The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-03 00:00:00

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MR GLADSTONE IN EDINBURGH.

EDINBURGH, 'THURSDAY.
Mr. Gladstone arrived in this; city this morning
by the early =press train. A large crowd awmatibled id the
shake In Glasgow to wittiest his departure, and he was
=paired with considerable enthosisam by the citizens et
Edinburgh, who assembled in large number', notwithrtud•
big a steady downpour of rain, which has lasted throughout
the whole of the day. The right hon. gentleman was met at
the Waverley statics by the Lord Provost (Mr. Lawmen),
and at two o'clock the ceremony of presenting
a marble bast of Prince Alfred to the university took pleas
in the great ball of the college library is the proem
el the principal and professors of the =Wendt', the Lord
Jostles General, the magistrates sad members of the Town
Council, and a number of other =toolbox'. The bun is
the work al Mr. Stook, ELLA., sad is as admirable like•

nen of the youthful Priam
The Lord Protect of Famssusaa, f• a bided eddrete,
preeeubscl the bust to Mr. Gladdese, as Rector of the

University.
Mr. GULDSTOIII, in acknowledging the preeentatioa,mid—
My Lord Proved and. Gentlemen,—l regard it in the doable
light of a distinguished bosom arm • lively'pleasure to
have been choice es the organ of this famous university,
foe the reopen that we have sow inimediady is view
namely, for the gratefulmeeptenee by the asenther:
of the university of the beautiful work with which
I, with your =unifies/nos, adorn this princely hell.
We have not, Mcleod, been so much favoured
by the usually bright atmosphere of Edinburgh
on the present occasion ss might have been duffed; bat
unless I em much mistaken, the genial of Mr. Steele,
quickened in this particular instance by warmest& of
loyalty, has marled itself with such rumen that um in
this somewhat doubtful and scanty light we nand fail,
when we look upon this work, to recognise the master's
heed. (Applause.) I venture in the name of the university
to thank Mr. Steele for having given us in this bust what
no amount of entooriptioes, however large, would of itself
have been able to secure—a true and deeply interesting
representation of Prime Alfred, in the ingenuousoess of his
youth, in the liminess and toms of his intellectual
powers, and in the resemblance that he bears
to the illustrious family from which he Ma
sprang. (Applause.) My Lord Provost, you have borne
testimony to the airman of Prince Alfred as a member of
this university, which I firmly believe to be no more than
he has strictly deserved. (Heir.) Let us bear also a testi-
mony to the wisdom of his illustrious parent' ; I my of his
illustrious pinata because the counsel from which sprung
the plan al nuking the young scions of the Boyd Bosse
partakers of the studies of their fellowmentrymen dates
from a period anterior to the lamented death of the Prime
Ocanet ; let us therefore pay a grateful acknowledgment
to the wisdom of his parents, to the plan which they debar-
mined to adopt with regard to the education of their
children. Construing that plan by the features it
presents to the public eye, we gladly acknow-
ledge the key in their elevated statics. The
sovereign who rules over us, and whom we delight to
obey, thoroughly comprehending the spirit of the inatitu.
tics of the country, knew that one of the most character.
istio sad one of the most valuable puts of those natation&
so far as they embrace the education of the yeses, is the
rooted mese of the country, founded alike apes experience
and upon roma% by which youth' in great variety of station are
brought during that early season of their lives into free ore.
tact with one another, aid the liberty of the British subject
and the responiallity of the British chins are anticipated
at an early' period al life, and the dangers of the world,
especially the dangers of the highest statioo, are in no slight
degree disarmed by being bereft before they approach as of
their most formidable prom:eines. It was, therefor% my
Lord Provost, I presume to my, • most wise and happy
conception which prompted her Majesty and the Prince
Consort la their desire that those who might messed either
to the throbs of this country or to other similar reepoosi-
bility should well nadsrataid the spirit of the people
whom they were to govern—it was a wise conception that
they should be taught to fled the basis of that government
in a lively sympathy with the people ; and you, my Lord
Provost, and those who are associated with yea, have, I
may presume to my, well semaded that Mae design la pm.
seating the university with this beautiful work of art, for
it does not commemorate merely the fact that we have en-
rolled upon oar books an illustrious and distinguished
papa, bat it will remain here as • marked and striking
testimony of the union of felling that prevails between
the highest is the land and the great mass of eniightmed
and educated community, as well as the nation at
large. (Cheers.) Gratefully, therefore, on the part
of the annuity, do I pressen to acknowledge year gift.
Nor, though I may be travelling for one mama beyond
the immediate scope of the ocoasion, can I refrain from
noticing the happy coincidence by which, at the very sum
time with the presentation of your remarkable offering,
another fine work ri art has been added to the stores of
1 the univenity, which commemorates in speaking marble one
el those names which will ern be among the dearest and
ern among the most distinguished known within these
wells. It was the lot of Dugald Stewart to widen ewers the
fame which the University of Edinburgh had acquired, and
to give currency to the old traditimis sad obareeta of that
uniumity by his own individual contributions to the
literature and philosophy of his country. (Cheery.) Gladly
is that bust welcomed by the distinguished priori* and
members of the amatus Academicue, whose organ I
have the honour to be on this occasion. Nor do we
feel the least warmers or incongruity in combining toge-
ther the recognition of these two gifts, one of them
a symbol charged with the deepest interest of earthly
power and elevation, combined with the promise of virtue
and taiga% the other the memorial of • man who ran his
long career of unspotted merit sad excelleme, and who,
having achieved a great work on behalf of the homing and
education of his country, sow finds a fitting mating place,
et least in the symbol of that beautiful but, smug the
balls and buildings which we may venture to say have hen.
tame echoed the accents of his voice. (Applause.) I
thank you, my Lord Provost, for the beautiful and muni-
ficent gift which you have promoted to the university, and
which will add greatly to its treasure&
The proceedings thee terminated.
To-morrow Mr. Gladstone, as vector cl the Uneasily
of Ediabergb, will deliver kis valedictory address.

'UNITED KINGDOM BAND 07 HOPI 137,107.—The
Rev. J. P. Mown delivered a looters ia aid of the above
institution in Exster-hall, last amine. the gabled hang
" A Summer Furlough mass the Atlanta." A wooded
audience ansembled ea the omission, sad the prociediags
were presided over by. Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P. Toe
chairman, la introducing the lecturer, said any subject
touching America should not fail to interest an Bearish
auditory. Theca was no history of mere imperlasoe to the
people of England than that of America, sad we 'amid.
therefore, do everything we could to try and acquire •
thorough undentanding of our cousins sense the Ariaatie.
He bad bees fifteen years endeavouring to make him-
self acquainted with American politics sad Asserican in-
stitutiona, sad bad thought until within the past six 'soothe
that be bad partially succeeded in his task. However Mace
the time at which what was called reconstructioe began, ha
aisle found himself completely lost, and he came that sea-
log to receive a lame rice the rev. lecturer, who had re-
costly cane from America. The lecturer, who was very
warmly received, then entered upon his sub**. Begisaing
with an scomint of the incidents of a voyage to America, be
proceeded to desaibe American and their specialities,
river travel, scesney, he., after which he mode favourable
allusion, to the courtesy, urbanity, education, iamativeasse,
and energy of the American people. The discourse, which
elicited mach applause during its delivery. wee isterlsided
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