The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-30 00:00:00

THE STATIONEa3'_COHPANr3 GRAMMAR

SCHOOL.

The annual visitation of the Stationers' School by
the Master, Wanlens, and Court of Assiatanta of the
Statiooers'Company, took place yesterday, at the School.
building in Bolt-mud.
The Master of the Company, Joan SinrsoN, Esq., buying
taken the chair, supported by the wardens and other mem-
bers d the court, the proceeding commenced as usual by
the rtethog of the reports of the examiners, C. S. Towns-
bend. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Dr. K.
Schaible, examiner to the University of London, which
were of a highly favourable character. A number of valu-
able prise*, the gift of various members of the court, were
then distributed by the chairman to those pupils who bad
distieguished themselves at the examination. The follow-
tog is a list of the prizes awarded :
Ist Class.—First Butterworth prize, Eedis ; Boater's
prise, Oxley ; Smith's mathematical prize, P. Betts ; Fed
finßalks • Layton prize, Allingharn ; Eivingtoo prise
rench.Jewell; =llll, H. Lambs • drawing,
Lambe; arithmetic,. P. Betts ; algebra, Layton; Latio,
Sullen • sewed writing sad dragriog, C. Newton.
2ud 'Chum—Second Butterworth Prize, A. Bette;
Warden's Prize, Wilkies • Setwod Layton Prize, C. New-
ton ; English, Down ; Latin. Long ; wntaug, Eynon.
3rd Clam—Third Butterworth Prize. Buell ; Third
Layton Prize, F. Lidiard ; English, C. Banta ; diswiegi,
Bullwiokle ; writing, Staunton.
The diatribution of the prizes was followed by a series of
recitatioos from classical English, French, and German
authors, given with great taste and spirit by the elder boys.
A scene from Shakespeare. read by Sullen, excited marked
and well.merileil eucomium from the audience.

After the speeches, the heed-master,A. K. labiate', Esq.,
M.A., wade a few remarks. Limited as the school was
to a fixed cumber, be could not speak of 110 y greet Moreau
of the scholars *Mee but year. but rhe prescribed maximum
had lweo kept up, and the numbers on the books waiting
for AIIIIIIMAIOD woe • favourable iodination of the
popularity sad efficiency of the school. Being but
• new institution, it could not yet point like
o:det schools to great achievements by former scholars at
the universities. The tests which could at present be ap-
plied were necessarily few, but those supplied by the public
competitive exentieatieus were mast estWacitory. The name
of the school, although it had been barely two years in
existence, could be already found in the lists of the Oxford
local examinations, the preliminary hterary examination
of the Rapti College of Surgeons, the College of Preceptors,
he. Ile thanked the boss for their good coriduct during
the past yew, end for having so well maintained the cha-
racter of the school at the exacuieatian. Those boys who
had been snecessful, be hoped, would regard their honours
as so many inventive' to fresh exertions, and those who had
not succeeded, he was sure, would asterism no envious feel-
ings towards those who had proved their superiority after •
fair competio inn. hot tivhoT resolve to rain a higher place
nextyear. Atha • vote of thanks to the chairman sod to the
masters of the school the eompsay adjourned to the }lead
Master's residence, when • substasthl luncheon had been
prepared for them.

MR. IRVINO's COLLICTIOW.—AII the world has
been visiting au exhibition of object. of addend history at
the residence of Mr. living, in Hyde Baskequare. It
appears that Mr. Irving, hawing masted an enormous for-
tune in Austral,. anionget other acts of libel. dry de•er-
mined to benefit his native town of Carlisle by presenting it
with a oollertiou of object of natural history, consisting of
Australian mammals, birds, insects, and eggs, on condition
that the town would provide a museum to contain them.
This the good cameos of Carl.sle declined to do, and their
example was followed by several other provincial towns to
which the carne offer was made. At length Mr. Irving,
tired nut by the apathy of provincial corporations, deter-
mined redistribute his curiosities amongst his friends, who
have been:ailing upon him for the last few days to make
their selections. Some of the specimens are very valuable,
and it is said that the British Museum offered fifty guineas
for one pair of duel's. The collection consisted of Zrl
. specimens of birds, 12 of mammals, 4 boxes of insects, end
35 varieties of eggs.—Ouardien.
' CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION.—The drawing for
Prises lutes place this afternoon in the concert-room at tbe
Crysnd rakes.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
Muslim Iloroltuan's Pure Tea; very choke at 1.. Id. and 4a.
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