The Cambridge University Bill was introduced by Mr. Walpole on
Tuesday night, and is drawn on the same general principles as the Oxford Bill. The Cambridge Commission is to consist of the Bishop of Worcester (Dr. Philpott), formerly Master of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and three times Vice-Chancellor ; Lord Rayleigh, Mr. Bouverie, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Professor Stokes, Dr. Lightfoot, and Mr. Hemming, Q.C. Lord E. Fitzmaurice professed his satisfaction with the constitution of the Commission, and said it would command the confidence of the University of Cambridge. But is there not a little too promi- nent an element in it of the Don, for efficiency ? Lord Rayleigh is a young and energetic man, and Canon Lightfoot is a very able one, and Dr. Stokes stands very high as a man of science. But with a Bishop of no great note, and in the seventieth year of his age, whose long official career at the University is his chief re- commendation, for chief Commissioner, and the aged Lord Chief Justice of England, with plenty of work on his hands, for the second notability, we should fear that little will be done which the Cambridge Dons do not heartily approve. Now the Cam- bridge Dons do not heartily approve, we fear, all the needful reforms.
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