The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-08 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1853.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY. TOMIS to WINDERMERE and the LAKES of
WESTMORELAND. —Tiokets, available for ten days to these
Lakes, will be issued on and after the 10th Instant at the following
fares by any through trains:—

- lint Clais. Second Class.
London to Windermere and back .. • ... 31. 10a. 21. 10s.
Oxford ~ ~ • • —3/. los. 21.10 x.
Birmingham „ ~ ...... 21. bs. 11.155.
(By order) MARK BIIISH.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, June 7, 1853.

LONDON (WATFORD) SPRING WATER
-LA COMPANY.—A Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgste-street, on FsiDAY next, the 10th
inst , at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive the Report 01 the Direc-
tors, and transact the general business of the Company.
By order, B. RAISKIN, Secretary.
Dated Gth Jane, 1853.

AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
JLI (Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulluttn-
road.) Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
the week, "The Rose," " Thistle," "Shamrock." " Amine ," and
"Illgoletto " Waltzee, by H. Laurent; the " Rosalinda " and
"Nymph," by D'Albert ; the " England," New Topsy," and "Lago
Maggoire" Quadrilles ; the " Gold Hawk' and " Juno" Polkas.—
Admission, Is. Doors open at Half•past Eight o'clock; to com-
mence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven.

'llO GROCERS, TEA DEALERS, and
ITALIAN WAREHOUSEMEN.—To be DISPOSED OF,
an eld-established Business, with a good family trade attached, in
the centre of a populous market town, within forty miles of London.
The shop and premises are very spacious and commanding. with
ample house accommodation for a large family, and the advantage of
a separate ,entranee; their is also a neat garden, good storehouse,
stabling, coach-house, &c. A lea,e will be granted (direct from the
freeholder) for twenty-one years awl upwards, if required, at a mo-
derate rent. For the address, apply to Messrs. Hickson and Son,
72, Welbeck-street; Cavendish-square; of Messrs. Metcalfe and
Stevens, 74, Mark-lane, Fenchurch-street ; and of Mr. J. Banks, 18,
Fish street 1111!, near London-bridge.

MATANZAS and SABANILLA RAILROAD
LEIL 7 PER CENT. BONDS.—CALL for REMAINING IN-
STALMENT Of 75 PER CENT.—The holders of Receipts for the
}'lrst Instalment of 25 per Cent. on these Bonds are requested to
take notice that the Remaining Instalment of 75 per Cent. Is re-
quired to be paid'on or before Wednesday, the 15th June, at the office
of Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co., No. 6, Linse-street-square, be-
tween the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock. when the Receipts will be ex-
changed for Bonds with Coupons of Interest attached, payable on
15th December and 15th June in each year,
The interest at the rate of T per cent. from the 13th January np to
the 15th June on the first instalment, amounting to 14s. 9d., will be
deducted from the 75 per cent., so that the amount to be paid on
each 1001. bond will be 741. ss. 3d.
In case of failure of payment on the day specified, the receipt for
the first instalment will be liable to forfeiture.
J. H. SCHRODER and Co.. Agents.

PURSUANT to-a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in certain causes, entitled respectively
urner v. Theed and Carter v. Theed, any persons claiming to be
Nephews or Nieces of THOMAS WITHNALL, late of HILTON, in the
county of Huntingdon, Ti armer. the testator in the pleadings of the
above mentioned causes named, living at the time of his decease,
which took place in or about the month of March, .826, or to be the
issue living at the time of the death of the said Testator of any
Nephew or Niece of the said Testator, who died in his life time, or
to be the legal personal representative of any such Nephew or Niece,
or issue who may have s'nce died, are by their Solicitors on or before
MONDAY the Eleventh day of JULY next, to come in and prove
their claims, at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor. Sir Richard
Torun Kindersiey, No. Is, Old•square, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, or
in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of
the said decree.
Monday the 18th day of July, 1853, at 12 o'clock at Nocn, at the
said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the
claims.—Dated this Slat day of May, 1853.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
H. NETHERSOLE, Plaintiff's Agent.

CRICKET.

THE UNITED ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v.

FOURTEEN OF YORKSHIRE.

This match was commenced at Hyde-park, Sheffield,
on Monday. It is the first time that so powerful an
eleven has contended against Yorkshire, and for the first
time from the appearance of the subjoined score, they
are likely to be beaten :

YORKSIIIRE.

First Innings.
A. Crmsland, c Adams b Wisden 0
H. Wright, c Brown, b Wisden 7
John Berry, b Grundy 1
J. Joy, c Dean, b Grundy 0
G. Berry, b Wisden 0
H. Sampson, c Picknell, b Wisden 0
Boothroyd, b Wisden l4
G. Armitage, b Wisden l2
G. Chatterton, c Picknell, b Grundy 2
M. J. Ellison, Esq., run out 7
G. Coates, b Wisden
lddison, b Wisden 4
Kaye, not out • 4
R. T. Skelton, Esq., b Wisden 0
1-b.

Total ..... .....
ALL ENGLAND.

~ 153

First Innings.

T. Hunt, c Chatterton, b Wright
T. Adams, b Crossland
J. Dean, not out
G. Brown, b Crossland
John Lillywhite, b Skelton
T. Lockyer, c Boothroyd, b Armitage........ 10
G. Bicknell, c Wright, b Armitage 3
J. Grundy, c Armitage, b Crossland
J. Wisdeu, not out 8
1-b 2

Total
The match was resumed on Tuesday

. 96

---
THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY
OF CIRENCESTER, WITH ARMITAGE AND
JACKSON.
This great match having commenced on Tuesday, was
brought to its unsatisfactory conclusion on Saturday
evening—unsatisfactory only because the game was not
played out. The score at its termination stood thus :
THE ELEVEN.
First Innings. Second Innings.
Arnold, b Jackson
Ciesar, c Leigh, b Armitage 2O not out 63
Caffyn, c Lloyd, b Jackson 39 not out 23
G. Pair, b Frere
Guy, b Jackson
Anderson, b Jackson 26
T. Box, b Jackson
A. Clark, b Slocock 29
A. Mynn, Esq., not out l9
Diver, b Slocock
Clarke, b Frere, c Jackson 8
b 'l4, 11, wl2 27 b 4,1 I,w 4 9
--
Total 221 Total 111
CIRENCESTER.
E. Hampton, Esq., c Caesar, b Arnold ll
H. Strachan, Esq., b Clarke 5
J. Gay, Esq., b Clarke
H. Frere, Esq., c Arnold, b Clarke lO
Armitage, c Parr, b Arnold 0
Austin Leigh, Esq., b Clarke
J. Smith, Esq., s Box, b Clarko
J. A. B. Marshall, Esq., c Caesar, b Clarke l2
F. W. Tomlinson, Esq., b Arnold
C. S. Slocock, Esq., b Clarko lO
J. Coker, Esq., c Mynn, b Clarke
Jackson, b Clarke
T. W. Nunn, Esq., hit wicket, b Clarke__ 44
H. J. Lloyd, Esq., c A. Clarke, b Clarke lO
G. Hoare, Esq., run out
W. T. Nunn, Esq., b Caffyn l3
F. Broughton, Esq., b Caffyn 2
B. Courtenay, Esq., b Caffyn 5
C. 0. Wombwell, Esq., c Anderson, b Catlyn 6
A. Z. A. Bathurst, Esq., c Caffyn, b Clarke 7
T. Neale, Esq., not out l9
Edward Trinder, Esq., b Caffyn 0
leg byes 3, wides 2 5
Total
And here the three days were worn out

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ADULTERATION OF BUTTER.—From the last report of
the Analytical Sanitary Commission, published in the
Lancet, it appears that on an examination of forty-eight
samples of different butters, they all contained large
quantities (more or less) of water and salt ; in many
cases as much as a fourth or even a third of the
former, and of the latter article a great quantity
is purposely added to increase the weight and bulk,
over and above that which may be necessary for
the preservation of the butter. A simple method of
determining approximately the amount of water present
in any sample is to melt the butter, fill a small bottle
with it, and place it near the fire for half-an-hour or
so ; the water, as also the salt, will sink, on account
of their weight. The water thus separated has usually a
milkyapp earance, conveying the impression that it contains
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" bosh " were formerly adulterated in this way, and
they may still be so in some rare cases. Some years
since the adulteration of butter with flour was so com- '
mon that Mr. Miller, a very intelligent butter factor of
Wellington-chambers, London-bridge, brought this sub-
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things to like each other and be friends. A similarity of
tastes, studies, pursuits, and recreations (what they call
congenial souls) ; a toper for a toper, a smoker for a
smoker, a horse-racer for a horse-racer, a prize-fighter
for a prize-fighter, and so on. Matrimony likes con-
trasts ; friendship seeks it . own counterparts.—Sam
Slick's Wise saws.

''PHE INSTALLATION OF THE EARL OF
DERBY AT OXFORD.

OXFORD, MAY 7.—No celebration is looked for-
ward to by Oxonians under any circumstances with
more-pleasurable feelings of anticipation than the
annual recurrence of the commemoration festival.
On such occasions the monastic solemnity of this
venerable city relaxes, and everything wears a
gayer and fresher aspect under the influence of the
smiling sky of. June, and the yet more winsome
radiance of ladies' eyes. Interest and animation
are of course doubly enhanced, when with the com-
memoration is combined such a rare occurrence as
the inauguration of a new Chancellor. The Chan-
cellorship of Oxford, as most of our readers must
be aware, is a dignity that is laid down only with
the life of the holder. In illustration of this sub-
ject, the following-passage from Mr. Ward's trans-
lation of the Laudian Statutes, on the office, power,
and authority of the Chancellor, may be acceptable
to our readers :

" Although the University and city of Oxford are dis-
tinguished from each other by their rights and magistrates,
yet such is the prerogative of the Chancellor, that he not
Only has the peculiar custody of the whole University en-
trusted and committed to himself alone under our lady the
Queen but he also has common guardianship with the
City Mayor of the whole borough or city of Oxford, and
its suburbs, and he can, with the consent of the Univer
city, frame laws to have obligatory force on the burgesses
also, or townsmen and their commonalty in subordinance
to the University.
" But, in reference to the University and its governance
the province of the Chancellor is to look to the public go-
vernment of the entire University, to guard its franchises
and privileges, and also, with the consent of the Univer-
sity, to enter into and establish all concord and compo-
sitions respecting them.
"To convene the congregations of the regents, and also
those of the regents and non-regents, wherein nothing can
be proposed or put to the vote without the consent of him-
self or the Vice-Chancellor ; to advance to scholastic do-
grees worthy persons who have satisfied the requisitions of
the University statutes ; and to repel therefrom those who
are unworthy through want of character or knowledge.
"To hear, end, and determine all controversies regard•
ing causes, civil, spiritual, and criminal, which are deter-
minable within the University, and appertain to scholars
or persons privileged, whether on both sides, or on one
side only ; and to apply to the use of the University the
forfeitures and amercements thence arising.
" To nominate his own Commissary-General, or Vice-
Chancellor, or Vice-Gerant every year.
" To choose the High Stewnnl of the University, and the
Deputy High Steward, as often as their offices become va-
cant ; to celebrate and hold the courts and leets (which are
also called views of frank-pledge), and the pleading and
juridical' days of the University, commonly called law-days.
"To nominate or choose every year ono of the clerks of
tho market ; also to punish offenders against the statutes
of the University with corporal chastisement, money' fine,
imprisonment, degradation, suspension from degrees, die-
commoning, proscription, banishment, or expulsion from
the University,- censures ecclesiastical, or in any other
reasonable manner (as the quality of the offence requires,
and so far as is allowable by the statutes and privileges of
the University) respectively ; to punish at discretion
(either in court or out of it) all offences against which no
provision has been made by any special statute, or for
which no punishment has been enacted by the statutes ;
also in respect to the interdict, whereby townsmen are
debarred from dealing with scholars and privileged per-
sons, or privil?ged persons are ousted of the privilege (if
the•offence in his judgment appears to de3erve it), and at
once to wield this thunderbolt of discommoning, and not
to regard the first stages of preliminary fines which the
statutes require.
"Also, with th consent of the University, to sanction
ordinances and statutes (where the usage so requires), or
after sanction, to abrogate them.
" To take upon himself the government of the halls, and
the administration thereof, as a case peculiarly his own,
and to that end to visit them (so often as to him seems
meet), and to dispose of their headships.
" To settle the inc erporations of artisans within the pre-
cinct of the University, with its consent. To grant by his
own single authority, or that of the Vice-Chancellor
licences to wine sellers to set up wine shops.
" He must take a yearly oath from the burgessses, and
the sheriff and under-sheriff of the county of Oxford; also,
if there are any other duties specially annexed to the
function of the Chancellorship, according to the statutes,
customs, and privileges of the University, he is to carry
them out, and exercise them all and each in behalf of his
office."

The reception of the Earl of Derby, in spite of
the too obvious prominence given to political aims
and designs in the copious list of partisan doctors
and graduates which heralded his advent, has been
everything that was to be expected from the ardent
championship of his friends and the generous chi-
valry of his opponents. On an occasion like the
present good taste dictates that rival interests and
feelings should cc smoothed down into unison with

1 the sentiments of welcome, that even opponents
may consistently entertain towards a guest on
whom the choice of the University has fallen. The
general spirit seems to be well expressed in the
tripping verse of a clever squib just published,
under the title of "A Song of the Encoenia :"

Let the sparkling stream of pleasure leap undimmed
beneath the sun,
Stay tho clouds, and lift the shadows, till its merry
course be run.
Leave tho polling days to faction, at the peaceful feast
bo rest!
Little favour finds the statesman, courtesy shall greet
the guest.
When the crowd with bounding pulses cries tumultu-
ously rejoice,
Hope shall lend her calmer music, hope shall raise her
_ fainter voice.

Rivals meeting in the revel ! cease in thought or word
to cope—
Derby, thousand voices pledge thoe—fill the goblot—
drink to hope."

The first striking feature in the occurrences of
to-day was the formation of the grand procession
to accompany the Chancellor from Worcester Col-
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The interior of the Sheldonian Theatre on a
commemoration day is certainly one of the most
imposing sights in England, and it probably never
presented a finer coup-d'ocil than it did to-day. By
ten o'clock every disposable inch of space, whether
in the area or galleries, was completely occupied, and
any unlucky wight who had not obtained accommo-
dation at that hour was obliged to abandon all hope
of it for the day. The area crowded with the elite
of the clergy from far and near, the lower galleries
filled with elegantly dressed ladies in the most
charming variety of toilets, and the upper gal-
leries crammed with a mass of undergraduates,
noisy and tumultuous as ever, make up a scene as
characteristic as it is dazzling. The favourite
amusement of the students who fill the higher tier
is to give expression to the feelings with which they
regard the most eminent personages of the era,
present or absent, and even the chief topics of the
day, by ear-splitting acclamations or hootings, as
the case may be. There is as much of mere fun
and boisterous animal spirits in this as of any more
serious element, but some of these manifes-
tations of sentiment deserve specification. Thus
the names of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Cardwell,
when mentioned, elicited a burst of cheering as
cordial as it was general ; those of Lord Aberdeen
and Lord Lyndhurst were greeted with similar,
though more partial expressions of applause. Lord
Derby's name was hailed with plaudits that showed
no lack of enthusiasm, which were renewed when
that of his countess was pronounced. Lord John
Russell and one or two other statesmen seemed by
no means so popular with the Oxonians, judging
from their equivocal reception ; while the names of
Messrs. Cobden and Bright, on being called out by
some of those who took on themselves to act the
part of prompters, roused a perfect storm of ob-
loquy. The met of " Disraeli and Protection" was
Disraeli,'
received with faint cheering and laughter; but
some of the undergraduates would not be content
with testing the feelings of the auditory ini a
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mixed form, and the name of Benjamin
when shouted forth by a pair of stentorian lungs,
became the signal for manifestations of conflicting
emotions from the two ,parties into which it was
evidently divided. After a warm struggle be-
tween the applauders and the hooters, in which
it was difficult . to say where the weight of
numbers lay, the energy of the latter ultimately
slackened, and the zeal of friendly partisanship in-
creased until it became decidedly predominant.
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ers," 43. Tc.
At half-past ten the Earl of Derby, in his full
official costume as Chancellor, entered the hall, and
took his place in the state seat reserved for the chief
academic dignitary. The noble earl was accompa-
nied, besides the right rev. prelates above men-
` tioned, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
L bridge, his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
I Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz (on whom degrees of
D.C.L. had been conferred by diploma in a convo-
cation held on the preceding day); Mr. Ingersoll,
Minister from the United States ; Mr. Van Buren,

formerly President of the United States ; the Earl
of Hardwicke, Earl of IVlalmesbnry,-Lord Redes-
dale, Lord olchester, Mr. Disraeli, M.P. Mr.
Walpole, M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P., Sir.
Pakington, M.P., and a number of other persons
of distinction. r. Henley, M.P., was prevented
by illness from attending to receive the honours
destined for him.

The first business consisted in announcing the
degrees of D.C.L. conferred on the Duke of am-
brrde and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, in a special convocation held on the
preceding day. The degree of Doctor of Civil on,
was then conferred, with the usual formalities, on
the following eminent personages :
The Most Noble the Marquis of Blandford, M.P.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Chandos, M.P.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Egliuton and Wintown.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Malmesbury.
The Right Hon. Lord Stanley.
The Right Hon. Lord Redesdale.
The Right Hon. Lord Colchester. •
The 'Right Hon. Lord St. Leonard's.
The Right Hon. Thos. Babington Macaulay, M.P.
The Right Hon. the Lord Justice Turner.
The Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pakington, Bart., M.P.
'The Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, M.P.
The Right Hon'. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P.
, The Right Hon. Joseph Napier, M.P.
Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust,
The Rev. Joseph Pulling, 8.D., Vice-Chancellor of
the University of Cambridge.

The formula of proposition runs as follows :
" Placetne venerabili huic Convocationi, ut vir
prtcnobilis (aut vir honoratissimus), &c., admitatur
ad. gradum Doctoris Juris Civilis, honoris causa ?
Placetne vobis, Domini Doctores Placetne vobis,
magistri ?" This is read by the Chancellor, and
met by the placets of the graduates assembled in
the area beneath. In spite of etiquette, an occa-
sional non-placet was heard, and sometimes, too,
an ultra-vigorous "maximenobis," which furnished
some matter of amusement to diversify the detail
of official routine. A Latin speech from Dr. Phil-
limore followed, quite inaudible in the confusion
on presenting thenew-made graduates to the Chan-
cellor, to whom each paid the homage of an obei-
sance, before passing to his seat among the doctors.
Dr. Mitchell, Vice!President of Magdalen Hall,
afterwards delivered the Creweian Oration, spoken
at every commemmoration in praise of the founders
and benefactors of colleges.
The remaining business of the Convocation con-
sisted in the reading of the English prose essay for
the Chancellor's prize, "On Popular Poetry con-
sidered as a test of National Character," by Mr.
Day, of Wadham College, and of odes composed in
honour of the Installation, for which prizes have
been awarded, in Greek verse by Mr. Griffiths, of
Wadham College, and Mr. Falcon, of Queen's Col-
lege ; in Latin verse by Mr. Atkinson, of Exeter
College, and Mr: Darner, of Trinity College ; in
English verse by Mr. Alexander, of New-Inn-hall,
and Mr. Arnold, of University College. After the
conclusion of the ceremonial the noble Chancellor,
attended as before, returned to the Vice-Chancel-
lor's residence in Worcester College.
In the afternoon a grand horticultural show and
promenade took place in the beautiful gardens of
Worcester College, bordering the Isis. It was at-
tended by the Earl and Countess of Derby, and by
all the nobility and gentry at present in Oxford,
and went off, favoured by beautiful weather, as
brilliantly as could be desired. At four o'clock the
Chancellor held a public levee in the library of the
Taylor Institution, where many of the dignitaries
of the University and the resident MaSters of Arts
had the honour of a personal introduction to their
Chancellor.

The annual procession of boats took place last
night on the Isis, and was attended by an unusually
large concourse of spectators, at least 10,000 in
number, attracted by the fineness of the evening.
The " eights" started from Iffley at seven o'clock,
rowed up and saluted the head boat, which was
stationed at the University barge, by tossing their
oars, passed under the left hand arch of Folley-
bridge, out again by the centre arch, and then pro-
ceeded down the river, round a punt moored off
the Long-bridge, and returned up. The order of
boats was as follows :

1. Brasenose.
2. Baliol.
3. Worcester.
4. Christ Church.
5. Peinbroke.
6. Queen's.
7. Exeter.
8. Lincoln.

9. St. John's.
10. Wadham.
11. Now.
12. Trinity.
13. University.
14. Jesus.
15. Corpus.
16. Oriel.

CULHAM DIOCESAN TRAINING COLLEGE-
SPEECH OF THE EARL OP DERBY.

OXFORD, TUESDAY.
The opening of this college, which was to form part of
the proceedings connected with the installation of the
Earl of Derby as Chancellor of this University, took
place yesterday afternoon. There was a very large at-
tendance of clergy and laity. On the platform, erected
at the western end of the College grounds, there were
the Bishop of Oxford, Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop of
Chichester, Bishop of St. Asaph, Bishop of Montreal,
Bishop of Cape Town, and the Bishop of Nova Scotia,
Archdeacon of Oxford, Archdeacon Thorpe, of Bristol,
Archdeacon of Westminster, the Earl and Countess of
Derby, Earl Hardwicke, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lady
Emma Stanley, the High Sheriff of Oxford, and lady,
&c. &c.

The ceremony consisted in the Bishop of Oxford hand-
ing the keys of the College to the Rev. the Principal ;
and in reference to the object of the College, stated that
it was for the special benefit of those who formed the
staple and strength of this country. His lordship then
introduced the Earl of Derby to the meeting.

The Earl of DERBY then advanced to the front of the
platform, and was enthusiastically cheered. He said—
Ladies and gentlemen—Although I feel that I can add
little to, and may even diminish something from, the
effect of that which has been so clearly and solemnly
placed before you by the right reverend prelate who pre-
sides over this diocese, yet I cannot deprive myself of
the satisfaction of assuring him and you how highly I
feel myself honoured as being invited to take part, in
virtue of my recent connexion with this diocese, in the
important proceedings of this day—proceedings which
cannot but be matter of the deepest interest to all those,
who, like myself, and like those whom I have the ho-
nour of addressing, feel warmly on behalf of the moral
training and social advancement of the population of
this great country. (Applause.) And when I speak of
the population I mean emphatically to apply this obser-
vation to that portion of it which has been correctly
stated by the right rev. prelate to be the strength and
staple of this 'country—those middle classes who are daily
rising in intelligence and importance, daily acquiring
more weight in the social scale, and becoming of more
and more importance to the general welfare ; but for
whose moral training till of late years provision has been
made by the country, as compared with the classes
above them or below them, very disproportionate to the
amount of influence which, for good or for evil, that
portion of the population must exercise on the country
at large. (Hear, hear.) We live in an age of progress.
It is is impossible to deny it. We live in an age of
rapid and unprecedented material progress. Science is
every day making new strides. Fresh discoveries and
fresh inventions are day by day exercising their influence
upon the whole social habits and constitutional elements
of the people of this country. Within the memory of
many of those whom I now address—within my own me-
mory, certainly—great discoveries have taken place, whose
operations are partly visible, but which are much more
indirect and not at once perceived, materially affecting
the whole social condition of this country. We do not
take notice, as they arise, of those great discoveries and
great inventions. We do not estimate beforehand their
results, and after they have been discovered, and those
results develope themselves, we familiarise ourselves with
the state of things that exist, but forget to look back at
the past, and we forget too much to compare the condi-
tions that have existed with that which now seems so
familiar to us. It is only within the course of the last
few years, that that mighty discovery has been added to
the realms of science, by which, to use the forcible ex-
pression I have somewhere heard, "We seize hold of
the lightning's spark, and we use it as our new pen,
annihilating time and distance, for the purpose of trans-
miffing, in an incredibly short space of time, our
thoughts, our feelings, and our intelligence to the most
distant corners of this, and even of other countries."
(Applause.) It was said by one of old, that there was,
in the figurative sense, an electrical chain by which we
were directly bound ; but that electrical chain has ceased
to be a figure of speech, and that mighty power is bring-
ing together, for good or for evil, the remotest corners
not only of these little islands, but of the whole habitable
world. Again, it is not many years since —I know not
whether I ought to confess it—that I was myself a
member of a committee of the House of Commons,
who rejected a bill, which, upon the showing of the
promoters, was introduced for the purpose of establish-
ing an iron railroad, and for applying to it, if found
practicable, the locomotive power of steam, I rf)Tn ember
yet further, when we boasted, and boasted with reason,
that we were in London, the beet and most magnificently
lighted metropolis in the wortel, zyliile our boasted illu-
mination consisted of some wretched oil mps, which
would now be despised by the pettiest country town,
and when there we no end to torrents of ingenious ri-
dicule which were cast upon the Utopian idea of pro-
ducing light from gas. (Laughter.) might go further ;
why, a whole generation has not passed put gone by
since the first introduction of the system which his
itself been superseded. There are living now those who