The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-27 00:00:00

THE COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD.

OXFORD, WEDNIBDAT.
The peat event of the week, known as the " Enixenia,"
or Commemoration of Founders sad Benefactors, was bald
this morning in the Sheldonian Theatre, the upper galle-
ries of which were, as usual, shortly after tea o'clock,
filled with undergraduates, and the semicircle with
a bevy of fashionably-dressed ladies, who formed
• galaxy of beauty such as is seldom seen elsewhere.
The masters of arts and their friends were compelled to
wait outside the building until the crowding had
assumed the dimensions of a gallery audience waiting
outside • London theatre on a benefit night. The
area after all was only partially filled, and it
would have been but courtesy for the curators to have
admitted thoec ladies who had been unsuccessful in ob-
taining tickets for the semicircle, and who hovered about
the different entrances to the theatre entreating the
masters of arts they encountered to admit them, as was
the custom in former times. The undergraduates, who
were in a measure put upon their good behaviour to-day,
assembled perhaps in greater numbers than for several
years past, and upon gaining their seats lost no time in
complimenting the ladies in their various phases of colour,
age, and beauty. The first distinct allusion to public
men which met our ear was • proposal of three cheers
for Lord Derby, whose name met with a hearty and pro-
longed response, while John Bright's was the signal for
unmistakeable hissing, his friends being few and far be-
tween. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, in his turn, shared the
applause bestowed on his illustrious chief, while Mr.
Gladstone, his late opponent in the University election,
must have shared the support of many of those opposed
to him in politics, as his name was received with equal
favour, an attempt at hissing being met with renewed
cheers and clapping. Mr. Disraeli was another
of the lions of the day, and between the three great poli-
ticians, it would be difficult to say who was the
most popular. The name of Mrs. Walpole was submitted,
and caused much laughter and cheering, but the mention
of the late Secretary for the Home Department did not
evoke any particular ebullition of feeling. Mr. Beale and
Mr. Beales, ILA., given by a wag, brought down volleys
of hisses, which were stopped by a well-expressed trills -
ment to the Cambridge Light, dm. The name of Mr.
Bright was again persistently brought forward, but only
to bring discredit on the popular orator, who never was a
favourite with the undergraduates of Oxford. The eon-
mervatives of Oxford and the members of the Reform
League were each in their turn echoed from the galleries,
but the reception of the two bodies was of • totally dif-
ferent nature, the former being loudly applauded and the
latter hissed. The Senior Proctor did not go down at all
with the gallery, but the Junior was, of the two, by far the
more unpopular. The names of Governor Ryre Jeff.
Davis, Colonel Bowyer, and the Bishop of Oxford were
each honoured with unmixed applause. Itiahop Colenso
somewhat divided the house, but in the end his lord-
ship had the cell. Mr. Liddon, on the other hand,
enjoyed undivided popularity. The mention of her
Majesty the queen produced the most hearty and prolonged
cheering, which was also moat unsparingly bestowed on
Dr. Pussy, Captaist Jones, Lord Manley, the House of
Lords, &c. Robert Lowe, who had a fair share of applause,
was the last public man whose name we heard, as about
that time the attention of the gallery was directed to a
" Master" in the area, who carried his hood under his arm.
After diverting the notice of the undergraduates for up-
wards of half an hour, the cool old gentleman quietly
placed the objectionable article of dress in his pocket,
having exhibited au amount of self-possession uuusual
under the circumstances, and at the finish having the laugh
of his tormentors, who wished him to put it on.
The procession from the Vice-Chancellor's house, con-
sisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dahlia,
the Bishops of Peterborough, Adelaide, and Grafton, the
Earl of Ilchester and Lord Dahneny, Sir H. K. Storks, Sir
H. B. E. Frere, the Rev. Dr. Robinson, Mr. G. Peabody,
Mr. G. Richmond, ILA., the heads of colleges and halls,
the regius professors of medicine and civil law, and the
proctors, having arrive.), the Vice-Chancellor formally
opened convocation, and the names of the illustrious per-
sons on whom it was proposed to confer the honorary
degree of were submitted seriatim.
The reception of Mr. Peabody, whom the under-gra-
duates wished presented first, was of the most flatten ing
kind, the cheering when he came forward being loud and
long. The other gentlemen were also well received. The
Creweian oration, delivered by the Rev. R. Michell, pro-
voked a deal of joking, but the proceedings were allowed
to go on without that interference to the business of the
Commemoration which has characterised some of the pre-
vious meetings. The prise compositions were recited by
the successful competitors in the following order, and the
proceedings terminated just after twelve o'clock.
The attention of visitors in the afternoon was directed
to the masonic tat: held in St. John's Gardens, rd which
M. Jullisn's band and the Orpheus Glee Union attended.
The attendance, although fashionable, was not so nume-
rous as on former evasions, and there seemed so &levee.
of that liberality which formerly so diatinguishid the
masonic holy. The third of the series of public balls, the
University Ball, will be held in the Corn Exchange this
evening ; and on Thursday evening the members of Exeter
College will bold theirs at the same place. The remainder
of the week will be chiefly devoted by visitors to the sur-
rounding neighbourhood, such as Blenheim, Nunchaw,
lea, the charms of which have such a world-wide reputa-
tion. A degree day will be held to-morrow (Thursday), at
which the honorary degree of Meter of Arts will be con-
ferred on Mr. J. H. Parke', the well-known Leaden and
Oxford publisher, and who for many years has been asso-
ciated with the arts and sciences. A further degree day
set down for Saturday, July 6, when term will legally
end. From this period until the middle of October Oxford
will be comparatively empty, the students having an im-
munity from study until the letter month, when they will
re-assemble.

On Tuesday evening a meeting, convened by the
Liberal Association, was held at the Brost'mead Bass• s,
Lristol, to urge the claims of that city to a third met, bar
in parliament. Resolutions were passed iu favour of a
third member, and a petition to parliament setting f. rth
some of the claims of the city to additional remeseu'atiast
was adopted.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The Society of Arts have
this year awarded the Albert 1:01.1 Medal to W. Vothergill
Cooke and Professor Charles Wheatstone. 1.R.5.? " for
their joint labours in the introduction of the elects' tele-
graph. The medal hu been struck in duplicate, end •
copy will be ',resented to each.
SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL A!'4o I. OHS,
HAIIPSTRAD.—The UMW meeting and children's fete
took place yesterday afternoon in the grounds of the home,
Frogmore-house, liampatead. A large number of the
subscribers and friends, the majority of whoa+ were ladies,
were present, and the proceedings were conducted under the
chairmanship of Admiral Seymour, M.l'., who presided in
the unavoidable absence of the Right Hon. H. T. 1.. Corry,
M.P. The object of this society is to provide for the
education and support of the fatherless daughters of
mikes and mariners, including merchant seamen, until
the age of fifte-m.
BARING BROTHER", AND FINLAY, HODCAON,
AND Co.—The union between the hours of Bating
Brothers and Co., and Finlay, Hodgson, and Co. is to
date from Monday next, the lit of July, and the name of
Baring Brothers and Co. will be continued as the title
for the combined establishment++. The Liverpool firm of
Thomson. Finlay, and Co., which was united with that of
Finlay, Hodgson, and Co. in 18th, is to he included
Ito the ainalgamatioo. One or two of the partners
in earls house will, it is understood, take the oppor-
tunity of retiring--namely, Mr. Duncan James
Kay and Mr. Kirkman Malay, of Lis irponl, and
Mr. ('harks Baring Young. The united humus will,
as soon as the requisite arrangements can be made,
be conducted entirely at a. Ilishomate-street. The house
of Baring Brothers and Co.. had its origin under the title
of John Francis Baring and Co., in 1763, end was censti-
tuted in its present form in Ism. Lord Ashburtou retired
from it in 1b64, and Mr. Joshua Bates, who then became
senior partner, died shortly afterwards. Mr. Thos. Bering,
the member for Huntingdon, is now the principal. The
house of Finlay, Hodgson, and Co.. of which Mr. Kirkman
Daniel Hodgson, the member fur Btidport. is the pnsent
head, was established in 18011. Both Mr. Bating Mull Mr.
Kirkman Hodgson are directors of the Bank of E•4land.
The character of the business of each fine was is a great

measure identical, and their respective partners have long
been connected by mutual friendships.
THE CATTLE PLAUUE.—For the week ending the
22nd June two fresh outbreaks have been reported, viz.,
at Chelsea in the Westniinater districkand at Tlarylet one.
Thirteen cases of cattle plague are reported to have
occurred during the week, being an increase of eight on the
previous return. Ten of the diseased animals were killed,
and four died, including one which had been attacked the
previous week. There were 40 healthy cattle slaughtered
to prevent the spread of the ditto:me.
THE VICEROY OF EGYPT AND THE SULTAN,—
A Paris letter in the Jotented du Harry says :—" A pre-
cipitate departure of the Viceroy of Egypt is spoken of,
and he is to leave Faris, it is Raid, in a two. On
this subject financial deceptions and offended self-love are
also mentioned. However, we have every reason to be-
lieve the following to be quite accurate. The real motive
of the Viceroy's departure is that be does not wish to meet
the Sultan. The very day of his arrival at the station he
bad a rather sharp altercation with ambas-
sador at the Porte, who met him on alighting. He oh.
served to the latter, in French, and iu a tone of ill.
humour, " It was at Toulon and not here that you ought
to have waited on me." lljeniil replied, also in French,
and emphasising his word', " I have acted according to
the express instructions of our common iimuter and sove-
reign." This answer escited the displeaute of Ismail
Paha, and he spoke on the subject to the Marquis .le
Sloustier, who listened politely to his complaints, but de•
cared he could do nothing in the matter. Jade sea."

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