The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-04 00:00:00

TH STATE6MAN.

THE 111:STA L L .4TIQ ;\r.

OXFORD, nr.•DAY AFTtftYOON.

Respectable persons of every description have
been flocking for two or three days past to this
City, which is now 14 full as it can hold ; and not
I a lied or a stable isj'to be procured, except at the
.most exorbitant rates. The number attracted by
the grand Ceremonial of the INSTALLATION of the
new Cuasccr.t.ou, and its accominying festivi-
ties, is beyond precedent.
This Ceremonial, which has colleited such an
assemblage of distinguished persons, not merely
from the vicinity, or from the metropolis, but
also from far distant counties, must have in it
`some claims to general attention and public
notice.

What Is pubticty done by so important a body
as the UNIVERSITY of Oaionn, (whether right or
wrong) must .fie.tho regards of all who consider
from what source it springs, and what an iniluence
it must necessarily have on a very large portion of
the community. . It is the most venerable of the
countless established seats of British knowledge,
coeval with all the interesting and the great, of
British story ; the proudest, amid all those anti.
plated and glorious Institutions,• made sacred by
our forefathers to learning, to virtue, and .to
piety ; where Princes, and Scholars, and Divines,
where Philosophers and Patriots hare • studied ;
and which, nearly to the We► l. of mortal at.
chievements, they have embellished and eternized ;
where they hare, in a learned zeal, and with a
pious providence, erected and endowed Halls,
Colleges, and Churches, dedicated to all that in'
human society is honourable and august.
It is here, that a great and a free people, through
many a revolving century, from the earliest dawn
and" infancy of their science up to the brightest
blaze of their illumined maturity, have told Learn..
ing to place herself in a state of miresl and pond.
cal exaltation ; and have bid her to assume, with
an acknowledged freedom, the air and port of Me.
narchy ; to dwell in palaces unsurpassed by Ori.
ental maenitieence ; and to crown herself with the
1 sincere Coinage, and with the willing reverence, of
a nation. . .
Ladies and Gentlemen began to collect about
the entrances to the Theatre, as early as,half.past
(seven in the morning. The doors wore opened at
1 nine. The La.lies were admitted to their seats in
Ithe Lower Gallery first ; but many of them went
away, front smut of room. The Procession of
the Chancellor did not appear till nearly eleven ;
previous to which, the Proctors, Messrs. BRICK-
END-EN, of Worcester College, and E•ERETT; of
New College ; dnd• the Pro-Proctors, Messrs.
HA RivARD and WILLIAMS, of Worcesier, SHE.
RER, of New, and RaaltaoNE, of . New Col.
lege, were received with strong testimonials of ap.
probation. Swale time afterwards the appearance
of Sir S. SHITH;in his naval unifooin, excited a
general 'lnd loud exprilssiOn of applause.
The Procession cnteredby the great south demi
' the Esquire Betiels 'of the University, Messrs.
11110 DES, M. A. Ilit.t., LL.B., and Cox, M.A.
Dewing suds sneer bum:s, WILA the. Yaolvien Be.
dels, Messrs. Wise, Tamale, and DICES, the
Verger, &c. leading the way. Then came my
Lord GRENVILLE, in a dark brown Court suit,
and over it, his official black robe, richly embroi.
dcred with gold, and wearing his Academic cap
and gold tassel. Though happy at his Lordship's
returning health, we were very sorry to see such
strong marks of his -recent indisposition. He
looked very pale; and from the heat of the day,
dispensed with wearing the usual wig. He was
followed by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. JOHN PAR.
sows, !Waiter of Betio!, and a long train of No.
blemen, Doctors, and Masters, who have taken
out their regency, all in their respective habits ;
among whom were Earl SPBNCER, the Bishop
of ST. Aunt, Sir IVATIUN. WILLIAMS WYNNE,
Sit lIEHRY DAIHWOOD, Baronet, the Right
Honourable THOMAS GRENTI tax, Sir WILLIAM
SCOTT, and Mr. ABBOTT, Speaker of the House
of Commons, (the two Members for the Univer.
sity), Sir Jolts CoxE IltertsLET, Bart. Mr. M.
A. TAxLoR, and several young Noblemen of the
University. The CHANCELLOR seated himself' in
the great chair, in the centre of the seniicircle ;
the Vite. Chancellor standing on his left hand.
The chair to the left was occupied by Dr. Wm.
HowLEY, Canon of Christ.church, and Regius
Professor of Divinity ; that on the right hand
was empty, Lurd ELnoN, the High Steward, not
being present. Before the Chancellor, on each
side, sat the Proctors. At the ends of the semi.
circle, the two Curators of the Theatre, Dr.
MARLOX, President of St. John's, and Dr. LAN.
-DON, Provost of Worcester, took their chairs.
When the Cita Ncer.Lcie. and all the members had
taken their places, the spectacle .was thu graiidest
and most impressive that can,,be imagined. A vast
and noble semi-circular theatre, containing two
deep galleries, tho upper one entirely -filled with
the under-graduates in their black gowns and caps;
the lower one crowded with near 800 ladies, all
of them cit./Andy dressed, many of them of the
first distinction, and arrayed in the most splendid
taste, in all the varieties of colour and plumage;
beneath, in the centre, the CHANCELLOR, and on
either side, the Nobility, and Members of the
University, in their costames ; the area filled
with Academicians and other Gentlemen, and. the
, opposite end, to the CHANcELLotee chair, ecenJ.
pied by the Orchestra, and the vocal Performers,
presented, altogether, a picture of the inest brit.
tient and august kind, which it Is impossible to
describe, but which gave the highest opinion of
the greatness of the nation of any exhibition we
'have witnessed.
The Criarecetton opened the Convocation in
the usual form, and then proceeded to read from
the Chair the proposition for conferring the hono.
rary Degree of Doctor of Civil Law, upun the
following Noblemen :Ind Gentlemen:—
Ms C;rtive the Poke of So etnitsre. •
The Nrost Noble the Mnr•pois of HucluvrniA M, K. G.
.—:—.------,--------of DOWASHIaIis

Tbe Right 110.1. the End of Essex.
of A in NGHON.
of J rabEY.
rout r esti; c.
• - of C areireirt.
ICwttca.

The Right Ma. Lord itifeount tt.str. ,
• CA RIATON•
The- Right Hon. Lord BRA Y eansic.
CA trook.
C•RIIINLI'011•
The Right Hoe. WILLIAM WIC:KHAN.
GEORGE TIKK KY•
WILLIAM ELLIOT.
Sir JOHR Ncw PO KT. BAN.
Sir JOHN ANiTRUTWCK, Bart. •
Mr. FAG BL, late Gretfier of the United PrOVNYCZA.

• These were all proposed separately from the
chair, and unanimously admitted ; upon e hick
they were individually introduced in their scarlet
gowns, addressed by Dr. Joseru PRILLIIIORE, of
Christ Church, Regius Prof, •sor of Civil Law,
and their admission declared to them, in the usual
words, by the Chancellor. The admission of the
Marquis of Bucstrieuam was rendered interest-
ing by the Chancellor, who manifested a strong
sensibility on the occasion of addressing his elder
brother, whom he called " ctsrissinte paler,"
which produced a very general feeling. The lie.
gius Professor of Divinity addressed M. N.
an illustrious foreigner, at some tenth. Thu
audience chewed great approbation of several of
the newly atimitteti Honorary Doctors.
The Public Orator, Mr. Caovvr, of New Col.
lege, then ascended the" Eastern Rostrum, and
delivered his Commemoration speech, which was
a very elegant Latin oration, losing nothing of its
earnestness by the old Wykehainist pronunciation.
After an appropriate exordium, and expatiating
upon the uses and benefits or this. University, lie
proceeded to call to the recollection of his atten.
rive audience, several of _those great persons whO
had justly distinguished their names by their muni.
licence towards this great institution. In this
view, he did ample justice to time memory of the
famous Archbishop Town, who was so great a
benefactor. lie pictnred, in glowing colours, the
great benefit, the University had received from
HIDE, Earl of CLARENDOV) to the produce of
one work of whom they owed a magnificent estab.
lishment (the Printing House). The memory of
Archbishop &moos particularly claimed their
gratitude and veneration ; since to ha princely libe.
rality they owed that magnificent edifice in which
they were then assembled. The institutions
.and
w
other services of the Earl of LITCHEIELD, hew
their Chancellor, were also highly worthy Of re.
counting. This led him to the subject of the
Chancellor's prizes, on which he embraced the op.
portunity to pay the due tribute of approbation to
the transcetulaut •merits of many of the scholare
who had earned them. After various other topics,
he came to his peroration, in which he addressed
himself to Lord GRENVILLE in the most elegant
delicate, and masterly. manner. Complimenting
him on the return of his health, he would forbear
to say much of his character; and hoped that the
day was far distant, when it could fall to his lOt to
speak of hiel as be thought, without incurring the
imputation ()flattery. This oratiott'was followed
by load and reiterated plaudits. '
Mr. CeLtetnee, of CUrpus Christi (nephew,
we understand, to Mr. CoLtitibise the Poet), from
the Western Rostrum's recited his Latin verses,
(subject "Pyritmides Eggpliacte,") fOr which
no nartgatnen one or rue prebent Ch44cellor's prizet.

Mr. WHATELEY, of Oriel, followed, and deli.
vered his English Essay, which won another of
these prizes; ,the subject, "What aro the arts, in
the cultivation of which (ha Moderns have been

less successful than th►s Ancients ?" This Essay
showed a considerable degree of research, and good
habits of analyzation and comparison. We are
sorry we have not room to say more upon it at

present.
Mr. MILLER, of Worcester College, then read
his Essay in Latin prose, which won the present
Chancellor's third priac ; . the subject, 46 In Phi.*
losophia quer de vita et moribus est, illustranda,
quesnam pracipue sermons' Socratiorum fait
excellentia," This was highly and deservedly
applauded. Church,
Last came Mr. CIIINNERY) of unrest
who recited his English poem of 50 verses, 'which
paned him Sir Roger Newiligete's'Aenual . Prize :
'the subject, " The Dying Gladiator." This pro.
duction has a very considerable share of youthful
poetical genies and Ire, and was also most de.
lervedly applauded.
This was the last recitation of this day.
,Music
had varied the exhibition at each interval ; and at
the close, the band performed, and Mr. BARTLE.
MAN, Mr. BRAMAN, and Madame BIANcuI dish
played their vocal talents.
TheCHANentok then ItrOnounced the dismissal
of the convocation, and the Procession returned in
the same order as it entered. The youths of the
University here exercised their old privilegegy by
chewing some slight marks ,of disapprobation to
such as they did not wills to honour; and very
decided marks of approbation to their favourites.,
Sir SIDNEY SMITH. came ins second time for.theti I
tribute, and their shouts .almost rout the theatre!
in his praise.
Lord GRENVILiZ is it the Vice-Chancellor's
at
This evening the first Concert will be perform.
ed at the Theatre, and a Ball given at the Town
Hall.

The drought, it appears, has not been so ge.:
neral as it has been represented. The following
ate extracts from the\Prosioeist Papers :
46 Yesterday we expirienced a fall of Ma—
mie of those partial, but copious showers, which
we have heard have fallen in other places, and
which have been so devout ly desired for the advance-
ment of the. harvest."—Portornouth 7elegraple,
July Y.
" Several very. refreshing showers have fallen
during the week, which kave greatly benefited
vegetation. Yesterday, ire particular, the rain:
uas very heavy.''—Carlisle Journal, June 30.
" Duriii4,. the present week we have experienced
'hi this neighbourhood some very plentiful show-
ers, which cannot fail to have the most beneficial
elect on the approaching hay-harvest, the atlvanc.
log grop4 of rum, and on vegetation in general."
Liverpool Advertiser, June 30.

The storm of Sunday nights we are sorry to
find, occasioned many serious accidents, and, as
.apnrars from the Provincial Papers, extended to
It considerable Jistance.