on Saturday last, in consequence of the overturning of the Criterion Brighton coach. William Jones, a paper-stainer, of Spencer row, stated, that, on Saturday last, about four o'clock, he was passing Stones'-end, in the Borough, when he observed a stage-coach coming along at a rapid rate from the direction of Londonbridge. The coachman was on the box with the reins in his hands, and he was endeavouring to check the speed of his horses. At that time there was a gentleman sitting on the box by the coachman's side, two other gentlemen behind them, and a lady in the dickey. Shortly afterwards witness observed that the pole of the coach was broken, and striking against the hind legs of the off-wheel horse, which made him kick tremendously. At this moment some persons ran towards the heads of the horses, with a view to stop them, but the coachman desired them for God's sake to keep off, adding, at the same time, that they would stop of themselves before they reached the Elephant and Castle. The persons alluded to, notwithstanding the entreaty of the coachman, still endeavoured to seize the reins, and, in doing this, frightened the horses the more, and the vehicle had not proceeded much further when the witness saw it overturn, and the passengers and coachman thrown off. The witness, upon seeing the accident, immediately ran to the assistance of a gentleman who was lying on the road with his thigh broken, while other persons hastened to the assistance of sir William Cosway, who was carried into the house of Mr. Lever, nearly opposite to that part of the road where the accident happened. Robert Smith saw the coach overturn. Sir William Cosway was thrown in a slanting direction, and the side of his head first struck the ground. Mr. James Stringer, surgeon, was passing up the Borough when he saw the Criterion coach, and the broken part of the pole striking against the horses, which were exceedingly restive. Saw a man dressed like an hostler lay hold of the off-wheel horse by the reins, which he held on by until he was compelled to let go to save himself, and immediately afterwards the coach overturned, and the outside passengers were thrown off. Witness had sir William Cosway conveyed into the house of Mr. Lever, who being absent at the time, he (witness) remained with the deceased until he expired, which event took place in about an hour and a half afterwards. In reply to questions by the jury, Mr. Stringer said, that the coachman appeared to him to have done everything in his power to avert the accident. He did not observe the deceased in the act of getting over the roof of the coach before it overturned. Saw a lady in the dickey, who was not seriously injured. George Halden deposed, that he was near St. Saviour's church on Saturday, and saw the Criterion coach going at a steady pace, and in proceeding, the wheel of a dray came in contact with the off fore wheel of the coach. At the moment witness heard a crack as if something broke, but the coach proceeded on, and witness lost sight of it. John Childers, a porter in the service of Mr. Alexander, the proprietor of the coach, was examined at great length; and he stated, that he was in the dickey when the dray ran against the Criterion, but could not state whether the pole was broken by the concussion. When the coach arrived at St. George's church the horses began to kick, and the coachman desired him to get out at the back and hold on at the rail of the dickey to lessen the speed of the horses. Just before he called to him he was compelled to pull up, as a gentleman on horseback ran against the leaders, and would have, in all probability, been killed, had it not been done. Witness now tried to skid the wheels, but failed in the attempt; and the horses becoming unmanageable owing to the broken pole striking their legs, the vehicle overturned. The witness said, that he was of opinion the pole was broken when the coachman pulled up suddenly to prevent his going over the gentleman on horseback. Mr. Alexander explained, that sir William Cosway was in the act of climbing over the roof when the coach overturned. Verdict, "Accidental Death." INSTALLATION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AS CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD.-About four o'clock on Monday, the 9th of June, the duke of Wellington entered Oxford, and alighted at the gate of University College, of which the vice chancellor is the master. His royal highness the duke of Cumberland had arrived about an hour before his grace, and taken up his abode with the reverend Mr. Jelf, canon of Christ church. On Tuesday, about eleven o'clock, the duke of Wellington, in his robes of office, and accompanied by the heads of the several houses, proceeded up the High-street, and by St. Mary's church to the theatre. Three cheers for the duke, and another for the chancellor of the University, were given by the under-graduates and bachelors of arts who had filled the upper galleries. The names of other private as well as public men were, at intervals, bawled out by the under-graduates, and served as intelligible signals for the expression of respect on the one hand, or of dislike on the other. Dr. Gaisford, the dean of Christ church, and Mr. Dyer, the proctor, were most particularly hissed; the names of the lord chancellor and earl Grey were received with marked disapprobation. There was mendous applause on any allusion being made to the bishops; and the presence of the duke of Cumberland, lord Wynford, and lord Lyndhurst, was hailed by repeated cheers. Soon after eleven o'clock the duke of Wellington, wearing a mantle of black silk and gold fringe, as chancellor of Oxford, entered the theatre. In his train followed the marquis of Londonderry, lord Montague, lord Apsley, lord Hill, lord Mahon, sir George Murray, sir Henry Hardinge, sir S. Ackland, sir Robert Inglis, and sir Charles Wetherell. There were present likewise, eleven members of the episcopal bench. Among the ladies were to be seen the princess Lieven, the marchioness of Salisbury, and the countesses of Clanwilliam and Brownlow. The cheering having subsided, the duke of Wellington as chancellor opened the convocation by stating, that it had been convened for the purpose of conferring the degree of doctor of laws on several distinguished individuals, viz., Baron Dedel, the Dutch minister, the count Matuszewitch, the late Russian minister, the duke of Buccleuch, the duke of Newcastle, the marquis of Salisbury, the marquis of Bute, the earl of Winchilsea, the earl of Warwick, the earl de la Warr, the earl of Rosslyn, the earl of Wilton,earl Brownlow, the earl of Falmouth, the right hon. Fitzroy Somerset, the right hon. Granville Somerset, the right hon. Francis Egerton, viscount Strangford, lord Burghersh. Then followed the names of three viri spectatissimi-Sir J. Vaughan, sir J. A. Park, and sir J. Scarlett; who were, immediately on the termination of the ceremony, presented to the chancellor and proctors by Dr. Phillimore, professor of civil law. In the eulogium, with which he introduced them, he said, " that twenty years had elapsed since he had the honour of seeing in the University a similar assemblage of noble and distinguished individuals. On that occasion he had presented to the University, as honorary doctors, the illustrious heroes who had visited the country with the emperor of Russia and the king of Prussia. Intense as his delight was upon that occasion, it wanted one circumstance to render it complete the presence of the greatest commander of them all, our own countryman, the duke of Wellington. After alluding to the merits of the late chancellor, lord Grenville, who had added lustre to the course of study adopted in the University, by pursuing the same course after he had left the University, and after stating that that noble lord had found consolation in extreme old age in those literary acquirements which had furnished him so many triumphs, and his country so many benefits in man hood, he proceeded to observe, that, on the death of that great and good man, it became the duty of the University to select out of the noble and distinguished individuals whom it had reared in its bosom a worthy successor to that noble lord. Merit, he said, was not of one class. There were different roads to the temple of fame, and different men must distinguish themselves in different ways. One man made his way to eminence by literature, another by arts, another by arms. Of this latter class none were more illustrious than the noble duke now their chancellor. Be witness his triumphs in India, Portugal, and Spain-his victories at Salamanca, on the Pyrenees, and at Toulouse-and above all, his liberation of Europe in the bloody field of Waterloo. After dwelling for some time on these topics, and praising the firmness which his grace had always evinced in the management not only of military but of civil affairs, he concluded by affirming that the University had done itself the greatest honour by selecting the duke of Wellington as its chancellor. The latin poem which had gained the chancellor's medal having been recited by its author, the con vocation was dissolved by the chancellor amid the loud plaudits of the under-graduates. The duke returned to University College, and on the same evening was welcomed at the concert with the utmost enthusiasm on the part of the spectators. Next morning his grace and the different noblemen and doctors, having robed in the old Clarendon printing-house, again proceeded to the theatre. The gallery was ed. ور "The Wellington Administration," and "The House of Lords," were received with a thundering cheer ; "The House of Commons," with a loud hiss; "The House of Commons as it was," with a cheer. "Sir R. Peel and Catholic Emancipation was hissed. "Sir R. Peel without Catholic Emancipation" met with loud cheers. To show sympathy with sir E. Sugden, and their want of it for Mr. S. Rice, they applauded the former, and hissed and laughed at the latter. Mr. O'Connell came in for especial marks of their dislike. Great cheering occurred when the names of sir J. Graham and Mr. Stanley were mentioned. Don Miguel and Don Pedro were both well hissed. "The army," and "the wooden walls of old England," were, as may naturally be supposed, well received. A voice called out "Our French allies." This was prodigiously hissed but "Our French wines" was hailed most cordially. The memory of lord Nelson, the memory of lord Grenville, and the memory of Mr. Canning were welcomed with cheers; but when the memory of Mr. Pitt was mentioned, every cap in the gallery, every hat in the area, and every voice in the theatre, joined in one universal huzza. The names of the duchess of Kent and the princess Victoria were also welcome to the assembled Oxonians. "Lord Lyndhurst" "lord Wynford," and " Mr. Goulburn,” were in high favour; and "The duke of Beaufort was loudly cheered. occupied by the undergraduates; This sentiment was loudly applaudwho had no sooner obtained admission than they commenced cheering in honour of the queen. Mr. Dyer, the proctor, and Dr. Gaisford, dean of Christ Church, were again especial objects of disapprobation. "The University and her privileges," "the University of Cambridge and her liberties," were sentiments which called forth prodigious cheering; while the "London University and her want of privileges" met with every possible expression of contempt. "The Gower-street Company" was received with a burst of laughter. "Church and State" was the watchword for another round of enthusiastic applause. Then came the cry of "Tories and honest men," and after that "Our noble selves." This occasioned as much laughter as cheering. "The Bishops," elicited thunders of applause. "The admission of Dissenters" was received with a cry of scorn- -"non-admission of Dissenters" with loud cheering. Mr. Sewell's was then called out, and was received with great applause. "The Dissenters was then called out this was followed by a long-protracted snuffle, and an ejaculation of "Amen" from several voices in imitation of the nasal twang of the conventicle. "The Irish Church Bill," and "the Irish Church Commission," were followed by loud symptoms of dislike and aversion. "The King's Ministers" were hissed as heartily as the bitterest Tory could desire so, too, were the names of earl Grey, lord Brougham, lord Durham, and the duke of Sussex. An undergraduate called out in a stentorian voice, "Down with the present Administration." : On the arrival of the duke, the cheering for "Wellington and Waterloo" was unbounded. The earl of Eldon was very warmly greeted, and sat between the duke of Cumberland and the Chancellor, who read the list of those noblemen and gentlemen on whom honorary degrees were about to be conferred. Dr. Phillimore introduced them to the Chancellor, and in the course of his speech remarked, that, "illustrious as the individuals were, whom he had yesterday presented as candidates for the degree of doctor in civil law, the list of names, which he had that day to present, was equally distinguished; for it contained the names of men of high rank and ancient blood, of high civil and military attainments, and of the most irreproachable lives and characters. There was a circumstance that would make them delight the more in that list, which was, that the parties mentioned in it were most of them Cambridgemen. He would select as the first name deserving of his praise, that of John Singleton Copley, late lord high chancellor, and now chief baron of the Exchequer, who, imbued with the same discipline as their own in the sister University, had raised himself by his eloquence, his talents, and his general kind and courteous demeanour, not only to a place in all their hearts, but also to rank and honours, which scarcely conferred more distinction upon him than he reflected back again upon them. There was also present another ornament of the legal profession, who had now retired from the bench to enjoy, in the privacy of domestic life, that repose which he had so honourably deserved by a long life of public activity. There was likewise present one of the duke's companions in arms, whose VOL. LXXVI. coolness in danger and gallantry in battle were known to no man better than they were to the gallant Chancellor. As one of the liberators of Europe, he was entitled to every distinction which this University could confer upon him." After paying a similar compliment to lord A. Hill, who was also loudly cheered, the learned professor proceeded to declare the pleasure which he felt in having to present to the University as a doctor of civil law viscount Encombe, the only grandson of their old and venerated high steward, the earl of Eldon. After eulogizing other names, he concluded by reading the following list:-The earl of Clanwilliam, lord Norreys, M. P., lord Mahon, lord Encombe, lord A. Hill, lord Monson, lord Bagot, lord Rodney, lord Montagu, lord Teignmouth, lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, lord Lyndhurst, lord Wynford, lord Templemore, lord Stuart de Rothsay, sir Hussey Vivian, general Sabloncoff, hon. T. Parker, right hon. C. Arbuthnot, right hon. H. Pierrepoint, right hon. H. Goulburn, M. P., hon. G. R. Trevor, M. P., hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, hon. F. Spencer. Each of these distinguished individuals was presented to the Chancellor. When the turn came for performing the ceremony of presenting lord Encombe, every eye was fixed upon the earl of Eldon. The scene was most interesting. The old man was affected to tears, and hid his face from view. On lord Encombe's mounting the steps to the Doctor's seat, the Chancellor shook him by the hand, and immediately made way, for him to pass to his exulting and gratified grandfather. Decided marks of applause were G |