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LAN INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. T . lie , Court torts occupied the whole morning with cause Petitions. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. OF ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS. GOLDING AND OTHERS V. FENN. ;'Thisaction originated in the Consistory Court at the "'lnce of the. plaintiffs, who are churchwardens of the t a , r6l ', of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, against the defendant, ti ,"" is one of the inhabitants of the parish, tor payment of c r rates pavahle'by him for the year 1821. The defen tl:st refused to pay the rates on the ground that . plaintiffs were nut lawfully appointed, they hay itl'ieg been elected by the Select Vestry, and contended that Parish, Ought to have been elected by the inhabitants of the F u ll'. The Consistory Court directed an issue to this ;tot to try, whether by immemorial usage, the church b.,rdens of this parish were elected by a Select Vestry, or :7 the inhabitants paying scot and lot. t The S OLICITOR -G ENERAL s t a t e d th e case . He was w e ll Lare that by the common law the churchwardens of every s l4l l are elected by the inhabitants paying scot and lot, t thia general rule might be obviated by particular NI , and he would be able to show from the pa records of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, which went IA far as the year 1576, that the churchwar- L" of this parish have been ever since elected by a _Vestry, and also that the latter have regularly t , i 7ted their accounts. From the above-mentioned period churchwardens have uniformly exercised that office.-- '4 ' defendants indeed, might be able to show that a few • prev Ye% . ious to the Restoratiod, the exercise of the right interrupted by the interference of the then ruling ;#J'Y but no sooner did that event take place than. an _ e tof Pa r li amen t was passed, enacting that the church i"ttElens should swear the oath of allegiance to the Govern 'll7‘;4old'aftjtrielhe Solemn League and Covenant. It tht, th ere f ore , be presumed, that from the antiquity of the ice; it w as at first. established by law. This was not all. e were several Acts of Parliament passed in the reign i .liatnes - the Second, Queen Anne, and George the Second, L ,Tirding th e general interests of the parish of St. Mar kql:' in which -the practice of, the appointment of the 6 ,....Nrehvrardens by a: Select .Vestry was actually recog- Oct. .The Learned Gentleman then entered i n t o a parti 7rdeteil.of the several Acts: But his cas e did not rest . e• 'en all these authorities, 'for there were decisions by • Court of King's Bench upon the Subject. From • y ear 1576 till the year '1740, the practice L ' i s continued withodt 'ch a ll enge , b ut i n th e year l as t 1 1 elltioned, when the Vestry met regularly for the ion of Churchwardens ; they were not unanimous in Let choice, one party hiving chosen two, and the other ip another two. The majority, however, applied to the I'mutissarY to swear in those elected by them, which the ta • • t l l ttuilary accordingly did. But the disappointed party, rr ie wined not to brook their defeat, applied to the Court Bench for a writ of mandamus for compelling the bl 3 : l2 iasary to swear in the candidates appointed by theta, m tn e Court r e f use d their application. In 1744 a question, "eisely similar to the present, was agitated in the Con rst.tYpi...,4l6aet, which.directed an issue to the King's Bench ais'e:2 je l the same: terms with the issue now under fou rki l „motion. The case was tried at bar, and the Court th e f,, l4 t the Select Vestry were alone entitled to appoint thi' i lllkalitvardens. Peace and harmony reigned after L e i till th e year 1790, when some of the inhabitants, 41,t dissatisfied, elected Wardens as well as the Vestry, htl ! disturbance .was created by the different parties re -40,11/4 a seat in the Church, in consequence of which an ,tion was made to the Spiritual Court, but the King's ttki, i nterposed, and prohibited the Spiritual Court from jsa cognizance of the matter, as it was not within its Ciction. • The - cause was then carried to the King's \Z. and tried in 1793, when the Court found that the I.IZY alone had the'right of electing the Churchwardens. I S7Proving - all these circumstances, he had no doubt the t frould find in' favour of his clients. .."4 trial was not concluded when we went to press.) ADMIRALTY COURT. tir ) ! I I: first Session of the Admiralty Court, was held, this i t iKbre the Right Honourable Lord STOWEL. KrriG's ADVOCATE (Sir C. RowNsoN) roved for )s Grey, for 103 slaves, captured hr a small Island, de y n upon the Isle of France, by the expedition under lekt:ntriand of Admiral Drury. It appeared from the t _ i of General Maitland and other British Officers, that 11 41 `qa. L nd in question was a depot for French stores, and Vcie slaves captured in it were taken to the Island of tell _and incorporated with the native troops. One Ikly7 and forty-six slaves had been captured, but as 4 4u'_ 0 3 were found to be serviceable men, that was the i f :er for which head money was claimed. Oon granted. tCt ICING'S ADVOCATE moved for head money in several . 4t 7,!ases where enemies' ships had been captured by fit' 4ll cruisers. Two cases which had been set dow n \ing this day, were postponed in consequence of the it je of Dr. honer, who was prevented from att en di ng d omestic affliction. %URCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) - , Annual Meeting of the Church Missionary Society, Veld to-day, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen- I V' The meeting began at eleven o'clock, and the *oorn was crowded to th e g reatest ex cess w ith mos t W respectable individuals, by far the greater part Cl 4° In were females ; hut from the entire exclu- Z all accommodation for gentlemen attending for the §4 4 it was with the greatest difficulty we got crammed "de of the most remote corners of one of the galleries. lt . G AMBIER was in th e Ch a i r . ' l 4: Secretary read the report of last year, whi c h ga ve 1 41jog flattering accounts of the success of Missionaries Vut t o different quarters of the globe. At the , ts: tim e , it called loud for f urt h er ass i stance f rom i, 'gib . gi k ut ors , otherwise some schools that had been 11,NZq in Bombay, New South Wales, and elsewhere, i 7 have to be closed for a time, the C omm itt ee b e i n g IN. to • send out sums adequate to carry them on, k„, they received an additional supply. The state- N t : , too, rendered from different Missionaries abroad, 4 4 4 . t ed the Committee to exert themselves in sending out t ot k Poal numbers of Missionaries, as places were b e i ng Sf ith out every day, where such gentlemen could be uilist _ 47 employed. 4 4) t 4: l'uoarrozi, the , treasurer, stated the state of the N etiali The income for last year, was 43,0001. and a Ite t ~ being an increase of the former year's amount of I ,_ , ' Right Hon. Lord BEXLEY next addr e ss ed the . .t h ,. , I but in a tone, to us, almost perfectly inaudible; Zgerstood him to express the highest gratification at ' .. "opriety of the I n stitution. He hailed the conver- I" the heathen, as the most happy event, and consider- i education as one of the greatest blessings- that hefal this or any other country. He confidently ‘,1 4 that this and every similar institution would go ._ .\ Fain strength and ground every year. He moved,' V% Report that had been read might be received, and \t'd to be printed under the direction *of the Coin . , s l till ; Rev. Om. James Ho ARE felt the highest satisfac - Vg honour in . rising to second the resolution ; and he 'ire it would meet with the cordial concurrence of the ills best wishes attended, and his most earnest I, l Nit kN ou were offered up o for those wh o had gone forth as I N aries. He felt personally infinitely ind e bted to the ' I t Of. this country, .for not only,what they had done t yarding the object of ; the Institution, • but C vali a nt example they had set to the opposite sex; L.Xtated them to cont inue n ot only to think o f th e i r - Ili Wo me n and c ountry men, who had go ne a b roa d, "kJ! Our fellow individuals for whose conversion they i'10 44 0. He begged them also to keep in mind that this t likCiit th e s eed-time, and that .whilst prosperity had i No attended every endeavour , t h ere w as the most ex -1 A:geld yet uncultivated, and the m ost cogent reasons "ittedoubled exertions of the Christian community of t kNotry.—(Great applause.) eVqZIII,III3 NOEL said, that the meeting, amidst 11 41 41 41 met with in Sierra-Leone, and in different parts & Vest of Italy, deemed that they had every reason to :', i, 4 :he greatest ultimate success. There wa s a time when t `+‘lsitants of those parts were on the most perfect le ' :tti'll the brute creation, but now he would venture ' oVikat there were to be found in Italy some persons ; 1 4 %Cog principles and feelings of as truly 7enuine religio n id 0 found in the primitive days. A donation j of 701. Ih t en received from an individual in Sierra Leone. Meeting was proceeding when we left it. , ALLEGE ' piLLEGE E LECTION: — TIiere is a great deal tt ki :g, advertising,invention, stateme n t, an d counter vre 't upon this subject. Now we know the College I„,_ th t any person in or out of it, and, notwithstanding 41 % l i'lt and swagger, Mr. Croker will be elected. ii la t the r e p or t s c i rcu l a t e d was one that M r . North had d, th e contest; this is not true—that gentleman will t ties " 41 will, next to Mr. Croker, we have no doubt be, as e , ms to be, the most respectably supported. As for Itiiqizint Lefroy, notwithstanding his private virtues, sot be the repreeentative..-rPub/in Patrivt. LONDON UNIVERSITY. Yesterday was the day appointed for the cere mony of laying the fOundation stone of the London University. The spot which has been selected for the building is situated at the end of Gower-street, and comprehends a very extensive piece of ground, which is enclosed by paling. Gower-street and the adjacent streets were yesterday crowded with pas sengers and carriages moving towards the place.— As, upon such occasions as the present one, fine weather is most desirable, it fortunately_ happened that yesterday was one of the finest days enjoyed this season. The weather being so propitious, there was, as will naturally be imagined, a vast number of per sons present, desirous of beholding the ceremony which was about to take place. The preparations which had been made for the accommodation of the company were very well calculated to secure that object. The visitors, who were admitted by cards, were conducted to an elevated platform, which was so much inclined that the most distant spectator could readily see every particular of the ceremony. It would certainly have been a desirable luxury to the persons present to have had an awning placed over them, under which they might shelter themselves from the oppressive heat of the sun. Immediately before the platform on which the spectators stood, and at about three yards distant from it, another platform had been. erected, upon which the foundation-stone of the build big was placed. The number of persons present must have been upwards of 2,000, the greatest pro portion of which was composed of well-dressed ladies. Every house in the neighbourhood, which afforded the smallest opportunity to beholders of witnessing the operations of_ the day, was, crowded from the windows to the roof; and even many windows in Gower-street, from which no view of the scene could by any chance have been expected, were filled with company. At a quarter-past three o'clock the Duke of Sussex arrived upon the ground, and was greeted by the acclamations of the peopleboth inside and outside the paling. When he descended from his carriage, the band of the third regiment of Foot Guards, who had been upon the ground some time before, playing occasional airs, struck up the national anthem of" God save the King." In about ten minutes afterivards the Royal Duke,attended by the Committee and stewards, went in procession to the platform, upon which the foundation-stone was de posited. The stone had been cut exactly in two, and in the lower half there was formed a rectangular hollow, in which the medals, coins, &c., were to be placed. A gentleman (the architect, we believe) thenread the inscription engraved upon the copper-plate which was to be placed inside the stone. The in scription was as follows : DEO OPT. MAX. SEMPIT'ERNO ORRIS ARCHITECTO . . FAVENTR QVOD FELIX FAYBTYM QYE SIT OCTATVM REGNI ANNUM INENITEE tigollol o QWARTO BRITANNIARVM REGE cHLSISSIMVS PRINCEPS AVGYSTV9 FREDERICVS SUSSZYILE D'.X OMNIVM BONARVM PATRONVS ANTIQVISSIMI ORDINIS ♦RCHITECTONICI PRARSER APVD ANGLOS 2VSINYS PRIMVII LONDINENSIS ACADEMIAE LAPIDEM INTER CIVIIM ET FRATRYM CIRGVNISTANTIVM PLAVOTR MANN RYA LOCANIT PRID. ILAL. HAIL OPV SI DIV MVLTVM QYE DESIDERATVM VRBI PATRIAR CUMMODISSIEVM TANDEM ALIGIVANDO lICIIOATVAf EAT ANN° SALVTI9 RV ANAE ANNO LVCIS NO9TA6 Nanimmoccairsviv. NomINA cLkAttisiMulVit ViSWAM Qvi AvNT Y coNCluo HENRICVS DVs NORFOLCIAK HENRICvs MARCHIO DE LANSDC9IN DOMINVE TOANNry RI lOANNES vicEcomrS ON MSS ET WARD 949/I§IESIAARO DE ICCLLAN D • sioNokeDius lAC. ABERCROMBIE lACOBV9 )MACINTOSH ROES ALEXANDER HARING GEORGIVS BIRKBECL HENRICYS BROUGHAM THOMAS CAMPBELL ISAAC LYON GOLDSMID oLINTuvs GREGORY GEORGIVS GROTE lOSEPHYS !LYME ZAC. MACAYLAY lACOM'S MILL BENTAMINYS SHAW IOIIAXNES timirm GutiztriN TOOKE HENSICVS WARBYRTON HENRICVS WAYMOVTH lOANNES WISHAW THOMAS WILSON GVLIELMVS WILKINS; ARCIIITECTVS. [TRANSLATION.] By the good Providence of the great - and blessed God, the eternal Creator of the World (and may- his favour grant prosperity !) in the eighth year of the reign of George the Fourth, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the illustrious Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Patron of all the liberal Arts, and Grand Master in England of the very ancient order of Free and Accepted Masons, laid, with his own hand, the first stone of the University of London ; amidst the plaudits of surrounding Citizens and Brothers, on the thirtieth day of April, 1827. This work, long and ardently desired, and adapted to the wants both of the metropolis and the country, has now at length been begun in the year of our Lord 1827, and of the world 5827. The names of the eminent men who form the Council are—Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk, Henry Marquis of Lansdowu, Lord John Russell, John Viscount Dudley and Ward, George Baron of Auckland, the Honourable James Abercrombie, Sir James Mackintosh, Alexander Baring, H. Brougham, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, George Grote, Zachary Macaulay, George Birkbeck, Thomas Campbell, Olinthus Gregory, Joseph Hume, James Mill, Benjamin Shaw, John Smith, William Tooke, Henry Warburton, H e nry Waymouth, John Whishaw, Thomas Wilson, Wil liam Wilkins (Architect). After this inscription had been read, the upper Pert of the stone was gradually raised by the help of Pates, and his Royal Highness having received the coins, medals, and inscription, deposited them in the hollow formed for their reception. The two parts of the stone were then fastened together, and the whole was raised from the ground. A bed of mor tar was now laid upon the ground by the workmen, to which his Royal Highness added more, which be took from a silver plate and afterwards smoothed the whole with a golden trowel, upon which were in scribed the following words :—" With this trowel was laid the first stone of the London University, by his Royal Highness Augustus Duke of Sussex, on the 30th of April, 1826. William Wilkins, ar chitect ; Messrs. Lee and Co., builders." The stone was then gradually lowered amidst the cheers of the assembly, the band playing " God save the King." His Royal Highness, after having proved the stone with a perpendicular, struck it three times with a mallet, at the same time saying, " May God bless this undertaking which we have so happily com menced, and make it prosper for the honour, happi ness, and glory, not e only of th e metropol i s, b ut o f the whole country. An oration was then delivered by the Rev. Dr. Maltby, in which he offered up a prayer to the Al mighty to bless the present undertaking. From the situation in which we were placed, we could not dis tinctly hear what was spoken from the platform. Dr. LUSHINGTON stated, that he had been chosen by the Committee as the organ by which to express their opinions. He remarked that the London Uni versity must effect good. The clouds of ignorance had passed away, and the sun had broken forth and dispelled the darkness which had hitherto prevailed. No man dared now to assert that the blessings of education should not be extended to every, even the lowest, of his Majesty's subjects. He then expa tiated on the advantages which were likely to arise from the establishment of a London University, among other things, in opening a door to Dissenters, who were excluded from the two great Universities. The learned gentleman concluded by passing an elo quent compliment upon the public conduct of the Duke of Sussex. Attached to no party, he was a friend to liberality, and promoted by his encourage ment any efforts of the subjects of this realm, what ever their political opinions, if their motives were proper and praiseworthy. The Duke of SussEx acknowledged the compli ments which had been paid to him in the eloquent speech of the Learned Gentleman. He stated, that the proudest day OW life WAS thAt Iva which he had laid the firstitone . of the London. :University, surrounded as he was by gentlemen 6 as higlirank, fortune, and character, as any in the kingdom. He was quite convinced hat the present undertaking must be productive of good. It would excite the old Universities to fresh exertions, and force them to reform abuses. His Royal Highness concluded, amidst the cheers of the assembly, by repeating that the present was the happiest day of his life. His Royal Highness and the Committee then left the platform, and the spectators dispersed, ap parently highly gratified with the exhibition of the day. The Royal Duke was loudly cheered by the people at his departure. Amongst the company present, we observed—the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Auckland, Sir R. Wilson, Mr. J. Smith, M.P., Mr. Brougham, M.P., Dr. Lushington, M.P., Mr. Watson Taylor, the Hon. Captain Dundas, the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, Colonel Jones, Mr. Alderman Venables, DINNER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. At six o'clock the Members of the Council, and the ':friends of the undertaking, partook of a dinner at the Vreetnason's Tavern, Great Queen-street-his Royal High_ ness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair. Among the very numerous anti select company, we noticed the Dukes of Norfolk and Leinster, the Marquis of Lanstlown, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Auckland, Lord Nugent, M.P., John C. Hobhouse, Esq., M.P., Sir James Graham, M.P., Sir Robert Dundas, M.P., Sir Herbert Mayo, Mr. Aber crombie, M.P., Mr. Denman, Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Warburton, M.P., Mr. Marshall, M.P., Mr..Broughain, M.P., and Mr. J. Brougham, M.P. ; Mr. Tooke, Doetor Birkbeek, 11k. Mill, with a number of other Noblemen and Gentlemen. The room was crowded to excess, and all the galleries were filled with ladies, who seemed to take great interest in the scene. Non Nobis' was sung in good style immediately after the cloth was removed. His Royal Highness the Duke of Ssssrx said, he found it necessary, before proceeding to the proper business of the evening, to caution the gentlemen to keep their places, by which they would all hear very well, and no person would deprive another of an enjoyment they were all anxious to obtain; and also that g certain number of toasti had been put into his hands, and he should consider it his duty to preserve that order in giving them which had been prescribed to him. If, therefore, in the course of the evening, any gentleman, in • the fervour of the moment, should propose a toast not in his list, that gentleman would excuse him if he continued in that path which had been pointed out for him. He would also observe, that after drinking the health of his Majesty, and after haring paid that attention to his Hon. Friend, which he knew they would pay, and after having greeted ivith their good wishes that great -cause they were met to celebrate, with the strongest effusions of English lungs, he thought it would be more correct, and more consonant with the object for which they had met, if they were to content themselves with expressing their satisfaction without much cheering. In then proposing the health of his Majesty, his Royal Highness said, in the situation in which he stood, address ing a company like that, he was sure the he had no occa sion to recommend the health of his Majc,ity to the loyalty of the company. He knew that they would all feel like Englishmen, and he should, therefore, do no more than propose " The 'health of his Majesty King George the Fourth," with three times three. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm, and loud and repeated cheers. " God save the King" was then sung. The Duke of Sussex then gave the "health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Ad miral." At the mention of his Royal Highness's name, there was loud and continued cheering, and his Royal Highness's health was drank with every mark of applause. The Duke of Noarome, in rising to propose the health of hii Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, said, that any thing he could say would not add to the acknowledged merits of his Royal Highness. To the illustrious titles which had descended to him from his ancestors he had added the still more illustrious titles of protector of every Charity, the enlightened patron-of the Arts, and the friend of Civil _and Religion' Liberty. He-was sure thit the health of his Royal Highness would be highly acceptable to the company, and that they would be glad to drink it with three times three. .!` His Royal Highness's health' was accoidiegly drnuk, with several rounds of applause. The Duke-of Sussex, in rising to return thanks to the company for the manner in which the toast given by his Noble Friend had been received, would only say, that he thanked the company cordially and heartily. The com pliment paid,to him by the Noble Duke he felt.sincerely, but at the same time he must say that lie differed from his Noble Friend in thinking that he had any merit in enter taining the sentiments-for which his NobleTriend had com plimented him.- He was proud to cherish every thing which brought to his recollection what he was sure be should never forget, that `those 'principles brought his family to the. Throne 'of these realms.—(Great cheer ing.).--Under all circumstances, he was always glad to refresh his recollection of those great objects, which proved the sincerity of his professions.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—He wished always to be judged by facts rather` than by professions, and he would not say any more, be cause ho wished not to make professions, but show what his opinions were by his acts. He had been much interested from the earliest period, in the object for which they had then met—he should rather say, that from the earliest period he had heard of the University, it had excited his liveliest interest for its success. He would be at all times ready to support it ; and should his exertions be called for in anyway that he could exert himself, they would always find him ready to put his shoulder to the wheel, honestly, sincerely, and going straight forward, neitherturning to the right nor the left.- His excellent friend, Dr. Lushington, in his ad dress that morning, had explained—and this would be fur ther explained by some gentlemen he then saw near him— the object, and defined the limits of the establishment. which showed that it was not intended to injure or interfere with the two Universities of England. It would ill become him, as a Prince of the Blood, to further any object which might injure the two Universities; but it was thought that they had not gone with their instruction to that extent which was proposed by the establishment' in London. (Cheers.) They must he, as his Learned Friend had said, lost in gratitude to those educated at our two Universi ties ; but they took a different view, and wished to march with events, while the discipline and regulations of the other Universities did not allow them -to make those changes, which the circumstances of the times required. (Cheering.) They meant to assist in the improvement of education, and augment the number of those who aspired to obtain a good education, and reduce the expense of obtain ing it, which had been much augmented in the last 20 or SO years. He would not go further back, for if he did, he might be thought to be casting reflections, which he had no wish to do. He only wished to do good to mankind, and pre serve those feelings which ought to belong to those en gaged in the same pursuits. He was satisfied. that it the principles laid down were acted on, and the University were well conducted, the other two Universities would not be opposed to the Loudon University, but they would be helps to each other. For his own part, the professions of support which he had made lie meant to adhere to, for he did not suppose it possible that the 'London University could in any manner injure the others.—(Cheers.)—lfe only gave his own opinion, but he would not trespass Monger on the Meeting, as there were several distinguished individuals waiting to address them, and especially as there was one who would explain at greater length than had been done in the morning the objects of the Institution. He would only, therefore, return the company his thanks for the honour they had done him, and assure them that lie regarded this day as or,t; of the proudest of his existence. In conclusion, he should beg them to drink the health of an Hon. Friend of his, whom he had known long, and than whom he was sure there was not an honester man in the country.—(Cheers.)—He requested the Meeting to drink a " bumper to Mr. Brougham, and prosperity to the University of London, with three times three." Mr. BROUGHAM, on rising to return thanks was greeted with enthusiastic cheering, which prevented the Learned Gentleman from proceeding for some minutes. He then said, he rose to execute a commission im posed on by a vote of the Council, that of return ing their thanks ; and, on behalf of the Institution, to his Royal Highness their Illustrious Chairman, who had been pleased to speak of him in terms he did not merit, and also to explain the objects proposed by tbs., Council. The task had been imposr•i on him from, God knew, no peculiar fitness for the office, but from his haviiig been, from the first, one of the earliest and most zealous pro moters of ,the good work they were then met to celebrate. Two years had not yet elapsed since the period when, per haps many of those then asseli,bled had heard the project first brought forward in the City of London, the cradle of civil and religious liberty in this country—(Cheers);—of liberty which had been nurtured and watered by the pre cious blood of its nobler citizens. It was there where arose that Institution which had been eulogised by his Noble Friend, and •which if he did not deceive himself, would, under the 'blessings of Divine Providence, render that li berty, which bad been there crmilvti And plutned perper tual and eternal in England, and would enable them to spread the lights of _knowledge and of freedom over the whole world.—(Cheers.)—On that day he had risen to perform a duty, under very different circumstances from the present—under the cold sneers of some, and the more open taunts and gibes of others, accom panied by the faint hopes of many friends, and the ardent good wishes of others ; while the project was heard with deep execrations by the enemies of human improve ment, and of light and liberty, which gave life and prospe rity to this empire.—(Cheers.)—But now those clouds and mists were dispelled—two anxious years had scarcely passed amidst the varied fortunes of the empire, and such dispensations as they did not originally look for. But they had all been surmounted ; and that day they had raised the standard of the London University, and had triumphed over all those who had secretly despised and contemned the under taking, as well as over its more open enemies, and they had lived to see the walls of the University rising amidst the plaudits of surrounding thousands—they had been, by promoting their own wishes, engaged in the cause of the empire. These were holy works, and such as displayed wisdom as well as humanity; they had lent their hands to raise a solid and useful fabric, and had not been engaged among the quicksands of human policy ; theirs was a labour which no winds could destroy, and it had about it none of the slipperiness of parties engaged in the recent political events which were passing before them. No; the fabric they had erected they all felt would be an eternal pillar con sistent with the best interests of mankind, and handing down their names would recal the founders of the Univer sity to the gratitude of posterity.—(Cheers.)—He decried no man's occupation—he contemned no man's vocation ; but. he could not help contrasting that day's work with others of passing interest, narrow and confined, and he could not help glorying and indulging in exultation at the grati fication to which they might then look for their honest am bition. They -were not gratifying any vain or selfish de sires,les admin‘stering to. the happiness and liberties of mankind.—(Cheers. )—lle conjured them to proceed on ward, and faulter not, :for every step they took was good j for ever s and while others were rotting up, as the poets had described, those stones which were perpetually return ing on them, they were sure that the stones they rolled up would not again roll down, and as in the other case cover them with disappointment, if not overwhelm them. There was, then,-but little more necessary to complete the work they had begins, and it became his duty to say a few words as to the future intentions ofthe Council. The great thing which then remained to be done was to take great care in choosing the teachers, that they should be men every way qUalified, and full of-rich and varied learning. On this subject the Council had come to a fixed resolution, in which the whole body had cordially concurred—each of the twenty-four individuals of which the Council consisted, had solemnly pledged himself never to allow such a phrase as a candidate for votes to be mentioned in his presence. They had re solved to give the places to the worthiest--(cheers), and to prefer the person, though least recommended, to the per son best recommended, if his merits were only so much su perior as the dust in the balance.—(Cheers.)—He knew that in this respect they would differ from their predeces sors ; but they would have an advantage over them. In the next peculiarity which he should mention, there was also a most important difference, and he also thought a great advantage. Instead of teaching four or five, or six mouths only in the year, it was their intention that the courses of lectures should last nine months.----(Cheers.)— Instead of the lecturer giving a single lecture of an hour each day, it was proposed that each Professor should lecture an hour each day, and he should, during another hour, examine the pupils successively, to ascertain if they had comprehended the lecture, and if he had made himself un derstood. A third hour was to be employed at least three days each week, if not six, in discussions, to which such pupils should have access as chose to push their studies, and they should attend the levees of the Professors, who would have the power of dispensing the highest titles and honours which a Sovereign could confer on a subject—he meant the power of helping the pupils in their labours, and directing the higher studies of those who felt dispesed to examine into the operations of nature. The Professors should in these meetings more fully explain to the ambi tious student the prodigies of science, and encourage them not only to learn whatever was already known, but should put them in'the proper path to become discoverers them selves.—(Cheers.)—He thought it needful to say one word on another and different subject ; he had been accused, unjustly accused, but still he had been accused of having spokenwith disrespect, and of being inimical to the two vene rable Universities of this country, in which learning and science lull9u heen carefully preserved, ansl from sy)aiela tley had been not Many-years ago spread over 'the land,Where truth and faiths had been treasured up--he meant Oxford and Cambridge:-z-whence, at no distant 'date, the lights of science and the grace of letters had emanated.—(Cheers.) Why had he • been thought hostile to these Institutions ? Was it because it had been his misfortune not to have been educated atreither of, them, and not to have studied oa the sacred haunts of the Muses, on the banks of the Cam or the Isis? Tilts might make him envy those who enjoyed this inestimable advantage, but he was not like that cunning auimal , who found out, when he could not reach the fruit, that it was sour.—(Cheers.) On the contrary, he would say of Cambridge—whence that science had been spread over the *hole of Europe, .to which, in his earliest years, he had been, most attached, and to which he might yet hope to return----that the world kneiv no man greater than its Newton, and it had in Wodehouse and Babbage fol lowers almost as eminent as this great master, and worthy to tread in his footsteps. Was he considered the enemy of Ox.f4rd, because of ail men there was no one alive who more revered those treasures of taste—those chaste classical models which had been there preserved and handed down, and which had produced such 'men as Cogglestone, and Wheatley, and many others to mention whom would be wilder, rather than enlighten, his hearers ? Under these personal feelings, he could, less than any man, make objec tions to Oxford, which now combined the claims to our esteem, from having been established in former ages, of com parative darkness, to the claims of having of late obtained a victory over itself, and had, in a great degree, almost adopted the lights and spirit of the age.—(Cheers.)—He must be short-sighted indeed, as had been mentioned by his Learned Friend, who was not willing to perceive that Oxford had of late almost equalled Cambridge in that particular depart ment of science for which Cambridge was celebrated, and that Cambridge had become almost what Oxford was and is for classical learning. The meeting would suffer him to express his unmeasured joy, and not indecorous exultation at that day's work, when his Royal Highness, with that implement which he held in Isis hand (holding up the trowel), had performed so important a service; the Meet ing would suffer him to express his satisfaetinn at the con trast between their present situation, when all was serene about them, and no clouds were to be seen, and their' situ ation, surrounded with fogs and darkness, when he had last addressed them. What he had said on that occasion, he felt himself called on then to repeat, rather at present as a matter of history, while formerly it had been uttered pro phetically ; he had then told them in the words of the sweetest of our Minstrels, which gentlemen who had heard him, and might not then have given him credit for his ob servation, would now see realised. The University was now, " As some tall cliff that lifts Its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head."—(Loud cheering.) " The Duke of Su ss ex said, it was then his duty to re mind the company that the time was come when'it would he better they should leave off cheering the speakers. His Honourable Friend, who had just sat down, had stated that no cause of jealousy existed between the different Univer sities, and he had powerfully expressed his own feelings on this important question. He saw on his left hand a Noble Friend (the Marquess of Lansdown)—(Loud cheering)— who had the happiness of belonging to one of those Uni versities, at which he had distinguished himself in a re markable k n a o l n d e e m m o a r n e n t e i r , , a and t d h u e -l i i n o , s i address ing them.—(Cheers.) —Like his Honourable Friend who had addressed them in the morning, he continued to admire and respect his Alma Mater, and he was sure he would not come there to support the London University, if he thought ;t would injure that other to which he was devoted. As a proof of the feelings of the Members of the London University towards the other Universities, he had then the honour to propose " the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, and prosperity to the University of Cambridge;" and also " the health of Lord Grenville, and prosperity to the University of Oxford." The toast was drunk with cheers. The Marquess of LANSDOWN on rising waS received with loud cheers. When they had subsided the Noble Marquess went on to say, that his name having been coupled by their Illustrious Chairman with one of those venerable bodies whose extended existence in the country :with the instrumentality of their privileges, had made them the repositories of literature -and religion, he felt himself called ou to say a few words, and express the respect he felt for the Institutions alluded to, which he was sure was in no respect or degree 'at variance with the warns wishes he entertained for the prosperity of the London University.— (Cheers.)—He could never believe that the extension of science in one spot would check its growth in another; on the contrary, he believed that it would every where make a snore rapid progress in . proportion as it was dif fused. It was his ardent hope, that the sciences which constituted his proudest recollections of the University of Cambridge would be respected and studied by the opulent classes of this country—that they would apply themselves to the higher branches of knowledge, so that in this age of inquiry they would not be left behind.. The Univer sity, the foundation of which they were then met to cele brate, lie must, however, remark, extended to the inte rests of all the country ; it was perhaps the largest instru ment of the kind ever called into operation, and would continue, he hoped, to grow with the growth and pros perity of the great City in which it was established, and be eternal like it. He hoped, also, it would grow with its commerce, which could not continue to thrive separated from science, and which was inseparably connected with principles of freedom.—(Cheers.)---He was sure, when the project for the University was first developed "in London, that, so far from being a rival of the other Uni versities,it would contribute, as our commerce advanced, to the progress of science, and at the same time that it brought forth new views, it would open the minds of all, and be a great means of securing the beet interests of mo rality and religion.—(Cheers.)—He was at a loss to dis cover how teaching science to young men, who would re turn home daily, and there receive the benefit of religious instruction, could disqualify them to appreciate correctly the truths of the one or the consolations of the other. Not only this generation, but the next, and all succeeding gene rations, would be benefitted by the Institution, of which they were met to celebrate the foundation, and he wished it prosperity and honour.—(Cheers.) . . The ROYAL CHAIRMAN next adverted to the great num bers of Members of the Royal Society that he saw about him, and thought it would be most proper that, when they came forward so readily to further the views of this insti tution, the assembly ought to drink " Prosperity to the Royal Society of London." Dr. MALTBY (as we were informed the gentleman's name was) returned thanks in the name of the Members of the Royal Society, and stated, they thought it their duty to do every thing in their power to promote the cause of useful knowledge, the progress of which would., be found indis pensably connected with the interests and advancenient of the cause of sound religion and morals. The Duke of Sussex then proposed that they should drink " Prosperity to the City of London, and the Trade thereof." Mr. Alderman VZNABLES returned thanks, and ob served that this Institution had arisen out of the necessity of the case. Such an Institution was absolutely necessary in the circumstances of the City of London, and lie trusted that those Who had the management of the funds of the City would be sensible that they could not do their duty, in their capacity of stewards for the application of these funds, in a better manner than by exerting themselves effectually to support this Institution. The ROYAL GUATIMAN next proposed that they should drink " Prosperity to the Universities of Scotland and Ireland." It was rather a singular, circumstance, he said, that while the capitals of both Scotland and Ireland had their Universities, the capital of England should be with out one. He the more willingly proposed this toast, as lie saw a gentleman present who had been very active in the promotion of the interests of the present' Institution, who had been recently Rector of one of the Scotch Uni versities. Mr. Hustr rose to return thanks, which he did, as he said, at the urgent request of the Council, although he was perfectly aware that there were Members present, con nected with the Scotch Universities, who could have done much more justice to the subject. There was no doubt that the Scotch derived great advantage from the facilities which they possessed of acquiring a good and economical education. He had himself found the benefit of this ad vantage, aud, in return, thought himself bound to use his best exertions for the prosperity of this Institution. It ought to be observed, that while England had only its two Universities, Scotland, with scarcely a fifth part of the population, had its five Universities. • From his connection with one of these Universities, he knew well that those who had the management of them had felt very ready and anxious to correct whatever abuses had crept into them in the progress of time ; and he was happy to say, that the late Mr. Secretary Peel had, upon his representations, pro cured a Royal visitation to be appointed, to examine into the state of all the Scotch Universities, and this Commis sion was actively proceeding in its labours. No narrow Views prevailed in these Universities, which were perfectly sensible that the diffusion of knowledge must operate for the advantage of all. It was surely a most urgent case that the City of London, comprehending a population amounting to no less than a sixth part of all England, should have an University for the economical diffusion of education. The Duke of Sussex, after remarking that there was a ; capital etty, not one hundred miles from London, many of whose inhabitants bad actively patronised the present In stitution, proposed that they should drink " Prosperity to the City of Westminster." Mr. Hointousr observed that, from the unavoidable absence of his colleague, Sir Francis Burdett, the duty de volved on Lim of expressing his own gratitude, and that of his colleague and their constituents, for the manner in which this toast had been received. He admitted that, al though one of the Council, he himself had not hitherto been very particularly active in the promotion of this In stitution. But he had been present at the Meeting in which this noble scheme bad been originally suggested and formed, and this he would remember with satisfaction as long as he lived.—(Applause.)—He knew the difficulties which were to be overcome, and was, therefore, the more rejoiced that these obstacles were, in a great measure, re moved; and he could not doubt that they were, when, in addition to all the other fair prospects of success which they now enjoyed, lie saw men of considerable influence, both in Yorkshire and Cumberland, attending this Meet ing, and giving their countenance and support to this In stitution.—(Loud cheers.)—They saw, likewise, men stand forward in the same cause, whose countenance and credit would do honour to any Institution. Yet something had passed which made it appear as if a kind of apology were required for having dared to set up such an Institution as this in this great metropolis. He certainly could not conceive what apology could be required for the noble ex ertions of those who had brought so far towards perfection an Institution which promised to be attended with such in calculably good effects. They did not mean to depreciate the merits of other Institutions of the same description, nor had they the slightest invidious feeling towards them. On the contrary, their feelings were in the highest degree fa vourable to other establishments of the same description, and no establishment of that kind ought to have any prejudice against him who exerted himself the most in the formation of this Institution, when he might justly reply to them, that the worst it could charge him with was, that he had been anxious to imitate its example—. quod to imitari are°. Instead of thinking of any apology, if the Noble Marquis (Lansdown), who sat near their Illustrious Chairman, bad not alluded to something he would have felt himself called upon rather to bestow the highest panegyric upon that gentleman particularly (Mr. Brougham), to whom alone—allowing full merit to his coadjutors—the University of London owed its foundation. He might ask where, had it not been for his exertions, the University of London would be? It was, perhaps right, that the excellent person to whom lie alluded should not himself mention in what an eminent degree he might be considered as the founder of this Institution, a nd how much his talents and perseverance had contributed to its prospe rity ; but the fact ought to be generally known, and he could himself well speak to it, having, as he before men tioned, been present at the original Meeting at which this noble scheme had been promulgated ; and it was i.:ost for tunate that the plan bad fallen into the hands of one of the most extraordinary men that ever lived—a man o; un rivalled powers, who, to the highest talents, joined the most determined perseverance, and who combined all the requisite qualifications for the most sedentary occupations of literature with the most active prosecution of his public duties. To this man the Institution owed every thing._. (Immense :leering.) The Duke of Sussex then proposed " the health of the Marquis of Lansdown, and prosperity to his exertions for the diffusion of education in Ireland." The Marquis of LANsnowN briefly returned thanks, and then apologised for the absence of his Noble Friend, Lord Dudley, who had been lately appointed to the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His absence was occasioned by an indispensible engagement, but they knew that he was one of their Council, anti an ardent fritud to the objects of the Institution. The ROYAL CHAIRMAN then observed, that the next toast would speak for itself—it was " the health of Mr. Brougham, the Chairman of the Society for the universal Diffusion of Knowledge." Mr. BROUGHA➢I, after returning thanks, remarked, that his great object had been the universal diffuaion of infor mation ; and he considered the University of London as only one branch of the means of that object. In this happy purpose, great progress had already been made; and those who, twenty or thirty years ago, had opposed the plan with gibes and geers, had been put to silence, if not actually converted. They had discovered that their jokes turned out to be jokes, not against those at whom they were aimed, but against the jokers themselves. It was most satisfactory to know that all this had been done merely by a persevering appeal to common sense and reason. The jokers, in truth, found out that their jests, not only did not tell against those at whom they were directed, but that. they themselves began to be stared at as persons of whose sanity very considerable doubts might be entertained, and that they stood some chance of being overlooked by the Keeper of the Great Seal for the time being.—(A laugh.) They now no longer heard of the press contending -.4s, strange to tell, it had, at one time, done—against its 'own nursing -mother, which the universal diffusion of know ledge certainly was. Even that little portion of the Pulpit which had strenuously opposed the spread of information, had been silenced. In this noble purpose of diffusing knowledge they ought not to confine themselves to their own country alone. Their proceedings in this great cause, they might be assured, would be heard beyond th( Atlantic, and encourage the illustrious Bolivar to diffuse information among his countrymen, as one of the best methods of insuring for them the permanent enjoyment of that liberty which he had procured for them; Bolivar, whose splendid title— more splendid than that of Emperor, which he had resign ed—was that of Liberator—a title most justly his due, since it had been conferred upon him by millions of his countrymen. He spoke not from the professions of Boli var, but from his actions, when he said, that to him the possession of power appeared of no value whatever, except in so far as it enabled him to promote the best interests of his country, and of mankind. He concluded by propos ing, that they should drink " the health of the Liberator, Bolivar, and success to the diffusion of knowledge in South America."—(Loud cheers.) The Duke of Sussex then proposed " the health of Dr. Birkbeck, and the Mechanics' Institution ;" and Doctor Gilchrist, in the absence of Doctor Birkbeck, returned thanks. His Royal Highness thea proposed the healths of Mr. Burt, of the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Bed ford, . and of Lords Caernarvon, Ebrington, and Nugent, who each returned thanks, and the conviviality of the Meeting was kept up to a late hour. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, His MA JESTY held a Court at his Palace in St. James's, which was attended by His ROA Highness the Duke of Clarence, their Excellencies the Rus sian and Russian Ambassadors, the late and the present Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the late and the present Lord Privy Seal, the late and the present Secretary of State for the Home Department, the late and the .pre sent Secretary of State for the Foreign 'Depart ment, the late and present Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the President 'of: the Board of Control, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Secretary at War, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the Vice-Chancellor, the Attorney-General, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward of the House hold, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Clerk Marshal as the Equerry in waiting, Lord Graves in waiting, General King, Groom in waiting, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, &c. Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, pre sented the Count Michael de Woronzow. The Baron de Maltzahn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Prussia, was presented, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies, to deliver his re-credentials, and took leave of the King. The Baron de Bulow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Prussia, was presented to the King, and con ducted by Sir Robert Chester, to deliver his cre dentials.. The Lord Chancellor (Earl of Eldon) had an audience of his Majesty, and r es i gne d the Great Seal. Earl Bathurst had an audience of his Majesty, and resigned the seals of office as Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. The Earl of Westmorland had an audience of his Majesty, and resigned the Privy Seal. Mr. Peel had an audience of his Majesty and resigned the seals of office as Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mr. Canning had an audience of his Majesty, and delivered his seals of office as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Lyndhurst was presented to his Majesty on his being appointed Lord Chancellor, when his Lordship kissed hands and received the Great Seal. The Right Hon. George Canning was pre sented upon his being appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, And received the seals of office accordingly. His Grace the Duke of Portland was presented, Ipon his being appointed Lord Privy Seal. The Right Hon. Sturges Bourne was pre ,ented, upon being appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department, and received the seals of office. Lord Dudley and Ward was presented upon his being appointed Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, and received the seals of office. Lord Goderich was presented, upon his being appointed Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, .ind received the seals of office. The following presentations also took place : The Marquis of Anglesea, upon his being ap poiTn he t ed D M u a k s e t e o r f - G l:l e e n: , o r an hire, et,h upon p O o i a s n ee being ap pointed Lord Chamberlain. Mr. William Lamb, upon his being appointed Secretary of State for Ireland. Mr. James Scarlett, upon his being appointed Attorney-General ; upon which occasion he re ceived the honour of Knightood. Mr. Hart, upon his being appointed Vice- Chancellor, upon which occasion he received the honour of Knighthood. His Majesty then held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller attended as clerk, when his Grace the Duke of Portland, the Duke of De vonshire, the Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Dud ley and Ward, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, Sir Anthony Hart, and the lion. Win. Lamb, were sworn in Privy Councillors. The follow ing were sworn into office :--The Lord Chancel kir (Lyndhurst), the Right Hon. Sturges Bourne, Lord Dudley and Ward, the Marquis of Angle sea, who was also sworn in Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlet. The Court concluded at a quarter after four o'clock. When Mr. Canning alighted from his car riage in the entre-yard, he was loudly cheered by a numerous assemblage of persons who were collected there. Mr. Secretary Peel arrived a I'm minutes afterwards : he was also loudly greeted ; and as Mr. Canning left the Palace, he was again loudly cheered. Mr. Croker gave a grand dinner last night to the Duke of Clarence, at his residence in the Admiralty. Among the guests were Mr. Can ning, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl of Elarrowby, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Gran ville, Viscount Dudley and Ward, Lord Bexley, the Attorney-General, the Right Horaourables W. Huskisson, C. Wynn, and Sturges Bourne, the Hon. W. Lamb, Sir Vim. Johnstone Hope, Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Planta, and several others. The Duke of Athol had a distinguished party to dinner on Saturday, at his house in St. James's-square ; among whom were, Lord and Lady Strathaven, Earl of Elgin, Lady Mary Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drummond, &c. Prince Lieven gave an elegant entertainment on Saturday, at. Ashburnham. House, Dover street, to the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Mr. and Mrs. Canning, the Earl and Countess of Morley, Count and Countess Woronzow, Lord Dudl e y, Lord Palmerston, Count Potoche,