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of this bill, which, after a few observations from Mr. HALcomn, was agreed to. BRIBERY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. HARDY moved the order of the day for the recommitment of this bill. Lord HO WICK urged the hon. member not to press the measure forward. Mr. HARDY replied that he wished to take the sense of the house upon the various clauses of the bill without further delay, but did not wish to press it to a third reading during the present session. Under this understanding the motion was agreed to, and the house resolved into committee on the bill. After some conversation, in which Mr. HARDY ex pressed his readiness to postpone the discussion until Lord J. Russell was in his place, On the motion of Mr. WARBURTON the house re sumed, and the chairman reported progress. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. On the motion of Mr. CRIPPS the County Coroners' Bill was recommitted. On clause 6 being proposed, which increases the allowance for an inquest to 305., and the mileage to ls. 6d. per mile, Colonel D A VIE S opposed the clause. There was no occasion for any increase in the allowances, as under the present system there were plenty of candi dates for the office of Coroner. Mr. GODSON contended for the increase. Through insufficient allowances most of the coroners were very young men. Mr. BENETT considered the office of Coroner one of great importance, and thought the proposed allowances only moderate and proper. Mr. STRICKLAND attached great importance to the due support of the office of coroner, and said that for many years it had been felt that the remuneration was insufficient. Many years ago a bill had passed that house to give a much larger remuneration than was proposed by this Bill. The clause had his cordial support, as absolutely necessary, in order to secure the services of just and proper men. Mr. JE RVIS supported the clause. Mr. Wilks, Mr. Hume, Mr. Brotherton, Sir C. Burrell, and other hon. members supported the amend ment, mainly on the grounds that, in these times of economy and distress, it was inexpedient and unjust to increase the burdens of the county rates by allowing the Coroners increased salaries ; that the office was already adequately filled; and that the great expense incurred by candidates for the office at elections showed that they did not merely look to the remune ration as the object, but that they took into account the importance of the office, which was next to that of Sheriff. and the influence and other powers of emo lument it afforded them. Mr. Cayl:y, Mr. Pease, Mr. Lloyd, and other hon. members supported the original clause, on the princi ple that the salary was inadequate to the responsible and arduous duties of the office; that at present the office was not properly filled; and that a fair re ll?uneration would exclude young, aspiring, or ineffi cient adventurers, by inducing men of known station, experience, and talent to offer themselves—men whose superior claims would cause an election to terminate speedily, and without expense. Mr. HAL COMB thought it better that the ap pointment should be vested in their superior, the High Sheriff. who would select men of wealth and ability without expense or turmoil ; but as the case stood he Would support the amendment. - Mr. C RIPP S explained. The bill was based on the evidence of highly respectable witnesses examined before a committee. Many respectable Coroners de clared they would resign if the salary were not in creased. The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the original motion 6B For the amendment 47 Majority —2l After very desultory discussions of considerable length, the committee came to the following divi sions :—. On the clause allowing Coroners' travelling ex penses or mileage, Colonel DAVIES proposed that the blank of the clause should be filled up by " 9d. per mile." For the original motion of Is. 6d B7 For the amendment 5l Majority —36 Colonel DAVIES then proposed that the blank should be filled up by ls. a mile. . .. ,,, For the original motion For the amendment Majority Mr. BROTHERTON proposed the insertion of Is. 3d, per mile. For the original motion 75 For the amendment Majority Th e original clause, with the allowance of Is. 6d. per mile, was then carried. Clauses 7,8, 9, and 10 were also carried. The 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th clauses, as ver bally amended, were then agreed to. The 16th clause was then moved. Mr. BETHELL considered that the Coroner's Court ought not, on certain occasions, to be an open one. Mr. CRIPPS said that he had brought in a bill tiro years ago, and that the house had then decided that the court should be an open one. Mr. O'CONNELL said that a number of cases occurred in which reporters were excluded, and in Which other persons were turned out of the inquest room. He hoped that the house would not sanction anything that would take away the public eye, which Was the best supervisor of all public proceedings. Sir E. KNATCHBULL thought it would be better to leave it in the power of the coroner to have the doors closed, lest persons who might be wanted afterwards as witnesses should enter, and so shape their evidence after what they had heard as to prevent the ends of public justice. After a few words from Mr. Baines, Major Handley, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Tennyson, the clause as amended was agreed to. The remaining clauses, viz., 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 22, and 23, were then, without any discussion, agreed to. The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow (this day). The second reading of the Oaths of Office Bill was Postponed to Wednesday next. FELONS' PROPERTY BILL. Mr. ROTCH moved that the amendments on the report of this bill be agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the r eport be taken into consideration this day six months. Mr. LLOYD also opposed the bill. The amendment was put and agreed to. HACKNEY AND STAGE COACHES BILL. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. ROTC fl stated that he had last year before th e house a measure similar to the present, which had been opposed by the worthy alderman as altogether unnecessary. He (Mr. Rotch) was therefore grati fied that the worthy alderman had felt the necessity • of adopting some measure on the subject. The bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee. WILFUL BURNING BILL. Mr. LLOYD moved the second reading of the Wilful Burning Bill. Lord HOW ICK opposed the motion, as the bill was ealentated to create great alarm throughout the e°untr l• He knew that many proprietors of agricul turmalr pr°l)eny were strongly opposed to it . LLOYD wished it to be read a second time, and that the debate should be taken on the motion to go into committee. Lord HOWie K thou g ht that there was no neces sity for departing from the usual forms of the house is to having the discussion on the second reading, and-more particula r l ' with great alarm. Y as the measure was regarded The second reading Was then postponed until Friday. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he was proud to have a petition intrusted to him from the city of Edinburgh ( Hear, hear), in favour of the emanci pation of the Jews. It was agreed to at a public meet ,- and was signed by 6,000 persons. Among the ° B s.natures he found the name of a bi s h op , the names „ many Advocates, and a great numbe r o f wr i ters o f e Signet. f Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a similar p et i t i on r ° ll l Manche s t er , s i gne d by upwards of 20,000 per.. son s . N . I iheeri.ty f Ro. GRANT presented a similar petition from London. The petitions were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. R. GR ANT JEWS. Disabilities Bill be read a third d time. then move that the Jewish Civil Mr. SHAW thought that the right hon. gentleman had done sufficient i proceeding uith thenbtriesenting the petition without must be fully aware that a The right hon. gentleman t that late hour many lion. gentlemen were away who u - ere opposed to the bill. He. knew that the hon. b aronet the member for the University of Oxford was anxious to state his objections to it. Mr. R. GRANT said he was in the hands of the house, but was most aiiy.iou to go on. He had stated to the hon. member for the University of Oxford that he could not consent to postpone the third reading of the bill. Ample opportunity had been afforded of discussing it, and he (Mr. G.) did not recollect any measure of importance having gone through the house with so little opposition. Mr. H U.ME put it to the hon. and learned member (Mr. Shaw) whether it was probable, after the dis cussions that had taken place, that there was any pro bability of offering any thing like a successful oppo sition to the bill. Mr. C. BRUCE said he had always been opposed to a bill of this nature, and had divided the house upon it more than once. He thought that the right hon. gentleman was acting unfairly in persisting in the third reading at that late hour. He (Mr. Bruce) thought the bill of so much importance, that he would put in practice the mode of proceeding suggested by the hon. member for Middlesex on another bill in the early part of the evening, and persist in dividing the house. The hon. member then moved that the house do now adjourn. The house divided-- Ayes Noes Majority 36 The bill was then read a third time and passed. REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, &c., BILL. On the motion of Mr. BROUGHAM, this bill was committed pro forma, and the report was ordered to be taken into consideration on Wednesday next. The report on the Four per Cent. Annuity Holders' Payment was brought up and agreed to, and a bill founded on it was ordered to be brought in. Mr. F. BARING brought in (in the absence of Lord John Russell) a bill for the more effectual registration of voters at elections for members of Parliament. The bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. The house adjourned a few minutes before three o'clock. INSTALLATION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (From the Correspondent of a Morning Contemporary. ) OXFORD, JUNE 11. • After the presentations at the Clarendon Rooms had been concluded yesterday the first musical per formance in the Theatre commenced, and it was at tended by a large portion of the brilliant company which had been present at the celebration ceremonies in the morning. The performance was very appro priately a new oratorio, composed by the Professor of Music, Dr. Crotch, entitled the Captivity of Judah. The principal vocalists in it were—Madame Caradori Allan, Mrs. Knyvett, Miss Masson ; Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Knyvett, and Mr. Machin. After the first recitative and air and two choruses had been sung, Mr. Machin was about to commence a recitative, when the Chancellor entered the area, and immediately the whole audience rose and received him as if he had just appeared amongst them for the first time, and the performance was suspended for some minutes. His Grace evinced the greatest pleasure at these strong expressions of feeling towards him, but did not remain long in the Theatre. After the close of the Oratorio the national anthem was sung with great spirit and enthusiastically re ceived. The lines— " Confound their politics," and— " On him our hopes we fix," especially the latter, were followed by several rounds of cheering and clapping of hands. The Chancellor and a select party, including the noblemen and distinguished personages upon whom the honours of the Uuniversity had been bestowed, dined in the hall of University College. This banquet was of course of a private character : and at many of the other colleges there were dinners of the same kind, to which the strangers at Oxford were intro duced by their friends. But if the rules of the Uni versity imposed upon those who had assembled to wit ness what is regarded as a public and national festival, as far as the chief actor is concerned, this exclusive course of proceeding, there were other parties deter mined at least to show that the honour they were do ing to the occasion was a public one, if not to show a little practical resentment towards the system which shut them out from a participation in every or any portion of the festival. These were the peeresses and their female friends, who could not, according to eti quette, be admitted to the dinners of the colleges. There revenge was to dine in public in the coffee-room of the Angel Hotel. Tables were set out at the lower part of the fine room, and a small screen being placed across the centre for form sake, the remaining part was occupied as usual by a large number of gentlemen staying in the hotel. At these tables about twenty of the most distinguished women of our country sat down in full state as if they had been feasting with their lords, only attended by the Earl of Lincoln and three or four other noblemen. After dinner sonic of the party took a short promenade in the Christ Church walks. Among other amusing incidents which arose in the theatre yesterday one was very humorous in the act ing. Many of the persons who entered the area had their hats on, and notwithstanding the presence of the ladies did not at first take them off, the official pro ceedings not being appointed to commence for some time after. In a short time, however, the crowd be came so dense, that those who had their hats on and their hands down, or their hats held in their hands above their heads, were unable to change their posi tion. In all these cases the appearance from above was that the parties kept on their hats designedly. An universal cry of " Hats off !" as the procession was understood to be approaching, arose among the under graduates, and the hats keeping most contumeliously in their places the command was sent forth with still greater vehemence. Among the rest were some white hats, and these were the objects of especial ire on account of their Radical reputation. Perhaps the most conspicuous wearer of the unpopular description of beaver was Lord Cole, who, on account of his sta ture, stood up like another Henry Hunt in the midst of the offenders. Several of the youngsters made a dead set at the noble lord, and abused him in the most unceremonious language, accompanying the same with gesticulations which intimated what sort of a lesson in manners and loyalty they would have given him if he had been within reach. This, to his lordship's friends, who knew his principles, was highly amusing. At length the exasperation which the hats created induced the parties to make every exertion, and with the assistance of their neigh bours they contrived to make them disappear, and ap peased the angry spirits above. A shower of rain, welcome and agreeable enough at any but that parti cular moment, overtook the company as they were leaving the theatre, and afforded no little amusement to the lovers of mischief. It is said that the venerable Earl of Eldon appeared in a new Doctor's gown upon the occasion of the In stallation, jocularly observing that he intends to wear it out in the service of the University. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. The scene in the theatre to-day has lost nothing of its enthusiastic character by repetition ; in some re spects its splendour was increased, and upon one point the feelings of the brilliant assemblage were excited to a higher pitch than even at the first entrance of the Chancellor upon the scene of his new honours. Soon after the hour of their admission the rain ceased. The masters and strangers took the matter more coolly to day, and although the area of the theatre was filled there was no crushing. In the galleries the under graduates were as closely packed, and as determined to express their opinion on " men and things in gene ral" as upon the previous day. Their first cheer was for " the ladies," and this was repeated at very fre quent intervals throughout the day, always accompa nied with a certain gay, hilarious, gallant, and hearty expression of their happy faces very distinctly marked from all the other various feelings by Which they were animated from time a et rlal of th time.o rir Ae C At la h s a t nel theekorpaennd ing of the doors for the t p the m u e r i p n o b s e e rs of o jfotihneinegolLocpartoieoens,swiolnoa had a th d e m c e l t ar h e i n m do fo n r , stille a d n th uh enrtrookuebnlesddenwe-aetearws a ; it a e n d d h , is a G s o ra n e t e h ,s e e p n r t e ra vniocuesday, , to be followed d b i by g a . crossedexultation the that th abso lutelyena-tarseand ascended the throne, his face beaming with the highest pleasure, and proceeded as soon as attention was re stored to open the business of the day, surrounded by most of the nobility who were admitted to the honours of the university on the previous day, in addition to those who before possessed them. The necessary forms were then gone through for conferring degrees on the following noblemen and gentlemen : The Right Hon. Earl of Clanwilliam, the Right Hon. Lord Norreys, M.P., the Right Hon. Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon. Viscount Encombe, the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hill, the Right Hon. Lord Monson, the Right Hon. Lord Bagot, the Right Hon. Lord Rodney, the Right Hon. Lord Montagu, the Right Hon. Lord Teign mouth, the Right Hon. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, the Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst, the Right Hon. .Lord Wynford, the Right Hon. Lord Templemore, General Sabloucoff, the Hon. Thomas Parker, the Right Hon. Charles Ar buthnot, the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Ri_ chard Hussey Vyvyan, Bart., the Hon. GeorAe Rice Tre vor, M.P., the Hon. Mount Stuart Elphinstone, and the Hon. Francis Spencer. ( ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) OXFORD, WEDNESDAY. The weather being unpropitious, there was no pro cession, as yesterday, from University College, and about eleven o'clock the Duke got into his state carriage and drove to the old Clarendon Printing_ house, adjoining the Theatre, where his Grace and the different noblemen and doctors robed. Some de la! was occasioned by the want of punctuality with which two or three titled individuals were chargeable, and it was very nearly half-past eleven before the Chancellor, preceded by his Bedels, and followed by the noblemen, visitors of distinction, bishops, heads of houses, and proctors, was enabled to leave the Cla rendon, and walk round to the principal entrance of the theatre. The appearance of the theatre was not very different from that which it exhibited yesterday. The same bevy of beauties which graced the lower gallery ye s _ terday was again visible to-day, and with this advantage that the younger ladies were brought more prominently into view than they were yesterday, their mothers and grandmothers having been very properly thrust into the back ground. The upper gallery, which was occupied yesterday by the Bachelors of Arts and senior under graduates, was to-day occupied by the junior under graduates, who were a little more riotous and up roarious than their predecessors of yesterday. They had scarcely obtained admission before they com menced cheering in honour of the Queen and the ladies. The King's name was mentioned, and received with little, or I should rather say no applause, when com pared with that of the Queen. Then, exercising the Saturnalian privilege, which they possess on these occasions, and which is a relic of the license formerly exercised by the Terre filius, they began calling out the names of the different university authorities, with the intention of hissing or applauding them afterwards, as they pleased. Mr. Dyer, the proctor, and Dr. Gaisford, the dean of Christchurch ,were again especially hissed. From some motive, which I cannot explain, the same liberty was taken with the name of a learned Doctor of the University of Cambridge. Some refugee of an under-graduate from Cambridge; or else some injudicious friend of Dr. Chafy, the master of Sidney, ventured to call out the name of that man of whiskers, and why or wherefore I cannot conceive, but it was as loudly hissed even as that of the obnoxious proctor. This is rather unjust to the Doctor; the hissing of one University is bad enough to bear, and I have not yet learned why he is to be honoured with the distinction of being hissed, as I have now heard him hissed by two, his own and this University. A voice sung out The University and her privileges." The cheering was prodigious. Another answered, " The University of Cambridge and her liberties." The cheering was repeated. A third shouted out, " The London Uni versity and her want of privileges." The screeching and the hooting, and the hiss of contempt, were not spared. When they had subsided, another under graduate bawled out, " The Gower-street Company," and this was received with a burst of laughter, and cries of " Stinkomalee." " Church and State " was the next watchword. I need not say how welcome it was to the Tory feelings of this place. Then came the cry of " Tories and honest men," and after that " Our noble selves." This occasioned as much laughter as cheering. "The Bishops" elicited thunders of applause. " The admission of Dissenters" was re ceived with a cry of scorn—" non-admission of Dissen ters" with loud cheering. Mr. Sewell's name was then called out, and was received with great applause. " The Dissenters" was then called out : this neither elicited hisses nor applause. It was followed by a long-protracted snuffle, and an ejaculation of" Amen" from several voices in imitation of the nasal twang of the conventicle. " The Irish Church Bill," and " the Irish Church Commission" extracted from, the throats of these youthful absolutists loud symp toms of dislike and aversion. " The King's Mi nisters" were hissed as much as the bitterest Tory could desire ; so, too, was the name of Earl Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord Durham, and the Duke of Sussex, whenever they were mentioned separately, and that was more than once. An under-graduate bellowed forth, in a Stentorian voice, " Down with the present Administration." This sentiment was lustily ap plauded. So, too, was the cry for " the Wellington Administration." " The House of Lords" was re ceived with a thundering cheer ; " The House of Commons" with a loud hiss ; " The House of Com mons as it was" with a cheer which might almost have started from their graves the defunct boroughs of Gatton and Old Sarum. " Sir R. Peel and Ca tholic Emancipation" was hissed. " Sir R. Peel without Catholic Emancipation" met with loud cheers. To show sympathy with Sir Edward Sugden, and their want of it for Mr. Spring Rice, they applauded the former and hissed and laughed at the latter. Mr. O'Connell came in for especial marks of their dislike. Great cheering occurred when the names of Sir J. Graham and Mr. Stanley were mentioned. Don Mi guel and Don Pedro were both well hissed. " The Army," and "The wooden-walls of Old England," were, as may naturally be supposed, well received. A voice called out, " Our French Allies." This was ' prodigiously hissed ; but " Our French wines" was hailed as cordially as if the throats which cheered were engaged in drinking them. The memory of Lord Nelson, the memory of Lord Grenville, and the memory of Mr. Canning, were welcomed with cheers ; but when the memory of Mr. Pitt was mentioned, every cap in the gallery, every hat in the area, and every voice in the theatre, those of the ladies only ex cepted, joined in one universal huzza. The names of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria were also welcome to the assembled Oxonians, for they are wise in their generation, and think it prudent to wor ship the rising sun. " Lord Lyndhurst," " Lord Wynford," and " Mr. Goulburn" were in high favour. " The Duke of Beaufort" was loudly cheered; so, too, was " The Duke of Beaufort, and fox-hunting." An under-graduate called out, as I believe, " The human race," but there are others who say it was " The propagation of the human race." Whichever it was, it occasioned great fun and no little applause. There were several other exclamations, which I cannot recollect, but they were all of the same character, and from the general feeling of the University were re ceived with great satisfaction. On the arrival of the Duke, the cheering for " Wel lington and Waterloo" was unbounded. He was ac companied by nearly the same retinue as yesterday. In his train were the new-made Doctors, all in their e s c u a tu r l e e r t e robes a a t and ho e dan od ee s . of Bishops,There tn in nt every perhaps ery so other respect the procession into the theatre was the same. The Duke of Cumberland again came by himself— why, I will not guess. The venerable Earl of Eldon, who was most warmly greeted, sat between him and the Chancellor. The Chancellor opened the convo cation by stating that it was called for the purpose of conferring honorary degrees on several noblemen and gentlemen. He then read the list of names, to which the University having signified its assent, Dr. Philli more proceeded as before to present them to the ac ceptance of the Chancellor, and in so doing he made a Latin speech in their praise. All of them were loudly cheered on mounting into the Doctors' gallery. When the turn came for per forming the ceremony of presenting Lord Encombe, every eye was turned upon the Earl of Eldon, whilst his eye was evidently turned upon the heir expectant of his wealth and honour. The scene was most inte resting. The old man was deeply affected, and if my eyes did not deceive me, wept plenteously. But his tears were those of joy, the -7 ; 4:/ye 2.7tre:)r)ET Ta, which is sometimes excited by the most gratifying incidents in our lives. After looking at his grandson for some time, and listening with feelings evidently enraptured by the good wishes for himself and family, so loudly expressed by the convocation, he sank his head down upon th e d es k b e f ore h i m, and as if overpowere d by the ins s events o v f e of n t t o s ofeu gratified n t d Hah nature e Eu rdnmeac must talbrteehh,s t, hid n aehv mounting rancour inhicd forgeta face toe u fromror political sympa thies tl inemorethe the or view t steps of f the human wh o did not at that moment honour the feel , Doctor's seat, the Ch ance ll or s h oo k h i m by the han d , an d immediately m a d e room for him to pass t o h is exulting and gratified grandf a th er . I cou ld not refrain f rom entering into the f ee li ng o f t h e moment, which ex pressed itself in the mo s t l ou d an d enthusiastic cheer ing. I need not again go th roug h t h e li st o f name s — all, as I said before, were che ere d ; b ut t h e mos t deci ded marks of applause were rese rve d f or L or d Lynd hurst, Lord Wynford, and Sir H ussey Vi v i an . The two first were warmly congratulat e d b y th e Earl of Eldon on this accession to their h onour s. Lord Wynford, as all who have lately seen him know, is less o than ammo-' t the Doctor's shy. spectators. On h Lord dreadfully afflicted with gout; he was therefore accom modated with a sat among the Doctors. Thus, in stead of coming into the theatre With the other inceptin g doctors, he was obliged to descend into the area to be presented to the Chancellor. Everybody strived to show him attention, and though the pressure in the theatre was almost intolerable, ample room was made for him to walk, as well as infirmity would per mit him. When he had mounted the steps on his return, another cheer indicated the friendly opinion which has been formed of him at Oxford. I am sorry to say that, owing to the immense pres sure which took place in the area during the course of the day, and which if possible was worse than that of yesterday, the musical performance was interrupted in its progress. A cry was raised by the gentlemen in front of the rising semicircle, that owing to the pressure from behind they were almost stifled. In the attempt which they made to extricate themselves from the crowd and to get out of the theatre, they them selves increased that very pressure of which they com plained. The consequence was, that the gentlemen in the area were moved about in waves, of which it was impossible to stem the current. Voices were heard more than once shrieking forth " Let me out or I shall die," but little attention was paid to them. A general exclamation burst from the assembly of " Stop the music." The Duke of Wellington held up his hand to implore silence, but in vain. He said a few words, but in the confusion I did not hear them, though I saw his lips moving in utterance. A young boy, as I am informed,—for you could see nothing but what was above you, and had not time to attend to anybody but yourself—was thrown down in the area, and all but trampled to death. Ile was, however, got upon his legs, and was banded up over the heads of some gentlemen into the Doctors' semicircle, where he sat without being made an ho norary doctor. After a long struggle several gentle men fought their way out of the theatre by main force : room was then made for the remainder ; and thus, as a gentleman near me observed, we had an other exemplification of Daniel O'Connell's remark, that no relief is to be got without agitation. After the ode was performed, Mr. Scott, of Christ church, recited the Latin essay, which was much ap plauded. The gentleman who gained the Newdigate prize then entered the rostrum to recite his poem. We have obtained a copy of it, which we subjoin. It was loudly applauded throughout, and at that part of it which refers to the Duke's achievements at Waterloo the cheering was the most enthusiastic, and at the same time the most continued, I ever heard. There were more than nine times nine cheers given, and they must have lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour. HOSPICE OF ST. BERNARD. ;.%I%;lC.tiiT: rEschyli Agam., 874. Fast fades the day ; the winds have sunk to sleep, Monastic Bernard !' on thy lonely steep ; Like halcyons hov'ring o'er their ocean nest, The golden clouds are gath'ring into rest O'er the far peaks, where still the sunset flings A gleam of splendour from his parting wings, And stars, like faery visions, dimly bright, Now melt in air, now tremble into light. Night deepens round—the Spirit of Repose Breathes o'er the darkling crags and boundless snows : No voice disturbs their gloom ; no living form Cheers the still scene, or haunts the realms of storm ; No more the eagle, wheeling to the sky, Pours through the sullen waste her echoing cry : The wolf's long howl, that rose upon the gale, The cataract's roar, the pine- wood's fitful wail, As the faint chime of some aerial lay Melts from the. dreamer's ear, have died away. Yes—stern the scene !—magnificently drear ! No sound to ravish, and no sight to cheer ; Yet to the soul more speaking than the page Of loftiest poet, or divinest sage, Proclaims in characters of heavenly birth, Graved on the star-lit sky, the slumbering earth, That He, who framed them both, the Power Divine, Still in the desert rears his chosen shrine ; Still loves to commune with his erring child On the lone mountain and the pathless wild; And, far from human cares, from fev'rish strife, The storm of passion, and the stir of life ; When earth breathes peace below, and heav'n above Is bright with hope, and redolent of love, He bids each sense awake, each feeling soar, The spirit kindle, and the heart adore ; Till the awe-struck wand'rer's musing breast E'en Silence speaks, and Solitude is blest. The stars are forth—the moon serenely brig!it Walks in calm beauty through the waste of nii lit • P , Beneath her beams, like silv'ry clouds on high, The pale snows glimmer in the dark blue sky ; And as the shadows wander, vale and steep Now gleam in light, now wrapt in darkness sleep. Oft at this twilight hour, her quiv'ring rays Stream thro' the cliffs, to greet the wanderer's gaze ; As faint and worn from many a peril past, The rushing av'lanche, and the roaring blast, He slowly c limbs, where closing mountains lean, In shado;‘'y grandeur, o'er the hush'd ravine ; Where beneath beetling crags, and drifted snows, In charnel cell, the unwasting (a) dead repose ; And moonlit crosses rising through the gloom, In spectral silence point the pilgrim's tomb. Alike they sleep in that sepulchral grot, Their death unhonour'd, and their name forgot ; In life's last hour unsooth'd by pitying tear, Their last deep sigh unheard by mortal ear ; No coffin guards their clay, no shelt'ring stone, Their only dirge the wild wind's hollow moan, When through the grated loopholes, harsh and loud, Sweeps the chill blast, and waves each eddying sh rou d— Well might the wanderer linger there, to scan The might of Nature and the wreck of man. But lo ! th' ascent is won—the mountain hoar, The lake's black calm (b), the hush'd and frozen shore, And 'mid the snows, yon structure rude and vast, Rear'd like some rock-built palace of the blast, Rush on his gaze—and faint, as smiles that play O'er the wan lips that fade in young decay • So cold ! so cheerless !—desolately falls The misty moonlight on the bleak, g re y wa ll s , Seamed by the scars of time ; and deeper rents Stamp'd by the wrath of men and elements. No sculpture there her Gothic tracery weaves, Piles the tall shaft, or twines the clust'ring leaves • But the rude carving of the storm has thrown A time-worn aspect o'er each mould'ring stone. Hark ! o'er the lake the choral notes combine, In mingling cadence , , from th e l one l y s h r i ne ; The dark-rob 'd brethren of the Hospice there, Close with a deep-ton'd hymn their ev'ning prayer ; While one who long has listen'd to the beat, And far-off echoes of ascending feet Still keeps his moonlight watch, and seems to wait The way-worn wanderer at the welcome gate. The threshold past—around their frugal board His toils forgotten and his strength restor'd ; As the red pine-fire throws a flickering blaze O'er the rude hall, delighted shall he gaze On many a lofty brow, and speaking eye, In that unknown, yet friendly company ; While the blithe laugh, and pleasure-stirring sound Of cheerful converse, gayly echoes round, As from the stranger of the world below, They learn the changeful tale of weal and woe. Oh ! other lyres of graver tone may praise The convent's wakeful nights, and languid days ; Religion bids me weep, and reason sigh O'er the lorn heart's uncheer'd captivity, That chills each tenderer impulse, and reproves What Heav'n has sanction'd, and what nature loves • By priestly craft, or jealous power design'd To curb the aspirings of the manly mind ; While genius pines, and feeling's early flowers Droop in the sickly shade of joyless hours. Not mine to laud the penance, and the chain, Ascetic toils, or self-inflicted pain Or trace to heavenly source the zeal that piled Fond Simeon's pillar in the Syrian wild (c) ; Or that false faith whose meteor-smile illumes La Trappe's cold cells, or Nubia's peopled tombs (d); Where dark-brow'd zealots vex the weary nights With ghastly orgies and mysterious rites, Breathe 'mid remorseful sighs the frequent prayer, Live without love, scarce die without despair. Such are devotion's feverish dreams, that ply The fool with taunts, and wake the wise man's sigh ; Far loftier hopes St. Bernard's sons allure, Their faith erroneous, but their practice pure ; And nobler ardour nerves their hearts to mock The frost's keen power, and brave the tempest's shock. The ling'ring memories of departed hours, Youth's worshipp'd dreams, and beauty's roseate bowers, Th' unbidden thoughts that kindle fond regret For joys e'en virtue cannot all forget, Come soften'd through the calm : earth's sorrow's wind A sweet sad influence o'er the musing mind, Felt, but to.vanish, like the hues that glow, In summer's twilight on the mountain snow. (a) The charnel of the passengers is a small chapel, built under a cliff' to the east of the Hospice, and just within view of it ; owing to the cot the I , odies are long preserved from putrefaction. (b) The lake . ilways appears black, from the dazzling whiteness of the surrounding snows. (c) Simeon Stylite: lived 43 years in the Syrian desert, on a pillar gradually raised till it reached the height of tiO feet. (d) The ruined tombs of Upper Egypt are (or were) fillet by monks of the sternest cast. —Gib' on, vol. vi. Theirs is the sunshine or the heart that springs From high-soul'd deeds, and heav'n-taught sufferings; Theirs the pure love no laws of sect can bind, Theircreed to sooth the sorrows of mankind; And ili.irs the iirecep, more can angels teach? To live for God, and act the trtulii, they preach ; And freely fly, unconscious of dismq, Where Pity prompts, and Courage points the lisp Yes ! oft at. night's dread noon, when gales are loud, And shapes of terror ride the murky cloud ; When the white snow-waves (e) drifting silently, Wreathe o'er the rocks, and roll along the sky ; 'Tis theirs, at Mercy's call, to brave the wrath, That guides the av'lanche on hh thundering path, Wak'd by the mastiff's bay. A faint low shriek Is echoing far below, from cave and peak, By sonic lone vianderer polled, whose latest breath Is all concentre'd in that ell of death; Thrilling, and fearful, as the rushing snots s Sweep on, and shroud him in their dire reposer StillOn, fearlessin his n n v e o in s ! t a he d p t u r lascee ofhim f through e beat beats w a t he m e storm'. torm " The dog's deep wailing howl our steps shall guide, " Near and more near, it climbs the mountain side." Swift on their iron poles from steep to steep, From crag to crag, impetuous down they sweep; Like spectres thread the dark ravine—and to The strong dog crouching o'er the tomb of snow' Plies with untiring limb his generous toil, Scoops the cold drift, and bares the frozen soil ; Licks from the pale chill brow the tangled hair, And wakes to hope the features of despair ; Till from the cerements of his living tomb They raise the wanderer, while the paly bloom Of coming life plays warmly on his cheek, And those half-op'ning lips do all but speak. Deeds such as these, while quickly wears the night, In that rude hall St. Bernard's sons recite— And oft they speak of crags, where peasants show Mysterious crosses on the untrodden snow (r.), Planted by hands unseen, or traces left Of wizard dances in the sunless cleft; Or whispering tell, when clouds snow-laden sail At solemn midnight on the moaning gale, How on each cavern'd steep, in shadowy forms, • The demon-brood of Darkness and of Storms Shout in wild chorus, while on every blast Weird voices sweep, and laughter hurries past : Oft too, in gentler shape, they seem to ride, In mimic pomp, the mists of eventide ; Or move unmark'd within their vapoury shroud, The winds their coursers, and their car the cloud; While from their stringless lyres wild music flows, Charms the mute air, and dies along the snows (g). Such the fond faith in every age confest, Nurs'd by each clime, and rear'd in every breast, The secret yearning, the mysterious sense Of some unseen, o'ershadowing influence, That taught the Greek to people earth and sky With forms of light and dreams of poesy ; Which teaches still the savage and the child, Their heart untutor'd, and their fancy wild, To vision spirits of the viewless breeze, Phantoms in clouds, and voices on the seas ; And on th' expanse of Heav'n's eternal dome Fix their fond gaze, and weep that long-lost home. But when the lamp burns faintly, and the guest Seeks his low cell, and homely couch of rest, Dim with the mists of time before his eyes, Majestic forms of other days arise, And to his ear the night-winds waft along Names that have liv'd in story or in song. Once more the foe of Rome from height to height (h) Cheers his dark host, impatient for the fight, And where yon plains expand in boundless gloom, He bids them seek an empire or a tomb. With nodding plumes, bright helms, and glitt'ring spears, Lo, Gaul's great Emperor leads his knightly peers (It); Hush'd is their iron tramp, and moonbeams dim Shower on each ghastly brow and mail-clad limb. He, too, is there, who, slain on victor's day, Beside their altar sleeps, the young Dessaix(i); And there his chief, whose name of terror spread Wide o'er the world, and shook mankind with dread, Curbs his proud steed, and waves his warriors on To Piedmont's vales vet bright with Lodi's sun" (k) ; Unlike the despot lord of after days, Youth on his cheek, and ardour in his gaze; E'en now his spirit from the fields of fight The shout of triumph hears, the rush of flight, As from Marengo's plain, " the invading horde" (/) Flies the keen vengeance of his conqu'ring sword ; Chang'd is his brow, what loftier visions roll, What dreams of empire crowd upon his soul ! Lo! prostrate nations tremble at his sway, Kings quail before him, thrones in dust decay ; Dominion crowns what Conquest has begun, And fortune, smiling on her favourite son, Wreathes round his tyrant brow the glitt'ring toy, Her fatal dower, that shines but to destroy. If in that hour of pride and fervid youth Such were his dreams, mankind has mourn'd their truth ; O'er seas of blood his Sun of Glory rose, And sunk at length 'mid tempest to repose. When on that field, where last the eagle soar'd, War's mightier master wielded Britain's sword, And the dark soul, a world could scarce subdue, Bent to thy genius —Chief of Waterloo ! The visions fade in darkness, calm and deep Sinks o'er the pilgrim's soul the hush of sleep. Farewell ! farewell ! ere morning's sun shall smile, Desolate mansion ! on thy wind-worn pile, Far to the South his parting steps shall bend, Where lovelier lands and softer skies extend; Yet in those climes full oft his heart shall seek Those sable waters, and that frozen peak ; 'Mid fairer scenes shall rise on Fancy's view Th' eternal snows, the heaven of cloudless blue ; And as in thought once more he seems to climb O'er mangy• a trackless Alp, and cliff sublime, Kind priests of Charity ! ye oft shall share The heartfelt breathings of his grateful prayer ; While Memory turns to bless, where'er he roam, Love's sainted shrine, and Mercy's lonely home ! On the conclusion of the poem, the applause bestowed on its youthful author by his friends in the gallery and in the area was such as might have afforded him the utmost gratification. As if it were impossible to fill the ears of the Duke of Wellington too closely with the fulsome language of panegyric, he was doomed to hear five other gentle men after Mr. Arnould expend the eulogistic phrase ology of three languages upon his achievements. Of course, the Duke is not indifferent to the praise of his countrymen, but he evidently seemed not to know how to look when he was called upon to listen for such a length of time to the grateful strains of his academical admirers. Lord Maidstone, the eldest son of the Earl of Winchilsea, who, with the Duke of Newcastle, was the great favourite of to-day as well as yesterday, and Mr. Wickens, of Balliol, recited two English poems in his honour. There were some good lines in Lord Maidstone's exercise, not many in that of his companion ; but it is scarcely fair to make these complimentary effusions the subject of criticism. There were two Latin odes in different metres re cited by Lord Leveson and a student of Trinity Col lege, whose name I have forgotten. Lord Leveson's was written in the metre of Sic to Diva potens Cypri ; the other was an Alcaic ode, which I heard too indis tinctly to give any opinion on its merits. I may say the same of a very short set of Greek verses, recited by Mr. Lloyd, of Wadham. The convocation was then dissolved, and the same cheering took place on its dissolution which I de scribed yesterday. On leaving the theatre, a heavy rain was falling, and it was amusing to see several of the doctors in their scarlet robes of state, and their scarlet uniforms as military officers and members of the lieutenancy of their respective counties, throwing their robes around them, sometimes not with dignity, and scudding away as fast as their legs could carryT them into the schools. The Chancellor held a levee both yesterday and to-day. They were each very numerously attended. There was a great archery meeting held, I understand, at Worcester College, but I had no time to attend it. The Duke dined yesterday at University College, and to-day the Dean of Christ-Church had the honour of entertaining his Grace and a large party at ,dinner in the hall. The Duke arrived in his carriage at the great gates of Christ-Church at twenty minutes before five; but the crowd in the quadrangle was so great that it was found impossible to admit his vehicle within it. He was received by the Dean at the gate, who escorted him to the hall, through the admiring and huzzaing crowd. The quadrangle, which yields to none in extent in either University, save to that of Trinity College, Cambridge, was crowded with doc tors and masters in their academical costume, and with well-dressed ladies, all anxious to get another glance. When the Duke entered the hall he was received with shouts such as have seldom rent the air in that build ing. The Dean took his seat at the head of the table. The Duke of 'Wellington, as Chancellor, and Dr. Rowley, as Vice-Chancellor, of the University, sat on his right, and the Duke of Cumberland on his left hand. All the noblemen who came to Oxford in the (e) Rogers' Italy. 1) Vide Wordsworth's Descriptive Sketches. (g) For these and other superstitions of the Alpine peasantry, see Coxe's Tour, and Wordsworth's Descriptive Sketches. (h) Both Hannibal and Charlemagne, in all probability, took quite a different route, but a tradition still remains of their having passed by the 6, eat St. Bernard. (i) Dessaix, slain in his 30th year, at the battle of Marengo, to the success of wh ch he had chiefly contributed, is buried near the altar of the Hospice Church. (k) A phrase of Buonaparte, in addressing Bourienne before passing the Alps to Marengo.—Bourienne, vol. ii. (1) Napoleon's invariable term for the Austrians in Italy.— Bourienne passim. cite were also the guests of' the College. Th e p d'ced in this splendid hall was magnificent, ml rintUded one of Martin's extraordinary picture of' ' Belshazzat's Feast." CAMBRIDGE ELECTION, JUNE 11. The polling commenced at nine o'clock this item ing, and proceeded with a desperation of exertion on both sides. At twelve o'clock Sir Edward had a ma jgrity of 50 votes over his right hon. opponent; but at one o'clock that majority was reduced to 25. the race between the candidates was then; as it were, be coming a " neck and neck" one ; but Mr. Rice was gradually pushing forward. Sir Edward Sugderi's friends were active and zealOus in his cause, beyond almost anything that could be expected from human exertion, and it will not be their fault should the lion. and learned gentleman not succeed. At twelve o'clock 100 voters from the parish of Trinity came up in a body and polled for Mr. Rice, which greatly increased his number. A large accession of strength also came up from time to time from Barnwell in the right hon. gentleman's interest. The parish of St. Andrew-the- Less, one of Sir Edward Sugden's strong holds, in the same manlier that that of Barnwell is Mr. Rice's, polled strongly this morning in favour of the.hon. and learned gentleman. At half-past one o'clock the num burs were : Sir Edward Sugden 437 Mr. Rice reducing Sir Edward's majority still lower, and bring jag it down to 18. At a quarter to two o'clock the poll was again de clared, when the numbers were for Sir Edward Sugden 4.56 Mr. Rice 432_ Leaving the majority still at...-18 It appears thre is a large party of the enfranchised class in the town, who had resolved, if poss:ble, tq remain neuter ; but it is now understood that shad they see Mr. Rice's election in jeopardy, they have declared their intention to come forward and record their votes for him. Irritation now begins to show itself in the town, and some rencontres have already taken place between the rival parties. A party of Mr. Rice's were assailed by a party in the interest of Sir Edward Sugeen ; and. one of the former has received a material injury from a blow of a brickbat. Party spirit is running high, and more high as the polling proceeds. It is to be regretted that any collision should take place between the friends of the candidates, but it is next to an im possibility to restrain the passions of individuals on occasions of this kind. The Rev. Doctor Barnes, who was alluded to a few days back as the aged patriarch who cheered Sir Edward Sugden so enthusiastic.ally when his pro cession was passing Peter House C,Jlege, of which the Rev. Doctor is Master, came up this ii:orning and voted for Sir Edward Sugden. At a quarter pat two o'clock Sir Edward was 22 a-head, being an inereaZe of four over the preceding declaration. At a quarter past three o'clock the numbers were— For Mr. Rice Sir Edward Sugden 5Ol bringing down Sir Edward's majority in the last guar , ter of an hour to nine. Nearly 1,000 voters had to this time polled, and the whole constituency is 1,400 ; but amongst those who have not yet polled a large proportion are said to be Mr. Rice's friends. At a few minutes to four, Mr. Rice was still pulling up. At four o'clock the state of. the poll, which was the closing declaration for the day, was— Mr. Rice 506 Sir Edward.Sugden Majority for Sir E. Sugden The conclusion of the day's poll has given great sa tisfaction to Mr. Rice's friends, as the majority over Mr. Rice during the first hour of the polling amounted to 90. Mr. Rice's friends are still most sanguine of success. At a little after four o'clock the Mayor and can didates appeared on the hustings for the purpose of addressing the electors, but the yelling was of so vio lent and tremendous a character, that it. was impossi ble to hear one word. Mr. RICE first presented himself, but was cried down by the party opposed to him, on which the Mayor claimed that he should be heard; but to this his opponents would not consent, crying out, " Sug den, Sugden 1" Mr. Rice, on this, said he would willingly yield to Sir Edward, and consent to have him heard first ; but the uproar continued to increase, on which the Mayor adjourned the poll to eight o'clock to-morrow (this) morning. The candidates then left the hustings, and pro ceeded to their respective hotels, whence they ad dressed their friends. Mr. RICE, on presenting himself at the window of the Hoop Hotel, was received by the assembled crowd beneath with deafening cheers. After a few prelimi nary observations he referred the meeting to the state of the poll at that moment, and to its state in the morning, when, by the influence which was used, and the trick of first getting possession of the polling booth, his opponent in the first hour succeeded in ob taining a majority over him of 90 ; that majority was now reduced to five. ( Loud cheers.) He regretted to see the array of influence which was exercised against him, but, firm in his principles, and confident of the integrity of his supporters in Cambridge, he feared it not. He should be ashamed if there was one single voter in Cambridge who would allow himself to be influenced by any man. (Hear, hear.) He was happy to say that he w as b oun d by connections and influential ties of friendship to Cambridge ; but I e thanked Heaven that there was no man who could say that he used either the one or the other to advance his interest at this election. (Bravo.) Several good men in the town had come to him, and said, " Sir, we approve of your principles and political conduct, but unless there should be absolute occasion for us to come forward we would, under the state of things in the town, prefer remaining back ; should, however, that occasion arise, you may depend on seeing us to-morrow at the poll." ( Cheers.) He would ask the electors, would they be free—or were they disposed again to be enslaved ? He knew they were independent and intelligent ; and that their honesty and intelligence would direct them into the proper path. This was a question not concerning him but themselves, and the independence of their town ( Hear, hear), and what ever way the election might terminate, his opponents, he would maintain, were doing that which was moraly indefensible. Was it right that a gardener was to be threatened with dismissal from his master's service for having the courage not to vote against his conscience ? ( Hear, hear, and groans.) The course for the electors dependent on masters to pursue would be to say, " Sir, our votes are our own. They were given us for a public trust, and we are determined to exercise them virtuously and fearlessly." ( Hear and cheers.) . He hoped the electors would make every sacrifice, Ind, should a demand be made on them to vote against their consciences, that they would spurn the man who would thus dare to tamper with their rights. (Bravo.) He (Mr. R.) had been misrepresented in his absence ; but he would not in the absence of his opponent ( Sir E. Sugden) pursue that course. The right hon. gent. then referred to the influence which the corporation of the town was exerting to prejudice him in the election. He would ask the meeting if they were in favour of Rut land Clubs ? ( Groans, and cries of " Never.") If they were in favour of abused trusts and wasted cha rities, then they would elect the man who was brought forward by the parties interested in the perpetuation of those abuses ; but, on the contrary, they would elect him (Mr. Rice), who, without being an enemy to corporate interests, would _endeavour to remedy those abuses. (Cheers.) One point he wished to ex plain to the electors on which he had been misrepre sented. It was stated that the principles which he had laid down, both with regard to the reform of cor porate bodies, and the correction of abuses in the Irish Church went to the unsettlement of property. He made no such statement. The security of property was as essential to the poor as to the rich. It was pro perty that enabled the farmer to raise produce, the rich man to employ the poor, and the great capitalist to set the manufactures in motion, which were the great means of raising this country to its high state of prosperity and greatness. In private property se curity was the one thing required ; and in public trusts, the proper discharge of them was the one thing necessary. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") After some further observations, the right hon. gentleman re marked that these were not times for splitting hairs, or making distinctions of shade or colour; the object of the people of Cambridge should be the interest of their town and country, and to secure those objects he trusted they would unite. ( Hear.) It was unprece dented, he observed, that in an election wherein a man had a majority of 90 in the first hour, that that ma jority, notwithstanding the influence used to the con trary, bad been reduced 'to four or five. ( Cheers. ) He therefore hoped his friends would not relax in their exertions ; and concluded by hoping that they would bo at the poll this morning at eight o'clock, and prove by their votes that the chains which their friends (of whom he was one) had struck off them, should not