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It was also proposed to add to the out-pennons of men
who 'read reached a certain age; to abolish the double
goy, rnment, :and appoint a chief officer to p ea'de over the
efiairs of the hospital, and to do away wt Le ta e residential
'civil and military appointments of the ins' •ir on at the end
• of five years, but not to do so without giving fair compene
sation. The hon. gentleman shadowed out the probable
effect of these changes in a financial point of view, and
intimated that the plan would be matured in the recess and
a measure brought before the house early in the next session
of Parliament.
Sir J. PAKINGTON was glad the Government had
arrived at a conclusion upon this important question, and
so tar as it appeared to him the principle on which the Ad-
miralty proposed to act was a sound one. With respect to
the double government of the hospital, the house, he was
sure, would be gratified at hearing that the system was to
be put an end to; but he could no regard the pro-
posal to reduce the military appoinments to a period of five
years without feelings of doubt and jealousy.
In answer to Mr. CORRY,
Lard C. PAGET said that among the appointments that
we re to terminate at the end of five years were the offices
of governor and lieutenant-governor of the hospital. He
added that he should shortly lay upon the table the memo+
randum of the First Lord containing the details of the
scheme ; and that hereafter Greenwich Hospital would be
placed on the same footing as Hasler and other hospitals,
with a superintendent and sufficient officers to maintain
discipline in the establishment.
Sir J. HAY expressed his satisfaction at the statement
made by Mr. Childers, and his motion was then withdrawn.
SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
Sir J. FERGUSSON moved for a select committee to
inquire how far the number of the members of the ad-
ministration charged with the conduct of the affairs of
Scotland, and having seats in Parliament, is commensu-
rate with the requirements of that part of the United
Kingdom. The hon. baronet argued that the Lord
Advocate, the member of the Government to whom the
conduct of the Scotch business was entrusted, being a
practising lawyer, and having other avocations elsewhere,
had not time to introduce measures of the magnitude and
importance that were necessary ; that the mode in which
Scotch bills were prepared, considered, and passed was not
satisfactory; and that the political functions of the Lord
Advocate ought not to be exercised by a practising lawyer.
The motion having been seconded by Mr CAIRD,
Mr E. P. BO UVERIE contended that the management
of Scotch business under the present system was satisfac-
tory to the members from Scotland, and that there was no
necessity for any change.
The LORD ADVOCATE, in opposing the motion and
answering the objections of Sir J. Fergusson, said that
although it was true the holder of his office was a practising
lawyer, it was also certain that during the session of Par-
liament he must, to a great extent, throw his private prac •
tics to the winds, and with few and rare exceptions he him-
self had acted upon that principle. The right hon. gentle-
man then enumerated the many important measures affect-
ing Scotland that had become law in recent years, in order
to show that the interests of the country had not been
neglected by the executive. Further, if he compared those
measures with others of the same magnitude and impor-
tance for England, the proof that Scotch legislation was
not crude or defective was to be seen in the fact that there
were so few instances in which it had been questioned in
the courts of law. The functions of the Lord Advocate
were no doubt numerous and responsible, but he considered
that they were not beyond the powers of one man with
reasonable diligence and assiduity to perform.
Mr SM 0 LLE TT urged that large reforms ware necessary
in the Court of Session, the Sheriffs' Courts, and in the laws
relating to marriage, succession, and domicile in Scotland ;
but complained that, when on a previous occasion he drew
attention to these subjects, the Lard Advocate told him that
he had better take them in hand himself. In his opinion,
Scotchmen required that the law on these points should be
assimilated to that of England. If a Secretary of State were
appointed for Scotland they might hope to see him deal
with questions of that sort, but as long as the whole con-
duct of the Scotch business in Parliament was entrusted to
the Dad Advocate they would never have any large legal
reforms such as the country demanded.
After some observations from Mr. CARNEGIE and Mr.
ROBERTSON,
Mr. MURE believed that the appointment of a select
committee would bring out no new facts or be of any good
whatever. He suggested, therefore, that the motion should
be withdrawn.
Sir W. DUNBAR remarked that long experience had
convinced him that no change ctuld be beneficially intro,
duced in the mode of conducting Scotch business in that
house. In his opinion it was managed very satisfactorily,
and he attributed that circumstance to the friendly inter•
sour se which was maintained between the Lord Advocate
and the Scotch members.
The motion was then withdrawn.
THE DAY OF PAYMENT OF THE OCTOBER
DIVIDENT) S.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening,
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

COUNTY COURTS.

Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from certain
credit drapers called tallymen, against the County Courts
Amendment Bill.

The LORD CHANCELLOR presented petitions in
favour of the bill, from the Board of Guardians of
Blackburn.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Bolton
Gas—Great Eastern Railway (Higbbeach Branch)—Bolton
Improvement—Semenoaks, Maidston, and Tunbridge Rail-
way—Crystal Palace and South London Junction,Railway,
Trent ;oast Railway—Midland Railway (St., Pancras
Branch)—Liverpool Improvement—Liverpool Sanitary.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Scots Episcopal Fund and Bedford and Cambridge
Railway.
THE RIOT AT ST. BERNARD'S REFORMATORY.
Lord BERNERS called attention to thy riot which had
taken place amongst the boys at the St. Bernard's Refor-
matory, and mid he should put a question to her Majesty's
Government in reference to the motion this day fortnight.
INSANE PRISONERS BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR brought up the report o;
the select committee on this bill.

JAMAICA.

Lord DUNSANY -moved—an humble address to
her Majesty for a copy of the correspondence between the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, the late Governor, and
late Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica respecting the esta-
blishment of party government or responsible government
in that island, and also a copy of a report presented to the
House of Assembly by a committee appointed to consider and
report to the house on certain points connected with the pro-
posed tramway between Spaniah Town and Porus ; and also
to correspondence relating to.the,threat of dismissal made to
M. Espeut, member of the House of Assembly, if he
did not support the Lieutenant-Governor ; also for
a copy of the memorial sent to her Majesty by the
House of Assembly in Jamaica, and the correspendence
that had taken place between the Secretary of State for the
Colonies and the Lieutenant-Governor relative to the said
memorial.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said there would be
no objection to give the papers or extracts from them.

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS' BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.

Lord SHAFTESBURY explained the objects of the bill
he had introduced for the amendment of the present law
regulating the mode of sweeping chimneys. The practice
of employing children of tender age in this occupation had
of late years much increased in some places in consequence
of the difficulties of procuring convictions under the existing
act. All he wished to do was to introduce such amendments
as should render it easier to put the law in force against
those who persisted in employing children in this trade, To
prove the necessity of some interference he read numerous
extracts from recent evidence of the revolting cruelty the
masters were forced to employ in training children to the
work. All this suffering, he asserted, was totally unneces-
sary, as chimney sweeping by the machine, when properly
done, was in all respects efficient. The employment of
children had been abolished in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leices-
ter, and other large places. In no place was it necessary,
as the machine was adapted to flues of every kind of con-
struction. Nor were the master sweeps, as a body, opposed
to the prohibition of children's labour. They stated that
they are frequently compelled to employ it by the prejudices
of householders, often of the wealthier classes, who will not
/slow a machine to be used in their chimneys. Having
further described the manner in which infants are bought
and sold for the trade, and reduced to a condition of slavery,
he implored the house not to reject the bill, by which he
had attempted to attack a cruel practice unknown to any
other civilised nation.

Lord BROUGHAM expremsed hia hearty approval of the
measure,

The house went into committee on the bill, and agreed to
the clauses with some amendments,

Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OP COMMONS—Last Evening.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bil's were read a third time and passed :
Argyllshire Roads—London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way (No. 2) (New Lines, &c.)—Metropolitan and Saint
Joke:, Wood Railway—Midland Railway (Bath and Thorn-
bury)—Rnek Life Assurance Company—Salop Fire Office
—Severn Valley Railway—Thames Embankment (South
Side)—Trent, Ancholme, and Grimsby Railway—West-
minster Palace Hotel Company.

1 Mr. R. MILLS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether for the convenience of the publio ho would make
an arrangement by which the dividends on the Government
annuities, payable at the Bank of England in the month of
' October, should be paid on the Bth day of that mouth, the
same as in the case of the months of January, April, and
July. The hon. member based hie, application on the ground
that many infirm persons, forgetting that the o.;tober divi-
dends are not paid until the 13th, came as usual on the Sth
of the month, and had their labour for their pains.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
the 13th of October had been the dividend day ever since
the Bank of England had been established, and he was not
aware that any very large number of persons were disap-
pointed by making the mistake referred to. He should have
pleasure in acceding to the wish of the hon. member, but
for one matter of considerable import-aces. The house was
was aware that the September quarter was one of extremely
weak receipt. The September quarter would always be a
weak quarter. The great mass of cur payments were con-
centrated upon four periods of the year, which are partially
connected with the four quarter-days of the Exchequer, and
partly with the four days for the payment of dividends at
the Bank of England, which were very near them. Conse-
quently the public funds accumulated, there came a heavy
pressure, and the whole or nearly the whole of the balances
were exhausted. Therefore, if we were to increase that
pressure at any of those quarter-days, we should compel the
public either to increase its demands on the Bank of Eng-
land for deficiency bills, or else to have a large amount of
money in hands at that particular time. His hon. friend
might perhaps think the difference very small, but that
would not be so, for the proposed change would have the
effect of diminishing the quarter's revenue by nearly a
million. Under the circumstances, therefore, he could not
give a pledge to alter the law with regard to dividends.
EPPING FOREST.

Mr TORRENS asked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether her Majesty's Government intended to take any
steps to carry cut, completely or partially, the recommenda-
tions contained in the report of the select committee on
Royal forests in Essex of last session; whether any en-
croachments or enclosures had been reported to have been
made within the forests since the date of that report; and.
if so, whether they bad taken place on portions of the
forest wherein the rights of the Crown had bee.; sold or not,
He would also move for copy of any creak or correspond..
ence regarding inclosures in the izoyal forest in Essex
since, or in consequence of, the report of the select com-
mittee of last session.
Mr F. PEEL said it was desirable that the rights of
the Crown over Epping Forest should be clearly under-
stood. The forestal right of the Crown was simply a
tight to feed deer; and as there were no deer in the forest,
the right of the Crown merely amounted to a right of
preventing fences being put up and keeping the forest an
unenclosed waste. The select committee on forests had re-
ported in favour of the Crown disposing of this right, which
was accordingly done, and at present there only remained
3,000 acres over which the Crown exercised any control.
The committee of last year had also recommended that por-
tions of the forest should be set apart for public recreation
grounds, but they did not state how the cost of making a
Public park was to be maintained. If that difficulty were
overcome, the recommendation might he carried out. He
believed there had been no encroachments or inclosures
since the committee made their report, nor had any report
been made respecting the forest since that time, with the
exception of one from the Commissioners of Woods, which
was at present under consideration.
Mr. PEACOCKE thought the right hon. gentleman had
underrated the importance of the forestal rights of the
Crown, for upon their preservation depended the power of
keeping open spaces for the recreation of the Inhabitants of
this crowded metropolis. When the hon. gentleman the
Secretary of the Treasury stated that no enclosures had
taken place in the forest since the committee had reported,
he could only say that the Government were badly informed
on the subject. He had himself gone down to Epping
Forest a fortnight ago, and he found that a portion of it
near Woodford Wells was inclosed, the place which used
to be the greatest resort of the public for the purposes of
recreation. He thought it would be well to send down a
commission to the spot to see what portion should be set
apart for recreation, and, if necessary, that the freeholds
should be purchased.
Mr. WATLINGTON dwelt upon the importance of pre-
serving poz tions of the forest for the enjoyment of the popu •
lation of the eastern parts of the metropolis, who went there
in crowds on Saturdays and Mondays, and on other days
during the summer season. Ho thought that the eights'of
the people had been very much interfered with by the legal,
and sometimes illegal, enciceures which were constantly
taking place.
Mr. COX complained that, since the report of the com-
mittee, enclosures had taken p'.ace and were taking place,
and he thought it was the duty of the Government to pro-
tect both the rights of the Crown and the rights of the
people.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there
wes one proposition upon which they were all agreed—
that this question was in a state which was vary unsatis-
factory. The majority of the committee recommended,
amongst other things, that the sanction of Parliament was
to be obtained for enclosing portions of the forest, and
that, where the rights of parties were interested provision
should be mule for purchasing those rights. But who was

to find the purchase money f The house should remember
the estates of the Crown were only vested in the public as
tenants for life ; and that the duty of the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests was to administer that estate as other
landlords administered their estates. The address of last
year, however, was caleuln ted to inflict considerable injury
upon the corpus of the Crown estate. Moreover, the public
were not the people of London—the public were the people
of the three kingdoms ; and were the people of all the other
towns in the country entitled to make similar claims upon
the Consolidated Fund ? Don't let them look at a narrow
corner of the question. Let them look to what the State had
done for the people of London. The sole effect of the ad-
dress of last year had been to prevent the Government from
selling those forestal rights; and the consequence was those
rights were enjoyed without the permission of Government.
Government was not justified in appointing commissioners
for the purpose of getting rid of responsibility. Unless they
were prepared to entrust a definite object to a commission,
they ought not to be appointed. But, independently of that,
the house had entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works
the business of providing for such wants on the part of the
metropolis, and therefore the Government would not be
justified in taking upon itself functions which had been
conferred upon another body,
Sir J, SHELLEY thought the right hon. gentleman was
mistaken with respect to the powers of the Metropolitan
Board of Works—they had no power of taking any lands
beyond their jurisdiction. All that was now asked for was
that Government should prevent any encroachments upon
these forests.
Mr, TORRENS then withdrew his motion.
PROMOTION IN THE NAVY.

Sir L. PALK moved that the house resolve itself into a
committee to consider of an humble address to be presented
to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased
to give directions for putting the staff captains, commanders,
and masters of the Royal navy upon an equality in pay,
rank, and eligibility for receiving marks of distinction, with
any other class of officers in that service.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was not his intention to
make any observations respecting the case of the masters,
but he wished to submit to the Admiralty whether the
question of his hon. friend did not open a question of a far
wider character. (Hear, hear,) A supplementary estimate
had been brought forward, in which provision was made for
captains and flag officers, but the plan was not satisfactory
to the officers affected by it. It was also a serious defect
that there were several classes of officers which were not
touched by it at all. He submitted that the time was
come when the subject should be dealt with in a more ex-
tensive manner than it had been in the supplementary esti-
mates, and he hoped his noble friend (Lord C. Paget)
would inform the house whether there would be any ob-
jection to refer the matter to a Royal commission. (Hear,
hear.)
Colonel EDWARDS supported the motion.

Mr. C. BERKELEY thought, as the committee last year
had no power to inquire into question of pay, and consider.
ing the state of the lists, the suggestion of the right hon.
baronet was well worthy of consideration.
Sir W. MILES hoped the Secretary of the Admiralty
would make this concession. He thought there was no class
in the navy that required more consideration than that of
the masers. He trusted that the claims of these meritorious
officers might be taken into consideration by a Royal com-
mission.

Mr. AYRTON said he hoped that the house would
not too hastily adopt the suggestion that had been
made. The real question was, whether the inducements at
present ke:d out by the Royal Navy were sufficient to
secure au efficient class of officers for her Majesty's sei-
vice. Ho believed that they were ; and, therefore, could
not see the necessity for these constant applications on the
part of the officers for an increase of pay. He hop,d the
country would be satisfied with what had been done by the
committee of last year.

Mr. Alderman ROSE thought the masters had a real
grievance, which ought to be considered by the house.
Mr, T. TIA.NKEY was of opinion that if the Huse of
Commons were to be made a court of appeal for grievances
which ought to be remedied by the offirkrs of the Crown,
great inconvenience would ensue. So long as the services
of the country were efficiently discharged, it was the duty
of the house to watch the expel' liture of the Government.
Mr. FERRA.ND vindicated the right of the masters to
appeal to the house if they had a grievance. Wore they to
strike, as had been recommended the other night by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER called
upon the hon. gi ntleman to prove his statement.

Mr. FERRAND apologised if he had misrepresented
the right hon. gentlsrivin. At any rate, the right hon.
gentleman had justified strikes.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed
his dissent..

Lord C. PAGET was hardly prepared to say whether
the Gevernment would recommend the appointment of a
Royal Commission. The masters had been invited to state
their grievances, and ho was prepared to repeat what he
stated a few nights ago, that it was nit the question of pay
so much as their social rank and position that they com-
plained of. The committee recommended that some higher
rank should bo given to them, and this the Admiralty had
carried out. There were stilt some grievances about com-
parative rank; but the House of Commons was not the
place for the discussion of these subjects, and he would
implore the house to leave all these matters in the hands of
the Admiralty, who were responsible for them, The noble
lord compared the pay received by masters with the pay
received by lieutenants and commanders, and contended
that there coul I be no grievance on the past of the mas-
ters as regarded their pay. Oe all classes of officers in
the navy, his sympathy was, perhaps, most with the mae
tore, who were, in his opinion, the most useful class of men ;
but he was sorry they should come before the house with
this grievance.

Sir J, ELPIIINSTONE defended the claims of the
masters, who were well deserving of the consideration of
the house, and said it was absurd to suppofe that the offi-
cers of th© navy should be silent on the subject of their
grievances, while the Chancellor of the Exchequer pointed
out to the artisan that the way to obtain an increase of
wages was by a " strike." The right hon. gentleman might
rely upon it that the matter would not be allowed to drop
until justice was done.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repudiated
the practice of transferring to commissioners the duties, and
declared that the administration of public patronage would
become foul and corrupt if it were exercised upon the loose
and arbitrary principles contended for that evening.
After some observations from Mr. Corry, Sir J, Hay, and
Mr. Hennessy, the amendment was withdrawn, and the
house went into committee of supply pro forma.
The Banking for Co-partnership and the College of Phy-
sicians Bills were read a third time and passed,
Tye Burials Registration Bill was read a second time.

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales
to Cambridge.

After leaving Peterhouse on Thursday evening
the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured with
their presence a performance of the Amateur Dra-
matic Company, better known as the A.D.C., at
their bijou theatre. With performances of this
nature there can be no mediocre standard ; they are
either insufferably dull, or else yield more pleasure
and attain a success more brilliant than it is in the
power of professional actors to achieve. The acting
of the A.D.C. was decidedly of the latter class.
From the time the curtain rose till it fell ultimately,
a few minutes before 11 o'clock, the audience were
kept in uninterrupted good humour, and not only
the Prince, but nearly every member of the Royal
party, testified by frequent applause how much they
appreciated the efforts of the company for their en-
tertainment. The performance began with the farce
of " Whitebait at Greenwich," but the principal
feature in the programme was the burlesque extra-
vaganza of "Aladdin ; or the Wonderful Scamp."
The Cambridge amateurs are not content, like many
of their fellows, to avail themselves of external aid
in any of the parts intended to move the tender pas-
sloes ; they stand or fall by their own resources
exclusively, and they represent and put upon the
stage female as well as male characters, which sing
and dance and look almost as captivating as the
fair originals whom they seek to counterfeit. Where
all distinguished themselves so highly it is invidi-
ous to make selections, but a recognition of the
eminent services of Mr. Burnand, to whom the
foundation of the company is due, ought not to be
overlooked.

Mr. FE RRAND obtained leave to introduce a bill to
amend the Act compensating the families of persons killed
by accident.
The house adjourned at fiva minutes to *wo o'clock.

THE SOUTH SEA 1s ...NDs.—The commerce of the
Society Islands growing. They now export fish,
mother-of-1-11, pearls, sea snails, cocoa nut oil, fibres, and
fee.). of pia, vanilla, sugar, cuffee, alcohol made of kawa,
anti rat-ear mushrooms. The rat-ear mushrooms are sold
for 200 dols. a tun. These and the sea snail are shipped to
China.—Panama Star.

THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT.....A parliamen-
tary return shows the several changes in the Bank rate of
discount from the beginning of the year 1846 to the present
time. In the earlier years of the series the changes were
very few ; there was but one in the year 1846, one in 1819,
one in 11350, none in 1851. Since 1854 the fluctuations have
teen much more frequent, The rate of discount was altered
seven times in 1855, eight times in 1856, nine times in 1857,
six times in 1858, five times in 1859, eleven times in 1860,
eleven times in 1861, five times in 1862, twelve times in
1863, and six times in little more than a third of 1861—
namely, up to the sth of May. The highest rate in the list
was 10 per cent., which prevailed in 1857, from Lord
Mayor's-day to the day before Christmas. The lowest rate
was 2 per cent., which prevailed during the greater part of
the year 1852, and for three months of the summer and
autumn of 1862.

From the theatre their Royal Highnesses drove
at once to the Fitz william Museum, where a ball
was given in their honour, and on their way the
electric light, which had been flashing for some
hours previously from the summit of Great St.
Mary's Church, was thrown full upon the Royal
carriages, and afforded to the multitudes of specta-
tors thronging the streets an admirable opportunity
of seeing the Prince and Princess as they passed.
Among the leading members of the University there
had been considerable division of opinion as to the
propriety of devoting their grand Museum to such
purposes as a ball, and a very clever paper apropos
of the discussion had been put forward, it is said,
by Professor Selwyn. In this the point was humor-
ously canvassed whether it was intended that the
Prince should take his degree per saltum ; and in
reply to the doubtings and questionings of an ima-
ginary M.A. the Procanceliarius was represented
as saying,--

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Non ita—nam priscos redolet minis ilia catones;
Nec rapillosjuvenes tarda chorea decet ;
Histati potius—Gyrusque, et Polka—supremus
Sub matutira luce—ttogerus Eques.
To the pamphlet was taxed the title "Hospitium
Saltatorium," and in consequence of this grave
University joke the grand Museum, which forms
one of the most imposing of the modern architectu-
ral decorations of Conibridge, has acquired the
similar appellation of "the dancing-booth." The
bail, nevertheless, was held, in spite of all the
opposition end raillery brought to bear, and was
attended with brilliant success. Upwards of e

thousand persons were present, and the arrange..

ments were such es to exhibit the noble proportions
of the building to the greatest advantage. The
large entrance-hall or pottico, which is yet un-
finished, was draped from the ceiling with' the
Danish colours, and by the introduction in large
numbers of rare and costly plants a striking vesti-
bule, partaking of the nature of a conservatory,
was formed. Gas was carried for the occasion into
the different rooms upstairs, and the efftct was
heightened by innumerable lamps, judiciously die;
tributed, and by wax lights in the supper room
below. The band of the Grenadier Guards was sta-
tioned at thL-- foot of the grand staircase, and Coote
and Tinney's band held possession of the orchestra
in one of the smaller apartments of the great rocm.
This principal apartment was the one in which visi.
tors mainly ass?,mbied, and as none of the pictures
upon the walls had been disturbed, these presented
a valuable relief during the interval that elapsed
before the arrival of the royal party. For their
accommodation a small apartment, fitted up tisith a
dais and couchee, was set apart at the end of the
great room corresponding to that where the orches-

tra was established. The Prince and Princess,
however, expressed a wish to dance in the great
gallery or state room ; and although at the outset
the gratification of their desire was attended with
a little difficulty, owing to the number of visitors
present, and the general gnxiety to press forward
as much as possible, a sufficient space in the centre
of the room was ultimately cleared, and maintained
by the formation of a volunteer rope brigade. The
Prince led off the first quadrille with Lady Royston,
the Princess dancing with Lord Royston. After-
wards his R.)yal Highness danced with the Duchess
of Manchester, and the Princess of Wrales with his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. Her
Royal Highness was attired as usual in mourning
but wire magnificent diLnaond ornaments, and,

though exhibiting traces of fatigue, appeared to
eater thoroughly into the spirit of the scene. At 1
o'clock supper was served for 40 in the Library—a
very spacious and beautiful apartment. The guests
were—his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. her
Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of
Devonshire and Lau Louisa Cavendish, the Duke
and Duchess of Menceester, the Marquis
and
Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Marquis Camden,
Earl Powis, Earl and Countess Herdwicke and
Ledy Agneta Yorke, Countess of Morton,Earl Gran-
ville, Earl and Countess Spencer, Earl and Coun-
tees Fitz william, Viscount and Viscountess Royston,
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Hyde,
Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Harris, Hen. C. earring.
ton, Hon. and Rev. the Master of
Magdalene and
Hon. Mr. L. Neville, Colonel the Hon. James Mac-
donald, the Vice Chancellor, and Mrs. Cookson, the
Master of Trinity and Lady Afflack, General
Knollys, Col. Hon- E. F. Keppel, Dr. Puget, Rev,
J. Power, Rev. A. V. Hadley, Rev. A. J. Day, Mr.
Day, Mr. H. Oakeley, and the Rev. H. Luckock.
The Royal party did not leave the Museum until
about two o'clock,
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quarters of the Prince
during his stay in Cambridge
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Wales, consisted of half-past 11 o'clock,
the Litany (chanted), and the anthem "I have
surely built thee a House." (Boyce) All persons
attending the service were in their places nearly an
hour before the Royal party
arrived, so that as soon
as they entered the outer door they had a complete
and uninterrupted view of the magnificent patio.
rama of stone leading to the interior of the chapel.
The cheers of the spectators on the lawn of the
College and from the Senate-house, where the
Undergraduates were assembling, rushed into the
building when the doors were opened, but, subdutd
by the immense area and height of the roof,
they sounded less like human voices than the
gusts which whistle and clatter at sea through the
rigging high over head. The service was exceed-
ingly impressive. At its close the Royal party
proceeded to the Senate-house, where the de-
grees not conferred on the previous day were now to
be awarded. The building was, if possible, fuller than
on the previous day, and the undergraduates, grown
more accustomed to the presence of Royalty, were
under less restraint in the utterance of their opinions.
"Denmark" and "the Princess of Wales" were
even more lustily cheered than on the day before,
and "Austria" quite as heartily groaned. It was a
remarkable circumstance, and one creditable to
Undergraduate delicacy of perception, that on
neither day was "Prussia" mentioned, either for
praise or for blame. "The Queen," "the Princess

Royal" and the "baby Prince" were all most loyally
and cordially honoured, Lord Palmerston was
loudly cheered, and his Foreign Secretary as loudly
groaned, though by an apparent inconsistency when
the name of Earl Russell was afterwards coupled
with " Reform," the sentiment of the assembly was
decidedly favourable. Messrs. Cobden and Bright
had their full share of odium. Mr. Disraeli even
was scarcely a prime favourite, though what had
happened in the interval to reverse the verdict of
the previous day it was not easy to discover. The
Bishop of Oxford, the Duke of Manchester, the
Emperor of the French, Victor Emmanuel, the
Oxford boat, and the Univershy Volunteers were
each and all warmly applauded. The col-
legiate "bulldogs" were barked at, and the respected
master of Trinity was whistled at, and by that time
the distinguished visitors were nearly all in their
places, and the proceedings commenced. The re-
citations of the various prizemen were first de-
livered, and the occupants of the gallery were by
no means sparing in their comments. One recipient
of a medal for Greek composition must have been
anything but encouraged by the opinion vouchsafed
from candid friends above that his utterance was
" rather tlat," and numerous were the exhortations
addressed to others to "cut it short." At last the
point was reached at which the Chancellor of the
University proceeded to confer the honarary degree
of Doctor of Laws upon the various personages
selected for that distinction. Before conducting
each in his turn to the Chancellor of the University
the Public Orator delivered a short introductory
address in Latin, putting forward the grounds on
which in the opinion of the University the Doctors
elect had entitled themselves to that privilege. The
first so introduced to the assembly was the Earl
Granville, who was warmly applauded, and imme-
diately following him was the Duke of Manchester,
to whom the Orator having alluded as adding
"brighter glories" to the reception of the Prince and
Princess at Cambridge by the presence of the
cavalry troop, which he himself had raised, there
was a loud and general outburst of cheering. Earl
Stanhope elicited a graceful compliment to his
literary fame, and to the impactial character of his
writings. Lord Carnarvon, as a rising statesman,
and Lord Eversley, as Speaker for 18 years, and one
whose ancestors preferred exile to change of reli-
gion, were likewise well received. But it was for
Lord Palmerston that the full force of Undergraduate
enthusiasm was shown, though, like warm but in-
discreet friends, they kept him standing for several
minutes before even a word in his favour could be
heard. The Orator, in a few brief but telling
sentences, presented him as the Pilot who had
weathered so many storms, as the man to
whom the country intrusted its fortunes confi-
dently in time of peace, but still more willingly in
time of war. The noble Premier having retired
amid the plaudits of the assembly, Lord Leigh next
received the honorary degree at the hands of the
Chancellor; but the cheering when Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton was presented was only just, if
at al!, inferior to that when the Premier went
up. The justice of the mode in which the
Orator summed up his claims as "poet, philoso-
pher, orator," was instant ,y accepted by the gal-
leries. In this real prosaic world, the Orator added,
he presided over colonies, and when he liked, as a
magician, he created and peopled a world of his own.
Wren Sir Edward resumed his seat be must have
carried with him a gratifying conviction of the
esteem in which his name is held in the University
of Cambridge. Sir W. P. Wood and Sir C. Eeste
lake having received their degrees, the only one of
the Doctors of Lew against whom any hostile mani-
festations were made advanced to the foot of the dais
on which the Chancellor was sitting. Unlike most
of the other instances, the introduction of the Public
Orator was not waited for. The moment the Dea❑
of Westminster left Us seat a strong band of oppo-
nents raised their voices, and though the mejority
were in his favour they were never able to drown
altogether the tumult of the rival faction. The
uproar was so prolonged that although the Orator
once or twice tried to quell it by commencing his
address, and though the Chancellor rose from his
neat and beckoned to the Undergraduates for silence,
it was apparently from wcaritiess that they deE,isted
nt leet. Even then a final round of cheering from
the Dean's hinds nearly set them all off again, like
the last contradictory croak in a rookery. The
Orator stated the case for the Dean cf Westminster 11
as strongly as possible, alluded to his unselfish and
chivalrous charecter, to his travels in the East
with the Prince of Wales, to his ardent love of
truth, and to the courage with which ho de-
fended opinions he had been led to adopt by in•
quiry, concluding with the aspiration :—" Te
igiture, Ozoniensibus tuis invidemus. Talis quam
sis, nester esto!'"fhe list of honorary degrees
closed with the names of Mr. Beresford Hope, Dr.
Wateon, Professor Hoffmann, the eminent organic
chemist, and the well-known Professor Wheatstone.
The grace had also passed in the case of Professor
Cobet, of the University of Leyden, one of the most
distinguished Greek scholars probably in Europe,
but he unfortunately was not able to attend.

The proceedings had terminated, and the royal
party were about to leave the Senate-house when
one voice was heard high above all the buzz of con-
versation, inviting " Three cheers for Canon
Wordsworth," which were accordingly given, but
with an admixture of hissing on the part of those
who thought it scarcely fair to return to a subject
already disposed of.

From the Senate-house after a short interval the
Prince and Princess, with the Duke cf Cambridge
and their suite, proceeded to the hall of King's Col-
lege, where they were entertained at luncheon, and
at three o'clock walked across the lawn of King's to
witness the display which always possesses so great
a charm—the procession of boats. A marquee had
been pitched at the end of the lawn, from which the
royal party were enabled to command en admirable
view of the proceedings, at the Same time that any like pressure was avoided. The spectators
formed a perfect line at either side of the river some
distance back from the brink, and thus a clear
avenue was kept to see the boats as they approached.
These were not filled, as is sometimes the case, with
scratch" crews, but with the oarsmen by whose
efforts their relative precedence had been decided.
Trinity Hall enjoys this year the envied place of
honour, and in compliment to the Princess the lines
of the boat were picked out with a double row of
white and red peonies, a thick cluster of which
also concealed from view the distinctive emblem
on the summit of the boat's ensign. The other
boats, to the number in all of 14, followed in
single fito at racing speed, and eccentricities of vari-
ous kinds showed themselves in their preparations.
One, for instance, had a solemn-looking dog with
proctorial bands sitting in the bow, with as grove
an
air as if responsible for the success of the demon-
stration. After all the boats had passed through
Clare-bridge and the bridge above they droped
down again one by one in the same order, and took
up a position in. front of the Princess's marquee.
Each as it did so shipped its oars and drew as close
to its neighbour as possible, till the whole extended
nearly across the river like a raft. This wes a
manecevre requiring the utmost care, the boats
having to be balanced with critical nicety; but it
was accomplishei by the crews with apparent ease,
and when massed together within such a narrow
compass the combined effect of the flags fore and
aft of the dietinctive colours in the dress of each of
the eights was singularly bright and pleasing. At
a given signal the occupants of all the boats rose,
and tossing their oars into the air like gigantic
corn stalks, cheered the Royal party to the very
echo.

Royal Highnesses, and as the names of the success-
ful candidates were read out by Mr. Emery they filed
past the Princess, and received their prizes from
her hands. Their Royal Highnesses then came to
the front of the platform, and at the request of the
Prince, Sir C. Eastlake addressed to the pupils a
few appropriate words, and thanked their Royal
Highnesses for the encouragement afforded to the
Cambridge School of Art.
The Royal party at dinner at Trinity Lodge in•
eluded the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke
of Cambridge, Duke of Devonshire, Lady Louisa
Cavendish, Viscount and Vihcountess Palmerston,
Earl Spencer, Earl of Morton and Lady Morton,
Lord Harris, Lord A. Hervey, General Knollys,
Colonel ppe!, Lady Emma o.,borne, Hon. and
Rev. L. Ntville, Master of Magdalen, and Mrs.
Neville, the President of Queen's, Colonel Macdon-
ald, hev. W. C. Matheson, and the Vicß-Chancellor
and Mrs. Cookson.

Oxford may certainly boast its High-street, but
it has nothing to present at all equalling the backs
of the Colleges at Cambridge. One portion of these
was seen to advantage in that part of the day's
Proceedings last described, and the drive to St.
John's College, where the Horticultural Show was
held,
was well calculated to convey an idea of the
peculiar beauty of these gardens.
rho ostensible occasion for this assembly was a
horticultural fete, but it was evident that numbers
of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood
who could not gain access to the Senate-house or
Fitzwilliatn Museum had come with the laudable
intention of seeing the Princess rather than the
flowers. The pupils of the School of Art, mar.
ehalled by the secretary, Mr.. Beaumont, formed 4
kquare in trout of the platform provided for their