The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-15 00:00:00

lN STA LLATION OF Slit it. PEEL AS LORD RECTOR DI? GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. ( From Merning" Advertiser.) GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 11 This ceremony took place this day in the Common 1-lall of the University, the doors of which were opened at one o'clock ; the galleries were crowded with those who were so fortunate as to procure tickets ; one of them having been appropriated to ladies, and the other to gentlemen. Shortly after one o'cicck the students wereadmitted to the Hall, and they amused themselves until the commencement of the ceremony by yain , and pelting each other with peas ; this responsible constituency appears to be composed of uncouth-look ing urchins, varying in age from 10 t o a b ou t 15 y ear; ; and, certainly, if we are to draw any conclusion from the exhibition they made to-day, it must be that propriety of demeanour does not farm any portion of the University course of study. Shortly after two o'clock, Sir Robert Peel entered the hall in his robes of o'fice, preceded by the Chamberlain of the Univer sity, bearing the mace. Sir Robert took his seat at the head of the table prepared for the occasion, which was raised upon a stage. At his right sat Mr. Camp ] ell, of Blytheswootr, the Dean of Faculty ; and on h s left, Principal M'Farlane ; at each side of the table were placed the Professors of the University. In the gallery, generally occupied by the Professors, we observed Lord Melville, Lord Meadowbank, Sir William Rae, Sir George Clerk, Sir Archibald Camp bell, Lord Justice Clerk, Duncan iVFNeill, Esq., &c &c. After the officers of the University were assembled the Principal pronounced a prayer in Latin, and the Clerk of the University, Professor Meickleham, read the minute of the election of Sir Robert Peel, as Lord Rector. Sir Robert then subscribed the usual oath, and this portion of the ceremony having concluded amidst loud cheers and partial disapprobation, the Right Hon. Baronet rose, and spoke to the following, effect " Principal, Professors, and Students—l gladly avail myself of this opportunity of personally and publicly ex pressing the gratification which I derived from my appoint ment to the office on the duties of which I have just en tered. I might have hesitated voluntarily to present myself as a candidate for that office, not from unbecoming indif ference to the distinction which it confers, but partly from disinclination to interfere with the pretensions of others, and reluctance to add to the pressure of those duties which in public and private life I am called upon to perform.— (Cheers.) But when I received the unexpected intelli gence that my election had actually taken place—had taken place under circumstances which had spared me the painfulness of voluntary competition, and relieved me al together from the anxieties, and, perhaps, asperitie s , th a t are incident to a contest, I required no advice—l asked for no time to consider—l acted upon the impulse of feel ings that were better counsellors than doubt and delibera tion ; and I resolved at once to justify the generous con fidence which had tendered me this high trust, and which must have anticipated my acceptance of it.—{Loud cheers.) I do accept it, grateful for the kindness which has conferred it—(Cheers)--proud of the relation in which I stand to this venerable seat of learning—(Cheers)—anxious to discharge with fidelity and zeal the duties which that relation may involve—(Cheers)—and not merely those duties : if I can extend the sphere of usefulness beyond the proper func tions of this office—if there be any other capacity in which my services can be made available—they shall be freely tendered—(Cheers)—for the promotion of every just and useful privilege to which the University can lay claim, and for the promotion and maintenance of its true and perma nent interests.—(Loud cheers.) The state of this Uni versity and of the other Universities of Scotland has re cently undergone visitation and inquiry by a Commission which owed its appointment to advice humbly tendered by me to the Crown.—(Cheers.) Various suggestions have been offered in the report of that Commission concerning the revenues, the government, and discipline of the Uni versity, and the intervention of Parliament will, I presume, be requisite, in order to give effect to such of those suggestions as it shall be thought fitting to adopt.— (Cheers.) You will not expect from me at the very outset of my connection with the University, the declaration of a formed and positive opinion upon matters so intimately affecting its welfare. I should not mark my respect for you, I should not justify the confidence you have reposed In me, were I to content myself with merely ascertaining the prevailing or popular opinion of the day, promising a blind subscription to it ; or were I to regard solely temporary interests, and pledge myself to their exclusive protection. I shall best maintain the dignity of this office—l shall best consult your true interest—l shall most certainly secure your lasting favour, by exercising an impartial independent judgment—( Loud cheers)—by weighing maturely each sug gestion of improvement, and the evidence or reasoning by which it is supported, not merely by regarding the abstract merits of the isolated proposal, but viewing it by reference to the whole scheme of academical education in Scotland, its connection with the means of preliminary instruction —its adaptation to the state of manners and society in Scotland—its capacity for supplying those acquirements, and that description of knowledge, which shall best ensure the success and eminence of those for whom academical in struction is intended.—(Cheers.) Be assured, however, that I shall enter upon the consideration of these important matters with a strong prepossession that (speaking gene rilly) the scheme of academical education adopted in the Universities of Scotland, modified as it gradually has bean, according to the changes in the state of society, and the new demands for knowledge, is admirably adapted to the great ends for which it is designed,—(Loud cheers.) I see in it a scheme in conformity with the suggestion of Lord Bacon, that makes learning subservient to action— that does not at all partake of a professional character— that embraces all distinctions and classes of society—that qualifies those of the highest rank for the public duties they will have to perform—that offers to men engaged in business, and even advanced in life, the opportunity of ascertaining the progressive discoveries of science, and the applicability of those discoveries to their respective circumstances—that offers also to those whose pecuniary means are the most restricted those benefits of an enlightened education, and the rewards of literary distinction .—( Cheers. Be assured that I shall also enter upon the consideration of them with a firm conviction that the relation in which the Universities stand towards the Established Church of Scot land, ought to be maintained with scrupulous fidelity. I shall not be acting in conformity with established usage—l should still be less acting in union with Env own feelings—if I did not on this occasion address myself immediately to those who are pursuing their studies within these walls. Yes, let me, who have not survived my sympathies with the feelings and aspirations of academic youth—who have drunk from the same pure springs from which you are allaying the thirst for knowledge—who have felt the glow of your emu lation, and have panted, like you, fir academic distinction— At me, after being engaged in the active scenes of public life, and buffeted by the storms and contentions of party—let me bring the living testimony of practical experience to confirm the truth of those precepts—to enforce those exhortations which you hear from tho higher authority of the distinguished men of whom your instruction is the immediate and peculiar province.—(Cheers.) Let me assure you with all the earnest ness of the deepest conviction, founded on the opportunities of observation which public life, and intercourse with the world, have afforded, that your success, your eminence, your happiness, are much more independent of the accidents and caprices of fortune, infinitely more within your own controul, than they appear to be to observers.—(Cheers.) There lies before you a boundless field of exertion. What ever be your pursuit, whatever be the profession which you may choose, the avenues to honourable fame are open to you, or at least are obstructed by no barriers of which you may not command the key —( Loud dicers.) Does the study of theology engage your attention —i s the office of the sacred Ministry to be your destination—to what nobler aim can you dedicate your faculties and acquirements than to vindicate the great principles of our common faith—to defend them from the assaults of infidelity—to establish them on the only authority on which the spirit of free in quiry will allow them to rest—the authority of scriptural truth ?—(Loud and continued cheering.) But be not content with mediocrity. Aspire to that eminence which has been attained by the great preachers, the honoured champions, of the Protestant rertein. Why should you despair of attaining it? Bring to your sacred functions the spirit by which they were animated—lay in the same stores of professional learning—make them available by the same simplicity of style and energy of expression. Above all, enforce the precept; you inculcate by the highest argument, the pure example of your own lives, and de spair not of exercising a moral influence like that which they exaicised, and founding a reputation lasting as theirs. —(Loud cheering.) In the commanding authority of your station, in the frequent opportunities for the pub lic exertion of your powers, in the eagerness with which men will listen to truths that concern their eternal interests, if they be not enforced, as they too frequently are not, with the same measure of earnestness, of ability, and of elo quence with which their worldly interests are defended—in these pursuits you will find all that can satis'y the highest ambition for honourable fame.—(Cheers,.) —ls science N our pursuit—the great ocean of truth, to quote the ex- Pression of the illustrious Newton—the great ocean of truth lies before you. "I do not know," said he, " what I „ „r i am.e i ßpear to the world, but to myself I seem to have r :'_i let i- u nky like a boy playing on the sea-shore, fiuding some times a brihter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before ~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, SUNDAY, JANUARY lb, 1837 aio." Every subsequent advance in science served not to •entract the field of inquiry, hut to extend it cn every .ide. It has served, like the telescope, to make us familiar with objects before imperfectly comprehended ; but ha-, at the same time, by the obscure vision of things unknoa n— if relations and dependencies of which we had no cm cep tion—shown us the comparative nothingness of L man 'cnowledge.—(Cheers.)—Are yo 2 destined for the legal arofession ? Are you ambitious df distinction in the public service of your country ? Surely the recent competition for this office which now entitles me to address you is preg nant with a signal proof that whatever is the place of your nativity—whatever be the accidents of your birth—the highest distinctions are accessible to you all, and that no national jealousies remain to obstruct your advancement, le to envy you the possession of it when obtained. There were two competitors presented for your choice. You will readily believe that on this occasion I shall make no remark on any circumstance connected with the re cent contest which can, by possibility, revive or excite an an gry feeling, or even provoke an expression of dissent. But there are reflections suggested by that contest which can afford none, and may serve as an encouragement and sti mulus to all. Your choice lay between two competitors, the one the son of a minister of the Church of Scotland, the other the son of an Englishman, founder of his own for tunes by dint of those honest and laborious exertions in the very same pursuit of active industry which are elevating so many within this great city to affluence and honourable station.—(Renewed cheers.) The one attains the highest eminence in the profession of the law—the other was called by the favour and the confidence of his Sovereign to the highest trust which a subject can execute—(Great cheers) —that of administering the government of this great coun try.---(Continued cheering.) And mark the signal and gra tifying proof of the obliteration of every prejudice con nected with the national distinctions or jealousies. The Scotchman is preferred to his English competitor at the Bar of England, and receives his honours without a mur mur that they are conferred upon a Scotchman. But though a Scotchman, educated at a Scottish University, he is not equally successful in a contest for academical dis tinction in his own country.—( Loud cheering.) That is reserved for an Englishman, educated at an English Uni %ersity with no other connection with Scotland than that of respect for her name and national character, and a cor dial interest in her welfare.—(Cheers.) And let me ex press a hope that, whatever other objections might apply to tha choice, there was no grudging feeling on account of this reciprocation of honourable appointments be tween the natives of the two countries, and that the cir cumstance of my being an Englishman does not operate to my prejudice even in the eyes of those who would have preferred, on general grounds, another appointment.— (Cheers.)—l have said that the field for exertion is bound less. I have said the avenues to distinction arc few, and that it is within your power to command - an entrance to them. I repeat, with the earnestness of the deepest conviction, there is in my mind a presumption amounting almost to a certainty, that if any one of you will be determined to be eminent in whatever profession you may choose, and will act with unvarying steadiness in pursuance of that deter mination, you will, if health and strength be given you, in infallibly succeed.—(Cheers.)—lf what is called genius shall have been denied to you, you have faculties of the mind which may be se improved by constant exercise and vigilance that they shall supply the place of genius, and open to you brighter prospects of ultimate success than genius unaided by the same discipline can hope to attain.— (Cheers.)—There are, no doubt, original differences in different minds—in the depth and the quality of the intel lectual mine ; but in all ordinary cases the practical success of the working of that mine depends in by far tho greatest degree upon the care, the labour, the perfection of the ma chinery which are applied to it.—(Continued cheering.) Do I say that you can command success without difficulty ? No. Difficulty is the condition of success. " Difficulty is a se vere instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi haul facilena cue viam voluit—he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with dif ficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with one ob ject, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial." These are the me morable words of the first of philosophic Statesmen, of the greatest orator of modern ages, at least if it were allowed to judge of oratory by the compositions it has bequeathed to posterity, without reference to-the physical qualifications of the speaker. They are words which, if this office hath authority in your eyes, should have especial weight with you. Their illustrious author, Mr. Burke, from this place, on an occasion similar to the present, might have exhorted the youth- of this University by the example of his own life, as well as by the eloquence of his precepts, to seek the antagonist which is also our helper. I say, in confor mity with this advice, enter then into the amicable conflict with difficulty—whenever you encounter it turn not aside —say not there is a lion in your path—resolve upon encoun tering and mastering it, and easy successive triumphs will inspire you with that confidence in yourselves, that habit of victory, that will make future conquests easy. On by far the greater part of you it is incumbent to acquire those qualities which shall fit you for action rather than speculation. It is not, therefore, by mere study, by the mere accumulation of knowledge, that you can hope for eminence. Mental discipline, the exercise of the faculties of the mind, the quickening of your apprehension, the strengthening of your memory, the forming of a sound, rapid, and discriminating judgment, are of even more im portance than the store of learning. If you will consider these faculties as the most precious gifts of nature, if you will be persuaded, as you ought to be, that they are capa ble of constant, progressive, and therefore, almost indefi nite, improvement—that by acts similar to those by which magic feats of dexterity and bodily strength are performed, a capacity for the nobler feats of the mind may be acquired —the first, the special object of your youth will be to establish that control over your mind and your own habits that should ensure the proper cultivation of this precious inheritance. Try even a short period the enchantment of exercising such control. If in the course of your study you meet with difficulty resolve on mastering it ; if you cannot by your own unaided efforts, be not ashamed to admit your inability, and seek for assistance.—(Cheers.) Prac tice the economy of time—consider time, like the faculties of your mind, a precious estate—that every moment of it well applied is put out to an exorbitant interest. Ido not say devote yourself to unremitting labour, and sacrifice all amusement, but I do say that the zest of amusement itself, and the successful result of application, depend in a great measure upon the economy of time.—(Loud cheers.) When you have lived fifty years you will have seen many instances in which the man who finds time for everything, for punctuality in all the relations of life, for the cultivation of literature, for every rational amusement, is he who is the most assiduous in the active pursuits of his profession.— (Cheers.) Estimate also properly the force of habit. Ex ercise a constant, an unremitting, yig,ilance over the acquire ment of habits in matters that aro apparently of entire in difference, that perhaps are really so, independent of the habits they engender. It is by the neglect of such trifles that bad habits are acquired, and that the mind, by to lerating negligence and procrastination in matters of rmall account, but of frequent recurrence, in matters of which the world takes no notice, becomes accustomed to the same defects ie matters of higher importance. if you will make the experimeat of which I have spoken, that there shall be a complete understanding of everything you read, or the honest admission that you do not understand it—that there shall be a strict regard to the distribution of time— that there shall be a constant struggle against the bondage of bad habit, a constant effort which can only be made within to the master-mind to subject its various processes to healthful action, the early fruits of this experiment, the feeling of self-satisfaction, the consciousness of giving strength; the force of good habit, will be inducements to its continuance more powerful than any exhortations.— (Cheers.) These are the arts, this is the patient and labo rious process, by which, in all times and in all professions, the foundations of excellence and of fame have been laid. Is it possible to consult the works of any man of real emi nence, who has left a record of his eminence—who has left a record of the discipline by which his own mind was trained—without finding abundant proofs that it was not by trusting to the inspirations of genius, but by constant per severadee,And vigilance, and care, that success was obtained. Reflect on--4tie as an eminent example of this—the ac count which Cicero gives of his own early education—mark the intentness on one object—mark how every occupation, amusement, foreign travel, society—the conversation of the lightest turn—how all were made ancillary to the one great purpose—of improving the mind, and fitting it for the highest functions to which its faculties were to be applied. Speaking of himself, he says : " At vero ego hoc tempore omni noctes et dies in onl nium doctrinaruni meditation° versabar. Huic ego doctori et ejus artibus variis atque nuiltis, ita cram deditus ut, ab exercitationibus oratoriis nullus dies vacuus esset. " Cum me et amici et medici hortaren tar, ut causasagere dissistcram, quodvis potius periculum adducendum quarn a sperata diccndi alorra discedendum putavi. " Cum venissena Athenas, sex menses cum Antiocho, ve teris academiw nobilissimo et. prudentissimo philosopho fui studiurnque philosophiaa, numquam intermissum, a primaque adolescentia cultum, et semper auctum, hoc rursus, sumo° auctore et doctore, renovavi. " Postea, a me Asia tota peragrata est cum summis qui dem oratoribus, quibuscum exercehar ipsis libentibus. Rho dium veni, meque ad eundem, quern Roma? audiveram, de novo applicavt." When such records of perseverance in study and mental discipline are presented to us they abate our wonder at the accomplishments and acquirements which were their legiti mate result. " It is very natural," say s Sir John Reynolds, " it is very natw a: jot those wao are unacquainted with the causes of anything txtramlinary to be astonished at the effect, and to account for it as the effect of magic. The travellers into the East tell us that when the igno rant inhabitants of those con itries are asked concerning the ruins of stat&y edifices vet remaining among them, the melarchory monuments of their former grandeur and long-lost science, they always answer that they were built by magicians. The untaught mind.finds a vast gulpli between its own powers and those works of complicated art which it is utterly unable to fathom, and it supposes that such a void can be passed only by supernatural powers." We have, in the instance of Cicero, the stately edifice—the monument of intellectual grandeur ; but we learn from the evidence of the illustrious architect by what careful process the foundations were securely laid, and the scaffolding was gradually erected. Our wonder at the per fection of the work may be abated, but what can abate our admiration and respect fur the elevated views, the burning thirst for knowledge and for fame, the noble ambition, which " scorned delights, and lived laborious days," which en graved on his memory the paternal exhortation to the hero in Homer—the noblest, says Dr. Johnson, that can be found in any Heathen writer, Ass: , easiesreessis ?tat :Pimps/se SMtLEY2I xisAara. —(Loud cheers.) The name , t h e authority, the example of Cicero, conduct me naturally to a topic which I should be unwilling to pass in silence—l allude to the immense importance to all who aspire to conspicuous stations in any department of public or learned professional life, the im mense importance of classical acquirements, of the imbuing your minds with a knowledge of the pure models of anti quity, and a taste for their constant study and cultivation. Do not disregard the admonition from the impression that it proceeds from the natural prejudices in favour of classical learning which education at an English University may un comciously instil, or that it is offered presumptuously by one ignorant of that description of knowledge which is best adapted to the habits and occupations of society in Scotland. I want to impress ou your mind that a wider horizon than that of Scotland is open to you ; that you are candidates, starting with equal advantage, for every prize of profit or distinction which the wide circle of the empire, extended through every quarter of the globe, can include. Bear in mind, too, that every improvement in the means of commu nication between distant parts of that empire is opening a new avenue to fame, particularly to those who are remote from the seat of Government. This is not the place where injustice should be done to that mighty discovery which is effecting a daily change in the pre-existing relations of so ciety. This is not the place where a false and injurious esti mate should be made of the speculations of Black, and the inventive genius of Watt.—f Cheers.) 'The steam-engine and the railroad are not merely facilitating the transport of iner chandise, they are not merely shortening the duration of journeys, or administering to the supply of physical wants ; they arc speeding the intercourse between mind and mind ; they are creating new demands for knowledge ; they arc fertilizing the intellectual as well as the material waste ; they are removing the impediments which obscurity, or re moteness, or poverty, tray have heretofore opposed to the emerging of real merit.—(Cheers.) They are supplying you in the mere facility of locomotion with a new motive for classical study ; they are enabling you, with comparative case, to enjoy that pure and refined pleasure which makes the past predominate over the present, when we contemplate the localities where the illustrious deeds of ancient times have been performed, and the monuments that are associated with names and actions that never can perish.—(Loud cheers.) They are enabling sou no taste the intoxicating draught that is described with such noble enthusiasm by Gibbon :—" At the distance of twenty-five years I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night I strode, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum, each memorable spot whore Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Cmsar fell, was at once present to my eye, and several days of intoxi cation were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool or minute investigation."—(Loud cheering.) I need not remind you of the earnest and eloquent exhortation to the study of ancient, and particularly of attic, composition, which have been delivered from this seat. I need not re mind you of the manifold facilities which that study affords you in the comprehension of the structure of modern lan guages, and the formation of style on the purest models, or how indispensable it is to the understanding of a thousand allusions to the usages and expressions of classical antiquity which are scattered with happy prodigality through some of the finest •f modern compositions—allusions 4):.cya w ra, (rasa - rota - iv that have a voice for those, but for those alone, that have been initiated in these delighful mysteries.— (Cheers.) Let me, however, attempt to brine . p from the examples of public life a p ra cti ca l con fi rma ti on o f the truth of these maxims, and the wisdom of this exhortation. I ask you simply to pass in succession the names of those who have stood most conspicuous in the great arena of competition, and to compare the proportion borne to the total number by those who have been eminent for classical acquirements. I purposely exclude the remoter periods of our history, pregnant as they are with examples in favour of the position I maintain, because when education was in a great degree confined to classical learning, the possession of it would almost necessarily accompany other superior qualifications for high public trusts. But take recent periods of our history, take the most recent preceding our own, when the means of acquiring knowledge have been so extensive that there is the opportunity for fair comparison between the several attainments which may have assisted the competitor fOr public honours. What are the chief names (I am speaking of public life) that have floated down and are likely to remain buoyant on the stream of time ? Of the whole number how large the proportion of men eminent for classical acquirements and classical tastes. In the judicial station there are Lord Mansfield, Lord Stowell, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Tenterden. In public life Lord North, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, Mr. Burke, Lord Grenville, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Canning—all eminent for classical attainments.—(Cheers.) This at least is demonstrated, that the time devoted to classical studies had not obstructed their elevation. But surely there is a very strong presump tion, from the proportion which they bear to the total number of distinguished men, that classical learning, and the accomplishments derived from the study of it, must have given them great advantages in the competition for distinction.—(Loud cheering.) No doubt high, per haps equal, eminence has been attained in some few in stances by men who have not cultivated, or, at least, have not been remarkable for, classical acquirements ; but is there not strong reason to believe that in their case success would have been more easy and more complete, had such acquirements been superadded to their other qualifications ?--(Cheers.) But do not contemplate men whom I have merely named amid the excitement of political or forensic contention—do not consider classical studies merely as useful instruments for the improvement of their style, and for gilding with the charms of happy allusion or learned illustration the public displays of eloquence. Follow them into the retirement of private life—witness the refined tastes with which classical studies have in spired them, and learn to imitate the compensation they have off red for the loss of power, or the interruption of active employment. 'Fake, as examples, the men the most prominent in recent political history—the great rivals, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox. In the case of each you have the most unexceptionable evidence as to the pursuits and studies in which they found relaxation and amusement whenever the contentions of public life wei e suspended. Lord Holland thus speaks of Mr. Fox in the preface to the " History of James the Second :"—" During his re- tirernent the love of literature and fondness for poetry, which neither pleasure nor business had ever extinguished, returned with an ardour which few, in the eagerness of youth, or in the pursuit of fame, or advantage, are capable of feeling. Hence it was that. in the interval between his active attendance in Parliament and the undertaking of his history he never felt the tedium of a vacant day. It was more difficult to fortify himself against the seductions of his own inclination, which was continually drawiug him off from his historical researches to critical inquiry, and to the study of the classics, the works of imagination, and poetry. Abundant proofs exist of the effects of these in terruptions, both on his labours and on his mind. His let ters are filled with complaints of such as arose from poli tics, while he speaks with delight and complacency of whole days devoted to Euripides, Virgil, &a." Still more recent testimony has been borne to the acquirements, the tastes, the studies of Mr. Pitt by one who, combining the charac ter of a Statesman with that of a scholar, is an authority inferior to none as to the importance and value of classical accomplishments. In a letter of the Marquis Wellesley, which has recently been made public, lie says of Mr. Pitt— " He was perfectly accomplished in classical literature, both Latin and Greek. The accuracy and strength of his memory surpassed every example which I have observed, but the in trinsic vigour of his understanding carried him far beyond mere recollection of the great models of antiquity i n ora tory, poetry, history, an d philosophy. He had drawn their essence into his own thoughts and language, and with astonishing fidelity lie applied the whole spirit of an cient learning to his daily use."—( Cheers.) " These studies were his constant delight and resort. At Holwood, in Kent, and at Widmer Castle, his apartments were strewed with Latin and Greek classics, and his conversation with those friends who delighted in similar studies frequently turned on that most attractive" branch of literature. In these pursuits his constant and congenial companion was Lord Grenville, who has often declared to me that Mr. Pitt was the best Greek scholar he ever conversed with."— (Cheers.) I have dwelt on this branch of Mr. Pitt's ac complishments, because I know not any source from which more salutary assistance can be derived to chase from the spirits those clouds and vapours which invest vacant minds, and by self-wearine ss render retirement melancholy and in tolerable. How striking the contrast between the retire ment of these men and that of others scarcely less eminent n public life, who had not congenial tastes for literary and classical studies. " Though he had not forgotten his clas sical attainments," says the biographer of Walpole, " he had little taste for literary occupations." He once ex pressed his regret on this subject to a friend who was reading in the library at Houghton. " I wish," he said, " I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would be the means of alleviating many la borious hours in my present retirement ; but, to my mis fortune, 1 derive no pleasure from such pursuits."—(Cheers.) Surely these testimonies and these contrasts are pregnant with lessons of instruction. Surely they encourage us to acquire the habits and to cultivate those studies which, at the same time that they are the highest solace and the most grateful relaxation from the cares of business and the world, are furnishing to him who takes delight in them new capa city for intellectual exertion—new stores of precious know ledge.—(Cheers.) " An to existimas," said the kindred spirit of antiquity, " an to existimas nut suppetere nobis posse,.quod quotidie dicamus in tanta varietate rerum, nisi animos nostros doctrina excolamus, ant ferre animos tent= posse contentionem, nisi eos eadem doctrina relaxemus." Noble relaxation ! which, while it unbends, invigorates the mind, while it is relieving it and refreshing it from the exhaustion of present contention, is bracing and for tifying it for that which is to come. I have detained you at too great length.—(Loud cheering.) I am well aware that the observations I have addressed to you have nothing of novelty to recommend them—the truths to which I have adverted are so obvious that they scarcely require the aid of reasoning to enforce them. But they are truly of vital importance, and it too frequently happens that the ready as sent which we give to them has not the practical influence on our conduct which it ought to have. If it had, how many of us would have been spared the painful retrospect —that retrospect which you may avert, but which we cannot—of opportunities lost, time mispent, habits of in dolence or of negligence become inveterate.—(Cheers.) Hitherto I have referred exclusively to the consideration of worldly advantage and worldly fame, as encouragements to early and continued exertion. We have seen how powerful they were in animating the ambitious spirit of the Roman orator. Not one of the motives by which he was stimulated is wanting to you. His field for competition was not more ample, the reward of success was not more splendid.—(Cheers.) You have a country as en deared to you by proud recollections. You have insti tutions, civil and religious, standing in equal need of your solicitude, infinitely more worthy of defence.— (Loud cheering.) But for you these are incitements to labour, to zeal, in the course of knowledge and of virtue, infinitely beyond any which could have animated the exertions of Cicero. The love of praise, the hope of posthumous glory, were with him the chief springs of ac tion—the great, the only, rewards of anxiety and labour. " Nullam enim virtus aliam mercedem laborum periculo rumque desiderat, praater hanc laudis et glorire, qua qui dem detracta, judices, quid est quod in hoc tam exiguo vitas curricula, et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exer ceamus,"—(Cheers.) You have other excitements to la bour, other rewards of virtuous action. Should the hope of glory and fame be obscured, you have the express com mand of God to improve the faculties which distinguish you from the beasts that perish!; you have the awful know ledge that of the use of those 'faculties a solemn account must be rendered ; you have the assurance of an immor tality different from that of worldly fame. By every mo tive which can influence a reflecting and responsible being of a large discourse, looking before and after ; by the me mory of the distinguished men who have shed a lustre on these walls ; by regard for your own success and happi ness in this life ; by , the fear of future discredit, by the hope of lasting fame—by all these considerations do I conjure you, while you have yet time, before the evil day shall yet come, while your minds are yet pliable, to form them on the models which are the nearest to perfection. " Sursum corda." By the motives yet more urgent, by higher and purer aspirations, by the duty of obedience to the will of God, by the awful account you will have to render, not merely of moral actions, but of faculties entrusted to you for improvement—by all these high arguments do I con jure you " to number your days, that you may apply your hearts unto wisdom"—(Loud cheers)—unto that wisdom which, directing your ambition to the noble end of bene fiting mankind, and teaching you humble reliance on the merits and on the mercy of your Redeemer, may support you " in the time of your tribulation" —may " admonish you in the time of your wealth"—and, in the hour of death and in the day of judgment, may comfort you with the hope of deliverance. (The conclusion of the discourse was the signal for fresh and repeated bursts of applause.) A splendid dinner is to be given to-day by the University to the Lord Rector. But we regret to say that it is to be strictly private, so that we are precluded from laying before our readers any report of the pro ceedings. CHANCERY COURT.-(SATURDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR, having disposed of the re maining lunatic petitions, proceeded with the appeal of the Attorney-General v. the Dean of St. Paul's. VICE-CHANCERY.-(SATURDAY.) WESTLAKE V. WESTLAKE. Henry Westlake, a grey-headed west country farmer, the defendant in this suit, was brought up in custody for his con tempt in not putting in his answer. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Why have you not put in your answer ? Defendant—Whey, I'se rather make it up in another way, if you plase.—( Laughter.) The VICE•CHANCELLOR—But that will not do. Are you too poor ? Defendant—l be, Zur. All the things I'd got ha' gave, zum one way, and zum another. I thought I zho'd ha' had zumthing arter harvest, but they put the overzeers on me, and zold what I'd a got. The. VICE-CHANCELLOR—Have you employed any Solicitor ? Defendant—No, I ar'nt, Zur. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Why don't you ? Defendant—l don't know. I can hardly move out of the place. I'se bad in my leg.—(Laughter.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR—I am sorry for that; but are you so poor that you cannot employ a solicitor ? Defendant—Why, I don't know how to do it, Zur. They ha' sold every thing I'se possessed of. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Why does your Solicitor not go on with the matter ? Defendant—l never employed any body yet. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Have you any property ? Defendant—Very little. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—HOW much do you suppose P Defendant—l can't tell ; there is very little 'gin I'se paid one and another. The VICE-CHANCELLOR-5001. Defendant—Vivo hundred ! God bless'ee, Zur. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—WeII, 1001. ? Defendant—No, I can't tell I'se zure—(Laughter) ;- 1 once 'ad a good many pounds. The defendant having been sworn by the Registrar as to whether he was too poor to employ a Solicitor, and having answered in the affirmative, his Honour directed the usual order to be made, and the poor old man was escorted out of the Cow t by his attendants. ROLLL'S COURT.-(SATURDAY.) MALINS Z. FLETCHER.-JUDGMENT. This was a bill filed for the specific performance of an agreement. The plaintiff being entitled to an estate called the Rookery, at Woodford, in E ssex , em pl oye d Messrs. Ellis and Son, as auctioneers, to sell the same by auction, in five lots, on the Bth of May, 1834 ; and the same auctioneers were employed by a Mr. Davis, to sell for him an estate at Leighton, on the same day, and at the same place, Garraway's Coffee House. The defend ant, a cheesemonger, carrying on business in Southwark, was a friend of Davis, and having met Davis on the day preceding the sale, he offered to go and bid for him, which offer Davis accepted. A meeting was appointed to take place at the auctioneer's on the following day, at twelve o'clock, that the defendant might receive in structions from the auctioneer ; but the defendant not arriving at place of meeting till between one and two o'clock, hurried away to Garraway's, without having received instruc tions, fearful that he would be too late to bid for Davis. The defendant arrived at the auction-room while the second lot of the plaintiff's estate was under sale. Lot 2 of the plain tiff's estate was bought in, and the auctioneer having de scribed lot 3 in terms wholly inapplicable to Davis' estate, offered it for sale. The defendant went on bidding for it in a hasty and inconsiderate manner, until he arrived at 1,4001. ; the lot was then knocked down to him, and the auctioneer declared the property absolutely 'sold. An individual present, also employed by Davis to bid for him, asked the defendant what had induced him to purchase the lot, to which the defendant replied, it was Davis' property ; and upon being informed of his mistake, he appeared much flurried, and said he would speak to the auctioneer. Hav ing waited until the sale was over, he informed the auc tioneer of his mistake, and refused to sign the contract or pay the deposit. The auctioneer wrote his name as a purchaser on a copy of the conditions and particulars of sale in such a manner as the plaintiff alleged to make the contract binding on the defendant, and therefore insisted he was articled to a specific performance. Lord LANGDALE, in giving judgment this morning, ob served, that in cases of specific performance the Court exercised a sound discretion, and would not in all cases en force its jurisdiction. In cases of intoxication, although the party might not have been drawn into drink, yet, if the agreement was made while he was in a state of intoxica tion, the Court would not decree a specific performance. After carefully reading over the evidence, his Lordship was of opinion the defendant bad never intended to bid for the estate ; and if the defendant's conduct had occa sioned any loss to the plaintiff, for that he would be an swerable, and the plaintiff might sue him for damage ; but it would not be equitable to compel him to perform the contract, and therefore the bill must be dismissed without costs. DOBSON V. LYALI..—(JUDGMENT.) • In this case, the facts of which were given when the case was argued, the MASTER of the ROLLS decreed the Bot tomry Bond to be void as against the plaintiff, and directed an account to be taken of what was due to him. In consequence of the absence of Mr. Kindersley, who is labouring under an attack of the prevailing. influenza, his Lordship was unable to proceed with the business, and the Court rose at half-past eleven o'clock. KING'S BENCH.-(SATURDAY.) TX PARTE FETHERSTONHAUGII. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he litid nn application to make which caused him considerable pain, inasmuch as the necessity which prompted it showed that justice was not administered in some of the tribunals in this country in that way in which all well disposed persons might desire. His motion was for a 'z..v.iiorari, directed to the Mayor and Jus tices of Worcester, commanding them to return into this Court certain informations taken against Alexander Fether stonhaugh and Joseph Fetherstonhaugh, on the 14th of November last. It appeared from the affidavit of Alexan der Fetherstonhaugh, that he has resided for eighteen years and carried on the business of a chemist and drug gist in High-street in the city of Worcester, having during that long period earned and retained the good will and friendship of. all his neighbours. The otherper son, Joseph Fetherstonhaugh was the brother of Alexander. The OIIIEF JUSTICE—Erom what jurisdiction do you wish to remove the case ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The parties on whose be half lie moved were bound over to answer any indictment that might be preferred against them in the city of Worces ter. The circumstances which led to the present proceed ings were these. It appeared that some time previously Alexander Fetherstonhaugh employed as his attorney and solicitor in a certain cause a Mr. Holden, and had advanced him several sums of money on account, for which he re ceived vouchers in the usual manner. Subsequently a meeting was held at the house of Mr. Fetherstonhaugh for the purpose of settling accounts, and when the items had been fully gone through, the documents and vouchers were put into a drawer in the presence of Mr. Holden. In a few days they were missing, and as no one was aware where Mr. Fetherstonhaugh placed them but Mr. Holden, that gentleman was asked about them, and denied all knowledge of them. Under these circumstances Mr. Hol den sent in his bill for fees and disbursements to a considerable amount, without giving the proper credits. On the 14th of November Mr. A. Fetherstonhaugh went to the house of Mr. Holden to see him on the subject of his demand. Holden was then in bed, and until he could dress, Mr. Fetherstonhaugh was requested to remain in an adjoining room. While in thi s room h e saw a b un dl e o f pa p ers , which appeared t o b e th e vouc h ers an d d ocuments respect ing the account which he had put into his own drawer, in the presence of Holden. Holden shortly afterwards came in, and when he saw the state of mattershe appeared abashed, endea vouring so to place himself as to cover the bundle. Mr. Fe therstonhaugh then gave the bundle of papers to his brother Joseph to carry them home, which he accordingly did, Alexander following. On their arrival at their house, it was found that in the bundle there were two or three other papers not belonging to them ; these were immediately re turned to Holden, who at once obtained a search -warrant, and the premises of Mr. Fetherstonhaugh were searched as for stolen goods. It was stated in the warrant that several goods and chattels, to wit, certain draft bills of costs and of cash accounts between Holden and Fetherstonhaugh, and several agents' bills of costs, and other papers were stolen, and it authorised a search for the same in the house of Mr. Fetherstonhaugh, who was absent from home when the search was made ; and on the 14th of November he was taken into custody, and brought before the Magistrates, the Mayor and Recorder of Worcester. An investigation took place, and the facts now stated were given in evidence. A charge of felony was brought against Alexander and Joseph Fetherstonhaugh, and he (the At torney-General) was sorry to say that upon that occa sion the Mayor and Recorder of Worcester bound over both brothers to appear to answer a charge of felony, but it should be stated that the Reborder then expressed himself— I beg pardon, my Lords, I am wrong in saying it was the Recorder—l find it was the stipendiary magistrate of Wor cester, Mr. Sidebottom. He said, " I totally acquit Mr. Alexander Fetherstonhaugh of any intention to defraud, or of any other guilty knowledge in taking away the accounts, but I must admit that the return of the other papers does not purge the felony." And the Mayor saidhe did not lika:the term felony—that was too strong a word ; but yet he bound both gentlemen over on a charge of felony. And, indeed, since the days of Dogberry, there was not heard such strange conduct in the administration of justice. The CHIEF JUSTICE—This took place on the 14th of November, was there not a sessions since ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —The informations are re turned to the Assizes. Mr. Fetherstonhaugh has made an affidavit, stat i ng that a charge of felony having b een ma d e against him, has pressed heavily upon the mind of his wife ; and the very fact of his being obliged to stand in the felon's dock, to plead and to hold up his hand in the usual man ner, wer e in themselves a gr ea t h ar d s hi p upon a respecta bl e citizen, o f unimpeachable c h arac t er . H e did not w i s h to remove the trial to Gloucester, or to any distant county. All they required was to have it brought from the city, to the county, of Worcester. The CHIEF JUSTICE —Was the charge of felony con fined to the bundle of papers ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Entirely so, my Lord. The CHIEF JUSTICE--Take your rule. COURTENAY V. RAPHAEL AND ANOTHER. This case was tried at the last London Sittings before the CHIEF JUSTICE. It was an action for breaking and entering the plaintiff's house on the 3d of June, 1835. The defendants were Sheriffs of the city of London, and it ap peared that an execution having been obtained against Charles Baker Courtenay, jun., at the suit of a person named Hart, a writ of fieri facia: issued, and, in conse quence, the defendants, on the day named in the declara tion, entered his father's house, seized all his goods, and re. mained there for a fortnight, a time longer than l ' was neces sary, even supposing the house and the goods therein to belong to the younger Mr. Courtenay. There were several pleas, but the chief one stated that the defendants had not stayed longer than was necessary, upon which the plaintiff now assigned, and the material question as to the fact of a tres pass by reason of remaining too long on the plaintiff's premises. At the trial it was contended that the assign ment of the house and goods to the father by the son was only colourable, and the Jury found a verdict for the de fendants. Mr. ECLE now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had upon the ground stated, namely, that relating to the trespass in re maining so long upon the plaintiff's premises. The COURT thought the Jury had fully decided the en tire question, and therefore refused to set aside the verdict. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(SATURDAY.) DEAL, JAN. 13.—Wind W.N. W., squally. _Arrived from the River, the Emma, King, for the Cape of Good Hope General Kydd, Foord, for Madras ; and remain. Arrived th e Louisa and Eliza, Southend to Bristol ; Elbe, Newcastle to Boulogne ; London, Liverpool to London. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 13.--Wind W. N. W.----Arrived the M. ria, Collins, frees London for Corfu • Endeavour, Johns, fr om ditto for Marseilles ; Creoles, Tulloch, from ditto for Rio Ja. noire ; Express, Bartell, from Konigsburg for New Y or k ; Heber, Dodd, from Memel; and Neree, Lendrce, from New. castle, for Nantes. ived the Francis South, Edmon Cowan, JAN. 13.—Arr from Calcutta ; Lord Saumarez, Shields, for the Mauritius. TORBAY, JAN. 12.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived from London, the Regent Packet, Houghton, for the Cape of Good Hope. 13.—Wind E E PLY MOUTH, TAN • •• N •' • • FALMOUTH, JAN. 13.:_—Wind S. S.W., strong breezes. SCILLY, JAN. 10.—The crew of the Elizabeth, Phillip s , from N e wport, and the Mary Ann, Griffiths, from Cardiff, both of Cork, which were abandoned on the 25th and 29th ult., have been landed here, from the Orlando, Coulson, from Gloucester to London. C REEK , JAN. 13.—Arrived the Clipper, Holland, from Con stantinople; Amy, Fowler , from Leghorn; Sovereign, Stokes, from Messina ; and Fortitude, Thompson, from ditto. RAIMSOATE, JAN. 13. Arrived the Sarah, Lees, from Lon don, with windlass damaged, and loss of anchor and chain, bound to South Australia ; and Breadalbane, Morris, ditto, pumps clicked, bound to Santander. CORK, JAN. 11.—Sailed the Maitland (transport), for the Mauritius ; and Prince Regent (ditto), ditto. WATERFORD, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Margaret (steamer), from London. L ONDONDERR Y, JAN. 10.—Arriv e d t h e M entor, Barret, Riga Y OUG HALL, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Penelope, Huntrod, from Quebec- BATAVIA, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Javaan, Adrian, from Am sterdam. JVv MILFORD, JAN. 12.—The St. Patrick, from Newport to Cork, and the Elizabeth and Mary, from Swansea to Youghall, have put into this port ; the former with loss of mast and bow sprit, and the latter with damaged bulwarks, &c., having been in contact. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have, it is said, positively re fused the offers made to them by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Osbaldiston has likewise applied to these vocalists for the exercise of their talents, upon extremely liberal terms. Mr. Wood and his wife, however, for the present, are resolved not to engage at either of the metro politan theatres. MURDER IN RATCLIFF HIGHWAY. On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of John Holliday Ready, residing in the Highway, who was stabbed in his own house, on Tuesday night, by a man named John Pegsworth, who has been remanded by the Magistrate. The Jury viewed the body of the deceased, which la•r at his own house, No. 125, Rateliff-highway, and saw the :till extent of the wound. The heart was completely perfo rated, the knife having even touched the ribs. The evidence gone into was a repetition of that given at the Thames Police-office on Wednesday, with the excep don of that of the deceased's wife, who was not examined by the Magistrate in consequence of illness. The CORONER charged the Jury, and said it was such a clear case that there was no occasion for him to address them at any length on the subject. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Pegsworth ;" and the CORONEU issued his warrant for the committal of the prisoner to Newgate for trial at the next Sessions of the Central Cri minal Court. The greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood, and it was found necessary to keep a policeman at the door of the deceased's house and others in the stri•et, to clear the crowds of persons whom curiosity had drawn together. Since the horrible murder Of the Marr's family, in the same street, no circum s t ance has excited so mu c h s y mpat h y an d curiosity. There were several rumours in circulation re specting the murder of Mr. Ready and his general conduct, which are entirely devoid of foundation. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CIIESTER RACES, MOND4 r, MA r 1. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 sovs. ft., and 5 soya. ft. only if de clared on or before the Ist of February. Three to accept or no race. To start at the Castle Pole, run twice round, and end at the Coming-in-Chair. Second horse to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. Sir J. Boswell's ch. h. General Chasse, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b; Mr. E. Peel's ch. h. Tamsvorth, 6 yrs, 9st ; Gen. Yates's ch. h. Sylvan, 5 yrs, Bst. 111 b • Mr. T. Barrow's Catherina, a ge d, S s t. 111b*; Mr. Cooke ' ' 's br. h. Red Rover, 6 yrs, Bst. 91b ; Mr. Alostyn'sbr. c, Trap Ball, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b; Marquis of Westminster's Snyders, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b; Lord Eglinton's hl. c. The Black Diamond, by Jerry, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Mr. Robinson's br. h. Stockport, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b ; 1 Mr. Nanney's br. h. Friar Tuck, by Emilias, out of Signorina, 5 yrs, Bst. 31b; Sir T. Stanley's br. h. Philip, aged, Bst. 21b; Mr. Robinson's ch. c. Whaley, 4 yrs, Sst. 21b ; Sir. Giffard's eh. g. Tra veller, aged, Bst. llb ; Mr. E. Peel's ch. g. Noodle, 6 vrs Bst; Mr. Fowler's br. c. He ron , 4 yrs, B st ; Si r T . Stanley's el. c. Japhet, 4 yrs, 7st. 1 llb ; Mr. Buckley's b. h. James, 5 yrs, 7et. 81b; Sir J. Boswell's ch. f. Sunbeam, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b ; Mr. I. Day's Diana, aged, ist. 81b ; Mr.Tomes's b. h. Theophilus, aged, ist. 71b ; Marquis of Westminster's ch. c. Hampton, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b; Mr. T. P. Loyd's b. c. Torn Shipman, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b; Mr. F. R. Price's br. c. Master of the Rolls, by Lottery, out of Medora, by Swords man, 4 vrs, 7st. 61b ; Mr. J. Allen's b. f. Vesper, by Velocipede, out of Crazy Jane, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b ; Mr. Wasloe s br. c. Blackburn, 4 yrs, ist. 41b ; Mr. I. Day's Bubastes, 6 yrs, 7st 41b ; Mr. W. ' Barrow na. Mr. Peirse's b. f. Elizabeth, by Waverly, 4 yrs, ist. 31b;; Mr. Farmer's Latona, 6 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Mr. Bullock's b. f Flora, by Gaberlunzie, 3 yrs, 6st. The Cheshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, with 50 soya. added by the Citizens of Chester, 15 sovs. ft., and 5 sovs. only if declared as , . above on or before Ist Feb. Two miles. The second horse to save his stake, and three to remain in or n• race. Sir J. lioswell's General Chasse, 6 yrs, 9st. 61b ; Mr. Nanney's Friar Tuck, 5 yrs, Etst. 21b; Mr. J. Painter's b. g. Alezereon, aged, ist. 111 b ; Sir T. Stanley's Japhet, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Mr. Buckley's James, 5 yrs, 7st. Sib; Air. Price's Master of the Rolls, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b ; Mr. Fowier's b. f. Aiersey, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Sir R. Bul keley's ch. f. Acanthus, 4 yrs, 6st. 10ib. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The King's Stag Hounds meet on Monday at Salt Hill ; Wed nesday, at the Horse Shoes, Warfield ; Friday, at the Magpies-11. The Ludlow Hounds on Tuesday at Prior's Ditto-10. Mr. Wilkins's Hounds on Monday at Llanvillo; Friday, at Cross willog—half-past 10. The Herefordshire Hounds on Tuesday at Wormelow Tumps-10. Mr. Meynell's Hounds on Monday at Drakelow ; Thursday, at Ingleby ; Saturday, at Blythbury—half-past 10. Sir R. Hill's Hounds on Tuesday at Oteley Park ; Friday, at Clo verley—half-past 10. Mr. S. Owen's Hounds on Monday at Boreattori; Wednesday, at Ruekley ; Friday, at Dorringtoq—half-past 10. Sir T. Boughey's Hounds on Monday at Knighton ; Wednesday, at New Inn, Rudge Heath ; Friday, at Apsley—half-past 10. HAMPTON MEETING (CONCLUDED).TiItiRSDAY. Second Ties for the Cup, &c.—Cockney beat Spider, Fancy ran a bye (Thunderbolt n o t th ere ), G an d er b eat J ewel. Third Ties.—Cockney beat Fancy, Gander ran a bye. Deciding Course.—Mr. Clarke's Cockney (Elie) beat Mr. Gar ner's Gander, and won the Cup ; Gander won the Goblet, and Fancy the Gravy Spoons. Cockney was bred by Mr. Clarke, and was got by his famous old dog Critic, out of Jeannetta, sister to Colonel Newport's Noll; and (as Mr. Elmore's Ells) also won the Cup at Netherhaven in No vember last. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The following Blood Stock, the property of Mr. John Scott, were sold by auction, by Mr. Tilburn, on Monday last, opposite Etridge's Hotel, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and fetched the following prices : YEARLINGS. isi , Bay colt, by Waverley, dam by Ardrossan, grandam by Orville, out of Nitre, by P rec i p it a t e Bay colt, by Rowton, out of Novelty, by Blacklock Bay filly, by Langar, out of Annot Lyle, by Ashton l7 THREE-YEARS-OLD. Thesus, ag. c. by Young Phantom, out of an own sister to Chancellor, by Minos, Angelica, by Amadis Bay filly, by Langar, dam by Don Juan Bay gelding, by Tramp, out of a thorough-bred pony 3O nywricas AND HACKS. Elizabeth, a Chesnut mare, 5 yrs old, by Tinker, Hospitality 70 Grey mare, 7 yrs old, by Viscount, a most splendid hack 3.5 Brown mare, 7 yrs old, by Tiresias, dam by Mousetrap 23 Bay gelding, 6 yrs old, by Parlington, a capital gig horse l4 The following were also sold at the same time : Chesnut gelding, 7 yrs old, a superior hunter 55 Bay mare, 5 yrs old 27 THE FUNDS.-(SATURDAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our only arrival this morning is a French mail. There are two Hamburg mails due. No ship letters received. THE FUNDS. Up to the present time little or nothing doing in either of the Markets, owing to several non-arrivals. The set tling of the Consol Account went off well yesterday. Consols may be quoted at the leaving off price of yester day, 89i for the Account ex-dividend ; Money, 891 I. Ex chequer Bills, 22 24 ; Bonds, 12 14 : Bank Stock, 2091. Spanish Active, 24/ ; Passive, Gi 7 ; Deferred, 111; Portuguese, 471 ; Three per Cents, 29i 30 ; Dutch, The news of the deliverance of Bilboa, when rec e i ve d a t Madrid, caused very great excitement. Nothing but shouts were heard of " Long live Espartero"—" Long live the Na tional Guard of Bilboa"—" Long live England ;" but there were no cries of " Long live France." The general topic of conversation in the City this morn ing en ti re ly relates to the intercepted letter from Stephens to Mitchell, at Bayonne, describing the precipitate retreat and total defeat of the Carlists at Bilboa, in which the truth came out. The citizens are greatly amused iu the perusal of this important document. We hear that a great part of the account in the settle ment of yesterday remains open, owing to the out-of-the- House speculators " not coming to the scratch" with the Brokers. _ _ ITS 7 ejust hear of a failure of a Hebrew in the Stock Ex change, on a difference of two hundred thousand Consols. HALFOPA ST ONE O'CLOCK. We have stated above that the failure in the Stock Ex change this morning was on a difference of 200,000/. Con- I sols ; we now find that the Hebrew in question has to pay 12,000/. difference on 400,0001., and has only to meet the above, 250/. This ought to be a caution in future as to what kind of characters they admit in the HoUse. This being pay day for the differences for the settlement of the account of yesterday, the Brokers and Jobbers ex perience great difficulty in receiving the needful. Consols have been during the morning better for money than for time. A decline of 4 per cent. was felt. Consols are at prese nt 8921 for money ; 89g A , A . for the Account ; Exchequer Bills lower, 21 prem. ; India Bonds 12 14 ; Bank Stock, 2091. Spanish Active , Dutch Two eferred, 14 ; Portuguese, Ar i t r l ee i ; perP acsseinvtes,.,7L;lD; and T -a i l - e il F ai r f en p c 4e h r7 ;n l6 a ;e i n l thsa"ssa3rived, but the letters are not to o'clock. : lo ; k i THREE O'CLO CK, be delivered con sos fo r u t n h t e i I Account, c f after 3 u nt, 80 THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Omniutn India Stock 25 i, l l ' Ditto Bona "" **** .14 pin. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities ....... ...... Ditto New Annuttiec ..... I.x. Bills. 10q)/ ° %d. ••• 23 pm. Ditto 500/ YIS pro. Ditto 5011/ 23 Inn, Bank Stock for opg. ;:ulis Stock for Act. ...... 2111 3 4 Consols for Act. . ........... „ ..... 139 34 FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent P.:.rtuguese Ponds, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent. Prussian.Br.:ailian Gouda rzua nl3 v s n pg s r . c s e i n ,e t. r . .... auefl S Ayres, ti her Cent .. Ditto, Metallic .................... Colombian, li per cent each, 5 per cent ......... idt3f. 25c. SluxweiniottaihLesp..e. .................. ....... — 4oc. t Chilian, B per cent Ditto, 134 1 .. 4 Danish, 3 per cent Greek Bonds, 15'25.5 per cent -- Nlexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, ti per cent., 18.25 24 3 4 Dutch. 2 s percent. Peruvian. 1825, G per cent. r . Ditto, 5 percent,.,,,.,,. ... SH A ILES, Great Western Railway 4014 London and Brighton Railway (Cuntly's) London ester South S S' ou u t th i 22 ampton Railway North Midland Railway ......................................... No otre t r iti v ) a F- ria s i te io r n n s s i i n uttlh)eTrilt ee al s kiv it aY .S . hares One o clock List. Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red 4:91 /8 3 per Cent. Con• '35.i per t_ - etit. 3 per Cent. Red 9 8 ,., New 3Y,', per Cent. 97% 4 per Cent. Assented L ong Annuities to expire JAL Ititin lsli O c t 1 , 760 — Jan. WM yo FtEi 0 N London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. IP, Strand, in the county of Middlesex,—Sunday, January 15, 1837.