The Council of University College, London, after hearing last Saturday
the opinion of the Law officers of the Crown that they were bound to comply with the 'requisition for a special meeting;. and that any resolution passed at it would be legally binding; decided to summon a special Court of Proprietors for this day week, Saturday, February 2, at half-past three o'clock, to discuss the matter named in the requisition. It is to be hoped that a full meeting will be obtained. Though the sharp practice of the Council in anticipating all discussion by making the appointment in question before they heard what the Proprietors thought on the subject, has to some extent diminished the imme- diate interest of the issue, the principle in debate will perhaps on that account be put in a more distinct and less complex manner before the meeting. We believe it is the intention of on of the Fellows to raise the principle in dispute in the broadest form by moving,—" That in the opinion of this meeting any candidate who is otherwise the most eligible for any Chair or other office in this College or the School, ought not to be regarded as in any manner disqualified for such office because he is also eminent as a minister or preacher of any religious Church or sect." There is a rumour, which we can scarcely believe, that a counter-proposition will be submitted to the meeting, declaring all persona engaged in the clerical or ministerial profession unsuitable for Chairs in the College.
