DESCRIPTION OF THE BANQUET

GIVEN IN HONOUR OF

THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART.,

M.P.

ON HIS ELECTION AS

LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

DETAILING THE

PROCEEDINGS AT THE ELECTION AND INAUGURATION;

THE ADDRESSES OF VARIOUS PUBLIC BODIES;

AND REPORTS OF THE SPEECHES AT THE DINNER,

CORRECTED BY

SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

CONTAINING ALSO,

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS, PLANS, AND SECTIONS OF THE BANQUETING HALL,

AND THE COMMON HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY.

WITH

A LIST OF THE NAMES Of the nobLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN WHO ATTENDED

THE FESTIVAL.

PUBLISHED BY

JOHN SMITH & SON, GLASGOW;

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH;

JOHN MURRAY, LONDON;

AND WILLIAM CURRY, JUN. & CO. DUBLIN.