The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-01 00:00:00

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ROYAL HOTEL COMMERCIAL INN and POSTING-
HOUSE, TORQUAY.
FDWARD WEBB respectfully begs to an-
J nounce to the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen,
and the Public generally, that he has taken and entered the above
Hotel, lately occupied by Mr. JAMES BATT, where he pledges
himself that no exertion or expense shall be spared to improve and
make as perfect as possible the establishment generally.
W. hopes that his endeavours to promote and increase the
comforts of his friends (more particularly Commercial Gentlemen)
will be rewarded by their giving him that patronage and support
which it will be always gratifying to him to acknowlede.
Torquay, Dec. 25, 1838.

TO FLUTE-PLAYERS.--EIGIIT- KEYE D
COCOA BLUTES, with Patent' Head, Double Spring,,
Plates to the loner Keys; the Keys, Tips, Slidiug &c., of
the best Silver, price only 5/.55. t with German tiitti Keys, &c.,
21. 12s. 6d. These instruments 'are made ofillie best materials,
finished with the greatest care, and warranted perfect in tune.
Manufactured by H. FENTUAI, Professor of the Flute, at 6,
Surrey-street, Strand (private house, near St. Clement's Church).
N.8.--A trial allowed. Flutes repaired and exchanged. The
Flute taught on moderate terms.

OND'S PERMANENT INK, the only Ori•
ginal, requiring no preparation, for MARKING LINEN,

IMMEDIATE WANT !
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS WANTED,
on Security. The above Sum supplied, will save the Se-
questration of a Living, and arrest the impending calamity which
unforeseen circumstances have plunged a Clergyman into. Any
INTEREST thankfully paid.
Direct to Charles Jackson, Belle Sativege, Ludgate-hill, London.

This celebrated Ink continues to give unerring satisfaction to
every purchaser, no less for the ease with which it can Iro applied,
than fox-the permanence and neatness of its mark, affording, by its
superiority, an excellent means of security of Table Linen and
Wearing Apparel against loss or mistake.
Sold in Bottles, at Is. each, by J. Bond, Chemist, 28, Long-
lane, West Smithfield ; and, by appointment, by Sanger, 140.
and Hannay and Co.,' 63, Oxford-street; St aloe, 4, and .Prout,
229, Strand ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Gooch, 55, King William-
street, London-bridge; and nest Stationers and Medicine Venders.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE A SSU-
RANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNUILL, LONDON.
Notice is hereby given, That the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST
on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, due on the 31st
ult., will become PAYABLE on the 10th instant, and PRO.
PRIETORS can receive the same at the Office on that, or any
subsequent, day between the Huurs of Eleven and Three o'Clock.
!By order of the Court of Directors,
F. FERGUSON CAIIIROUX, Secretory.

CLIMATE.
THE vari:il'., temperature of the British Islands
is. severely felt in many peculivities.ol habit, and its effect
Is also known as an exciting cause, prejudicial to a deli Cate; texture
of the skin ; the injury to this essential personal recommendation,
induced by bleak winds, fogs, and the action of ,frosty air, is
successfully and pleasingly averted by the use of GOWLAND'S
LOTION, a preparation of long standing celebrity in,that depart-
ment of the TOILET devoted to the attainment and
of a clear and animated complexion.
" Robert Shaw, 33, Queen-street, Chcapside," is engrave(Lon the
Government stamp, and each package is accompanied by " The
Theory of Beaut-y.? Prices 2s. 9d., bs. 6d., Quarts Rs. 6d.

STEAM between BRISTOL and NEW YORK.
"ALTERATION of the DAYS of SAILING of the
THE GREAT WESTERN.
In consequence of the pressing solicitations of a number of
Passengers and Merchants, the Directors hare detehnined that the
GREAT WESTERN, JAMES HOSKEN, Commander,
shall be appointed to Sail
Flt•M BRISTOt. enom NEW VOICK.
19th January, .1539. 13th February, 1839.
9th March. 3d April:
Pith April._ 22d May.
ISth Jusla. 10th July.
3d A IL; ust.
I I ' Artl4-tst.
:fat Sopte.ober. • .16th October.
90a November. f 4th December.
Pares to New York, in best State Rooms, 40 Guineas ; in other
state Rooms, 33 Guineas. Children and Servants, Half 'Price.
Specie, if above Twenty Thousand Pounds, at % per Cent.,
if under that amount 1/2 per Cent.
Ne farther Freight can be received without previous applicatiOn,
and all that may be secured must be 'on board on Wednesday, letilt
January.
Shippers of Debenture Goods will please to take notice that the
Certificates must be transferred to themselves, or the Goods can-
not be shipped. All Dills of Lading not previously given, will be
signed at the Office, 35, Prince's-street, on the 18th, between the
hours of Twelve and Two.
An experienced Surgeon is attached to the Ship.
For information, and to secure State Rooms, apply to Mr.
T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway Office, Prince's-street, Lon-
don ; Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Ha-
milton, Brother, and Co., Glasgow; Mr. W. Davidson, then's;
Mr. A. Anielle, Paris; and'ssf Christopher Claxton, at the Com-
pany's Office, Bristol.
N.B.—Passengers are particularly requested to have the word
" Below," in large letters, written on such portions of their lug-
gage as are net required in their berths.
ttir Shippers will take notice that the Freight by the. Great
Western will be collected in New York, at.the rate of 4
.Dollprs
SO Cents. to the Pound Sterling.
No Second Class et. Steerage 13'

BARFIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW=
DER, warranted not to wear the plate.
It instantly clears tarnish and dirt, Ong maqieelly-produdes a
most ,iniinilablos_:Etalish upon Gold; Silver, Plated Goods, Brass;
'Pin,-Copper, and makes tlritish Plate, Zinc,, and Pewter, look as
white as the best Silver.
Sold, wholesale and retail, at llallot and Co.'s British Plate
Factory, 41, Ludgate-street.
Bateman, Chemist to the Queen,lThoas and Co., Old Kent-road.
No. 8, Thomas
Castle-street, Leicester: Thomas, Hammersmith.
square. ;Russell, 67; Whitechapel-road.
S. Chappell, 8, Lombard-street, ;Parker, Bridge-street,-Lambeth.
Wilson, $7, Fenchurch-street. I •
• And at,the Manufactory, 92, Fenchurch-street.
AGENTS
.WANTED for every Town in the Kingdom.
N.B.—Plate cleaned with this powder will not again tarnish.

'as43Aers taken.

R. HODGSON. will SE., by AUCTION'
1.) at his Great' Rotfn ItitY,e4t=•Street, on THURSDAY,
• Jan. 3, and Six folletving9hyS;rat bilf-pist Twelve,
VALUABLE 130Q.f5i, including TWO LIBRARIES from
the COUNTRY"; Amcinwhich are—
Folio— Waltonus :Sacra Polyglotta, cum Castelli Lekieini;
8 vols. ; Mayer's Views inTgypt, Palestine, and caramania, co-
loured ; Stephani Thesaurus Grawcw. cum Supp. et Glossaria,
'vols. ; Pococke's Descriptio'n'Orthe East, 2 vols. ; Sloane's Ja-
maica, 2 vols. ; Genealogique de France, large
paper, .9 vols. ; Tableau Historique de la, Revolution Franciise,
3 vols. ; Rapin and 71ndal's England; 4 vols. ; Ttiucvilidis, buke-.
rus ; Ware's Ireland ; Thoresby's LeMes; Kznin2,
pfer's Japan,
vols. ; Houbraken's Heads, large paper ; Dugdale's Origines -Ju-
ridiciales.
Quarto--Rees's Cyclopwdiai large paper, 45 vols., russia extra ;
Holinshed's Chronicles, 6 vols. ; Hoare's Gjralcis, 2 volt. Pen-.
nant's Works, 11 vols. ; Dodwell's Greece, 2 vols. ; -Le 'Brun's
Voyagei, 5 vols. ; Robson's Heraldry, 3 vols. ; Lodge's Portraits,
india proofs; Britton's Architectural Antiquities, 4 vols. ; Acker-
mann's Microcosm, a
3 vols. ; Philosophical Trasactious, 16155 to
1814; Edwards's
Birth, 7 vols, ,coloured: Boys' Sandwich, 2
; Lysons's Environs of London, 4 vols. ; Clement Biblio-
theque Curieuse,9-vols. ; Playfair's Family Antiquity, large paper,
9 vols. ; Ciceronis Opera, Olireti, 11 vols.
Octavo, &c.—Universal History, 60 vols. ; CEuvres de Voltaire,
40 vols. ; Dodslev's Annual Register, 61 vols. ; Walpole's Painters
arid Engravers, by Dallaway, 5 vols. ; Racing Calendar, 1751 to
1829; the Lancet, 18 vols., &c. &c.
To be viewed, and catalogues had.
0 PORTO--

--A Parcel of very superior OLD
'PORT WINES; in quarter pipes, inaported-expressly' for
private families for this season's bottling. They are strongly re-
commended, and will be delivered in any part of London, duty and
every expense included, at the under-mentioned prices:—
Per quarter pipe, 201. and 23/. ; per dozen, 335. and 365.
HENEKEY and COMPY.,
Gray's-inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London.
Note.—Also a few pipes of the above, at 801. and 921.

fIETTS'S PATENT BRANDT.—The ex-
traordinary patronage with which this favourite beverage
has %men honoured by the Nobility, the Medical Profession, and by
ail classesof the community, since its introduction in 1829, affords,
of itself, sufficient evidence of its unequalled merits.
To this triumphant success must be attributed the fact, that each
succeeding year has witnessed the birth and death of some new'
Brandy Establishment ; called into life by jealousy of the success of
the Patent Brandy, and doomed to certain failure as a necessary
,Jnesquence ; being totally unable to produce an article capable of
.nstaining's competition with it.
The only Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. is the Distillery,
No. 7,-Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street, where the
Patent Brandy may be had either pale or coloured, in quantities
not lees than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gal-
lon, for Cash on delivery.

BY ROYAL APPOJNTAIENT.

Q. WAIN and CO., 92, Fleet-street, TAILORS,
&e., to HER MAJESTY the QUEEN.

FOR GREAT COATS.
A large assortment of Waterproof Milled Beaver Cloths.
FOR DRESS WAISTCOATS.

A splendid and rich assortment of Figured Velvets, Silks, Shawls,
and Valencia', of the choicest patterns.
DRESS SUITS OF THE BEST WEST OF ENGLAND
CLOTHS, From 41. 10s. to 61. 6s.

N.B.—Servants' Liveries, either for State or common °cessions.
—Dresses of every desciption, tastefully and elegantly Embroidered
to any device, ist Gold, Silver, or in Colours.

GENTLEMEN'S DRESS.

REAT COATS, FROCK, and DRESS
to W COATS, and every other article of GENTLEMEN'S
DRESS, for the present season, cut to fit in the most approved
style of fashion, and made in the best manner, at the undermen-
tioned moderate prices, for cash, at J. ALBERT'S, TAILOR and
DRAPER, 52, Ring William-street; London Bridge:—
Superfine Coloured Dress Coats, from £2 10 oto £3 0 0
Ditto, the finest Saxony, black or blue 3 7 0
Frock Coats, with silk facings and velvet
collar
A Pilot or Petersham Great Coat, lined
throughout
Various excellent new
Trousers
The largest stock of any house in the
trade of the most fashionable Waist-
coats, from

215 oto 318 0

• 2 2 oto 3 3 0
Materials for

016 oto 1 8 0

0 10 0 to 1 10 0

Young Gentlemen's Suits, Servants' Liveries, &c., made on the
shortest notice, and upon such terms as will ensure future favours.
52, King William-street, City.

39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
SIGHT AND HEARING.

TESTIMONIALS on the Messrs. S. and B.
SOLOMONS' Newly Invented SPECTACLE LENSES
and VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons.

From James Blundell, Esq., M.D.
" I have now tried for some time the Messrs. Solomons' newly
invented Spectacle Lenses, and have experienced much benefit ;
they are far preferable to my vision than any other lens ; the relief
is very great, in particular by candle light, and in course of use for
a length of time the clearness of the transparency brings every object
very distinct ; they can be fully appreciated only by those who, like
myself, may stand in need of them.
" JAMES BLUNDELL, M.D.
_ _ _

" No. 1, Great George-street, Westminster."
We, the undersigned, have been making use of the Messrs. So-
lomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses ; the comfort they afford
to defective vision gives them the decided preference to every other
kind of lens, we agree in every point of view in the above state-
ment—John Elliotson, Esq., 'F. RS., Conduit-street ; Thomas J.
Pettigrew, Esq., F. R. S., Saville-row ; Geo. G. Sigmond, Esq.,
M.D., 24, Dover-street; Robert Noble, Esq., Surgeon, 36, Albe-
marle-street ; W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon to the Infirmary, 15,
Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square ; William English, Esq.,
Surgeon, Denmark-hill ; Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Ham-
mersmith; H. Colbourn, Esq., M.D., 28, Harleyford-place, Ken-
nington ; T. Day, Surgeon, Isleworth.
In placing these Testimonials before the public, the Messrs.
Selomons feel desirous to state that their Voice Conductor, for
deaf persons, is so small it fits into the cavity of the ear, not the
least perceptible, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is
heard with distinctness. These important new inventions are pa-
tronised by their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and
their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her
Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and
Rosa, and his Grace the Duke of Manchester, &c. &c.
It is requisite to observe, 39, Albemarle-street.

FOGS AND DAMP AIR.
nARcLAy's ASTHMA TIC CANDY has,
for many years, been prove(' an effectual Preservative from
tie ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air,
which, in the Winter Season,
are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to pre-
serve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those
who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing.
Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Parringdon.stroet, London;
and Sold Retail, by their
appointment, by Sanger,
nston,6ll, Cornhill ;
150, Oxford-street;
H. &afield, ISO, Strand ; March, M, Holbert ; Joh
Hallows, Druggist, 0, High-street, Islington ; Heudebourck Druggist,
Church-street, Hackney; a, .d by all respectable Medicine'Venders In
Town and Country.
Observe.—None Gan be genuine, unless the names of "Barclay and seue
are on the Sep) Waxed to oath Boa.

WITH WHICH TLIE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY I, 11-39.

At SPLENDID ENGRAVING will be PR E-
,_ •
SENTED with the COURT JOURNAL of SATURDAY
next, January ii. 1839, representing THE GRAND STATE
ENTRANCE to WINDSOR CASTLE, forming No. 1 of the
ROYAL and NOBLE RESIDENCES of EUROPE, with his-
torioal descriptions, to be continued Monthly.
Orders are received by all Booksellers and Newsmen in town mil
Country.
W. Thomas, Publisher, 19, Catherine-street, Strand.

TIME TABLE
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1839.

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, JANUARY... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 . 14.
15 16 17 la 19 20 21
22 '23 24 25 26 27 28 .
29 30 31
FEnnuAtev..
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' 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
11) 20 21 '22 23 24 2.5
26 27 28
MARCH...........
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 •-• 18
19 20 21 22 ' 2.3 24 25 •
26 27 28 29 30 31
Arm........ "
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9f 10 11 12 13 14 15
..„4 1",• 18 ~- • 19 20 21 22
.
,-,;,3 24 125 26 27 '2B 29
• - MAY.... .. .......... 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
• 21 22 23 24 95 26 27
28 29 30 •31
JUNE ...... ~. 1 2 3
4 5 6 -7 8 9 10
11 12 13. 14. 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 -'2 24
25 26 277 28 29 30
JuLy.
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9 10 11 12 13 1 14 15
16 17 .18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 2B 29
30 31
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15 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 .21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 . 29 30 31
SEPTEMBER ....... 1 2
li 4 5 6. 7 8 • 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23.
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 " 5 6 7
4i 9 lO 11, 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 '26 27 2B
3 4 • 1
NOYEMBFR.. 1 1 2
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 •.-1
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ,
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTER:S'XL S —YESTERDAY.
tHE DERBY.
Another dull afternoon, with very little in the Way of
ehmgo; bad, however, as business 'undoubtedly was, twor or
three movements (the last uf the year) require to be noticed.
The Dey of Algiers sprung to 22 to 1, takers, nor could any
one be prevailed upon to offer more than 25
to
1 against Epi-
daurus. Tontine also advanced several points. Amongst the
principal favourites the fluctuations are trifling ; Bay Middle-
ton is still out of favour, but Ilderim and Flambeau maintain
their position, and are in force. Tros is on the decline, and
nothing said about any other of the twenty-five to one division.
The following were the closing prices.
13 to I agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton—taken
16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim—taken and afterw. offered
17 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—taken
2.?,,t0 1 agst Colon.iißeers Dey of Algiers—taken
24 to I agst Lord Albemarle's Tros
25 to I agst Mi. Bowes's Epidaurus—take 30 to I
30 to 1 agst 11r. Wreford's Wapite
35 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Cammellino—take 40 to 1
40 to 1 agst Mr. Greatrex's Tontine colt--take 50 to 1
1000 to 40 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo—taken
2000 to 40 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt—taken and after-
wards offered

PRICE sd.

INAUGURATION OF SIR J. GRAHAM

AS LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW.

In eonFequence of an unusual press of matter, we have
been unable to give insertion to the following speech till
this day :
The inauguration of the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham,
as Lord Rector of our University, took place on Friday
afternoon in the Common Hall. At a quarter to one
o'clock the Hall door was opened for the admission of
Ladies,one of the galleries having been set apart for their
reception. The other was appropriated to the Students
of Divinity and other Gentlemen, who, for the occa-
sion, received tickets of admission. Cheers and groans
were given for the defeated candidate the Duke of Sus-
sex, and similar demonstrations by the friends of Sir J.
Graham; accompanied with vollies of the " Kentish fire.,
At ten minutes after two, the Duke of Montrose, Chan-
cel or of the University, Sir JameS Graham in his Rec-
to! ial robes. accompanied by the Principal, Professors, and
outer Gentlemen, entered the Hall in procession, pre-
ct lett, as usual, by the Bedellus bearing the mace. The
ceremony of inauguration haring been concluded—
Sir JAMES GRAHAM began his address by remarking,
that when lie considered the national importance of this
University—the aspect of the times in which we lived—
the danger which surrounded them—and when lie reflected
on the honour which they had been pleased to confer on
him—when he estimated its value, and the responsibility of
the duties which that office devolved upon him—when he
thought of the competitor to whom he had been preferred,
and the immediate predecessor whom he had the honour to
succeed—knowing their strength, conscious of his own
weakness, and, at this moment, when naturally he was
ineXi -to 4 vial le ate- nye • riipfietra -arierte4
express his own sense of gratitude, he was lost in the sense
of his own inferiority, he should be cold indeed if ho did
not feel that the present was an occasion worthy of a free
people. There stood before him the youth of Scotland.
who had, according to ancient custom, chosen for the time
being their Rector—not dazzled by the glare of Royalty—
not allured by the blandishments of a Court—not crouch-
ing to the name of a Prince—they had thought fit to
choose as their Rector a country gentleman—a country
gentleman unknown to them personally—known to them
only by his attachment to the civil and ecclesiastical in-
stitutions of this country—(Great cheering)—and by the
sacrifices he has made, and is prepared to renew, in de-
fence of those Protestant principles which were the firmest
basis of our freedom.—(Renewed applause.) Nor was
this all—he knew the gracious Prince to whom he had
been preferred, for it had been his good fortune to have
received from him many: proofs :of condescending kind-
ness ; but such were the advantages of our free institu-
tions—such the respect of public opinion, that even in
the highest quarters, that he was sure that that gracious
Prince would regard without disple'asure the frank ex-
pression of their sentiments, and that even he might ap-
proabh the Duke of Sussex Without the fear of having for-
feited any portion of his royal favour. And here had lie
committed the natural impulse of his first impressions, or
folloWed ' the dictates of: vanity,
.he should rest satisfied
with., the. cordial but .slsort'expressi.on of his feelings, shun-
Lcorriparisome. in which he must appeal to disadvantage,
h.-lie should have cut short his address, and simply returned
Thanks—avoiding the beaten path 'trodden by his prede-
ees§ers.' But, perhaps, silent reierve might appear incon-
istett with the respect he felt, and the debt of gratitude
5. e owed them.. And if, limn his personal experience, he
I
could Coffer even one suggestion practically useful to any
one of them; if- frenethe authority'they had conferred on
him in that place, he could iticuleate one solitary truth,
,no conscious infirmity should deter. him from offering the
only ;return he could make to the best of his ability.—
(Applause.) But noeelti, from thatplace was impossible—
theiduties to be inculcated were invariable—the studies to
be recommended were the same—the truths to be enforced
tverweternal.—(Cheers.) Should he wish to direct their
attention to the Rhetorical Art—to advantages to be de-
'rived from the study of the great masters of antiquity—
that was a. topic which, from that place Lord Brougham
had launched from his master hand—he had shown that in
every age and tone ue, pure eloquence consisted in the natural
flow of clear thought and sound reasoning in the full tide of
harmonious language. Should he wish to inculcate any of
the great principles of ethical philosophy, could he forget
that a Mackintosh had been their Rector, who poured the
full stores of eloquence and learning on this topic—a topic
in which he shone with power and lustre ?—(Loud cheers.)
Should lie presume to talk to them on matters of taste and
polite literature—or offer any suggestions on that subject,
Jeffrey was his predecessor—the refined, the accomplished
Jeffrey.—(Renewed cheers.) But should he presume, still
further, to dilate on Parliamentary excellence—to speak of
those qualities that form public virtue and fitted them for
the administration of public affairs—the name of Peel—
(Tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time)—the
voice of Peel and Stanley still vibrated within those walls—
(Cheers)—men whom it was an honour to have identified
with the University.—(Cheers.) He was restrained, how-
ever, from enumerating the whole of the great names which
had adorned the place he then filled—nor would he give a
studied panegyric, he would rather tell them in the exercise
of a sound judgment, to remember their precepts and follow
their example.--(Applause.) He felt the less necessity to
enlarge when he looked around him, and saw himself sur-
rounded by learned Professors, who sustained the credit
and reputation of this venerable University, and who were
conversant in every branch of ancient and modern litera-
ture and science—on whose stores of acquired knowledge
they enjoyed the inestimable advantage of drawing with-
out stint—who were ever anxious to stimulate them in
their efforts—to correct them when wrong—and praise
them when they excelled—and before all, to guide them
in the paths which led to virtue and fame.—(Great
cheers.) Again, when he looked around him, could he
forget the friend whose voice was heard no more—who
exercised in an exemplary manner all the qualities which
fitted him so admirably for the discharge of his important
duties—whom the Greek class, though he was sure his
place there had been well supplied, would ever remember
with regret and affection.—(Great applause.) The Right
Hon. Baronet, after passing a warm eulogium on the
character and classical attainments of the late Sir D. K.
Sandford, proceeded to observe that he was far from wish-
ing to discourage them in their aspirations after present
fame and future knowledge. On the contrary, he would
stimulate them to increased exertion and well regulated
efforts. This, they might depend upon it, was the day-
spring of their future fortune, the dawn of their future
career—and he could tell them from his own experience,
that time wasted at College would leave a pang in the mind
which would embitter after life, when it told of time mis-
spent and moments lost. What a noble prospect was be-
fore them in the great, the free, the happy country which
they call their own. He was sure he might be permitted
to express the opinion, that in no quarter of the globe, and
at no period of time, could a man be more happy than in
our own country, whether blessed with fortune or allied to
poverty. If visited with poverty, he could minister to his
wants with his own hands, and eat the bread of industry.
There were so many profitable avocations—so many ave-
nues to wealth and fame—so many provisions afforded to
genius and enterprise—such compensations for honest la-
bour, that no man who had judgment and opinion, and had
been blessed with health and strength, could complain of
want without reproaching himself, in some degree with hav-
ing neglected opportunities. Keeping this in view—
remembering the flight of those who were once humble
students—might he not say he saw before him hands which
might sway the rod of empires—hear voices which might
shake the senate ? There was nothing which subjects
might enjoy to which they might not aspire ; but they
might assuredly depend upon it, that if they expected to
build high, they must dig deep. If they expected to reap
the harvest, the seed time must not be neglected. The
present was the time and opportunity for the formation of
character, and the cultivation of the understanding, and he
would implore them not to waste it like children but im-
prove it like men. Perhaps he was over-stepping the strict
bounds of duty, but if he did, the Noble and Learned Chan-
cellor would correct him, but he could not avoid that op-
portunity of descending into particulars and addressing
them on a few leading points. In the first place, he would
recommend to them. the study of geometry and mathematics
—here the Right Hon. Baronet brought in review before
his audience the great names of both ancient and modern
times, whose genius had thrown a lustre around these depart-
ments of study, in the course of which he enumerated the
many eminent men who had adorned the University
of this city. He next recommended the study of the
classics. Who that had ever tasted of the pleasures
of classical lore, would, under any circumstances, con-
sent to relinquish them ? It was not only an admis-
sion to the learning of the ancients, but an admission into
the innermost recesses of the thoughts of the greatest men
—a participation in their noble and generous sentiments.
Our knowledge of their heroic deeds—our communings
with their struggles for freedom and love of glory—their
passion for the arts--their taste for painting—and their
matchless eloquence—all these imparted to the classical
scholar a taste which never clogged, and as life advanced,