The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-01-19 00:00:00

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Oct" ‘Titurorilay the 3d inst.. Mr. Jeffrey was ill-
, ducted. into the office of Lord Rector. To those
unacquainted with the usages of the University.
it 'soy be proper to mention, that though there is an
annuid election for this office, it has been customary
for the same person to be contioued two years, the
election for the second year being inertly a matter of
form. Last year this rule was broken through, and
Mr. Jeffrey was elected Rector, by a majority of
the votes of the nations into which the College is
divided, although his predecessor had been only one
year in office. On the prevent occasion the former
custom of the University has been reverted to, sod
Mr. Jeffrey was re-elected by the unanimous votes
of the nations. It is to these circumstances the
Lord Rector alludes in the first part of his instal-
lation address on Thursday, of which the following
is a very imperfect outline :

" Though it is not usual for persons to address
you on their re-election to the distinguished office
have this day resumed ; yet, from the peculiar
circumstances of my case, I cannot resist the pre-
sent temptation to.express my gratitude for the
honour which hasAirea conferred upon me, and to
congratulate the University on its present distioc.
ties and prosperity. Notwithstanding the want of
unanimity in my election last year, I was received
here with the utmost cordiality by those who had
considered it their duty. in upholding the e►te-
Wished usages of the University, to oppose the
views of my friends; arid I inn now happy to ob-
serve the restoration of that complete harmony.
which can never be interrupted w►thout much incon-
venience to all parties. In recurring to the satis-
factiou which I experienced from the friendly re-
ception I met with from the heads of this Institu-
tion, I have to add, that in all those transactions
where official duty necessarily made me ♦ party,
every thing has tended to confirm and render per-
manent this kindly understanding. All the con.
cerns of this society, I can affirm, alter the strictest
investigation, are managed for your advantage st.d
benefit with the must pore and disinterested in-
tegriry.--4Cheers.)-1 have thought it right to
mention these particulars, not merely from personal
gratitude, but to endeavour as far as lies in my
power, to extinguish every feeling of jealousy mud
dissatisfaction ; anti to confirm to your teachers that
influence and authority, which, I am thoroughly
convinced, are on all occasions exerted for your in-
terest and improvement.—(Utee►s.)

" It is known that I hose always been an advo-
cate for popular rights; and 1 think that, generally
speaking, any authority used to control these
rights is injudicious; at the same time it is not to
be forgotten that rights, to be permaueot, must
be used with discretion ; and that in every cum- .
munity secessions from the natural governors are
attended with pernicious consequences. But it
may be as well on the present occasion to pass from
this subject, though I cannot but be proud of the
eminently pure manner in which I have been elected.
" I have likewise to notice another pleasing im-
provement in the condition of the College, when
compared with that of last year. At that time
you were all depressed and grieved by the loss of
one of your oldest and most distinguished naos•
ments (Professor Young), whose memory will be
long cherished by the University, and by every
lover of learning and virtue. At that time the
difficulty to repair the loss of such a veteran and
tried man appeared to he hopeless and insurmout-
able ; but 1 have now the happioess of seeing his
place most amply and fully supplied by au indivi-
dual (Professor Sandford), whore talents will add
new lustre to the long-established fame of this
ancient seminary.—( Load cheering, particularly
by the Greek class.)
" What I have now said might perhaps have
been left to be felt or inferred ; but I have some-
thing yet to mention, which could not have been
gathered by my h a. I am now standing in
my last term: I have been early connected with
the University of Glasgow, and will yet have •
pleasure and delight in looking back to this pe-
riod of my life, long after the memory of it has
been effaced from the minds of toy hearers.—
To render this recollection still more pleasing,
I have taken steps to gratify my taste, by found-
ing an additional prize in all time coming.—
In judging of the departmeut of literature in which
it would be proper to award it, I have encountered
great difficulty, as there are already more prizes in
this Semivary than in any other that I know of, and
all of thee► judiciously and beneficially applied.
I most cordially agree with the manner in which
a number of the rewards of this University ate
adjudged, namely, by the suffrage of all the com-
petitors; a system which tends to make them gene-
rous and candid, and to inculcate feelings which
I am happy in thinking are pretty generally under-
stoood here. I have now determined to gives prize,
to be awarded by the young men themselves, to the
individual who shall excel in recitation and decla,
motion ; a science in the study and knowledge
of which we are so much behind our southern
neighbours. The prize, a gold medal, will be
confined to the two classes where such an excitement
seems more particularly called for, the Greek and
Latin classes, to each of which it shall be given al-
ternately, commencing with Greek. The first
prize will he given away next May, when I shall err
deavour to attend personally, and in the mean time
I have only to bid you an affectionate farewell."
,—(Great and continued applauses.)—((ilusgos•s -
Herald.)

COURSE OF ERCHANGI
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Ditto at sight l2 4
Rotterdam .... 2 U l2 2 I
Antwerp l2 7
Hansburgh —.21 U. 37 3
Alton. ..... —2l U 37 4
Paris 3 day's sight 25 40
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Main, Ex. N 155
Petersbergh,rbl.ll U. 81
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