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The Vice• Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Marquis of Chandoc, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of %times•
bury, the Earl of Hardwieke, the Earl of Sheffield, Earl
Talbot, Viscount Lewisham, Sir R. 11. Inglis, M.P., the
Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Dr..lelf, Sir R.
Murchison, Lord Stafford, Sir .1. Pakington M.P., Mr.
1 /israeli, NI.P., Mr. Walpole. M.P., Lord lytter4ir, the
Marquis of laithiati, the Fort of Lincoln, the Right Hon.
W. E. t ;Inilstone, NEP.. Lord Valletort, Vise t Fonlwich,
Loot Pedeoulale, Lord 1: Bruce, Earl Dehiwarr, Sir It.
Entsf•r, the !lean of Peterborough, the War(len of Merton,
the Wailleit of Wadhant, the Warden of All Souls, the
Principals of lirasenouo and New Inn fluff, Itr. Bull, Dr.
I!.
'l'he %peaking throughout ww; of a complimentary
character, and marked by perfect taste and good

feeling.
The masonic ball in the evening was a brilliant
affair. The Freemasons are an important body in
university, city, and count;., and they determined to
use this installation period as an opportunity for dis-
playing their magnitivence on a scale almost un-
paralleled. hence, iu addition to the ordinary in-
stallation balls, there was a masonic ball, at which
all the brethren appeared with the insignia of their
order, and the tickets of which were worth " any
money" yesterday morning.
And certainly the Masons did the thing admirably
well. The Town-hall was decorated with the synt
bolls of the order, and the anns of some of its mem •
hers, the ceiling being profusely adorned with rosettes
of various colours. The dresses of the :Masons
were most magnificent, some of the higher officers
king almost enveloped in the peculiar jewels of
the order, made of the most costly materials. The
supper, too, was on a highly liberal scale, and, as the
room was completely crowded and the evening was
intensely hot, the consumption of ices and cool
drinks was something wonderful. The Earl and
Countess of Derby and most of the distinguished
visitors of oxford made a point of attending this
grand festivity, and, in fact, he who missed it missed
one of the most interesting scenes of the season.
We extract the following front a correspondent of
the Herald :

" A scene es annecteil with the aril hist.illite remains
to be reetletlett. It WILS erne which, leant its routine ells.
Elleter, WAS not likely to annul the attention of many
imarsolim, lint it proved to Ise one most deeply interesting.
" titimeellor of the Cniversity, in par base of his
newly delegated trust, %kited the University l'ress, yes-
terday afternoon, at tour o'clock. After teilllstlettitg NOttli3
bUSilleNs with the delegates of the presS, including the two
pnwtors, and halving been presented with a copy of Arise
totelis l'octielt, Tyrwhitt, on the largest paper —a book of
which very few copies exist, anal which is gentanilly reserved
for presentations to royal personages—his lordship VIM
certleil, tinder the conduct tot"l'lioniss Omit., Foul., the
responsible representative of the 'tilde press, to ii 114111.4.1
that part of the establishment where the various editions
of the Holy Scaiptures and the 'took of Column Moyer
poet through the press.
" In the Uniiersity PeeSS WS many as rtn Nile of murals
see orettyied in the vinhatts processes• and the sacrist ra Allow
t,4 plalnced to stleit 1111 e‘tellt uninerivally as to create the
most agiveable surmise. The noble Chaneellair appeared
to be greatly impressed with what he hail witnessed, for,
on leaving the painting rains and descending to the area
of the buildings, he was induced to address the ttttt nerons
\ orkpeople who had rapidly assembled to heighten the
weleome given to their tiew Chancellor by those who hail
I itherwista
" 1.0111 teelty said he could not. better express the ftrati-
f cafe', h. hail experienced in viewing, in their extent.
the admirable arrangements provided for giiing *initiation
to the holy volume in which the many before him were
engaged. among the many important works now ill
prgress, was the most important ; and while he admired
the orderly conduct and intelligence of those engaged, he
hoped individually they would rightly estimate the high
privileges which attended their iweitpation, and that, while
they were employed mechanietilly in so interesting ft lahour,
they would severally each bar himself rend and seek to tm-
den.tand that sacred book, which, it' humbly stadied, would
sear to make them wise nano salvation. Ile tnisted that
this part of the grilit institution which carne ruder his
charge. in his calamity as Chancellor, would go on and
prosper. and that they would all prosper s lea were employed
in so laen,,vialent a souk.
"We hail untie-sett this luoruill the prtweeilings in the
theatre, and some other of the exciting scent's of this
festival, but we confess that this appeared to ns mon. ex-
pres -hely to crown the %%hole. when the Chatietallor, having
turned from the brilliant assemblage tat' tie. morning, could
mat close the day %%nista expressing the deep thankfulness
lic to It in witnessing so large an appanitits us that of the
ersity Press for ilithising le litlOWlClige of the word sq.
a;011. It is in such retired seelleS as this that such appro.
rise 81111 Ittlittreetest 014110.1 We ash fill,' tAlleeSStoll : 1111 d
sort We are that to the last days of their lives will some
sliest. grateful etantitetintwes beamed upon the speaker'
remember. and cherish, it is to lw hipped. the ail% ice so
intrivasively tendered."

THURSDAY.
The piTleeeilings of this morning at the Shel-
sioni:to Theatre were in one sense a repetition
of those on Tile...lk. At eleven oeloek the Earl of
lhvin eotcrel and took his sent Its Chancellor, or-
a4 before, by the Bishops of Oxfortl
St. Asaph. the Earl of Malmesbnry, the Earl .of
liardwieke. Lord Itolesdalts. Mr. M.P.. Mr.
Walpole, 31.1'., Sir J. Pakington, Sir E. L.

THE PRESS.

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Bulwer, M.P., and those who were to receive the
academic laurel. The first business we.; that of con-
ferring honorary degree' on the gentlemen named in
the subjoined list :
The lion. Joseph Randolph Ingersoll, Minister of
the United States.
The Hon. Martin Van Buren, formerly President
of the United States.
The Right Rev. George Jehoshaphat Mountain,
Bishop of Quebec.
The Right Rev. Charlet Petit Mcllvaine, Bishop
of Ohio.
The Right Rev. Charles Wordsworth, Bishop of
St. Andrew's.
Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bart.
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, F.lt.S., Knight.
Sir Archibald Alison, Knight.
The lion. Mr. Justice Halihurton.
Sir Charles Eastlake, Knight, President of the
Royal Academy.
Philip Pusey, Esq.
George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., M.P.
Colonel Mum, M.P.
Charles Newdigate Newdegate, Esq., M.P.
Lieutenant-General Reeve.
Samuel Warren, F:sq., Q.C.
Richard Bright, Esq., M.D.
Forbes Winslow,
_ Esq., M.D.
George Grote, Esq.,
Professor James D. Forbes.
Professor W. E. Aytonn.
Joseph Henry Green, Esq.
William Thomas Brande, F.R.S.
The next feature of the proceedings, and the only
one which much di tinguishes them from those of
Tuesday, was the performance of the Installation
Ode, by Mr. Clanghton, the Professor of Poetry.
It is a spirited composition, and surpasses the
ordinary level of such effusions. We extract from
it as follows :

ItEcrr. ( Tenor.)
" As when a mother home from some far clime

_
Welcomes her son,
Who in the strife of men for masteries
By bold ►ulvent'rons deeds of high emprise
llath well ftilfill'd the promise of his prime—
Even thus Oxonia welcomes back to day,
With plaudits load and pomp and bright array,
t►ne who her fairest meed of praise bath won.
erewhile to weave the flowers of soug,
He waterring woo 'd, with soft Vir zilum strains,
Isis, thy pleasant. fields and groves among,
The tuneful Nine ;
And, duteous, otfie.'d here at Learning's shrine
The tirstfruits of his sweet poetic pains.
" But these delights his ardent soul forbore :
Full well he knew
That those who would achieve a nobler prize,
And wield a mighty nation's destinies,
Front heights serene the world's vast field must view ;
Dwell with the pure and just in ever• age,
prink in their burning words ; in history's page
The wide far•stretehiug wondrous past explore ;
Men, maxims, countries, laws therewith compare ;
Trace in th' nogoverifil hearts deprav'il desires
The wasting fires
That desolated cities great and fair ;
In peaceful happy states progressive see
The glorious dean of 'l'rnth and Libert.
IlEcrr. (Bass.)
• • • •
" For who of Stanley's line could ere forget
That woful day,
Remember'd still in many a mourriftil lay.
When Derby's Etui through Bolton's thronged street
On a vile palfrey rode, that death to meet,
Which he had courted oft on fields of strife,
The patriot's meed and crown. Ears tingle yet
To hear his words, the last on earth he spoke
Ere fell the stroke
Which tore that noble heart from love and life.
Thus sang the martyr, us his falling eye
Sought still, through death's dark mist, God's flans•
t nary.

SoLO AM') COORI'S.
Praised be his Hob- Name for ever anti ever. Arnett
Let the whole eartfi be filled with his glory.'•

RI:rIT. ( Tenor. )

" And where was thy tiutte and true eorupeer

When thou to liod
Midst render up thy soul and kiss the rod ?

(/I'IIITET.

" In lonely stlygiii isle filar she sato,
Whiting the 11mtry tidings of thy fate ;
lienun'd in with tntitors, full of grief and feats—

111:4 'IT. ( MISS. )
"Not as when erst in Lathom'm leagner'd tower.
Knowing that clod could curb unrighteons pwer,
I'm tttttttttt she heard the storm of battle n*r!
The winds that uhisper'd round the citadel—
The waves that rippled on the rocky shore—
The sen•bints shriek
Illed something in its tone. that seent'd to tell
Now tiaitors on her Lord their wrath did wreak.
• • • • • •

• 1 art worth, of the tr:ent Earl of Derby, on the acatiold at
Bolton-1..-Iloon., Oct. 16, ltlsl, after he had (lamed the bloi k to
1 e so tuned that hie face 'should look 101% ante the chureb,
affinv, "I will look toward thy vanctitary while I MI here: nod
1 lope Olive In Thy heavenly :!a :Wary for ever bereiclin.'

SATURDAY,

Rzcrr. (Tenor.)
" Such be thy 11011 b, Omni& ! such is he
Whom we to-day
At this our high and solemn festival,
With honour due to worth, us I.
[Go forth ! again thy strength in arms essay,
True heir of England's old nobility ;
None worthier found in all the land than thou
To wear the coronet that decks thy brow !
We give thee weapons, tried and pior'd, to wield—
Go forth, with this emblazon'd on thy shield,
' God is our Light.'
Bear in thy hand, sharper than two-edged sword,
The open volume of His written word—
Go forth and prosper ! God defend the right !]
Cuont's.
' Praise our God,
All ye His Servants, and that femur xis. 4.°
The ode was set to music by Sir Henry Bishop,
the University Professor of Music, and performed
under his directions by a select choir of vocalists.
After the conclusion of the ode, Mr. Ridding, of
Exeter College, read his Latin Essay—"Quibus
proyeipne de, cansia in artium liberalimn studibi
Griveis viz pares, nedum superiores, erase
tint," to which the Chancellor's prize has been
awarded. The Newdegate Prize Poem in English
verse, "On the Ruins of Egyptian Thebes," was then
recited by Mr. Reynolds, of Exeter College. The
supplementary Installation Odes followed ; by Mr.
Walker, of Corpus Christi College, in Greek verse;
by Mr. Wormald, of Lincoln College, in Latin verse ;
by Mr. liell, of Baliol College, in English verse ; by
Mr. Sanderson, of Magdalen -fall, in Greek verse;
and by Mr. Russell, of Magdalen Hall, in Eu,,,tish
verse.
After the conclusion of the proceedings, the Eau l
of Derby, who was loudly cheered both on entetiug
and quit in; the theatre, returned to Worcester Col-
lege with the Vice-Chancellor. A grand diuntr was
given to him in the evening in the hall of Pen.broke
college, of which he is official visitor, and utiete,
though unreported, he is said to have made the best
speech of hi. series.
We quote front the Times' description of the morn-
ing's proceedings as follows
- Sir Edward H. Lytton was well cheered, also Professtx
Armin, also Mr. Warren, but the popularity of Mr. Dis-
raeli is something altogether pee indeed, the under-
graduates regard him as the • lion' of the solemnity.
This was curiously shown at Christ Church xesterday
evening, when a college dinner was given to Lord Derby
(being a Christ Church-man), anti Mr. Itisraeli was among
the visitors. The undergraduates had no share in the
repast, but they assembled in the Tom Quadraugte • to
greet Dizzy' (as they caned him) on his departure, and
eonveved him to the gate with such a spontaneous shout
of enthusiasm that he expressed himself deeply moved at
the unexpected honours thus lavished upon him."
" Jaudeawt bus pneri et puellte,"

says the l'eelite poet, with a disdainful confidence
that he will never be called upon to evince similar
weakness; while we may inter from the cavils of the
envious, as well as (these excepted) from the uni-
versal and splendid welcome of Lord Derby and his
fellow-statesmen, that the Installation promises well
both for Oxford and the country.

.tDDEND.A.
(F. om a Corre Tondeut.)
ZSONDAY.—CULTIAM.

The greatest cordiality appeared to exist between the
Bishop of Oxford and Lord Derby.

" And oh: Me kindne,4 did prew.il
Atween the Chief and Charlie."
Lord Stanley's name, to his own apparent mu prise,
was several times singled out by the crowd and
grmtly cheered.

TI'ESDAY:THE THEATRE.

Before the procession entered, Mrs. Disraeli's
name was more than once greeted with loud and
prolonged cheers. Mrs. Beecher Stowe met with a
reception in which, strange to say, the hissing con-
siderably predominated over the cheering ; in Mrs-
Gladstone's case the two were evenly balanced, the
cheers, perhaps, ultimately gaining the mastery.
The whole assembly twice rose and rapturously and
vociferously cheered the Countess of Derby, or, rather,
once so greeted some other lady in mistake for her,
and, secondly, herself when she entered. She ap-
peared extremely gratified by the enthusiastic recep-
tion she received, as did also Lady Emma Stanley,
whose name was also immensely applauded. The
Princess Mary, too, bowed and smiled with great
delight at the cheers which were repeatedly given
for her. It is needless to add that the noble Chan-
cellor, who well became his splendid robes, was the
hero of the Jny, and he seemed throughout tho-•
roe pleased and gratified with the reception
given to him. But perhaps the most enthusiastic
',heeling ever witnessed in the Sheldonian Theatre
towards any man now living broke out the moment
the name of Disraeli was mentioned, as he was re-
cognised at the entrance-door : every one rose on the
instant, and shouted, and clapped, and stamped, and
Wit% ed their caps, till nature was exhausted, as if
Oxford desired to make some atonement for the

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