The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

SU N 7 MAX 27, 1852.

forwT hhofaethl
noi
vf: .necessary,
been
eci
peens
,s
eaoirneye,at
ept hdp es
and
sldirtot
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rejectedeh yo eurlzd o thav candidates e e
ep aoe
ar
to issue a commission for the re-examination ;of Candi-
who can give primd facie
.evidence of higher merit than
d athoset3e9s.
of the electors. '
40. That all scholarships should be' throvhf open' to
pup Majesty's subjects under the' age of 19,i0f what-•
ever lineage or birthplace ; and that in these colleges
which have at present but' few scholarships, or a
number not proportioned 'to 'their wealth and 're.
sources, the number should bo increased. 'That the
only exceptions shoehl be that (1) at Jeeus• College
certain scholarships should be reserved for pereoes born
or educated in Wales; and that (2) at colleges in con-
nexion with particular schools, certain scholarships
should be reserved, for persons educated at those schools;
subject to the provisions specified in the body of oar
report.
41. That no scholarships or exhibitions in the gift of
colleges should be tenable for more than five years; and
that in no case should a scholarship lead to a fellowship
.withotit fresh Competition. .
' -• 42: That college revenues should be made to a certain
extent available for • the education of the university;
and that for this purpose, . glee three lectureships
founded by Fox at ,Corpus Christi should be restored
and endowed with revenues from the collegefutids, suffi-
cient to maintain two professors;' that at 'Msgdalen,
where three similar lectureships were founded by Wayn-
flete, six should be created and endowed for the mainte-
nance 'of six professors;
,that at Merton two, and at
All Souls four or more, similar endowments should
be made; to• which might be added, if necessary, one
at New College and one at. Queen's. That these colleges
should be empowered to soppress, either for a, time or
altogether, a sufficient nuthher of their fellowships, in
order to provide 'these end6wmenta without too much
etipsiniehing: the cmolnmauti colts vamaining. fellows.
43, That these professor-fellows:should not be elected
by the college electors, but that such fellowships should
follow the professorships' to which 'they may be respec-
tively attached.
44. That the heads of colleges should be elected from
any persons who have taken the, degree of the master of
arts; and that the. election to these offices should, if pos-
sible, be left to the fellows of the' college; but that, in
case abuses in these eleetionsishould continue, provision
to abate them should be made by an alteration in the
mode of election.
45. That in all cases the visitors should be empowered
to visit their colleges, and to correct abases; and that
the head of each college, under the seal of the college,
should transmit annually a report on the state, disci-
pline, studies, and revenues of the college, according to
such a form as the visitor may think fit, and 'that the
visitor should be called upon to ley. a copy of such re-
port before
thinkbe fitforet ahteSmovaekre.eignewith such observations as; he
46. That the principles embodied in the above recom
mendations with regard to the colleges in general should
be applied to the several societies in the manner specified
in tho body of our report.
47. That the head and fellows in., each society should
have power, under such control as may be thought expe-
dient, to alter or abrogate statutes, and to frame new
statutes as occasion may, require.
In drawing up this summary of our recommendations,
have t notthm
a aattatte mtbhpeet es
emd ta on
rimfeecasokt e
mha nea
ayw
edavitesi
rot i,nnscatai o naars
ebeeat ;vs
een
ory
ery.
the university and the colleges have not the
dtwhieffeembrvnt both in kind and in ,importance. Some
survey,
to adopt without assistance from superior power
authority; some they have power to carry out, though
they are not likely to avail themselves of that power;
some we hope they may bo induced to consider and to
carry into effect of their own free choice; a hope which
is strengthened 'by the fact that several important
changes "Ye been made since your Majesty's Commis-
sion was issued. It may be thought doubtful whether
those which involve alteration in the Laudian Code re-
'quire external aid or not; but even a' doubt on such a
point renders it necessary to refer the question to supe-
rior authority. But no doubt can exist as to the neces-
sity of legislative interference, if the principal measures
which 'aye have recommended for the reform of the col-
leges are to be carried into effect. -
Of the proposals.which affect the university, the most
important are those which wo have. made for remodel-,
ling the constitution, and fir abolishing tbd existing
monopoly of the colleges and halls, by allowing students
tureside in,Oxford without the expense of connexion
with those bodies, .In regard to the colleges, we would
espeCially urge the immediate necessity of opening the
fellowships and scholarships, of attaching professor-
ships to certain colleges, of increasing the number and
value of scholarships, of granting to the colleges the
power of altering their statutes, and, above all, of pro-
hibiting as unlawful the oaths to observe the statutes..
The:evil of these oaths will be much increased after the
publie.ation..of the statements which we have felt it our
duty to make.
Ia offering 'these recommendations we have been
guided soled), by theidesire to-render the great institu-
tion which' is the subject of our inquiry greater than it
has ever been. Our object has been to lay such pro-
posals before your Majesty as we believe to be calcu-
lated to place the University of Oxford at the head of
the education of the 'country, to make its great resources
more effectually serve their high purposes, and to ran.
der its professors fig representatives of the learning and
the intellect of England:
' All which' we humbly submit to your Majesty's
gracious consideration. •
Witness our hands and seals this 27th day. of April,
t 852. S. Noumea.
A. C. TAIT.
FRANCIS JEtTNE.
HENRY G. LIDDELL.
JOHN Lucius DAHPIER.
BADEN POWELL.
G. H.' JOHNSON.
Ai P. STANLEYi Secretary. • •

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!iBANQUET AT FISHAIONGERS'-HALL.
• Lastoight the Fishmongers' Corepqry entertained a
large gerty, consisting chiefly of the honorary members
of this distinguished guild, at a most sumptuous banquet
in th-ir noble and spacious hull. The Prime Warden,
Mr. J. Weston, presided, having on his right the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, Earl Grey, and the American and
Persian Minist‘rs. On the left of the chairman sat the
Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, M.P., Lard
IL Grosvenor. .O.P„ and Sir C. Wood, M.P. There
were also a' table Major Mirz•s Ibrahim Malcolm, Admi-
ral Sir C. Adam, Ahlairal Sir 'l'. Cochrane, Airlermon
air J. Mike, Musgrove, Ilhinphery, Cubit', and Finnis,
'ir R. Ferguson, Bart., M.P., Mr. L. King, M.P., Sir
W. Clly, Bart., M.P., Mr: Cowan, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes,
Vice-Cisancellors Turner, Kindersley, and Parker, Sir
D. Davis, the Governor and Deputy Governor •of the
Bank, Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. S,•rgc ant Goulburn, Mr.
I flacon, Q C., Mr. R. Gurney, Mr. C.leks, M.P. Mr.
Henry Drumond, M.P., Mr. Mitchell, M.P. Mr. Cattley,
Mr. Powles. &e.
• The dinner was served by Messrs. Ring and Brymer.
The arrangements were excellent in every department.
When the cloth had been cleared, Mr. Harker, the
toast-master, made the usual p•roclanastion of the " wel-
come," and the loving-eup.went round.
The PRIME WARDEN then gave the usual loyal and
constitutional toasts, prefacing each with appropriate
introductory remarks. The toasts were • received- with
much enthusiasm; and the National Anthem was very
efficiently performed after the health of the Queen had
been drunk.
The toast of " The Navy and Army" was very neatly
acknowledged by Admiral Sir C. Adam.

Tha PRIME WARDEN then proposed " The health of
the Foreign Ministers," connecting the toast with the
names of the American Minister and the Persian Envoy.
The toast was drunk amid much applause.
His Excellency the AMERICAN MINISTER, who ;Was'.
very cordially received, said—Mr. Primo Warden, my
Lords, and Gentlemen, in behalf of the corps to which
I belong, I beg to present their thanks and mine for
the high honour you have done them in drinking their
health on this occasion.—(Hear, bear.) I can only
regret that some others of my colleagues are hot here
to return thanks to you, Sir, and to this ancient
corporation, for your kind hospitality, extended to
us on this and many other occasions.—(Hear, hear.)
My friends upon my right represent the extreme east,
and I have the honour to represent the extreme west; I
am only sorry that there are not representatives to fill
up the chasm between us.—(Cheers.) I will venture,
however, on behalf of my -colleagues, to express to you,
gentlemen, what I believe they all feel,—a sincere desire
to maintain peace and amity with the British empire.—
(Cheers.) For myself, I hope I may be pardoned for
saying a word, not on my own account, but on account
of my country, and of my countrymen, several -of whom
I notice hero to-night.—(Hear, hear.) I feel highly
honoured in being called upon to return thanks ou
this occasion, standing in the midst of one of the ancient
corporations of this old, this extraordinary city of Len-
don. I stand here in the midst of a corporation 250
years older than the country which I have the honour to
represent--(Hear, hear)—and a corporation number•
ing now nearly 500 years of existence cannot,
I think, have anything very bed in ite—(Hear, hear.)
I know the origin of the companies of London, the
twelve great companies—and this among the most an-
cient—having control at one time not only of the
commerce of Euglaud, but of the revenues of the
Crown; and I know that not only England, but the
world, has been deeply indebted to these corporations in
early times for their commerce, for their liberal spirit,
for their promotion of constitutional liberty.—(Hear.)
This Corporation has the honour of numbering among
its members the man who slew Wat Tyler.—(Cheers.)
Your Corporation has now, Sir, turned from the arts of
commerce, from trade, to something else; it has turned
from the occupations and professions with which it
started, and has become a great charity,—(Hear, hear.)
You are now educating the orphan, sustaining the widow
in her distress, carrying light and knowledge and virtue
and religion through your country and the world.—
(Llcar, hear.) I hope that the prosperity of this Cor-
poration may long continue, and that you may add to
your numbers, as you have done to-day, great and glo-
rious names, which we feel .proud to speak.-'-(Cheers.)
I cannot sit down without expressing my gratiEcation at
meedng here many of those excellent friends with whom
I have been on terms not only of amity and international
comity, but with whom it. is more than that—(Hear,
hear)—and I hope they will respond to the idea—we
have been personal friends,—(Cheers.) But I know you.
have a long list of toasts, and some of the eloquent of
England are to follow; I will therefore take up no more
of your time, except by stating that my friends on my
right charge me to say how much they are gratified in'
meeting you—(Cheers)—and let me add; that I wish this
Corporation and all its members prosperity and happi-
ness, and another five hundred years of as mpch uaefula
ness and honour as the lust.—(Cheers and latighter.)
Tee rItImE WARDEN then proposed " The House of
Peers," couptuig with the toast the nauiec of, the Mar-
quis of Clanrieardo and Earl Grey. The Howe of Peers
recruited its ranks, occasionally, from• the body of the
people, and the commonalty might almost be jealous of
that noble House for absorbing such a larg9 portion of
the weall,h, and intelligence, sad dignity of the country;
but it was gratifying that these who had so distinguished
themselves should be raised to honour.—(Hear, hear.)
The Marquis cf Clanricsrde had
carried cut very im-
portant improvements in an establishment in the City—
the Post-office,—(Cheers)—and the company would
delight to honour Earl Grey for his own excellence es
well as for that clarum et venerabile noiuen which he bore.
The toast was much applauded.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said,—ln performing
the task which your kindness imposes upon me, I beg
to express my sincere conviction that the House of
Peers arc deeply sensible of such compliments as that
which you hag© been pleased to pay them.—(Hear,
hear.) They know the value of such tokens in up-
holding and maintaining and extending their au-
thority and influence and means of being useful to
their country.—(Hear, hear.) The House Cf Lords is
indeed, as you have said, Sir, constantly recruited from
the ranks of the rest of the community, and especially
from the noble services and professions of tfici cduntry;
and therefore there can be little doubt that it will retain
that sincere love of liberty and national iedependence, as
well as order, for which that assembly has teen distin-
guished. It has always shown the most strict And jealous
regard to the rights and, privileges of all classes of the
community; and if at times that assembly nilly have ap-
peared to be less prompt or less eager to adopt reforms
or innovations, the Lords have never shown themselves
insensible to the requirements of the country, or to the
feelings of their fellow-countrymen.—(Hear.) I think "it
must be allowed that they have fulfilled the duties al-
lotted to them with advantage to the country. For my-
self, Sir, I thank you for the very flattering manner in
which you have been pleased to speak of me It is very
a
gratifying to me to be admitted to the ipleiid ho!pit
lity of so respectable and honourable a co poration of
the greatest metropolis is the world, partico :HY
h principles
cor-
poration so distinguished for maintaining a
of civil and religious l
rote.
en-
deavoured, to the bast oibfemrtyy which
to havet
,always
poir;
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said—mr.
Earl GREY, who wag received
.whichtn C
you In'
on
my
Prime Warden, the manner.
name in connexion with thdissibttooawStbiamtpboassesboetspbonamaide the
duty, of adding
my Noble Frienda.
s for the compliment you have
fe'irVivilibler I share with the grati-
tude which he expresses
ws areier, dtotho
p beers,aolyalso
paid to the House o
tBwsehiGcuh,
feel deeply indebted
the compliment whichohYlas been
yp aid dr i
ntcoi
pma
ly
cS
leal aim i cs
tohtna -t
Aliment for which I fee thou
hereditary one to_nwheeicdh, y have been pleased to al-
when I recollect that the con-
lude.—(llear.) d
with the city of London and with
nexion of my father
I comparebw
believe, nearly
e situation of
giltyearsyes
ago—(Hear,
this company dates from,w heo
I
this great country now withh has. h
it was in that
dark
period of our national istory, and when I re-
flect how much of this greatimprovement is due
to the measures which it was his fortune, having
advocated in early lifee .to live to carry to a successful
issue—(lear, hear) —when I reflect upon this, I
cannot deny that I feel proud of the name which I have
the honour to bear.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, for myself
I will not venture to say anything except that I. feel
most grateful to you for the very greatindulgtoenrceeceainvde
kindness with which you have bean pleased
the toast.—(Cheers.)
The " Health of the Prime Warden" was
pr )posed
by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, and drunk with much
cordiality.
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed " The Health of
the Earl of Clarendon," who had that day permitted th
company to enrol him among their honorary
embers,
and whose health they would drink as a brother Fish
monger.—(Cheers.) The Prime Warden briefly reviewed
and eulogised the Noble Earl's administration in Ire-
land, and tendered to him the acknowledgments of the
company as Irish proprietors, noticing the rapidity vrith
which what was alarming in that country passeclawayt_.
and tranquillity was restored.
The toast was very ranch cheered.
The Earl of CLARENDON was received with much
cheering as ho rose to address the company.
He said—
Mr. Prime Warden, my Lards and Gentlemen, I beg:to
offer you my most cordial thanks for the honour which
you have done me in driuking my health; and, although
I fear I am compelled
resnoctfulle, but I can assure you
sincerely, to dissent from the • ptaissi which the Prime
Warden has had the as
to bestow upon me, Yet'
speaking, as be does, as the representative of a company
possessing, and administering admirably, great property
in Ireland, I do feel pleaure in fielding that ho could
allude in such flatters terms to wy administration in
Ireland.—(
Cheers.) Gentlemen: it was a period of diffi-
culty: during those five years Ireland passed through a
r,:riod of no ordinary difficulty=—(Hear' bear.)
There
was aerariar
re
s outrage; the was, c6ustant gitatiOn;
there were pestilence and famine of unexampled extent
to the best of mY
and duration—during which, however,of at ea
knowledge, not ono person at.hi
this,
ste
tehpeerne
property—(Cheers)--:and,
to my mind, and the
indid9dddaioaato were
revolutionary tendencies which,sotrongly of rebellion, though
to tldicule or deny that
minds of others, savourstlio
it has since been the h
idea.—(Hear, bear.) fashion
which such accumulate b e
disasters,care ofnn d necessityanxie ty
brought with them, wore more than compensated
by the improvement which subsequently took place, and

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which I rejoice to think is still
,14 proving...CßAW,
hear.) For that, however, I etnnet eleute *by of sks
credit which has been givernro me by the Prime War-
den. I endeavoured to do My duty—(llcer, hesr)—by
upholding the law,• and by makingehe oelnainistration of
ea.eice a reality, without. reference to rent or Party, or
creedee-(Cheers.) I endesitthitett d 4 *lir as pereceeat or
official influence weitt;te atiutuiate exertion acid a spirit
of •belf-reliance—(lleac, hear)—and to aid in developing
the very great, though comparatively no&cteci, resources
of the-conniry.—(liear, hear.) If I did nokaltogether
fail in the performance of these dutiei—if my efforts
were attended with any saceess—(Hear, hear)—l can
assure you that, es great Irish proprietors and as a great
English corporation, you have conferred upon me a high
rewatd by tots day electing me a member of your ecln-
pany.—(Cheers.), Gestiereen,i permit Me to take this
opportunity; now that I am addressing men of business,
men daily occupied in the acme:l4oon said distribntion
of wealth, to express my turprieerthateEegllith capital
does not flew somewhat More freely itlin'll:C!auff. At this
moment, eeliele free ;redo le,fatSifying.altneat all the pre-
dictioes Of.ite 01:tpeuentat—(Cheer.:)—ard when we find
that telet nondescriptithingwitiehlfri Preetectioniat par.:
laeee. is thueliy called "the selfish and untaxed foreigner'
—(Laughter)—is coeteet to take, fornicating else fit m
ua inau_ uur specie in return foe- tae large gosntilY of
toed which our peepte have alweyrt • been utile to con-
sume, but cosier till cow were permitted to buy—(Bear,
hear)—wheu we find that we are suffering rather from a
repletion of our bullion. I must say it is a wonder to me
that a portion of our superfluify-doee not seek that re-
turn which it world find in'Slieland..—(llear, hear.)
You have some of the best land of the *country iu the
market; the most minute information can be chtaieed
respect inn it; it is to be had as a price which could not
be displeasing to the purchaser, however it might to the
owner or incumtiraneer—(A laugh)—you acquire a title
wiih a cheapness and facility that to us, accustomed to
our old English mode of proceeding, seems absolutely fa-
bulous.—(llear, bear.) There are—l speak with some
knowledge upon the subject—there are as good " dig-
ginga",,to be hadia Ireland es there_are_sbroad—(Hear,
hear)—and with far greater security to and pro-
perty, not withatanding all that you may 4i47,—(Hear.)
We are now M the fourth circuitof judges congratulat-
ing grand juries upon improvements in neural habits and
immunity from crime; and I can assure You from my
own knowledgreland and alwayse, that English emigrants are always
welcome in I
sit down without alluding to the very great kindness
my election this day has bean referred to.
with which prosperous. I cannot
I assure you I
most highly -value-and esteem the honour
Conferred upon me in enrolling
my name among those of
the illustrious men who have boon freemen of this an-
cient nod renowned corration—(dear, hoer)—re-
nowned for its steady adherence to those principles of
civil and religious liberty, to-the right understanding and
application of which, wo are. mainly
indebted for the pre-
eminentepesition which we
the world.—(Cheers.) I think hen the nations of
evheta we review then
events of the last twenty years:
when the many useful measures that have been passed, reflect
d havingfor their object the public good; when weatsalte of the
greater amount of comfort and happiness enjoyed by the
people, bringing with them their never.-failing - concomi-
tants—peace and loyalty, and respect for the law—
(Hear, hear)—no one can long to ashamed of the ban-
ners of that policy which has produced such desirable re-
sults.—(sheers.) .

The PRIME WARDEN then gave " The Health of Lord
Palmerston," an honorary member, ,whom the company
was alweys gratified to welcome. The Noble Lord nad
preserved peace in periods of difficulty, protected our
foreign commerce, and maintained the honour of the
country.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk amid great applause.
Lord PALMERSTON, who was received with loud and
repeated cheers, spoke as follows:—Mr. Prime Warden
and Gentlemen, I bee you to accept my most sieeere
and heart-felt thanks for the honour you have done me.
—(Hear, hoar.) I can assure you that I am proud of
having my health proposed es -*member of this inoeent
and excellent corporation—(Bear, hear) —and, as the
Prime Warden has been pleased to say that ties is not
the first time I have had the honour of appearing among
you, I hope I may infer from the kind manner in which
you have received this toast that i; will, also, not be the
last time that I shall have the pleasure of meeting you.
—(Hear, hear.) The Prime Warden hoi been pleased
to allude in terms of flittering commendation to the ser-
vices which it fell to my lot to perform in the office
which I had for several years the honour to hold. If I
have succeeded, by the performarkee of the duties at-
tached to that eilice, ;in aequiriug the good opinion
and esteem of my __fellow-countrymen, I have
obtained the highest reward which any public
servant in this country can hype to be the recom-
pense of his labours—(Cheers)—and I can assure you,
gentlemen, that there is no portion -of the people of this
country whose approbation -I should be more proud to
receive than the approbation of this company, so well
ktown, and so eminently distinguished for those liberal,
enlightened, and constitutionaleprinciplea which I have
myself admired, and humbly endeavoured to carry into
effect, as far as my public eenduct ' has teen concerned.
—(Hear.) Gentlemen, it has been ray object, as the
Prime Werden has stated; as the organ of the Govern-
ment of which I was a member, to preserve the peace of
the ciu:itry without any derogation from its honour--
(lf c.. hear)—aud I trust, that, while on the one hand
we have enjoyed for a great length of time an almost
previously unexampled eon:int-mace of the blessings of
Octle:—l do trust, and I think I may soy, on the other
hand, that the honour of the country has beedtinvariably
maintained—(Hear, hear)—and that the name of Eng-
lishmen otanaa il.e troudly now ae it eeee dOt in the
wins. sad the opinions of the people of the other nations
of the world.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, one of the main
objects and first duties of the Government of ibis c,,un-
try in regard to our relations with foreign states must
undoubtedly be the extension of that commercial inter-
course, upon which is founded the wealth and the pros-
perity of nations.—(Hear, hear.) To receive f:oru the
body which I have the honour to undress an expression
of opinion that the Government of which I was a humble
member succeeded in their endeavours to promote com-
mercial intercourse between this country and others, is a
high and great gratification to me.—(Hear.) You have,
indeed, gentlemen, on the present occasion ,given us an
emblem of the success with which this country has la-
boured in that course. You have given us at your
festive board an example of the manner in which the
links of commerce draw together the most distant nations
of the world; for you have, as it were, shortened the
diameter of the earth into the narrow span of two
places at your table—(Cheers)--and we see here the
representatives of one of the most distant of our friendly
connexions in the east sitting side by side with the re-
presentative of our cousins in the vvesta—(Cheers.) You
see Persia and the United States' seated in juxtaposition
an f
—(Renewed cheers)—an emblem, a happyd ortunate
.emblem, of the manner in which the commercial inter-
coarsepaetsi avtl approximates those whom
great o have separated.—(Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, I cannot refrain from remarking, also, that
doiatta
on
apsettr
nations
•we have heard with great pleasure and delight the morn-
ner in which the representative of the United States has
expressed himself in regard tit the people of this country
—(Clear, hear)—and thisi much I may, I think, be er-
mitted to say, that when that distinguished representa-
tive of one of the greatest and mightiest nations of
the earth shall return to his home after the peat'
of his duties in this country, he will ,ea?rmance
ve behind
as I can assure you, friendships which •„ him
,
be lasting as
life—(Cheers)—founded on that personal knowl edg
which his residence among tin has e
enabled
that distinguished public qualities m us to acquire,
the most endearing
and estimable,s ay be combined with
life.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, qualities of private
trust that those priu-
eiples of liberal and enlightened I
which are deeply engravers cointhercial intercourse
rhave now the honour t on the minds of those whom
at last triumphed in a o address--(Hear, hear)—have
that there is no dan
emanner that may lead us to feel
that for the benefit of
0 this country as well as of the
other commercial countries of the civilized world we
shall continue to
epera I egress in that s stem, adherence to
which has now b
ciple of the country (ernaLrssay,,re ared the x
manner
uner
in
h )—an that inthat
peace, as well as wealth and prosperi will be based
upon a durable foundation—Hear, hear)—because there
is no better eecurity• for Once than the mutual depen-
dence of nations upon each other—CHeal;', hear)—and
that reciprocal intercourse, which by uniting the inter-
ests of all in one common tie of concord is a preservative
against the calamities of war.--(Cheers.) I beg again
to return you my best thanks fur the honour you have
done me. (The Noble Lurd was much cheered on re-
, suming his seat.)
" The Health of the Vico-Chancellors," " The Go-
vernor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank," and one or
two other toasts followed, and the party then broke up.

COURT CIRCULAR
EDNESDAT.
The Band of the Royal Marines played in frost of the
morning, it being the birthday of her
houseßoyal yesterday
the
Princess
Hele n
a.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
Loyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, drove out in
htheor
grounds in the afternoon.
-Her Boyd Highness the Duchess of Kent took leave
of her Majesty this morning at 10 o'clock, and embarked
for Southampton. Her Boys! nig
at Cowes in the royal yacht Fairy, commanded by Capt.
Crispin,
attended by Lady F. Howard, Sir George Cooper, and
Liect.-Colonel F. Seymour. bness was

Her Royal Hi
her residence, ghness the Duchess of Sent returned to
Clarenoe•house, St. James's, shortly
Isle of Wight. Her Roy
be-
fore--three o'clock yesterday-afternoon, from Osborne,
Southampton by the London and South-Western Rail-
Lady Fanny al Highness travelled from
way to the Waterloo terminus, and was attended by
Howard and
Royal Ili Sir George Couper. In the
evening the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by their
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary. honoured the performai.ce of the French
Ploys with her presence.
interview with Yr.
Governor Gregory, from the Bahamas, had an inter.
IthLePH"ohmaed Olce yesturti ' Y NI
viPw with Sir Juno Fakington yesterday at the Colonial
Office.
S,crier.taßrY. B.
Vl7 apiPel7aint' tervicw with the Right 411- .onour-r.
Booker hed also an
able Secretary.

,
GRAIN FROM FRA.NCE.—Frotti a Parliamentary
paper just published, it appears that the quantity of corn,
grain, meal, and 11,,ur imported into the United Kingdom in
the year 1851, from France, was 1,591,377 quarters, being
the largest quantity from any country. The next quantity_
in number was 1,211,365
America. quarters from m the United States of

SOUTHAMPTON,
MAY 26,—The Royal Mail Corn-
pany's steam-ship Medway, commanded by Captain Wel-
ler, left this afternoon for the West Indies, as an extra
boat to relieve the Thames, shortly expected home. The
Medway took neither mails nor passengers, and but very
little cargo,

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