Star.
London, England, 1825-04-12 00:00:00

INSTALLATION op ;IVRY' BROUGHAM,Etav

Wednesday, April 6th, 1825, Henry Brcugham, Esq.
the recently elected Lord Rector of the University of
Glasgow, was installed. into his honourable office, in the
presence of a most numerous assembly of Professors
and Students.'
The very Reverend Principal M,Farlane having
stated, that in agreement with the statutes.of the Uni.,
versity, the election of Mr. Brougham had been made i
known to that Gentleman, and that he had accepted
of the office of Lord Rector, then proceeded to admi'
nister the oath of office.
After thanking the students for the honour they had
done him, and pointing out the necessity of their pro-
secuting their studies with vigour. Mr. Brougham
dwelt at some length on the importance of eloquence.
The Le trned Gentleman concluded his speech as fol-
lows :—To communicate useful information— to further
intellectual refinement—to hasten the coming of that
bright day when the dawn of general knowledge shall
chase away the lazy mists even from the base of the
great social pyramid—this is a high station to which
man can be raised, and in which 'the most splendid
talents may well press onward to bear a part.—
I know that I speak in a place consecrated by the pious
wisdom of ancient times to the instruction of youth ;
yet from this classic ground have gone forth those, who
by their genius, not by their ancestry, have been en-
nobled; and whose illustrious example, has made the
humblest emulous to climb the arduous steeps, and enter
these gates that are burning with the sun. Where
Black taught and Watt learned the principles of science,
the grand exreriment was made to administer to the
highest intellectual cultivation that is compatible with
the daily toils of man, and to promote a keen relish for
the most sublime truths that belong equally to all classes
of the human race. To the cultivation of the mess im-
portant sciences men of talent are pressing forward
from every part of the empire. But 1 wish the same
course to be pursued by men of higher station and
weight, and by men of higlest tank. Our object should
be to extend the bounds of science, by the discovery of
new truths, or by necv modes of application. Thus
the number of scientific men will be increased, and
ore Watts :Aid Franklins will arise, and, appear-
ing among those working classes to which Watt and
Franklin once belonged, have their thoughts turned
to philosophy. The inventors of new arts will be seen i
more numerous,and the material difference will be, that'
the mass of the ignr rant multitude being diminished, the
body of the former will be increased. It surely can
never be supposed that persons eminent for science and
knowledge could be jealous of its general diffusion ;
fur the extension of knowledge to the mass of ail people
could only augment the number of their admirers. To
those who.feel alarm, as statesmen and friends of social
order, I would address a few words. The cultivation
of science has never really promoted turbulence or un-
beli• f, but its progress is the forerunner of liberality
and enlightened toleration. He who dreads the light
of truth cannot resist its power ; for he may be well
assured, that the day is at length come, which must
put to flight the evil spirits of tyranny and persecution.
As men will no longer suffer themselves to be led into
darkness, so will they no more yield to the evil princi-
ple of j'rdging their fellow-men not according to the
merits of their actions, but the articlei of their creed.
The great truth has gone forth into all the bounds of the
ear th, that man shall no more render account to man
for his belief, over which he has himself no control.—
Henceforward nothing shall prevail on us to praise or to
blame a man for that which he can no more change
than he can the hue of his skin, or the height of his sta-
ture. Treating with respect those who differ from us,
the only practical effect of the difference will be, to.
cause us to enlighten the ignorance from which it
springs, by teaching them if they are wrong, by im-
proving ourselves if we are right, that the only kind of
contest may be to pre duce the agreement proceeding
from full conviction after the fairest discussion. Then
every fear for the universal spread of knowledge will
he removed, and truth and virtue will watch over the
peace of the country ; the sute effect willhe the removal
of the only danger that threatens public tranquillity
dnd the confirmation of the liberties of our native land.
For those tyrants who have shed the blood of mankind
to extend their empire, and who instinctively hate the
light, let them tremble. Let me then indulge in the
'hope, that among the illustrious youths whondorn this
ancient College, famed for its useful learning, there
may be found some one—l ask no more—willing to
give a bright example to his nation, by taking the lead
of his fellows, not in frivolous amusement, not in trifling
studies—but in the truly noble task of enlightening the
great mass of his countrymen ; and of having his own
name encircled with honours most worthy of our rational
nature, and pronounced with rapture by millions whom
his beneficence has raised from ignorance and vice.
This is the true mark of all who prize the enjoy.
ment of lasting happiness, or set a value on a high
and unsullied renown. And if the benefactors of
mankind, when they rest from their pious labours, shall
be permitted hereafter to enjoy, as a reward, the pri-
vilege of looking down on the blessings with which
their toils and sufferings have eothed the scenes of
their former existence, do not vainly imagine, that in
a state of purity and wisdom it will be the founder of
mighty dynasties, or the mean followers of tyrants,
who have sacrificed to their own aggrandizement the
good of countless multitudes, that Will be thus grati-
fied. Theirs will be the praise and the triumph, who
can trace the effects of their beneficence in the improved
condition of their species, and exult in the reflexion,
that by their deeds joy beamed from the eyes of the
sorrowful. The lovers of truth and virtue, trampling
under foot tyranny, and driving ignorance from the
world, shall reap the preclous though costly fruit of
their labours—a recompense for long enduring all the
hardships and hazards they encountered here below.

Several months since W. Laffey, Esq. of Dublin, sud-
denly perished in consequence of the going off of his
detonating fowling-piece, which hitched in the step of
the jaunting car on which he was proceeding from
Dublin on a shooting excursion, and deprived him of
life in a few moments. This gun was subsequently sold
by a relative to a Gentleman, who lent it to Mt. Delany;
of the county of Cork, who was possessed of a pretty
estate in that county. On Monday se'nnight he was
out on a shooting excursion, and having got over a
ditch, passed this very gun (unluckily as when in Mr.
Laffey's bands, the caps were on) through a bush, and
having reached the ether side, grasped the barrel,
which was then towards him, and pulled it—the lock
was detained by the mould; he raised it, in doing
which it went off, and tore open his body in a frightful
manner —kle was dead in a aioaseat.

POLICE mrszziaNcL

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BOW-STREET.
Yesterday, Samuel Russell, Joins Girdle', and Thomas Rose
of them well-known thieves, were charged with having been eau.
corned in a desperate riot and outrage, in Hart-street and Loot-
Acre on Sunday evening. There is a public-house in Long-Acre;
called the Queen's Head, which has been for Many Months the
resort of thieves and prostitutes, and repeated riots have taken (dice
there, which have rendered the interference of the Polite hecemary.
The Licensing Magistrates of Sc. Martin's Parish had determined
to shop up the house, but the landlord promised it should be better
conducted, and that measure was therefore not taken. Su fat;
however, front keeping his promise, he has eoudueted the home
worse *an ever, and scarcely a day passes without some complaint
reaching this °dice. On Saturday afternoon, the house was filled
with the usual gangs of both sexes, and occasionally parties of thent
sallied out, and attacked passengers in the most daring manner;
The neighbourhood was in a state of uproar during the whole after:
noon, and about seven in the evening the audacity of the vagabonds
seemed to have reached its height. About twenty of them assent
bled in Hart-street, after having knocked down several persona its
Long-Acre, and the first object of their attack was a tradesman
who was standing at his own door. They snatched a book front
his hand, and on his civilly remonstrating, they dragged him into did
street, threw hint down, and commenced beating him. A neighs
bow, who came to his assistance, was instantly levelled with the
ground, and siz or seven of the fellows fell upon him, amid cries front
their companions of " Give it him—don't let hint get up again !"
He seized one of them by the throat and endeavoured to throw+
him off; upon which another called out " Get out your chiv (knife);
Jack, and cut his bold." By this time a great number of people
had assembled, and some person went to the watchhouse to procure
assistance. Bartlett, the watchhouse keeper, sent for some consta-
bles, and proceeded himself to the spot; but he no sooner at-
tempted to interfere, than he was knocked down and trodden on.
Some of the officers came, and several inhabitants lending their as-
sistance, three of the gang were secured, and the rest ran away; tome
of them taking refuge in the Queen's Head.
Yesterday morning, about the time of the removal of the 'pri-
soners from the watchhouse to this office, about thirty desperate
thieves assembled round the former place, and made no secret of
their determination to rescue their confederates. Bartlett, however,
applied at the office for assistance, and a posse of Police Officers
were ordered to conduct the prisoners through the streets. The
officers were armed, and the thieves made no attempt at rescue.
Sir H. insane said, he had seldom heard of so total a defiance of
the law as was *hewn by the parties concerned in these out rages-, and
he thought that the case was a very fit one to he taken up by the
I'ar6h Officers. Air. Itoche' the Vestry Clerk of St. Paul's, Co-
vent Garden, attended soon after, and undertook to prosecute the
prisoners. It should be stated, that several robberies were com-
mitted during the riot. The prisoners wen- ordered to give 4 t
hours' notice of bail. The name of the landlord of the Queen's
!lead is

MA RLIIOROUG II- ST R E ET.
Yesterday a, man named James Lashbroke, the driver of a job-
carriage, in the service of Mr. Allan, a hackneynnan, in Charing
Mews, and JAR. rinsains, were brought from St. Giles% watch-
house
upon a charge of wantonly driving over a Mall named Thu.
atlas Day, aged 63, a sawyer by trade, and endangering his life.
Henry Payne, of the Seven Dials, St. Gilea's, stated, that about
twelve o'clock on the night of Saturday last he was passing through
Broad-street, St. Giles s, he law a carriage coming along front the
direction of St. Martin's-lane, driving at a most furious rate, and i
two men sitting on the box ; the prisoner Lashbroke holding the
reins. In about a minute after he saw a man crossing the street,
who was struck by the pole of the carriage, and knocked down. Wit-
ness
immediately called out to the man on the box to pull up, for that •
a man was knocked down ; but, instead of doing so, they urged on
the horses, and one of the fore-wheels of the carriage passed over
the body of the fallen man, and one of the hind wheels over his head.
Witness then called out to the driver, what an inhuman rascal he
must be, and to see what he had done; upon which the prisoner
(Lashbroke), deliberately stood up ou the footboard, at:d, after
looking down in the most unconcerned manner on the man he had
driven over, he resumed his seat, and lashed his horses on as quickly
as they could go. By this time a crowd had collected, and the
driver was again desired to pull up; but, both he and the other
man on the box refused to do so, and threatened to knock down
any man who attempted to impede their progress. At length, with
great difficulty, the horses were stopped, and the two men dragged
from the coach-box; and Lashbroke, the driver, was lodged in the
watchhouse, and the carriage taken to the Green-yard.—The in-
d man Was taken to a surgeon's in the neighhourlivod, who,
whing ascertained that seven of his ribs were broken, and that he
was otherwise much wounded, advised to have him conveyed toting
Middlesex Hospital, where he now lies.—The surgeon's certificate
stated Day to be in a dangerous state.—They were remanded.

Saturday evening, between the hours of six and sent
o'clock, as the van belonging to the Right Hon. C.W.W.
WYNN was returning from the family iesiden:e in White
Hall-place, with soiled linen of the family, some daring
thieves contrived to open the van near Manchester-
square, unperceived by the driver, and succeeded in
gettitia clear away with a considerable quantity of the
tamily linen to a very considerable amount.

BIRTH.
April 6, at Ashpringtoo House, near Totness,the wife of PiMir
General Adams, of a son.