A very remarkable address from the resident graduates of Oxford
and Cambridge Universities has been presented to Lord Hartington, expressing their strong admiration of his attitude in relation both to his resistance to Irish Home-rule and the support he has rendered to the Crimea Bill. This most weighty and cordial address is signed by such a host of distinguished Oxford and Cambridge residents, that it virtually carries with it the full academic weight of the old Universities, comprehending the most distinguished men of all shades of opinion, Conserva- tive, Liberal, and Radical,—indeed, a number of men who but two or three years ago would have been amongst the most enthusiastic of Mr. Gladstone's adherents. These great Uni- versity teachers may represent "the classes" rather than "the masses," but they represent classes who lead the masses, not the classes who are jealous of them.
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