24 MAY 1879, Page 15

THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—I hope the promoters of the new University will recon- sider its name. If the Queen's name is desired, she ought to have her title, otherwise the University will infallibly be con- founded with the Melbourne University, which is really that of ' Victoria," one of our most important colonies.—I am, Sir, &c.,