WOMEN ADMITTED TO OXFORD.

It is often said that Oxford is the more famous of the two universities for movements and Cambridge for men, but the fact is that in most of the great movements for liberalizing the universities and extending their sphere of usefulness Cambridge has taken the lead and Oxford has reluctantly followed. The so-called "University Extension" movement is one conspicuous instance, and another was afforded by the debate in Congregation at Oxford on the proposal to open some of the university examinations to women. At Cambridge the women students have now for some few years enjoyed this privilege to the full, and, although the principle was carried at Oxford yesterday by a large majority, (100 to 46), its application was limited to a capricious selection of subjects, and was hampered by sundry restrictions. We are glad, however, to learn from the Warden of Merton's speech that the promoters will not be content until they have won "complete academical equality" for women. [Pall Mall.