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lated would be all that 'woe be 'wanted; at least, he
should be deceived if such should not be the case. The
council would have been infringing a fundamental principle
if they had entier,ed Into arrangements for the Jroseention
of the work until 1,500 had been paid ott. They were,
therefore, at a stand still,
,when two lt proprietors (he
should be excused fors mendeeng their names) J. ginith\
Esq. and J. L. goltehrnidt, Esq., hiVing !)YL't'Ll of the
eircumstaucts'agrecati take the,iisit Vf 50 supplementary
shares each, and too 'Muth Praise could not be given to
these gentlemen Tor /le liberal manner in 'Winch they had
acted. Many Other gentlemen also were applied to, and
acceded to the propotitidiv, *tltti'S 190 out of 200
shares had been taken in that way. The Council, there-
fbre, haVe to 'relhest that the proprietors would use their
influence, if possible, to get tin the remaining telterep..--•
When the report had 'aeon made publY4 tis 4 !.t was
known that the Importarei s eq of 'Aiging and laying the
'foundation hid betiViiar4 ished in three or four months,'
and that ITtlt+ittq month the walls would be seen rising,
he &WWI not that the facilities would be afforded to the
V4kltitAl,by the payment of deposits not yet received, to
I pay off the supplementary shares which had been issued...-.
(Cheers._.)
The Noble CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which Was
carried unanimously.
Mr. HUME said, that itrahgernents had heen entered
into with the contractors, in order that the ex pence of the
budding might not exceed the estimate. lie knew it was
a general complaint that the original estimates Made for
public buildings almost always were found incorrect ; but
nt the'present instance that could not be the case, and this
fact ought to generally lin'owm—(clear.)
A Shareholder wished to know in what manner the ad-
mittance 'of *Wars was to be effected. Wohld those
who first signed the deed of settlement lrsve A priority ?
Mr. linouuttAm rimagined that td be the, case.
TheCiimitstASl AM, the election would be made in the
moat eql.rhbte %antler.
MI,. !CAMPBELL (the. poet) had to congratulate thepro-
flrietors on, the aspect of their. alThirs. When ,tie Ost.en=
gaged in this laudable
,institetiMr, MUS't C'enfess he had
ad many sleeplessmights,, fearing that they should not be
able to obtaih A cleiMtlite Obi for the building; money, in
all case % Was 'Considered to be omnipotent, but he doubted
tifileh 'whether, with 300,000/. in their hands, they would
have been able to procure so large a quantity of land as
eight acres. This, however, had been obtained.
Mr. ilitovonAm remarked, that those who did not
could net vote.
A short discussinn then Vote 'on tilt probability of t here
not being SUfireka Minh for all the scholars which 'night
bet by the shareholders.
Mr. tinoucatast should be very much deceived if there
would not be ample accommodation. Ile could not help
observing on the small amount of the solicitor's bill; Mr:
Tooke had rendered many services to the council, and de-
served much praise.
Colonel JONES moved that the Report be printed and
eireulatedisitiong the thareholders.—Carried.
Mr. Ettotthast said, that a most important duty now
&Vatted on the Council—that of choosing fit and pro-
per professors in the various branches of science ; that duty
would occupy some time, and it would be dearly paying for
a few months, if a bad selection should be the result of a
hurried examination, lie thought, however, that in 18
months the UniVetsity would be opened for the admission
of ttndents.
Thanks Were then voted to Lord Auckland and the
Council for their exertions.
After a few words from Mr. J. Smith, M.P., on the -im-
portance of the University, the meeting adjourned.

ST. ANDREWS.

INSTALLATION OF THE CHANCELLOR.
(From the Fife Herald, of Oct. 20.)
The Hight Hon. Lord Melville, Chencellor of the U.
versify, arrived here yesterday. afternoon.
This day, the Rev. Dr. t net, the Rector, steemispenied
by the Professors, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen as-
sembled, escorted the Chancellor from the house of -Prin-
cipal Nicol, to the Library. Having entered the great
hall abOve stairs, the Rector proceeded to the pulpit, and
commenced the proceedings by prayer : he then descended,
and addressed the Chancdlor to the following purpose
My Loan—l have now the honour and satisfaction to wel-
come your Lordship to this ancient seminary, as Chancellor and
Conservator of its privileges, and to request that you will take the
chair and preside in the present meeting. From the period of its
establishment to that in which your Lordship commenced your con-
nexion with it, about five centuries have intervened. The office of
Chancellor was instituted by the founders of the University, whe
made provision that his successors should ex-officio hold that
office. This arrangement continued till the Revolution, when
Episcopacy was abolished, and the Universities were deprived of
their official guardians, and left at liberty to choose for them-
selves their Chancellors and Conservators of their privileges.—
This University first node choice of the Duke of Athol to fill this
office. The individual next elected was the Duke of Chandos,
who bad previously been their benefactor, by instituting a Profes-
sorship of Anatomy. After him, they elected his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cumberland, then actively employed as Com-
mander-in-Chief, in crushing the rebellion. To him succeeded
the Earl of Kinuoul, who, having more leisure than his prede-
cessors, .was enabled to devote snore time to the duties of his
office, and was in the habit of attending the annual public exami-
nations of the classes, and inspecting the progress of the students,
and bestowing rewards on those wbo made eminent proficiency in
the prosecution of their studies. The Senatus Academicus next
made choice of a distinguished commoner, elevated to the peerage
by his Sovereign for his loug, faithful, and most important ser •
vices to the State. I allude to the father of the noble 'personage I
have now the honour of addressing. Be held the office for 28
years, and some of my colleagues are far better able than lam to
detail minutely the intetest which he exhibited in the welfare of
this institution, and the readiness with which, on all occasions,
amidst the public business which required Ms attention, he listened
to their applications respecting its affaire. After his decease, the
office was filled for a short time by his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, until the success of our military operations on the Con-
tinent rendered it expedient that he should assume the government
of his Majesty's Continental dominions. The Senatus then fixed
on your Lordship to fill the office vacant by his departure front this
country, and I have only to add, that the same 'accessibility to its
Chancellor has hitherto marked the intercourse of the University
with your Lordship as is other instances, and that we have had
every reason to congratulate ourselves on our selection.
The CHANCELLOR, after acknowledging the pleasure de-
rived from meeting the Professors, concluded thus :
" His Majesty hes beau pleased to issue his 'Royal Commission
for visiting the Universities of Scotland, and inquiring into their
condition ; and he has been pleased to include my name in the
number. I feel that I should be wanting in my duty to my col-
leagues if I were to offer, without consultation with them, and
without the fullest consideration, any opinion on the subject of
those, inquiries. But, whatever opinions on other mutters they
have been led to form, there can be no question on this, that res-
pectable and adequate accommodation is indispensable both for the
instructors and instructed ; and I must say, that from what I have
this day seen, I am bound to admit, that here that accommodation
is not what it ought to be. And I trust and hope, that at an
early period, and without waiting the result of the Commission, I
shall have an opportunity of tendering my advice to his Majesty,
i,to_ procure to you accommodation more suitable to the important
objects which engage your attention."
The Rucrrou then begged permission, in the name of the
Academicus, to request that his Lordship would
accent a splendidly bound copy of the Catalogue of the
BoOks in their Library, which they have so lately prepared
and published, for which his Lordship expressed his ac-
knowledgments. The same compliment was then paid to
Sir Henry Jardine and the Rev. Dr. Lee; and when they
had severally thanked the Senatus, the meeting broke up.
THE DINNER.
At six ,'clock the company, of about 129, sat down to an ele-
ga!'t 'limier, presided ovelthe Rector and the Solaria Acade"
emen p afie"'. Among the entl resent were Lord Melville, the
E2illAfter the, health of the' N l% P , Hon.
rles, 'LICH:11111;c" E.41111,1.ti, tr,islyn. the Lord Advocate,, Lord Pit-
IL Lindsay, of liajlearirelsc! aptain Wemyse, 87
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would all drink with feelings
and said, that Lie now about
drank, the Rector rose,
ofw
atormp raoppporsoebaatiotiol.ast
rieds they had reason to be filled with combined feelings of me-
lancholy anti congratulation, of melancho:y for the Idol of those to
wlose aertium they '44 been indebted, and of congratulation,
AWthbiucohhtlitwey.

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when they were able to procure a successor who could extend to
them the same protection and care, and when a number of yeere
ago the Sehatus Academical made chose of, the, Noble Lord, now
their Chancellor, the latter feeling could not fail to kedomiliate;
They remembered with gratitude the mistsroes favours bestowed
ifpon thep by his Lacl'ship's illustrious father, and the kindness
Ise ii-td nimself shown towards them. They were well assured,
that if he could have found time, he would have., visited them
sooner ; but the, cares anti empleyinents othish and most inspoi;taiii
situations, had hitherto. prev,entsd ilarill trent 'ucitig honoured by
p,, nFesertee. ri!...?+Athg item. His colleagues and he bad already t0:144
:144 petilicly expressed their satisfaction at the honour his Lordship
bad done them, and he. proposed now that, in conjunction with
their guests, they should renew their welcome to his Lordships,
as an expression of their , earliest attdmnited watt, and their
wish that he might ItAg.ettAlittile'W fie ..litir tha'i-ce. 6::
site Che.‘.icellor trieny returned tanks,
s'he :Ctratiexet.ort then proposed the health of " the Rector
and Senatus Academicus of the University."
The REcroa returned thanks, and concluded by calling on the 1
company to drink to the alumni of their University, selecting as
the representative of them the Earl of Elgin, who was too well
known to the world to requite to be introduced to thent by any
encomian of hiss
Lord tr.orti addressed the Rector at considerable length : tits
Lerdship.said, the lava'. Cepferred on the Meeting by your Hon.
Chancellor is enhanced tenfold, by the circumstances under which
it has been bestowed: His Lordship's public , duties were most
important and burdensome, and he had also a share in the duties
Of the Royal 'Cointnission ; and it is from no failure in his
.wish
le Five ro this country all the advatitages Which its system of Mu-
cation can hesiokir, that he had not hitherto visited a. It was
One h'tndretl years since this University had been visited by a
Royal Commission, and it wai not to he supposed, that in that
time things should not have occurred teqUiting ripait or aniend-
meat, or that such a Seminary ought to rethaiti stationary: What
the Noble Lord had said, might convince the company, that the
University would advande under his auspices. it had to complain
of long *led, but it could now say, Nil desperandum illo duce.
Alluding to the family afflictions his , Lordship had experienced,
and considering the circumstances of his Lordship's health, they
owed a debt of kindness to Lady %Mlle, tor her readiness in lay-
irt aside It& OWn atliiidies, and coatributing id hil Lotsisiiip's pfe-
tence '.l.strooig than, lie proposed, therefore; that they should drink
tO the health of Lady Melville, and a speedy return of her son to
her in health. •
Lord 111ELvILLE again returned thanks.
When "The Navy of Great Britain" was given, Lord Mar-
slime observed, this toast related to a matter of a very different
description from those they had been discussing, and lie was proud
to find his name in any way coupled with the successes of our
navy, or the means of them. It is true that the prevalence of
peace tendered it tifinecessary to he employed for our security, and
he wished that it might long continue so ; but at the same time,
it was not the less necessary that this most powerful arm of ours
should be kept in a condition of readiness and force, fit to sustain
the naval glory and influence of our country, which he hoped
would endure as long as its own eXistence.
Toast by the Rector—" His Majesty's Ministers,- and may they
long continue to adopt those measures by which the prosperity of
the country may be most effectually promoted." •
Lord MELVILLE retailed thanks, and gave " The speedy reno-
vation of the Buildings of this University."
The following toasts were then given :
" The Lieutenancy of Fife and the Earl of Roselyn."
" The Professors of the University."
" The Provost and Magistrates of the City."
" The Hon. thigh Lindsay, 111. P. fur the Burgh."
" Captain Wemyss."
" The Principals of the Colleges of the University—the Rev.
Drs. Haldane and Nicol."
" The Lord Advocate of Scotland."
" Sir Henry Jardine."
" The Court of Session and Lord Pitmilly."
" Dr. Chalmers." .
Dr. CnALstrits said, the subject referred to (the Poor Laws:
was almost worn out of his remembrance. His whole bent and
time had been so much engaged in the freshness, and intereit,
and ardour, of the new pursuits he had been introduced to, that
his every feeling had been drawn away front them, and these
other interests had, in a certain measure, taken their plias
among things gone by. Ido not now (said he) intrude my-
self on your notice as any other than Dean of Faculty. My do-
main in that capacity is somewhat limited, Since we want *here a
school of Medicine and a school of Law, and we are even in want of
one or two endowments to complete our equipments as a school of
Literature and Philosophy. To this last it is my wish we should
be limited i and t would desire -im estatnielionant for either Me-
dical or Legal instruction, but that, in any intended amelioration,
there should be ke,',t inviolate this distinctive character among
our seminaries--that here is to be had just all the science and
scholarship that can liberalize and dignify a gentleman's educa-
tion. It would hold us out in a more attractive light to our
higher families, that here such could be acquired, in comparative
retirement, and apart from the distractions of a city's juvenile
society. In others, the academic tone and character is overborne
in their admixture with the bustle and activity of the large town
society, and the pupils are dispersed into their widely separated
dwellings, whereas, here they form their close and unbroken knots
of uompaniseship ; —We have more to see than just their brother-
hood in affection, there is an element of prodigious force in the
action and reaction of their associated intellect. Each one knows
each other, and their whole task daily and hourly is of literature.
Literature is their world? -.their whole imaginings are coloured by
it ; and they breathe throughout all their companionships a more
intense literary atmosphere. And among its most valuable results,
is that feeling of clanship—that esprit du corps, which gives each
a disposition more thoroughly impregnated with the whole temper
and disposition of literary effort. Though at the batarn of the scale
as to numbers, St. Andrews has ever stood eminent in her propor-
tion of those who signalise themselves. Nut long ago, seven of her
sons were at once Profesiors in the University of Edinburgh ; and
when we enumerate her Ritchies, her Duneans, her Leslies,, her
Playfairs, we give her—whether we reckon them by weight or
tale—a respectable rank as a manufactory of literary and philoso-
phic men ; and when like to be crushed into shreds by younger
competitors, I trust that we shall have the privilege of saying
something for ourselves. We would show that we cannot only
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count and appeal to the past ; yet we can indulge a natural com-
placency, and look erect at the mention of those who have dig-
nified and illuminated the ages gone by. We have Knox, Mel-
ville, Buchanuan, in Theology ; and Rutherford, quaint
though he be, yet filled with deep and pathetic thought. We
have James Gregory, in science, the inventor of the reflecting te-
lescope, and the friend, of Newton. And those, the splendours
of our ancient glory, still gleam upon us through the mist
of ages. Our share of Scottish literature we claim from the
olden time. Our localities are hallowed and canonized by
the glories and martyrdoms of our glorious reformation,—
I would humbly suggest to you, (continued the Doctor), a
toast which comes associated with the occasion we have
been celebrating. There is a saying of a celebrated
Statesman, distinguished alike for literature and politics,
who was admired as an orator wheu alive, and revered as a sage
when dead, and of whom it was said, that the splendour of his
genius detracted from the impression of his wisdom. Edmund
Burke called Education the cheap defence of nations, and most
truly may it be termed so, Why, half the annual expense of a
single frigate would be sufficient to uphold, as they are, all the
Universities of Scotland. Thus the memorable fountain head of
a nation's power may be kept in easy play for an expense scarcely
worth consideration in a nation's finance. The materiel of a
nation's force may be expensive—the morale is not. I propose—.
" prosperousAowt
teno'clock
to the labour. of the Royal Commission."
Ab
dock, the Chancellor retired, accompanied
by Lord Elgin, Captain \%remyss, &c. and very soon after
the Rector left the chair, and the company dispersed.

The furniture and fixtures, including the marble
chinmey-pieces, valuable stoves, cornices, &c., have
been entirely removed from all the rooms in the King's
Palate, Pall-Mall, except those of the library and the
King's wardrobe. They have been principally re-
moved to the King's Riding House, which had been
for some months under preparation for that purpose,
fire-places being put up for tires to be made to tho-
roughly air the building, to prevent the furniture being
injured by the damp, &c. The remainder has been
removed to the King's Palace, St. James's. It is said
that the whole of the furniture, fixtures, &c. are to be
reolove,d. to the new Palace, now building in St.
s-park, fur the future London residence of his
Majesty, when that building is in a state sufficiently
forward to receive them. It is also understood that
the doors of the state• rooms, as well as various other
parts of the interior of the King's Palace, in Pall-
'AWL, are to be removed to the intended new Palace,
when the appropriate Farts are prepared for their re-
ception :
Nash,
the architect, having taken the
dimensions, &e,

FOREIGN INtELLIGtNet.

(From the EtoiM.)
ObEssA, OcT. 9.—We have every reason to believe that
the Turkish Commissioners at Akermann transtnitted on
the 6th the answer to:the propositions which had been
made to them ,month of Aug*: It Was sent off
kimmediately to the EniperOr; The ktibStanee Of it is not
kina, hut it is thought to he faNiourable, as there has been
no new movement among the troops.
According to the last accounts from Constantinople, M.
de Minziacky had received from the Reis Effendi only eva-
siye, answers; and that in coniequence he was making pre:
liarit,idlis for quitting tlte capital: It,is thought; bovreier,,
that he must have received a copy of the answer sent to
Akermann.
BARCELONA, OCT. 16._A-singular event, of which as
yet we have no certain accounts, forms the only subject of
conversation here. The following is the substance of
whatlve have heard
At one in the Morning the Captain-General quitted his
palace, accompanied only by a -Corporal, and proceeded
directly to the house of the Lieutenant-General, De Eel-
iet, where lie retrained till day-break. Sentinels were
.placed at all the avenues of the palest, ittid four companies
received orders to be under arms. Tke following is as«
signed as the reason for these precau s :—lt is confi-
&tidy stated that M. Campo Sagrada received intimation
the evening previous that an attempt Was to be made OIL
his life, and on that of the venerable Archbishop and the
Intendant-General of Police, and that the assailants were
to proceed immediately after accomplishing ,their purpose
to the Treasury.
. this iiioiniria Ms Rodriguez assured M. Campo Sagrado
of the falsehood of the plot.
This news, which was not much reeciVed; has however
a little quieted the minds, on account of the attachment and
respect people hear towards the Captain-General. It is
asked in effect what men' are so ill-natured as to make a cri-
minal attack on the benefactor of this principality ? and
again it is,asked, what could be the project of the wretches
who would meditate an attack on this place of which we
occupy all the strong holds, both Mountjouiek and the ci-
tadel, and where there is a garrison of 5,000 men, com-
manded by an experienced Chief ?
This morning it was pretended that the Junta assembled
under the Presidency of M. the Count de Villemur.
It is also said, that the house which was pointed out as
concealing the powder and arms has been tried, so that
searching produced no result.
In transmitting to you these details, I do not guarantee
that the event and the measures taken in regard to the
Captain General do not add much credit to that which
concerns the Archbishop and the Intendant of Police.
17th.—All is tranquil, although orders were yesterday
evening given for arresting all persons found in the streets
after midnight. The labours of inspecting the infantry of
this division arc entirely terminated some days.
18th.—M. the French. Lieutenant-General, accompanied
by all the corps of officers of the division, has made a visit
to M. Campo Sagrado, on occasion of the anniversary of
the King's birth-day.
(From the Conatigutionnel.)
CONSTANTINOELE, SEPT. 30.—Every thing that passes
here iv so extraordinary, that each day presents either a
political antithesis, or some fact opposed to the usages of
the East. At every moment almost there is something
new. Here is a Mufti writing songs, in place of issuing
fetfas, or solving cases of conscience, and Dervises are
regularly drilled in the use of the musket. The' most
singular occurrence, however, is, the sudden arrival at
the Court of the Sultan of a Persian Ambassador—the
same who had successively visited London, Paris, and St.
Petersburgh—the political Proteus Daoud-Mirza, an Ar-
menian renegade, become a Mahometan of the sect Ali,
and Minister Plenipotentiary of Feth, or Fethuchi Ali-
Khan, received as a brother, by his compatriot, Kadizade
Taltir-Effendi Cazi-.Asker of Anatolie, an Armenian by
birth, and now a Mufti. The two renegades are insepa-
rable. Daoud-Mirza has already had an audience of the
Grand Vizier, to whom be has announced the Declaration
of War, made by the Seltab,bis august and invincible Mas-
ter. Since this, the new Ambassador, who speaks the
English, French, and Russian languages, and being quite
Master of European customs, publishes bulletins, in which
he attributes such success to the Persians, that if they were
to be believed, one would suppose them already at the
gates' of Tiflis ; on the other hand, M. de Alinziacky, will
not fail to reply in similar bulletins, so that this winter
we shall have a sort of political comedy, which will furnish
matter of, conversation at our fire-sides. The Franks are
divided in opinion ; some are for the Russians, but the
majority for the Persians. With regard to the , Turks,
who are now great adepts in the doctrine of: toleration,
they believe, and will believe, as articles of faith, all these
stories of sucess announced by Daoud-Mirza, even though
the Russians had burnt Teheran.
(From the. Journal des Debuts.)
Moscow, OCT. 2.—The- Envoys Extraordinary of
France, England, and Sardinia, had their audience of
couge on the 29th tilt., in the morning. In the evening
the Emperor and Empress Alexandra honoured the ball
given by the the Countess d'Orlow Tsckesmenskoi with
their presence.
The Emperor set out on the Ist of this month for Tonle,
accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Charles of
Russia.

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBEII.

cypriotmEsta—BAelle
pelisse of
WALKING Gros de N
pies of a pomegranate-red. A full wadded rouleau
finishes the skirt next the feet ; over this
rouleau, at a
suitable distance, and down each side of the front, ,is
a trimming, en volan, pinked at the e, edg and set on
in a serpentine wave ; the trimming headed by a nar-
row rouleau. The pelisse fastens close down the
front with full rosettes of gros de Naples. The body
is made plain, with a narrow pelerine-cape, partially
scalloped, and trimmed at the edge
in a correspon-
dent manner to the sides in front of the skirt. The
sleeves are en gigot, but not very full. A, falling col-
lar of fine India muslin, trimmed with Urling's lace,
encircles the throat, and is fastened in front with a
rosette of broad, pink ribbon. With any other 'red,
this would be incongruous, but one great quality in
the beautiful and becoming pomegranate red is, that
it is suited to every colour. The bonnet worn with
this pelisse is correspondent to it, and is finished by
a narrow rilche, at the edge of the brims the trim-
ming on the crown is of the same material, and is put
on in arcades, which are edged with a. -narrow ruche,
of a shade lighter. The strings are in a loop of rib-
bon, variegated with pomegranate-red and green diec-
quers on a white ground.
MORNING COSTUME. A round
,dress of white
cambric, with three broad --
rows of embroidery at the
-border, at equal distances. The sleeves fit almost
close to the arm, and are surmounted by mancherons
of the Persian fashion ;
they arc confined at the wrist
bracelet, clasped with a red corneli
with a gold art,
with long
Afehulelerine d muslin, ends, is worn
the ends are confined by a belt of rich
with this dress ;
white watered ribbon, fastened in
fatal with a square
silver buckle the pelcrine is elegy finished by
lace and embroidery, and it buttons down the front
with a row of small buttons of fine cotton, beautifully
wrought. A. narrow collar turns over from the throat,
and is trimmed round with lace ; this is fastened in
front with a bow of variegated ribbon. The hair is
simply and neatly arranged under a cornette a la
Marie Stuart, farmed of thread tulle and fine Mech-
lin lace. The crown is surmounted by puffings of
broad, coloured ribbon, and a full blown rose lies on
the hair, over the left temple.