to endow
Roman Catholic university or college in Ire
land filled the memorialists with apprehension
and alarm That should such rum nor have any
OF the memoralists, be a complete rever-
sal Of the policy Of Parliament in 1865,
College, as well as by the abandonment and dis
establishment OF the Irish Church, and as distinctly
| opposed to his own emphatic declaration that
the government, in dealing with the religious
bodies in Ireland, would deal with them strictly,
impartially and equably on the principles OF civil
Justice and on the grounds OF citizenship That, in
the opinion of the memoralists, the University Of
Dublin trinity College,, Is a national institution,
and, being national should be freely open to all
classes Of the people, and should afford in mixed
classes the advantage OF association to students or
all religious communions. That the appointment
of professors, the choice OF books and the control
OF studies should not be In the interest of any sect,
and that the students should be trained as good
citizens, and not brought up under the exclusive
management OF ecclesastics as the adherents Of
any church or party in the State'
MR.. GLADsTONE's REPLY.
The Premier OF England replied from whitehall,
through his secretary, In the following Words
''With reference to the paragraph In the memorial,
which states that the ruInor of an intention of Her
MajestyS government to endOw Roman Catholic
university college in Ireland has filled the memo
rialists with apprehension and alarm, am directed
to express Mr.. Gladstone's regret that they should
have suffered alarm on account of rumors which,
as Is justly observed In the following paragraph
are opposed to the public declarations OF Her Ma
jestyis government, and which, therefore, 1t Is
hardly necessary to add have no foundation In
faCt.n