their tenants are there. This is a delightful rule; and, if
circumstances do _not_ call for the Heads to make their rounds, it only
shows that the Statute is obeyed without such supervision. Early to bed,
you know, _Mr. Punch_, not only leads to salubriousness of body and
purse, but also conduces to wisdom of intellect; and, doubtless, much of
the success of the 'Oxford discipline' that we hear so much about may be
traced to this 'early-closing movement.' I am glad to find that my son
PETERLOO will not have to carry out the popular idea of a student, by
burning 'the midnight oil'--which you and I, as men of the world, know
is a mere figure of speech, and only leads to biliousness of body and
cutting of morning chapels--but that he will have to be in bed by 9
o'clock, and, possibly, may be tucked up by the Head of the College
himself, attended, of course, by bedels and 'holy pokers,' and all the
paraphernalia of Collegiate grandeur. And, _Mr. Punch_, what an
instructive subject 'Alma Mater putting her children to bed' would be
for MR. TENNIEL to turn into a cartoon for the new Houses of Parliament;
where, in spite of the exertions of MRS.--I mean MR.--BROTHERTON, the
Members _will_ waste the gas and their health in keeping late hours--a
thing they were plainly never allowed to do as long as they were at
Oxford!

[Illustration: NOBODY MUST BE OUT OF HIS CHAMBER AFTER NINE O'CLOCK IN
THE EVENING.]

"The next Statute not only forbids the students to indulge in all games
that might be hurtful to themselves (_abstineant ab omni lusus genere,
in quo de pecunia concertatur_), but also requires them to abstain from
every kind of game or sport which might cause any danger, injury, or
inconvenience to others; as, for example, from the hunting of wild
beasts with dogs of all kinds, with ferrets, nets, or snares (_item quod
abstineant ab omni genere lusus vel exercitu, ex quo aliis periculum,
injuria, vel incommodum creatur: veluti a venatione ferarum cum canibus
cujuscunque generis, viverris, retibus, aut plagis_). Oh, _Mr. Punch_,
does Oxford still keep the same position it held in dark centuries ages
ago, that it is forced to make its matriculating candidates swear to
abstain from the sports of a savage life, which may be all very well for
a GORDON CUMMING, but do not accord with the peaceful pursuits of a
cloistered student? And what, I would ask, are the wild beasts for which
Oxford is famous? Are they of the same genus as th