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ADDRESS FROM THE UNIVERSITY COURT. r»mJin.S6ri0r ChanceUor (Dr. The former th an(i the Prince with him. The former then re" bha following address from Mae University Royaf High'^ hw' Highness,—Yonr r^ponse u> its unanimoS^wy oon8ented' .m office of Chancellor of fk- ?5t,,on' to assume tne University dS ll University; and the hearty grating to h. wLi* °ffer a and fratefnl appreciation ofkK-^ exPrB8» "8 tliotoby conferred upon it n ^J0110 u' ^»ts are well awa« 0 yo deep interest m .1. 5 Highnesa's welfare of the neonU the of your readiness to 2ve a°1 Md to undertakings d«ilt^^r Pereonal \l They we well aware of K- Pr05n?te nent with which that inteLlt tni°8 Jadf{" vitb which that aid u directly Wh8Xe'S8edxand ve learned that your Royal the headship of our newlv J ?Si^adaccep'ed .» M. »o.»i, an honour hitherto alm^fc ,,t y received that the work of its founders qtoet significant mark of arm with the rider brethren, lay the tradition^*1 our •oar Royal HigLeJ's^SS008 gL060*™" history is in the future. Out Mademi has still to achieve some meaeura S Interest. Nevertheless, both th« Spe? and the plan of our Univ^rrit, °1'R,n olaim, being as it u a may MX ordered system of public education wfT, Jk u f lo a demand and in pursuance of an effort ffi? i ♦ame f/°« the veryheart of the people and which ^ten of all ranks, creeds, and parties had Sd k>gether m promoting. Neither the demand DOr the effort are of this generation alone • and „t tboae who initiated she movement but few »L here to-day. It is 15 years since Sir Hueh fl.„ ended his long and faithfulcareer. Lord AherHa^ nnr rnv«rfld leader, hu boon e» taken from us. Though we witness the harvesZ it is to our predecessors, who faced tfo» discouragement of winter, that the roeed of honour is chiefly due. Nor without ingratitude ooold we speak of our own country alone. We gladly acknowledge tbegenerous support which successive Ministers of her Majesty have given to our efforts. and the President of Bangor College is not alone here to remind us of our debts to private persons srhom we can claim only as adopted sons of Wales. The University that sprang from a popular movement became, as was fit, the University of the people. The representative principle woven into its entire constitution lin^« S—-aa few Universities are linked—alike to the other educational agencies of the country and to almost every condition of life within its boonds. The benefits of the University and participation hi its work are henceforth a public heritage, in vhich all classes may share. Your Royal High- ness has graciously accorded the final element of completeness to a national institution and the University begins ite career with the happy tugury that the Prince and the people of Wales we united in ita work. It would ill convey the teaae of the University or of the Welsh people were we not at least to attempt to express our XoioMW «rratification at =WPM" here I twker Royal Highness the Princess of 2^ a'esand 6h«ir Royal Highnesses the Princesses Victoria and Maud, and to offer our respectful ffucitatbns upon she auspicious event with which the coming month is to be marked. In such a presence we are proud to be able to say that ours is a University which places no bar or disability of any hind in the way of women who may enter its doo-On behalf of the University Court, ISAJIJABD OWEN, Senior Deputy Chancellor. Dr. IIAMBARD OWEN added, as acting Chan. cellor diring the interregnum I have now the, high honour to deliver to your Royal Highness the nufcumenta of the Chancellor's office-the key, naqely, of the University, the seal, and a copy of The charter and statutes, the maintenance of which and of the risrhts and privileges of the University we respectfully commit to your Royal Highness's keeping. (Loud cheers.) In conclfeioD, Dr. Owen handed the address to- the Prbce, together with the key of the University, the seal, and a copy of the charter 1 .J £ »RD LONDONDERRY, K.G. {Photo by Chancellor, Dublin.) and statufeg. Meanwhile members of the Court remained standing. The Prince made a graceful acceptance and handed over the seals of office to Sir Francfc Knollys. T&E SENATE'S ADDRESS. The Ptioce was soon on his legs again to listen to the Allowing address read by Principal V,.ri amu Jones, F.R.S., on behalf of the Senate:— May i&jlease your Royal Highness, the Senate of fcne uiiver3ifcy desire- to offer its warmest welcome b your Royal Highness on this your formal mptIon of the office of Chancellor, and to express its grateful sense of the services you render to the University and to the cause of education in your Principality by undertaking the dutIes of that office. The wiaingness of your Royal Highness to become, atcbIef officer of the University, leader of the educational movement in Wales will slngularJYbeip the growth and greatly contribute to the vitality of the organised system in which that movement yias been permitted to find expres-,loiiso speedily, by reason of the devotion of the Wakh people to an educational ideal, and the ready Vmpathy of tbe,Clown and Parliament. The signal help thus'given by your Royal Highness puts us in remembrance of many stvices rendered to University education by your illustrious ancestors, and especially we call to mind the notable action of his J%jesty George II., in founding the Unive"- it) of Gottingen, so justly celebrated for its coutrilution-4 to the intellectual life of Germany and to the advance of learning and science tbughout Europe. The Seinte begs to assure your Royal High- ness of iteloyal and hearty desire to do every- thing in it| power to promote the usefulness and extend the work of the University, strong in the convjctiontbat under your guidance it will amply fulfil the hiph hopes attending its foundation.— Signed, oabenalf of the Senate, J, VUUAMU JONES (Vice-Chancellor). LORD HENly VAXZ-TKMPZST, LORD HERBERT Mayor of Macbylleth. V ANZ.'l'XVP8ST. (Photos by Pearce, Machynlleth.) Principal Jones, whose clear, ringing tones could be heard in every part of the marquee, in conclusion presented H.R.H. with a patent under the seal of the University conferring honoris cauta, the degree of Doctor in Legibus, The Prince adopted the same course aa in former cases. ADDRESS FROM THE GUILD OF GRADUATES. The Warden (Mr Owen M. Edwards, M.A.) then read the following address in Welsh on behalf of tb, Guild of Graduates :— Yr wyf n cael y faint o eilio'r croeso ar ran Urdd Gvqt Gradd Prifysgol Cymru. Dydd ymysg mil yn haoes Cymru yw hwn. Hyd yn aed wrth wasanaetbu Cymru, bu ymryson a ehamgymeryd yn y gorSennol pell. Ond, os giilir dweyd am ddiwraod byth fod parffaith u^deb amoan ynddo, dyma'r dydd. Heddyw y mae ein Tywysog yn arwain ei genedl hyd y llwyt* 3ydd wrth ei bodd,—llwybr deall a dysg. Dynta ddydd syn goron Hawer ymdrecb, a dydd sien decbreu cyfnod newydd o dwf Gymru, CJfnod 0 wasanaeth perffeithiach i'r Ymherodraeth ao i ddynolryw. Ar ran yr Urdd. OWSN M. EDWABDS, Pen. A literal translation of the.foregoing is as follows I have the privilege of adding my voice to the welcome on behalf of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales. This is a day among a thousand in the history of Wales. Even 10 serving Wales, in times far back, there was strife and mistaking. But. if it can ever be said about a day that it is the expression of perfect unity of purpose, this is that day. To-dlly our Prince leads his people along the path in which they take most delight--the path of understanding and learning. It is a day that crowns many a noble effort; it is a day that begins a new period of the development of Wales, a period of greater service to the Empire and to mankind. On behalf of the Guild, OWSN M. EDWABDS, Warden. After a momentary resumption of his seat, the PBHRCW rose to reply. This was the signal for a spontaneous outburst of appiaase, which must have dearly conveyed to the Royal mind the intense and loving feeling of loyalty of the Welsh people towards the Throne. For:a second ugain there was hushed silence, and the Prince got so far as the Senior Deputy Chancellor, when his toice was again drowned amid the applause of the congregation. The scene at this juncture wia truly a moving one, and one that will never fkde from the memory of those who witnessed it. ALD. GRqVE, Hon. Treasurer of University. (Photo by Atkins and Lockyear, Newport, Mon.) REPLY OF THE CHANCELLOR. A hIOTABLE UTTERANCE. When at last quietude prevailed, the Nim CSANCKLiot made the following reply in rich, clear tones, only hampered now and again by a broublesomeligtio cough:- Mr Dey Chancellor, Mr Vice-Chancellor, Mr Warden, my Lords, ladies and gentlemen,—I thank you cordially for the addresses from the Coon. the Senate, and the Guild, which have just been read, and for the compliment which you have paid DIe by nominating me the fint graduate of your diversity and electing me as its Chancellor. (Loud cheers.) I aeoeded with pleasure to the wish you unanimously expressed that I would accept this high office, for I have watched with approval and sympathy the efforts ot the peopte of Wales to provide themselves with improved means of education in their own county, of which endeavours this University is an outcome. (Oheers.) Nor was I less willing to comply with your request from the fact thatlmy predecessor, the late Lord Ahocdar* -<. lanidawte»-<heM^ hear)—was so distinguished and so true a friend to Welsh education. Although our University has not been long founded, the spirit which originated its existence and which I am, confident will continue to influence its work, is not of modern date. From very early-times, in spite of difficulties and adverse circumstances, the Welsh people have seldom failed to diqaay a m* arked love for literature and learning. (Cheers.) Even in so remote an age as the sixth century, works were produced in which scholars perceive a standard of literary taste very noteworthy for, those early days. Schools of systematic learning in Wales existed only-in itsTnonsetteriss, and from St. David's came forth Asue: to aid Alfred: the Great in his work awo-ip-t his West Saxon subjects. Throughout the Middle Agesi we fiqd the.profession of letters held in universal. respect in Wales, its exponents protected by privileges and treated everywhere as honoured guests and the objects of popular regard while Welsh scholars absent from home constituted a conspicuous element in the cosmopolitan crowds which flocked to mediaeval Oxford. The troubles • of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries fatally obstructed the development of permanent educa- tional institutions west of Offa's Dyke but when England under the Tudors opened its Colleges to the scholastic ambition of Wales, Welsh students were again found thronging to the Eng. lish Universities, and adding distinguished names to the rolls of the learned professions. No is it without significance that Shakespeare, with his intuitive perception of character, representing at this eoocb three highly finished portraits of Welshmen, depicted them all, the soldier, the divine, and the feudal chief- tain, as men of thought and learning. The present educational movement has made still more apparent how universally prevalent in Wales is the love of learning. Is has been above all a popular movement it has not been merely the effort of the few to diffuse an abstract desire for education which bad not previously existed it has mainly represented the practical endeavour of the many to secure for their children advantages, the value of which they could appreciate, although in many cases they had been deprived of the boon themselves. The three Colleges comprised in the general designation of The Unrversity of Wales" have all been founded within the last 25 years, and are witnesses to the earnestness and capacity for Mr HUGHES and Mr MORTIMER GREEN. I Joint Hon. Sees, of Reception Committee. I self-denial.of the people in furthering educational work. The pioneer Collegeof Aberystwyth which we are to visit to-day, as well as its younger sisters at Cardiff and Bangor—(cheers)—have been estab- lished, it is well known, both by the contribu- tions of the poor and the donations of the rich, and the State has rightly extended its aid to undertakings commenced in so honourable a spirit of self-help and carried out with such admitted ability and success. (Loud cheers.) With equal justice the special aspects of education in Wales and the special feelings with which her people regard its development have been recognised by the incorporation of a national University. I am persuaded that our Univer- sity will not be national in name only. Owing to the peculiar characteristics which I have mentioned the future welfare and credit of Wales are in an exceptional degree bound up in the conduct of its educational institutions, and a greau responsibility rests on the University by which the efficiency of similar establishments will in some measure be influenced. It will be our duty to bring still more^closely home to the Welsh people the object of higher education, on which their minds are already set, to offer additional incentives to the continuous,pur- suit of kaowledge, and to aim at developing those particular forms oi mental activity which are most in harmony wnh the genius and instincts of Wales, and which will best enable its inhabitants to assist in furthering the interests of the civilised world. Its aims must be high, its vigilance keen, its care incessant. The field of work on which it is-entering is one of promise, and should it be true to its mission we may confidently anticipate that success and fame will attend its efforts. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) His Royal Highness threw a vast-amount of, feeling into the speech, and the congregation, followed him point by point and lost no oppor- tunity of testifying warm appreciation. Time had lun ahead of the programme considerably, and a commendable'desire was shown to lose no time in getting the proceedings over. ABERYSTWYTH'S MAYOR AND CORPORATION. The Mayor and Corporation and Town Clerk of Aberystwyth nexb appeared in front of the Prince, and the Town Clerk read the following address Mr THOMAS GRIFFITHS, Mayor of Aberyst- wytb, and Chairman of General Reception Committee. (Photo by H. H. Dav-ies, Aberystwyth.) To their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales :—We, the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Aberystwyth. beg with every expression of loyalty to respectfully tender to your Royal Highnesses our hearty welcome to the borough- We gratefully acknow- ledge the high honour conferred by this visit of your Royal Highnesses upon the town, which is greatly privileged, not only in having established in it the senior University College of the Principality, but also in having been chosen for the installation of your Royal Highness as the first Chancellor of the University of Wales. That your lives may long be spated to engage in many such good works is the earnest hope and, prayer of, your Highnesses' most obedient and humble servants.—Given 'under our common seal this 26th day of June, 18%. THOMAS GRIFFITHS, Mayor. ARTHUR J. HUOHSS, Town Clerk. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S RESPONSE. B.R.H. the CHANCELLOR made the following reply thereto:—Mr Mayor and Gentlemen,—We congratulate you on the distinguished position held by-your borough, which represents the seat of the senior University among the three included in your Principality. I can assure you that it affords me great pleasure to visit Aber. ystwyth. accompanied by the Princess of Wales and my daughters, for the ceremony of my installation as Chancellor of tbe University of Walee. We are much interested in the town itself, for in addition to its various attractions it is associated with the records of Edward L, who in 1277 rebuilt your castle. We thank you for your loyal welcome and for your good wishes for our continued prosperity. Let me reciprocate these kind sentiments on behalf of the Princess and myself, and in returning you our thanks for yonr kind address we desire to express our confident conviction that you will long retain your reputation for those valuable characteristics of loyalty and learning for wbich you have always been distinguished. (Load cheers.) ADDRESS FROM THE COUNTY MAGISTRATES. The Rev. RHYs LLOXD, M.A., then read the following address on behalf of the chairman of quarter sessions, senior magistrate, and clerk of the County Council We, her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Cardigan, venture to express most reverently our sincerest happiness and pleasure at your Royal Highnesses' visit to our ooanty. We are proud that no part of Wales is more Celtic than Cardiganshiie, and no county has displayed greater interest in the cause of education. Though Cardiganshire is not so extensive, so wealthy, or so populous as other counties in the Principality, yet no portion of Wales could welcome its Prince and Princess with greater j sad. j»nwh»cq OML subjects be found PLAS MACHYNLLETH. Residence of the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, the hostess of their Royal Highnesses, (Photo by Pearce, Machynlleth.) more loyal to your Royal Highnesses than the Justices of the Peace for the county of Cardigan. The Prince of WALES made the following reply To the County blagistrates,-We received with much satisfaction your address welcoming us to Cardiganshire. I can assure you that it affords us great pleasure to pay a visit to your county. Although, as you say, it may not be one of the largest and most populous in the Principality, it possesses an interest especial to itself. The scenery of the county, which includes Plynlimon, can scarcely be surpassed for its beauty while the inhabitants descendants of those original miners who contributed so materially to the wealth of the district by working lead, copper, and even silver ores, can yield to none in their patriotism and in their loyalty and attachment to the Crown. ADDRESS FROM THE CARDIGAN COUNTY COUNCIL. The Clerk of the Cardigan County Council (Mr H. C. Fryer) then read the following address from that body:— To their Royal Hignesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. May it please yuur Royal Highnesses. We, the chairman, aldermen, and councillors of the County Council of Cardiganshire, gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity afforded by this auspicious occasion to offer to you our most loyal and hearty welcome, and to assure you of the sincere pleasure felt by Aery section of her Majesty's subjects in Wales at your gracious visit to this part of your Principality.: In times gone past kings and heirs to the Throne of England have visited this district, but under conditions far different from those which mark the visit of this memorable day, when, amid the cordial welcomes of an intensely loyal people, and surrounded by the Court of the University of Wales, of which we can to our delight now hail your Royal Highness as the honoured Chancellor, our Prince and Princess come to crown the edifice of higher education, which has been reared under difficulties well nigh insuperable, by the strenuous and self- denying efforts of the people of Aberystwyth. While clinging with patriotic attachment to their national customs and characteristics, and cherishing a warm affection for their ancient language, the people of Cardiganshire and of Central Wales hava been foremost in furthering the improvement of the education of the people, which constitutes one of the chief glories of her Majesty's reign and we recall with pleasure and with pride the fact that the first constituent College of this, the youngest University in the United Kingdom, had its birth in the town of Aberystwyth and the county of Cardigan And speaking not for this county only, but for the whole of Wales, we respectfully tender to your Royal Highnesses our walmest thanks for this your visit and for your gracious recognition of the work of education so dear to the heart of every son and daughter of your own Principality. And we sincerely trust that the cordial appreci- ation with which the visit of your Royal High- )' nesses has been received by the Welsh people in general on this occasion—a truly national one as regards Welsh edneation-will be a source of pleasure and gratification to your Royal High- nesses for many a iong year to come, and that your visit will be an incentive to us, the people of Wales, to aspire to still higher and better things. Given under the seal of the Cardiganshire County Council this 3rd day of June, 1896. CALEB MORGAN WILLIAMS, Chairman of the Council. HENRY CHARLES FRYER. Clerk of the Council. The PRINCE, in acknowledgment, said :-Mr Caleb Morgan Williams and gentlemen,—The pleasure which you assure us is experienced by all seadons, of her Majesty's subjects in Wales at our ALEXANDRA HALL OF RESIDENCE FOR WOMEN STUDENTS and MISS CARPENTER, Prinoipal. (Photos by H. H. Davies, Aberystwyth.) visit to this part of the Principality affords us the greatest satisfaction. It is hardly necessary for me to state how warmly we appreciate your hearty welcome, and how greatly flattered by your congratulations on my election to the post of Chancellor of your University. In view of the opinion entertained in Wales on all matters relating to education, my tenure of this office will, I think, identify me more closely with the feelings and wishes of the inhabitants than would be possible under any other circumstances. I greatly sympathise with your praiseworthy efforts to establish the cause of higher education in the Principality on a firm basis, and I recognise with satisfaction the fact that the residents in Cardiganshire and South Wales have led the van in their determination to ensure the best possible system of instruction for the rising generation.. Let me in conclusion assure you that it is a source kof the highest gratification to me to feel that the Welsh people appre- ciate my visit, especially on this occasion, when accompanied by the Princess of Wales and my daughters, I have come for the purpose of being installed Chancellor of this most important and prosperous University. (Loud applause.) A MASONIC GREETING. Next Lord Kensington, Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasonsof the Western Division .of South Wales, presented an address, but did not read it; and his Royal Highness handed a written reply. In this case the Prince shook hands with the presenter of the address, and this act formed the exception for the day. PRINCE INVESTS THE PRINCESS. A very pretty ceremony followed. H.R.H. the Princess of Wales received the degree of Doctor in Music at the hands of the Prince, there being a pretty interchange of compliments in which the congregation were greatly interested. HONOURING THE GRAND OLD MAN." The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone was then called out to receive the degree of Doctor in Legibus. The aged statesman had scarce moved himself from his chair, when the applause of the day burst forth. All through the proceedings the "Grand Old Man" diyided the attention of the congregation with the Prince; and it was easy to discern how deep and heartfelt is the esteem in which he is held, by a Welsh audience. Throughout the time when the Prince made his first speech he had no more attentive listener than Mr Gladstone, who sat with head bent forward and hand to his ear, in his well-known House of Commons attitude, greedily devouring every word that fell from the Royal lips. Now. when Mr Gladstone advanced, the Prince gripped him by the hand, and there they stood hand in hand for the space of a minute—the greatest statesman of his age and the future King of England. The spectacle was a most touching one. The app. of the congregation was | imaum» I OTHER RECIPIENTS OF HONOURS. Similar degrees were conferred upon Lord Herschel' as the Chancellor of the University of London, and Ear: Spencer as the Chancellor of the Victoria University. Both statesmen met with a most cordial reception, but it was tame after the demonstration accorded Mr Gladstone. The formal and ceremonial proceedings being now over, Mrs Mary Davies and the choir sang Hen wlad," and afterwards the National Anthem, and this, the final scene in the marquee, formed a fitting climax to the brilliant proceed- ings which had gone before. The procession immediately re-formed and entered the Town Hall in the order in which it had left. REPRESENTATIVE MEN IN ATTENDANCE. The members of the University Court invited to the congregation, and most of whom were present, were as follows Members appointed by the Lord President of the Council as follows (1) The Marquis of Bute (2) Justice Sir Roland L. Vaughap Williams; (3) the Rev. T. C. Edwards, B.D.. principal of the Theological College, Bala (president of the Theological Board); (4) the Eyri of Powis (5) John Rhys. LL.D., and (6) Sir Lewis Morris, M.A. (7) Isatn bard Owen. M.P (Senior Deputy Chaucallor); (8) Lady Verney (9) Miss E. P. Hnghes, principal of the Training College for Women Teachers, Cambridge (10) the Rev. J. Herber Evans, D.D., principal of the Congregational College. Bangor (11) the Rev. G. Hartwell Jones, M.A. (12) the Hon. George T. Kenyon (13) Mr D. Brynmor Jones, Q.C., M.P. (standing counsel). The members appointed by County Councils and Corporations of county boroughs were as follows :-Anglesay--John R. Davids, MA., Bangor Brecon—Councillor F. W. A. Roche Cardiff- Aide. man P. W. Carey and Alderman Sanders; Cardigau The Rev. Llewellyn Edwards, M.A. Carwarthenshire Alderman Gwilym Evans and the Rev. Professor D. E. Jones Carnarvonshire—Thomas Charier Lewis and David Pierce Williams Denbighshiro--Col. C. S. Mainwaring, M.A., and John Evan Powell; Flintshire—John Herbert Lewis, M.P. Glamor- ganshire—Alderman the Rev. Aaron Davies, Alderman John Jones Griffith, Alder- inan David Morgan, Councillors John Blandy Jenkins and John Henry Rowland Merioneth- sbire-Thomas Edward Ellis, M.P. Monmouth- shire-AI(lertuaii Edwin Grove, Newport" (treasurer). Councillors John Davies James and Thomas Parry Montgomeryshire — Arthur Charles Humphreys-Ow«n, M.P. (Junior Deputy Chancellor); Newport (Mon.)—Alderman Thos. Jones; Pembrokeshire—Rev. Wm. Evans, M.A.; j Radt)c)r-WTP. Hartland Banks; Swansea— Alderman Richard Martin. Members appointed by the University College of North Waies as follows :—By the Court of Governors—Mr Wm. Rathbone (president), W. Cadwalladr Davies, Professor Ellis Edwards, M.A., and P. P. Pennant. By the Council— Principal Reichel, Owen Owen, M.A,, H. Bulkeley Price, aud the Archdeacon of Bangor. By the Senate—Professor Andrew Gray. John Edward Lloyd, Professor R. W. Phillips, and Professor W. Rhys Robert!. ) Members appointed by the University College I of Wales, Aberystwyth, as follows—By the Court of Governors—Lord Rendel (President). Lieut.- General Sir James Hill?-Joiine.«, G.C.B., V.C. tho Rev. T. Mortimer Green (Registrar of the College), Dr. Edward Jones. By the Council- Principal T. F. Roberts, M.A., Alderman J. Foulkes Roberts, R. D. Roberts (Cambridge), and Wm. Williams, H.M.I. By the Senate- Professor J. Mortimer Angus, M.A. (secretary of the Senate), Professor Joseph Brougb, LL.D., Professor J. R. Ainsworth Davies, B.A., Professor Herman, Ph.D., M.A. I Members appointed by the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire as follows v By the Court of Governors—the Very Rev. the I Dean of Llandaff (president), the Dowager Lady Aberdare, the Archdeacon of Llandaff (Rev. John Griffiths, B.D.), and the Rev. Principal Edwards, D.D. By the Council—Principal John Viriamu Jones, F.R.S. (Vice-Chancellor), the Rev. John Morgan Jones, the Rev. James Douglas Watters, M.A. (hon. sec. Theological Board), Mr Lewis Williams, J,P. By the Senate—Professors H. W. Lloyd, Tanner, M.A., Claude Metford Thompson, M.A., Thomas Powel, M.A., and Charles Edwyn Vaughan, M.A. Members appointed by the Guild of Graduates-Owen M. Edwards, M.A. (warden); Charles Morgah, B.A., R. H. Pinkerton, M.A., D. E. Jones, B.Se. (clerk of the Guild), Edward Edwards, M.A.. the Rev. J. Davies, B.A., W. Lewis Jones, M.A., Professor Anwyl, M.A., Charles Owen, B.A., the Rev. Silas Morris, M.A., J. Young Evans, M.A., Ida A. Perman, M.A., and Alioe Fo^hall, M.A. Members appointed by the headmasters and headmistresses of public intermediate schools— Mr W. Glynn Williams, M.A., headmaster of Bangor (Friars') School; Misi E. A. Fewings, headmistress of Dr. Williams's School, Dolgelly the Rev. E. Philip Howell, M.A., Pentretb Rectory, Anglesey. Members appointed by the head teachers of public elementary øcbooJs-Mr TOID John, master, Llwynypia; Miss Annie Rule, mistress Radnor-road Board School, Cardiff, Mr Lewis D. Jones, master of Garth Board School, Bangor. PROCESSION TO THE COLLEGE. Immediately upon the conclusion of the install lation ceremony the procession was re-formed and left the Town Hall for the College amidst a scene of great enthusiasm, passing along Queen's-road and North-parade, both of which were charmingly decorated with graceful festoons, into North- parade and thence into Darkgate-street. At the junction of the two latter thoroughfares the carriage passed beneath a very prettily-designed floral canopy like a diadem, which spread across the street, it being broader at this point than elsewhere. The view looking down Darkgate- street from the top of the hill as the procession came up was pretty in the extreme. Below a sea of upturned faces; above streamers and bunting, the brilliant procession filing up the centre of the crowded thoroughfare; and, as a background to all, the mountains rising at the rear of the town. Outside the Oollege were two companies of men from the gunboats, with their short muskets, blue jackets, and big man-of-war bats. They came up to attention as the Royal escort and carriage pulled up and remained so until the Royal party, of whom the Prince and Princess retained their academicals, had all passed beneath the porWaud disappeared withiu the walls of the College. AT THE COLLEGE. It was now shortly after 2 o'olock, and the Royal party, upon their arrival, were received in the entrance hall by Lord Rendel (the president), Lady Rendel, and the officials. A choir of students placed near the entrance sang the College song under the conducborsbip of Mr David Jenkins, Mus. Bac. The English words are by Xnfm9K4wwwfb Q, and the Welsh J paraphrase by Professor Anwyl, the opening verse reading Some boast their classic stream, Where nymphs and naiads dream. Their buildings touched by time till old and grey Our College towers in pride By the west-em waters side, where wild waves vainly beat along the bay. Fair may your future be our College by the sea, While wind and wave make merry minstrelsy Rage ye gales ye surges settle, Aberystwyth fu a fydd. The Prince and his suite noted with interest the magnificent viewofthebay to beobbained from the windows at this part of the building, and subsequently prooeeded within the entrance ball and to the retiring-room, the commanders of the cruisers in the bay having meanwhile been Sresented to H.R.H. in the corridor by Lord Mendel. Simultaneously there was a large assemblage of notabilities in the entrance hall, a particularly fine wing presented to the College by an Australian Welshman. Mr Gladstone was conspicuous among a large group, which included Lord Carrington, Lord Kenyon, Lord Spencer, Lord Herschell, and other distinguished visitors, who, with others of the company present, inspected, with much interest, the many attrac. tions within the hall.

THE LUNCHEON. SPEECH BY MR GLADSTONE. At this time the Pier Pavilion-a splendid building which, as its name implies, stands on the pier, within a few yards of the College premises-was rapidly filling with the 500 invited guests, who took the seats allotted them at the 12 long tables running across the building. The Treorky Royal Choristers took up a position on the platform and whiied away the brief waiting time with a very delightful programme cf music. Their Royal Highnesses bad a tremendous ovation. Lord Rendel took the chair, having the Princess on his right and the Prince on his lef t, and among the more distinguished guests present were the Princess Victoria, Princess Maud, the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, Mr Gladstone (hon. graduate) and Mrs Gladstone, Lady Lisburne, Lord Herschell (hon. graduate), Lady Alexan- drina Beaumont, the Senior Deputy-Chancellor (Dr. Isambard Owen), the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (the Rev. J. B. Magrath, D.D.. Provost of Queen's), Lady Llatigattock, Lord Powis, Lady Emily Kingscote, Lord Henry Vane Tempest, Lady Wynn, the Warden of the Guild (Mr Owen Edwards) and Mrs Edwards, Lady Loyd, the president of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (Lord Tredegar), Lady Williams, the treasurer of the Uni versiiy (Mr Alderman Grove), Lady Hills Johnes, the Bishops of Bangor and St. Asaph, Mr and Mrs William Jones, Lord Kenyon, Mr and Mrs Humphreys-Owen, Senior Standing Counsel (Mr Brynmor Jones, Q.C., M.P.) and Mra Jones, Mra Grove, Lord Llangattock, Mrs Mary Davies, H.R.H. the Chancellor, Lady Rondel, the High Sheriff of Cardiganshire, H.R.H. the Princess Maud, Lord Spencer (hon. graduate), Lady Carrington, Lord Londonderry, Lady Kensington, the Vice- Chancellor (Principal Viriamu Jones, F.R.S.) and Mrs Jones, Lady Penrhyn, Lord Lis- burne, Lady Aberdare, Lord Carrington, the Hon. Mr and Mrs George Kenyon, Lord Herberb Vane Temp.-afc, Lady Verney, the President of the University College of North Wales (Mr W. Rathbone, LLD.), Sir George and Lady Morgan, Lady Llewelyn, Mrs Davies Evans, Lord Kensington, Lord Penrbyn, Mra Owen Edwards, Lord Aberdare, Mrs Brynmor Jones, Mr Vaughan Davies, M.P., and Mrs Vaughan Davies, Sir Joseph Bai!ey, and many others whose names appear in the lists already given above. Grace was said by the Ven. Archdeacon Piobhero, vicar of Aberystwyth. The luncheon was excellently served, having regard to the short time allotted to the proceedings, but owing to the advanced hour the toast list had to be taken up before the courses were half through. The PRESIDENT (Lord Rendel) proposed the toast of "The Queen," and declared it his first duty to offer their Royal Highnesses, on behalf of that distinguished company, the moat devoted, the most respectful, and the most cordial greeting. (Cheers.) They now witnessed the entrance of her Majesty upon the sixtieth year of her long and glorious reign. (Applause.) It bad been a period of sixty years of unswerving devotion to her high calling, sixty years of unsurpassed prosperity of her people, and sixty years of ever. widening responsibility and dominion. The toast was received by the audience up., standing, the choir singing the National Anthem. SPEECH BY MR GLADSTONE. Mr GLADSTONE, who was received with load round after round of applause, said May it please your Royal Highness, Lord Rendel, my Lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I have been chosen to a post of honour and danger in pro. posing a toast of peculiar interest on the pre. sent occasion, and very closely akin to that loyal toast which has just been' drunk with so much enthusiasm. I am aware of no title to that preference that I possess except the one title which is absolutely undeniable, and that is the melanoboly privilege of seniority. I have great pleasure, however, in rising to dis- charge this duty. Your Royal Highness and the Princess bear a title of the division of this country in which we are now assembled. (Bear, hear.) You may notice, I think, that Wales is the only one of the four principal divisions of this island which has the honour and privilege of giving collectively a title to a great number of the Royal family. (Cheers.) Your Royal High. ness, on the other hand, has had the great privilege of bearing that title—and I believe I may say also of the Princess she has borne her share of that title-longer than any person who has ever before possessed it. (Hear, hear.) I hope that will always be remembered as not only a very long enjoyment of a distinguished position, but likewise as an enjoyment of it, closely associated with the discharge of publio duty and with a manifestation of a true affection towards this interesting division of the country. The duties which to-day you have, I must be permitted to say, so admirably performed, will greatly contribute towards creating and sustain- ing, on behalf of your Royal Highness, a reputation, and a just reputation, in that behalf. (Oheers.) With regard to her Royal %Uigimm the Princess, I think myself very fortunate in this respect, that the conditions of time under which I speak entirely preclude any attempb on my part to describe to you the Princess of Wales as she would deserve it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) And I am bound also I to say that it is a task that I would much rather undertake in her absence than in her presence. (Cheers and laughter.) However, this toast will require to you, my lords, ladies, and gentle- men, no elaborate recommendation. I will only eay that I cannot but bear in mind that the circumganceil of time and place give to it a character, in my judgment, singularly appropriate. Sir, it has only been within a limited portion of my recoilection and fully within the recollection of your Royal Highness that the people of Wales have awakened to a self. conspicuousness so distinct that they have been in a condition to make the most gallant and, I rejoice to say, the most successful efforts towards organising forthemselvesan institution in harmony with their national history and their national tradition and feeling, and that work of organisa- tion has received the most emphatic sanction to. day from the presence of your Royal Highness and the Princess of Wales. (Cheers.) If it be permitted even to insinuate into a toast on a festive occasion something that lioa beyond its mere letter, I hope I may say that everyone who bears me and everyone who drinks this toast will not cease ro bear in mind that the illustrious parents are accompanied on this happy occasion by their daughters, and that one of them is about to enter into the bonds (.f matrimony, to whom I am persuaded every one of us devoutly wishes and prays that the ceremonial of marriage may be a precursor of existence crowned with every durable and valuable blessing. (Cheers.) Just one word more. Permit me to say that this is an age which is appropriately signalised by the foundation of Universities. I am not now about to enter into any of the questions of controversy and difficulty connected with the various branches of education. No doubt there are some of those that are difficult. I am persuaded that in this University they will be faced in a spirit of intelligence, in a spirit of charity, and in a spirit of regard for the conscientious rights of all parties in all quarters, and that is the best promise wo can have for their satisfactory solution. (Hear, hear.) What I mean is this A University after all, speaking largely and generally, represents the principle of mental cultivation. Well, sir, there never was a time when it was more requisite, more urgently necessary, that the principle of mental cultivation should be thrust into the foreground and held up high before the entire community, for we live in a period when what I may call wealth-making conditions are multiplied to an enormous extent. The enjoyments of life-I speak among those who have the means of commanding

RECIPIENTS OF HONORARY DEGREES. MB GLADSTONE. I EARL SPBNOER. LORD HERSCHELL. those enjoyments the enjoyments of life and the conveniences of life have grown around us ever since my boyhood in a degree that can hardly be conceived by those who have not witnessed the change. The meaning of all this is that wealth is acquiring a still greater hold upon us. The hold of wealth upon mankind was always sufficient; but, my Lord President, wealth, which is a good servant, is a bad master and there is no master who has had the power of degrading the human being more than the un- ehooked dominance of wealth. Against the dominance of: wealth a University re- presents the antagonism which is offered to it by mental cultivation. The mind of iran should be treated as—what it is-a rich domain, requiring only to be well ploughed, and to be well sown, and to be tended, in order to yield the richest harvest; and in order to main- tain an effectual protest againsb that unchecked pursuit of material interest which, beHeve me, consbitutes one of the greatest social and, I may even say, one of the greatest spiritual dangers of the period in which we live, (Cheers.) I have already trespassed too long upon your attention. (Cries of No, no.") I will trespass no longer-(" Go on ")-but will propose the toast I have the honour of submitting, namely The Health of their Hoy»l Ut^tuiessos the Prince and Princess of Wales." The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, the choir singing in Welsh God Bless the Prince of Wales." THE PRINCE'S REPLY. The PRINCE of WALKS, replying, said Most cordially do I thank you, in the name of the Princess of Wales and in my own, for the kind way in which thid toast has been proposed and received. (Cheers.) You will all join with me, I am sure, in shanking the veteran states- man and eminent scholar, Mr Glad- stone, who, notwithstanding his advanced age, has undertaken a journey, neces- sarily fatiguing, in order to pay a compliment to the University of Wales and to myself as its Chancellor. I may truly say that one of the proudest moments of my life was when I found myself in the flattering position of being able to confer an academical distinction upon Mr Gladstone, who furnishes a rare instance of a man who has achieved one of the highest positions as a statesman, and at the same time has attained such distincbion in the domain of literature and scholarship. His translation of the Odes of Horace would alone constitute a lasting monument to him, even bad he not accomplished so much besides which has rendered him illustrious. Nor do we extend a less warm welcome to Mr Gladstone's ever-faithful com- panion and helper during the years of his busy life. We have received this morning other visitors of high distinction the profound and erudite lawyer who presides over the work of the University of London, the excellent adminis- trator whom the Victoria University has elected to its chair, the acting head of the world-i enowned Oxford, and many others. To all, both from within and from withoub the Principality, we desire to tender our thanks. (Cheers). I need hardly say how much we always enjoy a visit to Wales, with its lovely scenery; and our pleasure is greatly increased on this occasion which is marked by a ceremonial of such deep interest. I will now ask you to drink to the success of the University of Wales and its three constituent Colleges. Of the University, its origin, development, and hopes- (applause)—I have already to-day spoken at some length and words are hardly required further to arouse your enthusiasm for an under- taking so national and meritorious, and for an institution so full of promise. I cannot, however, let this occasion pass without at least some brief allusion to my lamented predecessor (Lord Aberdare), whom I numbered among my personal friends, and whose devotion to duty and whose capacity for public business I had ample I PROFESSOR ROBERTS. 1 opportunity of recognising when we sat together as colleagues on the Royal Commission for the Aged Poor. Of the three Colleges which constitute the University I must say a few words. We are to-day the guests of the president and Council of the oldest of the three, the pioneer institution which converted the idea of higher secular education in Wales from a dream into a practical reality. (Cheers.) The story of this College and its foundation as it has been told to me is one of devoted patriotism, of unweari edexertion, and of unbounded faith in the future, and its younger sisters at Bangor and Cardiff have worthily followed in the same path. On a of these has already outstripped tbe oldestColIege in numbers, and all three are honourable rivals in efficiency and utility. The prosperity of the University is inseparably bound up with that of the Colleges. They are jointly responsible with the University for the standard of education of which its degrees will be a token and its fame must necessarily bo founded on the excellence of the work done within their walls. To the University and its Colleges, partners in a great and distinguished work, let us wish every possible prosperity and j success. (Cheers.) I cannot close without taking advantage of this opportunity to express my cordial thanks to all those gentlemen who have iassisted in making the ceremonial and proceed- ings of to-day so great a success and especially do I wish to mention the name of Dr. Isambard j Owen, our Senior Deputy Chancellor. Hir oes a dedwydd i chwi oil." (Loud applause.) THE VICE CHANCELLOR. Principal VIRIAMU JONEi, in acknowledging > the toast of the University, said: I count it the I bigbesb honour that it falls to my lot, as Vice- Miss Violet Denniss, four years of age, offering bouquet to the Princess at Welshpool Station. Chancellor, to respond on behalf of the University to the toast which you, sir, have proposed in language ksol encouraging, and which this repre. sentative assembly has received with an approba- tion so moving. It is something over two years since the University Court first met at the Privy Council Office to receive its charge from the Visitor. That was our birthday. Since that time, statutes, degrees, regulations, and schemes of study have beeu framed, and our first degree examinations are now being held. (Hear, hear.) I trust that all this has been done in a way to illustrate the capacity for busiuess, the grasp of the principles of public life, and the way in which public questions should be dealt with, which is characteristic of the people of Wales-if we may accept, as I hope we may, a recent utterance of the Junior Deputy-Chancellor, Dr. Isam- bard Owen (cheers) whose name I cannot mention on this occasion without at the same time expressing the respect and admiration I feel for the part he has taken in the initiation and development of the University. (Cheers.) We are again met to-day—this time in full congregation of the University-keeping. as it were, a new birthday in celebrating your Royal Highness's advent to the office of Chancellor. (Applause.) Believe us, sir, we count it a great thing that you have become our leader. (Cheers.) It emphasises in marked degree the claim we have made on behalf of the University-that the Uni- versity of Wales is Wale. itself organised for the guidance of higher education, the advance- ment of learning, and the promotion of research. (Hear, hear.) This union of Prince and people, this great representative gathering, brings to the University authorities a message that will help them in the work they have to do, for they speak of a national determination to spare no pains to make the University worthy of taking rank side by side with the great Universities of the world and so speaking they will tend to strengthen in us the independence and self reliance without which no great life is possible. (Hear hear.) There are two salient features in our University constitution the first is the repre- sentative character of the governing body, but upon this I will not now enlarge. The second is the position of absolute equality assigned to women in our charter. (Cheers.) The last paragraph of the first clause in the charter runs as follows Women shall be eligible equally with men for admittance to any degree which the University ill by this our charter authorised to confer. Every office, hereby created in the University and the membership of every authority hereby constituted shall be open to women equally with men"- (cheers)—and this clause has received eventful exemplification to-day by the gracious entry of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales into the Guild of Graduates as Doctor in the Faculty of Music. (Applause.) To the visitors at our meetiug in congregation I give thanks in the name of the University for their presence and very specially do we desire to thank other Universities for the sympathy they have shown us on this occasion of rejoicing by the presence Mr IVOR JAMES, Registrar of University. (Photo by Freke, Cardiff.) (Photo by Freke, Cardiff.) of their distinguished representatives. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I have only to say that the University authorities will feel themselves cheered and encouraged by the events of to-day's congregation, and by this toast and its reception with all thab its proposal and honouring imply. (Applause). PRINOIPAL REIOHEL. Prinoipal REIOHKL (Bangor) thanked the Prince of Wales for the kind and discriminating words in which he commended the toast. The constituent Colleges, he said. owed a .great debt of gratitude to the University, for it had conferred upon them the privilege born of academic freedom, that gift which was the very breath of life to University study, which more than anything else was what distinguished the home of high learning from an institution for the passing of examinations. It ultimately depended upon the authorities of the native Colleges what 'should become of the University. He noticed that the Colleges re- cognised the fact that great privileges carried with them corresponding duties, and that they pould best show their sense of the great privilege which had been conferred upon them by most jealously guarding the high standard of academical attainment in their professional staffs, and by encouraging those staffs to devote their best energies to the University. (Cheers.) PRINCIPAL ROBERTS. Principal ROBERTS (Aberystwyth), also re- sponding, said he had an opportunity of knowing the inner working two of the constituent Colleges, and for them, as well as for the three Colleges, he could say that they weie engaged in an effort- earnest, strong, and sincere-for the attainment of those objects which the new University of Wales shonld strive for. He was full of hope that the standard pet before them would not be unabtained. (Hear, hear.) Principal Roberts concluded by referring to the help the College had received from the municipal and county authorities. This concluded the proceedings within the luncheon room, and the Royal party retired to the Central Hail of the College, where coffee was served. The Treorky party meanwhile rendered a programme of Welsh glees. FROM THE COLLEGE TO THE HOSTEL. Aberystwyth never looked lovelier than it did at the moment the Royal carriage was passing along the magnificent esplanade that forms such a beautiful crescent, having as its extremities the Castle Rock and Constitution Hill. It was about a quarter to 4 when the Royal party at length left the College and drove on to the esplanade. Looked at from a picturesque standpoint it was a scene not to be forgotten. All the windows in the lofty row of houses which front the esplanade were filled with spectators, and from each window hung bunting or bannerettes. On either side of the road delicately-fashioned Venetian masts arose at frequent intervals, and from these hung festooned cords with countless pennons fluttering in the breeze. This, backed as it was by the grey houses, was tasteful enough, hub imagine behind it the rising mountains at its northern extremity, the rocky fastnesses of the Constitutional Hill, and at the south the sombre turf-topped Castle Hill, and you have a picture, filled in, as every nook and corner was, by crowds of spectators [ in gay-coloured dresses. To the west you gazed far over the bay, which was as blue almost as the Mediterranean, flecked here and there with a line of white foam over the shelving spurs of rock than ran right out into deep water. Across the sunlit waters the two cruisers, the Hermione and the Bellona, decorated from stem to stern with streamers rode, bravely a anchor. Equally gay and festive was the pretty r iron pier that juts out into the sea to the south, and far across this you could see St. David's Head, while In the far north the Carnarvon peaks shot up into the blue and broke the sky hne 60 miles away. It was royal weather. The sun beat down fiercely, and would have been well-Big)) unbearable had it nob been for the cool breeze that gently fanned the air into a delicious I temperature.

OPENING OF THE WOMEN'S HOSTEL. I A few minutes' drive brought the Royal carriage to the entrance to the Women's Host. which shelters just under the lee of Constitution- j hill, at the northern extremity of the esplanade. Here a battalion of Breoonshire Volunteers formed a guard ol honour, and a large and commodious stage was erected at the north end of Marine-terrace, on which a children's choir, numbering over 700 (under the conductorship ot Mr J. T. Rees, Mus.Bac.), sang the following Welsh airs with rare vigour and enthusiasm Glan Mewddod Mwyn" (Oil let the kind I Minstrel), Caru 'r laith yw gwaith y Cymro (I think on thee), and Merch Megan1 (Megan's daughter). 'The Royal partj were received by the President and other College officials. Mr and Mrs}Gladstoner who had arrived a few minutes earlier, werf conducted to the dining-hall of the Alexandrl Hall, where the women students of the College bad assembled. They cheered Mr Gladstone verj heartily as the Grand Old Man, in his academic robes, walked slowly to the back of the dais, leaning heavily upon his crozier-shaped, silver. mounted walking-stick. It was a hot and tiring day for a man of his years, and considering the fact that he had undergone the ceremony in thf morning, and had just delivered a sympathetic speech at the banquet, he bore himself witt remarkable firmness, and on sitting down entered into an animated conversation with Mrs Davie( Evans. A moment later, and the Royal party had entered and taken up their seats on the dais, while Mr David Jenkins took his choir of lady students through the Clychau Aberdyfi" and Mrs Gladstone chatted eagerly with Princose Maud, the young Princess appearing to be a great favourite with the old lady. Then MiS" Carpenter presented a gold key to her Roya! Highness the Princess of Wales, who then declared the hall open. Sir Lewis Morris wat, Boon on his legs proposing a vote of thanks, whicb, unfortunately, the members of the Press were unable to hear. Mr Edward Davies (Llandinam) seconded, and his Royal Highness the Prince, replying on behalf of the Princess, said how pleased they had been to be present, and expressed a fervent hops that the hall would provo in the future a centre of mucn useful educational work, and that tn. lady students might increase as the years went on. The Royal party were then conducted round the hall by the lady principal and the officials. Mr EDWARD DAVIES, Llandinam, Hon. Treasurer of the University College of Wales.

ALEXANDRA HALL. The residence for women students has a history as gratifying as those of the University and of I LADY ALEX. BEAUMONT. the College a history most encouraging to the friends of educa- tion, because of the additional proof it affords of the eagerness of the people to avail themselves of advan. tages offered. Thirteen years ago there were no women students all Aberystwyth this session there are more than 150. The College is honourably distin- guished by its having placed women and men upon a footing of equality, and there are the further attractions that Aberystwyth is a healthy location and that the tuition fees are moderate. It was in October, 1884, that Aberefeldie House, at the cliff end of the terrace, was chartered as a Hall of Residence for women students but residence was not made compulsory, and the inmates of the Hall were but few. Compulsory residence for women students was decided upon for sessjoø 1887 88, and this session was also marked by she appointment of Miss E. A. Carpenter as lady priucipal of the Hall, a post which she still holds. Later on a second home had to be taken, the growth of numbers making one house insufficient, and by the time session 1891-92 was on the wane, came the momentuous step of taking the Queen's hotel for the following session. At the present time Balmoral House is too small to serve as an overflow hall," and a third building has been appropriated. Late in 1891 an Appeal Com- mittee was appointed by the College Council with with the view of collecting funds for the purpose of erecting a permanent hall of residence. and a sum of nearly £1,000 has been so far given or promised to the Ap- peal Fund. For a time, chiefly owing tc the financial difficulties of the College resulting- from heavy debt, the hall scheme remained m abeyance but about two years ago new life wa* infused into it. Owing mainly to tbe untiring exertions of Sir Lewis Morris a grant of 22,002 was obtained from the Pfeiffer bequest. a fund of £ 70.000 left in trust fot the advancement of women's education by a Welsh lady, Mrs Emily PfeiffeB (nie Davies). This piece of good fortune, added to the sum collected, turned the scale in favour of the proposed ball. and the next step in advancs was due to the Aberystwyth Corporation, by whose generosity a site was provided on the sea- front at the extreme north end of the terrace. The College Council have also taken the wise step of purchasing Balmoral House, which adjoins the site on the south side, so that future extension in that direction will be a possibility. The neve hall will not extend so far as the extreme north end of the site, which abuts against the path leading up Constitution-hill, and the remaining space will be available for an additional wing. sure to be needed in the immediate future. It will accommodate 110 students, and Balmoral House can take in only 19 more, so that, as but- 133 out of the present 151 women students reside in the hall, no provision is being made to meet next session's probable increase. There are five storeys, not including the basement, which wilt be used for storage. The block has a sen. frontage to the west of 118 feet, and extends for 94 feet from front to back, part of the central space being occupied by a courtyard. The chief room on the ground floor isl the dining-hall, running east by west. Next to it is a suite of drawing-rooms, and on the same floor there is a matron's room* servants'hall, and kitchen of 29 feet by 20 feet. The remaining four floors are mainly occupied by general studies, private studies, ordinary bed-. rooms, and study-bedrooms, a great deal of space being occupied by the last form of accommoda- tion, which finds increasing favour. The Lady Principal's private room is on the first floor, its bay window being immediately over the entrance. There is also a library, where 400 volumes already presented can find a permanent home. The estimated cost of the new hall (including Balmoral House) is 214,000, and a further sum of £ 3,000 is necessary for furnishing, which is being carried out in accordance wibh the beat educational ideas. A WELSH HERO. During the few moments that yet intervened before the departure of the Royal party from the Hostel his Royal Highness found an opportunity to invest Mr Ellis Roberts, a Ffestiniog quarry. man, with the medal of the Order of SII. John of I Jerusalem for the heroism he displayed some time I ago in rescuing a fellow-workman from what appeared to be imminent death. The circum- stances under which the recipient so well earned the distinction conferred upon him deserve repeating. Mr David Morris, a quarryman, was J working on a ledge on the side of a quarry at Festimog, about six yards from the top and about 250 yards from the bottom. He was working with one hand and holding to a rope with the other, when a stone fell and literally cut off half the hand that was holding the rope. With finger and thumb, however, he continued to cling. The accident attracted the attention of Eilts Roberts, who was working above. Realising the terrible position of Morris, and seeing that he could not hold his ground for many seconds. Roberts, with no thought of the danger to himself, liberally jumped down to the ledge, grasped the rope, and took bold of the unfortunate sufferer. Had he missed his footing both lives must have been sacrificed. Other men quipkly descended by means of ropes, and be and his brave rescner were soon brought to safety. THE DEPARTURE. The Royal party were timed to leave the Women's Hall at 3.55 p.m., but it was long after thab time before a starb could be made. Meaif time the station approaches had been thronged. The platform itself was not inconveniently crowded owing to the excellence of the arrangements made. The carriage and escort I left the Women's Hostel shortly after half-pagt 4. and the enthusiasm of the populace was unbounded, though eminently respectful. It was a quarter to 5 before the Royal party approached the station, and then the Central Wales Choir struck up "God Bless the Prince of Wales" on the platform. A guard of honour of the Pembrokeshire Volunteers was drawn up. under the command of Oaptain Davies, Nearly all the notable personages oltbe day's proceedings were on the platform. Their Royal Highnesses made themselves extremely pleasant, chatting and shaking hands all round in a most cordial manner. At 10 minutes to S the special train steamed out of the station far Machynlleth amid rousing cheers, and the Prince and Princess repeatedly bowed their acknowledgments. MR GLADSTONE'S DEPARTURE. t No sooner had the Royal train doparbad th" Mo Gladstone and Lord and Lady Usisdol arrived on the platform to depart for Hawarden Castle. Their special train should have left at 4,35, but that was impossible under the circnm. stances. Mrs Gladstone and her party took seata in the special saloon, and then there bac"D a wait for the G.O.M. He did not reach the • ration

•he University of London, and Earl Spencer, as b,DCel0 0f thfl Victor,a University. OJen • r'°vDftWChan«>»<». Dr. Isambard ?on";R Se.VrCTbaOCe1^ Viriamu Jon«s R.S. the Jun.or Deputy-Chancellor, Mr *-»• "amphreys- Owen, M.P. ^The Warden of the Guild—Mr 0, M. Edwards, The Presidents of the Constituent Colleges-Mr W.lham Rata bone, LL.D., 0f Bangor; Lord Rondel, of Aberystwyth and Lord Tredegar, of The Treasurer-Mr A!dermao Grove. The Senior Staoding Counsel-Mr Brynmor Jones, Q.C., XLP. The President of the Theological B ard-ibe Rev. Principal T. C. Edward4 D.D. Davies" St*ndinR Coansel Mr Cadwaladr The University Solicitor Mr C. Maynard Owen, LLM. The Principab of tbe Coostirnent Colleges other Jhan th. V.ce-Chancellor-Principal Reicbel, M.A of Bangor, and Principal Robert*. M.A., x Aberystwyth. Jnlel °f the Poirersity-Mr Ivor The Secrp-tary of the University Seuate-Prc)- Mor Angui, M.A. The Clerk of the Guild-Mr D. E. Jones. B.Se. lhe Hon. Secretary of the Theological Board- 1'be Rev. J. Douglas Watters, M.A The choir sang "Ar D'wysog Gwlad Y Bryniau" during the eitry of the procession, •od the Chancellor having taken his seat, tbe *»*« The Druid's Chorus." in< 'k-f 'J"6, *'16 conRre8at'on remained stand- £ g. whilst salutes were fired from H.M. ships Hermione and Bellona. When the whole of hi8 party had entered, the congregation resumed obeir seats. MR GLADSTONE AND HIS GRANDSON. Mr Gladstone, who looked hale and hearty, k a seat on the level in the company of Earl 3pencer and Lord Herscfcell. No sooner had the Grand Old Man found a seat than his little grandson, who was two rows behind him. came round and asked him if he had his programme. The aged statesman beamed on him and told him be bad one, and the little fellow gracefully slid back to his seat. LORD TREDEGAR. resident of the University Coiled, Cardiff.