The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-10 00:00:00

VISCOUNT PALMERSTON A T ROMSEY.

OXFORD, DEC. 9.
In a convocation holden this morning at 10
o'clock, 'the nomination of the Rev. Henry L. Man-
sel, 8.D., late Fellow of St. John's, as a curator of
the Taylor Institution, in the room of the Rev. W.
Lake, resigned, was submitted to the house and
approved.
In the same convocation Charles Tickell Proctor,
M.A., King's College, Cambridge, was admitted
ad eundew.
- Inl a congregation held afterwards, the following
degrees were conferred :
DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.
George Hunter Fell (Fellow), Magdalen College.
DOCTOR AND BACHELOR IN DIVINITY BY ACCUMULATION.
Robert Cholmely (Fellow), Magdalen College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.
The Rev. Henry Everett Ravenhill, University College.
The Rev. Edward Duke, Exeter College.
The Rev. Thomas Sykes Hichens, ditto.
The Rev. William Gildea, ditto.
The Rev. Edward Charles Wickham (Fellow), New College.
The Rev. James Bevan Gwyn, Jesus College.
John William P. Jones. Worcester College.
Frederick Charles Skey, ditto.
BACHELORS OP ARTS.
Edmund Price, University College.
Henry Western Plumptre„ ditto.
George Hanbury Field, ditto..
James M'Conechy, Banjo' College.
Robert Dobie Wilson, ditto.
William James Bristow, ditto.
George James Crewys, ditto.
Francis G. C. Braithwaite, ditto.
Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (Fellow) ditto.
Albert Venn Dicey, ditto.
Henry Johnes Fielding, Exeter College.
Edward Dix, ditto.
Henry Benwell, ditto.
George Congreve, ditto.
William Powoll James (Scholar), Oriel College.
William Rutter Bayley, ditto.
William Edward White, ditto..
John Swan, ditto.
Harry Davidson, ditto.
Robert Burroughes, ditto.
' Thomas Cochrane, ditto.
John Postlewaite Airey, Queen's College.
Englebert Henley, ditto.
Collin Threlkeld, ditto.
John Wharton, ditto.
Thomas Brantley, ditto.
Frederick Samuel Newman, ditto.
Thomas Dowker Shepherd, ditto. •
Charles Lawrence Butler, ditto.
Reginald St. Pattrick, ditto.
John Butler Harrison (Fellow), New College.
Thomas Beevor Daveney (Scholar), Lincoln College.
Samuel Robson, ditto.
Robert Henry A. Otter, Corpus Christi College.
James Tate, ditto.
William Cornish Hunt, Christ Church College.
James Frances Hewitt, ditto.
Richard Blackmore,.ditto.
Joseph Eaton, ditto..
Edward Campbell Browning, ditto.
Charles Henry Bowman, ditto.
Francis Valentine Paxton, ditto.
Ronald Ruthven Leslie Melville, ditto.
John Parsons, Trinity College.
William Bennett, ditto.
John Matthias Procter, ditto.
Pynson Wilmot Bennett, ditto.
William Gordon. Cole (Scholar), ditto.
William Wynne Wilson (Scho.ar), St. John's College.
Alfred Willis. ditto.
Owen Roberts (Scholar), Jesus College.
Arthur Henry
Wadham College.
Edward Henry Whinyates, ditto.
Frederick Frost, ditto.
Edwin Stowe (Scholar), Brasenose College.
Edwin Dalin Garven, ditto.
Henry Eden Sullivan, ditto.
James Hamer Rawdon, ditto.
Francis Richards Bryans, ditto.
George Emerson, ditto.
Charles John Astbury, ditto.
George Sheffield (Scholar), Pembroke College.
George Birbeck Norman Hill, ditto.
Alfred Hooke, Worcester College.
William Garwood, ditto.
John Clement Barnwell, ditto.
Algernon Emeric Clementi Smith, ditto.
Arthur Whitmarsh Phelps, ditto.
Thomas Clark Donkin (Scholar), ditto.
Charles Henry Olive Daniel (Scholar), ditto.
Herbert Henley Richardson, St. Mary Hall.
Daniel Robertson Fidler, ditto.
John Arthur Henry Scott, Magdalen Hall.
William Tuckness, ditto.
Edwin Puckle, ditto.
William Ferris Reynolds, ditto.
John Alexander Drake, ditto.
STUDENTS, IN CIVIL LAW.
William Douglas Parish, Trinity College.
William Waldron Ravenhill, University College.
LINCOLN COLLEGE.—There will be an election in this
college on Saturday, Feb. 5, 1859, to three open Scholar-
ships and a Bible Clerkship ; also to a Scholarship for per-
sons born or educated in the county of Bucks. Candidates
are required to call upon the rector on Tuesday, February
1, between two and three o'clock, with testimonials ofgood
conduct and certificate of haptism. C andidates for the
Buckinghamshire Scholarship must also bring certificates
of the place of their birth and of their education. Two
Exhibitions of £2O a-year each may also be awarded.

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9.
At
erred :
" PROPTER MERIT!..."
ecgoanDt
.fion this day the undermentioned
degreesiiaa n
r vecy Goodwin,N°Vegre
Coins College (Dean of Ely).
HONORARY M.A.
The Hon. Wm. Proby, Trinity College.
Thomas Waraker, Sidne
M.D.
llege.
Wm. Richard BerminghaLmL.DM:Gregor, Downing College
yCo
Wm. Ogle, St. Catharine's College.
MASTER OF LAW.
Frederick Summer Irving.
D.D.
Ri. James Harries Thomas, Corpus Christi College.
A.M.
R. L. Baker, St. Peter's College.
W. R. Jolley, ditto.
S. R. Waddelow, ditto.
F. K. Clarke, Clare College.
11. T. Riley, ditto.
Hi. Hughes, Corpus Christi College.
LL.B.
Thomas William Watts, Caius College.
M.D.
Art. Ransom(); Coins College.
A.D.
E. W. Ashfield, Trinity College.
Spencer Clarke, ditto.
W. H. Deverell, ditto.
J. S. Thomas, ditto.
W. S. Thomason, ditto.
Thomas Houseman, St. John s College.
John Geo. Christoffelz, Clare College.
H. N. Bernard, Caius College.
T. F. Bignold, ditto.
G. C. Reynell, Trinity Hall.
R. J. Porter, Corpus Christi.
James Colwill, Magdalene College.
The following were admitted ad eundem :
Edmund Hobhouse, Bishop of Neln, D.D., -Merton
College, Oxford.
Charles Pettit Mcllvain, Bishop of Ohio, LL.D., Oxon.
Wm. Tate, M A., Trinity College, Dublin.
At the same congregation
graces passed for ac-
cepting the munificent gift of Mr. Sheepshanks for
the promotion of astronomical studies, and for the
admission of Mr. Harvey Goodwin to the full de-
gree of Doctor in Theology. The attendance at the
congregation was large, and it almost appeared as
if the same were in especial honour of the Dean
of Ely, who on proceeding to the various forms of
his degree was vehemently cheered by the under-
graduates in the galleries, and the cheers were
again and again renewed as Mr. Goodwin received
he congratulations of his friends on the floor
of the Senate-house on the completion of
the ceremony. The public intimation of Mr. Sheep-
shanks' munificent gift and the reading of the pub-
lic orator's letter of acknowledgment were duly
honoured.

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Yesterday the Romsey Agricultural Society held
its annual Christmas show of fat and lean stock.
The stock exhibited for prizes was shown apart
from the ordinary market stock, in the spacious
opening in Church-street. The attic," sheep, and
pigs, were of first rate quality. Lord Palmerston,
who is at present staying at his adjacent seat,
Broadlands, and who is president of the society, was
on the ground, and inspected the stock with great
attention. The noble viscount appeared to be in
excellent health.
The annual dinner took place in the afternoon in
the White Horse Hotel, Romsey, when about 90 of
the leading agriculturists of the district sat down.
Lord Palmerston took the chair, supported by Sir
J. B. Mill, the Hon. R. H. Dutton, M.P., Dr. Bed-
dome (Mayor of Romsey). the Rev. A. Moore (vicar)
Messrs. G. Eyre, T. W. Henderson, R. Eyre, Tay-
lor, J. Ashe, J. C. Sharp, G. Sharp, &c.
After the cloth had been drawn and grace said,
The noble PRESIDENT said—Gentlemen, I rise to
propose that first toast which embodies the wishes
that are deepest in the hearts of all Englishmen
and uppermost in their lips—" The health of her
Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.) I need not say
that which'we all feel, that we hare the good for-
tune to live under the best Sovereign that ever
reigned over this or any other nation,_ and it is diffi-
cult to express our thankfulness for having the good
fortune to be so governed. (Cheers.)
The noble PRESIDENT next proposed " The
Health of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
the -Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal
family." He need scarcely remind such a meeting
that the Prince Consort was a distinguished farmer,
and that in many other capacities he occupied a
prominent and distinguished place. (Cheers.)
The noble
PRESIDENT, in proposing the toast of
" The Army and Navy," said—lt is gratifying to
know that these two great services are in as effi-
cient a condition as they ever were in the whole
course of the history of the country. (Cheers.) The
glorious exploits of Alma and Inkermann may
rival any of the acts contained in the brightest
page of this or any other nation. In India the
heroism of our troops has been equalled by that
displayed by civilians of both sexes. (Cheers.)
Indeed, the gallant and intrepid conduct .of all
English men and women during the lamentable
events that have blackened the history of that
country during the last two years has obtained the
admiration not only of this country but of the
world. (Hear.) The navy have not had the same
opportunity of distinguishing themselves, but,
whether they have had to act in co-operation with
the army or, as in China, upon their own basis,
they have maintained their old reputation. In the
Crimea, finding that the Russian fleet would not
give them an adequate opportunity of distinguish-
ing themselves, the naval brigade rendered great
services on shore, headed by Sir W. Peel, who pro-
mised to be one of the most distinguished orna-
ments of the profession to which he belonged.
(Cheers.)
Mr. BARFOOT, of the Yeomanry Cavalry, ac-
knowledged the toast.
The noble PRESIDENT next gave " The health
of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocessy
The Rev. A. MoottE, in returning thanks, said
he could not help adverting to a movement that
was now going on in the parish of Romsey. They
might laugh at the temperance movement, but he
had known many, whose persons and habitations
formerly exhibited the greatest degradation, po-
verty, and misery. Since these persons had joined
the temperance movement he had gone into cottage
after cottage, and had found husbands and wives
who used to live like dogs and cats, but who now
abstained from the habit of drinking, living in
domestic happiness, comfort, and cheerfulness.
(Hear, hear.) In Romsey, with a population of
5,660 persons' there were 1,235 houses, 52 of which
were publichouses and beerhouses. There was,
therefore, a:publichouse or beerhouse to every 112
persons, and one to every 23 houses. He once
thought that his parish was one of the worst in the
kingdom, but he had seen some reason to modify
this opinion. The crowded state of the cottages
cried aloud for amendment. He ought not to
omit to express his heartfelt thanks to their
noble President for the great consideration he
had shown here to the labouring classes of the
parish, more especially to those employed on his
estates. (Cheers.) The beerhouses next required
attention. Some of rev, brethren wished them to
be put under the control of the magistrates. For
himself he should rejoice to see every beerhouse put
down. Without a more efficient control over them
the labours of the clergy were in vain. (Hear.)
The noble PRESIDENT next gave "The health of
the Members for the Southern Division of Hamp-
shire," reminding the meeting that he had once had
the honour of being one of those members. (Cheers.)
Mr. DUTTON replied.
The Secretary (Mr. Eggar) having read the list
of prizes, the noble PRESIDENT proposed in suc-
cessive toasts the " Health of the Successful Candi-
dates," the " Unsuccessful Candidates," the
" Judges" (Messrs. Oliver, Blundell, and Sillence),
and " Successful Candidates elsewhere," coupled
with the name of Sir J. B. Mill.
Sir J. B. MILL returned thanks, and said he
might perhaps claim some merit for his success at
the present Baker-street show, as the pigs there
exhibited were a class of animals second to none in
this country. It was unnecessary for him to eulo-
gize the abilities, the kindness and urbanity of the
noble lord the president of their society, who was
not only known to them as one of the greatest ad-
ministrators of this country but also as a liberal
and kind landlord. (cheers.) At the meetings of
agricultural societies politics were not admitted,
and it was not for him to broach questions of a
political character in prOposing the noble viscount's
health. Their noble president had referred to the
glorious deeds of the army and navy in the Crimea,
but he would ask one question,—Who was the con-
queror of the Crimea ? (Cheers.) At one particu-
lar juncture the heart of England was cast down
and desponded, although it did not despair. No
sooner was the noble viscount called by the voice
of the people to occupy the first position in her
Majesty's councils than new armies came forth,
and new navies came into existence, and the
waves of our sea-girt isle bore them to their des-
tination. A glorious peace, gained under the walls
of Sebastopol, was the fruit of the energy displayed
by his noble friend. (Cheers.) As an Englishman
he was proud to recall these facts, and to remind
them of the day when, in conjunction with our
allies, his noble friend restored a lasting peace to
Europe. It was a proud day for Englishmen,
French, and Sardinians, when their combined
power left at the bottom of the sea the topmasts of
those Russian ships that only marked the degrada-
tion of that country. He called upon them to drink
the health of the noble viscount as an English
gentleman and as a statesman. Here, at least, the
noble lord was " the right man in the right place."
(The toast was drunk with three times three hearty
cheers, with supplementary huzzas for Lady Pal-
merston.)
The noble PRESIDENT, who was received with
enthusiastic cheering, said,—Gentlemen, I must beg
in the first place, on behalf of Lady Palmerston, to
thank you for the honour you have done her, and to
assure you that if it suited our habits and arrange-
ments that ladies should assist on these occasions,
it would have given her the greatest satisfaction to
have the honour of being here. (Cheers and laugh-
ter.) I am quite aware, as my friend Sir J. Mill
has stated, that politics are out of place in meetings
of this description, but as he has been pleased to
advert, although briefly, to topics of that kind, I
may be permitted to say, with regard to the con-
duct of the Russian war, that it certainly was
brought to a successful and glorious issue under the
Government of which I had the honour to be one,
in co-operation with our allies the French and Sar-
dinians—and let us not altogether forget the brave
Turks who, for the whole 12 months, defended the
line of the Danube unsuppvrted by any allies.
(Hear, hear.) But if we were able to bring that
war to a successful and glorious termination, it was
not owing so much to any merit on our part as to
the determined and manly spirit of the British na-
tion. The people of this country took it up
as a national question, and when English-
men are determined to assert their rights
and make ,their will prevail it is difficult to find
a resistance that will thwart them in the pursuit of
their object. It is no doubt gratifying to us who
were members of the late Administration to see
that the great features of the policy that we re-
commended to Parliament have been carried out by
our successors to a successful and satisfactory result
—that the rebellion in India is now nearly quelled,
that our operations in China have led to a success-
ful and satisfactory treaty, and that we have ob-
tained a very satisfactory and advantageous con-
vention with Japan. (Hear.) If we are entitled to
claim any merit it is one that belonged more pecu-
liarly to the late Administration than to any other
portion of the community—viz., the choice of
agents, and we may look with peculiar pride and
satisfaction at having selected Lord Canning for
the Goyern.ment of India, at having appointed Lord