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The following is the text of the Latin speech delivered June 16, in the Sheldonian Theatre, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Chancellor of the University, on the presentation of the diploma conferring on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales the Degree of Doctor in Civil Law, which had received the seal of the University by an unanimous vote on the 12th June, 1863: "ORATIO AD ILLUSTRISSIMUM PRINCIPEM ALBERTUM EDVARDUM, PRINCIPEM GUALLIE, AB EDVARDO GALFRIDO COMITE DE DERBY, UNIVERSITATIS OXONIENSIS CANCELLVRIO, IN THEATRO SHELDONIANO, HABITA DIE XVI. MENSIS, JUNII, A.D. MDCCCLXIII. "Illustrissime Princeps, Britanniarum Spes et Ex pectatio: "Antiquitus usitatum, quoties hæc annua fiat Bene factorum nostrorum Commemoratio, eos academicis honoribus decorare, qui aut per genus et proavos illustres extitere, aut qui in arte militari seu nautica bene de patria merurere, aut in philosophia scientiave, aut in rebus publicis gerendis eximios se præstitere, aut quorum denique de flore juventutis largos fructus maturæ ætatis haud dubiis indiciis augurari licet, plusquam solenni lætitia hodierno die perficimus; gratiasque Tibi agimus quam maximas, quod, paucis admodum post auspicatissimas tuas nuptias mensibus, has venerabiles doctrina sedes, quibus haud ita pridem alumnus interfuisti, dig. natus es invisere. Nec mediocriter auget lætitiam, quod Illustrissimam Conjugem Tuam hodierni Tui honoris sociam et participem adhibuisti. "De Ea quid loquar? Ipsa adest; et in egregia formæ pulchritudine, in benigna dulcium oculorum luce, in fronte illa nobili et pudica, nobis omnibus, qui hic adsumus, innatas virtutes animi, velut in speculo mirari licet. Ipsa adest; et jam nunc conspectu Tuo fruitur, horum omnium ora vultusque videt, plausus clamoresque audit, et, Ipsa testis, agnoscit, quali studio, quanto amore, Te, Conjugem Suum, venerabilis hæc Academia prosequatur. Illam, stirpe Regia ortam, gente amicissima editam, quacum utinam indies conjunctiora fiant amicitiæ nostræ vincula, ex quo primum die oras nostras tetigit, non jam ut alienam, sed ut indigenam, non hospitem, sed familiarem, non nurum, sed Filiam dilectissimam suam sibi Patria hæc omnis propriamque vindicat. "Salvete iterum iterumque ambo Felices ter et amplius 'Vos' irrupta 'liget' copula; nec malis "Te vero, Illustrissime Princeps, non modo Hæredem, quum Solii tum Virtutum Illustrium Parentum, Tuorum, Alumnum; qui hæc intra moenia per biennii prope læti et gratulantes salutamus, sed hujus Universitatis generosissimus licet et porphyrogenitus, aut illustri spatium bonis artibus diligenter studebas; neque, genere, aut Solii proximitate, turpem desidiam aut Universitatis disciplinæ obsequentem et condiscipulis Tuis effrenam licentiam præstabas, sed Te in Omnibus insige exemplar prætegebas quippe haud ignarus nemi. ritati obtemperare noverit ; ideoque ii qui Tecum in nem imperii capacem futurum, nisi qui adolescens auctostatu pupillari versabar tur "Sensere quid mens rite, quid indoles, Posset, quid 'Alberti' paternus optime de futuro augurantes, Te cum assensu plausuque Per hoc "Honores igitur, quos Tibi, si quid honoris Avito umus, felicibus (ut speramus) auspiciis largimus, Tu Tuo Stemmati Tuisque Ipsius Virtutibus adjicere possfelix faustusque aggredere; et, Adolescens adhuc, inter Diploma, quod Tibi unanimo consensu decrevit hæc Academiæ Proceres jam nunc assuesce vocari. venerabilis Universitas, quod precor ut mitis et benignus accipias, quo in proferendo gratissimo mihi munere perfungor, ego auctoritate mea et totius Universitatis admitto Te ad gradum Doctoris in Jure Civili." | But could have been present at this gathering, held in your "Felt, from what holy means combined, The following is a translation of his lorshiy's speech: "MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE, THE HOPE AND ExPECTATION OF BRITAIN,—It is with more than ordinary rejoicing that we this day celebrate the time-honoured custom, on each anniversary of this our Commemoration of Benefactors, of conferring Academic distinctions either on those who derive lustre from their birth and ancestry, or who by military or naval exploits have deserved well of their country, or who have attained to high scientific, literary, or political eminence, or who in the spring-tide of youth give promise by no uncertain signs of abundant fruit in riper years, and we beg to tender you our cordial thanks for deigning, within a few short months of your most auspicious nuptials, to visit this venerable seat of learning in which you lately sojourned as a student. How greatly is our pleasure increased by your bringing your royal consort to share and partake in the honour to be this day conferred upon you. Of her what shall I say? She is here herself; and, in the surpassing beauty of her person, in the sweet lustre of her eye, in her noble and modest countenance, we who are here present can all see, How sound the growth of heart and mind; as in a mirror, the native virtues of her mind. She is And saw what Albert's care and truth here herself; at this moment delighting to gaze Had done to mould thy English youth. upon you, she sees these looks of welcome, she hears "With such recollections of the past, such happy augury these acclamations and plaudits, and is herself a witness for the future, and with unanimous consent and approof the devotion and the love which this venerable Uni-bation, we have decreed to invest you with the gown of versity bears to her husband. Sprung as she is from a a Doctor of Civil Law; and in bestowing upon you this royal stock, belonging to a nation most friendly to our high academic degree, it is our wish to testify the love own, to which I trust we may be bound in ties of daily and respect which we feel towards your most august closer amity; from the day on which she set foot on mother, towards the memory of your most illustrious our shores, the whole kingdom has claimed her, not as a father, and towards yourself; together with our hope and foreigner, but as an Englishwoman, not as a guest, but confident trust that you will never discredit the blood ar one of her own family, not even as a daughter-in-law, which flows in your veins, the education you have received, but as her own dearly-loved child and daughter. Again, nor the high position to which you have been born. and again, welcome to you both ?Assume, therefore, with every good wish on our part, the honours which we confer with (we trust) the happiest auspices; though, indeed, it were hard to add to the honour of your ancient lineage, and of your individual virtues. Still a youth in years, take rank and name among the veterans of the University. Condescend to accept this diploma, which the University has decreed by its unanimous vote, and which it is my most grateful duty to offer to your Royal Highness." "Thrice happy ye, oh may your life "One thing alone is wanting to the completion of our happiness to-day. Would that your most august mother, the mother of her people, whose long withdrawal from the eyes of her loving subjects we affectionately regret, In reference to the above oration we copy the following from the London Spectator :"The speech of the Earl of Derby, the Chancellor of the University, on presenting the Prince with his diploma, deserves to be characterised as admirable. In accordance with the old usage of the University it was in Latin, a disadvantage which might well seem insuperable. But Lord Derby is at once a scholar and an orator, and he succeeded in doing what probably no other man in England beside himself could have done, in delivering extemporarily a speech which was not only creditable as a piece of Latinity, but which produced as much impression on the audience as if it had been delivered in English. In substance, too, it was even more excellent than in form. It was conceived exactly in the spirit in which an English nobleman, speaking on behalf of an English University, should address a Prince of the Blood Royal. Courteous and loyal, without the slightest infusion flattery or of servility, it had the one transcendant merit of being trul." The Ceremony of Unveiling (including Description of Statue) XVII ... XXIII. XXXIII. ... ... Summary of Receipts and Payments North and North-East Lancashire Movement:-List of Subscriptions, and The Penny Memorial-Original Movement-List of Collectors, and the amounts Speech of the Earl of Derby (in English and Latin), when conferring the XLVII. L. |