The war against Dr. Hampden has been renewed. The following
notice has been set up in Brasennose College, Oxford, by Dr. Gilbert, Principal of the College and Vice-Chancellor of the University— "Alter long and anxious consideration, I cannot refrain from declaring, that it will not be in my power to sign testimonials for orders for those members of this College villo shall attend the lectures of the Regius Professor of Divinity; and I hereby require them to abstain from them.
"A. T. GILBERT."
Perhaps, before long, Dr. Gilbert may regret the enunciation of this specimen of his theological and political bigotry; and we will shortly mention why. The foundations or endowments at Brasennose are al- most entirely appropriated to the natives of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Northern counties. Now, if the Bishops in the North, and espe- cially the new Bishops of Manchester, Ripon, and Durham, should require, as no doubt they will do, certificates of attendance on the lec- tures of the Regius Professor of Divinity, no members of Brasennose College will be able to get ordained. In that case, Dr. Gilbert will hear a storm gathering about his head.
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