but at Bagshot. Serjeant Blossett the Mayor's Assessor allowed the vote. Afterwards, however, a Quo Warranto Information was filed against Harvey, who disclaiming, judgment of ouster was given.(1)

The Church Missionary Association for the Town, County, and University, was established at a meeting held in the Theatre at Barnwell, on the 18th of November.(2)

An Address of Condolence, from the University on the death of the Queen,(3) was presented at Carlton House, on the 4th of December, by the Hon. and Rev. George Neville M.A. Vicechancellor ;(4) and on the 9th of December, a similar Address was voted by the Corporation.(5)

On the 31st of December, was published the first number of the Cambridge and Hertford Independent Press, with which, in April, 1819, was incorporated the Huntingdon, Peterborough and Bedford Weekly Gazette, which had been published in London, by Weston Hatfield, the same proprietor. The Cambridge Independent Press and Huntingdon, Bedford and Peterborough Gazette is still published. It advocates liberal principles, and has a large circulation.

1819.

At a Town Meeting, held on the 4th of January, a Committee was appointed to confer with the County Magistrates, as to the procuring an Act for a Court of Requests, and a petition from the inhabitants of the town, praying for the establishment of such a Court was presented to the House of Commons, by General Manners, on the 21st of April.(6)

At a County Meeting, held at the Shire Hall, on the 9th of January, Thomas George Apreece Esq. High Sheriff in the chair, an Address of Condolence to the Prince Regent, on the death of the Queen, was unanimously agreed to.(7)

(i) Tancred, Treatise on Quo Warranto, 263.

(2) Cambridge Chronicle, 20 Nov. 1818.

(3) On the Sunday following the Queen's funeral a sermon was preached before the University at Great St. Mary's, by Dr. Marsh Bishop of Llandaff, from James iv. 9. Funeral anthems were also introduced into the evening service at King's, Trinity, and St. John's College chapels.

(4) London Gazette, 5 Dec. 1818.

(5) Ibid. 19 Dec. 1818.

(6) Cambridge Chronicle, 8 Jan. 23 April, 1819.

(7) Ibid. 15 Jan. 1819.

On the 23rd of April, a grace passed the Senate, by a considerable majority, for presenting petitions to both Houses of Parliament against further concessions of political power to Roman Catholics.(1) At the election of Schoolkeeper of the University, on the 31st of May, the votes were, John Taylor, 67; J. Tollworthy, 30. (2)

The Bread Act, which received the royal assent on the 14th of June, contains a similar proviso as to the rights of the Universities, as the Stat. 3 Geo. III. c. 11,(3)

On the 3rd of July, the Duke of Gloucester Chancellor of the University, accompanied by his Duchess and the Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, arrived at Trinity College Lodge. On Sunday, the 4th of May, they attended divine service at Great St. Mary's, were entertained at dinner at Magdalene College Lodge, by the Hon. and Rev. George Neville Vicechancellor and Lady Charlotte Neville, went from thence to the service at Trinity College Chapel, and afterwards walked on Clare Hall Piece. On the 5th, the Chancellor held a levee at Trinity College Lodge, and then presided at a Congregation in the Senate House. At this Congregation, Thomas Babington Macaulay of Trinity College recited his poem on Pompeii, which had gained the Chancellor's gold medal. After the Congregation, the Corporation presented, at Trinity Lodge, an address congratulating the Duke on his arrival. The Duke, Duchess and Princess attended the performance of Judas Maccabeus at Great St. Mary's, dined in Trinity College Hall, and afterwards attended a concert in the Senate House. On the 6th, being the Commence. ment day, the Duke presided in the Senate House, and he, his Duchess and the Princess visited the Public Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the Botanic Garden, attended a public breakfast in Trinity College Cloisters (at which upwards of 1000 persons were present), and were entertained at an evening party at Downing Lodge. On the 7th, the royal party visited Clare Hall, and after attending divine service at King's College Chapel, took their departure for Audley End.(4)

On the 6th of August, Thomas Weems was executed at the Castle, for the murder of his wife, Many Ann Weems, at Wendy. After his body was cut down it was conveyed to the Lecture Room in

(1) Cambridge Chronicle, 30 April, 1819.

(2) Ibid. 4 June, 1819.

(3) Stat. 59 Geo. III. c. 36, s. 25; Vide ante, p. 325.

(4) Cambridge Chronicle, 9 July, 16 July, 1819.

the Botanic Garden, where it was subjected to various galvanic experiments. It was then dissected, and on the following day was exhibited to the populace.(1)

On Sunday, the 29th of August, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex arrived at the Sun Hotel in this town, from Holkham. He dined at Trinity College with the Rev. George Adam Browne, one of his chaplains, and passed the evening at Downing College. The following day after breakfasting with Mr. Browne, and spending upwards of an hour in Trinity College Library, his Royal Highness took his departure for Kensington Palace.(2)

The Cambridge Philosophical Society was established at a meeting of the Graduates of the University, held at the Lecture Room, under the Public Library, on the 2nd of November, Dr. John Haviland Regius Professor of Physic in the chair. William Farish M.A. Jacksonian Professor was elected the first President of the Society.(3)

On the 11th of November, the Corporation voted a loyal Address to the Prince Regent, expressing their detestation and horror at the daring machinations of desperate and abandoned men, who, under the maddening impulse of their infidel and revolutionary frenzy, stopped not to undermine but openly avowed their flagititious designs to overthrow, with the altars of religion, the venerable fabric of the Constitution.(4)

On the 24th of November, the Senate voted an Address to the Prince Regent, expressive of attachment to the Constitution, and apprehension of the dangers by which the civil and ecclesiastical establishments were assailed. This address was presented at Carlton House, on the 7th of December, by the Duke of Gloucester Chancellor, Mr. Serjeant Frere Vicechancellor, six other Heads of Houses, the Public Orator, the Proctors, Registrary and Esquire Bedels, the Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Harrowby, Viscount Palmerston, the Bishops of Lincoln, Bangor, Exeter, Ely, Salisbury, Chester, and Peterborough, Lord Hervey, Lord Calthorpe, Hon. Berkeley Noel, Right Hon. John Beckett, and other noblemen and gentlemen educated at the University.(5)

(1) Cambridge Chronicle, 6 Aug. 13 Aug. 1819.

(2) Ibid. 3 Sept. 1819.

(3) Cambridge Chronicle, 5 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Nov. 1819; Otter, Life of Clarke, ii. 332, 477; Cambridge Portfolio, 121.

(4) London Gazette, 20 Nov. 1819; Cambridge Chronicle, 12 Nov. 26 Nov. 1819.

(5) London Gazette, 11 Dec. 1819; Cambridge Chronicle, 19 Nov. 10 Dec. 1819.

In November, the Haymarket, which had been held near St. Clement's Church, was removed to a piece of ground near the National School, in the parish of St. Peter.(1)

On the 3rd of December, came on the election of a member of Parliament for the town, in the room of General Finch, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The candidates proposed were Lieut.Col. Frederick William Trench and Henry John Adeane Esq. The votes were, Trench, 56; Adeanc, 2. In the evening a mob made a riotous attack on the Hoop Inn, where Colonel Trench was dining with a party of his friends.(2)

On the 15th of December, the Duke of Rutland High Steward of the Town sent to the Mayor £50., to be expended in coals, for distribution amongst the poor of the town.(3)

On the 16th of December, the Senate voted £250. to the National Society for Education, and £250. to the Society for building and enlarging Churches and Chapels.(4)

A temporary Act for more effectually preventing seditious meetings and assemblies, which passed on the 21th December, contains a clause that nothing therein contained should extend or be construed to extend, to any lectures or discourses to be delivered in any of the Universities of the United Kingdom by any member thereof, or any person authorised by the Chancellor, Vicechancellor, or other proper officers of such Universities respectively.(5)

1820.

At the Town Sessions held on the 14th of January, Mr. Weston Hatfield, printer and editor of the Cambridge Independent Press, and seven other persons were indicted for a riot after the Town Election, on the 3rd of December, 1819. Mr. Hatfield was acquitted. The other parties were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for terms varying from five to ten months.(~)

(1) Cambridge Chronicle, 26 Nov. 1819; Corporation Common Day Book, 3 Nov. 15 Dec. 1819; see Corporation Common Day Book, 3 Dec. 1790, 10 May, 6 July, 1791.

(2) Cambridge Chronicle, 10 Dec. 17 Dec. 1819.

(3) Corporation Common Day Book, 15 Dec. 1819.

(4) Cambridge Chronicle, 17 Dec. 1819.

(5) Stat. 60 Geo. III. & 1 Geo. IV. c. 6, s. 31.

(6) Cambridge Chronicle, 21 Jan. 1820.

527

GEORGE THE FOURTH.

1820.

King George the Fourth was proclaimed by the University authorities on the 3rd of February, by the Mayor and Corporation on the 4th, and by John Hall Esq. High Sheriff of the County on the 5th.(1) •

On the 15th of February, the University voted an Address to the King, congratulating him on his accession. It was presented at Carlton House, on the 28th of April, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester Chancellor, the Earl of Hardwicke High Steward, Mr. Serjeant Frere Vicechancellor, eleven other Heads of Colleges, and a deputation from the Senate, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Marquess Camden, the Marquess Huntley, the Earl of Westmoreland, Earl Nelson, Viscount Palmerston M.P., Lords Brecknock, Bridport, Compton, Grey, and Hervey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Bangor, Chester, Ely, Exeter, and Salisbury, Hon. C. J. Shore, Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel, Sir J. R. Eustace, Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, and about 500 other members of the University (2)

On Wednesday, the 16th of February, being the day of the funeral of King George the Third, all the shops were closed, and there was divine service in all the churches and other places of worship. The University went in procession to Great St. Mary's, where, after the Litany had been read by the Junior Proctor, a sermon was preached by Dr. John Kaye Regius Professor of Divinity, from Prov. xx. 8. The Mayor and Corporation went in procession to Great St. Andrew's, where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Walter Gee fellow of Sidney College, from Deut. xxxii. 29. In the evening a dumb peal was rung at Great St. Mary's.(3)

On the 17th of February, the Corporation voted a congratulatory Address to the King on his accession.(4)

(1) Cambridge Chronicle, 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 1820.

(2) London Gazette, 2 May, 1820; Cambridge Chronicle, 18 Feb. 5 May, 1820. (3) Cambridge Chronicle, 18 Feb. 1820.

(4) London Gazette, 25 April, 1820.