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MR. J. W IIACKETT, AI.L.C. . RECEIVES LL.D DEGREE.. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on Mr. J. W.: tackett, M.L.C., by the Sen-' ate of Dublin University on Tuesday, July 1 in the University Theatre. There were six honorary degrees given, and, curiously, they were conferred by Mr.. Hackett's first cousin, the Vice Chancellor, the Rt. Hon. D. H. Madden, Judge of the Irish High Court of Judi cature. The Public Orator in introducing Mr. John.Winthrop Hackett, said: Scitis'sine' dubio quantopere salutis communis morumque excolendorum in-. tersit ut ilia rerum cottidianarum narra tio-quam qimt Acta Diurna adumbra bant, quae nune in tantam potentianm crevit ut imperi Ordo Quartus nominetur -sed scitis quantopere ihtersit ut illa pura sincera verax servetur. .Adest.pur pura nostra ornandus vir quil huio rci. semper deditus longissine processit, ob non mode disciplinanm.,illamn antiquis paene ignotam-n in maius at melius refecit, sed ipse,. in Concilium Supreinuni :Aus traliae Occidentalis praevectus, .floren tissimae illius coloniae fingendae. expo liondaeque pars magna, fuit.._. Quid quad pro sexu illo amabili, qui sexu al tero' mollior vrocatur. venustior certe est, somper totis viribus propugnavit, c e~ duro goneri eorum qui ius suifragii femi nis denegant oblnixe restitit?.. Caelehs adhuc, nr fallor; vixit, sed- verius et ple nius, mehercule, quam Flaccus'ille can .tare potest "Vixi puellis semper idoneue.. ', o Et mihtavi non smine gloria." Giadio est maximo'Ahnan Matri iihn tam fortunatum tam illustrem tan 'boni eficiendi potenterm post multos annd6:in gromiumn recipere et honoribus mier-itis prosequi. Duco ad vos Horiorabilcet IOHANNEM HACKETT. Translation. You .know, doubtloess; how much it:.is to the interest of the public peace and of the cause of morality that thbse ac counts of the events of the day; fore shadowed of old in the "Aeta Diurna," which hive now grown to such power as to be named the "Fourth Estate".you know how greatly it is to the general in terest that those accounts should be kept pure, sincere, and truthful; Here'stands a man, about-to receive honours. from our hands, who, having -given' up his whole life to this object, succeeded io well, thdt snot.only' did he raise and ameliorate 'that style which was al- i most unknown to the ancients, but ad vanced to the Upper Chamber of West ern Australia, and played a part in moulding and developing t?lit prospr rous colony. How shall I tell of the manner in whichlat all times, and:with all his strength, he has fought on behalf of that lovely sex, which-is called by them other the gentler, or, at any rate, the fairer sex, aid opposed 'with all his foice that hardened class of men wsho deny the right, of votiig to women. He- is, if. I am not mistaken, a bachelor, but, in spite of this, I believe that he can, with more truth than Horace, sing, "I havo lived ever pleasing to the fair, and won some glory in the field." It is with the greatest joy that the Alma Mater is able, after so many years, to receive into her bosom, and to load with- well-deserved honours, a son who has been so fortunate and won' such fame, and who is powerfu; in offices of good. I present to you the Honourable John Hackett. -

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