Lord Wilton's Muster, 3 yrs., 7st. 5lb. (Maidment) 3 4 5 6 Sir J. Hawley's Morna, 4 yrs., 8st. 7lb. (Morris) Mr. J. Dawson's Hester, 3 yrs., 7st. 2lb. (Hunt) Betting:-100 to 60 agst Sabinus, 11 to 4 agst Muster, 4 to 1 agst Trocadero, 8 to 1 agst Hester, and 12 to 1 each agst Morna and Midsummer. When the flag fell, Trocadero cantered away slightly in front of Sabinus, on his right, Hester following third, with Midsummer, Muster, and Morna in the rear. Passing the stand the first time, Midsummer became third; and on rounding the turn beyond, Challoner sent his horse along, and speedily placed half-a-dozen lengths between himself and the favourite. Half way down the hill Muster ran past his horses, and took second place; and when fairly in the Swinley Bottom he headed the Frenchman and came on with a slight lead to the mile-post, Sabinus lying at the quarters of the leaders, with Hester in attendance. Midsummer and Morna, at the same time, were seen gradually to drop into the extreme rear. Approaching the bend into the straight, Muster was beaten, and his place taken by Sabinus, who followed Trocadero to the stand, where he went to the front, and won without an effort by four lengths; Muster, third, a dozen lengths in their rear. The others were pulling up some distance from home. 21. COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD.-HONORARY DEGREES.-An unusually large number of personages assembled in the Sheldonian Theatre, at Oxford, to have the honorary degree of D.C.L. conferred upon them. The building, it is needless to say, was thronged in all parts, and the undergraduates indulged in their customary "chaff" from their gallery; but their fun was kept within proper bounds, and there was no interruption to business when the ceremonial once began. At eleven o'clock "God save the Queen" was played and sung by a very efficient orchestra and chorus, and the procession, headed by the Marquis of Salisbury, in his robes of office, as Chancellor of the University, his train being borne by his two little sons, Viscount Cranbourne and Lord W. Cecil, entered. Following him were his Highness Prince Hassan, the Vice-Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford, the Members for the University, Mr. Gathorne Hardy and Mr. Mowbray; Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P. for the sister University; Sir George Bowyer, and others, in their scarlet gowns as Doctors of Civil Law, with the Heads of Houses in their more sober guise of Doctor or Master. Among the ladies was the Marchioness of Salisbury, with some of her children, who were loudly cheered at their entrance. On taking his seat, Convocation having been duly convened, the Chancellor read the following names of distinguished persons on whom it was proposed to confer the honorary degree of D.C.L.: His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T.; his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, M.A., All Souls' College; the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, D.D.; Le Comte Ferdinand de Hompesch, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Bavaria; the Right Hon. Sir William Bovill, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; the Right Hon. Lieutenant-General Jonathan Peel, the Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, M.A., Ch. Ch. M.P.; the Right Hon. John Thomas Ball, LL.D., Q.C., M.P.; Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.; Sir William George Armstrong, C.B.; Sir Francis Grant, President of the Royal Academy; Sir James Alderson, M.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians; Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, Deputy Keeper of the Records; the Rev. Alfred Barry, D.D., Principal of King's College, London; the Rev. Nathaniel Woodard, M.A., Canon of Manchester; Mr. Herman Merivale, M.A., Balliol College, one of Her Majesty's Under-Secretaries of State for India; Mr. Matthew Arnold, M.A., Oriel College; Mr. Henry Reeve, Registrar of the Privy Council; Mr. John P. Gassiot, Vice-president of the Royal Society; Mr. Charles W. Siemens, F.R.S.; Mr. James Fergusson, F.R.S. Each name was submitted separately to Convocation with the usual formula-" Placetne vobis, domini doctores? placetne magistri?" As no dissentient voice was raised, the Chancellor gave the word; and the new Doctors-Elect, entering in their scarlet robes from the great door opposite the Chancellor's throne, advanced through an avenue kept for them towards a barrier separating the raised seats in the semicircle from the arena. Here each was presented to the Chancellor and Convocation by Dr. Bryce, the Regius Professor of Civil Law, in a short Latin address, aptly and tersely describing the peculiar claims of the distinguished persons thus introduced to the honour conferred upon them. When the last new Doctor in Civil Law had taken his seat, portions of a congratulatory ode, written by Sir F. Doyle, Professor of Poetry, and set to music by Sir F. A. Gore Ouseley, Professor of Music, were performed by the Orchestra, the solo part being admirably rendered by Miss Edith Wynne. Lord Salisbury had already been formally installed; but as this was his first visit to the University as Chancellor, the ode in his honour was fitly written and sung. Then came the customary recitation of the prize compositions by the successful competitors. The gathering in the Sheldonian Theatre the next morning was as great as that of the preceding day, and the heat was quite as intense. When all had taken their seats in the semicircle, the Chancellor submitted the following further list of names of distinguished persons on whom it was proposed to confer the honorary degree of D.C.L.: The Right Hon. Earl de Grey, K.G., President of the Council. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen. E Lieutenant-General von Bulow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp, M.A., All Souls' College. The Right Hon. Earl of Rosse. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, D.D. The Right Hon. Baron Lyttelton, K.C.M.G. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons. The Right Hon. Sir Alexander J. E. Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.A., M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer. Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B. Rear-Admiral Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay, C.B. Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth. Lieutenant-General Sir William R. Mansfield, K.C.B., G.C.S.I. The Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., F.R.S., Canon of Bristol, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. The Rev. Henry Parry Liddon, M.A., Christ Church, Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture, Canon of St. Paul's. William Boxall, Esq., R.A., Director of the National Gallery of Pictures. George Edward Paget, M.D., President of the General Medical Council. Edward Frankland, Esq., F.R.S. Henry Bence Jones, M.D., F.R.S. William Smith, Esq., LL.D. George Campbell, Esq. Warren de la Rue, Esq., Vice-president of the Royal Society. William Huggins, Esq., F.R.S., Secretary to the Royal Astronomical Society. Sir William Jenner, M.D., one of the Physicians to the Queen. William Sterndale Bennett, Esq., M.A., Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge. To the "Placetne vobis, domini doctores? Placetne vobis, magistri?" there was no dissent till the name of Mr. Lowe was proposed, and then a shout of "Non placet" was raised in the gallery, with some slight approbation of this dissent among the Masters in the arena. The eight and twenty doctors elect were then ushered in, and formed of themselves a tolerably long procession. Cheers were loud for the Bishop of Lincoln, and equally loud for Lord Lyttelton, whose honours at the sister University were gracefully alluded to. But the honours of the day were with Canon Liddon, whose popularity in the University seemed to be unbounded. The cheers were again and again renewed as he moved to his place in the semicircle. DEDICATION Of Keble ColLEGE.-The event of the 23rd was the dedication of Keble College, and the installation of the Warden, Mr. Talbot. At eight o'clock the Holy Communion was celebrated in the college chapel, a temporary structure, which will one day, it is expected, be replaced by a chapel more worthy of the college and of the University. At half-past ten the Chancellor of the University, attended by the University officials, arrived at the college, which is situate on the north side of the gardens of St. John's College, nearly opposite the New Museum. His lordship was received at the gateway by the Warden and Council. The Bishop of Oxford, who represented the Visitor of the College, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, was received at the same point; and a procession was then formed, and walked round the quadrangle, preceded by the choir, which sang the 27th, 121st, 122nd, 127th, and 150th Psalms. Lord Salisbury wore his robes as Chancellor of the University, his two little sons acting as train-bearers. The choir were under the direction of the Rev. P. Medd (Precentor). Among those who took part in the procession were the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Rochester, the Vice-Chancellor, Earl Beauchamp, Canon Bright, Canon Liddon, Dr. Pusey, Dean Mansel, the Master of Balliol, the Rector of Exeter, the President of Magdalen, Canon Trevor of York, the Principals of St. Mary Hall and St. Albion Hall, and the Warden of Keble College. Having passed the quadrangle, the procession entered the chapel, which is of very small dimensions, and which had already been partly filled. Lord Lyttelton, Lord Bathurst, Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., Mr. Mowbray, M.P., Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., and Sir W. Heathcote were among the congregation. The Bishop of Oxford conducted a short service, and the Warden's installation followed. It was a ceremony of the simplest kind. The Bishop of Winchester and Earl Beauchamp, as the senior clerical and the senior lay member present of the Council of the College, conducted Mr. Talbot to the step in front of the altar, where he knelt during the singing by the choir of the Veni, Creator. A short Latin prayer was next said by the Visitor, after which the Warden was presented to the Chancellor by the Bishop of Winchester in a few Latin words. The Chancellor accepted the nomination, and the Bishop of Oxford, on behalf of his Grace the Visitor, then directed the two members who represented the Council as follows:-" Virum reverendum Edwardum Stuart Talbot, Collegii Keblensis Custodem, in locum et stallum suum inducatis." Thereupon the Bishop of Winchester and Earl Beauchamp led Mr. Talbot down the chapel and placed him in the Warden's stall. The Te Deum having been sung, the Bishop of Oxford gave the blessing, and the ceremony ended. - TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR NEWARK.-One of the most disastrous railway accidents that have ever happened on the Great Northern line occurred this morning between Newark and Claypole, about 100 miles from London. It was caused by the collision of a returning excursion train from London with part of a broken-down goods train, bound in the opposite direction, which had been thrown upon the wrong line only a minute before by the breaking of an axle of one of the waggons. Although the disaster happened on the line of the Great Northern Railway Company, and the excursion train, by which all the killed and wounded passengers were travelling, was one of that company, no moral or legal responsibility for the dreadful consequences could be attached to its management, which was confessed to be entirely free from blame. That particular waggon of the goods train whose defective axle was the sole occasion of the accident belonged to the Manchester," Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, and was temporarily connected with the train along a portion of its road. The effects, however, of this great mishap were as frightful as those of any other we can remember; the number of deaths being eighteen, while forty or fifty persons were more or less severely injured. Nearly all the sufferers were Yorkshire people, and mostly townspeople of Leeds, who had been taking a single day's holiday in London. The excursion train had brought up 370 of them from Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, and York, starting from Leeds about half-past one o'clock in the morning, and arriving in London at breakfast-time, after a journey of seven hours. Having spent the whole of that day in London, and enjoyed all its shows and pleasures, the Yorkshire excursion party in the evening met together again at the King's Cross station, and set forth, to the number of 340, since thirty remained in town, at twenty minutes past nine. The train was quite punctual in its running, and stopped only at Peterborough and Grantham before approaching Newark, an hour and twenty-five minutes after midnight, when it came into collision with the broken-down goods waggon. The place where this occurred was at Claybridge Lane, a mile and a quarter on the London or south side of the Newark station, half a mile from the village of Balderton; the hill seen in the background being that Beacon-hill to which Macaulay refers in his ballad of the "Spanish Armada," as having "sped the message along the vale of Trent." There are sloping embankments, ten or fifteen feet high, on both sides of the railway here; but the embankment on the east side, next the down-line, is interrupted by a large pond. The railway is crossed by a stone bridge, not many yards farther on, and the lights of Newark station are distinctly visible before reaching this spot on the down-line. There is a curve here, and an incline towards Newark. The goods train on the up-line had left Doncaster at midnight, and stopped at Retford, but not at Newark, on its way up. It consisted of twenty-nine waggons, or trucks, and one brake-van, in charge of Edward Brewer the engine-driver, and Frederick Beasley the guard. Four or five of the waggons belonged to the Manster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, one being No. 3238, I at Crowle with potatoes for London, which had joined the |