culties aforesaid, that provision should be made by which such Students should be enabled to obtain and receive the several degrees and distinctions in the aforesaid Faculties, such as are granted and conferred in other Colleges and Universities in Our Kingdom of Great Britain and 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 right entirely wellbeloved Cousin and Councillor, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK EARL OF CLARENDON, K.G. and G.C.B., Our Lieutenant-General, and General Governor of that part of Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Ireland, and according to the tenor and effect of Our Letter under Our Frivy Signet and Royal Sign Manual, bearing date at Our Court at Saint James's, the Fifteenth day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty, in the Fourteenth Year of Our Reign, and now enrolled in the Rolls of Our High Court of Chancery, in that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, have willed, ordered, constituted, ordained, and founded, and by those Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, We do will, order, constitute, ordain and found an University, to be called "The Queen's University in Ireland;" and that the same shall possess and exercise the full powers of granting all such Degrees as are granted by other Universities or Colleges in the several Faculties of Arts, Medicine, and Law, to Students who shall have completed, in any one or other of the Colleges so founded as aforesaid, the Courses of Education prescribed and directed for the several Degrees in the manner and by the authority hereinafter described. And we do hereby direct and ordain that the said Queen's University in Ireland shall have its Seat and hold its Meetings in the City of Dublin, in such place as may, from time to time, be appointed for that purpose by Warrant of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and all Degrees granted by the Senate of the University to Students from the several Queen's Colleges in Ireland as aforesaid, shall be publicly granted and conferred in the Hall of the University in said City. And We do further direct and ordain, that for the better regulation of the Courses of Instruction for Degrees, and for conferring said Degrees, and for promoting Education, and carrying out the objects of the

foundation of the said University, that the control and government thereof shall be vested in a Chancellor, who shall be the head and chief officer thereof, and shall preside over its Meetings, and shall sign and authenticate all its official acts; and in a Senate consisting of not more than twenty persons, three thereof to be the Presidents for the time being of the said respective Colleges, and the residue thereof to be from time to time nominated by Us, by Warrant under our Sign Manual, and who shall hold their respective offices during Our will and pleasure; that five of such Senate shall constitute a quorum, and that the Chairman thereof shall have a casting vote; and in all cases unprovided for by this Our Charter, it shall and may be lawful for the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Senate, to act in such manner as shall appear to them best calculated to promote the purposes intended by the said Queen's University in Ireland, and that the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Senate shall have full power and authority, from time to time, to make, also to alter, any Bye-Laws and Regulations (so as the same shall not be repugnant to, and inconsistent with, the Laws of Our Realm, or to the general objects and provisions of this Our Charter), touching the Examinations for Degrees, and the granting of the same, and touching the mode and time of convening the Meetings of the Chancellor, ViceChancellor, and Senate, and in general touching all other matters whatsoever regarding the said Queen's University, such Bye-Laws, however, to be subject to the sanction and approval of Our Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland for the time being; and all such Bye-Laws and Regulations when so approved and sanctioned, and reduced into Writing, and after the Common Seal of the said Queen's University in Ireland shall have been affixed thereto, shall be binding upon all persons Members of said Queen's University, and all Candidates for Degrees to be conferred by the same; and as We consider it expedient that the several Queen's Colleges in Ireland shall be at all times represented in the Meetings of the University Senate, We, by these Presents further direct and ordain, that if any President of any of said Colleges shall be unable to attend any Meeting of the said University Senate, then and in such case that the Vice-President for the time being of the College, the Presi

dent of which is unable to attend such meeting, may attend in his place, and shall for the time being possess all the rights, authorities, and privileges of a Member of said University Senate. And We do hereby further direct and ordain, that there shall be a Vice-Chancellor of the said University in Ireland, who shall be elected by the Senate from among their own number, subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for the time being; and the said Vice-Chancellor so elected and approved, shall hold his said Office for the period of One Year, and the said Vice-Chancellor shall exercise all the functions of the Chancellor of the University in the absence of the Chancellor; and We do hereby further direct and ordain, that the said Chancellor and Senate of the Queen's University in Ireland, shall be a Corporation with succession by appointment, as aforesaid, under the name, style, and title of the Queen's University in Ireland, with power to sue and to be sued, and to have and use a Common Seal, and to hold and employ for carrying out the objects aforesaid, any such Monies or Lands as may be bequeathed or assigned to them for the benefit of said University and the advancement of Learning in Ireland, provided the annual profits of such Lands and Funds shall not exceed Ten Thousand Pounds. And for the better carrying out of these Presents, We do hereby nominate and appoint Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and Councillor, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK EARL OF CLARENDON, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Our said Lieutenant-General and General Governor of that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, to be the first Chancellor of the Queen's University in Ireland. And We do further nominate and appoint Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor Mazière Brady, Our Chancellor of that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, the Most Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and right entirely beloved Cousin and Councillor Richard Archbishop of Dublin, Our trusty and well-beloved the Most Reverend Archbishop Daniel Murray, Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin William Earl of Rosse, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillors Thomas Baron Monteagle, of Brandon, Francis

Blackburne, Chief Justice of Our Court of Queen's Bench in that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, Master of the Rolls of that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, David Richard Pigot, Chief Baron of Our Court of Exchequer in that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, and Thomas Wyse, Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Philip Crampton, Baronet, The President of the Queen's College, Belfast, for the time being, The President of the Queen's College, Cork, for the time being, The President of the Queen's College, Galway, for the time being, Richard Griffith, Doctor of Laws, Dominick John Corrigan, Doctor of Medicine, Thomas Askew Larcom, Captain in Our Corps of Royal Engineers, and James Gibson, Barrister-at-Law, to be the first Members of the said University Senate, each and every of whom shall hold the said Office during Our will and pleasure. And We reserve to Ourselves and Our Successors, and to those whom We or they may think fit to appoint for the purpose, to be the Visitor of the said Queen's University in Ireland, with full power and authority to do all those things which pertain to Visitors, as often as to Us and Our Successors shall seem meet. And inasmuch as the Presidents and VicePresidents of the said Queen's Colleges have heretofore prepared certain Regulations as to the Course of Study to be pursued by Students therein to qualify them for University Degrees in the several Faculties of Arts, Medicine, and Law, and which said Regulations have been approved of by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and as it appears to Us that such Regulations are fit and proper, now we do hereby further direct that the said Regulations so approved of under the hand of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, shall be submitted to the Senate of the said University at their first Meeting, and that the Course of Study prescribed by such Regulations shall be that required to entitle Students of said Colleges to Degrees from the said University, until same shall be altered by the said Senate but we do hereby order and declare, that it shall be lawful for the said Senate, with the approbation of the said Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to make such alterations in said Course of Studies as shall to them from time to time seem fit and We do further direct and ordain that it shall be lawful for the said Chancellor and Senate of

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the said University, to appoint and direct the Examination for, and confer all such Degrees, and to sign Certificates for the same, and also to make such arrangements as may be expedient for Examination for such University Scholarships and Prizes as may be hereafter founded and We direct and ordain that all Regulations as to the Course of Education necessary for the obtaining of such Degrees, shall, previous to their being put in operation, be approved of by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and We do also ordain and direct, that the said Chancellor and Senate shall also have power to demand and receive for the granting of such Degrees such reasonable Fees for the Degrees so conferred as the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Senate, with the approbation of the Commissioners of Our Treasury, shall from time to time direct; and such Fees shall be carried to one General Fund for the payment of the expenses of the University, under the directions and regulations of the Commissioners of Our Treasury, to whom the Accounts of Income and Expenditure of the said Queen's University in Ireland shall once in every year be submitted, which Accounts shall be subject to such examination and audit as the said Commissioners may direct. And, for the better promotion of Education in Ireland, and for the furtherance of the objects of these Presents, We hereby further direct and ordain that all Students who shall have completed their Education in any of the said Queen's Colleges, and shall have obtained such Degrees in any of the several Faculties of Arts, Medicine, and Law, as shall be granted and conferred by the Chancellor and Senate of Our said University, shall be fully possessed of all such rights, privileges, and immunities as belong to similar Degrees granted by other Universities or Colleges, and shall entitle the persons on whom they may be conferred to whatever rank and precedence is derived from similar Degrees granted by other Universities. And We further direct and ordain that the Chancellor and Senate shall have the power of admitting by special grace Graduates of other Universities to similar and equal Degrees in Our said University in Ireland. And We hereby further direct and ordain that the Senate of Our said University, under the presidency of the Chancellor, or, in his absence, of the Vice-Chancellor, or of a Chairman for the time