• THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Many graduates of the University of London will, I am sure, thank you for your judicious observations on the scheme of Lord Justice Fry. For my own part, I believe that the chief value of the University consists in its restricted function as a Board of Examination. I write, however, not to discuss the proposed scheme, but to express the hope that no decided action will be taken without consultation with the provincial graduates. Convocation at present numbers about 2,300. A meeting of Convocation at Burlington House would mainly consist of the graduates resident in and near London, and would very in- adequately represent the opinion of the whole body. The ordinary business of Convocation must, of course, be transacted without reference to the absent majority ; but I venture to suggest that a fundamental change of constitution should not be recommended to the Senate except by the authority of a plebiscitum.—I am, Sir, &c. Cu. CALLAWAY. Pembroke Lodge, Wellington, Shropshire.
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