The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

WINDSOR, GOOD FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and the
domestic Household, attended Divine Service this morn-
ing in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual morn-
ing walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
walking and pony exercise this forenoon on the Eastern
Terrace of the Castle, and the Slopes.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town,
on Thursday, for his residence, at Kew.
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans-
acted business, yesterday, at the Foreign-office.

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THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF
OXFORD (1659).
Richard Cromwell was chosen Chancellor of the
University of Oxford on the death of his father, but no
sooner was there a prospect of the Restoration, than he
intimated his willingness to resign that distinguished
post, in a letter to the Convocation, and coon after
actually resigned it by a second letter addressed to the
same body. Wo believe these epistles seldom to have
been printed ; and as they are highly characteristic of
the writer, shall now present them to our readers.
Richard Cromwell was a well-intentioned, respectable
person, ill-calculated for the reins of government, and
perfectly unambitious for their possession. It would
appear, however, that he was favourable to literature,
and would, probably, had things taken a different turn,
have appeared to greater advantage as the Chancellor
of Oxford than as the Protector of Great Britain—a
dignity for which he had neither abilities nor strength
of character.
FOR THE VICE.CILLNCELLOITH AND THE CONVOCATION OF

THE VNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, THESE
Gentlemen,—The signall changes of the band of
God towards mee have not sequestred my thoughts from
the discharge of that office wherein I stand engaged vnto
you. And whereas the revolution of time requireth
that either your present Vice-Chancellour bee reinstated
in his office, or another chosen to succeede him ; consi-
dering what abundant testimony your present Vice-
Chancellour, Dr. Conant, bath given of his entire quali-
fication for soe great a trust, I do hereby nominate and
recommend him to you, to beare the same office for this
next years alsoe, promising to myselfe the chearfull
concurrence of your unanimous votes in the reiterated
conferring of this dignity upon a person, who by his
labours and exemplary conversation amongst you, is a
great ornament to your Vniveraity. Gentlemen, your
ready complyance to this proposall will demonstrate the
continuance of your respect towards mee, whose
high esteeme of learning and learned men you
might have more fully experimented, had not
the most wise disposition of the Almighty hindred
the more reall and fruitful! manifestations of the same
vnto you. And I assure you, that lam soe affected to
the flourishing of your estate, that as I accepted of the
honour of your Chancellorshippe with earnest desires to
become instrumental! towards your prosperity, soe I
shall readily divest my selfe of that honour, when by
soe doing I may, at least, occasionally, contribute any
thing to the attaining of that great end.
I rest, Gentlemen,
Your affectionate friend and Chancellour,
R. CROM WELL.

Hursley, October 6, —59.
For the Vice- Chancellour and Convocation of ye
University of Oxford, These
Gentlemen—l doe and allways shall retaine a hearty
sence of my former obligations to you in your free
election of me to the office of your Chancellour, and
'tis noe small trouble to my thoughts when 1 consider
how little serviceable I have been to you in that relation.
But since the all wise Providence of God (which I desire
all wages to adore and bow downe unto) hath been
pleased soe to change my condition, that I am not in a
capacity to answer the ends of that office, I thought I
should not be faithfull to you If I did not resign it up
into your hands, that you might have opportunity to
chuse some other person, whoe in the present state of
things may be more fit and able to serve you. Ido
hereupon most freely give up and resigne all my right
and interest in that office. But shall allwayes retaine
my affection and esteem for you, with my prayers for
your continuall prosperity, that amidst the many ex-
amples of the instability and revolutions of humaine
affeires you may still abide flourishing and fruitfull.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your affectionate friend and servant,
R. CROMWELL.

Hersley, May ye Bth, 1660.

C. P. J.

Westmoreland-street, March 29, 1847.

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