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London, England, 1863-06-17 00:00:00

THE LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 17, 1863

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 16.
BALLOT.

111ot:on made and question put, "That leave be given to
bring in a bill to cause the votes of Parliamentary electors
to be taken by way of ballot." The house divided—
Ayes, 102 ; Noes, 122.

AYES —lO2.
Adair, H. E. Gibson. T. M. Potter, E.
Alcock, T. Gilpin, C. Potts, George
Atherton, Sir W. Goldsmid, Sir F. , Pryse, Capt. E. L.
Baines, E. Goschen, G. J. Redmond, J. E.
Bass, M. T. Gower, F. L. Robartes, T. J. A.
Bazley, Thomas Hadfield, Gco. Roebuck, J. A.
Beale, Samuel Henley, Lord Rotlischild,Baron M
Bellew, R. M. llennessy, J. P. Russell, A. J. E.
Berkeley, C. Hibbert, J. Salomons,Aiderman
lliddulph,;Col. R.M. Hodgkinson, G. Scholefieal, W.
Black, Adam King-, Hon. P. Scully, V.
Blake, J. A. King lake, A. W. Seely, C.
Buller, Sir A. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Seymour, Digby
Caird, James Layard, A. H. Sheridan, H. B.
Clay, James Lawson, W. Smith, J. B.
Clifton, Sir R. Leathern, E. Smith, J. A.
Clive, George Lee, W. Stacpoole, W.
Cobbett, J. M. Lindsay, W. S. Stansfeld, J.
Cobden, R. MacEvoy, E. Sullivan, M.
Cogan, W. H. M`Mahon, P. Taylor, P. A.
Collier, R. P. Maguire, J. F. Tite, Wm.
Corbally, M. E. Martin, P. W. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Cox, W. Merry, James Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Crawford, R. W. Mills, J. R. Vivian, 11. H.
Crossley, Sir F. Moffatt, George Waldron, L.
Dalglish, Robert Morris, D. Warner, Edward
Davie, Sir H. R. F. O'Conor Don, The Watkins, Col. L.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. O'Donoghue, The Whalley, G. H.
Douglas, Sir C. O'Hagan, T. White, Jas.
Doulton, F. Onslow, Guildford Williams, W.
Duff, M. E. Owen, Sir H. Woods, Henry
Dunne, M. Padmore, R. Wyld, James
Evans, Sir De L. Paget, C. TELLERS.
Forster, Charles D. Pilkington, James Berkeley, H.
Gavin, Major Ponsonby, A. Ayrton, A. S.

NOES —122.
Addington, Hon.W. Goddard, A. L, Manners, Lord G.
Annesley; Col H. Gore, J. R. 0: Martin, J.
Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Greenall, G. Maxwell, Col.
Archdall, Capt.M,E. Greenwood, J. Miller, T.
Aytoun, H. S. Gray, Capt. Miller, William
Baring, Sir F. Grey, Sir G. Montagu, Lord R.
Beaumont,Somerset Grey deWilton,Lord Montgomery, Sir G.
Beecroft, G. S. Gurdon, B. Morgan, C. 0. S.
Beutinck, G. W. P. Hamilton, Major Morgan, Major
Bond, J. W. Hamilton, 1. T. Mundy, William
Booth, Sir R. G. Handley, John Mure, David
Bovill, Wm. Hartington,Marquis Nicol, William
Brooks, R. Hartopp, E. B. O'Neill, E.
Bruen, Henry Hay, Sir J. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Buller, J. W. Henley, J. Palmerston, Visct.
Cartwright, Col. Hesketh, Sir T. Parker, Major W.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Heygate, W. U. Fender, J.
Cobbold, John C. Hill, Hon. R. Phillips, G. L.
Cole, J. L, Hood, Sir A. Price, R. G.
Colthurst, Sir G. Horsiali, T. B. Pritchard, John
Corry, H. L. Howard, Hon. C. Raynham, Viscount
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Howes, E. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Cubitt, George Humberstone, P. S. Robertson, H.
Darner, S. D. Jermyn, Earl Rose, W. A.
Davey, R. Jervis, Captain St. Aubyn, J.
Dawson, R. P. Jolliffe, H. Scourtiela, J. H.
Duncombe, W. E. Jones, D. Somerset, Col. E.
Dunne, Col. Kekewich, S. Somes, Joseph
Evans, T. W. Kendall, N. Spooner, R.
Farquhar, Sir M. Kennard, R. Tollemache, J. H.
Fellowes, Edward Ker, D. S. Tretusis, Hon. C. H.
Ferrand, W. King, J. K. Trevor, Lord A.
Filmer, Sir E. Knight, F. Turner, C.
Foljambe, F. J. S. Langton, W. G. Vandeleur, Col.
Forester, Gen. Leader, N. Walcott, Adm. J. E.
Fortescue, Hon. F. Lefroy, A. Watlington, J.
Fortescue, C. S, Leighton, Sir B. Whitmore, H.
Galway, Viscount Lennox, Lord G. G. Yorke, Hon. E.
Gard, It. S. Longfield, Robert
Gaskell, J. M. Lopes, Sir M. TELLERS,
George, John M‘Cormick, W. Bridges, Sir B.
Gilpin, Colonel Mackie, J. Packe, Col.

breaking up their Original formation and assuming a new
position in a long line parallel with the upper terrace, and
from which they only partially emerged during the rest of
the proceedings. The Royal party then returned to the
awning, -under which the Volunteer prizes had been
arranged. The Princess, who seemed to suffer somewhat
from the damp, chilly atmosphere to which she had been
exposed during her drive through the town, wore a warm
woollen wrapper over her mauve silk dress. Lieutenant-
Colonel Bowyer handed the cups and other articles to her
Royal Highness, whopresented•them to the winners with
a natural and kindly courtesy which seemed to bespeak an
almost personal interest in the success of each. The prize
list was as follows :

1. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Cup—
Sergeant-Major Medlicott, Christ Church.

2.' Lieutenant-Colonel Bowyer's Cup—Private Macrae,
University College.

3. Captain Parker's Cup—Sergeant G. NosworthY,
Magdalen College.

4. Company Cup—Sergeant Middleton, Magdalen College,
5. Mr. Tyrwhitt's Rifle—Captain Allen, Brasenose Col.
lege.

6. Engraving—Sergeant Davies, Jesus College, No. 2
Company.

7. Engraving—Sergeant Sionhouse, Brasenose College,
No, 3 Company.

8. Engraving—Private Ricketts, St. John's College, No.
5 Company.
9. Engraving—Sergeant H. Noraworthy, Magdalen
College, No. 6 Company.
When the distribution of the prizes was concluded
the Princess expressed a desire to see the corps perform
some of their exercises. Lieut.-Colonel Bowyer willingly
acceded to the flattering request, and put his men through
several movements, which were executed with much steadi-
ness and accuracy, and concluded with the marching past
of the whole regiment in open columns of companies. The
rain, which during the whole time poured down steadily
and drenchingly, rather spoilt what would otherwise have
been a very pleasing and interesting sight. At a quarter
past 2 the Prince and Princess retired to the Deanery,
which they again quitted half an hour afterwards, to go to
the Sheldonian Theatre. Among those present at the pro-
ceedings in Christ Church Quad, in addition to the Royal
suite, were the Duke of Newcastle, - Earl Granville, Mr.
and Mrs. Gladstone, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of
London, Canon Stanley, Dean Trench, Dr. Pusey, &c.
It was a comfort to leave the streets, ankle deep in mud
and soaked with rain, and turn towards the Sheldonian,
where through the open windows the hoarse roar of the
undergraduates came " easing their minds," as they called
it, with bitter chaff of high officials, and giving vent to the
pent-up animosities of the academic year in a series of
groans and cheers for unpopular or popular Dons, as the
case might be. The doors of the theatre were opened at
half-past 1, for though nothing was to be done till 3, yet, as
twice as many tickets had been issued as the theatre would
hold, it was thought advisable to open early that the late
comers, if they had proper feeling, might see at once they
had no chance of getting in. Within 10 minutes after it
was opened it was filled with quite as many as it could com-
fortably hold, and the numbers who were afterwards con
tinually added made the place at last absolutely intolerable
from its heat and stifling crowd. Of course, on such a day
the badinage and chaffiing of the undergraduates in the
gallery were ten times more rampant and boisterous than
ever. On these days the sight of a white hat appears to
exercise much the same influence on theundergraduate mind
that a red flag does on a bull, and the individuals who unwit-
tingly strayed into the theatre with these obnoxious articles
of wearing apparel led woful lives, and in some Eases were fairly
badgered out of the place in a storm of yells. One unfor-
tunate, a tall, lanky young man, who to the indiscretion of
white trousers and huge blue stock superadded the aggra-
vation of a brilliant white hat, was reduced to a condition
of subserviency that was almost pitiable. In vain he defe-
rentially removed the hat and tried to hide it ; he could not
do the same w;th the other portions of his dress to which
we have alluded, and which appeared to excite even as
much ire as the obnoxious hat itself. He had been brought
to a proper state of despondency and dismay at the pitiless
storm of chaff he invoked, and was slinking out, when for-
tunately a professor entered, even more unpopular than a
white hat, and all the vials of under-graduate wrath were
poured on his devoted head at once, Nothing could be
heard amid the astounding clamour which this divine ex-
cited—a clamour so hideous and prolonged that the staid
constables of the A Division, to whom Commemorations
were things unknown, came into the building at once,
thinking that nothing less than the murder of a Don could
be going forward. This naive appearance of the "bobbies,"
as they were called, and the puzzled aspect with whichthey
looked up at the ranks of yelling undergraduates, as if un-
certain whether or no it was their duty to stop the noise
and restore order, created shouts of laughter, and gave a
new turn to the badinage. " Why did you let in that man
with his hair parted so ?" " take out that chap with the
two umbrellas ;" "won't there be a row when the Proc-
tor sees that fellow with the white hat," and so on, and so
on; and as the police did look in the direction to which
their attention was called such endless instructions flowed
upon them that they had nothing for it but to retreat igno-
minously as they came. Then the undergraduates con-
centrated their attention on the strip of carpet which led
to the upper end of the theatre, and displayed such an
affectionate solicitude for its welfare that the visitor who
unwarily trode on it had a bad time of it ever afterwards.
Then there were cheers for the Queen, Prince and Prin-
cess, hisses and cheers for Mr. Gladstone, applause for
Lord Derby, the married ladies, the unmarried ladies,
the ladies who wish to be and will be married, the
ladies in blue bonnets, and ladies in pink dresses, and, lastly,
as embracing the whole scope of the fair sex, the ladies in
crinolines. The clamour was deafening, the heat and
densely-swaying crowd fearful; it was a perfect academic
Pandemonium, above and below, everywhere save in the
amphitheatre, where the ladies sat comfortably, though they
could not coolly, and surveyed the uproarious scene around
with keen relish of its unmatched humour and banter.

The Archbishops and Bishops, with the great dignitaries
of the College, entered shortly before 3 o'clock, and some—
such as the Bishop of Oxford and Dr, Clarke, the Vice-
Chancellor—were received with enthusiasm ; some merely
damned with faint praise,—not loud enough, indeed, to
quite drown out the hisses. Then, at 3, the Prince and
Princess entered, and a scene ensued which will not easily
be forgotten by those who witnessed it. The whole assem-
blage rose and the undergraduates, starting to their feet
with a deafening cheer, waved caps, gowns, handkerchiefs
in the air, and stamped their feet in the ecstacy of their en-
thusiasm till the building trembled in a manner that was
almost alarming. Never since the Theatre was built have
its walls echoed and vibrated to such a long, hearty, and
absolutely deafening outburst as the young Prince advanced
bowing with his usual kindly courteous grace from side to
side, and leading his young bride, who was quite unable to
conceal the expression of absolute astonishment in her face
at this astounding welcome. With a long eyperience of these
Royal receptions and festivities, we can safely venture on
saying that we have never yet seen such a welcome as was
accorded to the Prince and Princess of Wales in the Shel-
donian Theatre yesterday.

The Prince wore his uniform and riband of the garter,
and over it his academic gown. The Princess was dressed
plainly and simply as in the morning. With them came
Lord Derby in his splendid robes as Chancellor of the Uni-
versity, the Dukes of Newcastle and Marlborough, Earls
Granville, Spencer, Mount Edgcumbe, Lord Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, Gen. Knollys,
Dr. Travers Twiss, Dr. Liddell, Dr. Jelf,
The Chancellor occupied his own seat, the Prince and
Princess sat on his right in chairs of State ; and all having
taken their places waited patiently till the long cheering
should come to an end. This it did at last, after an interval
of some 10 minutes, gradually dying out, and then reviving
with redoubled force, and again, as some one called out for
" one cheer more," or shouted " the Princess," when again
and again the clamour of cheers broke forth. At last the
Chancellor rose, and would have begun his oration, when
the audience was seized with a fresh fit of enthusiasm, al-
most as long and quite as loud as that which went before,
and Lord Derby had to resume his seat until this had passed
away like the rest, At length comparative quiet reigned,
and the Chancellor rose again, and a silence fell on the
whole assembly so profound as to be almost startling in its
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bursts of applause, There was not the same freedom of de-
livery which marks the vigorous flow of his lordship's elo-
quence in the House of Peers—on the contrary, be stumbled
in his sentences once or twice,but every word of the oration,
though occasionally delivered with far too great rapidity,
was distinctly audible in all parts of the theatre, The
Prince, of course, understood every word of the address, and
listened to it with marked attention, while the Princess, who
must with difficulty have followed the flow of the discourse,
if she was able to follow it at all, at least took the hint from
the undergraduates, and bowed gracefully as they applauded,
The oration is not to be given to the public till it has been
freed of one or two inelegancies of style which even a
scholar so accomplished as the noble Chancellor may admit
without a blush, when an interval of thirty years devoted
to public life has been passed since he quitted his studies
at the University. The general feeling among the learned
was that, barring these minor defects, the whole oration
was a fine specimen of classic oratory, and one worthy both
the speaker and the occasion. At the conclusion of the
address the usual dry formula was gone through, and the
Chancellor presented the diploma conferring the degree of

Doctor in Civil Law on his Royal Highness, amid pro-
longed applause.
After the usual presentation by the Regius Professor of
Civil Law (Dr. Travers Twiss), the honorary degree of
D.C.L. was conferred on Lord Spencer, Lord Mount Edg-
cumbe, Lord Harris, and General Knollys.
Congratulatory poems were then delivered on the °ma.
sion of the Royal visit by two undergraduates, and this was
decidedly the heaviest and least satisfactory portion of the
day's proceedings. As specimens of Oxford poetry they
were very bad ; as specimens of how the undergraduates
committed their studies to memory they were worse ; and
as speciments of delivery they were worst of all. It
was perhaps a trying thing to address such an assem-
bly, and the confidence of the young men was by no
means restored by the running comments of the under-
graduates in the galleries—their cries of " Speak up, sir."
" Oh, look at his gloves," &c., and the open smiles with
what were meant to be pathetic portions of their recitals
were received. But there was no excuse fro these gentle-
men not knowing the odes they came to recite. The first
orator came to a dead stop, notwithstanding the continued
and perpetually audible promptirig of a friend at his elbow
throughout the whole poem. The second was even more
unsuccessful. He faltered and halted continually, and
apparently missing some parts of the poem, took it up again
at the next line which came to memory, and, turning
towards the Princess, said, " The loving trustfulness of
those eyes," and then stopped again. There was no re-
sisting this—it was apropos to nothing which had gone
before, and seemed so much a kind of confidential compli-
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next line mend matters, when in a plaintive tone the
speaker, looking up to the undergraduates, added, " Oh,
bliss without alloy 1" an appeal to which the undergra-
duates inhumanly responded, by repeating, "Oh I and
Ah 1 and Ha!" in tones which could not have much effect
in restoring the speaker's self-possessicn. At length the
odes were over, and then this special Congregation closed,
and amid the same cheers and shoutings the Prince and
Princess left, and everyone hurried out into the rain, for
there were still a Flower Show to be visited, a Bazaar to
be opened, a Banquet to be eaten, and a Ball to be
danced. Bad as the rain was, however, the Prince and
Princess braved it in an open carriage as before,
though from her repeated exposure to the rain the
dress of her Royal Highness must by that time have been,
to say the least, very damp indeed.
In the evening the Prinee and Princess of Wales were
entertained at a grand state banquet in the Hall of Christ
Church. This noble old hall has lately been renovated, and
on this occasion presented an exceedingly brilliant appear-
ance. At the dais, under the portrait of bluff King Hal,
who adopted Wolsey's work in this instance as he did in
so many other cases, from his palace at Hampton to even
his tomb at Windsor, sat the Dean and Mrs. Liddell, having
immediately on their right and left the Prince and Princess,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York,
Mrs. Thompson, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Derby,
Lord Granville, Lord Carnarvon, Lord Spencer, Lord
Harris, the Lady de Grey and Ripon, Lord Stanhope, &c.
At the doctors' tables were the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer and Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. S. Walpole,
Mr. Newdegate, Sir W. Heathcote, Sir H. Cairns, Mr.
Whiteside, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, Mr. Cardwell, Sir S.
Northcote, the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Lincoln,
Lord Dufferin, &c. The banquet was otherwise nume-
rously attended by doctors, masters, and students, and the
cheer with which the toasts of " The Queen," " The Prince
and Princess," and " The Chancellor of the University"
were received made the roof ring to the echo. The pro •
gramme of the evening was completed by the visit of the
Prince and Princess to the Masonic ball in the Corn Ex-
change.