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n,,,wrR,s INSTALLATION SPEECH.

BULWER,S INSTALLATlON OF HH.S
r,o,, III. London Times, January II.
y,.,.,,.t,on Of Sir E. b. Lytton as Lord Rector
Of Glasgow Univefslty.
n, Thursday afternoon Sir E. Bulwer Lytton was
;,.t. I as lord Rector of Glasgow University to
.s;eh of1ic. he was appointed in November last oy
= majority in all the nations over his opponent Aof"
Stanley: s;u Z p,,wer Ivtton. in the
robes of the Lord Rector entered the na' Pl G
fonnd or rather forced his way through the closely
wedpcd throng 10 the chair. he was most nealu 10y
cheered The Lord Rector was accompanied oy the
venerable Principal Macfarlan and the Professors Oh
the University, Lord Egin, the Lord Provost OF Tue
civ Sir Archibald Alison, Mr. HASTE, NJ: r., &C;
In other narts of the hall were Sheriff Bell Sheriff
smith Mr.. Walter Crum. Mr.. William Ewing, Mr.;
John Blackwood, publisher, EdnburghD several OF
the civ clergy, &c. The proceedings were opened
by Latin prayer, delivered by the Rev Prlnc'pal;
Professor Weir read the record OF the electoh' anu
administered the oaths.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, on rising, was receiv-
ed with immense applause He spoke as follows
Mr. PRINCIPAL and Gentle.nen: Ii there be many
more deserving than myself of the honor which has
been conferred upon me, there is at least no one oy
whom it could be highly valued or more CRATE
fully received [Cheers.l Perhaps, indeed, an Eng,
lshman has vet livelier sense than even native OF
Scotland, of all that is implied in the distinctioh
which connects him with this ancient seat OF learning
bv the free choice ofits youthful students Tic
that he cannot so gracious favor 10 Tue aco'.
dent of birth or to local prepossessons-that II muAt
be the recognition OF some rank OF properly :"
pute which, being achieved by his own cXertlonS'
wins the sympathy of the rising generation. FOR
youth, and more especially the hardy youth OF
Scotland Tchcers] pressing forward to toree way
for itself through this crowded world mas "a
tural interest in seeking to ennohle every hS'a'e
which confirms its own heroic hopes in the AFFAIR."
&c d;stipc IL SfSW
of intellectual labor. am sure that no s'aaeas"he
has honored me with his vote from agreement N my
political opinions will misunderstood me whsn tSas
am we'll pleased to believe that is less - sns pt>
itician than as the of letters that You 'hS asy
reward nv labors and dignity my name lthesrSI
Not because am not cordially graei ii my views
of the policy which should govern these realms IND
favor with a large proportion of the intellect among
you-not because do not feel warm and loyal
attachment to the party with whom act in par'a-
ment, or am Indifferent to that sanction OF their
cause which such compliment to one OF their num-
Der NAV convey; no. but because, now that a con-
test which did not seek, and of which | was only
aware two days before the issue was made known TO
me- is peacefully concluded, | would fam link my
self in lasting fellowship with every student among
you-and politics can but lin US for the days liter
ature unites US throughout the ages lCheers.l l
think that am the more justified in assigning your
kindness to this bond fassociaon because the can
didate who was not unreasonably preferred by some
OF you-a young nobleman whose vigorous intellect
and brilliant promise would have done credit to your
choice lcheersl Happens (no matter what dit!eren-
ces of opinion isolated questions may or may not
exist between you and me) TO belong with myself 10
that great party of which his father is the &C
knowledged chief [Cheers, dissent, and renewed
cheers Nor can believe that there can be any
great disunion between those who profess the same
broad outlines of policy my Lord Derby, because
this much least all who differ from that noble per-
IL Al A. o.-1a H.
fess proclaim to his pal sans and utter to the world
are conveyed in diction unequalled for lucidity
and force, and prompted by motive conspicuous
for sincerity and honor. [Cheers.]
Seeing, then, that the candidate who divided your
votes was not taken from the ranks Of hostile par
ty and that politics therefore, could not have enter
ed very warmly into the contest l venture to as
sumo that you designed, through me, to pay gen.
erous compliment to those English authors and men
of letters whose names, nobler than mine, are in
scribed in that LJrO d'orO, golden book of self
made aristocracy, place in which none of US can
inherit, all of can aspire to obtain. [Cheers +
Accordingly it is on their behalf, as well as my own,
that receive the compliment and return the thanks.
Gentlemen, when look round this crowded hall
am seized with the idea that presented selfto
my great predecessor, Mr.. Macauly. Like him, at
once comprehend how, on similar occasion, before
a similar audience, Edmund Burke, the most elabo-
rate and most imprisoned orator in the grand age
forth the that he had never before address
ed SO learned an assembly,"
And yet it is not the learning of this distinguish
ed audience which most impresses me with scnti-
ment of dif6dence and awe; for, if we were assem-
bed to witness some exercise cf intellectual skill in
which learning alone was to be the judge, should
not be the speaker but the listener. 1t not to men
who have matured their full renown-t is not to
your acknowledged chiefs of erudition and science
that could presume to offer suggestive remarks or
persuasive counsel. These it is my duty to address
to that other part of this audience which, comprising
their pupils represents as it were the generation OF
their own children. And marina de6etur puero re
cerentia, am inundated by sense of the rever-
ence which is due to the young.
Can glance towards these ingenious and ardent
listeners, whom am called upon by Office to exhort
or advise upon the future, and not feel with sincere
emotion that the future is their lives and that in
their lives Providence may select the agents to in
fuence future for unborn generations? How eau.
tious should he be who would animate the exertons
OF YOUTH not to discourage the audacites of genius
nor, on the other hand, to shrink from enforc 1.-THE
sober doctrine, that to all genius labor is essential:
that the genius that would realise the palace of AL.
addn must still be the genius Of the lamp. How
anxious he must feel to avoid the cold pedantry of
conventional admonition and yet to give a candid
utterance to the affection which prompts advice
Above all, students of Glasgow, he who addresses
you should have spirit so warmed by sympathy
with the generous aspirations of youth, so embued
with the remembrance Of what your fathers have
been before you, that his mind may escape from ev-
cry sentiment unworthy the ears of that young chv-
airy which Scotland rears and sends forth to the bat
tie OF human life, with her lion at their hearts and
her white cross of St. Andrew on her shields IGreat
applause.l
An orator of no mean repute in the cd French
Republic has, in of his speeches. a striking adj
dress to the 19!h century, which then Just daw-
nlng over the iurid ashes of the Reign of Terror
In tne Jargon OF that rhetorical philanthropy which
then prevailed, he foresaw the march of light, and
'he ioi development of human faculties and social