The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-08 00:00:00

WINDSOR.

JULY 7.—Viscount Melbourne arrived at the Castle this
morning and had an audience of his Majesty.
Sir William Houston, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence ar-
rived yesterday, and Sir Benjamin Stephenson left this morning.
The King took a drive yesterday afternoon, and paid a visit
to his Royal sisters at Frogmore Lodge. The Queen did not
leave the Castle yesterday.
This afternoon the second battalion of the First Regiment
of Foot Guards was reviewed by Lord Hill, in the Home
Park, and immediately adjoining the Castle. The King, at-
tended by his suite, witnessed the review from the eastern ter-
race, and expressed himself highly satisfied with the excellent
order and discipline of the troops.
To-morrow the King will go to town, but is expected to
return to the Castle after the Levee. On Thursday his Ma-
jesty and the Queen will leave the Castle for St. James's, for
a few days, to receive the Duchess of Saxe Weimar (sister to
the Queen),: who is daily expected in this country from Hol-
land.
The Oxford Blues will leave the cavalry barracks here on
Thursday, for Hounslow, in order to be ready for the grand
review which is to take place in Hyde-park, on Friday next.
The health of the Princess Augusta is much improved since
her return to Frogmore. The Landgravine still continues on
a visit to her Royal sister, and drives out with her daily, at-
tended by Miss Vyse and Mdlle. de Styne. To-morrow her
Royal Highness Princess Augusta will entertain a select party
at dinner, among whom will be Col., Mrs., and Miss Howard
Vyse.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE CAPTAIN
JAMES MARSHALL, R.N.,
WHO DIED AT THE EARLY AGE OF FORTY.

Alas 1 he's gone—the idol of his crew,
Excelled by none, and equalled but by few ;
Whose many virtues shpne with purest ray,
Honour his guide—Heaven his only stay.
Long will the vacancy be felt by all :
Long will they mourn o'er Marshall's early fall ;
Oft drop the tribute of a silent tear
O'er one so justly prized, so justly dear.
But it is past—his noonday sun has set,
And sunk beneath the clouds of deep regret ;
Shedding around his grave a hallowed gloom,
The richest epitaph on virtue's tomb.
London, July 7, 1835. ,C. T. DEALTRY.

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the late Administration, the latter evincing the most deter-
mined hostility to the present. Among the shouts of applause
raised were, " One cheer more for Doctor Wellington," " A
good one for Sir Robert Peel," " Lord Eldon," " The Irish
Church." These were followed by yells and hisses for Lord
John Russell, Lord Brougham, and Lord Morpeth ; but the
longest and the loudest yell of all succeeded the exclamation
of " A groan for Dan O'Connell ;" but the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman will console himself for this by believing that
though it displays an abhorrence of his principles, it serves at
the same time as an acknowledgment of his power.
When order was restored Dr. Turton, the Regius Professor
of Divinity, proceeded to read the usual Latin formula to Dr.
Bowes, who had been made a D. D. the day before, and was
now to be duly admitted. This ceremony, which was in-
teresting only to the Rev. Gentleman himself, occupied some
time, as did also two similar ceremonies which followed, when,
Dr. Geldart, Regius Professor of Civil Law, read the formula
to three gentlemen upon whom the degree of LL. D. was con-
ferred, and Dr. Haviland, Regius Professor of Physic, did so
in the instance of four members of the faculty. •
The recitation of the prize poems then commenced from a
rostrum placed in the centre of the area. The first gentle-
man that mounted it was Mr. Whytehead, of St. John's Col-
lege, and the subject of his successful effusion was " The
Death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester" (late
Chancellor of the University). One of the parts which was
most applauded is that which refers to the support given by
the illustrious deceased to the cause of negro emancipation.
When Mr. Whytehead had concluded his recitation, he was
led up to the Chair by the Esquire Bedel, and the Chancellor,
after a few complimentary and encouraging observations, pre-
sented him with the prize medal. The following are extracts
'rota his poem :
Alas for Africa! her voice deplores
The generous patron of her injur'd shores :
Land of the thirsty desert's scorching gleam,
Where the gaunt lion guards the scanty stream,
The tameless vulture, sovereign uncontroll'd,
Reigns on thy purple peaks and headlands bold.
And scarce a rustling footstep e'er intrudes
On the deep cloister of thy giant woods,
Thy trackless wastes of mountain, sand, and sea,
Stern Nature's charter'd regions, all are free,
Free rolls old Niger his unconquer'd waves,
But man sinks prostrate, and thy sons are slaves !
Yet shall Sierra's palmy groves declare
Who mark'd thy wrongs, and heard thy anguish'd prayer.
Bade newborn hopes the captive's task beguile,
Till rugged Labour learn'd to wear a smile ;
On yonder shores a living tomb shall stand,
Inscrib'd by rescued Afric's grateful hand,
And Gloucester's name be all but deem'd divine,
Close-link'd, immortal Wilberforce, with thine.
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But who shall clear the gloom from Granta's brow,
And which of all her sons shall shield her now ?
To guard her charter'd rights unshrinking stand,
And earn the laurel from her grateful hand?
Here to thy feet she turns with bended knee,
And, generous Camden, rests her eyes on thee !
After Mr. Whytehead came Mr. Smith, of Trinity College,
to whom the prize medal has been awarded for the best Greek
poem on the subject of Delos. He was followed by Mr. H.
Drury, of Caius College, who has obtained no less than two
prizes this year, and they arc most certainly well deserved.
His first is for the best Latin poem on Belisarius, and his
second for the two best epigrams, the one in Greek and the
other Latin, upon a subject taken from Horace's Art of Poetry.
The Chancellor, on presenting the medal to, Mr. Drury,
expressed himself highly pleased with the varied proofs he had
just given of his genius. Mr. Kennedy, of St. John's, then
recited the Greek poem, for which he had obtained the' Por-
sonian prize, and wits warmly applauded at the close. The
subject was taken from Shakspeare's Third Part of Henry
VI., Act ii. Scene 2. The Greek version of the passage
was generally considered to be spirited and faithful to the text.
The prize poems being despatched, " The Installation Ode,"
written by the Rev. C. Wordsworth, Fellow of Trinity, and
set to music by Mr. Walmisley, organist of Trinity and St.
John's Colleges, came on to be performed. Sir George
Smart presided at the organ, and Mr. Walmislcy directed the
performance. The principal singers were—Madame Stock-
hausen, Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Bruce, Miss Wagstaff,
Mr. Sapio, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Parry, jun., and Mr. Machin.
They all acquitted themselves to the utmost of their power.
At the close, " God Save the King," was sung in ftill chorus,
and the Chancellor then retired in the same order as he had
entered. While the procession was advancing towards the
door two ladies swooned away, from the heat of the place, and
were taken out into the open air, where they speedily reco-
vered. The Chancellor and a numerous party dine this even-
ing lath the Master of Trinity, and to-morrow they will be
`tasted at St. John's.