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vJN Wednesday the eighth of June, 1814, a Letter 
 from The Right Honourable the Lord Grenville, Chan- 
 cellor of the University, to the Rev. Dr. Lee, Presi- 
 dent of Trinity College, and acting Pro-Vice-Chan- 
 cellor, was laid before a special meeting of the Board 
 of Heads of Houses and Proctors, in which was inclosed 
 an official notification from The Right Honourable the 
 Lord Viscount Sidmouth, one of His Majesty's Prin- 
 cipal Secretaries of State, apprizing His Lordship that 
 it was the intention of His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent to honour the University with a visit in the 
 middle of the following week, accompanied by His 
 Majesty's Allies, the Emperor of Russia and the King 
 of Prussia : — that the Prince Regent would reside in 
 the house of the Dean of Christ Church during the 
 period of His Royal Highness's stay at Oxford; and 
 that His Royal Highness had commanded his wishes 
 
to be signified to the Warden of Merton, and the 
 President of Corpus Christi Colleges, that the house 
 of the former should be prepared for the reception of 
 the Emperor of Russia, and that of the latter for the 
 reception of the King of Prussia. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Hodson, Principal of Brasen Nose 
 College and one of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, and the 
 Rev. Mr. Bandinel, the Junior Proctor, were in con- 
 sequence of this communication deputed to wait upon 
 the Chancellor, to take his instructions on the oc- 
 casion. 
 
 Committees a were appointed to assist the Curators 
 
 a For the Theatre, 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Cole, Rector of Exeter College and Vice-Chancellor. 
 
 The Very Rev. Dr. Landon, Dean of Ex-- 
 eter and Provost of Worcester College. 
 
 The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Peter- 
 borough, Master of Balliol College. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Lee, President of Trinity 
 College. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Hodson, Principal of Brasen 
 Nose College. 
 
 } Pro-Vice-Chancellors. 
 
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 of the Theatre b and the Radcliffe Librarian % in pre- 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Hall, Master of Pembroke College. 
 
 David Machride, Esq. LL. D. and Principal of Magdalen HalJ. 
 
 The Rev. W. Aldrich, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen -. 
 
 College. ( Proctors of 
 
 The Rev. B. Bandinel, M. A. Fellow of New CoJ- ί the University. 
 
 lege. 
 
 For the Radcliffe Library, 
 The Vice-Chancellor. 
 The Pro-Vice-Chancellors. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Isham, Warden of All Souls' College. 
 The Rev. Dr. Hughes, Principal of Jesus College. 
 The Very Rev. Dr. Hall, Dean of Christ Church. 
 The Proctors. 
 
 For the Address and Diplomas, 
 The Vice-Chancellor. 
 The Pro-Vice-Chancellors. 
 The Dean of Christ Church. 
 The Proctors. 
 
 b The Very Rev. Dr. Landon, Dean of Exeter and Provost of Wor- 
 cester College. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Marlow, President of St. John's College. 
 
 c G.Williams, M. D. Fellow of Corpus Christi College and Regius 
 Professor of Botany. 
 
paring the Theatre and Library for the reception and 
 entertainment of the illustrious Visitors. 
 
 At a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of 
 Houses, and Proctors, June 11, 1814, it was agreed 
 that a dutiful and loyal Address should be proposed to 
 Convocation to be presented to His Royal Highness 
 the Prince Regent on his arrival in the University ; 
 and, on the Monday following, it was passed and 
 sealed in Convocation. It was also agreed at the 
 same meeting that the Degree of Doctor in Civil Law 
 by Diploma should be proposed to Convocation to be 
 conferred on their Imperial and Royal Majesties the 
 Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia. Minutes 
 of the ceremonial to be observed on the reception and 
 during the stay of the Prince Regent and the Allied 
 Sovereigns were ordered to be prepared ; and the 
 Pro- Vice-Chancellor was requested to transmit the 
 same to the Chancellor of the University, in order 
 that, if approved by his Lordship, they might be 
 humbly submitted to His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent. 
 
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent having sig- 
 nified his pleasure to be in Oxford at twelve o'clock 
 on Tuesday the 14th of June, the Chancellor, ac- 
 companied by several of the Nobility and other Per- 
 sons of distinction, came to the house of the Vice- 
 Chancellor, the Rev. Dr. Cole, Rector of Exeter Col- 
 lege, on Monday June the 13th, when he was im- 
 mediately waited upon by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, 
 Heads of Houses, and Proctors ; and afterwards held 
 a levee, which was attended by the Noblemen and 
 distinguished Commoners, who had repaired to the 
 University, as well as by the resident Doctors and 
 Masters. 
 
 At two o'clock of the same day, the Chancellor 
 held a Convocation, for the purpose of proposing the 
 Diplomas of their Majesties the Emperor and the 
 King ; which were unanimously passed and sealed. 
 The business of the Convocation being over, the 
 Chancellor proceeded with the Heads of Houses and 
 Proctors to the Delegates' Room, where a Programma d 
 
 d Vide Appendix. 
 
was settled and directed to be issued, regulating the 
 proceedings that were to take place during the Royal 
 Visit. 
 
 The Vicc-Chancellor having for some time before 
 laboured under a severe illness, and still continuing 
 much indisposed, the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, The 
 Very Rev. Dr. Landon, Dean of Exeter and Provost 
 of Worcester College, held a Convocation at eight 
 o'clock, on the morning of Tuesday the 14th, for the 
 purpose of nominating Delegates to be in attendance' 
 upon the Royal Visitors, and others' to represent the 
 
 c The Very Rev. Dr. Hall, Dean of Christ Church, upon the Prince 
 Regent. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Warden of Merton, upon the Emperor of 
 Russia. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Cooke, President of Corpus Christi, upon the King of 
 Prussia. 
 
 f University College Rev. Hugh Moises. 
 
 Batliol College Rev. Thomas Cooke Rogers. 
 
 Merton College Robert Pigou, M.A. 
 
 Exeter College Rev. J. Collier Jones. 
 
 Oriel College Rev. Edward Copleston. 
 
Masters of Arts in the procession at the entrance of 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent into the Uni- 
 versity. 
 
 The President and Fellows of Magdalen College 
 invited the Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Heads of 
 
 Queen's College 
 New College 
 Lincoln College 
 All Souls 1 College 
 Magdalen College 
 Brasen Nose College 
 Corpus Christi College 
 
 Christ Church 
 
 Trinity College 
 St. John's College 
 Jesus College 
 Wad ham College 
 Pembroke College 
 Worcester College 
 St. Alban Hall 
 St. Edmund Hall 
 St. Mary Hall 
 Magdalen Hall 
 
 Rev. Joseph Lightfoot. 
 
 John Shute Duncan, M. A. 
 
 Rev. William Yeaden. 
 
 Clement Cartwright, M. A. 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Tate. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Ashley. 
 
 Rev William Buckland. 
 [• Rev. Walter Levett. 
 L Rev. A.Wilson Tayler. 
 Rev. William Greenhill, 
 Rev. Henry Adams. 
 Rev. John Hughes. 
 Rev George Henvill Rogers. 
 Rev. Joseph Butler. 
 Rev. E. Collins Wright. 
 Rev. James Parsons. 
 Rev. John Grieg. 
 Rev. John Radcliffe. 
 Rev. William West Green. 
 
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 Houses, Proctors, and all who formed the procession, 
 to meet in the Hall of Magdalen College ; to which 
 they accordingly proceeded from Exeter College about 
 eleven o'clock. The Mayor and Corporation of the 
 City were also accommodated with the use of the 
 Common Room of that College. 
 
 At an early hour of the same morning, His Royal 
 Highness the Duke of York arrived at the Deanery ; 
 and afterwards proceeded in his robes of Doctor of 
 Civil Law to Magdalen College, to join the procession 
 from thence as a Member of the University. 
 
 At the appointed time His Royal Highness the 
 Prince Regent arrived, accompanied in his carriage 
 by His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of 
 Orange, and followed by such of his Ministers of State 
 as attended His Royal Highness in this Visit ; viz. 
 The Earl of Harrowby, Lord President of the Council ; 
 The Earl Bathurst, and The Lord Viscount Sidmouth, 
 two of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; 
 The Right Honourable Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor 
 
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 of the Exchequer; and The Right Honourable Charles 
 Bathurst, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The 
 Chancellor, accompanied by His Royal Highness the 
 Duke of York, and the whole University, proceeded 
 from Magdalen College to meet the Prince Regent ; 
 and the Chancellor kneeling laid the Bedels' Staves at 
 the Prince Regent's feet, and addressed His Royal 
 Highness in the following words : 
 
 " May it please Your Royal Highness ! 
 
 " On Your Royal Highness's approach to this an- 
 " cient University, it is my first duty most humbly to 
 " lay at Your Royal Highness's feet these Ensigns of 
 " Magistracy, representing the authority which we ex- 
 " ercise within these our franchises, by grant from 
 " His Majesty's Royal Predecessors." 
 
 His Royal Highness was pleased to return a most 
 gracious Answer, at the same time replacing the Be- 
 dels' Staves in the hands of the Chancellor, by whom 
 they were delivered to the Esquire Bedel of Arts. 
 The procession then moved forward a little, when the 
 
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 Mayor of the City laid his Mace at the Prince Regent's 
 feet ; which being graciously returned into the hands 
 of the Mayor, the whole procession of the University 
 and City, the University on the right hand and the 
 City on the left, advanced uncovered up the High 
 Street, the Junior Members walking first, and the 
 Chancellor and the Mayor immediately preceding His 
 Royal Highness the Prince Regent. On their arrival 
 at the corner of All Souls' College, the two bodies se- 
 parated. The Chancellor, with the University pro- 
 cession in the same order as before, conducted His 
 Royal Highness the Prince Regent to the Divinity 
 School, which had been prepared for his reception ; 
 and the Prince Regent being seated, the Chancellor 
 read and presented, in the usual form, the following 
 congratulatory Address to His Royal Highness upon 
 his arrival at the University : 
 
 " May it please Your Royal Highness ! 
 
 " We His Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
 44 the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the Uni- 
 " versity of Oxford, beg leave to approach Your Royal 
 
11 
 
 " Highness with renewed assurances of attachment to 
 " His Majesty, and to Your Royal Highness's Person, 
 44 Family, and Government. 
 
 " It is with equal pride and pleasure that we hail 
 " Your Royal Highness's arrival at this Seat of Reli- 
 " gion and Learning, adorned by so many monuments 
 " of Royal munificence, enriched by Your Royal High- 
 " ness with additional treasures of ancient literature, 
 " and honoured by still more recent marks of Your 
 " Royal countenance and protection. 
 
 " These sentiments we should at all times, and 
 " under any circumstances, have been happy to be 
 " permitted to express to Your Royal Highness in this 
 " place. Our satisfaction on being so permitted at 
 " this moment is greatly enhanced by the presence of 
 " Your Royal Highness's Imperial and Royal Guests. 
 44 It is in itself an unprecedented honour, and its 
 " occasion must be for ever memorable. It recalls to 
 " us that union of counsels, and that cooperation in 
 " arms, which, under the favour of Providence, have 
 
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 " arrested the progress of lawless and inordinate am- 
 44 bition, and, by the re-establishment of legitimate 
 " authority, the only sure foundation for the perma- 
 " nence of those blessings, have restored Peace to this 
 " Country, and Independence to Europe. 
 
 " For this signal instance of Divine Protection, we 
 " beg leave to assure Your Royal Highness, that our 
 " gratitude shall be manifested by the pursuit of those 
 " studies, and the cultivation of those arts and sci- 
 " ences, by which Peace is best adorned and pro- 
 " longed. It shall be our constant endeavour to in- 
 " form and improve the youth committed to our care, 
 " and to establish in their minds, on the sure basis of 
 44 Reason and Revelation, the sacred duties of public 
 44 and private life. It is thus that we hope to train 
 44 up the rising generation in the principles of invio- 
 44 lable loyalty to the Throne, and of affectionate vene- 
 44 ration for that happy Constitution, which has been 
 44 our safeguard in this long season of trial ; — the ad- 
 44 miration of other nations, the theme of their gra- 
 44 titudc, and the object of their imitation. 
 
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 44 That Your Royal Highness and Your August 
 44 Allies may long enjoy the satisfaction arising from 
 44 Your enlightened views and heroic achievements in 
 44 the cause of suffering humanity, by seeing Your 
 44 dominions flourishing, Your subjects happy, and the 
 44 world at peace, is the devout and fervent prayer of 
 44 Your Royal Highness's ancient and loyal University 
 44 of Oxford. 
 
 " Given at our House of Convocation, under our Common 
 " Seal, this thirteenth day of June, in the year of our 
 44 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen." 
 
 His Royal Highness was pleased to return the fol- 
 lowing most gracious Answer, a copy of which he de- 
 livered into the hands of the Chancellor : 
 
 44 I receive, with peculiar satisfaction, in this place, 
 44 and on this occasion, the renewal of those assurances 
 44 of Attachment and Loyalty, which have been so 
 44 frequently addressed to the Throne by the Uni- 
 44 versity of Oxford. 
 
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 " It is a splendid addition to the glorious Events of 
 " this auspicious aera, that the great Sovereigns, whose 
 " personal Exertions and Example have so eminently 
 " contributed to the Success of our common Coun- 
 " sels, both in the prosecution of the War, and in 
 " the conclusion of Peace, should have allowed them- 
 " selves to forego, for a while, the gratulations which 
 " await their return to their own Dominions, pre- 
 " viously to witness in this Country that Ebullition of 
 " general Joy, which the result of their Magnanimity 
 " has spread throughout the Nations of Europe. 
 
 " Amongst those of our Institutions which have at- 
 " tracted the notice of my Illustrious Guests, none 
 " can deserve it more than the Establishments which 
 " now surround me ; formed by the wisdom and piety 
 " of our ancestors for the cultivation of those liberal 
 " studies, by which a succession of able and en- 
 " lightened men are trained for the service of the 
 " State, and the maintenance of its invaluable Con- 
 " stitution. 
 
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 " You have shewn in the hour of danger that those 
 " peaceful and sacred duties were not inconsistent 
 44 with preparations for armed resistance against the 
 44 efforts of that inordinate ambition, which threatened 
 44 the destruction of all that was worth preserving in 
 44 this favoured Country. 
 
 44 That crisis is happily past : the principles here 
 " inculcated have now triumphed. The recognition 
 44 of moral duties, of social order, and legitimate au- 
 " thority, has pacified and united Europe. 
 
 44 The presence of my August Allies, their modera- 
 44 tion in the moment of Victory, and the harmony 
 44 which subsists between the Restorers and the Re- 
 44 stored, are the best pledge of the duration of that 
 44 Peace, which is the reward of all our efforts and sa- 
 44 criiices. — It will always be my earnest wish to con- 
 44 solidate and maintain it. — May it long continue to 
 44 diffuse over this ancient Seat of Learning and Reli- 
 44 gion the means of cultivating those arts and sciences, 
 44 which are its best and brightest ornament." 
 
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 The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Senior Pro-Vice- 
 Chancellor, and Proctors had then the honour to kiss 
 the Prince Regent's hand. 
 
 From the Divinity School the Chancellor conducted 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in His Lord- 
 ship's carriage to Christ Church ; where, on his alight- 
 ing, the Dean addressed His Royal Highness in the 
 following congratulatory Speech : 
 
 " May it please Your Royal Highness ! 
 
 " Permit me, Sir, to express to you, in the name of 
 " this Society, the happiness which we feel in receiv- 
 " ing you within our walls. 
 
 " We welcome Your Royal Highness first as the 
 " Representative of that August Sovereign, whose im- 
 " mediate and especial protection we have so long 
 " gratefully acknowledged. But we feel, if we may 
 " be permitted without offence to avow it, a more 
 " than common interest in the virtues and talents of 
 " Your Royal Highness, because two amongst the 
 
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 " most eminent of those learned persons who have 
 " heretofore presided over us, had so distinguished a 
 " share in Your Royal Highness's education. 
 
 " We have always looked forward with anxious 
 " hope to the high honour, which the Visit of Your 
 " Royal Highness now confers upon us. But never 
 " surely could we have received You with more pride 
 " and pleasure, than at a moment, when You come 
 " to us amidst the acclamations of the nation, and 
 " surrounded, as You are, by Sovereigns and by War- 
 " riors, whose arms and counsels, in conjunction with 
 " those of Great Britain, as directed by Your Royal 
 " Highness, have liberated the civilized world." 
 
 To this Address His Royal Highness was pleased to 
 return a most gracious Answer; after which, at the 
 desire of His Royal Highness, the Dean presented 
 such of the Members of the Chapter as were present s . 
 
 ε Rev. Dr. Barnes, Sub-Dean. Rt. Rev. The Lord Bishop of Oxford. 
 Rev. Dr. Burton. Rev. Dr. Smith. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Hay. Rev. Dr. Van Mildert. 
 
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 His Royal Highness then proceeded to the Deanery. 
 
 In the mean time, the Emperor of Russia, with his 
 Sister Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Ca- 
 tharine, and the King of Prussia, together with the 
 distinguished Persons respectively in attendance upon 
 them, had arrived in Oxford. The Emperor was re- 
 ceived at Merton College by the Warden, and the 
 King at Corpus Christi College by the President. 
 The Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Proctors, 
 being then in waiting on His Royal Highness the 
 Prince Regent, immediately proceeded, by His Royal 
 Highness's permission, to the Warden's lodgings at 
 Merton College, to pay their respects to the Emperor 
 of Russia and to the Grand Duchess, whom they con- 
 ducted to the Prince Regent at Christ Church. They 
 were then about to go to Corpus Christi College, to 
 pay the same respect to the King of Prussia, when 
 they found that His Majesty had anticipated this ce- 
 remony by coming together with the Princes his Sons 
 to the Prince Regent at Christ Church. 
 
 Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York and the 
 
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 Hereditary Prince of Orange, having both of them at 
 former periods honoured the University by accepting 
 from it the Degree of D. C. L. condescended on this 
 occasion to accompany the Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chan- 
 cellor, and Proctors in their Doctors' robes, as Mem- 
 bers of the University. 
 
 After taking refreshment at the Deanery, His Royal 
 Highness the Prince Regent, who had also conde- 
 scended to put on the robes of D. C. L. and their 
 Majesties the Emperor of Russia, and the King of 
 Prussia, together with Her Imperial Highness the 
 Grand Duchess, (who was attended on this and other 
 occasions during her stay in the University by Lady 
 Grenville,) their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York, 
 the Princes of Prussia, and the Hereditary Prince of 
 Orange, proceeded on foot to visit the Public Buildings 
 and Colleges of the University ; to which they were 
 attended by the Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and 
 Proctors, preceded by the Bedels of the University 
 bearing their Ensigns of Office. Their circuit com- 
 menced with the Hall, Cathedral, and Library of 
 
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 Christ Church. They then passed through Canter- 
 bury Gate, between Oriel and Corpus Christi Colleges, 
 to Merton College ; and, taking a view of the Qua- 
 drangles and Garden there, went on through the Col- 
 lege to the Great Walk of Christ Church ; and from 
 thence to Magdalen College, at the gate of which they 
 were received by the Rev. Dr. Routh, the President, 
 who was presented by the Chancellor to His Royal 
 Highness the Prince Regent and to their Imperial and 
 Royal Majesties. Having seen the Chapel, Cloisters, 
 and New Building, they returned and walked up the 
 High Street to All Souls' College, where they were re- 
 ceived by the Rev. Dr. Isham, the Warden, who was 
 in like manner presented by the Chancellor, and who 
 attended them to the Chapel and Library. Through 
 the Gate leading into Radcliffe Square they proceeded 
 to New College, where the Rev. Dr. Gauntlett, the 
 Warden, was in waiting to receive them, and was pre- 
 sented by the Chancellor to the Prince Regent, the 
 Emperor, and the King; who, having viewed the in- 
 terior decorations and beautiful Windows of the Cha- 
 pel, with the ancient Crosier of William of Wykeham 
 
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 preserved there, went into the inner Quadrangle, and 
 expressing a wish to look into a set of College Rooms, 
 those of the Rev. Mr. Bandinel, Junior Proctor of the 
 University, and one of the Senior Fellows of New 
 College, were shewn to them. In these Apartments 
 they rested some time ; and upon leaving them, the 
 Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the 
 Grand Duchess desiring to see a set of Rooms occu- 
 pied by a Junior Member, went into those of Mr. 
 Frederick Wall. 
 
 The next place which the Royal Visitors honoured 
 with their presence was the Clarendon Printing House ; 
 where they were received by such of the Delegates of 
 the Press as were in attendance* 1 , and were conducted 
 by them into one of the working Offices to inspect 
 the process of Printing. A Sheet, of which a fac- 
 
 h The Vice-Chancellor. 
 The Rev. Dr. Hodson, Principal of Brasen Nose College. 
 The Rev. Dr. Van Mildert, Regius Professor of Divinity. 
 The Rev. T. Gaisford, M. A. Regius Professor of Greek. 
 The Proctors. 
 
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 simile is here inserted, was impressed in their presence 
 with types used by the University in printing various 
 languages, and copies of it were humbly presented to 
 them by the Chancellor. 
 
 They were then conducted to the Delegates' Room, 
 where the Chancellor of the University kneeling pre- 
 sented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent a 
 copy of the Bible printed at the University Press, at 
 the same time addressing His Royal Highness in the 
 following terms : 
 
 " May it please Your Royal Highness ! 
 
 " Among the many advantages which this ancient 
 " and loyal University derives from the favour of His 
 " Majesty's Royal Predecessors, is the right of printing 
 " this Sacred Volume, a copy of which I have now 
 " the honour most humbly to present to Your Royal 
 " Highness. To preserve inviolate the purity of its 
 " Holy Text, is the obligation resulting from this pri- 
 " vilege. To diffuse the knowledge of its doctrine, is 
 " the highest of all the purposes for which we are 
 
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 THINE, Ο LORD, IS THE GREATNESS, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY. 
 AND THE VICTORY, AND THE MAJESTY. 
 
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 Tua est, Domine, magniiicentia, et potentia, et gloria, atque victoria : et tibi laus. 
 
 GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL 
 TOWARD MEN. 
 
 ΔΟΕΑ EN 'ΤΨΙ2ΤΟΙ2 ΘΕΩΙ, ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΓΗΣ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ, ΕΝ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ5 
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 Gloria in altissimis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bona? voluntatis. 
 
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 Gogoniant yn y gomchaf i Dduw, ac ar y ddaear tangnefedd, i ddynion ewyllys da. 
 
 AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 
 JUNE 14. MDCCCXTV. 
 
 IN THE PRESENCE OF 
 
 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT, 
 HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS, 
 
 AND 
 
 HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA. 
 
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 " incorporated. And we humbly hope, that in the 
 " discharge of both these important duties, we shall 
 " ever be found to have laboured with diligence and 
 " zeal, as servants faithful to our trust, and not wholly 
 " unprofitable to our Sovereign and our Country." 
 
 To this Address His Royal Highness condescended 
 to return a most gracious Answer. 
 
 The August Company then proceeded to the Bod- 
 leian Library, where they spent some time in inspect- 
 ing the literary treasures of that extensive and rich 
 collection, which were exhibited to them by the Cu- 
 rators and the Librarian 1 . The Chancellor here pre- 
 sented a large paper copy of the Oxford Edition of 
 Aristotle's Poetic to His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent, who was graciously pleased to accept the 
 
 1 The Rev. Dr. Van Mildert, Regius Professor of Divinity. 
 Sir C. Pegge, M. D. Regius Professor of Medicine. 
 J. Phillimore, Esq. LL.D Regius Professor of Civil Law. 
 The Rev. T. Gaisford, M. A. Regius Professor of Greek. 
 The Rev. B. Bandinel, M. A. Librarian. 
 
 r-Curators. 
 
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 same ; after which he separately presented copies of 
 the same work to the Emperor of Russia and the 
 King of Prussia, addressing them respectively in the 
 following words : 
 
 " Sire ! 
 
 44 C'est dans cette fameuse Bibliotheque, riche des 
 44 tresors litteraires de tous les siecles, que TUniversite, 
 44 penetree du plus profond respect pour les Vertus 
 44 eminentes, et pour les grandes Actions de Votre 
 " Majeste Imperiale, [de Votre Majeste,] et vivement 
 " reconnoissante de l'honneur qu'Elle nous fait au- 
 44 jourd'hui, m'a charge de Lui offrir tres-humblement 
 44 cet exemplaire de la Poetique d'Aristote, le traite le 
 44 plus estime du Prince des Philosophes, et le plus 
 44 beau livre qui soit sorti de nos presses." 
 
 Their Majesties were pleased to accept the copies, 
 and to answer the Chancellor with the most gracious 
 assurances of their satisfaction in this and every other 
 attention shewn to them by the University. 
 
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 From the Bodleian Library, the illustrious Person- 
 ages retired to their respective places of residence till 
 seven o'clock, the hour named by His Royal Highness 
 for the banquet, which His Royal Highness and His 
 Imperial and Royal Guests had graciously condescended 
 to accept for themselves, and for the Royal and distin- 
 guished Persons who had attended them in this Visit. 
 
 To this banquet the Nobility and other persons of 
 distinction, then present in Oxford, had also been in- 
 vited, in the name of the University, by the Committee, 
 appointed for this purpose, and to whom His Royal 
 Highness had been graciously pleased to leave the 
 selection of the guests to be asked on this occasion. 
 
 The Radcliffe Library was considered as the Public 
 Room best adapted for such an entertainment, and was 
 therefore, with the permission of the Trustees, pre- 
 pared for it as far as the shortness of the time would 
 allow. 
 
 In the area a circular table was placed, corresponding 
 
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 with the form of the building, and divided into three 
 parts. 
 
 In five of the recesses, under the gallery, tables 
 were placed pointing towards the centre of the building, 
 and side-boards were ranged against the walls. In the 
 centre of the area was a large circular side-board 
 covered with gold-plate; against the pedestals of the 
 pilasters which support the arches, side-boards were 
 also placed, decorated in the same manner ; and upon 
 the cornice of the pedestals were gold and silver vases. 
 The tables also were richly ornamented with gold and 
 silver cups, vases, and candelabra. 
 
 The Library was brilliantly illuminated. The base- 
 ment story was lighted by lamps, placed upon the 
 impost of the arcade, and the great stair-case by two 
 double pendent lamps. Large lights were placed on 
 the two antique candelabra, and others on the cornice 
 and against the piers of the arches. Lamps were also 
 suspended from the balustrade, so as to project towards 
 the centre of the room. 
 
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 At seven o'clock His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent, attended by the Chancellor, and in his 
 Lordship's carriage, arrived at the Library of All 
 Souls' College, where the Company assembled. When 
 dinner was announced, the Prince Regent, and their 
 Imperial and Royal Majesties, were conducted by the 
 Chancellor into the Radcliffe Library. The Royal 
 Guests, and those Royal and distinguished Persons, 
 whom they condescended to admit to that honour, 
 occupied that part of the table, which was placed 
 between the candelabra and opposite to the entrance ; 
 and the Chancellor of the University did the honours 
 of the banquet. The two other parts of the circular 
 table were assigned to such of the foreign Princes, 
 Noblemen, Ministers of State, and distinguished 
 Persons, as they were capable of accommodating. 
 
 At the command of His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent, Grace was said by the Senior Pro-Vice- 
 Chancellor, in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor ; 
 and all the Company, with the gracious permission of 
 His Royal Highness, then took their seats. The 
 
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 whole was conducted with the greatest order and 
 regularity, and formed a splendid and magnificent 
 spectacle. 
 
 Dinner being ended, at the command of His Royal 
 Highness the Prince Regent, Grace was again said by 
 the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor. The dessert was then 
 served; and throughout the evening all the August 
 Personages were pleased to shew the utmost affability 
 and condescension on all occasions. His Royal 
 Highness the Prince Regent in particular, conde- 
 scended more than once to express his approbation of 
 the arrangements, which had been made for the 
 reception of Himself and His Royal Guests ; His 
 admiration of the Institutions of the University, and 
 His desire to promote its permanent honour and 
 prosperity. 
 
 The wish to witness this interesting scene was 
 universal, and arrangements had accordingly been 
 made to gratify it. The spectators were admitted 
 into the gallery by the small stair-case on the east 
 
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 side of the principal stairs, and having passed round 
 the room they descended the stair-case on the west 
 side into a recess under the gallery, which was fenced 
 off, and afforded a passage to a temporary stair-case, 
 to which an opening was made through one of the 
 windows into Radcliffe Square. 
 
 At half past ten o'clock the Prince Regent rose, 
 when His Royal Highness and His Imperial and Royal 
 Guests were attended to their carriages by the 
 Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Proctors. The 
 Chancellor conducted the Prince Regent in his carriage 
 to the Deanery at Christ Church ; and the Emperor 
 and the King with their respective attendants retired 
 to the Colleges, which had had the honour of being 
 appointed to receive them. 
 
 At this time there was a general Illumination 
 throughout the University and City ; many of the 
 public Buildings, the front of every College, and 
 St. Mary's Church, as well as private houses, being 
 brilliantly lighted up. 
 
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 The next morning, Wednesday June the 15th, a 
 Convocation was holden at eight o'clock, in which the 
 Degree of D. C. L. by Diploma was voted to their 
 Royal Highnesses, 
 
 The Prince Royal of Prussia, 
 
 Prince William of Prussia, 
 
 Prince Frederick of Prussia, 
 
 Prince A\igustus of Prussia, and 
 
 Prince William, Brother of the King of Prussia : And 
 also to 
 
 His Highness Prince Charles Augustus of Hardenberg, 
 Chancellor of State to His Majesty the King of 
 Prussia : And to 
 
 His Excellency Baron Jacobi Klost, Envoy Extraordi- 
 nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Majesty 
 the King of Prussia to this Court. 
 
 At nine o'clock the Chancellor waited upon the 
 Prince Regent at Christ Church, and conducted His 
 Royal Highness in his carriage to the Divinity School, 
 where their Imperial and Royal Majesties, Her Imperial 
 Highness the Grand Duchess Catharine, with the 
 Princes, Nobility, Ministers of State, the Pro- Vice- 
 
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 Chancellors, Heads of Houses, Doctors, and Proctors, 
 were already assembled, while the rest of the Uni- 
 versity occupied the places appointed for them in the 
 Theatre. 
 
 In a short time the whole assembly moved in 
 procession to the Theatre ; the pavement, the floor 
 of the Theatre, upon which the Procession passed, and 
 the whole line extending from the Divinity School to 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent's seat, being 
 covered with crimson cloth. A platform covered with 
 the same, the back of which was hung with crimson 
 velvet, was raised in the centre of the rising semicircle, 
 upon which three chairs, superbly fitted up with 
 crimson velvet, gilded plumes, and other ornaments, 
 were placed. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent 
 took the central chair ; the Emperor of Russia that on 
 His Royal Highness's right hand, and the King of 
 Prussia that on his left. Their Imperial and Royal 
 Majesties condescended on this occasion to honour the 
 University, as His Royal Highness the Prince Regent 
 had already done, by appearing in the robes of the 
 
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 Degree recently conferred upon them by Diploma. 
 Two platforms covered with crimson cloth, but less 
 elevated, were extended to the right and left. On the 
 right of the Sovereigns were placed Her Imperial 
 Highness the Grand Duchess, His Royal Highness the 
 Duke of York, their Royal Highnesses the Princes of 
 Prussia, the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg, and the He- 
 reditary Prince of Orange, His Serene Highness Prince 
 Charles of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and other Princes 
 of Royal and Sovereign Houses, who honoured the 
 University with their presence. On the left, imme- 
 diately next to the King of Prussia, were placed a chair 
 and desk for the Chancellor of the University ; and next 
 to his Lordship sat the Lord President of the Coun- 
 cil, the Nobility, the other Ministers of State, and 
 Persons of distinguished rank. 
 
 The Persons who formed the Procession having 
 reached their several stations in the Theatre, the 
 Chancellor kneeling received His Royal Highness's 
 commands. He then proceeded to the seat prepared 
 for him, and having in the accustomed form opened 
 
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 the Convocation, by a declaration of the occasion of 
 their being assembled, and of the business to be 
 transacted, his Lordship signified to all the Members 
 of the University His Royal Highness's gracious per- 
 mission for their being seated. 
 
 The Rev. W. Crowe, LL. B. and Public Orator of 
 the University, then addressed the Royal Visitors in 
 the following Oration : 
 
 " Serenissime Princeps, Dilectissimi Regis Nostri 
 
 " VlCEM GERENS, Tu ImPERATOR AuGUSTISSIME, Po- 
 
 " tentissime Tu Rex, Illustrissimi Hospites ! 
 
 " Quantum hodierno die gaudium universi capiamus, 
 " ego licet sileam res ipsa declarat ; cum propter ad- 
 " ventum vestrum optatissimum, non modo homines 
 " omnium aetatum et ordinum, sed etiam mcenia ipsa 
 " videantur, atque urbis tecta exultare. Magno sane 
 " honore et incredibili laetitia cumulastis Academiam 
 " Oxoniensem, quod earn visere dignati estis, quod hoc 
 " potissimum tempore, cum vobis non solum ut hospi- 
 
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 tibus gratulari possimus, verum etiam ut servatori- 
 bus nostris gratias agere meritissimas, ideo quod per 
 eximiam virtutem vestram, a gravissimo bello salvi 
 tandem et liberati sumus. Jam vero ille Vester tot 
 potentissimorum Regum et Principum concessus 
 perfundit hasc loca lumine quodam novo, et splen- 
 dido, et quale nunquam antehac huic Academiae, 
 praeter hanc nulli, affulsit. At non ii sumus pro- 
 fecto, qui nosmetipsos honore tali dignamur ; neque 
 tarn arroganter quicquam a me dictum aut concep- 
 tum esse velim : cum autem mente repeto tot viros 
 prasstantissimos, qui omni genere scientiarum hie 
 floruerunt, tot Principes et Reges Collegiorum 
 nostrorum aut fundatores, aut ipsos disciplinis 
 nostris instructos, ante omnes vero magnum ilium 
 Alfredum, a quo, Tu Princeps augustissime, genus 
 ducis tuum, cujusque sceptri haeres Tu es amplis- 
 simus, Alfredum ilium, quern Conditorem Acade- 
 miae nostras vindicamus, turn vero de dignitate ejus 
 dissimulare non licet. Quin Ipse, si nunc adesset, 
 jure optimo posset de Academia gloriari sua. Qua- 
 propter, oro, liceat mihi vicem ejus sustinere 
 
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 " paulisper, dum voces proferam in persona graviori, et 
 " digna quam vos, Augustissimi Reges, attente audiatis. 
 " Eum igitur putatote vobiscum sic loqui. 
 
 " Quam aspicitis Academiam, Hospites illustrissimi, 
 " omnium fere quae sunt in orbe antiquissimam, Ego 
 " princeps formavi. Postquam enim crudelissimum 
 " hostem debellassem, (quemadmodum Vos nuper 
 " fecistis) nee prius neque sanctius quicquam habui 
 41 quam ut sedem quandam in regno meo stabilirem, 
 •* ubi literae humaniores, et sciential, et pacis artes coli 
 " possint ; sciebam enim quantum hujusmodi studia 
 " ad summi Dei honorem, quantum ad humani generis 
 " felicitatem, conferre valeant. Sperabam quoque tarn 
 " honestam operam a me inchoatam, ab aliis post me 
 " Regibus et Principibus viris auctam et amplificatam 
 " tore ; turn vero partem istius gloriae ad me redun- 
 " daturam. Nee me fefellit mea spes. Hsec est ilia 
 " inclyta Oxonia, cujus nomen etiam ad ultimas re- 
 " giones et populos remotissimos pervenit : cujus ego 
 " alumnis, tanquam multibus meis usus, multas de 
 44 barbarie, de inscitia, de impietate, victorias repor- 
 
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 " tavi ; plurima porro literarum posui tropaea et mo- 
 " numenta, quae nulla delebit vetustas, nulla unquam 
 " obscurabit oblivio. 
 
 " Haec Alfredo fas esset magnifice praedicare : nos 
 humiliora et sentire et loqui decet. Nunc autem a 
 Vobis, Augustissimi Hospites, petimus ac etiam 
 oramus, ut qua benignitate hue advenistis ad Aca- 
 demiam nostram visendam, eadem haec excipere 
 \ r elitis, quae officii et reverentiae gratia facimus. 
 Parva quidem sunt, sed ex animis gratissimis pro- 
 ficiscuntur, sed propensissima voluntate persolvimus, 
 sed justissima de causa vobis debemus : quoniam,'ut 
 tranquilla pace jam fruamur, quod cum studiis 
 nostris apprime accommodatum, turn maxime op- 
 tandum erat, id Vestris, Augustissimi Principes, 
 consiliis prudentissimis, Vestra, Duces fortissimi, 
 admirabili et paene divina virtute, et nobis, et totius 
 Europae gentibus et nationibus est effectum." 
 
 At the conclusion of the Public Orator's speech, 
 Dr. Phillimore, the Regius Professor of Civil Law, 
 
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 standing in the area of the Theatre, as is usual for 
 the Professor or other public Officer presenting to 
 Degrees, humbly informed their Majesties, the Em- 
 peror and the King, that the University had conferred 
 upon them the Degree of D. C. L. by Diploma; 
 addressing himself first to the Emperor of Russia, 
 and then to the King of Prussia, in the following 
 Speeches : 
 
 " Imperator Augustissime ! 
 
 " Laeta lubensque atque unanimis Academia sum- 
 " mum quern potuit honorem tibi detulit ; — jure 
 " enim et merito sibi gratulatur illustribus quibus 
 " Fasti nostri inclarescunt advenarum ordinibus ascribi 
 " etiam Heroa, qui, maximo quod novimus super 
 " Europae atque Asiae gentes imperio insignitus, ita 
 " tanto imperio usus est ut caeteras etiam Orbis 
 " terrarum regiones fama nominis sui impleverit. 
 
 " Neque in segne omnino aut otiosum imperium 
 " natus es — incidisti enim in difficillima tempora — 
 44 conflari ingens ancepsque bellum — ingruere con- 
 
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 4 juratae acies — maximi quos vidit nostra aetas exer- 
 * citus — fremere invicti Duces qui ' bellis bella 
 ' ' serendo' usque ad intimum regni tui penetrale 
 ' pervenerant : — quibus tamen omnibus adeo te con- 
 ' stanter obtulisti — adeo invicta tuorum fide, atque 
 ' eximia virtute fretus es, ut non solum fusos fu- 
 ' gatosque hostes magna et memorabili strage con- 
 4 tuderis — sed, quod maximum est, statuisti porro 
 ' ire — pergere immo ad liberandas Europae Gentes, 
 4 atque ad omnia in pristinum restituenda. 
 
 44 Itaque transgressus Imperii tui fines, vastas illas 
 44 et dissitas regiones Vistulae amni et moenibus Lu- 
 44 tetiae interjacentes ita victoriis peragrasti, ut recte 
 44 ad te tanquam auctorem referri possit admiranda 
 44 ilia et rerum et triumphorum series, quibus haec 
 44 nostra tempora inclaruerunt. 
 
 44 Nobis autem quos in gremio Academiae enu- 
 44 tritos artium pacisque quam maxime amantissi- 
 44 mos esse decet, alio quoque nomine commendatus 
 44 venis ; — 
 
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 " Quippe cum demum voti compos inclytam illam 
 44 Urbem, summam rerum et caput belli quasi in 
 " manu ac potestate haberes — utcunque ante oculos 
 " Patria omni bellorum clade diruta et eversa, — utcun- 
 " que Moscua, gentis tuae incunabula, antiquissima 
 " scilicet imperii sedes, vasta flammis atque minis 
 44 perpetuo se obverteret, — ultioni tamen atque vio- 
 44 lentiae indulgere, Te, sanctaque ilia quam pro- 
 44 pugnasti causa indignum existimasti — itaque non 
 44 solum artis egregiae monumenta salva atque invio- 
 44 lata Europae praestitisti, — sed nosti quoque hostium 
 44 animos ad sanguinem et caedes irritatos lenire et 
 44 compescere, et ad meliorem vitae normam reducere. 
 
 44 Laeti igitur superbientesque tibi honorem detuli- 
 44 mus, — neve oblatum asperneris, — scias etenim (quod 
 44 tibi, Augustissime Imperator, gratissimum fore arbi- 
 44 tror) celsissimum nostrum Principem, cujus hospitio 
 44 usus es, Principem sane nobis omni cultu et 
 44 reverentia prosequendum, scias ilium haud ita 
 44 pridem eodem honore sese insigniri non dedigna- 
 44 turn esse." 
 
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 «' Rex Augustissime ! 
 " Tibi quoque qui illustrissimo illi Imperatori magni 
 " consilii particeps, — qui dubiis periculis, et pulcher- 
 " rimis laboribus socius afFuisti — Tibi, eundem quo- 
 " que honorem laeto lubentique animo detulit Aca- 
 " demia : 
 
 " Nobis enim et venerabilis, et carus accedis, turn 
 " ob augustam qua frueris dignitatem, turn ob arc- 
 " tarn qua cum regia nostra stirpe conjungeris affini- 
 •■• tatem, quum ob paternum quod in Populum tuum 
 " exercuisti imperium. 
 
 " Quando igitur tibi tuoque regno in maximum 
 
 " discrimen, et prope ad perniciem rerum perventum 
 
 " esset, idem ille Populus tuus totius Europae oculos, 
 
 " animosque in se convertit — adeo justa piaque ira 
 
 " contra communem hostem unanimis surrexit ; itaque 
 
 " ad praetorium concurrere — ultro poscere signa — 
 
 •' ultro acies — omnes quasi uno eodemque impetu 
 
 " atque ardore ferri, pro patria ultima experiri, et prae- 
 
 " clara et nomine Borussiaco digna edere facinora. 
 
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 " Nee Tu patriae defuisti; — in omnibus expeditioni- 
 " bus et praeliis princeps omnium et primus eras — 
 " immo tanta in vigiliis et periculis capessendis con- 
 " stantia, — tantum inter ipsa pericula mentis acumen, 
 " — tanta denique rei militaris scientia, — in teemicuit; 
 " — ut Magnum Fredericum redditum sibi veterani 
 " milites non temere augurarentur. 
 
 " Tuis igitur auspiciis, tuoque ductu Borussiacum 
 " nomen quasi renatum (absit verbo invidia) quasi re- 
 " natum tamen, et proprio vigore rlorens, instaura- 
 " tumque vidimus. 
 
 " Crediderimus enim illustrissimum Patruum tuum, 
 " cum olim Victor septennium belli magnis clarisque 
 " triumpbis illustrati pace stabili ac diuturna clau- 
 " deret, — crediderimus nimirum inclytum ilium Heroa 
 " non majorem apud exteros famam et splendorem 
 " jam turn sibimet conciliavisse — quam tu, Rex Au- 
 " gustissime, et multis fortibus factis, et gloria qua 
 " insigniris militari, tibi populoque tuo in perpetuum 
 " vindicavisti." 
 
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 At the close of the first of these Speeches, the 
 Chancellor, receiving the Diploma of the Emperor 
 from the hands of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, directed 
 the Proctors humbly to present it to His Imperial 
 Majesty, which they did kneeling. The same form 
 was observed in delivering the Diploma of the King 
 of Prussia ; and each of these Sovereigns, as he re- 
 ceived it from the hands of the Proctors, rose, and 
 bowed to the Prince Regent, and then condescended 
 to honour the Chancellor and the Convocation with 
 a similar mark of their gracious acceptance of this 
 token of respect. 
 
 On the conclusion of this ceremony, the Chan- 
 cellor next proposed, and read to Convocation, a 
 Diploma conferring on his Grace the Duke of 
 Wellington, the Degree of D. C. L. The usual form 
 is that such Diplomas are read to Convocation by 
 the Registrar ; but this mode was adopted, in the 
 present case, in testimony of peculiar respect. In 
 voting this Degree His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent, and their Imperial and Royal Majesties, con- 
 
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 curred as Members of Convocation, and it was agreed 
 to by the whole House with loud and repeated 
 acclamations e . 
 
 e The Diploma was transmitted by the Chancellor with the following 
 Letter : 
 
 " Camelford House, July 13, 1814. 
 " My Lord, 
 
 " The University of Oxford has been anxious to testify to 
 " your Grace, in concurrence with every other description of our Fellow 
 " Subjects, those sentiments of high respect and gratitude, which we all 
 " entertain in common, for the great and splendid services which you 
 " have rendered to our country. Far removed from the habits and 
 " perils of war, and cultivating in peaceful security the studies of 
 " Religion and Literature, We have not presumed to think that our 
 " suffrage could add any thing to the glory of those exertions which 
 " have so eminently contributed to the successful issue of so important 
 " and arduous a contest. But we are not the less sensible that it is to 
 " the skill and valour of those who have triumphed in the cause of our 
 " Country that we owe, under Providence, that happy tranquillity which 
 " in these times of universal convulsion no other nation has been per- 
 " mitted to enjoy. And if we can not in any manner discharge even the 
 " smallest part of that debt of gratitude which we owe to Your Grace, we 
 " are at least anxious not to be wanting in the acknowledgment of it. 
 
 " It is in this view that I am commissioned to request Your Grace's 
 " acceptance of the Degree conferred in the inclosed Diploma, which was 
 
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 The Chancellor next proposed that the Honorary- 
 Degree of D. C. L. should be conferred upon his Ex- 
 
 " read and unanimously voted in our House of Convocation in the pre- 
 " sence of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and of their Majesties 
 " the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia. To Your Grace it 
 " may he not unsatisfactory, and it will at least be gratifying to our 
 " feelings, that you should know, that there is not, as far as we can trace, 
 " any other instance in our Records of such an Honour conferred upon a 
 " British Subject in the presence of the Sovereign, and that it was with a 
 " view of rendering it less unworthy of your acceptance, that the time 
 " and manner of it were in this instance so arranged. 
 
 " It is impossible for me to conclude this letter without assuring 
 " Your Grace of the great personal pleasure which I derive from 
 " being the channel of this communication, and from being allowed 
 " to avail myself of any opportunity of adding to the general voice of 
 " my Country, the assurances of the sincere admiration, respect, and 
 " regard, 
 
 " With which I have the honour to be, 
 " My Lord, 
 
 " Your Grace's most faithful 
 
 " and most obedient humble Servant, 
 
 « To His Grace " G RENVILLE." 
 
 " The Duke of Wellington? 
 8fc. Sfc. $c. 
 
 To this Letter His Grace was pleased to return the following answer: 
 
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 cellency Count Lieven, Ambassador Extraordinary and 
 Minister Plenipotentiary from His Majesty the Emperor 
 
 " My Lord, " London, July 14, 1814. 
 
 " I had the Honour of receiving last night Your Lordship's 
 " Letter of the 13th, in which Your Lordship has inclosed the Diploma 
 " recently conferred upon me by the University of Oxford. 
 
 " I beg that Your Lordship will be assured that I have received this 
 " Honour with a high sense of its value ; and with gratitude for the 
 " approbation of the University of my services. 
 
 " If any thing could add to the estimation in which I hold this 
 " Honour and to the gratitude I feel for it, and for the mode in which 
 " the University thought proper to confer it, it is that it has been 
 " conveyed to me by a Person from whom and from whose family I have 
 " received so many acts of kindness, for whom I have ever entertained 
 " the highest respect, and to whose friendship and partiality I attribute 
 " the handsome terms in which he has been pleased to convey to me the 
 " sense of the University. 
 
 " I have the honour to be, 
 " My Lord, 
 
 " Your Lordship's much obliged 
 
 " and faithful humble Servant, 
 
 "WELLINGTON." 
 
 " The Lord Grenville, 
 " Chancellor of the University of Oxford." 
 
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 of Russia to this Court ; upon His Highness Prince 
 Metternich, Minister of State to His Majesty the Em- 
 peror of Austria ; and upon Field Marshal Blucher, 
 Prince of Wahlstadt, Field Marshal in the Armies of 
 His Majesty the King of Prussia. Each of these 
 Degrees was assented to unanimously, and with loud 
 applause. 
 
 These illustrious Personages were then conducted 
 into the Theatre, preceded by the Bedels, and attended 
 by the Regius Professor of Civil Law, who presented 
 them to the Chancellor and Proctors successively in 
 the following Speeches : 
 
 " Insignissime et Honoratissime Cancellarie, Vosque 
 " Egregii Procuratores ! 
 
 " Praesento vobis praenobilem Comitem de Lieven, 
 " Augustissimi omnium Russiarum Imperatoris ad Do- 
 " minum Dominum Regem Legatum ; 
 
 " Qui in Livonia ex nobili stirpe ortus belli pacisque 
 " artibus et strenuum et peritum se exhibuit, et is est 
 
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 " praeterea quem singulari cultu prosequi voluit Aca- 
 " demia, turn ob patriam, turn, ut alia taceam, ob 
 " sanctum illud quo fungitur officium : — 
 
 " Neque ingloriam omnino provinciam sortitus est ; 
 " illius enim opera atque ministerio antiquissima no- 
 " biscum et Russiaca Gente foedera redintegrata 
 " sunt ; — nee minimum ei laudis est quod in tantis, 
 " tamque arduis negotiis procurandis, omnes consue- 
 " tudine sua adeo sibi devinxerit ut merito nobis 
 " carus habeatur. 
 
 " Itaque hunc praesento vobis ut admittatur ad Gra- 
 " dum Doctoris in Jure Civili honoris causa." 
 
 " Insignissime et Honoratissime Cancellarie, Vosque 
 " Egregii Procuratores ! 
 
 " Praesento vobis illustrissimum Principem de Met- 
 " ternich, a secretioribus consiliis Augustissimi Austriae 
 " Imperatoris. 
 
 " Neque profecto istiusmodi est Princeps hie orna- 
 
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 " tissimus, qui nullam omnino aut jejunam laudationis 
 " materiem Oratori sufficiat; — insunt enim in illo 
 " dotes magnae et praeclarae, exquisitum judicium, 
 " cognitio multiplex, in rebus tractandis mira solertia, 
 " ea denique morum comitas, quae omnium sibi con- 
 " ciliat animos et in publicis negotiis lenit partium 
 " simultates et componit discordias. 
 
 " Hac indole morum et virtutum gravissimis apud 
 " suos adeo muneribus perfunctus est, lit is deraum est 
 " quern Augustissimus Austriae Imperator in omni admi- 
 " nistratione Reipublicae actorem auctoremque habuit. 
 
 " Hujus igitur consiliis ea foedera inita et perfecta 
 ' sunt quae uno eodemque societatis vinculo maximas 
 ' et potentissimas Europae Gentes contra Gallorum 
 
 superbam dominationem colligaverunt. 
 
 « 
 
 " Jure ergo Advenae ita insignito, ita nobilitato 
 " gratulamur ; — auspicato enim hodiernae interest fre- 
 tk quentiae — et ne ex Academiae spatiis indotatus 
 " abire videatur, hunc denique praesento vobis ut ad- 
 
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 " mittatur ad Gradum Doctoris in Jure Civili honoris 
 
 " causa. 
 
 " Insignissime et Honoratissime Cancellarie, Vosque 
 " Egregii Procuratores ! 
 
 " Praesento vobis illustrissimum Principem Blucher — 
 
 " Heroa sane invictae virtutis, atque antiquae fidei — 
 " et quo neminem, inter illustres qui hodie nos nos- 
 " traque invisere dignati sunt Duces Proceresque, ne- 
 " minem quidem habemus cui libentius nostras honores 
 " deferamus : — 
 
 " Is enim est, qui ad arma natus, et a prima statim 
 " pueritia in exercitibus versatus sub Magno Frederico 
 " tyro stipendia meruit, et exinde per varias provectae 
 " vitae vicissitudines tarn rerum gestarum fama, quam 
 " gloria qua inclaruit militari, et patria, atque ea quam 
 " juvenis admodum hauserat disciplina, se dignum 
 " ubique praestitit. 
 
 Η 
 
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 " Itaque ubi illuxerat spes posse Europam in statum 
 " pristinum restitui, laetus alacerque fortissimo Principi 
 " suo quamprimum se acljunxit, (dudum enim senec- 
 " tutem excusans ab omni negotio publico se subduxe- 
 " rat,) nee illo quispiam, ea tempestate ardua scilicet et 
 " difficillima, dignior videbatur summo in Borussiacum 
 " exercitum imperio insigniri. 
 
 " Audivistis nimirum quo vigore — quo ardore — 
 " septuagenarius ille omnibus periculis et vigiliis inter- 
 
 " fuit audivistis nimirum quo strenuo pioque odio 
 
 " contra Gallorum Induperatorem quasi ' furiam fa- 
 " ' cemque ' luctuosi istius belli quo per tot annos 
 " Europa conflagraverat, efferebatur ; eum esse deni- 
 " que qui non aliam suis laboribus et victoriis me- 
 " tarn intendebat, quam ut in Ipsa inimicorum Urbe 
 " inviolabiles pacis conditiones victis impositas aspi- 
 " ceret. 
 
 " Hospiti igitur tot tantisque tropaeis atque alacri 
 " qua fruitur senectute venerabili — fausta omnia et 
 
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 " felicia omnia comprecamur — et cum apud suos re- 
 " versus in otium quod meruit, se contulerit, remi- 
 
 " niscatur aliquando nos eum grata mente excoluisse 
 
 " reminiscatur aliquando nos, homines scilicet studiis, 
 " et uteris deditos, in eum hoc qualecunque sit Acade- 
 " mici honoris contulisse, ob egregia quae in liberanda 
 " Europa navavit opera. 
 
 " Quod reliquum est, hunc praesento vobis ut ad- 
 " mittatur ad gradum Doctoris in Jure Civili honoris 
 
 " causa." 
 
 At the close of each of the Professor's Speeches, the 
 Illustrious Personage, who was the subject of it, was 
 admitted by the Chancellor to his Degree in the 
 usual form, and conducted to his seat amongst the 
 Doctors. 
 
 The following Verses in honour of the occasion were 
 then recited by Junior Members of the University. 
 
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 ΘΥΓΑΤΕΡ Αιος ύψ/οτον, 
 
 3-νατ6ϊ<τιν επουρανίοκτί τ εν ϊ- 
 <τω τιομενα, <τεμνά Δικά" 
 ά χ^ρ< δαιμόνια άναμαρτγ\- 
 τω μεγάλων ανοικτών 
 μεγάλα? κατευθύνεις τύχας, 
 τους μεν επ άκξαν 
 εύπραγίας τε και εύαμερ'ιας 
 
 τιθεκτα κορυφάν' 
 των 8ε κελαΰεννάν υβριν 
 άρεος εριβρόμου βόλους 
 φονίω Ήροσ-πελάταο-α τΰεο^Ίω' 
 τεον ΊδΌτι, (τεμνά, βωμον 
 ούτε λύρας άτερ ουτ ayaS-oh 
 χάρματος ερχόμεθ\ οκτι τρόπων 
 εσ-λων, ευεργετών τε, 
 και θεοκτ'κττων νομών 
 χάρις Ί&αραι%{χτ<τει φρενας, 
 οαοις Ήο^εινον ε(ττιν -ηρώων κλεος 7 
 
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 φίλα <Ts τΰατρις diet. 
 Ήλ3-£? $\ (τωτ-ηρία βροτοΊ(Γΐν 
 
 οτ απ ουρανοί) κ,ατεβαζ, 
 εν μάχη τ επιουςτι Γάλλο»? 
 άντιουζ ε<ττα<τα$ Λβαρους' 
 Σαυρομάτων <Γ ετερωΒ-ι αίαιδες 
 Σ,ζνΒ -cti τ άμαχοι, δορυφόρο? Ο- 
 μιλος, δουλοαυναν από Ήατρίδος 
 άπείρ^ον' οι ϊ$ον μεν άατυ, 
 Χαρματιας Παλαιοί ε$ος, 
 εχΒ-ροϊς οικτρότατους καταχ,αυΒ-έν' 
 αλλά Γάλλοι ταχεία 
 
 μεττίλΒ-ε τκτίζ, χω μεγαλαυχος 
 
 δραπεταις T&otriv βαο-ιλενς εφενγεν 
 ελενΒ-ερων φόβω. 
 τότε <rv ya%i\<ras, Αικα, 
 τότε $\ Έ,ανρομάται, Σκύλων τε 
 φίλιππος λαό; άροντο xvibs, 
 Γάλλου Sk (ττυγερά τυραννις 
 
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 έτρεμε $εινως, Όποτ ούρανιοζ 
 •χειμωνιων Όμ,βρων nfctTYip 
 κρυόεντα βέλη τη Ήολυοίν^ω 
 
 ενέταξε στρατία: 
 τεοι τε Ήοίϊδες, 
 BopvoS -ενεζ ενρυρεεΒ-ρε, 
 
 φοβεξαν οπκτω 
 Φολεμου νεφελάν κατεχευοίν. 
 MovtroL 4' ^α?ν, κλεινοί βοοηλειςΐ 
 (Γνμ,πλεχει καλλινικον <ττεφα.νον, 
 οι $ο!ζα.ζ άωτον 
 άπε^ρε^/ατ ες ά.ε\ φυλάξαντε; 
 
 yKvKvroLTctv ελευ^-ερίαν, 
 αρετές τε (τυμμαγία. κ,αΧΚκττα. 
 
 τ&ελωριον τεΧεν&ντες έργον. 
 
 Spoken by the Hon. G. J. W. Ellis, of Christ Church. 
 
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 OXFORD, exult ! — behold the period come, 
 When conquering Kings adorn this classic dome : 
 Oxford, raise high thy head, and gladly pay 
 The homage due on this thy festal day. 
 
 Oft hast thou here adjudg'd the Poet's meed 
 To valiant action, and to virtuous deed : 
 Here oft have Warriors gloried in thy praise, 
 And Statesmen here enjoy'd unfading bays. 
 But not since first our Alfred's star appear'd, 
 And thro' the mists its morning splendour rear'd, 
 Has ever yet on Isis' favour'd stream 
 Yon flaming orb diffus'd so bright a beam. 
 For now to thee, great Prince, her vows sincere 
 Thy Oxford pays, and bids thee welcome here. 
 Long may'st thou live on peaceful arts to smile, 
 And long a Brunswick rule fair Albion's Isle. 
 
 Yes ! We have heard, by hostile tumult torn 
 Through all her states, desponding Europe mourn. 
 Yet Hope, sweet seraph, sooth' d her anxious breast, 
 And lull'd her thus to visionary rest. 
 " Lo ! where mid northern blasts yon flags unfurl'd 
 " Advance to renovate a prostrate world. 
 
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 " See ! how in crowds their dauntless legions frown ; 
 
 " See ! how they pour like mountain torrents down. 
 
 " Hark ! where on Gaul's own plains their shouts declare 
 
 " That God presides, the just avenger there." 
 
 And was indeed the pleasing vision true ? 
 
 Did Fancy then a real prospect view ? 
 
 Yes ! then she saw the kindred eagles soar 
 
 From vast Siberia's bounds to Biscay's shore. 
 
 Down, Despot, down : the mighty task is done; 
 Thy iron sceptre falls ; thy course is run. 
 And deem'dst thou not of this, mid northern snows, 
 When shrieks of death from all thy ranks arose ? 
 Mark'dst thou not well from off the Kremlin's height, 
 When lurid brightness scared the eye of night, 
 How Justice then prepar'd thy deeds to weigh, 
 And Vengeance prophesied of Leipsic's day ? 
 
 And that dread day did come. Throw off the chains 
 From captive Kings : again a Louis reigns. 
 Again to Gaul are golden times restor'd, 
 And willing thousands greet their rightful Lord. 
 
 Speak, Europe, rescu'd from the whelming flood, 
 Had polar winters chill'd yon Emperor's blood ? 
 
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 Had Frederick's converse with the tented field 
 His breast 'gainst Mercy's gentle influence steel'd ? 
 No — by fair Gallia's still unravag'd plains, 
 Her towns unsack'd, her unpolluted fanes, 
 By all her merchant wealth, and artist pride, 
 From Seine's tall towers to Garonne's viny side. 
 By her fall'n tyrant's shew of princely state, 
 His limbs nnchain'd, his life inviolate, 
 By these, far lands and distant times shall know, 
 " How Christian valour spares the prostrate foe." 
 
 Still not to you, Great Chiefs, though high your praise 
 Transcend the Historian's pen, or Poet's lays ; 
 Yet not to yon alone shall mortals bow 
 In awful love, and pay the grateful vow ; 
 But ye yourselves must bow, yonr praise be given, 
 To him the Lord of Lords, your King in heaven. 
 
 Spoken by H. Bosanquet, Gent. Com. of Corpus Christi College. 
 
 COMPOSITIS jam tandem armis dum tota qniescit 
 Enropa, ct justi agnoscens moderaminis usum, 
 Vos tanti auctores, illnstria nomina, doni 
 Grata colit, cingitqne aeterna tempora lauro ; 
 
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 Nos itidem Musarum artes atque otia doctae 
 Pallados hie miti pacis servare sub umbra 
 Assoliti, his ultro vocemque animumque triumphis 
 Addimus, hospitibusque novis laetamur ovantes ; 
 Nee minus interea patriae patriique movetur 
 Imperii ciira, neque te tua, maxime Pritieeps, 
 Gratari dubitat Rhedycina, et amore fideli 
 Excipit, et tanto felix se Praeside jactat. 
 Auspice te, placidam carpit secura quietem 
 Pieridum sedes : tu namque exempla paterna 
 Rite colens, nostras ultro dignaris Athenas 
 Praesidio tegere, et donis cumulare benignis : 
 Scilicet omne tuum est, prisca quod ab Herculis urbe 
 Eruta Niliaci pretiosa volumina Bybli 
 Tandem insperatae donari munere lucis 
 Vidimus, et Sophiae haec intra sacraria condi. 
 Nee minus interea studia in quaecunque vocetur 
 Vitae altrix artisque parens, Te, Dia Mathesis, 
 Suspicit, et facilem veneratur laeta Patronum. 
 Ilia adeo, seu, quae magno lex imperet orbi, 
 Edoceat, viresque ac pondera material', 
 Seu quibus acta modis coeant, iterumque figuras 
 Dissiliant habitura novas vaga semina rerum, 
 Seu terrae scrutetur opes, quae caeca metalli 
 Semina, quas gremio sparsim ferat ubere gemmas, 
 
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 Ilia sibi tantis praestari debita coeptis 
 Otia, subsidiumque tuo de munere jactat. 
 Ergo consiliis stabilita armisque suorum 
 Dum regina viget Brittannia, pacis amorem 
 Dum colit, et Phoebo doctum vacat Isidos agmen, 
 Hsec tibi perpetuse stabunt prseconia famae 
 Victoris titulo, et belli potiora tropaeis. 
 
 Spoken by Lord Clifton, of Christ Church. 
 
 OH, for a son of brigbt-eyed glory, 
 That sweeping o'er the chorded shell 
 Should in sublimest numbers tell 
 
 The patriot hero's deathless story. 
 Oh, for a soul, that lov'd to ride 
 The battle's most tempestuous tide, 
 And thought the tumult of the fight 
 Most sweet to ear, and beautiful to sight. 
 If here thy glorious race began, 
 
 And Oxford fashion'd thee so well, 
 Up to the perfect man ; 
 
 Spirit of air, obey the spell. 
 Oh, from the realms of day 
 Waft hither some immortal lay ! 
 
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 On thee thy Holy Mother calls, 
 Bid every note of rapture swell 
 
 To those that grate her honour'd walls. 
 For these are they, who, leagu'd in holy tie, 
 Self dedicate to Liberty, 
 
 Her banner bright unfiirFd : 
 Hope could not lead astray, 
 Fear might not bar their way ; 
 
 They sav'd a sinking world. 
 What though with giant force 
 
 Elate of heart, and big with borrow'd fame, 
 
 The dark Adventurer came ; 
 Uncheck'd they held their onward course. 
 What though o'er all the red and restless sky 
 The wasting Haines roll'd horribly, 
 
 The holy city fell, 
 To them in that portentous hour 
 Came thoughts of soul-sustaining power ; 
 Firm faith, and courage high, 
 And agonizing memory ; 
 Dread voices from the silent earth 
 
 Told of the mighty and unspotted dead : 
 The race that shall be in the after time 
 Rose up in shew sublime, 
 
 And claim'd a freeman's birth. 
 
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 So that immortal city blaz'd on high 
 
 An altar pile to Liberty, 
 
 And from her throes 
 
 The spirit of the North sublimer rose 
 
 To vengeance and to victory. 
 Yes, and it pass'tl that night of sorrow, 
 Dark mother of a glorious morrow : 
 
 The sun, that to the waves 
 
 Fled from a world of slaves, 
 
 Uprose in holy jubilee ; 
 For every soul in every land was free. 
 Yet mourn for Him, who o'er the tide of war 
 Beam'd brightly as a comet star ; 
 And when that day was done, 
 His toils were scarce begun : 
 The wounded warrior's painful bed 
 With holy love he visited : 
 And his mild spirit groan'd to see 
 
 That universal agony 
 
 What boots to tell, how o'er his grave 
 She wept, that would have died to save ? 
 Little they know the heart, who deem 
 Her sorrow but an infant's dream 
 
 Of transient love begotten ; 
 A passing gale, that as it blows 
 
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 Just shakes the ripe drop from the rose 
 
 That dies, and is forgotten. 
 Oh woman, nurse of hopes and fears, 
 All lovely in thy spring of years, 
 
 Thy soul in blameless mirth possessing 
 
 More lovely in affliction's tears 
 
 Most lovely still those tears suppressing ! 
 Chang'd be the note, and once again 
 Strike, harp, a loud triumphant strain ; 
 
 Fill high the cup of praise 
 To Him, who, in that desperate night, 
 Still wav'd on high the beacon light ; 
 The Brunswick, resolute to save, 
 Who stemm'd that all-devouring wave : 
 Who, when no earthly hope was given, 
 Found strength and confidence in heaven ; 
 And upward gazing on bright honour's sun, 
 Finish'd the holy war his glorious Sire begun. 
 
 Spoken by J. T. Coleridge, B. A. Fellow of Exeter College. 
 
 YE guardian Spirits, who, ordain'd of old, 
 In solemn charge the doom of empires hold, 
 
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 To you, through all her shores, may Europe raise, 
 Realm after realm, the pealing hymn of praise, 
 Twofold the blessing for her sons prepar'd, 
 Th' oppressor fall' η , the saviour champions spar'd. 
 
 And mid the glowing paeans that ascend 
 To hail the King, the Warrior, and the Friend, 
 Let Oxford cull, to swell th' exulting quire, 
 The choicest treasure of th' historic lyre 
 For Him, who first his battling myriads bore 
 From wintry Baltic and the Caspian shore ; 
 Who chid that recreant foe, whom but to name 
 Would dull our glories with a word of shame ; 
 Drew him within his empire's mighty breast, 
 Alcides like, to crush the giant pest. 
 Nor he unsung, who, in the dubious hour, 
 For one vast struggle summon'd all his power, 
 Stak'd his rich heritage of martial zeal, 
 And arm'd a Blucher for his country's weal. 
 
 Ye, leagu'd in fame, through after years shall beam 
 The patriot's watchword, and the poet's theme ! 
 Haply the sons of some far distant age 
 Shall muse, mistrustful, o'er the wond'rous page, 
 
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 Where the proud records of your deeds are held, 
 The wrongs that menac'd, and the might that quell'd. 
 
 Though oft too harsh the din of war invades 
 Where Science walks her Academic shades, 
 Yet to your triumphs loftier claims belong, 
 Than victory yields, to live embalm'd in song : 
 Ye stay'd the battle's rude avenging hand 
 From the fair spoil of Latium's ravag'd land ; 
 Ye, warm with kindred virtues, joy'd to save 
 The hallow'd relics of the wise and brave ; 
 Your conquering swords dealt freedom where they came, 
 And Mercy strew'd with flow'rs your path of fame. 
 Such deeds heroic to the world confess'd, 
 In one great hour, foes vanquished, spar'd, and bless'd. 
 
 And thou, who, stedfast in the righteous cause, 
 Ledd'st the bold strife, shalt share the rich applause : 
 Now mid thy nation's thanks, one pray'r is borne ; 
 The peace thou counsell'dst, by thy cares adorn ; 
 Till, rear'd by thee, our graceful arts resume 
 A fresher life, and spread their vernal bloom. 
 
 Spoken by R. Ingham, Commoner of Oriel College. 
 
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 Ώ yctict Ί&ατρις, r\ Ήαρψ εν ηματι 
 τω^ε (ττενάζειν, <πγ όταν τον άΒ-λιον 
 
 CtVOLXTCL^ WOiO-CtV TOV Ήλανώμενον %3"OVa, 
 
 δακρΰοκτι yovv τϋροςείπας ομμάτων άπο. 
 τις yap τϋροιεπτατ ελπις; ει μι\ <της Ότι 
 άρηρε τΰ'κϊτις δεξιάς^ κατοίτ^τά τε 
 ώοοντα. καν άπόροκτιν αν τον 5εον Ήορους. 
 ούκουν το μεν (τον ετχεν εν κάκαις τΰγαις 
 τον φυγάδα 3-£λγδ<ν, χ ω,τι λοιπόν ήν βίου 
 
 φΐλθ!ζ£νθΙ(Γΐν ώ Ί&ερΐ(ΓΤελλεΐν τοδε 
 
 κόσ-μοκτιν' 6 <Γ άναζ ουχί την άγαν φΰγφ 
 άνόνητα γ' ειά(τ\ άλλα (τών, Ήατρις φίλη, 
 φρονημάτων ευ οιδε, %-ετμιων τ άπο 
 σοφιαν βαρεία, φερόμενος £(τ3-λην φρενι. 
 Toiyap δι ευχών τ&ολλα, και τελεσφόρων 
 λιτών κατηλ3-£ν, ως μαλιττα μεν δομον 
 τϊατρωον επιδεϊν, μαλΒ-ακαις τε τ ας νο<τους 
 κηλέίν επωδαϊς, γης Ότω τα κυρία 
 άπι^ριωται Ήεργαμ'' ει δε μ\ %ενω 
 ξένος ουπερ ήν τοτ\ ενΒ-α κοιμάσ-Β-αι ταφω. 
 ούδε κενόν i\v τό<Γ εΖγμα' και yap ουρανού 
 
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 βλάκας δίφρείκΓΑν ε<τχάτων αφ' ημέρας 
 στίΖων ελαμτ^ε, θαύμα και κωχομ όρα», 
 (τελας τι χρυαΌφβγγβς, ως tsfwyw τίνος 
 τΰολεως τε, δεινού ΉυρπολΥΐμάτων δορός. 
 τουνθενδε Ήως ειποίμ αν ; ή γαρ άνδρατι 
 φρεν εοικε παντοδαποϊνιν εμπλγ\<τ<Γειν ρόθος 
 ευ^γυγιας πως αυτός, ως αϋδωμενης 
 θεόθεν βοής, " ω Ήα'ϊδες ανθρώπων ϊτε, 
 ελευθερουτε Ήατρίδ*', ελευθερουτε δε 
 τΰαιδάς, "γυναίκας, θέων τε Ί&ατρωων εδη, 
 θηκας τε Προγονών' νυν υπέρ Ήαντων ay ων" 
 και <Trj -τ&έπρακταΐ τηδε γαρ Ήανγτ/υρει 
 *γεγας τυράννων, τωντε της γης κοιράνων, 
 'Ολυμπίας Ίεροίνιν ως ποτ εν μυγοίς 
 ' Ελληνες άνδρες τίμιους του? Ελλάδος 
 νωτηρας 'επε^'εραιρον, εκα-εσ-ωτ μένων 
 τΰαιάνες ούτως εκελαδουν λαών 7ταρα. 
 ω μακάριων τίδε φασμάτων ημαρ πλέον. 
 Όλβου τ, ελευθέριας τε, του τ άει κλέους. 
 
 Spoken by C. St. John Mild/nay, Commoner of Brasen Nose 
 College. 
 
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 MUSE, who didst chaunt thy joy in varied song, 
 When these glad walls receiv'd the princely throng 
 Of great Eliza's court; withheld whose aid, 
 Poor were our thanks, our homage coarsely paid ; 
 Prompt my rude tongue to shape its duteous task 
 In such fond speech as His approach may ask, 
 Who rose from couch of filial woe to bear 
 For us, the Ensign of a Father's care : 
 Teach me to shun each thought of meaner praise, 
 But hail him worthy of that Father's race ! 
 Nor yet desert my call ; for 1 would dare 
 Salute, by thee inspir'd, yon high-born pair : 
 Oh let me bid them, ere thy lesson cease, 
 Welcome, thrice welcome, to the Sons of Peace ! 
 
 What though the Gownsman's sable vestments seem 
 To speak him stranger to the soldier's theme, 
 Self-doom'd to view the triumph from afar, 
 Nor boast the glorious blazonry of war ; 
 Think him not, mighty Chiefs, too cold to love 
 Tales of the battle-field, where armies strove, 
 Too dull to reverence, too slow to ereet 
 The hero's presence in his calm retreat. 
 
 When, Phoenix like, the vengeful spirit broke 
 From desolated Moscow's veil of smoke, 
 
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 And bade the haughty Spoiler's iron form 
 Crouch, terror-bent, beneath the coming storm ; 
 Sudden, through our lone groves, the glad shout rang, 
 And hall, and lofty tow'r, responsive sang ; 
 Hope burst, from dreamy trance, exulting forth, 
 And cheer' d with us our Brethren of the North. 
 Nor were they few, who deem'd the classic bow'r 
 Inglorious harbour in this fateful hour ; 
 Sage arts abandon'd all, and ancient lore, 
 They cried, To arms ! to arms ! and sought Iberia's shore. 
 
 Not deaf to glory's call, yet loth to break 
 Chains woo'd and worn for Rhedycina's sake ; 
 Not loosely revelling in unmanly joys, 
 Not basely trembling at the herald's voice ; 
 But held by awe of her, on whose high state 
 111 might diminished train of vassals wait, 
 We, could a faithful band such charge resign ? 
 Kept our lone vigils by the matron's shrine. 
 
 Ye, who are school'd in camps, perchance had smil'd 
 To mark what anxious search our watch beguil'd : 
 With eager eye we scann'd th' historic page, 
 From deeds of high renown drew bold presage ; 
 In fancy rov'd, where curious foot had trac'd 
 The soldier's track, deep printed in the waste; 
 
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 But chief we paus'd, where whelm'd in Issus' tide 
 Slept the huge relics of barbaric pride, 
 Pride unabash'd, save when the fleet winds bore 
 Her vanquish'd millions from the seaman's shore ; 
 Or when she scap'd, dismay'd, in fragile raft, 
 The Scythian's haggard steed and deathful shaft ; 
 All else submissive to her thunders hurl'd 
 O'er the wide East, her tributary world. 
 Elate we view'd Fate's tardy vengeance sped : 
 E'en then the omen pleas'd ; but when we read, 
 That he, who bravely fought, could nobly spare, 
 Mild to the fall'n, and gentle to the fair; 
 We grasp'd th' unerring sign with loud acclaim, 
 And fondly dwelt on Alexander's name. 
 
 Nor less, midst triumphs of a later age, 
 Were gallant Frederick's priz'd, who dar'd to wage 
 Unequal combat long, yet scorn'd to bend 
 Before his myriad foes, for he was England's friend ! 
 
 Short space to moody shame and malice giv'n, 
 By rebel passions urg'd, and angry Heav'n, 
 Gall'd by defeat, not tam'd, untaught to yield, 
 Again th' Invader tempts the gory field : 
 What if the desp'rate hazard be his last ? 
 Arms, treasure, empire, all are on the cast ! 
 
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 Hope feeds his soul, when lo ! portentous sight ! 
 The sov'reign Eagles join in threefold might. 
 Now the pale Saxon rues his succour lent ; 
 Now the chaf'd beast within her ramparts pent, 
 Ill-fated Dresden mourns, and Elbe's broad flood 
 Rolls through polluted banks its waves of blood. 
 Yet still the fearful pause enchains each sense 
 In silent agony, and dread suspense. 
 
 Shame on those stubborn winds ! ill tim'd delay ! 
 They Yield ! and Stewart tells of Leipsic's day ! 
 Straight through the narrow cell and echoing hall, 
 Stern rule and sober task forgotten all, 
 In mingled fits of ecstasy and pain, 
 We hail'd the battle won, and mourn' d o'er heroes slain ! 
 
 Tumultuous hours were those, but now employ 
 Our tranquil breasts pure hope and chasten'd jov. 
 No more, in wakeful truce, the jealous hand 
 Clasps, unrclax'd, the loosely sheathed brand, 
 But, bare of steel and gauntlet rough, repays, 
 With pressure fond, the scholar's keen embrace. 
 
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 Methinks, while yet the pageant treads our aisles, 
 Approving Science lifts her head, and smiles 
 
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 Like some imperial dame, who, thron'd on high 
 To grace the splendid feats of chivalry, 
 While hotly strive the flow'r of ev'ry realm, 
 Sighs o'er the splinter'd lance and cloven helm : 
 But when the herald parts the dang'rons fray, 
 And victor knights advance in fair array, 
 Darts from her radiant eye, like gleam of summer sun, 
 The pledge of grateful love, the meed that valour Avon. 
 
 Spoken by W. Dalby, B. A. Fellow of Exeter College. 
 
 INSPIRING Muse of History, 
 
 Who throw'st thy broad and comprehensive span 
 
 O'er all the annals of the brave and free, 
 
 O'er all th' eventful tale of man : 
 
 — Attune the trump of Fame no more 
 
 To them, the chiefs of older time, 
 
 The hardy sons of Sparta's shore, 
 
 The patriots of Athenian «lime ; 
 But hail to those who struck th' auspicious blow ; 
 The brother-band of Kings, who laid Oppression low. 
 
 Turn from fierce Macedonia's Lord, 
 Who fir'd the royal Persian's captive fane, 
 
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 That phrenzied youth, whom suppliant Art implor'd 
 To spare her honours, but implor'd in vain. 
 
 But say, whose conquering arm 
 Preserv'd each trophy of thy favour' d clime, 
 Gave back, secure from scath and harm, 
 The classic spoils of time ? 
 'Twas He, the Hero of the North : 
 In him a nobler Alexander view, 
 Who chas'd the Tyrant in his anger forth, 
 Yet o'er the prostrate foe his shelt'ring buckler threw. 
 
 In generous Austria see display 'd 
 The awful justice of the Roman name; 
 By nature, by ambition's force unsway'd, 
 And deaf to all but Virtue's sacred claim. 
 To Frederick's heir, thrice worthy of his throne, 
 And Him of Sweden, breathe the Spartan flute; 
 For well might old Tyrtseus' measure suit 
 Their praise, who rouz'd at injur'd Europe's moan, 
 Like Sparta's martial kings their bosoms bar'd, 
 And with their lion-bands each toil and danger shar'd. 
 
 No more in wild romantic strain 
 Dwell on the record of their fabled worth, 
 Who quell'd each giant brood, each monster train, 
 
 The champion lords of grateful earth. 
 
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 Thy oaken wreath to grace the vet'ran crest 
 Of living valour, patriot Muse, decree 
 
 To those who sought with firm undaunted breast, 
 And pierc'd the serpent-den of Tyranny. 
 
 To Blccher and the Hetmann yield the crown ; 
 First in the van of those who smote th' Oppressor down. 
 
 Enough through Anarchy's wild night 
 Hath gleam'd that meteor of portentous birth, 
 
 Whose red and desolating light 
 Shone but to blast the face of bounteous Earth. 
 
 Quench'd are its beams, its reign is past; 
 
 Reviving Europe breathes at last, 
 
 And hails in him, th' immortal Czar, 
 The pure and steadfast ray of Freedom's morning star. 
 
 Yet shall she ne'er forget the brave, 
 Who in that night of storm, with anxious zeal, 
 Midst doubt and danger, stemm'd the raging wave, 
 
 And died to save her sinking weal. 
 
 Oh, that her triumph's rouzing sound, 
 Or that the voice of gratitude, 
 
 Could pierce the melancholy bound 
 Of their cold grave, by Europe's tears bedew'd ! 
 — Oh, could it cheer Kutousoff's dwelling low, 
 
 Revive the gallant, good Moreau, 
 
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 Wake those who sleep on Borodino's plain, 
 And tell Bagrathjon's shade, he did not fall in vain ! 
 
 Yet shall she bless his venerable head, 
 Who shar'd her labours, wept her ev'ry woe ; 
 Whose bands by Wellington, or Nelson led, 
 
 Ponr'd rout and slaughter on her foe. 
 Him, who to cheer the exile's hopeless eye, 
 
 Uprear'd the friendly beacon light 
 
 On his own cliffs of Liberty, 
 That laugh 'd to scorn the tempest's baffled might. 
 Europe ! remember him, who ever gave 
 A home to suffering man — a welcome to the brave ! 
 
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 Though He, on dark Affliction's couch laid low, 
 Hears not, alas! thy blessings on his name, 
 Yet, Europe, what thou canst, bestow ; 
 Give to his Son the well-earn'd meed of fame : 
 That Son, more nobly prov'd his own, 
 When erst, in Bourbon's darkest hour, 
 He cheer' d the Exile of a rival throne 
 With all the courtesies of wealth and power, 
 Than when of late, in Bourbon's day of pride, 
 He held high festival, triumphant by his side. 
 
 He comes, by Europe's wishes blest ; 
 Bv honour, more than princely birth, 
 
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 Link'd to either generous Guest, 
 
 The mirrors of each other's worth. 
 
 For nought so binds the great and good 
 
 As glory's prize in concert won, 
 As danger in a mighty cause pursu'd, 
 And Mercy's kingly deeds together done. 
 
 Britain, through all thy isles rejoice, 
 
 And hail with cheering hand and voice 
 Those hallow'd ties which bind the patriot Three, 
 The champions of the world, — the friends of Liberty! 
 
 Written by J. Hughes, B. A. of Oriel College. 
 
 The recital of these Verses closed the Ceremonial 
 of this day; and the Chancellor, in the accustomed 
 form, dissolved the Convocation. The Procession, 
 formed in the same order as before, then quitted the 
 Theatre, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, when 
 at the door, most graciously condescending to turn 
 round, and bow to the Company assembled. 
 
 From the Theatre, His Royal Highness, attended 
 by the Chancellor and by such of his Ministers of 
 State as were present in the University, proceeded to 
 the Council Chamber of the City; where, in the 
 
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 presence of His Royal and Imperial Guests, a dutiful 
 and loyal Address was presented to His Royal High- 
 ness by the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the 
 City of Oxford : to which His Royal Highness was 
 pleased to return a most gracious Answer, and to 
 confer the honour of Knighthood on Joseph Lock, Esq. 
 the Mayor, and on William Elias Taunton, Esq. the 
 Town-Clerk. 
 
 His Royal Highness, attended by the Chancellor, 
 then visited the Radcliffe Observatory, where their 
 Imperial and Royal Majesties, and the other Illus- 
 trious Visitors, almost immediately after arrived. They 
 were received by the Rev. Dr. Robertson, Keeper of 
 the Observatory and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, 
 who, after being presented to them, had the honour of 
 exhibiting to them the Astronomical Apparatus, and 
 of conducting them through the different parts of the 
 interior of the Building and into the outer Gallery, where 
 they passed some time in viewing the striking prospect 
 of the University, City, and surrounding Country. 
 
 Their Imperial and Royal Majesties here took leave 
 
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 of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, conde- 
 scending, at the same time, to express to the Chan- 
 cellor the great pleasure which they had derived from 
 their Visit to the University, and their high admiration 
 of this ancient and venerable Seat of Religion and 
 Learning, and of all its splendid and useful Insti- 
 tutions. 
 
 The two Sovereigns then proceeded to Blenheim, 
 from whence the Emperor of Russia went to Stowe, 
 and thence to London : the King of Prussia returned 
 to Town from Blenheim through Oxford. 
 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, after their 
 departure, honoured the Warden and Fellows of All 
 Souls' College with his presence at a cold Collation 
 in the College Library. His Royal Highness was con- 
 ducted by the Warden to the head of the tables, 
 which extended the whole length of the room. The 
 Warden, by His Royal Highness's command, sat on the 
 Prince Regent's right hand. During his continuance in 
 the room, as well as upon his taking leave, His Royal 
 Highness was pleased to express his sense of the 
 
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 attention thus shewn to him, and of the manner in 
 which the entertainment had been conducted. 
 
 His Royal Highness then returned to Christ Church, 
 and in the Dean's Library received a dutiful and loyal 
 Address from the County; to which he was pleased to 
 return a most gracious Answer. 
 
 At two o'clock, His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent held a Levee in the upper room of Christ 
 Church Library, where the Chancellor presented to His 
 Royal Highness such of the principal Officers of the 
 University, as had not previously had that honour; and 
 also the other Members of the University, who at- 
 tended to pay their duty to His Royal Highness on 
 this occasion. 
 
 His Royal Highness, on his first arrival, had gra- 
 ciously signified to the Dean his intention of conti- 
 nuing at the Deanery the whole of this day, for the 
 purpose of dining with the Society in their Common 
 Hall. His Royal Highness had also been pleased to 
 add, that he expected nothing but an academical 
 
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 dinner ; and he had permitted the Dean and Chapter 
 to invite such guests as they would wish to be present 
 on an occasion so honourable to the College. 
 
 Invitations had accordingly been sent to the distin- 
 guished Foreigners who still remained in the University, 
 to the Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Proctors, 
 to the Nobility and Privy-Counsellors, and to others of 
 the Chancellor's friends. Dinner was served in the 
 Hall at six o'clock. The Dean took his seat in the 
 centre of the high table, the Prince Regent being on 
 his right hand, and the Duke of York on his left. On 
 the right of the Prince sat the Chancellor of the 
 University, and on the left of the Duke of York, 
 Prince Blucher. The Members of the Society were 
 seated at their respective tables, in their usual places. 
 
 After dinner His Royal Highness the Prince Regent 
 ordered the College Book to be brought ; and the 
 Dean, by His Royal Highness's command, inserted His 
 Royal Highness's name in the list of the Members of 
 the College. The Dean then announced to the Society 
 the high honour thus conferred upon them ; and Prince 
 
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 Blucher took that opportunity of addressing His Royal 
 Highness in the German language, expressing in the 
 strongest terms his admiration of the University and its 
 Institutions, as well as of the general character and 
 conduct of the British Nation. 
 
 This Speech His Royal Highness most graciously 
 condescended to interpret to the Company, omitting 
 only those personal expressions of respect and admi- 
 ration which the Field Marshal had addressed to 
 himself. 
 
 The Prince Regent quitted the Hall about nine 
 o'clock, and the Company immediately separated. 
 
 At nine o'clock of the next morning, the Chancellor 
 waited upon the Prince Regent at Christ Church ; and 
 His Royal Highness having signified His pleasure that 
 no further ceremony should be used at his departure, 
 the Chancellor had the honour to kiss His Roval 
 Highness's hand, and to express, in the name of the 
 University, their most dutiful and grateful acknow- 
 ledgments for the high distinction conferred upon 
 
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 them by His Royal Highness's visit. The Chancellor 
 and the Dean of Christ Church then attended the 
 Prince Regent to his carriage, and His Royal Highness 
 left Oxford, expressing himself highly gratified with all 
 that had passed since his arrival in the University. 
 
 The following Letter was afterwards written by His 
 Royal Highness's command, to the Chancellor, by the 
 Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Sidmouth, one of 
 His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, expressive 
 of His Royal Highness's gracious acceptance of the 
 endeavours, used by His Lordship and the University, 
 to receive and entertain His Royal Highness and His 
 Imperial, Royal, and Princely Guests, in a manner 
 suitable to their high rank, and to the circumstances 
 of this memorable Visit. 
 
 Whitehall, June 18, 1814. 
 " My Lord, 
 
 " I HAVE received the Commands of His 
 " Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to convey to 
 " Your Lordship, as Chancellor of the University of 
 
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 •• Oxford, His Royal Highness's warmest thanks for 
 " Your Lordship's great personal attention to His 
 " Royal Highness, during his late Visit to that 
 " University. 
 
 " His Royal Highness further commands me to 
 " express to you, that he is fully sensible how much 
 " is to be attributed to Your Lordship's unremitting 
 " exertions, in maintaining good order and decorum, 
 " upon that occasion ; and it gives me great satisfac- 
 " tion to be enabled to assure Your Lordship, that 
 " His Royal Highness's Visit to the University of 
 " Oxford has afforded His Royal Highness the highest 
 " gratification. 
 
 " I have the Honour to be, 
 " My Lord, 
 
 " Your Lordship's 
 
 " Most obedient humble Servant, 
 " SIDMOUTH." 
 
 " The Lord Grenville, 
 " Chancellor of the University of Oxford," 
 Sfc. Sfc. Sfc. 
 
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 On the departure of His Royal Highness the Prince 
 Regent, the Chancellor immediately proceeded to the 
 Delegates' Room, where the Heads of Houses and 
 Proctors were assembled, and there proposed, that the 
 Degree of LL. D. should be conferred, by Diploma, on 
 the following distinguished Personages : 
 
 His Excellency Count Merveldt, Ambassador Extraor- 
 dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor 
 
 of Austria to this Court. 
 His Excellency Count Lieven, Ambassador Extraordinary 
 
 and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of 
 
 Russia to this Court. 
 His Serene Highness Prince Charles of Mecklenburgh 
 
 Strelitz. 
 His Highness Field Marshal the Prince of Schwartzenberg, 
 
 late Commander in Chief of the Allied Armies of the 
 
 Continental Sovereigns. 
 His Highness the Prince of Metternich, Minister of State 
 
 to the Emperor of Austria. 
 His Excellency Field Marshal Count Barclay de Tolly, 
 
 late Commander in Chief of the Russian Armies. 
 His Highness Field Marshal Blucher, Prince of Wahl- 
 
 stadt, late Commander in Chief of the Prussian 
 
 Armies. 
 
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 Count Rasoumoffsky, Privy Counsellor to the Emperor of 
 
 Russia. 
 General Ouvaroff, General of Cavalry in the Armies of 
 
 the Emperor of Russia. 
 Count Nesselrode, Privy Counsellor and Secretary of 
 
 State to the Emperor of Russia. 
 Count Ozaroffsky, Lieutenant General in the Armies of 
 
 the Emperor of Russia. 
 Count Czernicheff, Lieutenant General in the Armies of 
 
 the Emperor of Russia. 
 General Potemkin, General in the Armies of the Emperor 
 
 of Russia. 
 
 At ten o'clock, the Chancellor held a Convocation 
 in the Theatre, for the purpose of submitting these 
 Diplomas to the House, and of conferring, according 
 to the custom of the University on similar occasions, 
 Honorary Degrees (the same having previously passed 
 the Board of Heads of Houses and Proctors) on the 
 principal Nobility, who were then present in the 
 University and had not already received that distinc- 
 tion, on the Ministers of State who had attended 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in his Visit 
 to the University, and upon some few others. 
 
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 Upon this occasion the Regius Professor of Civil 
 Law thus addressed the Chancellor and Proctors : 
 
 " Insignissime et Honoratissime Cancellarie, Vosque 
 " Egregii Procuratores! 
 
 " Pro more antiquitus tradito, adsunt e celeberrimis 
 Viris qui regiis gratulationibus atque hesternae fre- 
 quentiae interfuerunt, et tibi, Insignissime Cancellarie, 
 " et Venerabili huic cui praesides Academiae, hodie 
 " pompam instruunt nostrisque honoribus sese in- 
 " signiri volunt ; — 
 
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 " Adsunt profecto et genere et fama et dignitatibus 
 " nobilitati — et qui consiliis aut armis Rempublicam 
 " adjuverunt; — immo video inter eorum numerum ple- 
 " rosque qui hoc prospero et florentissimo tempore 
 " maximis domi muneribus praepositi sunt — nee desunt 
 " alii immortalibus tropaeis illustrati, quique ob res 
 " aut mari aut terra gestas sibimet pulchram et specta- 
 " bilem famam inter Europae liberatores vindicaverunt. 
 " — Vellem quidem in singulorum virtutibus diutius 
 
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 " immorari, sed temporis angustiae non sinunt — itaque 
 " qui officii jure primum sibi locum vindicat, praeno- 
 " bilem scilicet Comitem de Harrowby, secretions 
 " Concilii Domini Domini Regis Praesidem, praesento 
 " vobis ut admittatur ad Gradum Doctoris in Jure 
 " Civili honoris causa." 
 
 After the Earl of Harrowby had been admitted in 
 the usual form to the Honorary Degree of LL. D. 
 the Professor in like manner presented the following 
 Personages, who were successively admitted to the 
 same Degree ; viz. 
 
 The Right Honourable the Earl of Ilchester. 
 
 The Right Honourable the Earl Bathurst, one of His 
 
 Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. 
 The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Sidmouth, one 
 
 of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. 
 The Riffht Honourable the Lord Kenvon. 
 The Right Honourable Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor 
 
 of the Exchequer. 
 The Right Honourable Charles Bathurst, Chancellor of 
 
 the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 The Right Honourable Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart. 
 
 Κ. B. and Admiral of the White. 
 The Right Honourable Sir Charles William Stewart, K.B. 
 
 and Lieutenant General in the Army. 
 The Right Honourable George Canning, M. P. 
 Sir James Saumarez, Bart. Κ. B. and Admiral of the Blue. 
 Sir Hew Dairy mple Hamilton, Bart. M. P. 
 Sir Edmund Cradock Hartopp, Bart. M. P. 
 John Round, Esq. M. P. 
 
 When the business of Convocation was concluded, 
 the Chancellor returned with the Heads of Houses and 
 Proctors to the Delegates' Room, where he expressed 
 his acknowledgments, in the strongest manner, to the 
 Pro- Vice-Chancellors, to the other Members of that 
 Board, particularly to the Proctors, and also to all the 
 other Officers of the University, for their zealous and 
 active cooperation on this memorable occasion; and 
 proposed the following Resolutions, which were immedi- 
 ately adopted and entered on the Minutes of the Board. 
 
 " That this Board is highly sensible of the great and 
 " unwearied exertions of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, of 
 
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 ' the Curators of the Theatre and their Deputies, of 
 ' both the Proctors and their Deputies, and of the 
 " Gentlemen who acted as Occasional Proctors; and 
 ' that it acknowledges with just satisfaction and gra- 
 " titude the credit which their conduct and arrange - 
 " ments throughout the whole of the proceedings now 
 " concluded have reflected on the University, on an 
 " occasion in which its honour and reputation were 
 " so deeply interested. 
 
 " That this Board acknowledges the satisfaction 
 " which it received from noticing the general deport- 
 " ment of the Junior Members of the University. 
 
 " That the thanks of this Board be given to the 
 " commanding Officer and Officers of His Majesty's 
 " Troops now in this place, for their activity, exertions, 
 " and obliging attention during the whole of the late 
 " proceedings. 
 
 " That the thanks of this Board be given to the 
 " commanding Officers of the different Corps of Yeo- 
 
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 " manry who have had the goodness to afford to the 
 " University their assistance on the late occasion of 
 " His Royal Highness the Prince Regent's Visit to this 
 " place ; and that they be desired to be so good as to 
 " express the gratitude of this Board to all the Officers 
 " also and Men of their respective Corps." 
 
 On the 1st of July, a dutiful Address of Thanks to 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, for the signal 
 honour conferred upon the University by His Royal 
 Highness's Visit, was voted by Convocation ; and, on 
 Wednesday the 15th of that month, this Address, of 
 which a copy here follows, was presented to His Royal 
 Highness at Carlton House by the Chancellor, and the 
 Delegates ' appointed for that purpose. 
 
 1 The Very Rev. Whittington Landon, D. D. Provost of Worcester Col- 
 lege and Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor. 
 
 The Right Rev. John Parsons, D. D. Lord Bishop of Peterborough, 
 Master of Balliol College, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Lee, D. D. President of Trinity College and Pro- 
 Vice-Chancellor. 
 
 The Rev. Frodsham Hodson, D. D. Principal of Brasen Nose College, 
 and Pro-Vice-Chancellor. 
 
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 " To His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ! 
 
 " We His Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
 " the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the Univer- 
 " sity of Oxford, beg leave to approach Your Royal 
 " Highness for the purpose of expressing our grateful 
 " and lasting sense of the consideration which Your 
 " Royal Highness has given us in the eyes of Foreign 
 " Nations as well as of the British Empire, by Your 
 " recent Visit to the University. 
 
 The Rev. Michael Marlow, D. D. President of St. John's College. 
 
 The Very Rev. Charles Henry Hall, D.D. Dean of Christ Church. 
 
 The Rev. Peter Vaughan, D. D. Warden of Merton College. 
 
 Martin Wall, D. M. of New College, and Clinical Professor of Medicine. 
 
 Charles Price, D. M. Fellow of Wadhatn College. 
 
 The Rev. Henry Payne, D.C. L. Fellow of St. John's College. 
 
 The Rev. Peter Frye Hony, D. C. L. Fellow of All Souls' College. 
 
 The Rev. William Aldrich, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen College and 
 
 Senior Proctor. 
 The Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, Fellow of New College and Junior Proctor. 
 The Rev. Francis Deacle, B. D. Fellow of Magdalen College. 
 The Rev. Thomas Gaisford, M. A. Student of Christ Church and 
 
 Regius Professor of Greek. 
 The Rev. John Nelson, M. A. Fellow of Queen's College. 
 The Rev. James John Hudson, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen College. 
 
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 " The Interest which Your Royal Highness has thus 
 " manifested in our prosperity and honour, and the very 
 " gracious and condescending manner in which Your 
 " Royal Highness has been pleased to accept our 
 44 humble endeavours to testify to Your Royal Highness 
 " our devoted attachment, cannot fail to animate us to 
 44 such a discharge of our respective duties as shall 
 " be most conducive to the Public Good ; well as- 
 " sured, that we can in no other way so effectually 
 44 recommend ourselves to the continuance of Your 
 44 Royal Highness's Favour and Protection. 
 
 " Given at our House of Convocation, under our Com- 
 " mon Seal, this First Day of July, in the Year of our 
 " Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourteen." 
 
 To this Address His Royal Highness was pleased to 
 return the following most gracious Answer, after which 
 the Delegates were admitted to the honour of kissing 
 His Royal Highness's hand. 
 
 44 The reception, which I experienced on my late 
 Visit to the University of Oxford, was, in every 
 respect, most gratifying to me. 
 
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 " I had great satisfaction in presenting to the notice 
 " of the Illustrious Personages, who accompanied me, 
 " the venerable establishments, for which you are 
 " distinguished. They were not insensible to the 
 " effects of your liberal institutions, in the orderly, 
 " yet animated, expression of public feeling, called forth 
 " on that memorable occasion. 
 
 " To me they were peculiarly interesting, as I 
 " deeply feel how much the best interests of the 
 " country are involved in the success of your exer- 
 " tions to provide for the Church and State, their 
 " future ornaments and support." 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 At a Meeting of the Chancellor, Heads of Houses, and Proctors, 
 holden in the Delegates' Room, June 11, 1814, in consequence 
 of His Royal Highness THE PRINCE REGENT having been 
 graciously pleased to notify his Intention of honouring the 
 University with a Visit, accompanied by THE EMPEROR 
 OF RUSSIA, THE KING OF PRUSSIA, and other Fo- 
 reign Princes; 
 
 It was ordered, 
 
 JL HAT all Members of the University, Undergraduates and 
 Bachelors, as well as Masters of Arts, Proctors, Doctors, Heads 
 of Houses, and Noblemen, go out to meet His Royal Highness 
 in their proper academical habits ; and that the station of those 
 who are not included in the Procession, as well as the Proces- 
 sion itself, be arranged according to the plan agreed on in the 
 year 1703. 
 
 In conformity with this plan, the Members of the University 
 will, according to their respective gowns and seniority, range 
 
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 themselves at half past ten in the morning of Tuesday the 14th 
 instant, on each side of High Street, in lines extending from 
 St. Mary's Church to the further extremity of Magdalen Bridge, 
 the Seniors being nearest to the Bridge, so as to leave the centre 
 of the street open for the Procession, and the foot-pavement for 
 the accommodation of spectators, between whom and the line of 
 Gownsmen Cavalry will be stationed. 
 
 The Noblemen, Heads of Houses, Doctors, Proctors, and de- 
 legated Masters, will wait upon the Chancellor at ten o'clock, at 
 the Lodgings of the Vice-Chancellor at Exeter College, and from 
 thence attend him to the Hall of Magdalen College, where, by 
 permission of the President and Fellows, the persons consti- 
 tuting the ProcessK η will assemble. 
 
 Upon the Prince Regent's approaching Magdalen Bridge, 
 the Chancellor, Vice- Chancellor, Noblemen, Heads of Houses, 
 Doctors, Proctors, and such Masters of Arts as are delegated 
 for that purpose, will move forward, when the Chancellor will 
 lay the Bedels' staves at the feet of His Royal Highness. 
 
 When the staves have been received back, the Chancellor, 
 preceded by the Bedels, will place himself immediately before 
 the Royal carriages ; and the rest of the Procession, the Ju- 
 niors being first, will move in return up High Street, those 
 Members of the University who are not in the Procession cotiti- 
 
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 nuing stationary, and being uncovered until the Prince Regent 
 has passed. 
 
 It is understood, that, at the entrance of His Royal Highness 
 within the limits of the city, the Mayor will present his Ensigns 
 of Office in like form ; and that the City Procession will then 
 move in the same order, the Juniors being first, and the Mayor 
 taking the left of the Chancellor. Upon leaving High Street, 
 the University Procession will move to the Divinity School ; and 
 as they successively enter the area of the Schools, the delegated 
 Masters, the Doctors, the Heads of Houses, and Noblemen will 
 open to right and left, so as to leave ample space for the 
 advance of the Royal Visitors to the seats prepared for them, to 
 which they will be conducted by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, 
 and Proctors. 
 
 When the Prince Regent is seated, the Address of the Uni- 
 versity will be presented to His Royal Highness by the Chan- 
 cellor, who, after having received His Royal Highness's gra- 
 cious Answer, and presented the Vice- Chancellor and Proctors 
 to His Royal Highness, will, together with them, attend His 
 Royal Highness to his Lodgings at Christ Church ; and will 
 then receive His Royal Highness's commands for conducting 
 him to such Colleges and Public Buildings as His Royal High- 
 ness may be pleased to visit ; the Heads and principal Officers 
 of which, being duly apprized of His Royal Highness's approach, 
 will be in readiness to receive him. 
 
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 On the morning of Wednesday the 15th, the Vice- Chancellor 
 and Proctors will wait upon the Chancellor at eight o'clock, and 
 proceed with him to Christ Church, to conduct His Royal 
 Highness and his Illustrious Guests to the Divinity School, at 
 nine o'clock in the morning, where the Noblemen, Heads of 
 Houses, and Doctors will be assembled. On entering the 
 Theatre, the Members constituting the Procession will file off 
 to the right and left in two ranks, in which they will stand, the 
 Juniors nearest to the door, so as to leave a proper avenue for 
 the Prince Regent and his Illustrious Guests to move up to the 
 chairs on the elevated part of the platform. They will then take 
 their places according to seniority. The enclosed space in the 
 rising semicircle is reserved for Royal Personages, and the rest 
 of the semicircle for distinguished Foreigners, Noblemen, and 
 Doctors ; and there, no person must be admitted on any account 
 whatever, before the entrance of the Procession. The area is 
 reserved for Masters of Arts, and Bachelors of Law, and such 
 strangers as are admitted by tickets. The lower galleries, in 
 the semicircle, at the sides, and under the Orchestra, are 
 reserved for Ladies exclusively. The upper gallery is reserved 
 for Bachelors of Arts and Undergraduate Members of the 
 University , and no Bachelor or Undergraduate can occupy any 
 other part of the Theatre, with the exception of the Public 
 Speakers, who may also bring with them into the lower gallery, 
 each one friend as a Prompter. 
 
 It is particularly ordered, that, when the Prince Regent takes 
 
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 his seat, no one shall be seated till the Chancellor announces to 
 Convocation His Royal Highness's permission for that purpose. 
 
 It is also particularly ordered, 
 
 That upon Convocation being dissolved no one, who is not in 
 the Procession, shall quit the Theatre, until His Royal Highness 
 and His Imperial and Royal Guests have left it; the same 
 order of procession being observed in quitting as in entering 
 the Theatre; 
 
 That all Doctors wear their Scarlet Gowns and Habits, in 
 the Procession, at Dinner, and in the Theatre; and Masters 
 of Arts and all other Graduates, the Gowns and Hoods of 
 their respective Degrees; 
 
 That a number of Occasional Proctors be appointed to act 
 during the Royal Visit. 
 
 CURATORS OF THE THEATRE. 
 
 For the Provost of Worcester College, 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Lee, D.D. President of Trinity College. 
 
 The Rev. Michael Marlow, D. D. President of St. John's College. 
 
 ASSISTANT CURATORS. 
 The Rev. Francis Hungerford Brickenden, B. D. of Worcester College. 
 The Rev. Thomas Wintle, B. D. of St. John's College. 
 
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 Proctors for the Occasion, appointed by the Curators of the Theatre, 
 and approved by the Chancellor and Proctors. 
 
 . Γ Rev. William Crabtree. 
 [Rev. George Rowley. 
 fRev. Thomas C. Rogers. 
 \Rev. Charles Barter. 
 ("Rev. Francis Dyson. 
 \Rev. Thomas Davies. 
 fRev. Peter Johnson. 
 \Rev. Thomas Darke. 
 fRev. William Bishop. 
 (_Rev. John Davison. 
 
 {Rev. Robert Dickinson. 
 Rev. Richard Dixon. 
 fRev. John G. Ward. 
 {Rev. P.N. Shuttleworth. 
 [Rev. John Willson. 
 \Rev. Charles Rose. 
 fRev. Thomas Pennant. 
 \Rev. Lewis Sneyd. 
 
 {Rev. Theophilus L. Cooke. 
 Rev. Francis Deacle. 
 Rev. 
 
 Balliol 
 
 Merton 
 
 Exeter 
 
 Oriel 
 
 Queen's 
 
 New Coll. 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 All Souls' 
 
 Magdalen 
 
 Μ. H. Matthews. 
 
 „ .. fRev. Richard Stephens. 
 
 Brasen Nose< r 
 
 (.AshurstT. Gilbert, Μ.Λ. 
 
 Corp. Chr. 
 
 Ch. Ch. 
 
 Trinity 
 
 St. John's 
 
 Jesus 
 
 Wadham 
 
 fRev. 
 |Rcv. 
 
 
 i;< 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 <^ Rev. 
 iRev. 
 
 fRev. 
 iRev. 
 
 fRev. 
 \Rev. 
 
 fRev. 
 \Rev. 
 
 fRev. 
 [Rev. 
 
 (i 
 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 
 Worcester Rev. 
 
 St. Alb. Hall Rev. 
 
 St.Edm.Hall Rev. 
 
 St. Mary Hall Rev. 
 
 Magd. Hall Rev. 
 
 Thomas E. Bridges. 
 William Buckland. 
 
 William Come. 
 K. M. R. Tarpley. 
 Edni. Goodenough. 
 
 James Ingram. 
 Philip Serle. 
 James Matthews. 
 Richard Goddard. 
 
 Thomas Davies. 
 Edward Hughes. 
 R. B. Gardiner. 
 Robert S. Stevens. 
 
 C. Wightwick. 
 Charles Parker. 
 
 T. W. Simpson. 
 
 James Parsons. 
 
 John Hill. 
 
 John Radcliffe. 
 
 William James. 
 
 GRENVILLE, Chancellor. 
 

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