The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-10 00:00:00

ft ore y triu np'Cl7l tlie rivalry of trade than in those
of war, Desirous from the simple motives we have
stated, to suppress all bitterness of feeling on both sides
of the Channel, we can but condemn the course adopted
by some of our Contemporaries, particularly one who
states that Louis Philippe was once a pensioner of Eng-
land, and dependent in this country on his exertions as a
schoolmaster. In the days of his adversity—in our
opinion, the most glorious of his life, as a man—Louis
Philippe refused all support from our Government, and
lived in England on his own private resources.
Although we have stated thus much to the credit of our
august visitor, we reserve our full right to animadvert on
any future political acts of the Royal statesman, when he
ceases to be our guest, and when circumstances may de-
mand the vindication of great principles,
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
Louis Phillippe is amongst us. The:King of the French
is at Windsor Castle. He reached our shores yesterday
He has returned the compliment which our Queen paid
to him in August last year, when she became his guest
at his marine residence at Eu.
We are gratified to find that a _disposition on the part
of the Sovereigns of Europe to interchange, in person,
offices of friendship with each other, is rapidly inereae-
i .g. Formerly the visit of a monarch to the Court of a
neighbouring power was quite an era in the annals of
Europe. Now it is a matter of such frequent occurrence
as scarcely to excite surprise. Louis Philippe is only '
one of several crowned heads that have visited this coun-
try within the last half year. It is but a few months
since two monarchs were, at the same time, the recipients,
of English hospitality. The Emperor of Russia and the
Kit°? of Saxony were both with us in the spring ; and
each must here returned to his own dominions with
exalted opinions of the greatness and the generosity of
the English character. Nicholas experienced British ge-
nerosity. The King of Saxony saw it. Though no people
on earth could regard with greater abhorrence than
do the people of England, the conduct of the Czar to-
wards the Poles, our countrymen scrupulously abstained
from any reference to the subject while he sojourned
on our shores. Considering him as the guest of Vic-
toria, and that he came to this country as her friend
and visitor, they magnanimously resolved to offer him
no mo:es.ation in any way. If such generous conduct
did not inspire him with a very exalted opinion of the
Eng!ish character, he must be incapable of appreciating
those qualities which constitute a nation's true nobility.
If he have a spark of right feeling in his composition, he
must for ever afterwards be loth to have any quarrel or
misunderstanding with a Court and country in which he
met with so generous a reception.
We are sure that Louis Philippe will also return to
France with more elevated views of the charm:ter of
this country than he ever before entertained. He de-
serves a cordial reception at our hands. Whatever
may be his other defects, he has never forfeited his
claims to the character of being the friend of peace,
and, above all, of peace with England. He has man-
fully withstood the clamours and menaces of that
desperate faction called the war party in his own
country. We believe that there is not another man in
Europe who, during the last fourteen years, could have
preserved France from embroiling herself in war with one -
or more of the other leading European Powers. Huma-
nity owes him, on this score, an infinite debt of gratitude.
The visit of? Louis Philippe to this country is a com-
pliment on which we cannot, when all the circumstances
are considered, set too high a value. It required no
ordinary share of moral courage to come to our shores in
any capacity, even in that of the friend and guest of our
Sovereign. He has come in defiance of a very large
class of his subjects. Their cunes, instead of their
benedictions, followed him to the limits of his dominions.
Their journals literally rave, in the greatness of their
mortification, that the Citizen King shoUld have put foot
on the territory of " perfidious England." He has dis-
regarded their abuse : he is cool and collected amidst
the storm of clamour with which he is assailed. He -
is as much at his ease in Windsor Castle as if he were
receiving the plaudits of his owa subjects in the
Tuileries or at St. Cloud. Moral courage like this
is worthy of all admiration: But there are other
grounds on which the King of the French has a right
to challenge our admiration and friendship. It is for
the sake of paying us the compliment of a visit that he
encounters it all. Other nations. must admire, as well
as we, the moral courage and firmness of purpose which
he has exhibited in disregarding the ignorant and illi-
beral denunciations of a section of his own sehjects ;
but we, for whose sake this moral courage and firmness
of purpose are shown, ought to give him special as-
surances that we not only admire his conduct, but that
we feel honoured by his presence in the palace of our
Sovereign. We should be pleased to hear that some
marked expressions of respect were made by our public
bodies to Louis Philippe, before his return to his own
dominions.
In precise proportion as his visit to England must
prove gall and wormwood to the furious faction, termed
the war party, in his own country, ought it to gratify
and delight the friends of the pacific principle in Eng-
land. His presence amongst us may be regarded as a
pledge of the peaceful purposes which he has hitherto
cherished, being steadily pursued.. While he lives, Eng-
land may feel assured there will be no war between her
and France. And if these two countries continue on a
good understanding, there can be rio war in Europe. In
the person of Louis Philippe, therefore, we see a gua-
rantee for the continued peace of Europe. What may
happen after the grave has closed on him, is a point on
which we have no disposition to speculate. It is with
the present, not with the future, that we have more im-
mediately to do.

VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP OF

OXFORD

ELECTION OF DR. SYMONS.
OXFORD, TUESDAY.—In a Convocation, holden this
day, at twelve o'clock, the letter from the Chancellor of
the University nominating the Rev. Dr.Symons,'Warden
of Wadham College, to be Vice-Chancellor for the en-
suing year, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Wynter, Presi- •
dent of St. John's, whose term of office had expired,
was read to the House. The number of doctors and
masters present upon this occasion exceeded by far any
previous attendance, and the Convocation was accord-
ingly holden in the theatre, the area of which was densely
crowded, whilst the semi-circle reserved for the noble-
men and doctors was entirely filled. Among the non-
residents who were present we remarked Lord Kenyon,
Lord Eldon, Lord Bathurst, Lord Sandon, Lord Ashley,
Lord Dalhousie, the Bishops of Lle,ndaff and Chichester,
the Dean of Salisbury, Sir Charles Vaughan, Sir J. B.
Bosanquet, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Ross, M.P. ;
Dean of Norwich, Lord Feversham, Archdeacon Hale,
Archdeacon Samuel Wilberforce, Archdeacon Shirley,
the Rev. Dr. Grant, of Romford.(late Banipton lecturer);
Rev. Dr. Russell, Rev. Dr. Hume Spry, Rev. Dr. Saun-
ders, Edward Cardwell, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Thomas Bionic-
field, Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, Mr. Hallam (the histo-
rian), &c.
Upon the letter being read a loud shout of " Placets,"
with several of a contrary tendency, took place, upon
which the Vice-Chancellor directed those who approved
of the Chancellor's nomination to proceed to the right-
hand side of the House, and those of a contrary opinion
to the left. Tne preponderance of those who supported
Dr. Symons was then apparent, but some one having
called for a scrutiny, it was allowed, care being taken,
as we are informed, to save the rights and authority or
the Chancellor harmless ; for it is understood that the
best lawyers are of opinion that the nomination of the
Chancellor is final, and although submitted to the house,
cannot be set aside ; consequently the Vice-Chancellor
did not permit the scrutiny without a reservation of the
Chancellor's privileges. The scrutiny then took place,
the proctors first taking the votes of the doctors and
noblemen, after which the masters ascended the semi-
circle, and tendered their votes to the two proctors, pass-
ing out at the door behind the Vice-Chancellor's seat,
an arraugement which prevented the usual throng and
inconvenience. When the papers were cast up, the
senior proctor declared " Majori parti placet." The
numbers, however, were pretty generally understood
Placet
Non Placot lB3
Majority —699

The Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Wynter, then addressed
the Convocation in a speech, of which we have now only
time to say, that it was universally admired, as well for
the elegance of the composition as for the moderation it
displayed on those subjects on which the late Vice-
Chancellor, if any man, has reason to be most sensitive.
He has, however, won golden opinions by his conduct
this day, than which nothing could be more gentlemanly
and forbearing.
The usual ceremonies having been gone through in
making the declaratiOn, delivering the insignia of office,
&c., th new Vice-Chancellor ascended the chair, when
he was greeted with loud plaudits from all sides.
Having made, as is usual, a brief address to Convoca-

tion, in which was an allusion to the difficulties of the
present times, and his resolution to do his duty fearlessly,
impartially, and kindly, he then nominated his Pro Vice-
Chancellors—viz., the Rev. Dr. Hawker, Provost of
Oriel; the Rev. Dr. Wynter, President of St. John's ;
the Rev. Dr. Radford, Rector of Lincoln; the Rev. Dr

Plumptre, Master of University.
Among many interesting anecdotes that we hive beard
may be recorded the following :—" The Earl of Romney
travelled to London on Saturday from his seat in Kent ;
and we have reason to believe .that his Lordship's car-
riage was packed and at the door to bring him on to Ox-
ford on Monday, when he received a letter from a gen-
tleman in Oxford, informing him of the vast disparity of
numbers which was expected."
A gentleman of Oriel College, having only seen the
thing mentioned in a newspaper, came voluntarily out of
.Aberdeenshire.
The estimation in which the new Vice-Chancellor is
held by those who know him best may be gathered from
the fact that eighty-eight members of his own college,
at the least, moo and voted in support of his nomination,
while we believe that only one, " A late Fellow," voted
against it.

THE POLKA.—This dance, which has become so
famous, is of recent Bohemian origin. A peasant girl,
servant to a citizen in Elbekosteletz, a town three hours
distant from Prague, was on a Sunday dancing for her
pastime, at the same time accompanying her steps with
an air of her own fancy. The schoolmaster and or-
ganist, Joseph Neruda, having observed her movements,
composed an air adapted thereto. The dance was after-
wards, for the first time, performed in public at Elbe-
kosteletz ; from thence it was introduced into Prague,
where it obtained the name of Polka, thence migrated
to Paris, where it acquired much celebrity, and finally
extended itself to London, New York, and all the great
towns on this and the other side 'of the Atlantic. The
girl, the inventor of this far-famed dance, is now married
in her native country.
A BARBAROUS AGE.—In the year 1517, a pro-
clamation was issued, that women should not meet to-
gether to babble and talk, and that all men should keep
their wives in their houses.—Hame4 England.