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      rTsturb the seeming unanimity . of Convocation ; but lie foresaw that , if the business of the day proceeded in perfect sileiice , a very false impression might be created as to the feelings with which the University regarded the event . He wished publicly to state that , owing partly , as he believed to the occurrence of the long vacation , and partly t the ' fault of the University itself , no opportunity had been given , the p resent occasion , for deliberation on ne " of the most important subjects which could be submitted to those who had the right of election . He thought ' t therefore , not inconsistent with his duty . as proctor , to e on the part of many resident members of

      Convoxpress , cation , , he was convinced , of many more who were not resident , what was a verv prevailing feeling among them . Let it not be supposed that he had any intention of saying one single word against the distinguished nobleman who was a candidate for the office of Chancellor . True it was that Lord Derby had both said and done some things with which he ( the senior proctor ) was not much disposed to find fault ; but he could not but express his wonder that such speeches and such acts had commended the noble lord to the suffrages of those by whom he was supported . Hereafter , perhaps , those gentlemen would themselves share in his astonishment . For his own part ,

      though he did not come into that assembly as one oi Lord " Derby ' s supporters , he willingly acknowledged the noble lord ' s great accomplishments , his distinguished character , his vigorous ability , and his almost hereditary reputation ; and if the noble lord had ever shown any interest in the academical affairs of the University , he ( the senior proctor ) doubted not that he would have been as well able to assist the University by his counsels as he was to defend it by his eloquence . But what he ( the senior proctor ) particularly regretted was , the great rapidity with which the election had been hurried on , and lie must deprecate the transaction of an affair of such importance at a time when the University was almost deserted , and in the absence of consultation with those who were most deeply concerned in sustaining the character and credit of the University . He was perfectly willing to allow that the acceleration of the election was

      the result of a wish to save the University from mcon - venience ; but he could not admit that this design , however well intended , had been marked with the prudence with which their affairs ought to be conducted . It would be well for them to consider whether they mighfc not establish a precedent which might be applied hereafter to promote the objects of party intrigue rather than the objects which he firmly believed had been kept in view by the vice-chancellor . Believing , then , that it was of the highest moment to' the University that all its business should be conducted with the greatest deliberation , and with the fullest discussion , he had felt himself called upon thus publicly , and in his official capacity , to deplore that on the present important occasion ( with no evil intention , but stilL by a greater imprudence ) a full , free , and fair opportunity had not been given to the whole University for expressing its deliberate sentiments .

      Mr . Lake ' s courageous address was greatly applauded both during its delivery and at its conclusion . The Vice-Chancellor male a formal reply , stating , in answer to the " expostulation and complaint" of the proctor , that the statutes of the University required that upon the death of a Chancellor the electors should proceed to elect a new Chancellor as soon as conveniently might be . The course which had been pursued on the present occasion was justified by the precedents set during the last eighty . years . Within that period one ol" their Chancellors had died in the month of September , and the election of his successor took place in the following month of October . Another died in August , and a new Chancellor was elected in September . In point of fact , a greater interval bad elapsed now than \ v : is considered convenient on either of the two

      occasions to which he bad referred . Having made this statement , the Vice-Chancellor directed that the ( 'lection should be proceeded with , and several members ot Convcoation advanced to the 'able mid recorded their votes in writing . After a tune these were cast up , and it , was announced that the choice of the electors bad fallen unanimously upon the Night Hon . Hdward Geoll ' rey Karl of Derby .

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      LORI ) DK 1 U 5 Y AT LI V KKPOOL . '" Ki n . ; was a mysterious gathering at Liverpool last week . The Karl of Derby attended a banquet given by

      "" ex tremel y brilliant and in one part it , most , alleeting s l » 'ecli when did Lord Derby acquit , himself other-W | K | 1 - ^ but bis . Lordship most , carefully avoided any ""• isioi , to ( 1 , „( line of policy wliicli Mm nation isuwai . il .-nv ami discussing with intense interest . " The Liverpool hinnntf . , a Liberal paper , is not more enmmuuica-1 Vt ' ; falling buck upon the " lulk on 'Change" for an > xilho , itV :

      'I ui tnlk on 'Change yesterday ( Friday ) wiih , thai , I be '"""• Vul" h lmiH | ue | , on 11 10 preceding evening , was one of I lie ri »> M . linlliunt , dignified , , Uid ddiglil . ful ever given in Hio i ;" " 11 ' "" "'* ' principal roi > resent , nliveH of all pnrlu ' b '"• U " 1 " " ' '"" were Micro ; Mini . Mio graceful cane , > aiul y , aiK | ludjjtmd jtind , u , Hb of l , in worship throw a

      charm over the elaborate hospitality ; and that the Premier put aside , as it were , like the radiant god , the rays of his glory , that all who approached him might feel perfectly at their ease ; that , although the occasion was strictly private , he was , perhaps , never more eloquent ; that there was in his delivery all the early fascination of the gifted orator , and that witchery of manner which renders him at once seducing and terrible in debate ; that , master of his art , he was playful , logical , and humorous ; that he pleased everybodv , made everybody think he appertained to his particular party ; and that if he only makes a similar speech at tho opening of Parliament he will be premier these seven years . " " Our newly-elected Conservative members'' were present , but the greater luminary eclipsed Mr . Forbes Mackenzie and his colleague .

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      October 16 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 983

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      THE REVENUE . No . I . —Ax Abstract of the N-et Produce op tiie Revettite of G-beat Britain , in the Years and Quarters ended Oct . 10 , 1851 , and Oct . 10 , 1852 , showing the Increase or Decrease thereof . Years ended October 10 .

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      1851 . 185 : 2 . Increase . \ Decrease . Customs 18 , 798 , 2 f . 2 118 , 713 , 510 j ... 8-1 , 752 Excise 13 , 256 , 120 13 , 370 , 305 ] 114 , 185 . Stamps 5 , 905 , 785 j 6 , 099 , 717 J 133 , 932 \ Taxes 4 , 301 , 093 I 3 , 143 , 892 ... ; 1 , 157 , 201 Property Tax 5 , 355 , 097 ! 5 , 409 , 355 53 , 658 Post Office 970 , 000 996 , 000 26 , 000 ' Crown Lands ....:.: 170 , 000 220 , 000 50 , 000 Miscellaneous 162 , 053 j 292 , 295 130 , 237 | , ... Total Orel . Rev .... 4 S , 979 , 015 ; 4 S , 215 , 074 508 , 012 : 1 , 241 , 953 Imprest and other I Moneys 658 , 111 603 , 670 ... j 49 , 411 Repayments of Ad- i 1 : vances 565 , 688 ! 911 , 673 345 , 985 I Totalineome 50 , 202 , 814 149 , 765 , 417 853 , 997 \ 1 , 291 , 394 Deduct Increase 853 , 997 Decrease on the Year 437 , 397 Quarters ended October 10 .

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      1851 . 1852 . i Increase . Decrease . £ £ £ £ Customs 5 , 335 , 073 5 , 036 , 809 j ... 298 , 264 Excise 4 , 139 , 854 4 , 303 , 755 103 , 901 j Stamps 1 , 432 , 564 1 , 529 , 421 96 , 857 i Taxes 165 , 025 159 , 215 ... I 5 , 810 Property Tax 1 , 870 , 136 1 , 915 , 581 45 , 415 PostOffice 306 , 000 261 , 000 ... ' 45 , 000 Crown Lands ' ¦ 40 , 000 40 , 000 Miscellaneous I 23 , 452 17 , 799 ... , 10 , 653 TotalOrd . Rev .... ! 13 , 317 , 104 : 13 , 203 , 580 300 , 203 359 , 727 Imprest and other Moneys 124 , 330 137 , 996 . , 606 Repayments of Ail- I vances ! 165 , 255 231 , 012 ! 68 , 787 j Totalineome ... j 13 , 006 , 039 ! l 3 , ( i 35 , 618 i 3 S 8 . 050 | 359 , 727 Deduct Decrease 359 , 727 Inereaae on the Quarter 28 , 929 No . TI . —Tiik Income- and Change of the Consolidated JFl'nd , in tiii ; Quarters ended Oct . , 1851 and 1852 . Quarters ended October 10 . TNX'OMK .

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      . 1851 . , J 852 . . t ; t Customs 5 , 35 ' . ) , 124 5 , 05 ( 5 , 8 (!( J Excise ' 4 , 150 , 111 4 , 313 , r , !) l Stamps 1 , 132 , 5 ( 14 i 1 , 529 . 121 Taxes I 105 , 025 ; 159 , 215 Property Tax . 1 , N 7 O , 13 (»! 1 . . 5 S 1 PostOn ' uHi : t () 6 , 000 2 ( 51 , 000 Crown Lands " 40 , 000 40 , 000 MiseelluneoiiH ; 28 , 452 ; 17 , 799 I mprrst , ami oilier Moneys , 3 ( 5 , 428 ! 51 ,-1-25 IVixlueo oftlie Nule ofol . i Stores j 87 , ! H > 2 8 ( 1 , 571 R < ipii } ii >< MitM of Advances j 105 , 255 , 2 : il , () t 2 I [ . _ . 113 , ( 541 , 297 113 , 0 ( 55 , 51 1 CIIAIU . 'K .

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      . IH . "> 1 . , IH 52 . C . C I ' emiiment l ) ol ) l 5 , 4 : t (» , 47 l 5 , 424 , 557 Terminable Annuities l , 2 !) l , 2 Sl 1 , 303 , 492 lnlcrrHlon K >> rhe <| iuT-luUnissued I o meet the (! liMi- 'e on tin- Consolidated Kuud ... ... 71 Sinking Kuud 75 M . 190 ¦ t 3 l 5 , 300 The Civil List » il , li > 5 1 ) 9 , 382 Olliei-Cluir"eson llic ( 'oiisolidu ( rd I ' und ... 4 . ( 51 , 181 378 , 210 For Advances 2 S 0 . 018 388 , 835 Total Cliruye 8 , 333 , 242 8 , 0 : 10 , 9 13 The Surplus 5 , 308 , 055 5 , 03 1 , 5 ( 58 j 13 , 041 , 2 ! l 7 13 , 005 , 51 I

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      LKTTKKS KKOM PA IMS . [ KltOM <> UIt OWN OoKKKMI'ONOKNT . | LiOTTKIC XI ill . I ' uris , Oel . olier 12 , 1852 . Til i : " Prince ' s" journey i ; almost , completed . lie returns to I ' : iris on ( lie 14 il . Ii insl . Tim Imperial comed y is played on ! ,. Only , us in itll ^ ond comedies the net ion goes on crescendo ; so h . i . s il , been with the ollieial enthusiasm of ( lie Moniteur . lOxhii listed wiUi hyperbolical excesses , 1 , 1 m poor IMoni / iiir , since his arrival at , Toulouse , lms been conlenl , to . sink into one invariable formula , us n relief IVom incessant modulations . Al . every ( own i ( , assures us ( hat tho I'resident , has been received willi " ¦ an enthusiasm impossible to describe . " Indeed all tho ollicinl receptions uro composed of tho mum : elements— -mayors and deputies , coinnmmd otliccrs .

      functionaries , clergy ; cries of Jive VEmpereur ! and Vive Napoleon III . ; lines of troops keeping the ground , and barring the passage of the crowd from all access to the President . This easy history-making lias occasioned an amusing incident . No journalist was allowed to follow the progress of the President ; and to render the impossibility of so doing more certain , ' orders were given to all postmasters in the central and southern departments on no account to supply relays without special authorization from the Minister of Police . Absolute silence of all independent witnesses , and the Montteur the only mouthpiece to catch and cheat the public ear : such was the arrangement .

      Notwithstanding all these precautions , however , the Pays has given an account of all the proceedings , since the departure from Marseilles , twenty-four hours in advance of the Moniteur . The complexion of the Pays sufficiently describes the colour of its descriptions . It lias been a , fierce competition of enthusiasm between the Pays ami the Monileur . I > ut the information of the Pays lias certainly astonished everybody . All its accounts Lave been so precise and exact in details , that nothing ¦ was left to tbn Hfoiiiienr but to confirm tho voracitv

      of its unofficial forerunner . Even the Ministers were puzzled . At last came the solution of the enigma with the glowing description of the representation of the "Battle of Toulouse—a representation -which ( countermanded on account , I believe , of the unfavourable weather ) did not take , place . In the bureaux of the Pays this said Battle of Toulouse was fought , and the Moniteur ' -was the vanquished of the day . Magnificent was the description of this military show , wliicli never came off , by the Pays ; and you may imagine how Paris has laughed at the mystification ! Wo begin to understand that if all this famous enthusiasm is

      confidentially concocted in the ofhee of the -Pays , the same process may be carried on in the office of the Jloniifiir Very few incidents worth noting have really occurred throughout the progress . It is true , that at Montpellier , at a ball given by the Mutual Benefit Societies , composed of the master operatives of the town , Eonaparte was received with shouts of Tlve I '^ lninestie / On this fact the 3 foniteur constructs a story to tho effect that the President , turning sharply round , and walking straight towards the ringleaders of the party , exclaimed , that " he bore amnesty in his heart more than they on their lips , but that to obtain it they must first deserve it . "

      The truth of the story is , the cries of T ice I Am-Ticstie ! were ' so loud and violent , that T'onaparte was obliged to leave the hall a quarter of an hour after his arrival , and that he was followed to his hotel by this cry , raised by the whole population . Such was the entlnisiasin at Monlpellier— - / JM ^ fcwAvi / e to describe ! At Toulouse , tho Prefect , a true ( laseon , welcomed the President with an harangue , in which he placed him on a , par with Napoleon the Great , ui / d Cfutrlciiiafpie . In the same town , the same Prefect bad a . Cantata sung at tin ; theatre , the refrain of which was , " . L ' fiJi / i-

      j > ire esf fait" The functionaries who composed the densely-crowded audience applauded to the echo . A mayor of that department distinguished himself by a decree declaring that fire / '' . Knipereur was the only national cry , the only crv he could permit' Mie population under his jurisdiction to r / iise ; he prohibited Hie cry oi" I'ire t \(/]) oli'on , as onlv less scdit ions than five fir-/{ ej ) iibfif / ue . lie added , ( hat fire i \((/><> fcon- could only be the cry of Kcpuhlic . ms , and ( hat , consequently , he should take note of 1 hose who raised ii , and prosecute ( hem us liettiiblieaiis .

      At 15 . irdea . ux , Louis I > ouaparie ( inally threw oil' the mask , and accepted the Kmpire . Von have not foigotten his words al , Lyons at the outset oi' this journey , that he would only accept the title of Mmpcior in case he were unable to accomplish all the : > o ( id lie desired with the more " modest" iille of President of the l ' e-]> ulilic . Well , at liordeaux nothing more is said ot " ¦ p"ood ( o be done , " or not , to be done .

      The ( Miamber of Cnniniorce of thai , city gnvo him a lumquel . In reply to bis toast , Hoiiiipiirlr delivered a speech , the pith of which was , that , lie was resolved to waive nil hesitations and to assure t he st nhilily of power by those new institutions , which Im-iiucc unanimously , and from overy quarter , demanded . An resfe , Porsigny has addressed positive instructions in this sense lo all the Prefects mill Sub-Prefects > l" France . Two Alayors of Hie environs of Paris have

      : i musingly betrayed their instructions in the irrepressible fervour of I heir I > onapiirtist cut , liuMiism . Already has the Mayor of Sevres opened at his niiiirio n . registry for votes . Moreover , in a . manilesto placarded throughout his commune , he proclaims the Kmpirc in- the mitiie . vf the town of Sevres . This historical document declares , that llm town of Sevres , obeying the sentiments of affection and gratitude toward . ' ) Prince Louis . Napoleon , the envoy of ( Sod , the elect , of France , her

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1852, page 983, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1956/page/3/