Chapter 203: When did the University of London become the number one university in the UK?

Chapter 202 – When did the University of London become Britain’s number one?
Outside the door of the conference hall stood two English gentlemen dressed in formal attire and holding canes.

The one with a thin, capable look and a white beard was about forty years old, and Arthur recognized the teacher he had attended many times, which was the Dean of the Law School of the University of London, Professor of Jurisprudence and the founder of one of the three major schools of modern jurisprudence, the Analytical School of Law – Professor John Austin.

And the one standing beside him looks slightly older than Arthur, but also looks like he should only be about thirty years old, but can stand beside Prof. Austin, probably a new young professor at the University of London?

Arthur clutched his white gloves in his hands, he twisted his head to look at Director Rowan who had a face full of iron, and then twisted his head to rush at Professor Austin apologetically, ”Mr. Austin, as you can see, although the law is closely related to my work, there are too many things that have involved my energy since I left the school. So, I’ve been neglecting my law studies for a long time.”

Austin didn’t seem to notice the tension in the air as he joked with Arthur with a big smile, “In that case, do you need me to help you make up for it? The usual rules apply, you help me out with lunch and you’re not allowed to get mad at me when I criticize Kant, that’s all. To be honest, I’ve really missed you since you left campus. Because with you missing, there’s one less student willing to come to my lectures.”

When Arthur heard this, he just pursed his lips and said, “If you are willing to lower the difficulty of your courses a little bit, there should be more students listening to your lectures. You are too perfectionist in your academic requirements, and I’m always glad that your course is an elective in the history department, if it were required, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to graduate right now.”

Rowan heard Arthur and Austin talking to each other, completely ignoring him, feeling humiliated, he suppressed his anger and asked, “May I ask what you two gentlemen are doing here today at the Greater London Police Department? We are holding a high-level police meeting here, if you two gentlemen have nothing to do with police work, please leave here immediately.”

Hearing this, the young man standing beside Austin spoke, “May I ask if you are Mr. Charles Rowan, the Commissioner of the Greater London Police Department?”

Rowan nodded slightly, his face clouded, “May I ask who you are?”

The young man stepped forward and extended his hand at him, “Edwin Chadwick, a practicing attorney who graduated from the Inner Temple Lawyers’ Guild, Mr. Jeremy Bianchin’s private secretary, and at the same time, the permanent private secretary of the Lord Chancellor’s Office, who has just been appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, Lord Brougham.

I have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of the Royal Council, Counsel to the Privy Council of the Realm, Speaker of the House of Lords, loyal to His Majesty the King, Chairman of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the House of Lords, the Lord High Sheriff of the Realm and the Lord High Administrator of the Lord Chancellor’s Department, Master of the Seals of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and President of the Court of Chancery, the supreme legal authority of Great Britain, which is established on the principles of equity, fairness and justice. Authority – President of the Court of Equity, President of the British Bar Association, appointed by His Majesty the King as Governor of all the Church Universities in England such as Oxford, Cambridge, etc., the holder of the Holy Orders of the Clergy of the 442 English Dioceses and the 12 Cathedrals, the supreme supervisor of the public health care sector in Great Britain, St. Mary’s Hospital, Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Manchester Royal Hospital and dozens of other hospitals in the Kingdom, such as the Manchester Royal Hospital, Inspector of dozens of hospitals in England, including the Manchester Royal Infirmary, founder of the Edinburgh Review, the organ of the Whig Party, and appointed by Lord Henry Peter Brougham, QC, Founder and President of the Council of the University of London.

In the name of the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor’s Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Mr. Arthur Hastings, one of Great Britain’s finest police officers, an expert on police crime in the Kingdom, a Superintendent of the Greater London Police Service and a distinguished alumnus of the University of London, has been invited to participate in the joint multidisciplinary seminar on the establishment of the London District Prosecution Service, which is expected to be held next month.”

A thunderbolt of lightning flashed through the dark clouds outside the window, illuminating the faces of every Superintendent present.

Superintendent Mosley, who was sitting next to Arthur, couldn’t help but whistle as he raised his eyebrows and laughed, “Looks like someone’s going to be out of luck.”

Director Rowan only felt his calves and stomach aching and weakening, he leaned back with a rumble and sat on his butt on the window sill, his wide and sturdy back crashing through the window as a gust of wind blew through, bringing up the curtains and blinding him behind a white veil.

Arthur glanced at Rowan, who had a face half covered by the curtains, and calmly spoke, “Director, now I really can’t find you, well hidden.”

The deputy director, Sir Mayne, saw this and hurriedly came up to round off the situation.

He pressed both hands in front of the table and got up and smiled, “For this kind of thing, just have someone send a document over. Mr. Chadwick, why would you, Lord Brougham’s permanent private secretary, need to make the trip yourself?”

Chadwick glanced coldly at Rowan, whose expression could not be seen by the window veil, and turned his head to look at Sir Mayne, “Before I came here, I also thought that there was no need to make a special trip for this small matter. But now it seems that my trip was still necessary. Lord Brougham really had the foresight to worry about a problem like this.”

When Sir Mayne saw how hard Chadwick’s tone was, he instantly felt that things were getting big.

Although Scotland Yard’s immediate superior was the Ministry of the Interior, they had to deal with magistrates from time to time due to their work.

If they offended the Lord Chancellor’s Office, which was in charge of managing the magistrates, they would definitely be in for a rough ride from now on.

Moreover, even if they clenched their teeth and hardened their hearts to work against the Chancery Office, their superior, Viscount Melbourne, would not allow it.

Because although the cabinet members are equal on the surface, but in reality there is also a sequence of order.

In the traditional ranking of ministers of state inherited from the Middle Ages, the Lord Chancellor is the second most important minister of state after the king’s minister-in-chief.

However, the Chancellor of State is not a permanent position and is often vacant, which means that the Chancellor of Justice is currently the first minister of state. After the Chancellor, the third most important Minister of State is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

According to British political tradition, if there is an emergency in the country, such as a temporary vacancy in the King’s office or if the King and the Dauphin are unable to exercise their powers for health reasons, the Chancellor will be the first acting regent.

According to the Treason Act 1351, the assassination of the Lord Chancellor and the assassination of the King were basically the same in nature, and both were serious treason.

Because of the unique position of the Lord Chancellor in the British political and legal system, although the Lord Chancellor is weaker than the Prime Minister in terms of power, but in the social status of the Lord Chancellor is also on top of the Prime Minister.

In the whole of Great Britain, there are only two people who can be higher than the Lord Chancellor in terms of social status, one is the King of England, William IV, and the other is the religious leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

It can be said that the person behind Arthur changed from his immediate superior, Sir Robert Peel, Minister of the Interior, to Lord Henry Brougham, the Lord Chancellor, and in reverse, not only did his waist not soften, but also became harder.

Rowan simply hated to give himself a hard slap on the face when he thought of this.

Until this time, he finally remembered the Duke of Wellington and Sir Peel’s good, if the Tory party is still in power, at most, Arthur so a London University’s only seedling bouncing around.

But now the Whig party came up, jumping around the University of London curfew can be more than Arthur Hastings one.

With Lord Brougham taking over the Lord Chancellor’s office, the University of London’s Royal Warrant will be issued almost 100% of the time.

With the Chancellor now a man of the University of London, how can Oxford, Cambridge and a host of clergymen sing in opposition?
Of course, it wouldn’t be impossible for them to sacrifice some of their own financial interests if they were really willing to do so in order to block the University of London.

The Chancellor has the power of the University Chancellors and the Diocesan Ordinariate, so what’s the big deal?
The clergy and the professors of Oxford and Cambridge can be a bit more tough, and anyway, the most that will happen is that the education funds will be deducted, the salaries will not be paid, and the people will go to work at their own expense.

However, these are not the most worried about Rowan, because the Royal Charter of the University of London, Oxford and Cambridge and the clergy must be more anxious than him.

Currently let Rowan most worried or if this trend continues, I’m afraid it won’t be long, the judicial system will begin to influx of graduates of the University of London.

If Lord Brougham insisted on cultivating Arthur, the means could well be a little more extreme.

From now on, only Arthur is responsible for the prosecution of the case, the magistrate’s court to speed up the acceptance, then within a few months time, this kid’s performance will certainly be a rapid rise.

Wait until the end of the year to the Ministry of Internal Affairs report time, everyone’s performance list pull out to look at, how can Arthur to show.

Rowan leaned on the window sill looking ahead with Austin, Chadwick laughing and joking Arthur, only to feel that the whole heart is half cold.

He originally felt that this is just a no background, no network, from York country down to the ordinary boy, how a turn of the eye has such an unfathomable background?

Luo Wan took a deep breath, he twisted his head to look out the window at the blistering rain, the cold rain slapped on his face, finally making his dizzy brain become clear.

Luo Wan raised his eyes to the thunderbolt in the sky, only to feel a thousand words wanting to pour out of his mouth.

However, at this moment, what he wanted to do the most was to point at the sky and question that old thing that had been out of touch since entering the nineteenth century – is there a God in charge or not? FUCK! London University! The University of London!!! Why was that atheist college on Gower Street so powerful?

(End of chapter)