The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-02 00:00:00

TUE ELECTIONS.

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THE CITY ELECTION.—The writ for the election of
four members for the City of London was received by
the eheriffa at a late hour last evening. The nomination
has been fixed to Lite place cn Tuesd4y next, and pro-
clamation to that effect was made thi:, moruiag in the
Guildhall. The election for the county of Middlesex
will not take place before the 16th or 17th instant.
LAMBETH.—RETIREMENT OF MR. HARVEY . Mr.
Harvey, " the resident candidate," has, to the great dis-
appointment of his friends, suddenly withdrawn his
pretensions to represent the borough. 111-health is
atat€d to be the cause.

CITY OF WESTMINSTER.—Last night a numerous
and influential meeting of the electors of St. Clement
Panes, St. Mary-le-Strand, and the district of the Savoy
was held at the Wheatsheaf, Jere-street, Clare-market,
for the purpose of meeting Sir De Lacy Evans and Sir
John Shelley, the candidates forth° city of Westminster,
and hearing from those gentlemen an exposition of their
political views and intentions. Mr. Prout presided. Sir
Do Lacy Evans presented himself, and was received with
loud and repeated cheering. The gallant gentleman
exrerecl into a review of public affairs since he had been
in Parliament, and pointed to taxes repealed, to restric-
tions removed, and franchises given by the party with
which he bad always acted. The Hon. Candidate was
greeted at the conclusion of his speech with renewed
applause. Sir John Shelley next presented himself and
was loudly cheered. He repeated the sentiments which
we have before repeated, which received the approba-
tion of the meeting. Mr. Cannon moved, and Mr.
Churchwarden Lane seconded, that having heard the
sentiments of Major-General Sir Do Lacy Evans and
Sir John Shelley, and also their political opinions, it is
the opinion of the meeting that its utmost exertions
should be made to rccure the return of both those gentle-
men as representatives in Parliament of the city of
Westminster. The motion was carried amidst applause,
after which and a vote of thanks to the chairman, the
meetingAfAccLEsrlELD.--The friends of Mr. John Williams
are all "up and doing" to secure his return for this
_Aabcrioutp .
at
to k
thee u
eh
coming election. Mr. Williams com-
menced canve,:s on Tuesday last, and the success be
has met with far exceeded his most sanguine expecta-
tions,
"rsc's m,
and is
.n, moved
as places his return beyond all doubt.
ge meeting of non-electors was held on Wednesday
last, at which not less than 10,000 persons were present.
moved by Mr. Samuel Bentott, and se-
conded by Mr. John West, was unanimously adopted,
pled.ging the non electors to use all the means within
their power to secure his return.

FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—A quarterly general
court or the governors and subscribers to this charity was
held yesterday in the board-room of the institution, West-
minster Bridge-road; Mr. James Hunt in the chair. A re-
solution wr.s carried, electing the Bishop of Salisbury hono-
rary guardian of the charity, as an acknowledgment of the
services rendered by his Lordship in preaching the late anni-
versary sermon. The number of children now in the school
is 160. From a " general statement" appended to the re-
port, it appears that the number of childen admitted into
the institution since its commencement in 1758 to April 4,
1851, was 2,531—0 f whom had died in the house, 214;
placed or apprenticed out. 2,160; and employed in the house
3. The balance-sheet showed the total amount received
daring the past year (including a balance in hand of
7021. 4s. Bd.). to have been 7,2351. Ils. BJ.; and after all the
expenses had been defrayed, there was left in the hands of
the treasurer the sum of 1,0711.145. 2d.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ScEooL.—The forty-
sixth anniversary festival of the friends and patrons of this
!tn was supported by
excellent institution was celebrated on Wednesday, in the
grounds of the Highbury Tavern, Islington. Mr. H. J.
providedi3ye%..rmllinton, the proprietor
Tb
ellocaerlelepurtecsoidlleatoannd about
chairman
Y , M.P., Mr. Sheriff Cot-
Sir W. Clay, Bart., 8.1. P., Mr. ,
terill, Mr. Alderman Wire, the governors of the Licensed
of the Highbury 'Tavern.
Victuallers' Asylum, Src, and
the
numerous and influential
number of the contributors to Licensed Victuallers' Asy-
lum Schools. The children
_who are at present in the school
were introduced, and an address was delivered by two of the
earance of the
The app
senior pupils. children reflected the
credit upon the managers of this most praiseworthy
greatest
also upon the liberality of those b h
y w om the
charity,. and .
taineil in itspresent ffi •
institution is MOM , e clent state. The
d the
• then
chairman propose toast of ' Prosperity to the Li-
censedvs School." The secretary
Victuallers read a list of
t* to a 1
subscriptions amonn indgarge mfr' including 50 •
the chairman, an 280 from his e guineas
from nds and partners;
Mr. martin, guineas; Mr. Wyld, Aix., 10 •
guineas; Sir
w. Clay, to guineas; Mr. Sheriff Cotterill 1
Buller, 10 guineas; Mr. Gardner, 10'0 Mr,
(who was formerly in the school), 100 guineas; Mr. Nichol
Iv. clay, Bart, MP. guineas, &c., &c. Sir
s proposed
man," to which Mr. brieflyiloare " The health of the chair-
gratification he felt at b • responded, expressing the
this occasion • and being again invited to preside on.
,the proceedings t •
emulated soon after-
wards.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLACK WALL.—On Wednesday
evening a frightful accident took place on the premises of
Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell, which resulted in the
loss of one life and fearful injury to twelve of the workmen
employed in the works of the firm. It appears that the men
engaged in the foundry were preparing an immense casting,
and the usual means were resorted to for melting the iron
into a liquid state. The necessary arrangements having
been completed by the moulders and labourers, about twelve
Lion over the place, scalding and
dburnejmionh.ga:wnutdeThvfroseeteuihrrnwreresedfeeleetirie;
tons of red hot liquid was let out into a very large ladle,
which travels on wheels, and while a number of the work-
men were conveying the ponderous mass of metal to its in-
tended destination, one of the wheels suddenly broke, upset-
aimearr lalore6o-e-
-ting the liquid among the men, and running in every direc-
legs, faces, and various parts of their bodies. One pL`
burnt,med:.
low was discovered under the hot metal,.stahh:oercsLktehi:neengiroirlalowl:Hunods
and quite dead. The following men were
Nyorst most seriously injured :—Charles Holliday, Jo°
William Bowney, Francis Aylesbury,
Meekey, henry Seymour, and John Paget.
cal men were called to the sufferers,
were dressed eight of those that bad r
in-
juries were placed in carts and con
pital, where every attention was pal
obveedthteo
diately placed in bed, and the thre9
of
the
their
their respective homes. The otanhedres
l was put into
which presented a sad specta e! i t
Inqt.es ..
re-
moved, to await the coroner s Several other work-
men, also injured by the t 1
hot me a ,preferred going to their
own residences.
SIR JAM" APADAM.—Sir James
DEATH OF don
M'Adam, Knight, ezPire Wednesday afternoon, at four
o'clock, in the 67th year of his age, after several weeks'
veyteliclectol
meet his constituents, and is residing
illness. The immediate cause of death is supposed to have
at Carrick'a
been disease of the heart. lie died at his residence, Finchley.
road.
Mr. Macgregor, M.p., arrived in town last night,
klotele.-Glas9°lo Japer.
in order to ni

[The following appeared in our Third and Fourth powers to my subjects resident in the colonies, is
Editions of last night:—] always to me an object of deep interest; and I
PROROGArrION trust that the representative institutions which, in
concert wish you, I have sanctioned for New
Zealand, may promote the welfare and contentment
of the population of that distant but most in-
teresting colony, and confirm their loyalty and
attachment to my Crown.
It is
my intention, without delay, to dissolve
this present Parliament, and it is my earnest
prayer, that in the exercise of the high func-
tions which according to our free Constitution
will devolve upon the several constituencies,
they may be directed by an all-wise Providence to
the selection of representatives, whose wisdom and
patriotism may aid me in my unceasing endeavours to
sustain the honour and dignity of my Crown, to
uphold the Protestant institutions of the country,
and the civil and religious liberty, which is their
natural result ; to extend and improve the National
Education ; to develope and encourage Industry, Art,
and Science ; and to elevate the moral and social
condition, and thereby promote the welfare and hap-

PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, July 1.

Each annual repetition of the ceremony of the proro-
gation of Parliament presents so little diversity from its
predecessors, that there is now little left to be said
of it. Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace
about two o'clock, in the State carriage, pre-
ceded by the Officers of the Household
and Ladies in Waiting. The cortege took the usual
route and arrived at the Victoria Tower, by which her
Majesty entered the House, at about a quarter past two.
After the ceremony her Majesty returned to Bucking.
ham Palace in the same manner.

Their Lordships assembled at Twelve o'clock, Lord
REDESDALE presiding.
SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL.
The standing orders having been suspended with re-
ference to this Bill, it received a second and third read-
ing, and was passed.
About one o'clock the Peers began to arrive in con-
sidarable numbers. The Duke of Wellington was, es
usual, one of the first. The Duke of Cambridge, the
Earl of Derby, and the Duke of Northumberland were
among the earliest arrivals. The attendance of
Peeresses was unusually great, and the whole appear-
ance of the space in the bAy of the House
and the galleries reserved for the ladies was more bril-
liant than we remember having seen for some time. The
corps diplomatigue mustared strong, and the space
allotted to them waa crowded. Among the strangers
present in the olllery was the erc-Raja of Coorg and
his daughter, the Princess Gauremme' who was baptised
yesterday at Buckingham palace, and who appeared to
be in charge of some Eivstisla
the r•uns and the
At # 'the st3tl '
quar,er-past, announced the arrival of
cheering of the crowd outside.
moments her Majesty
the Royal cortege, and in 'A
f2bw the Greet Officers of
entered the House, followedtheyThrone, Prince Albert
State, and took her geararof state on her left. The Duke
being seated on a Ch.wito. the Sword of State, stood on her
of Wellington, Marquiscafarirhec of Westminster, with the
218i'23tY'a left. an
on the right.
Cap of Main
"The Earl 0f Derby, es leader of the Upper House,
bore k
the Cr°wn•
" -c.3ty bfung seated, the Deputy Usher of the
Her Mt4l;
Black Rod )Lr, House to summon the Commons,
FCV7 moments they appeared at the bar of the
aunot's-e:' headed by the Speaker, who wan closely fol-
lowed bY
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wal-
ip and other members of the Government.
'°, The STE:AKER then delivered his usual speech, ac-
quainting her Majesty with the course of business
daring the session, and praying her convent to the Con-
, solhiattd Fund Appropriation Bill, which he brought up.
The Royal assent wan then given to the following
ils :
Consolida'ed Fund Appropritsi,on.
Metropolis Water Supply.
Bishopric of Chriiichurch, New Zealand.
Improvement of Jurisdiction in Equity.
Patent Law Amendment.
Suites in Chancery Jrelief (No. 2).
Metropolitnn Buria!s.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
(Abandonment of Part of Lino; &c.)
Great Western, Shrevsbnry and Birmingham Shrews-
bury and Chesrer, Shrewsbury and Hereford, Birken-
head, Lancashire. and Cheshire junction, rind Here-
ford, li"S3, and Gloucester Railway Companies.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
Corris, 11,l'achynlietb, and River Daveyßthiway, with
Branches. )

Her Mjesty then road the Royal Speech, vihicll
band,,e. U her on b.2adel kuco by the Lard
as follows:

Mr LORDS AND GENTIAMEN,
I am induced by considerations cf rablic policy
to releaw you at an culler period tho,u uaual from
your legis/Ative duties.
The zeal and diliKenco, however, with vtlaich you

have app!ied yourselves to sour Parliamentary
labours, ince enabled Me, in this comparatively
short Scsi;ion, to give my assent to many measures
of high importe.nce, aud, trust, of great and perma-
nent advantage•

I receive from all Foreign Powers assurances
that they aro animated by the moat friendly disposi-
tions towards this country ; and I entertain a confi-
dent hope that the amicable relations happily sub-
sisting between the principal European States may
be so firmly established as, under Divine Providence,
to secure to thg world a long continuance of the bles-
sings of Peace. To this great end my attention will
be unremittingly directed.

I rejoice that the final settlement of the affairs
of H3lstein and Schleswig, by the general concur-
rence of the Powers chiefly interested, has removed
one cause of recent difference and of future anxiety.
The amicable termination of the discussions
which have taken place between the Sublime Porte
and the Pacha of Egypt afford a guarantee for
the teanquillity of the East, and an encouragement to
the extension of commercial enterprise.
The refusal on the part of the King of Ava, of
redress, justly demanded for insults and injuries offered
to my subjects at Rangoon, has necessarily led
to an interruption of friendly relations with that So-
vereign. The promptitude and vigour with which
the Governor-General of India has taken the mea-
sures thus rendered unavoidable, have merited
my entire approbation ; and I am confident
that you will participate in the satisfaction
with which I have observed the conduct of the
naval and military forces, European and Indian, by
whose valour and discipline the important captures of
Rangoon and Martaban have been accomplished ;
and in the hope which I entertain that these signal
successes may lead to an early :and honourable peace.
Treaties have been concluded by my naval com-
manders with the King of Dahomey and all the
African chiefs whose rule extends along the Bight
of Benin, for the total abolition of the Slave Trade,
which is at present wholly suppressed upon that
coast.

piness of my people.

At the conclusion of the speech the Lord Chancellor,
by command of her Majesty, proclaimed the Parliament
prorogued until Friday, the 20th of August.
The Royal train departed in the same order as that
in which it had arrived, and thus ended the session of
1852 and the Parliament of 1847.

I hlvc had great 3atisfaction in giving my assent
to the measure which you have wisely adopted for the
better organisation of the Militia ; a constitutional
force, which being limited to purposes of internal de-
fence, can afford no just ground of jealousy to
neighbouring Powers ; but which, in the event of
any sudden and unforeseen disturbance of my
foreign relations, would at all times contribute
essentially to the protection and security of my
dominions.

GENTLEMEN OF TES HOUSE OF COMMONS,
I thank you for the liberal provision which you
have made for the exigencies of the public service.
The expenditure which you have authorised shall be
applied with a due regard to economy and efficiency.
The recent discoveries of extensive gold-fields
have produced, in the Austrian Colonies, a temporary
disturbance of society, requiring prompt atten-
tion. I have taken such steps as
itPPeared to me
most urgently necessary for the rnitizatku of this
serious evil. I shall continue anxiously to watch the
important results which must follow from these
coveries. I have willingly concurred with you in an
Act, which, by rendering available to the service of
those Colonies the portion arising within them, of the
Hereditary Revenue placed at the disposal of Par-
liament on my accession to the Throne, may enable
thorn to meet their necessarily increased expenditure.
Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I have gladly assented to the important Bills
which you have passed for effecting reforms, long
and anxiously desired in the practice and proceedings of
the Superior Caurts of Law and Equity, and
generally for improving the administration of justice.
Every measure which simplifies the forms, and dimi-
nishes the delay and expense of legal proceedings, with-
out introducing uncertainty of decision, impairing the
authority of the Courts, or lowering the high standard
of the Judicial Bench, is a valuable boon conferred
upon the community at lar,e.
I hope that the measures Tslalcb you have
adopted for promoting extratrairal interment of the
dead, and for improving the supply
of water, may
be found eiTecqual for the remedy
of evils the ex-
istence of which has long been a
reproach to this
great metrop-,E2, and may conduce to the health
and comfort of its inhabitants.
The exten,ion of popular rights and legislative

said ensuing Parliament, by open election and
plurality of voices of the Peers that shall be then
prrsent, end of the proxies of such as shall
be absent (such proxies being Peers, and producing
a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses,
and both the constituent and proxy being qualified
according to law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or
such two of the Principal Clerks of the Session as
shall bo appointed by him to officiate in his name,
are hereby respectively required to attend such
meeting, and to administer the oaths required by
law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take
their votes; and immediately after such election made
and duly examined, to certify the names of the Sixteen
Peers so elected, and to sign and attest the same in the
presence of the said Peers the electors, and return such
certificate into Our High Court of Chancery of Great
Britain. And We do, by this Our Royal Proclamation,
strictly command and require the Provost of Edinburgh,
and all other the Magistrates of the said city, to take
especial care to preserve the peace thereof during
the time of the said election, and to prevent all manner
of riots, tumults, disorders, and violence whatsoever.
ALI We strictly charge and command that this Our
Royal Proclamation be duly published at the Market-
Cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of
Scotland, ten days, at least, before the time hereby
appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed
to such election.
Witness Ourselves at Westminster, this first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-trio, and
in the sixteenth year of Our reign.
GOD save the QUEEN.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

EYEN LNG,.
_2, 1852.
THE SUN, IA 0 N N FRIDAY

The annual distribution of prizes in the faculties
of Arts and Law took place on Wednesday, in the
theatre of the College, under the presidency of the
Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle. Amongst those
present were the Lord Mayor, Lord Fortescue, Sir J.
Graham,
M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Taylor, and a
large number of the friends of the students.
The proceedings were opened by Professor CLoUGn,
M.A., Dean of the Faculty, who read the report of the
council for the last session. The professors then an-
nounced the names of the successful candidates in
each department, who were summoned separately
before the chair, and received at the hands of the
Noble Chairman prizes, consisting of books, certifi-
cates, and medals, accompanied by a few words of
congratulation and encouragement. The following
is a list of the prizemen :
Andrews Scholarship (1004)—Scholar, J. C. A. Scott,
2d
payment, 501.
English—Prize, Richard Gaskell.
Latin—Senior, Ist prize, George Waugh; 23, Alfred
Smith. Junior, Ist prize, Henry John Manning; 2d,
Francis Edward Fox.
Greek—Senior (not yet awarded). Junior, Ist prize,
Frederick Hall Robarts; 2d, Henry John Manning.
French—Senior prize, H. Paddison. Junior prize, F.
R. Daldy.
German—Senior prize, Samuel Ralph Asbury. Junior
ruhthiltoosroyp—hyPriozfe, EktdiwndardanHdowley.
prize, Frederic Hyman Lewis.
Logic—Prize, Frederic
, Thomas Savage;
LowerM a t he n sra Senior.t iilc,
n2dF,i
jeladmDesecßke.u.HLiogwheerr
JJuunniioorr:
Leonard.
s.p—Rr
ebi
,g 3
John Field Deck. Higher Junior,
Ist prize, F. 11. Robar teosrh; Senior, prize
Ist prize,
prize, James Spencer.
Natural Philosophy—Senior, Ist prize, Frederick
Vavasseur; 2d, &stood H. Olive. Junior, Ist prize,
John F. Deck. Experimental, Ist prize, Frederick
B.
Edmonds; 23, H. Paddison.
Arc • hitecture—Fine Art, Ist year, prize, Frederick
Austin; 2d year, Charles Hayward. Construction, Ist
year, Thomas A. Briton; 2d year, Charles Hayward.
Civil Engineering—Prize, William Sherring.
Botany—Junior, silver medal, John D. Scurrah.
Zoology—Silver medal, Clement Sconce.
Analytical Chemistry—Gold medal, James Bell. t
Is silver medal, James Spencer. 2d silver d I Thomas
Welborn.
, Thomas
Welborn.
Drawing—Prize, Bryan Donkin.
After the ceremony of presenting the prizes.
The Earl of CARLISLE rose and said —I —believe we
have now come to an end of the necessary business of
the day, except that I am told that lam
bound by
custom to address a few observations to you respect-
ing the very pleasing and instructive •
exhibition in
witnessing which we have all now been associated. I
can with truth assure you that it is the portion of
might that businesa with echich it •ht wellon
forP
e you, and
would undoubtedly be most agreeable to myself, to dis-
pense altogether. Neverthel
• . Nevertheless, assuredly, I bear no un-
willing homage, nor do Ito give any scanty ex-
pression to it with regard wisht,o. the display we have now
witnessed, of youthful exertion and ability here meet-
ing with th • eir appropriate and well-deserved rewards,
and the promise they afford to the community of
further increase and development. It would be
most churlish and ungrateful•
in me if I were noe
frankly to mention how very much I per-
sonally feel honoured by the invitation which
received from the council—not being one of the
members, not being one of the founders or patrons
or benefactors of this institution—to be present,
and even to preside, at this its solemn anniversary
meeting. It is true that I have known the society at
the anniversary of the renowned hospital which i 3 at-
tached to it, and I have now willingly taken the oppor-
tunity of
manifesting my gratification at the success
end progress which it has achieved by general con-
fession in its faculty of arts and law.—(Applause.)
If it were consistent with the dignity of the talk you
have imposed upon me to pause for a moment longer
upon personal topics, it might well add to the diffi-
dence which I now most unaffectedly feel when I
cast my eyes back on some of those by whom I have
been preceded in my present functions. I find among
them some of the most prominent names in the ser-
vice of their country, as well as in the more univer-
sal republic of science, art, and letters. To say
nothing of your most eminent president, Lord
Brougham (Loud applause)—who daily shows
that his unequalled energies can still wear almost
all their original freshness whenever there is an op-
portunity presented to him for amending the law or
improving the jurisprudence of the country—l find
among you such names as Lord John Russell—
(Applause, with some disapprobation)—whose con-
sistent worth has been so often proved in hard-fought
struggles for civil and religious liberty ; and, not to
mention others by whom I am even surrounded at the
present moment, I will only recall to your memory that
on the very last odcasion of this ceremony these walls
echoed to the clear and manly eloquence of Sir J.
Graham.--(Loud applause.) I also see beside me one
who may truly, and I hope without offence, be called
a veteran in the public service—Mr. Hume.—(Hear.)
Those who have made it their habit to attend at
these anniversaries have had the gratification of
listening to the genius which sheds so much pictu-
resque life and animation over every page of Mr. Ma-
caulay; and another historian of our day, Mr. Grote,
has here taken the opportunity of instructing the
youth of England with the same enlightened discri-
mination with which he has developed the institutions
and explained to you the undying glories of an-
cient Athens.—(Hear, hear.) It is not merely,
however, from feeling my utter disparity with respect
to such names as these, but also no less from the
consciousness that at the period of my own education
--mainly, no doubt, from my own fault, and partly
from the fault of the time, when the same care and
attention was not bestowed upon many of the more
practical and useful objects with reference to which the
prizes have been this day delivered into the hands of
the respective competitors—that I must feel myself
utterly disqualified from enlarging upon by far the
great majority of these subjects. I sometimes think,
particularly with reference to such studies and pur-
suits as these, that we are apt, in a public and general
point of view, to do that which, perhaps, we have too
little disposition to do in our individual cases—that is,
to underrate ourselves; for very often, perhaps, the
era in which we, live may not appear to us so
brilliant and so august as that to which I have just
referred, as illustrated by the able and discriminating
pen of Mr. Grote, when Pericles uttered his master-
pieces of eloquent wisdom under the porticos which
Phidias had built, or that in which the verses of Virgil
and of Horace celebrated the victorious wars and the
pacific domination of Imperial Caner. But when we
consider the influences and the elements of our
modern society, which have extended themselves
still further than our arms—when we follow the
devious tracks of that commerce which finds no re-
gion too vast and no inset too sequestered for its fer-
tilizing traffic—when we transport our name and
power to the midst of tribes and nations which
Alexander left unconquered, and visit islands and
continents of which Aristotle never dreamt—when
we are helping, in conjunction with our Transatlantic
kinsmen, to spread the language of Shakspere and
the faith of the Cross to the sources of the Missouri
and the Ganges—when we remember the instances of
mastery which man, even in our own day, has acquired
over nature, the steam-engine, the railway, the
electric telegraph, besides all the improved ap-
pliances for the comfort and enjoyment of life,
all the opiates of pain—and inferior to none will I
ever ....eat to rank that blessed one of chloroform—
when we ponder upon the Whole of this splendid cata-
logue, who does not feel his ambition kindled and his
energies braced, if perchance in any degree he, too,
may contribute to the relief of man's wants, and to
extend the limits of his intellectual empire.—(Loud
applause.) In the course of this day's proceedings se-
veral prizes were delivered for proficiency in the
classical languages. Now, even though these may
have been made the object of too exclusive and indis-
criminate pursuit eliewhere, yet I do rejoice to find
that in the heart of modern London, and surrounded
by the din and competition of its multitudinous life,
the
classical languages have still here met with
their appropriate place and honour.—(Hear, hear.)
For if even the intrinsic excellence of the immortal
compositions of which they are the organ, if the con-
curring testimony of all ages should fail to be re-
garded, I think we may gather from the attempts
occasionally made to depreciate their value and to
discourage their cultivation sufficient inducement for
adhering to a contrary course.—(Hear.) Indications
have not of late been wanting, in more than one
nation of contemporary Europe, of a desire to with-
draw them from the training of youth. I lately met
with a work published by a' French gentleman, an
ecclesiastic in that country, entitled "The Gnawing
Worm;" and what do you think was the destructive
insect which was there described as sapping the vitality
and blasting the produce of all modern society ? It
was not crime, it was not popular ignorance, it was
not Socialism, it was not the tyranny of despots, it
was not the madness of the multitudes, no—it was
more than this—it was the paganism propagated by
classical learning.—(Laughter.) Hear this, ye muses
of the violet chaplet, that strung your harps by the
cool Ilissus ; hear this, ye nymphs, that haunt the
sunny shores of Bake or the sloping ridge of Tivoli, it
is from your shrines and altars that modern society
finds, too late, it is instructed to recoil. But I think
it is no wonder if inquiry is to be rebuked, and re-
monstrance to be silenced, and liberty to be fettered,
and authors to be gagged, and scholars to be banished
—(Loud applause).—it is no wonder, I say, that an
attempt should at the same time be made to
close those oracles which through succeeding genera-
tions have proclaimed in undying tones the sanctity
of freedom and the divinity of law.—(Hear, hear, and
renewed applause.) Some of those illustrious exiles
this country has already received ; it may be called
upon to receive yet more. I trust that she may
long continue a home both of liberty and of
literature, and I
hope that she may long maintain
for these victims the inviolable rights of asylum,—
(Hear, hear, and applause.) To those illustrious

h
tbcoaorrti
carried
by
men I can offer ma other counsel than in the words of
Ovid, who seems when he uttered them to have laid
aside the plaintive and querulous tone, and to have
i spoken more in the spirit of Lucan or of Virgil.
"En ego, quum patria caream, vobisque domoque
Raptaque sit, adimi qua potuere, mihi
Ingenio tamen ipso mco comitorque fruorque
Caesar in hoe potuit juris habere nihil."
—(Cheers.) Now, with respect to that youthful band
of prizemen, who, full of early promise and aus-
picious hope, have successfully appeared before us,
and with respect to those who may be here present
who have not been equally successful in the contest
of the past term, but who within these walls have
been the associates of their labours, and may yet be
ltihfee inmhaeyritors of their success, I feel sure that every
one who hears me now will join me in the cordial wish
that the wholenonfn
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promisefut e andnf it maturedaw
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not
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conscientiousa
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rtyy,ornament.reducationeeeitheyfuepochs.—
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there can be but few of you who can hope tomeamt tbaieindustry,attain
to that capability of independence, respect, and self.
reliance which may make your life a credit to your-
selves and a comfort to your connexions. Remem-
ber next, that there is no position so humble or so ex-
alted which the knowledge and the literature here
brought within your reach may not in your after days
temper, gladden, and dignify. And remember most
—for perhaps it is the lesson which the prevailing
atmosphere of all places of public education, and
even the tone of such an exhibition as we have
taken part in this day may have a tendency almost
inevitable to keep out of sight—remember that
what signifies almost least in life is success. You
may do all you can to command success, and you
may fail ; but you can do more--you can do what
alone really signifies, you can deserve it.—(Applause.)
you can mould and strengthen for yourselves qualities
which will put you above—far above—the uncer-
tainty of shifting events and the awards of fallible
mortals. You are masters of your own characters, a
richer trust even than the intellect of Newton or the
vfaen:
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pym ofe
tSolafa
tkzseer e.
characters You airne
the mastersspirit. ofof the
willing d o-
service to man and of faithful accountability to God.
'Sloe Earl of FOBTESCUE proposed a vote of thanks
to the Noble Chairman, as well for his kindnessthin
presiding over their proceedings that day, as for e
of the earliest proprie-
)
-.file LORD MAYOR, as one
second the motion,
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offer his hearty acknowle
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Earl for the amiability and kindness
.displayed
public life.
of the institution, begged
dto,pnts to the Noble
supported the motion, which was
Chairman having
'me by him
then terminated.
private and
briefly acknowledged the compliment, the proceedings
acclamation, a

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 1.
(Sittings in London, Wore Lord CAMPBELL and a
Special Jury.)
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
VON MULLER V. BROWNING.

Sir A. E. CocanunN, with whom was Mr. T. Cham-
bers, stated that this was an action for a breach of pro-
mise of marriage, which the plaintiff had been compelled
to bring, not merely on account of the contract being in
fact broken, but on account of the manner in which it
had bean broken. In truth, not only had her feelings
been wounded, end her just and reasonable hopes dis-
appointed, but the defendant, in the meanest and most
scandalous manner, bad feigned reasons for the breach
of his contract. There was little romance about the
ease. The defendant was a clerk in the Bank of Eng-
land, of about the age of 65. The plaintiff was a widow
lady of the age of 45, the widow of an officer in the Aus-
trian service. She was an English Lady, whose maiden
name was Haines. In early life she had married a Mr.
Meredith. Her first marriage was a very unfortunate
one, for her husband proved himself a spendthrift and
a libertine, who, by his licentious habits, ruined
alike himself and his family. The first has.
band went into the Spanish service, and ul-
timately died in Spain while in service in the
Legion there. Left by that husband without provision,
she took refuge with her father and mother. For some
years she remained without receiving any information of
her husband. But though he sent her no information
rumours of his conduct reached this country, and finally
it was said that he was dead. In these circumstances
she met with Captain Von Muller, who admired her very
much, paid her great attentions, and proposed marriage.
She bad led a very unhappy life with Meredith; she was
then in a state of dependency; she admired and esteemed
the man who sought her hand, and it might well be con-
ceived that she was glad to accept an offer which pro•
mired her that happiness she had failed to win in her
first marriage. She accepted his offer conditionally. If
the news of Meredith's death was confirmed she agreed
to marry. The news was confirmed in the beginning of
the year 1836, and then she marred Captain Von
Muller. He mentioned these things, because in a letter
of the defendant's which put an end to his promise, he
had wantonly, falsely, and grievously misrepresented
her conduct.
Mr. WILLES, who appeared for the defendant, said
that he did not mean to cast the slightest imputation on
the plaintiff—his client was incapable of it.
Sir A. COCKBURN said that the defendant might be
incapable of doing this in court at this moment,
bat be had done it before in writing, and in the most
cold-blooded manner. The lady had, as he said, mar-
ried again. She had another child, and she was very
happy in her marriage, but her husband died, and she
was again an inmate of her father's house at New Cross.
The plaintiff had been living with her father and mother,
i and the defendant, who resided near them, had seen
her, and had admired and had become attached to her.
The defendant was considerably advanced in life, the
lady was not a very young woman, but she was many
years younger than he. Still, however, though no lon-
ger a young man, he was hearty, active, and full of
spirits, and might reasonably be deemed a younger man
in life than his years would denote. He introduced
himself to the lady first by writing an anonymous letter,
and then by avowing himself the author of it. The jury
must recollect this fact, for it would be this day set up
as a defence that the lady was entrapping him, and
, that she was taking advantage of his folly, and turn-
'mg it to her purpose. The fact was the other way.
The defendant introduced himself, pressed his suit
with ardour, was unceasing in his letter-writing, and
sought to give the plaintiff a high idea of himself,
not only on account of his literary acquirements and
his general knowledge, but also on account of his
theological inquiries and his religious sentiments. All
these letters were couched in language of the warmest
affection and the sincerest respect. The Learned Counsel
read a great number of letters, in which the efforts at
display on all these points of erudition were consider-
able, and in which the expressions of affection were of
the very tenderest nature. Mein.- gone through these
lettere, he said he now came to the breach of the pro-
mise which in these very affectionate terms had been
made to the plaintiff. He had told the jury of the painful
circumstances of her first husband's misconduct. She
had in the most frank, and honourable, and confiding
manner, told the defendant all that history. After being
told it, thouh he was at first disposed to blame her for
her hasty acceptance of the offer of Captain Von Muller,
he afterwards withdrew his suggestions of blame, and
declared that his respect for her was as great as his af-
fection. The defendant had a son who was married.
This son was going abroad. The defendant went
with him to Paris, and there, no doubt, under the
influence of the son, he broke off the match. But,
instead of doing it in a frank, honourable, and manly
manner, acknowledging that his own wishes had
led him into an engagement which, though his feelings
and his howler required him to fulfil it, his family de.
manded its
_., breach, and that he threw himself on her
generosity to don the sacrifice he was making to his
par
family's •
Wishes; instead of doing this, he indicted a most
scandal moan, and cowardly letter, full of falsehoods,
in which'e •
of her arts,
insinuated that he was the victim
and that her whole course of life had been anything but
respectable, and said, " I believe that
your second husbandyou
knew that yourwhea
was alive." ',first husbandyou married
e• To this scandalous and false imputation of
mwhisocloenta,duactt he added' the threat that he would lay the
other gentleas
ter before the plaintiff's son-in-law and the
plaintiff's
men who were intimate with her family. The
their hands wer to this threat was to put his letter into
and to abide by their advice as to the con-
duct she should
wronged her, Shepursue tojuialls the man who had thus
very beautiful and lady-
like answer wrote i
sel read it), and then sub-
mitted to th •
(the vice, and
fro a : r'ir advice, and she now appeared to claim
m tue Jur L - • to which she was en-
titled foe cry that compensation
conldbe ~,""actict as mean, false, base, and cowardly as
Mr. S eerpetrated towards any woman.
smut Suter—l am a married
atbhoe plaintiff's shipowner at Stratford. I
plaintiff intiff's daughter. I have known the
chans-terrace, New-cross, " five years. She was then residing at Hat-
Her father died ert-he.ross, with her father and sisters.
kin 1850. I went to Hatcham-
terrace in December I went to have the advantage of
Mr. Collinsos assistance. Plaintiff was there at that
time.
My
Wife was with me. Plaintiff received an
anonymous letter, that was in December. It was shown
to me. She was going - throw it in the fire. I said
a
that is to
document which ought not to be destroyed. I
Occupied a room on the second floor front. That gave
ree 4 view of the opposite side of the road. Defendant
introduced himself tcs me in the Bank of England, about
May or June, 1851. I had seen a gentleman pass the
front of the house in the months of December and
January. I did not know him. I afterwards found
it was the defendant. He used to begin on the
opposite side of the road, and wave his hand towards
the window.
I could not make out which window
it witsn. He used to do so for a distance of the
sixteenth part of a mile. He continued waving till
he waved himself up to the house. After the ano-
nymous
letters another came acknowledging the anony-
mous letter. I afterwards went to Brighton. The house
in natcham-terrace was afterwards given up. I then
ranged with plaintiff, my mother• in-law, to come and
ay •at my house. After my return from Brighton I
carried two letters to the defendant at the Bank. That
was when he had introduced hima-lf. Defendant recog-
eised me by my portrait. Was at Marseilles in March
and
April. I returned to town in the early part of May.
ile IWU absent the plaintiff had charge of DV

house. I had an interview with the defendant on the
26th of November last. I went to him with Mr. Hales
and Dr. CoHinson. He bad made use of my name in a
letter. I saw him at his house. I had just arrived from
America. I told him I had waited on him with refer-
ence to Mrs. Von Muller. I then referred to his letter
of the 6th of November, from Paris. I had the letter
with me, and handed it to him. I asked him if it was
in his handwriting? He said " Yes." I then read him
that part which alluded to Mr. Hales, Mr. CollinGon,
and myself, and asked him for an explanation. He said
he should reserve his answer for his self-defence. I
then asked him if ho knew the contents of his son's
letter? He said, " No;" but that the letter was in the
handwriting of the sou. I then alluded to the anony-
mous letter. I showed him the other letters which had
been put in my hand, and said I had no other course to
pursue than to put the letter into the hands of my at-
torneys.
Cross-examined—The plaintiff had threatened the
defendant with an action, and he said that it was upon
that he should reserve himself for his self-defence. The
defendant was a widower. I did net know his family.
Have heard that his daughter was keeping his house
for him.
Re-examined—Plaintiff is about 47 or 48.
Mrs. Suter —.I am the wife of the last witness. I was
brought up by my grandfather. In the beginning of
1851 I went with my husband to New-cross, then to
Brighton, and thence to Marseilles. I remember my
mother receiving an anonymous letter. She was going
to throw it in the fire. My husband prevented her from
doing so. I knew defendant before that letter. I have
seen him bow to the house and kiss his hand.
Cross-examined—l had not seen the defendant, to
kspneoawk
htois hi
daughter
before
nghter I
by
sight. The
fromdot Marseilles
endanessonis Ia
married man, with a family.
Cromwell-
terrace, oHllaharrsoown aI surgeon,resided a
residingt
Ne w ner oCs
sr o form w e
tenl
I-
years. I knew the plaintiff. She resided with her father
i
and mother. I also knew the stepmother of the defen-
dant, who resided next door. The defendant is about
sixty or sixty-five years of age. He is an active healthy
man. I do not know whether he has much power of
conversation. I believe he has considerable attainment..
I went on the 26th of November last, with Mr. Suter
and Mr. Halse, to call on the defendant. I have seen the
defendant call on the plaintiff while she has been staying
at my house. I was aware that there was a busy cor-
respondence going on—great many postman's knocks at
my door. I have seen them walking together. I have
heard extracts from the letters.
Cross-examined—l mean the theological parts, on the
doctrine of election, and on Strauss's opinion about the
Christian religion.
Re-examined—The lady was proud of the defendant's
intellectual attainments, and that was the reason she
read these extracts. He lived at the rate of about 5001.
or 6001. a year in a quiet, gentlemanly style.
Again cross-examined—I never visited him as a
friend, but only as a medical man, attending first on his
wife in 1849, and then, after her death, on himself.
By the CHIEF JUSTlCE—Plaintiff spoke in a tone of
great admiration of his acquirements and his religious
sentiments. She spoke of his letters with pleasure, but
never with levity.
Mrs. Collinson—l have known the plaintiff five or six
years. She communicated to me the circumstances that
took place between herself and Mr. Brown. I have seen
them together, and met them in the street; they were
walking arm in arm, and appeared quite friendly. Since
this affair was broken off she has suffered a great deal.
Mr. Coilinsou has been attending her. She has been in
my house.
Mr. Hart—I have known the plaintiff from her child-
hood. I have known the defendant since his acquaint-
ance with the plaintiff began. Ho has called at my
house with a note for her.
Mrs. Sophia Carter—I remember in 1851 a Mr. and
Mrs. Hart coming to lodge in my house. Plaintiff cum°
to visit Mrs. Hart. Mr. Brown came there to see her.
My husband was very ill at the time. Defendant came
frequently.
The official return of the death of the first husband,
Thomas Meredith, was put in. He died on the 17th of
March, 1836.
The plaintiff was married at St. Pancras on the 19th
of May, 1836, to Mr. Von Muller.
Mr. Lofty, the plaintiff's attorney—l knew plaintiff
before her marriage with Captain Von Muller.
Mr. WILLES then addressed the jury for the defen-
dant, and contended that the damages here ought to be of
the smallest possible amount. There was no pretence to
talk of wounded feelings and blighted hopes, and the
cause was a very dull cause, because the action was a
trumpery action. He was sure he was not exaggerating
or using an improper expression
when he said that the
plaintiff was infatuating this old man, and that the de-
pendant was only rescued from the folly of his dotage by
the legitimate and proper influence exercised over him
by his son at Paris. There the old man had, in the na-
tural confidence of his heart, told all to his eon, and then
he had been brought back to a reasonable and proper
line of conduct. The Learned Counsel referred to a
great many passages in the letters to prove that his
client was a dotard, over whom the plaintiff had the
power to exercise an influence which required to be put
an end to. There must probably be a verdict for the
plaintiff, but he trusted that the jury would look on the
case as one requiring the smallest possible amount of
damages.
Lord C&MPBELL, in the course of his charge to the
jury, said that this was a form of action in which the
damages might vary very much. It seemed to him that
the damages here ought not to be so large as in some
cases, where the tenderest feelings of the heart had been
cruelly crushed, nor so small as not to mask the opinion
of the jury that the plaintiff had been guilty of no mis-
conduct.
The jury at first said that the damages ought to be a
year's salary of the defendant, on which a question arose
what that salary was; and,
At the suggestion of Mr. WILLES, and by the con-
sent of Sir A. Cockburu,
A olerk in the bank was called, who said he did not
think it was more than 3001. to 310/. a year.
On cross examination be said that the plaintiff had
been there nearly fifty years, but he did not believe the
plaintiff's salary to be above what he had stated. He
did not know whether the defendant had any property
besides his salary.
The jury retired to consider the case, and returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 8001.

Wn owrcla THE ARMY.
, JULY I.—The whole of the troops in the
garrison off duty assembled this morning, and proceeded
to the common under the same commanding officers as
on Tuesday last, and went through the same evolutions
of a review and sham fight as on that day, with the addi-
tion that the left battalion of Foot Artillery were de-
tached to man 24 guns on the barrack-field, consisting of
eight 12-pounders, eight 9-pounders, and eight 6-poun-
ders, which are to be fired to-morrow, with fiveinde-
pendent rounds from each gun. The whole of the troops
are to be on the ground to-morrow, at ten o'clock
and space is set apart for upwards of three hundred
carriages. The carriages of the Master-General's
party, upwards of sixty in number, will be stationed
near the Hag-staff, in a position which can only be
taken by those having cards signed by the Brigade-
Major. As it is now doubtful whether a review
will also take place on Monday next (to-morrow, Fri-
day, July 2, having been selected in preference, being
the day after the dissolution of Parliament, and a num-
ber of the nobility being anxious to get into the coun-
try as early as possible after their duties were concluded
in both Houses of Parliament), a great number are ex-
pected to be present. The authorities are here making
every arrangement for the accommodation of the public
Two temporary but strong bridges are being put up to.
join the barrack-field with the common, in addition to
the present bridge over the ha ha, which
the rush and confusion which has sOitletimkeeeswiwill
occurredpl rlebvse
back
the Blue-gate. The public have only to on the boundaries, which will be kept bypLiveeutenant
Philips. and Lieutenant Macpherson commanding the
Riding-house troop, and the recruits' and supernume-
raries on other parts of the ground, and they will have
an excellent view of the Whole of the movements.

The usual
I
held at the Southtin
Sea2l of
gegleica
'hoaUlffeHarlySEmAe.COMPAN. Y.
Franks (ohairman of the
chair. Tll=
directors)y in the
having been read and confirmed
animiAnNutesasidthat that general court had been
called
arly dividend on the
called in or
;ttliac::!kcdelm.
0 the company; and the accounts had been pre-
The C
RhAleder to declare the half-ye
the usual form, and would now be read to them
read the general statement of.
Ch SE RETARY then
Ipany's affairs made up to the sth of July, 1852,
pursuant to the Act 6th Geo. IL, which showed on the
debtor side a total of 787,1871. 83.; and on the credit
side, of 824,960/. 15s. 4d., leaving a balance in favour of
the company amounting to 37,7731. 7s. 4d. 1
The SECRETARY next read the account of the re-
venue and profits of the company, for the half.year
ending sth July, 1852, after deducting the current
payments for interest and all other outgoings. On
the side of income were half a year's interest from
Government on stock and annuities, including
allowance for management, 136,315/. Os. ld.; interest
on securities belonging to the company, 10,907/ 55.;
rent, profits by transfers, &0., 773/. 14s. 9d. ; making a
total of 147,995/. 19s. 10d. On the sac..e side there was
a balance brought down of 65,175/. 15s. 2d. On the
side of outgoings were, half a year's interest to proprie-
tors of annuities, 80,0221. 181. 10d. ; general charges,
2,7971. 58. 10d. ; added to which the balance of 65,175/.
15s. 2d., carried infra, made the total of 147,995/. 19s.
10d. The balance proposed to be appropriated as fol-
lows :—For a half-year's dividend on
3,662,784/. Bi. 6d.
South Sea Stock, at li per cent., 64,098/. 14s. 6d. ;
leaving a surplus of 1,077/ Os. Bd.
The CHAIRMAN said that from the accounts just read
they would find that the half year's income, up to the
sth of July, amounted to 147,995 L ; and the outgoings
and charges to 82,8201. ; leaving an available balance
of 65,175/. Out of this balance a dividend of i per
cent. might be paid to the proprietors of the company's
stock if the Court thought proper. The total amount
required for the dividend would be 64,098/ 14s. 6d., so
that they would have a surplus of 1 0771 03. Bd. He
had, therefore, great pleasure in moving that a dividend
of li per cent. for the half year be declared.
The motion was duly seconded and unanimously
agreed to, after which the Court adjourned.

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