paper here, the Constituzionale; at least that paper will give extracts. So noble a testimony to the authority of the Holy See will produce a great effect throughout the world, especially wherever the English language is spoken.

I was sorry to hear that it is difficult to turn to any account the victory that was gained in Rome in the College question. A committee ought to be formed to attempt the institution of a university. Some good laymen ought to be got to act. It is difficult to get the clergy to attend to everything. I dare say it would be useful to found a religious association in Ireland of laymen and clergymen, to attend to the defence of religion and the Church, to promote Christian education, and to protect the poor. It should be purely Catholic. The Germans have formed one on a grand scale, called the Association of Pius IX. Dr. Buss, a layman, who is called the O'Connell of Germany, is at the head of it, and it already counts millions of associates. A purely Catholic association would soon found a university. The experiment of uniting Protestants and Catholics for religious purposes can never succeed. Even in politics they will never pull well together. O'Connell was generally betrayed by every Protestant he put in a prominent position, and last of all by Davis, Mitchell, and Smith O'Brien. At all events, for religious matters, and especially for the defence of the liberty of the Church and the safety of education, Catholics ought to associate. If an association were once well organized, it would soon become very general. It would at least give as good a revenue as the Association for the Propa

gation of the Faith, and that would support a good college.

Your Lordship will excuse me for writing in a great hurry, and troubling you with those suggestions. Dr. Kirby desires to be remembered most particularly to your Lordship. I hope your nuns are getting on well. They will be, when once well settled, a great protection to religion and education in Derry. Believe me to be, my dear Lord, with profoundest respect,

Your devoted, obedient servant,

PAUL CULLEN.

AMENDED STATUTES OF THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES IN

IRELAND, RELATING TO RELIGION.

[The following are the amended statutes, accompanying Lord Clarendon's letter of March 19th, 1848, to Most Rev. Dr. Murray.]

CHAPTER VI.

OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF PROFESSORS.

1. Every Professor shall attend all meetings of the Faculty to which he belongs, and, when appointed Dean of Faculty, he shall attend the meetings of the College Council, and perform all other duties pertaining to that office.

2. He shall act upon all committees to which he may be appointed by the College Council, or by the Faculty of which he is a member.

3. He shall examine Candidates for Entrance, Scholarships and Prizes, and shall assist at all other Examinations, according to the appointment of the College Council.

4. He shall lecture, teach and examine his Class, at such hours and for such periods as may be appointed by the College Council, and shall observe punctuality and diligence in discharging those duties, and shall maintain strict order and discipline in his class.

5. Any Professor shall be permitted, with the Sanc

tion of the President, to receive into his house as Boarders, a limited number of Pupils of the College.

6. If any Professor or assistant shall, in any lecture or examination, or in the discharge of any other part of his Collegiate duty, teach or advance any doctrine, or make any statement derogatory to the truths of Revealed Religion, or injurious or disrespectful to the Religious convictions of any portion of his class or audience, or shall introduce or discuss political or polemical subjects tending to produce contention or excitement, such Professor shall be summoned before the Council, and upon sufficient evidence of his having so transgressed, shall be formally warned and reprimanded by the President; and if any such Professor be guilty of a repetition of said or similar offence, the President shall forthwith suspend him from his functions, and take steps officially to recommend to the Crown his removal from office, as having transgressed the statutes of the College, and violated his obligations to its authorities.

7. Every Professor shall sign the following Declaration : “I., A. B., do hereby promise to the President and Council of . that I will faithfully, and to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of Professor of . . . . . in said College; and I further promise and engage, that in the lectures and examinations, and in the performance of all other duties connected with my chair, I will carefully abstain from teaching or advancing any doctrine, or making any statement derogatory to the truths of Revealed Religion, or injurious or disrespectful to the religious convictions of any portion of my class or audience; and I moreover promise to the said President and Council of

that I will not introduce or discuss in my place and capacity of.. any subject of politics or polemics tending to produce contention or excitement, nor will I engage in any avocation which the President and Councils shall judge inconsistent with the respectability of my office; but will, as far as in me lies, promote, on all occasions, the interests of Education and the welfare of the Colleges."

CHAPTER XVII.

OF PUNISHMENTS.

SEC. I. Any student guilty of any of the following offences shall be liable to expulsion from the College; but it shall be competent to Council, should they deem it more conducive to the discipline of the College and the reformation of the offender, to impose some lighter punishment for the same. 1. Habitual neglect of attendance on Divine Worship, at such church or chapel, as shall be approved by his parent or guardians. 2. Habitual neglect of attendance on the Religious Instruction provided for students of his church or denomination, in the licensed boarding-house in which he may reside. 3. Immoral or dishonest practices. 4. Treasonable or seditious conduct. 5. Drunkenness. 6. Grievous offences against College rules. 7. Wilful and serious injury to the Property of the College.

SEC. II. For all offences and violations of the statutes, rules and ordinances of the College of a less grievous nature than the preceding, the Council shall have power to inflict such fine or other punishment as shall appear to them suitable to the same.