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, rani n entintriei, be etiuld. t t i tjt el hiPPi at 04 • fate of Great Britain, the safe' a Blare of which he attributed to the blessing's of its „glorious Constltu tion,Supflorted as ii had beeri by the iliom, the loyalty, and the courage of its inhabitants ; - idcl when be knee that this happy consequehee was the, result ofeduca tion, he cduld not but regard that place with infinite delight as one of the 'sources 'of disseniinating that knowledge froni whiEh so Mita superiority had been derived.—(4l/titletries.)—Here had been reared some Of the most eminent Stateimen the world had ever witnessed, and to this University the nation was justly indebted for some of its most able defenders.—Kire the heroes of Cressy and Poictieri received their edu cation, and from here also had gone some Of .those heroes whose deeds of valour had crowned them with immortal honour, and afforded new proofs of that spirit and energy which had ever characterised the British name !--t itidaurer.) He felt proud of haiSing received a public education, and that pride was consi t derably increased in having received-it at the Univer sity of Cambridge. His Royal Highness concluded with repeating his expressions of gratitude for the ho nour which had been conferred upon him, and by de ' claring the sincere pleasure he should always feel in visiting Alma Mater, and his firm intention, whether • "hsent or present, to make the prosperity of the Uni versity the object of his constant solicitude.—(Laud and repeated Appl a uses.) The speech was delivered with good emphasis and action, without notes ; and it is no compliment to the Duke to say, that he was the best Public Orator of the day. His speech was frequently interrupted and finally followed, by unbounded applause. The Installation Ode, written by Professor SMYTII, and composed by Professor Hams, was then per formed; in which Mr. BRAIIAM and Mrs. Astte, but particularly the former, acquitted themselves with complete success. The business of the morning con cluded by a procession in the usual order to the Lodge of Trinity College. . . sand, and forming a isitt ail truly grind and iii- I posing. At half-past eleven the Vice• Chancellor, Attended! by the heads of the College, arrived, and, at tweltre; a depetation, consisting of silt Doctiirg, in the ietteral . facilities, six Non Regents, and silt Regents were seht to the Chancellor elect at Trinity Lodge ; Whence, ' preceded by the beadles, and attended by the Depu tation, he came to the Senate-House, greeted in his course by the acclamations of the populace, slid by the strongest demonstrations of pleasure {coin the Ladies in the windows the house:: in Truitsping ton-so eet, to whom he bowed With the greatest po liteness. On his arrival at the steps of the Senate-Honk, he was met by the Vice-Chancellor, who walked at his Royal Highness's lett hand, up the central aisle of the Senate-H,nse, to the toot of the platforM on which the cuair was placed, the band in the orchestra play-' ing an overture immediately on his Royal Highness enterin7. th.:. aisle. Ills u..y a l H Ll hness was attended by his Aides.de- Carnp in military and was dressed in a long black lobe, richly embroldeiL4 with gold, and the , r tin supported by a page; his band w.., of rich point Lis:e. He wore on his head a velvet cap, with a ..i c h gohlen tassel, of about six inches in length ; and as he a pproached the Chair, at the left-hand side of which lie took his st;!!ton, the Vice-Chancellor being on he right, he was saluted by a burst of applause from all quarters, which was frequently repeated, his Royal Highness boss ing every pace he took, and evi dently much affected at this unanimous and grateful expression of veneration and esteem. Silence being at length obtained, The VICE-CHANCELLOR, in an animated and elo quent speech, adverted to the exemplary pattern which bed been shewn by his Royal Highness in the P ursuit of his studies while at the University, a pat tern which had ever been remembered by the different Mentbers of the College with admiration, and which had afforded them the strongest assurances of the deep interest his Royal Highness would take in the interest sand welfare of the Institution. With those feelings unaltered, as they had been by time or ciy. eumieances, the University felt proud in having the i opportunity of begging his Royal Highness's accept- ' ante of the highest situation they had it itt their power to bestow, which they did with a perfect confidence - that his Royal Highness would prosecute the honour, Credit, and interests of their community with the most unremitting industry, convinced as they were, that the Same zeal which he had exercised for their prosperity after he had quitted his studies would be exerted in the capacity of their Chancellor, a situation for i which, on every account, he etas eminently qualified. i In addition to other causes of .gratitude, it was im- Pisible to hsi l insensible of the honourable distinction of his Royal Highness's admission at Cambridge, a ! distinction peculiarly valuable, as he was one of the , fiht and only Member of the Royal Family then on ; the throne who had received his education at an Eng lish University. Were it proper for him to expatiate I 101 l the Conduct of his Royal Highness since he left the College, he could dwell with peculiar pleasure on the , Well-known ardour a ith which he obeyed the call of his country in the hour of danger ; he could dwell on 1 the laudable desire evinced by his Royal Highness, to tender still greater services to the State, by his . travels in the remotest parts of Europe, in the pur- Stilt of useful knowleige ; and lastly, he could dwell . With the deepest sensations of delight and univer tally admired humanity of his Royal Highness, by 1 Which he bad been actuated not alone to relieve the I distresses of his fellow-creatures in the most boun teous manner, but to take a distinguished part in the !Oppression of that disgraceful traffic, by which so tfiany-thousands of human creatures had been con de:fined to the most horrid and unjustifiable slavery. ; It Was enough however for him to confine ) oneself I to the virtues which his Royal Highness had dis played while iii that community, virtues which must ever live in his memory, and in the hearts of all Who were acquainted with him. He could not omit td express his fulness of gratitude for the obligations ' which the University had received from the present Ro7al Patiiily, to whom their Constitution and laws were so peculiarly indebted for protection: The Doc:: tor then took a short review of the rilany illustrious men in the field and the cabinet who had received their education it that University, And expreised hope that the merits of those still living Would he transmitted to future ages ; concluding by declaring a confident hope, tt6t his Royal Highness would, i japan all becasions, be the faithful gtiardian and pro.; tector Of the valuable rights and privileges of. the In:' stitution. He ti.en presented to his Royal Highness the patent of office, which was read aloud by the Se-! nior Proctor, after which he delivered into his handle' the BOok of Statutes, Which in an impressive manner, he exhorted him ev.- to protect: The Vice Chancellor then took his Itoyal Highness' by the right hand, and the oath of office was admini stered by the Senior Proctor, after which his Royal Highness took his seat in the Chair, and was thereby installed. This pact of the ceremony being finished, the loudest acclamations of applause rung through the Set:ate House for some minutes, which having sub aided, after a short pause, a Latin oration was deli. vered by the Public Orator, in a most impressive manner, In whith he parogyrized the various acts of his Royal Highness's political and private life. His ROYAL Hionvess then rose, and addressed the Senate. He deelared himself deeply impressed with a sense of the honour they had done him in placing him at the head of an University which had ever , evinced its favour and unalterable attachment to the' eivil and religious rights of the Country. (Ajitileares.)! For so distiaguished a Milk of their respect,bis most heattfelt acknowledgements were due. He had always entertained the highest veneration for that august "'body, and should consider that the proudest day of hi life, on which he had been called in a manner so truly flattering to that Chair. It was a proof of confidence; for which it was impossible for him to express his thanks in adequate terms, and became'doublyealuable as he was the first of his family who had been edu cated in that University, which had upon every occa sion so strenuously supported• the principles which had seated the House of Brunswick upon the Throne: (Am/arum) He had the gratification, however, of stating that they could not have chosen one more truly attached to their interests, or more desirous of protecting their rights and privileges than (ifitpleutiar..) When he weeded on the stag of nu , When the head of the pto‘vb.sion arrived at Trinity Lodge, they opened to the right and left, and formed , a lane, through which the Chancellor, accompanied by his friends, passed. His Royal Highness was dressed in a blue silk gown, (the Trinity colour) adorned with a profusion of rich gold lace, and was covered, during the whole time of his sitting at the ceremony, by a trencher cap, with a gold tassel. The Senate-House, the scene of this grand cere mony, h4d been fitted up with great ingenuity, and the accommodations were quite as convenient as so large au assembly could have expected. The Ladies made a most brilliant :hew. Among the Company, we noticed— The Bishops of Bristol, Bath and Wells, Noraleh,and Cloyne, Lore Lansdowne, H l e dwicke, Erskine, Carysfort, Palmerston, F. G. Osborne, and Henniker; the Attorney-General, the Rector. der of London, Sir .I. C. Hippesley, Sir lames Graham, Sir Sid ney Smith, Sir J. Perrin:, Mr. Wilberforce, &e. The Royal Dnke was ushered in and ont of the Se nate House by the firing of cannon, the ringing of bells, &c. After the Installation, the Chancellor gave his grand dinner in the cloisters of Neville's-court, Tri nity College, which were fitted up for the reception of about a thousand persons. Of the entertainment, it is but justice to say, that never was one upon so large and liberal a scale conducted with more com fort and regularity. It is needless to add, that turtle, venison, burgundy, claret, fruits, &c. abounded. The bands of music were stationed under an elegant mar quee in the centre of the grass plot of the court. The hour appointed forthe dinner was three o ' c l o ck; but at about five the Chancellor entered the Cloisteni and was received with the tune of " GOD Save the King," performed by his own and the Duke of York's bands. After dinner, the first toast given was, "The King," which was received with great applause, and followed by its appropriate tune. This was succeeded by " His Royal Highness the Chancellor," a toast which was received by the unanimous acclamations of the gownsmen, who immediately rose and shouted laud iruzzas for a considerable time. The next toast was, " The Right Worshipful the Vice Chancellor and the Members df the Senate," given by his Royal Highness in return. This was greeted with the same applause, and followed by the toast of " The Noble men and Gentlemen who hire honoured the univer sity with their presence on this occasion." , At about seven o'clock, the Chancellor left the Col lege; and honoured the concert in the Senate-house with his presence. During his Royal Highness's ab sence; the walks of Trinity College were illuminated after the manner of Vauxhall : and at eleven reelratk a superb display of fire-works took place therez- - Aiter which, an elegant cold collation was pro vided at his Royal Highness's etpenee for about 5000 persons. Thus concluded the first day of this Cambridge Jubilee. We have heard of nothing to cloud all thi-: hilarity and splendour. The heat was at first so excessive in the Senate-hotise, that the upper windows, not readily bpeniug, were obliged to be broken, a measure which at first occasioned a little dissatisfaction among the Proctors, but which afterwards extorted their sanction from its necessity. . _ _ Simian hoe SO. This manning his Royal Highness the CHANCELLOR rent to St. Mary's Church, accompanied by the Vice- Chancellor, High Steward, and the Nubility and Bishops, with the Heads of Colleges. The Sermon was preached . by Dr. Ir.Lisowoavir, after which an eirereise for B. Degree *as performed, composed by Mr. BRIDGTOWER.• Alter morning service his Royal Highness the Chancellor, &c. &c. dined with the Vice-Chancellor, at Bennito College. His Royal Highness attended the church again in the afternoon, when a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. BUT LER, The Church quite overflowed both in the morn ing and afternoon, and the sermons which were preached were both excellent, and appropriate. After tbe'afternoon service the Duke returned to Trinity College, accompanied as usual by the Nobility and Bishops. At about five o'clock King's Chapel was opened, and the company which was collected there was numerous beyond calculation. In the evening, at a quarter past sii, his Royal Highness the Chan cellor attende4 Trinity Chapel, andtbere, as on all other occasions on which his Royal Highness has op prayed in public, the number of persons who pressed forward for admittance was almost double the number of those who sudeeded in gaining iti • • mlinrits OF E. .01 4 611 , 1 THB cosswiiitsie bi Tinee •vrbExc'E. ... facie iiiiisiiiiit. Latirsbjo ; l. iii6:4‘;+ end iw& 4% that fen at that ithe t=One of my titter* and my trtith e f *ere then Gloucientr. tint La ship condoned at GlonCesiei, rroni thi nouseOF LOIIDTS, TO WIIOI4 'Tug PETITION by. WIL- L:AM FITISRARDING nesitificit,ei.Stlatxc AZ OF MIST TO RE EARL OF BERICELEY, WAS REFERICELL The esarninittion of witnesses commented on the 4th of March; and elf substance of the evidence, by to the '27th April inclusive was given in our previous Numbers. The whole or the evidence, down to the 27tlf inst. occupies 876 folio' pages ; and :he following is a cor rect epitome of the testingity , of the most matetlal witnesses. The whole would occupy a space fat be yond what we could afford. Die lovir, 2 Mail, 1811, The Lord W.ALS/NlM'Ass in the Chaiit Mr. SOLICITOR GZRERAL informed the Committee, that for the moons which he assigned to the Coin mittee, he w* desirous that the question proposed to be put to theCountessDowager of 13erke1ey, atthe end of the last day's proceedings, should now be put to her Ladyship ; Whereupon, the Right Hon. Mary, Countess Dow ager of Berkeley, was again called in, and a chair being placed for her, her Ladyship came to the table, and was asked, What were the reasons, if any ex l sted, which in duced the concealment of the marriage in 1785 ;- 1 from the year 1785 to the year 1794 ; and which concealment terminated in the year 1794 ?—lt was the situation of my sister, when I went to London the latter end of 1784, or the beginning of 1785, whim I supposed married, hut who really was not so till the year 1794 ;. but there were other reasons which my husband gave to me afterwards. Will your Ladyship have the goodness to explain 'how the situation of your sister operated as any reason' for theconcealment of your own marriage ?—I am usable to answer that ; it was not in my mind, but in the mind of my husband. How did your Ladyship's husband state that that was any reason for the concealment, the situation of your sister ?--It being so extremely disgraceful to myseli. That that sister was living under the roof.of a gen tleman to whom she was not married ?—Yes. ..iip contrnu..... __ M — onth of Mby; 1736, to the thohth of August or be f?' temper following ?—I think it w.ps. Were yOti in the habit of being visited daily (.; weekly by Lord Berkeley ?-:-Not weekly, fOr I wai extremely ill for four weeks whilst I was there: ~ Did his -L:-:rdship take his meals with you ?-146; nobody knell/ that his Lordship visited the there. Does jour -Ladyship think he visited you iwenif time ?—I cannot at this distant period answer that qUestion. Did his Lordship see yriu it interVals of a week, of• Once or twice in the week ?—Nut sn.Olten; Was it once, , r twice in a snoiah ?—I do not know how to answer' that question. The inquiry is r specting the commtinication Wilk your own hus:Tind ; was you therefore in the nab;: ( f seeing Fin t--.I cannot answer that more fully. I went to Gloucester to suppress a rumour or my mai: riage; which at that time had gone abrotJ, that I w: i 'married, and to remove my family ; and tli‘!re i; wiil appear by Mr: Parker the Surgeon's ho ks that I v; at I extremely ill, parteulaiiy with a tore throat, for a month or six weeks. Did I.Cird Berkeley knOw that ?—Yei, he ail During that time your Ladyship titnnOt state lion often his Lordship saw you ?---.I am sure that I ncvel saiv Lord Berkeley while I was confined with this: sore throat. Was it a severe illness ?—lt was enough to Confine the to the house. • Your Ladyship had at that titne no feitrile: servant attending upon you ? NJ, none. My Sister had two female servants ; ,I had none of my Gwn. I went for concealment. W.otild not your Ladyship have been better coni cealed if you had rema'n'd in London ?—lt was my husband's wish I s Oidd go there. 1 Could no: your Lacythip's family -have been *- moved to L .ndon from Gloucester, without your go ing there ? It was my husband's wish that I should go there. Did he know that he was to visit you only by stealth while you were there ?—He did. Did Lord Berkeley prefer your going to Glottces . • And that was the reason stssigned by Lork Ber keley for not making public his marriage with your Ladyship ?—Yes. How long did.that reason continue to operate ? Till my sister married, as I have stated. That sister was married in the year 1791 ?—I be lieve she was. ter,.whete he could sac you Only by stealth, to your rentaining in London, where he could see ho; every day ?—lt he had not preferred it, he would net have sent me there. Your Ladyship states; that you went to Gloucefter by the regimcct of yin' husband ; when Lord Berke ley desired your Ladyship to go to Glnuceiter, d •t. What were the other reasons assigne3 by Lord Berkeley besides the situation of your Ladyship's sis ter ?—My husband on his death-bed told me that he had married me at the time to get possession of my person; it never having been the infention of him, at the time he married me, to acknowledge me as his wiic. The question it. was wished to have had answered was, whether Lord Berkeley at the time a , s'gned any other reason for the concealment niche marriage that. the situation o( your sister ; by s , at eie ti:11::" is meant the interval between March, 1785, and the year 1791 ?—From the time of my marriage to the time of niy sister marrying, that, and the inferiority of my birth, I should father suppose, were the causes ; those were the reasons Lord Berkeley assigned at that time. Were there any other reasons which terminated in the year 1794, except the circumstance of your sister's altered situation ?—No, I do not think there were. your Ladyship know . uhetherThis Lordship was ap prized that at Gloucester he could see you only by stealth ?—Yes, certainly. At whatfme was it when your Ladyship's feMale relations, yo•ir mother and yotir two sisters, were made acquainted w,th your living with Lord Perke- Icy ?-ot:e sister, my s'ster Farion, and my mother, when they came to Londan ; my other sister We did not care about ; but my eldest sister opened a letter for my brother from myself, Jefor• the lel t G:oncester, from the contents of uh ch, she •IYas certain I wail ; it. was signed g• Afary E." .. • When was that was in beciuse my sisa tcr rernoved for good in that year. In what part of 1785 ?--Aftor I :oft Gloticestee: Did that lead to any communicatiln with your Ladyship's mother and sister, as to. the looting titer Ladyship was on with Lord Berkeley sister Whether, posterior to 1735, your Ladyship did not in point of fact live under the roof of that sister to whom you have alluded, and with her ?—I went to her house, supposing she was happily married, when I left Kent. That was in the year 1781 ;—the question it, whether your Ladyship went to that sister, or under her roof, at any time subsequent to March, 1785, when your Ladyship states you were married ?—I was mar ried ; but I never lived with my sister after I was married ; and before that I had a lodging. That sister lived in London ?—I cannot tell where :he lived after I was married, in any distinct place after the year 1785. What was the christian name of that sister Susanna. told Mr. Parker, the Sin-ron, uho attended me; that she knew I *as married from that circumstance 1 he had attended me, fix I had left Gloucester When I wrote that letter. Your Ladyship is understOoi to have sAld that the marriage was at first kept a secret from every body besides your Ladyshi,i's Mother ;: itbm your mother and sisters t—Yes, surely. Both the Marriage and your Ladyship's living with Lord Berkeley were kept secret from every body ex; cept Mr. Tudor ?—No, for my family removed from Gloucester to London in 1785, and they knew I was living with Lord Berkeley ; but the confidenct they had in the, with the letter that my sister opened to my brother, impressed their minds so strongly th a t I was married, that they never doubted it, and they Whether, when your Ladyship returned to London thought the situation ofmy second sister was the cause from Gloucester about the latter end of 1785, you of the concealment. did not return to the house of that sister I—No, not Did your Ladyship ever eommnnicate to your nsn., to live there. ther or to your sister the circumstaace of yont mar • Did your Ladyship hoard with that sister, or take riage ?—I told them to have confidence in me ; that' your meals with that sister I—After I returned from they knew I had never done wrong; And they might Gloucester in 1785, no. depend upon it I never would I and niy reed was Did not your Ladyship visit that sister at her never doubted by any one of the family ; that is true. house or lodgings after your return from Gloucester After your marriage, and after your Ladyship's the latter end of 1785 I—l did visit her, and took family, your mether and titter, removed to London 'great pains to deliver her from her situatitih, till the from Gloucester, the latter end of 1785, did they then beginning of 1786, and frotnthat time I never sawher. know that your Ladyship Was living with Lord Be: ke. Was it with the knowledge of Lord Berkeley that ley ?—Certainly they knew that; my mother and my your Ladyship visited that sister ?—Lord Berkeley sister kiim that: was quite as anxious to remove her from her siva- Why r.ot bah of your Ladyship's sisters ?—I am Lion as I was. sure my sister Farren did, because she bad seen the Then, except as occasional visits, you were not letter ; I cannot tell whether the other sister did. Sleeping or taking your meals with her ?—I might Did not your other sister know that your Ladyship have dined with her, but certainly not living withher. was living in London I—When I was in ?.endon I Your Ladyship means, • you did not live with her dare say she did. for a week at a time ?—No, I think t never was in When your Ladyship's sister Susannah Tanner was the house of my sister for a week together, after I re.' living in London, did she know that you were living turned Irvin Gloucester in the year 1785. tin lodgings provided by Lord Berkeley 1-4 dare say. Whether; when your Ladyship went cl;sv.-n from y she did. London to Newport the day before your marriage, i Whether either your Ladyship's mother, or either ) , ou went with any body or alone?-1 went from ;Of your sisters, asked your Ladyship on what footing London alone, and arrived at Newport the night be- I you were living with Lord Berkeley ?—My sitter fore the marriage. I Farren never v:ould ask that question after she saw How did your Ladyship travel ?—I travelled to f the le,ter, but she never doubted tis: factot my Mar: Oxford in a stage coach, and froth Oxford in (hakes.; riage. With or without any companion ?—Nu companion ; I Whether, in point of fact; either of your Lady: there might have been travellers in tha stage coach. ship's sisters or your mother ever asked you any quet:. Did your Ladyship see Lord Berkeley the day be- ! tion upon the subject I—We have had frequent ceir_ fore the marriage think not. versations upon that subject; particularly with my • Your Ladyship stated you remained at Newport !mother ; for she went tares* with me in Park -street, the night before the marriage i—Yes. I two months before I lay In of ray eldest ton. Were you alone at the inn, or did any body of I The question is,' whether in-1785,41am your Lidy. your acquaintance meet you trier_ ?.—I was atone at *ship's mother anti your two sisters were made sc. the inn at Newport: quainted with your living With Lord Berkeley, whe. How did your Ladyship go o'er the next morning ther at that time either at them ever askea your Lady_ to Berkeley ?—I walked with my brother. I ship upon what food, g you, were living With L oi d Had your Ladyship evel heo.i at Berkeley before ? Berkeley ?—Not two sisters ; I said Wine, only —.Never. I one was acquainted with it. YOur brothel. Mr. William Tudor It--Yet: 1 That is not an answer to the He had not been with your L dyship night be.: have answered that question before; fore he cattle that mot, ink. 4:ster. Fron..irbentet—From Gleosestort I Your Ladyibilis now Wore . question think I tore, at to guy thirst >re was saderstaod w.