revoked by the President of the College, in case of any misbehaviour of such tutor or master of a boarding-house, or of the students under his care, which, in the opinion of the President and a majority of the Professors of the College, ought to be punished by immediate revocation of such license.

Halls for

be endowed

by private

XVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be students may lawful for any person whomsoever, having power to make an absolute disposition thereof, benefactions. to give, grant, devise, bequeath, or assure, by any deed, will, or other instrument sufficient in law to create or convey an estate therein, any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, or any estate therein, or any interest arising thereout, or any money, chattels, and effects, to any trustee or trustees willing to accept the trust, or to the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland and their successors, in trust, for founding and endowing halls for the reception of students in any of the said Colleges, and by such deed, will, or instrument, to establish rules or to specify the authority for establishing rules to be observed by the students admitted to the benefits of such foundation, and to specify the authority by which the observance of such rules is to be enforced: Provided always, that no such hall shall be recognised by any of the said Colleges unless the instrument of foundation shall provide that such rules, and also the appointment from time to time of the principal or other person holding chief authority in such hall, shall be of no force until allowed by the person or persons appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, to execute the office of visitor of the said College.

Loans may be

founding

XVIII. "And for the encouragement of persons raised for willing to found and endow halls for the reception Halls. of students in the said Colleges as aforesaid," be it declared and enacted, That if Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall be pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to incorporate any number of persons willing to found and endow any such hall or halls as aforesaid, such incorporated hall shall be deemed a public work, for the promotion of which the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland may make loans within the meaning of an Act passed in the second year of the reign of His late

Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland," and of all Acts passed or to be passed for the amendment thereof; and that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to make loans to such incorporated bodies, respectively, for the extension and promotion of such foundations according to the provisions of the last-recited Acts.

Theological

endowed by

XIX. And be it enacted, That it shall be chairs may be lawful for any person whomsoever, having private bene- power to make an absolute disposition thereof, to factions. give, grant, devise, bequeath, or assure, by any deed, will, or other instrument sufficient in law to create or convey an estate therein, any messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or any estate therein, or interest arising thereout, or any money, chattels, and effects, to any trustee or trustees willing to accept the trust, or to the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, and their successors, in trust for establishing and maintaining lectures or other forms of religious instruction for the use of such students of the said Colleges, respectively, as shall be desirous of receiving the same, subject to such regulations consistent with the intentions of the donor thereof, as shall be made by the governing body of the College, and approved by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors; Provided always, that no such gift shall take effect until it shall have been accepted by the governing body of the College, and until Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall have signified her or their approval of the regulations according to which such gift is to be applied. XX. And be it enacted, That every such College which shall be established and endowed under this Act shall once at least in every year, and also whenever Her Majesty's pleasure shall be signified in that behalf, report to Her Majesty their proceedings; and a copy of every such report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within six weeks after the same shall have been made, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within six weeks next after the next meeting of Parliament.

Colleges to report annually to Her Majesty.

XXI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

PATENT

GRANTING CHARTER FOR THE NEW COLLEGES OF BELFAST, CORK, AND GALWAY.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, TO ALL UNTO WHOM these presents shall come, GREETING: WHEREAS, by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth year of our reign, intituled "An Act to enable her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland," it was enacted, That in case we should be pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to found one or more new Colleges for the advancement of learning in Ireland, the Commissioners of our Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being should be empowered by warrant, under the hands of any three or more of them, to charge the Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom, and to direct to be issued and paid thereout such sum of money as should be needed by the trustees in the said Act mentioned for purchasing or providing lands, tenements, and hereditaments for the use of such College or Colleges, and for the necessary buildings, with the appurtenances thereof, and for establishing and furnishing the same, not exceeding the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS in the whole; and WHEREAS the establishment of a new College at in the province of would be of great public advantage, and would tend to the advancement of learning in Ireland: KNOW YE THEREFORE that WE, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by and with the advice and consent of our right trusty and well-beloved councillor, William Lord Heytesbury, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, our Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland, and according to the tenor of our letter under our privy signet and Royal Sign Manual, bearing date at our Court at St. James's, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fortyfive, in the ninth year of our reign, and now enrolled in the rolls of our High Court of Chancery in Ireland, HAVE willed,

,

of

ordained, constituted, declared, and appointed, and by these presents for Us, our heirs and successors, Do will, ordain, constitute, declare, and appoint, that in or near the town in our province of in Ireland, there shall and may be erected and established one perpetual College for students in Arts, Law, Physic, and other useful learning, which College shall be called by the name of QUEEN'S COLLEGE, and shall consist of one President, one Vice-President, and such number of Professors in Arts, Law, and Physic, not exceeding twelve in number, as shall be appointed under and by virtue of the provisions of the Act hereinbefore in part recited. AND WE DO by these presents, for Us, our heirs and successors, will, declare, and establish that the President, Vice-President, and Professors of the said College, and their successors for ever, shall be one distinct and separate body politic and corporate in deed and name by the name and style of the PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, AND PROFESSORS OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE,

; and that by the same name they shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and that they and their successors shall from time to time have full power to break, alter, make new, and change such common seal at their will and pleasure, and as shall be found expedient; and that by the same name the said President, Vice-President, and Professors, and their successors, from time to time and at all times hereafter, shall be a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, and be able and capable to have, take, receive, hold, possess, enjoy, and retain, and WE DO hereby for Us, our heirs and successors, give and grant full authority and free license to them and their successors, by the name aforesaid, notwithstanding any Statute or Statutes of Mortmain, to have, take, receive, hold, possess, enjoy, and retain to and for the use of the said College all and every messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and hereditaments of what kind, nature, or quality soever, for the use of the said College, so as that such messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and hereditaments do not exceed in yearly value the sum of FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS above all charges; AND MOREOVER to take, purchase, acquire, have, hold, enjoy, receive, possess, and retain, notwithstanding any such Statute or Statutes to the contrary, all or any goods, chat

tels, charitable and other contributions, gifts, and benefactions whatsoever; and that the said President, VicePresident, and Professors, and their successors by the same name, shall and may be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in all or in any Court or Courts of record and places of judicature within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in all and singular actions, causes, pleas, suits, matters and demands whatsoever, of what nature or sort soever, in as large, ample, and beneficial manner and form as any other body politic and corporate, or any other our liege subjects, being persons able and capable in law, may or can have, take, purchase, receive, hold, possess, enjoy, retain, sue, implead, or answer, or be sued, impleaded, or answered in any manner whatsoever. AND WE DO hereby for ourselves, our heirs and successors, will, order, and direct that the President, VicePresident, and Professors of the said College, and their successors, and also the students admitted to the said College, and the office-bearers and servants thereof, shall be regulated and governed according to the statutes, rules, and ordinances of the said College, which statutes, rules, and ordinances shall be framed, made, and approved of by Us, our heirs and successors, and shall and may, all, every, and any of them, be revoked, repealed, changed, augmented, altered, or made new, as to Us, our heirs and successors, from time to time shall seem meet and expedient; and all and singular which statutes, rules, and ordinances, so to be framed, made, and approved of as aforesaid, We do, for Us, our heirs and successors, charge and command to be strictly and inviolably observed, kept, and performed from time to time, so long as they shall, respectively, remain in full vigour and effect, under the penalties to be thereby or therein inflicted or contained. And in order the better to carry our will and intention into execution in this behalf We have made, assigned, nominated, constituted, and appointed, and by those presents, for Us, our heirs and successors, Do make, assign, nominate, constitute, and appoint our beloved