16 MARCH 1867, Page 2

Mr. Ewart on Tuesday introduced a Bill to empower students

who wish to attend the University lectures at Oxford and Cam- bridge to do so without becoming members of any college. The introduction of the Bill was not resisted, but Mr. Beresford Hope objected, as usual, to this attempt to " dry-name " the Universi- ties, instead of leaving them to their own discretion ; and Sir W.

Heath cote remarked that the Universities are already busy with a scheme for enabling men who have not been educated in the Universities to finish their education there. True. But this is not what Mr. Ewart wishes to effect. He wants to oblige the Universities to teach men,—from the beginning, if needful,—who are not collegiate men, as in the old times.