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THOMAS WILSON
GVLIELMVS WILKINS; ARCIIITECTVS.
[TRANSLATION.]
By the good Providence of the great-and blessed God,
the eternal Creator of the World (and may- his favour grant
prosperity !) in the eighth year of the reign of George the
Fourth, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the illustrious Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of
Sussex, Patron of all the liberal Arts, and Grand Master
in England of the very ancient order of Free and Accepted
Masons, laid, with his own hand, the first stone of the
University of London ; amidst the plaudits of surrounding
Citizens and Brothers, on the thirtieth day of April, 1827.
This work, long and ardently desired, and adapted to the
wants both of the metropolis and the country, has now at
length been begun in the year of our Lord 1827, and of the
world 5827.

The names of the eminent men who form the Council
are—Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk, Henry Marquis of
Lansdowu, Lord John Russell, John Viscount Dudley and
Ward, George Baron of Auckland, the Honourable James
Abercrombie, Sir James Mackintosh, Alexander Baring,
H. Brougham, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, George Grote,
Zachary Macaulay, George Birkbeck, Thomas Campbell,
Olinthus Gregory, Joseph Hume, James Mill, Benjamin
Shaw, John Smith, William Tooke, Henry Warburton,
Henry Waymouth, John Whishaw, Thomas Wilson, Wil-
liam Wilkins (Architect).

After this inscription had been read, the upper
Pert of the stone was gradually raised by the help of
Pates, and his Royal Highness having received the
coins, medals, and inscription, deposited them in the
hollow formed for their reception. The two parts
of the stone were then fastened together, and the
whole was raised from the ground. A bed of mor-
tar was now laid upon the ground by the workmen,
to which his Royal Highness added more, which be
took from a silver plate and afterwards smoothed the
whole with a golden trowel, upon which were in-
scribed the following words :—" With this trowel
was laid the first stone of the London University,
by his Royal Highness Augustus Duke of Sussex,
on the 30th of April, 1826. William Wilkins, ar-
chitect ; Messrs. Lee and Co., builders." The stone
was then gradually lowered amidst the cheers of the
assembly, the band playing " God save the King."
His Royal Highness, after having proved the stone
with a perpendicular, struck it three times with a
mallet, at the same time saying, " May God bless
this undertaking which we have so happily com-
menced, and make it prosper for the honour, happi-
ness, and glory, note only of the metropolis, but of
the whole country.

An oration was then delivered by the Rev. Dr.
Maltby, in which he offered up a prayer to the Al-
mighty to bless the present undertaking. From the
situation in which we were placed, we could not dis-
tinctly hear what was spoken from the platform.
Dr. LUSHINGTON stated, that he had been chosen
by the Committee as the organ by which to express
their opinions. He remarked that the London Uni-
versity must effect good. The clouds of ignorance
had passed away, and the sun had broken forth and
dispelled the darkness which had hitherto prevailed.
No man dared now to assert that the blessings of
education should not be extended to every, even the
lowest, of his Majesty's subjects. He then expa-
tiated on the advantages which were likely to arise
from the establishment of a London University,
among other things, in opening a door to Dissenters,
who were excluded from the two great Universities.
The learned gentleman concluded by passing an elo-
quent compliment upon the public conduct of the
Duke of Sussex. Attached to no party, he was a
friend to liberality, and promoted by his encourage-
ment any efforts of the subjects of this realm, what-
ever their political opinions, if their motives were
proper and praiseworthy.

The Duke of SussEx acknowledged the compli-
ments which had been paid to him in the eloquent
speech of the Learned Gentleman. He stated, that
the proudest day OW life WAS thAt Iva which he

had laid the firstitone. of the London. :University,
surrounded as he was by gentlemen 6 as higlirank,
fortune, and character, as any in the kingdom. He
was quite convinced hat the present undertaking
must be productive of good. It would excite the
old Universities to fresh exertions, and force them
to reform abuses. His Royal Highness concluded,
amidst the cheers of the assembly, by repeating that
the present was the happiest day of his life.
His Royal Highness and the Committee then
left the platform, and the spectators dispersed, ap-
parently highly gratified with the exhibition of
the day.
The Royal Duke was loudly cheered by the
people at his departure.

Amongst the company present, we observed—the Duke
of Norfolk, Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Auckland, Sir R.
Wilson, Mr. J. Smith, M.P., Mr. Brougham, M.P., Dr.
Lushington, M.P., Mr. Watson Taylor, the Hon. Captain
Dundas, the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, Colonel Jones, Mr.
Alderman Venables,

DINNER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LONDON

UNIVERSITY.

At six o'clock the Members of the Council, and the
':friends of the undertaking, partook of a dinner at the
Vreetnason's Tavern, Great Queen-street-his Royal High_
ness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair. Among the very
numerous anti select company, we noticed the Dukes of
Norfolk and Leinster, the Marquis of Lanstlown, the Earl
of Carnarvon, Lord Auckland, Lord Nugent, M.P., John
C. Hobhouse, Esq., M.P., Sir James Graham, M.P., Sir
Robert Dundas, M.P., Sir Herbert Mayo, Mr. Aber-
crombie, M.P., Mr. Denman, Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr.
Warburton, M.P., Mr. Marshall, M.P., Mr..Broughain,
M.P., and Mr. J. Brougham, M.P. ; Mr. Tooke, Doetor
Birkbeek, 11k. Mill, with a number of other Noblemen
and Gentlemen. The room was crowded to excess, and all
the galleries were filled with ladies, who seemed to take
great interest in the scene.
Non Nobis' was sung in good style immediately after
the cloth was removed.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Ssssrx said, he found
it necessary, before proceeding to the proper business of
the evening, to caution the gentlemen to keep their places,
by which they would all hear very well, and no person
would deprive another of an enjoyment they were all
anxious to obtain; and also that g certain number of toasti
had been put into his hands, and he should consider it his
duty to preserve that order in giving them which had been
prescribed to him. If, therefore, in the course of the
evening, any gentleman, in • the fervour of the moment,
should propose a toast not in his list, that gentleman would
excuse him if he continued in that path which had been
pointed out for him. He would also observe, that after
drinking the health of his Majesty, and after haring paid
that attention to his Hon. Friend, which he knew they
would pay, and after having greeted ivith their good wishes
that great -cause they were met to celebrate, with the
strongest effusions of English lungs, he thought it would
be more correct, and more consonant with the object for
which they had met, if they were to content themselves
with expressing their satisfaction without much cheering.
In then proposing the health of his Majesty, his Royal
Highness said, in the situation in which he stood, address-
ing a company like that, he was sure the he had no occa-
sion to recommend the health of his Majc,ity to the loyalty
of the company. He knew that they would all feel like
Englishmen, and he should, therefore, do no more than
propose " The 'health of his Majesty King George the
Fourth," with three times three.
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm, and loud
and repeated cheers.
" God save the King" was then sung.
The Duke of Sussex then gave the "health of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Ad-
miral." At the mention of his Royal Highness's name,
there was loud and continued cheering, and his Royal
Highness's health was drank with every mark of applause.
The Duke of Noarome, in rising to propose the health
of hii Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, said, that any
thing he could say would not add to the acknowledged
merits of his Royal Highness. To the illustrious titles
which had descended to him from his ancestors he had
added the still more illustrious titles of protector of every
Charity, the enlightened patron-of the Arts, and the friend
of Civil
_and Religion' Liberty. He-was sure thit the
health of his Royal Highness would be highly acceptable
to the company, and that they would be glad to drink it
with three times three.
.!` His Royal Highness's health' was accoidiegly drnuk,
with several rounds of applause.
The Duke-of Sussex, in rising to return thanks to the
company for the manner in which the toast given by his
Noble Friend had been received, would only say, that he
thanked the company cordially and heartily. The com-
pliment paid,to him by the Noble Duke he felt.sincerely,
but at the same time he must say that lie differed from his
Noble Friend in thinking that he had any merit in enter-
taining the sentiments-for which his NobleTriend had com-
plimented him.- He was proud to cherish every thing
which brought to his recollection what he was sure be
should never forget, that `those 'principles brought his
family to the. Throne 'of these realms.—(Great cheer-
ing.).--Under all circumstances, he was always glad to
refresh his recollection of those great objects, which
proved the sincerity of his professions.—(Hear, hear,
hear.)—He wished always to be judged by facts rather`
than by professions, and he would not say any more, be-
cause ho wished not to make professions, but show what his
opinions were by his acts. He had been much interested
from the earliest period, in the object for which they had
then met—he should rather say, that from the earliest period
he had heard of the University, it had excited his liveliest
interest for its success. He would be at all times ready to
support it ; and should his exertions be called for in anyway
that he could exert himself, they would always find him
ready to put his shoulder to the wheel, honestly, sincerely,
and going straight forward, neitherturning to the right nor
the left.- His excellent friend, Dr. Lushington, in his ad-
dress that morning, had explained—and this would be fur-
ther explained by some gentlemen he then saw near him—
the object, and defined the limits of the establishment.
which showed that it was not intended to injure or interfere
with the two Universities of England. It would ill become
him, as a Prince of the Blood, to further any object which
might injure the two Universities; but it was thought that
they had not gone with their instruction to that extent
which was proposed by the establishment' in London.
(Cheers.) They must he, as his Learned Friend had said,
lost in gratitude to those educated at our two Universi-
ties ; but they took a different view, and wished to march
with events, while the discipline and regulations of the
other Universities did not allow them -to make those
changes, which the circumstances of the times required.
(Cheering.) They meant to assist in the improvement of
education, and augment the number of those who aspired to
obtain a good education, and reduce the expense of obtain-
ing it, which had been much augmented in the last 20 or SO
years. He would not go further back, for if he did, he might
be thought to be casting reflections, which he had no wish to
do. He only wished to do good to mankind, and pre-
serve those feelings which ought to belong to those en-
gaged in the same pursuits. He was satisfied. that it the
principles laid down were acted on, and the University
were well conducted, the other two Universities would not
be opposed to the Loudon University, but they would be
helps to each other. For his own part, the professions of
support which he had made lie meant to adhere to, for he
did not suppose it possible that the 'London University
could in any manner injure the others.—(Cheers.)—lfe
only gave his own opinion, but he would not trespass
Monger on the Meeting, as there were several distinguished
individuals waiting to address them, and especially as there
was one who would explain at greater length than had
been done in the morning the objects of the Institution. He
would only, therefore, return the company his thanks for
the honour they had done him, and assure them that lie
regarded this day as or,t; of the proudest of his existence.
In conclusion, he should beg them to drink the health of
an Hon. Friend of his, whom he had known long, and
than whom he was sure there was not an honester man in
the country.—(Cheers.)—He requested the Meeting to
drink a " bumper to Mr. Brougham, and prosperity to the
University of London, with three times three."
Mr. BROUGHAM, on rising to return thanks was
greeted with enthusiastic cheering, which prevented the
Learned Gentleman from proceeding for some minutes.
He then said, he rose to execute a commission im-
posed on by a vote of the Council, that of return-
ing their thanks ; and, on behalf of the Institution,
to his Royal Highness their Illustrious Chairman,
who had been pleased to speak of him in terms he did
not merit, and also to explain the objects proposed by tbs.,
Council. The task had been imposr•i on him from, God
knew, no peculiar fitness for the office, but from his haviiig
been, from the first, one of the earliest and most zealous pro-
moters of ,the good work they were then met to celebrate.
Two years had not yet elapsed since the period when, per-
haps many of those then asseli,bled had heard the project
first brought forward in the City of London, the cradle of
civil and religious liberty in this country—(Cheers);—of
liberty which had been nurtured and watered by the pre-
cious blood of its nobler citizens. It was there where arose
that Institution which had been eulogised by his Noble
Friend, and •which if he did not deceive himself, would,
under the 'blessings of Divine Providence, render that li-
berty, which bad been there crmilvti And plutned perper

tual and eternal in England, and would enable them to
spread the lights of _knowledge and of freedom over the
whole world.—(Cheers.)—On that day he had risen
to perform a duty, under very different circumstances
from the present—under the cold sneers of some, and
the more open taunts and gibes of others, accom-
panied by the faint hopes of many friends, and the
ardent good wishes of others ; while the project was heard
with deep execrations by the enemies of human improve-
ment, and of light and liberty, which gave life and prospe-
rity to this empire.—(Cheers.)—But now those clouds
and mists were dispelled—two anxious years had scarcely
passed amidst the varied fortunes of the empire, and such
dispensations as they did not originally look for. But they
had all been surmounted ; and that day they had raised the
standard of the London University, and had triumphed over
all those who had secretly despised and contemned the under-
taking, as well as over its more open enemies, and they had
lived to see the walls of the University rising amidst
the plaudits of surrounding thousands—they had been,
by promoting their own wishes, engaged in the cause of
the empire. These were holy works, and such as displayed
wisdom as well as humanity; they had lent their hands to
raise a solid and useful fabric, and had not been engaged
among the quicksands of human policy ; theirs was a labour
which no winds could destroy, and it had about it none
of the slipperiness of parties engaged in the recent political
events which were passing before them. No; the fabric
they had erected they all felt would be an eternal pillar con-
sistent with the best interests of mankind, and handing
down their names would recal the founders of the Univer-
sity to the gratitude of posterity.—(Cheers.)—He decried
no man's occupation—he contemned no man's vocation ;
but. he could not help contrasting that day's work with
others of passing interest, narrow and confined, and he could
not help glorying and indulging in exultation at the grati-
fication to which they might then look for their honest am-
bition. They -were not gratifying any vain or selfish de-
sires,les admin‘stering to. the happiness and liberties of
mankind.—(Cheers. )—lle conjured them to proceed on-
ward,
and faulter not, :for every step they took was good j
for ever s and while others were rotting up, as the poets
had described, those stones which were perpetually return-
ing on them, they were sure that the stones they rolled up
would not again roll down, and as in the other case cover
them with disappointment, if not overwhelm them. There
was, then,-but little more necessary to complete the work
they had begins, and it became his duty to say a few words as
to the future intentions ofthe Council. The great thing which
then remained to be done was to take great care in choosing
the teachers, that they should be men every way qUalified,
and full of-rich and varied learning. On this subject the
Council had come to a fixed resolution, in which the whole
body had cordially concurred—each of the twenty-four
individuals of which the Council consisted, had solemnly
pledged himself never to allow such a phrase as a candidate
for votes to be mentioned in his presence. They had re-
solved to give the places to the worthiest--(cheers), and to
prefer the person, though least recommended, to the per-
son best recommended, if his merits were only so much su-
perior as the dust in the balance.—(Cheers.)—He knew
that in this respect they would differ from their predeces-
sors ; but they would have an advantage over them. In
the next peculiarity which he should mention, there was
also a most important difference, and he also thought a
great advantage. Instead of teaching four or five, or six
mouths only in the year, it was their intention that the
courses of lectures should last nine months.----(Cheers.)—
Instead of the lecturer giving a single lecture of an hour
each day, it was proposed that each Professor should lecture
an hour each day, and he should, during another hour,
examine the pupils successively, to ascertain if they had
comprehended the lecture, and if he had made himself un-
derstood. A third hour was to be employed at least three
days each week, if not six, in discussions, to which such
pupils should have access as chose to push their studies,
and they should attend the levees of the Professors, who
would have the power of dispensing the highest titles and
honours which a Sovereign could confer on a subject—he
meant the power of helping the pupils in their labours, and
directing the higher studies of those who felt dispesed to
examine into the operations of nature. The Professors
should in these meetings more fully explain to the ambi-
tious student the prodigies of science, and encourage them
not only to learn whatever was already known, but should
put them in'the proper path to become discoverers them-
selves.—(Cheers.)—He thought it needful to say one word
on another and different subject ; he had been accused,
unjustly accused, but still he had been accused of having
spokenwith disrespect, and of being inimical to the two vene-
rable Universities of this country, in which learning and
science lull9u heen carefully preserved, ansl from sy)aiela tley
had been not Many-years ago spread over 'the land,Where
truth and faiths had been treasured up--he meant Oxford and
Cambridge:-z-whence, at no distant 'date, the lights of
science and the grace of letters had emanated.—(Cheers.)
Why had he • been thought hostile to these Institutions ?
Was it because it had been his misfortune not to have been
educated atreither of, them, and not to have studied oa the
sacred haunts of the Muses, on the banks of the Cam or the
Isis? Tilts might make him envy those who enjoyed this
inestimable advantage, but he was not like that cunning
auimal,who found out, when he could not reach the fruit,
that it was sour.—(Cheers.) On the contrary, he would
say of Cambridge—whence that science had been spread
over the *hole of Europe, .to which, in his earliest years,
he had been, most attached, and to which he might yet
hope to return----that the world kneiv no man greater than
its Newton, and it had in Wodehouse and Babbage fol-
lowers almost as eminent as this great master, and worthy
to tread in his footsteps. Was he considered the enemy of
Ox.f4rd, because of ail men there was no one alive who
more revered those treasures of taste—those chaste classical
models which had been there preserved and handed down,
and which had produced such 'men as Cogglestone, and
Wheatley, and many others to mention whom would be-
wilder, rather than enlighten, his hearers ? Under these
personal feelings, he could, less than any man, make objec-
tions to Oxford, which now combined the claims to our
esteem, from having been established in former ages, of com-
parative darkness, to the claims of having of late obtained a
victory over itself, and had, in a great degree, almost adopted
the lights and spirit of the age.—(Cheers.)—He must be
short-sighted indeed, as had been mentioned by his Learned
Friend, who was not willing to perceive that Oxford had of
late almost equalled Cambridge in that particular depart-
ment of science for which Cambridge was celebrated, and
that Cambridge had become almost what Oxford was and
is for classical learning. The meeting would suffer him to
express his unmeasured joy, and not indecorous exultation
at that day's work, when his Royal Highness, with that
implement which he held in Isis hand (holding up the
trowel), had performed so important a service; the Meet-
ing would suffer him to express his satisfaetinn at the con-
trast between their present situation, when all was serene
about them, and no clouds were to be seen, and their' situ-
ation, surrounded with fogs and darkness, when he had last
addressed them. What he had said on that occasion, he
felt himself called on then to repeat, rather at present as a
matter of history, while formerly it had been uttered pro-
phetically ; he had then told them in the words of the
sweetest of our Minstrels, which gentlemen who had heard
him, and might not then have given him credit for his ob-
servation, would now see realised. The University was now,
" As some tall cliff that lifts Its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head."—(Loud cheering.)

" The Duke of Sussex said, it was then his duty to re-
mind the company that the time was come when'it would
he better they should leave off cheering the speakers. His
Honourable Friend, who had just sat down, had stated that
no cause of jealousy existed between the different Univer-
sities, and he had powerfully expressed his own feelings on
this important question. He saw on his left hand a Noble
Friend (the Marquess of Lansdown)—(Loud cheering)—
who had the happiness of belonging to one of those Uni-
versities, at which he had distinguished himself in a re-
markable knaolndee
mmoarnen
teir,,a and
tdhue-liino,si
address-
ing them.—(Cheers.)—Like his Honourable Friend who
had addressed them in the morning, he continued to admire
and respect his Alma Mater, and he was sure he would
not come there to support the London University, if he
thought ;t would injure that other to which he was devoted.
As a proof of the feelings of the Members of the London
University towards the other Universities, he had then the
honour to propose " the health of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Gloucester, and prosperity to the University of
Cambridge;" and also " the health of Lord Grenville, and
prosperity to the University of Oxford." The toast was
drunk with cheers.

The Marquess of LANSDOWN on rising waS received
with loud cheers. When they had subsided the Noble
Marquess went on to say, that his name having been
coupled by their Illustrious Chairman with one of those
venerable bodies whose extended existence in the country
:with the instrumentality of their privileges, had made them
the repositories of literature -and religion, he felt himself
called ou to say a few words, and express the respect he
felt for the Institutions alluded to, which he was sure was in
no respect or degree 'at variance with the warns wishes he
entertained for the prosperity of the London University.—
(Cheers.)—He could never believe that the extension of
science in one spot would check its growth in another;
on the contrary, he believed that it would every where
make a snore rapid progress in
.proportion as it was dif-
fused. It was his ardent hope, that the sciences which
constituted his proudest recollections of the University of
Cambridge would be respected and studied by the opulent
classes of this country—that they would apply themselves

to the higher branches of knowledge, so that in this age
of inquiry they would not be left behind.. The Univer-
sity, the foundation of which they were then met to cele-
brate, lie must, however, remark, extended to the inte-
rests of all the country ; it was perhaps the largest instru-
ment of the kind ever called into operation, and would
continue, he hoped, to grow with the growth and pros-
perity of the great City in which it was established, and
be eternal like it. He hoped, also, it would grow with its
commerce, which could not continue to thrive separated
from science, and which was inseparably connected with
principles of freedom.—(Cheers.)---He was sure, when
the project for the University was first developed "in
London, that, so far from being a rival of the other Uni-
versities,it would contribute, as our commerce advanced,
to the progress of science, and at the same time that it
brought forth new views, it would open the minds of all,
and be a great means of securing the beet interests of mo-
rality and religion.—(Cheers.)—He was at a loss to dis-
cover how teaching science to young men, who would re-
turn home daily, and there receive the benefit of religious
instruction, could disqualify them to appreciate correctly
the truths of the one or the consolations of the other. Not
only this generation, but the next, and all succeeding gene-
rations, would be benefitted by the Institution, of which
they were met to celebrate the foundation, and he wished it
prosperity and honour.—(Cheers.)

. .
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN next adverted to the great num-
bers of Members of the Royal Society that he saw about
him, and thought it would be most proper that, when they
came forward so readily to further the views of this insti-
tution, the assembly ought to drink " Prosperity to the
Royal Society of London."
Dr. MALTBY (as we were informed the gentleman's name
was) returned thanks in the name of the Members of the
Royal Society, and stated, they thought it their duty to do
every thing in their power to promote the cause of useful
knowledge, the progress of which would., be found indis-
pensably connected with the interests and advancenient of
the cause of sound religion and morals.
The Duke of Sussex then proposed that they should
drink " Prosperity to the City of London, and the Trade
thereof."

Mr. Alderman VZNABLES returned thanks, and ob-
served that this Institution had arisen out of the necessity
of the case. Such an Institution was absolutely necessary
in the circumstances of the City of London, and lie trusted
that those Who had the management of the funds of the
City would be sensible that they could not do their duty,
in their capacity of stewards for the application of these
funds, in a better manner than by exerting themselves
effectually to support this Institution.
The ROYAL GUATIMAN next proposed that they should
drink " Prosperity to the Universities of Scotland and
Ireland." It was rather a singular, circumstance, he said,
that while the capitals of both Scotland and Ireland had
their Universities, the capital of England should be with-
out one. He the more willingly proposed this toast, as
lie saw a gentleman present who had been very active in
the promotion of the interests of the present' Institution,
who had been recently Rector of one of the Scotch Uni-
versities.

Mr. Hustr rose to return thanks, which he did, as he
said, at the urgent request of the Council, although he
was perfectly aware that there were Members present, con-
nected with the Scotch Universities, who could have done
much more justice to the subject. There was no doubt
that the Scotch derived great advantage from the facilities
which they possessed of acquiring a good and economical
education. He had himself found the benefit of this ad-
vantage, aud, in return, thought himself bound to use his
best exertions for the prosperity of this Institution. It
ought to be observed, that while England had only its two
Universities, Scotland, with scarcely a fifth part of the
population, had its five Universities. • From his connection
with one of these Universities, he knew well that those
who had the management of them had felt very ready and
anxious to correct whatever abuses had crept into them in
the progress of time ; and he was happy to say, that the
late Mr. Secretary Peel had, upon his representations, pro-
cured a Royal visitation to be appointed, to examine into
the state of all the Scotch Universities, and this Commis-
sion was actively proceeding in its labours. No narrow
Views prevailed in these Universities, which were perfectly
sensible that the diffusion of knowledge must operate for
the advantage of all. It was surely a most urgent case
that the City of London, comprehending a population
amounting to no less than a sixth part of all England,
should have an University for the economical diffusion of
education.

The Duke of Sussex, after remarking that there was a
;capital etty, not one hundred miles from London, many of
whose inhabitants bad actively patronised the present In-
stitution, proposed that they should drink " Prosperity to
the City of Westminster."
Mr. Hointousr observed that, from the unavoidable
absence of his colleague, Sir Francis Burdett, the duty de-
volved on Lim of expressing his own gratitude, and that
of his colleague and their constituents, for the manner in
which this toast had been received. He admitted that, al-
though one of the Council, he himself had not hitherto
been very particularly active in the promotion of this In-
stitution. But he had been present at the Meeting in
which this noble scheme bad been originally suggested and
formed, and this he would remember with satisfaction as
long as he lived.—(Applause.)—He knew the difficulties
which were to be overcome, and was, therefore, the more
rejoiced that these obstacles were, in a great measure, re-
moved; and he could not doubt that they were, when, in
addition to all the other fair prospects of success which
they now enjoyed, lie saw men of considerable influence,
both in Yorkshire and Cumberland, attending this Meet-
ing, and giving their countenance and support to this In-
stitution.—(Loud cheers.)—They saw, likewise, men
stand forward in the same cause, whose countenance and
credit would do honour to any Institution. Yet something
had passed which made it appear as if a kind of apology
were required for having dared to set up such an Institution
as this in this great metropolis. He certainly could not
conceive what apology could be required for the noble ex-
ertions of those who had brought so far towards perfection
an Institution which promised to be attended with such in-
calculably good effects. They did not mean to depreciate
the merits of other Institutions of the same description, nor
had they the slightest invidious feeling towards them. On
the contrary, their feelings were in the highest degree fa-
vourable to other establishments of the same description,
and no establishment of that kind ought to have any
prejudice against him who exerted himself the most
in the formation of this Institution, when he might justly
reply to them, that the worst it could charge him with
was, that he had been anxious to imitate its example—.
quod to imitari are°. Instead of thinking of any apology,
if the Noble Marquis (Lansdown), who sat near their
Illustrious Chairman, bad not alluded to something
he would have felt himself called upon rather to bestow the
highest panegyric upon that gentleman particularly (Mr.
Brougham), to whom alone—allowing full merit to his
coadjutors—the University of London owed its foundation.
He might ask where, had it not been for his exertions, the
University of London would be? It was, perhaps right,
that the excellent person to whom lie alluded should not
himself mention in what an eminent degree he might be
considered as the founder of this Institution, and how much
his talents and perseverance had contributed to its prospe-
rity ; but the fact ought to be generally known, and he
could himself well speak to it, having, as he before men-
tioned, been present at the original Meeting at which this
noble scheme had been promulgated ; and it was i.:ost for-
tunate that the plan bad fallen into the hands of one of the
most extraordinary men that ever lived—a man o; un-
rivalled powers, who, to the highest talents, joined the
most determined perseverance, and who combined all the
requisite qualifications for the most sedentary occupations
of literature with the most active prosecution of his public
duties. To this man the Institution owed every thing._.
(Immense :leering.)
The Duke of Sussex then proposed " the health of the
Marquis of Lansdown, and prosperity to his exertions for
the diffusion of education in Ireland."

The Marquis of LANsnowN briefly returned thanks,
and then apologised for the absence of his Noble Friend,
Lord Dudley, who had been lately appointed to the office
of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His absence
was occasioned by an indispensible engagement, but they
knew that he was one of their Council, anti an ardent
fritud to the objects of the Institution.
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN then observed, that the next
toast would speak for itself—it was " the health of Mr.
Brougham, the Chairman of the Society for the universal
Diffusion of Knowledge."
Mr. BROUGHA➢I, after returning thanks, remarked, that
his great object had been the universal diffuaion of infor-
mation ; and he considered the University of London
as only one branch of the means of that object. In
this happy purpose, great progress had already been made;
and those who, twenty or thirty years ago, had opposed
the plan with gibes and geers, had been put to silence,
if not actually converted. They had discovered that
their jokes turned out to be jokes, not against those at whom
they were aimed, but against the jokers themselves. It was
most satisfactory to know that all this had been done
merely by a persevering appeal to common sense and reason.
The jokers, in truth, found out that their jests, not only
did not tell against those at whom they were directed, but
that. they themselves began to be stared at as persons of
whose sanity very considerable doubts might be entertained,
and that they stood some chance of being overlooked by the
Keeper of the Great Seal for the time being.—(A laugh.)
They now no longer heard of the press contending-.4s,

strange to tell, it had, at one time, done—against its 'own
nursing-mother, which the universal diffusion of know-
ledge certainly was. Even that little portion of the Pulpit
which had strenuously opposed the spread of information,
had been silenced. In this noble purpose of diffusing
knowledge they ought not to confine themselves to their
own country alone. Their proceedings in this great cause,
they might be assured, would be heard beyond th( Atlantic,
and encourage the illustrious Bolivar to diffuse information
among his countrymen, as one of the best methods of insuring
for them the permanent enjoyment of that liberty which
he had procured for them; Bolivar, whose splendid title—
more splendid than that of Emperor, which he had resign-
ed—was that of Liberator—a title most justly his due,
since it had been conferred upon him by millions of his
countrymen. He spoke not from the professions of Boli-
var, but from his actions, when he said, that to him the
possession of power appeared of no value whatever, except
in so far as it enabled him to promote the best interests of
his country, and of mankind. He concluded by propos-
ing, that they should drink " the health of the Liberator,
Bolivar, and success to the diffusion of knowledge in
South America."—(Loud cheers.)
The Duke of Sussex then proposed " the health of
Dr. Birkbeck, and the Mechanics' Institution ;" and Doctor
Gilchrist, in the absence of Doctor Birkbeck, returned
thanks. His Royal Highness thea proposed the healths
of Mr. Burt, of the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Bed-
ford, . and of Lords Caernarvon, Ebrington, and Nugent,
who each returned thanks, and the conviviality of the
Meeting was kept up to a late hour.

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, His MA-
JESTY held a Court at his Palace in St. James's,
which was attended by His ROA Highness the
Duke of Clarence, their Excellencies the Rus-
sian and Russian Ambassadors, the late and the
present Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of
the Council, the late and the present Lord Privy
Seal, the late and the present Secretary of State
for the Home Department, the late and the
.pre-
sent Secretary of State for the Foreign 'Depart-
ment, the late and present Secretary of State for
the Colonial Department, the President 'of: the
Board of Control, the President of the Board of
Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Secretary
at War, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the
Vice-Chancellor, the Attorney-General, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Lord Steward of the House-
hold, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the
Ceremonies, the Clerk Marshal as the Equerry
in waiting, Lord Graves in waiting, General
King, Groom in waiting, Admiral Sir George
Cockburn, &c.

Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, pre-
sented the Count Michael de Woronzow.

The Baron de Maltzahn, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of
Prussia, was presented, and conducted by Sir
Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies, to
deliver his re-credentials, and took leave of the

King.
The Baron de Bulow, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of
Prussia, was presented to the King, and con-
ducted by Sir Robert Chester, to deliver his cre-
dentials..

The Lord Chancellor (Earl of Eldon) had an
audience of his Majesty, and resigned the Great
Seal.

Earl Bathurst had an audience of his Majesty,
and resigned the seals of office as Secretary of
State for the Colonial Department.
The Earl of Westmorland had an audience of
his Majesty, and resigned the Privy Seal.
Mr. Peel had an audience of his Majesty and
resigned the seals of office as Secretary of State
for the Home Department,
Mr. Canning had an audience of his Majesty,
and delivered his seals of office as Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.

Lord Lyndhurst was presented to his Majesty
on his being appointed Lord Chancellor, when
his Lordship kissed hands and received the Great
Seal.

The Right Hon. George Canning was pre-
sented upon his being appointed First Lord of
the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer,
And received the seals of office accordingly.
His Grace the Duke of Portland was presented,
Ipon his being appointed Lord Privy Seal.
The Right Hon. Sturges Bourne was pre-
,ented, upon being appointed Secretary of State
for the Home Department, and received the seals
of office.

Lord Dudley and Ward was presented upon
his being appointed Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs, and received the seals of office.
Lord Goderich was presented, upon his being
appointed Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs,
.ind received the seals of office.

The following presentations also took place :
The Marquis of Anglesea, upon his being ap-
poiTn
het ed
DMuakset eor
f- Gl:leen:,
or an
hire,
et,h
upon
pOo
iasn ee
being
ap-
pointed Lord Chamberlain.
Mr. William Lamb, upon his being appointed
Secretary of State for Ireland.
Mr. James Scarlett, upon his being appointed
Attorney-General ; upon which occasion he re-
ceived the honour of Knightood.
Mr. Hart, upon his being appointed Vice-
Chancellor, upon which occasion he received the
honour of Knighthood.

His Majesty then held a Privy Council, at
which Mr. Buller attended as clerk, when his
Grace the Duke of Portland, the Duke of De-
vonshire, the Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Dud-
ley and Ward, Admiral Sir George Cockburn,
Sir Anthony Hart, and the lion. Win. Lamb,
were sworn in Privy Councillors. The follow-
ing were sworn into office :--The Lord Chancel-
kir (Lyndhurst), the Right Hon. Sturges Bourne,
Lord Dudley and Ward, the Marquis of Angle-
sea, who was also sworn in Lord Lieutenant of
the Tower Hamlet.

The Court concluded at a quarter after four
o'clock.

When Mr. Canning alighted from his car-
riage in the entre-yard, he was loudly cheered
by a numerous assemblage of persons who were
collected there. Mr. Secretary Peel arrived a
I'm minutes afterwards : he was also loudly
greeted ; and as Mr. Canning left the Palace, he
was again loudly cheered.

Mr. Croker gave a grand dinner last night to
the Duke of Clarence, at his residence in the
Admiralty. Among the guests were Mr. Can-
ning, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl of
Elarrowby, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Gran-
ville, Viscount Dudley and Ward, Lord Bexley,
the Attorney-General, the Right Horaourables
W. Huskisson, C. Wynn, and Sturges Bourne,
the Hon. W. Lamb, Sir Vim. Johnstone Hope,
Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Planta, and several
others.

The Duke of Athol had a distinguished party
to dinner on Saturday, at his house in St.
James's-square ; among whom were, Lord and
Lady Strathaven, Earl of Elgin, Lady Mary
Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drummond, &c.
Prince Lieven gave an elegant entertainment
on Saturday, at. Ashburnham. House, Dover-
street, to the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Mr. and Mrs.
Canning, the Earl and Countess of Morley,
Count and Countess Woronzow, Lord Dudley,
Lord Palmerston, Count Potoche,