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Mr. Gladstone's speech drew attention to one feature in the

plan of the Government which is of real importanee,--the proposal to take the new endowments as annual Parliamentary votes, instead of putting them beyond the region of annual discussion. Unquestionably, this is a very bad proposal for all Universities as such, 'but still more is it of evil omen for such a University as this, against which a good deal of religious rancour is sure to be excited. We may be very sure that the line which Mr. Fawcett and his friends take now, the Radicals of the future will improve upon, so that when the annual votes come up, we shall be constantly having questions raised as to the action of the University Senate, in which religious issues will be pre- dominant.

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