19 MARCH 1870, Page 12

After the debate had concluded, a bitter little scene took

place on the question of adjournment, in which Mr. Fawcett assumed for the second time that evening to speak as one that seemed to be a "pillar" of the Left wing, and Mr. Hardy rather increased the difficulty by offering his aid to the Government. Is not one root of all this superfluous gall the needless, if not culpable, delay of the Government in introducing the University Teats' Abolition Bill ? We can assure the Ministry that it is beginning to awaken real suspicion and anger among the Oxford and Cambridge Liberals.