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¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 [June 18, 1853.THE OXFORD INSTALLATION.

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 2 In our journal of last week we recorded the proceedings of the Installation Week. We now Illustrate the impressive opening of the great event of the week in the Sheldonian Theatre on Tuesday, – at the moment of the entry of the Chancellor’s procession. We subjoin a few additional particulars.

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 THE INSTALLATION.

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 8 In the midst of the cheering of the under-graduates, the wide portals of the theatre were thrown open, and a procession, in which bishops, ‘statesmen, generals, divines, and civilians were seen, approached with measured steps ; and no sooner was the Chancellor caught sight of than the whole assembly rose, and for several minutes the building resounded with notes of welcome and approbation. The Chancellor having reached his official seat, opened the Convocation, and read the names of those distinguished individuals upon whom it was proposed to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law. It is needless to add that the noble Chancellor, who well became his splendid robes, was the hero of the day, and he seemed throughout thoroughly pleased and gratified with the reception given to him. Lord Stanley’s name was most warmly greeted; and when Lord Derby, in pronouncing the formula of admission, for the usual phrase, “ Vir honoratissime, ego auctoritate mea et totius Universitatis admitto te in gradum Doctoris in Civili Jure, honoris causa,” substituted the words, ** Fili mi dilec- tissime,” &c., by the dimness of the bright eye, and the faltering of the clear voice, it was evident that the Chancellor was for the moment forgotten in the father: if hearts are to be judged of by voice, there was not one unmoved heart in all the theatre. And the evident undisguised pride, with which he shook his son by the hand, and glanced at the same time towards Lady Derby, touched a sympathetic chord which went to the hearts of all.

¶ 7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 We must not omit to mention that “ God save the Queen” was sung, with fine effect, by the assembly, immediately that the Chancellor had reached his official seat.

¶ 8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 THE MASONIC BALL,

¶ 9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 8 On Wednesday evening (the subject of the second Illustration upon the next page), was given at the Town-hall, by the members of the Apollo University Lodge of Freemasons. This Ball may truly be described as the most successful effort of the whole week. The visitors, on their arrival, were received by the stewards and their assistants, in full masonic costume, in the area under the Hall, which had been fitted up as a reception-room and promenade. The staircase was hung with paintings. The Hall itself was so transformed that it was difficult to recognise the old room. The walls, hung with drapery, were emblazoned with the arms of the Chancellor, and of every College and Hall in this University; and between these were interspersed masonic emblems, banners, and rich devices, bearing appropriate mottoes.

¶ 10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 The splendid masonic attire of the brethren, their jewels, collars, and other decorations, the handsome dresses of the ladies, and the objects of taste and beauty which met the eye in every direction, combined to make the spectacle very striking. The Grand Jury Boom, the platform end of the Town-hall, and the Council Chamber, were fitted up as refreshment courts. The supper was served in the Council Chamber. Upwards of 600 persons were present; and so great was the demand for tickets, that the stewards resolved on the last day to issue twenty additional, at three guineas each, the whole of that amount to be given to the Radcliffe Infirmary.

¶ 11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 Among the distinguished company present were the Chancellorand the Countess of Derby, Lord Stanley, and the Lady Emma Stanley.

¶ 12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 We now conclude our report of the proceedings from last week’s journal:—

¶ 13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 5 ‘ Thursday.—The proceedings of this morning at the Sheldonian Theatre were in one sense a repetition of those on Tuesday. At eleven o’clock the Earl of Derby entered and took his seat as Chancellor, accompanied, as before, by the Bishops of Oxford and St. Asaph, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Bedesdale, Mr. Disraeli, M.P.; Mr. Walpole, M.P.; Sir J. Pakington, M.P.; Sir E. L. Bulwer, M.P.; and those who were to receive the academic laurel. The first business was that of conferring honorary degrees on the gentlemen named last week.

¶ 14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 The next feature of the proceedings, and the only one which much distinguishes them from those of Tuesday, was the performance of the Installation Ode, by Mr. Claughton, the Professor of Poetry. It is a spirited composition, and surpasses the ordinary level of such effusions. The Ode wa.s ably set to music by Sir Henry Bishop, the University Professor of Music, and performed under his direction by a select choir of vocalists. The music (says the Oxford Journal), is exceeding beautiful. The most striking portions of it were: the recitative, “ Nor yet alone the solo and chorus, “ Praised be his holy name for ever and everthe quartet, “ In lonely sea-girt isle; ” and the concluding chorus, “ Hail wethen.” It is but justice to state that all the vocalists gave the portions assigned to them with admirable effect, and that the choruses were powerfully sustained, At the conclusion of the performance, there were several rounds of cheers for Sir H. Bishop and the Professor of Poetry, the former coming in for the lion’s share.

¶ 15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 After the conclusion of the ode, Mr. Bidding, of Exeter College, read his Latin Essay—“ Quibns prcecipue de causis in artium liberalium studiis Romani Grads vix pares, nedum superiores, evaserint,” to which the Chancellor’s prize has been awarded. The Newdigate prize poem in English verse, “ On the Buins of Egyptian Thebes,” was then recited by Mr. Beynolds, of Exeter College. The supplementary Installation Odes followed; by Mr. Walker, of Corpus Christi College, in Greek verse; by Mr. Wormaid, of Lincoln College, in Latin verse; by Mr. Bell, of Baliol College, in English verse; by Mr. Sanderson, of Magdalen Hal), in Greek verse; and by Mr. Bussell, of Magdalen Hall, in English verse.

¶ 16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 After the conclusion of the proceedings, the Earl of Derby, who was loudly cheered both on entering and quitting the theatre, returned to Worcester College with the Vice-Chancellor. A grand dinner was given to him in the evening in the hall of Pembroke College, of which he is official visitor, and where, though unreported, he is said to have made the best speech of his series.

¶ 17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 The festivities of the week were brought to a close by the second Installation Ball at the Town-hall, when about 300 persons were present. Balls were also given at Magdalen College.

¶ 18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 The hospitality displayed throughout the week by every College and Hall was most profuse, but we have only been able to notice the more prominent entertainments.

¶ 19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 SUMMER CIRCUITS—1853.

¶ 20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 North Wales Circuit: Lord Campbell.—Newtown, July 16; Dolgelly, July 20; Carnarvon, July 25; Beaumaris, July 27; Ruthin, July 30; Mold, Aug. 3; Chester and City, Aug. 6.

¶ 21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 South Wales Circuit: Mr. Baron Platt.—Cardiff, July 13 ; Carmarthen, July 19 ; Haverfordwest and Town, July 23 ; Cardigan, July 27; Brecon, July 30; Presteign, Aug. 4; Chester and City, Aug. 6.

¶ 22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 Norfolk Circuit: Lord Chief Justice Jervis and Mr. Baron Parke.— Aylesbury, July 11; Bedford, July 13; Huntingdon, July 15; Cambridge, July 16; Norwich and City, July 20; Ipswich, July 25:

¶ 23 Leave a comment on paragraph 23 0 Nome Circuit: Lord Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Cresswell.— Hertford, July 6; Chelmsford,. July 11; Lewes, July 16; Maidstone, July 21; Croydon, July 28.

¶ 24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 Midland Circuit: Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Maule.—Oakham, July 8; Northampton, July 9; Lincoln and City, July 13; Nottingham and Town, July 16; Derby, July 20; Leicester and Borough, July 23; Coventry, July 27; Warwick, July 28.

¶ 25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 Oxford Circuit: Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Crompton.— Abingdon, July 7; Oxford, July 9; Worcester and City, July 13; Stafford, July 16; Shrewsbury, July 23 ; Hereford, July 27; Monmouth, July 29; Gloucester and City, August 2.

¶ 26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 Northern Circuit: Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Erle.—York and City, July 9; Durham, July 23; Newcastle and Town, July 28; Carlisle, August 1; Appleby, August 4; Lancaster, August 6; Liverpool, August 10.

¶ 27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 Western Circuit: Mr. Justice Talfourd and Mr. Baron Martin.—Winchester, July 9; Dorchester, July 15; Exeter and City, July 19; Bodmin, July 25; Bridgwater, July 29; Devizes, August 4; Bristol, August 6.

¶ 28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 Mr. Justice Williams will remain in London to attend Chamber business.

¶ 29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 Deputations.—A deputation, to urge the completion of certain county works in Ireland, that were at present suspended for want of advances on loan from the Treasury, has had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street, upon which the right hon. gentleman was pleased to accede to their request. A depu-

¶ 30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 Owners’ Association had an interview with

¶ 31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 Hqn^ff.gpj^rell, at the Board of Trade, on Saturday. A de-

¶ 32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 toataMari Ifroxi th tJhuKih ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com- ■pany-h?dalso. an interview with Mr. Cardwell on the same day, at the Tra^e, on ffie sbbject of the Merchant Shipping Bill.

¶ 33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.

¶ 34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 Sunday, June 19.—Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Inigo Jones died, 1652.

¶ 35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 Monday, 20.—Queen Victoria’s Accession, 1837.

¶ 36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 Tuesday, 21.—Income-tax imposed, 18-12. Longest day.

¶ 37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 Wednesday, 22.—Machiavelli died, 1527. Battle of’Vittoria, 1813.

¶ 38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 Thursday, 23.—Leibnitz born, 1646. Akenside died;. 1770.

¶ 39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 Friday, 24.—St. John the Baptist. Midsummer-day.

¶ 40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0 Saturday, 25.—Battle of Bannockburn, 1324.

¶ 41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE, FOK THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 25, 1853.

¶ 42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0 THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.

¶ 43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 On Saturday next, June 25th, will be published

¶ 44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 A GRAND DOUBLE NUMBER

¶ 45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 pF

¶ 46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS;

¶ 47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 CONTAINING

¶ 48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS

¶ 49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 OF THE GREAT

¶ 50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 ENCAMPMENT ON CHOBHAM COMMON:

¶ 51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 Illustrating the more attractive scenes of the military spectacle, and its evolutions, in Large Views, and a set of Characteristic Sketches, forming a picturesque record of this national demonstration.

¶ 52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 Also, a Series of Illustrations of the French Camp at Helfaut, St. Omer.

¶ 53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 Portraits of the King and Queen of Hanover.

¶ 54 Leave a comment on paragraph 54 0 The Government School of Practical Art, to be founded at Wolverhampton, on Tuesday next.

¶ 55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0 Launch of the Solent Steamer, at Cowes.

¶ 56 Leave a comment on paragraph 56 0 West Kent Poultry and Rabbit Show.

¶ 57 Leave a comment on paragraph 57 0 The North Star, United States Steam-ship.

¶ 58 Leave a comment on paragraph 58 0 Foundation of the Asylum for Idiots, at Red-hill.

¶ 59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0 The D’Eyncourt Testimonial; and a variety o other Engravings.

¶ 60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 Price of the Two Sheets, One Shilling.

¶ 61 Leave a comment on paragraph 61 0 TO CORRESPONDENTS.

¶ 62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 Militta Officers.—It is very probable that militia officers while embodied are privileged, in law, to adopt the titles of their rank; but we still maintain our opinion that good taste should restrict the usage to the actual period of being on duty. Officers of the army are engaged solely in the object of their profession, and are consequently at all times virtually officers; but those in the militia may be at the same time bar- rist ers, attorneys, doctors, and persons engaged in trade. Surely the designations of Major, Captain, and Lieutenant, sound strangely inapplicable, and sadly against good taste, if given to such as these, except when actually on duty.

¶ 63 Leave a comment on paragraph 63 0 Sacerdotus.—We do not know the address of the gentleman in question. A letter sent to the care of his publisher would, doubtless, be forwarded.”

¶ 64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 A Subscriber, Maidenhead.—The Baronetcy of Browne, conferred in 1659 on Sir Henry Browne, of Kiddington, became extinct in 1754; which fact proves that neither Henry nor Peter (if, indeed, they ever married) left any male descendant.’ *

¶ 65 Leave a comment on paragraph 65 0 Carolus.—The gold coin is a quarter-noble of Edward HI. Very common.

¶ 66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 Erratum.—At page 473, for “ William White La Bark,” read “ William White La Barte.”

¶ 67 Leave a comment on paragraph 67 0 TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

¶ 68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 On and after Saturday, July 9, 1853, a Supplement of Eight Pages will be published, Gratis, every week, with the Illustrated London News.

¶ 69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 TO ADVERTISERS.

¶ 70 Leave a comment on paragraph 70 0 The present Rate of Charges for Advertisements in the Illustrated London News will be reduced one-half immediately on the new law for the alteration of the Advertisement-duty and Stampduty on Supplements coming into operation.

¶ 71 Leave a comment on paragraph 71 0 WITH THIS week’s “ ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ” IS PUBLISHED A SUPPLEMENT, GRATIS.

¶ 72 Leave a comment on paragraph 72 0 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

¶ 73 Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1853.

¶ 74 Leave a comment on paragraph 74 0 The most popular part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Financial Scheme—the hill for extending the Legacy-duties to real estate—-was committed on Monday, after a vain attempt on the part of the landed interest, led on by Sir John Pakington, to throw it out. The tax, we must say, notwithstanding the approval of public writers and statesmen, is by no means a desirable one; and there is scarcely a family in the kingdom, of the middle classes, which has not, at some time or other, had a painful battle with the Legacy-office, and suffered a galling defeat. The greatness of the annoyance is one element of the desire of those who suffer that it should be extended to all; and the chief merit of Mr. Gladstone’s plan is that, with the exception of the property of Corporations sole, it fairly subjects all property to the same vexatious impost. Now that the tax is to be extended to the landowners, they have found out that it is most inquisitorial, vexatious, and unjust; and on these grounds they resist it. As long as they were exempt from its operation, though bound as members of the House of Commons to promote the public good, they never said a word against it; but the instant it is likely to fall on themselves, they denounce it as vehemently as the taxes on knowledge are denounced by the society for getting rid of them. Their eyes are couched, their lips touched with a “ coal of fire,” and they see at once and proclaim the truth. As Sir John Pakington did not hesitate to accuse the Bishops—who are exempt from the tax, and voted against the motion of Lord Malmesbury for an inquiry into its bearings—of being actuated by selfish motives, he invites the retort that his party acted from such motives in supporting a tax which they did not pay. In fact, when the tax was imposed, in 1796, the landed gentlemen were the authors of a plan for dividing it into two parts, and they passed the first measure imposing the tax upon personal property, and threw out the second that applied to their own. They did this at a time when they were denouncing freedom as rebellion, and calling on the nation for sacrifices in the cause of Order and the Throne. They were convicted of hypocrisy and injustice; and feelings the reverse of respect were from that time roused against them. Now the balance is redressed, and, henceforward the landowners will be ranged with the rest of the people in opposition to the tax. Whatever objection may be made to it per se, landed property ought to be subjected to it as long as it is maintained; and the great, but we regret to say almost the only, merit of Mr. Gladstone’s measure, is that it extends an obnoxious tax to a class which exempted themselves from it when they imposed it on others.

¶ 75 Leave a comment on paragraph 75 0 Mr. Gladstone contemplates making a Tax on Successions a permanent part of the national revenues. It is a Property-tax, and is henceforth to be levied on all successions,- at the old rates—varying from 1 per cent, when the heir or the legatee is the lineal descendant or ancestor of the deceased, to 10 per cent, as he is a stranger in blood. Property left in trust for charitable purposes is treated like property left to strangers, and subjected to a duty of 10 per cent. Property not exceeding the value of £100 is exempt; and all successions which, taken as legacies under the Legacy-duties Act would be exempt, are to be exempt- under this act. Policies of life assurance effected by parties themselves, on their own lives, are not to be considered as successions, and will be exempt from the duty.

¶ 76 Leave a comment on paragraph 76 0 It is easy enough to say that all property, when it devolves- by the death of one person to another, shall pay a certain percentage to the State; but, though all property in this calculating and insuring age can be reduced to a money value, it is of various kinds, and of future or contingent values; and to define them, to estimate these value’s, and the mode of levying the duties on various kinds of properties, a long Act of Parliament, containing fifty-six clauses—besides two tables (one of them very voluminous) for’ determining the value of annuities—is necessary. Then the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, to whom the execution of the act is entrusted, are empowered to cause an estimate of the value of all successions to be made, if they are dissatisfied with the statements of the parties, and to- charge at their pleasure all the expense of making the estimate on^– the succession, and recover it forthwith. Persons not giving- proper notices are liable to heavy penalties, and to be exchequered if they make default. The Commissioners may call for the production of books and documents necessary for their information,, and take copies of them. Individuals may, indeed, appeal to the Court of Exchequer against their decision—but what that means for the inheritors of a few pounds, or a few hundred pounds, against a Government board, we need not state. The old duties were long ago described, by the late Earl Grey, as a tax on misfortune. If the tax sometimes lights on the heirs of a miser revelling in his hoards (which seems to have been the chief picture present to the mind of the legislator), it also falls heavily on the capital of industrious families at the very moment they have lost him who made that capital productive by his skill and exertions. Political Economists condemn the tax as a discouragement of saving; and humanity can scarcely find anything more barbarous than for the State, which claims to be the protector of the- people, falling on a family in the hour of its bereavement, and appropriating to itself a large share of its diminished means ot subsistence. The law makes the Tax on Successions, the first charge on the property; it must be paid, in matiy cases, before sixpence of the bequeathed wealth c in be realised; and families, forced in the hour of their distress, to have recourse to, money-lenders, to meet the charges of the State, are often involved in great .difficulties. They are liable, too, from mistakes, which cannot be avoided, in estimating the contingent value of property, to continual- overcharges. “ So great (says the Times’) is the robbery of widows and orphans through duty paid under error and in excess—hay, through duty paid where there is no property at all, not even enough to sue for the recovery of duty—that the iniquities of Somerset-house—and we say it on the authority of a high official —exceed those of the ‘ towers of Julius, London’s lasting shame,’ or any other of the many spots in this metropolis darkened by the memory of wrongs.” There is nothing whatever in the new law to abate such iniquities; and, while we advocate the extension of the tax to landed property, as only fair play, we hope the extension will ensure the speedy remission of the tax.

¶ 77 Leave a comment on paragraph 77 0 The Russian Emperor has not yet gone back from his demands, nor withdrawn his threats; and relying, it is believed, on the neutrality, if not on the assistance, of Prussia and Austria, means to occupy the Danubian provinces. • -The determination of France and England to support Turkey, and the presence of their fleets at Constantinople are sufficient, if even his plan was to occupy it, to prevent him making an attack on the Turkish capital. It is,, however, shrewdly suspected that his demonstrations on the Black Sea have been from the first a mask for his real designs. He knows that both England and France would interfere were he to attack Constantinople; but thje Danubian provinces enjoy under his Protectorate a kind of independence; and, while the occupation of them would not brin<” him into contact with either France or England, and would be only disadvantageous or ^dangerous to Austria, which is too dependent on Russia even to growl disapprobation, it is doubtful, from the peculiar condition of those provinces, whether his occupation of them could be considered as a just cause of war. Our Government, we understand, do not consider it a casus belli. It would bejsomething like his annexation of Poland; when he reduced it from a nominal independence to avowed vassalage, which was tacitly permitted by the rest of- Europe. To have a pretext for annexing the principalities to his own dominions, it is supposed that his demands for a Convention, to establish the rights of the Greek Church, were’made. He seems to have known that they would be refused; and they were put forward cunningly to provoke refusal, rather than to encourage compliance. His diplomacy, if this were his object, has attained its end; and his armies, according to the latest accounts, have crossed the Pruth, and are on their march for Moldavia, if they have not already entered it. Europe awaits with anxiety the result. The Funds in Paris and London tremble and fluctuate day by day; some business in almost every part of Europe is suspended; the com trade and the tallow trade are interrupted; and it is perceived with deep regret that the ambition of the Czar and the feebleness of the Sultan have a great influence over the welfare of the most civilised parts of Europe.

¶ 78 Leave a comment on paragraph 78 0 THE COURT.

¶ 79 Leave a comment on paragraph 79 0 The week just closed has been rife with events bf interest in Court life. On Tuesday her Majesty held her second Drawingroom for the present season; and on Wednesday all the. aristocracy and leading gentry at present in London were honoured with invitations to the first State ball at Buckingham Palace. On Thursday the King and Queen of Hanover arrived in this country, in order to be present at the approaching christening of the infant Prince. The Queen ana the Prince Consort visited their Majesties at the residence of the Hanoverian Legation immediately after their arrival. Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha have also arrived at Buckingham Palace; on a visit to the Queen and the Prince; and other Royal visitors are expected to follow early in the ensuing week. ,

¶ 80 Leave a comment on paragraph 80 0 The Queen and the Prince Consort, with their illustrious guests, were present at the Royal Italian Opera both on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The Prince Consort ana the Duke ot Saxe-Coburg-Gotha visited the Camp at Chobham on Wednesday morning.

¶ 81 Leave a comment on paragraph 81 0 the drawingroom.

¶ 82 Leave a comment on paragraph 82 0 The Oiwen held a Drawingroom, the second this season, on Tuesday afternoon in St. James’s Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, at- tend^edtiie^Cmirt.d_Jligg_oya; Highness Prince Albert,K.G.,entered the