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The Cabinet Crisis in Rngland-Resig-
nation of Mr.. Gladstone. '

Ihe deteat OF Mr. Gladstone s
University bill by a majority of
three in a full House, with five
hundred and seventy-two members
present, and after protracted de.
bate, has been followed by the res,
ignatio2 by the English = Liberal
Ministry. They might have adopt
ed the other alternative which was
open to them-held Office and ap-
pealed to the country by dissolu-
ton of Parliament. But they have
done otherwise, and Mr.. Disraeli,
the leader of the Conservatives,
has been called upon to form a
ministry. But with the. present
Liberal strength ip Parliament, the
only chance for the existence OF
such a ministry must rest upon an
appeal to the country, anu II re-
mains to be seen whether Mr.. Dis
raeli will accept office on these
conditions. . 49, ...-..,..... :.
The defeat of Mr.. Gladstone
seems to have been entirely unex-
pected, and measure which was
designed to copciliate all parties
seems to have been met with dis
favor from all: The objects ir-
tended to have been accomplished,
and the nature Of the opposition
which. has been evoked, are we'll
stated in the following extract from
the .Ncw York Herald:
cit has long been complaint
that Trinity College, Dublin, the
principal educational Institution in
was practically closed
against the great majority of the
Irish people,. Its religious tests
alike the ;Presbyterians of
Ulster and the entire Roman Cath
olic youth Of the country: It was
this exclusion which in times gone
by sent the Presbyterians to Glas-
gov and the Roman Catholics to
Douay, in France, and to the uni
versities of Spain and Italy. To
meet this difficulty Sir Robert Peel
established :. the non : sectarian
Queens colleges and the Queens
University. The Queens colleges
have, no doubt, done good, but they
have not satisfied the Irish people,
or made an end of the national de-
mand for a national university.
Mr.. Gladstone's bill retains the
Queens colleges, with the exception
of that Of Galway, which has proved
a failure, with their grants undis-
turbed.. It retains Trinity College.
but modifes its rules and slightly
taxes its wealth; it establishes a
national university, afiliating to it
Trinity, Queens College, Belfast
Queens :; College, Cork; Magee
College and the Catholic University
of Dublin. The new National
University is to be absolutely un
sectarian. It is to have no chair of
theology, no chair of moral philos-
ophy, no chair Of modern history.
Considering the religious condition
of Ireland, It'll difficult to conceive
how a more desirable bill could be
framed, But It does not please. It
does not please Cardinal Cullen,
because Cardinal Cullen wants spe-
cial endowments for Roman Catho-
lie institutions. As the Queens
colleges are endowed, so would he
have the Catholic University en-
lowed. Mr.. Gladstone'si grand
lisestablishment measure, to which
Ibis university scheme is neces-]
,ary sequel. has made this impossi-
ole, The bill does not please the
party in England because
hey see, or, think they see, in it
he handwriting which marks them
out for destruction: What has. be-
allen. the Irish Church may befall
he Church in England; and in the
ate Of Trinity, they see the doom
# Oxford and Cambridge. 'This
nan Gladstone has become an of:
ence; be is robbing US Of our an
,ient rights and privileges; his
Democratic policy is leading US to
'uin; let us be rid of him. Such
8 the language of the tory gentle
men Of England. We do not blame
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