The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-20 00:00:00

Yesterday wan the annual speech day at, gte
WeMagas Oolisp, Sandhurst, sad hopes were atter
tailed that ease member of the :welts:oily *odd honour
the ooLlege with his presence ; but the levee in town Ten-
deredthis hapeasible. The Earl of Derby, heersmer, at.
tended, aad neaniferted the peat interest whisk Ili has
always displayed es vioe-president of the ease& A special
train conveying his lordship and a dietinguidsed party,
left Charispereoret • quarter to 10 &cloak sad after a

plasma* rim through the Surrey coonntri Wellington
llep Stetion was reached M about 11.30. The party
immediately proceeded to the °allegro, and were met at the
Queen's Gat* by the headmaster and assietant•mastdre,
the Be►. C. Sianwell, Be,. T. R. Freer, Rev. C. W.
Penny, Rev. A. Gorr, Rev. J. W. Sperling,
Mews. Fisher, Itionstea, Looter, Griffiths, Tebbe,

aid Payne. The vice-president and governors
at ones entered the hall, and having taken
their seers, a large and fashionable company, including
many of the parents of the students and the local gentry,
soon pled the spechres apartment, which had been taste-
fully decorated under the superintendence al Mr. Lye.,
the steward, and the portrait of the Prince Consort, Fo-
mented to the college by her Majesty, was entwined with ferns
midflowers. ThennapanyincludedtheMarquis of Salisbury,
K.G.,Beri of Dialhouide, K.T., G.C.B.„Esal of 'aka-
borough. G.C.8., Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., Mr. John
Walter, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and the
I Hon. Mkp Phipps, Lord and Lady Dynevor, Earl end
Countess of Longford, Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady
Willshire, the Han. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Talbot, the 800.
Spencer Ponaonby, Colonel and lady Louisa Spencer, Sir
John Pakingtan, M.P., and Sir Robert and Lady Walpole.
Order being obtained, the Head Master said the first prize
to be given that day would be the Queen's medal, and be-
t fore presenting it read the statute of her Majesty on
I which the prise was founded. He said the masters and
ooys unanimously agreed in giving the Queen's medal to
the present head of the school, Mr. Ponaonby. He was
II sure the way in which his name would be received by the
I boys would show bow well they agreed with the master'
decision. Ponsonby then advanced, and having received
the much-coveted prise, was greeted on his return by loud
and long-continued plaudits.
Lord Dam then rose and said that, after the presen-
tation of the Queen's medal, which he felt sure had in this
ease been well and honourable deserved, he might perhaps
be allowed to take the opportunity of expressing his re-
gret that he would nos have the chance of presenting
another prize, which he had hoped to have given this year.
The Queen's medal was awarded, as they had heard, for
general good conduct during a boy's course at the college,
and he was desirous of instituting • prize to be confined
to foundationers, and not only to those, but to the students
who were about to leave. With that object be placed a
capital nun of money in the bands of the governors, suffi-
cient to produce annually Mt., to be given as a prise to him
who bad the best character for industry and general
good couduct. In doing that he thought he was
acting in support of that which they desired to impress
in that school, that their object should bo to attain that
which was substantial, and not that which was but mere
show. The prize was not intended fur the boy who pos-
sessed the greatest talents, but for him wbo bad exhibited
• fixed, earnest, and industrious application in his studies
and general good conduct and obedience to the rules of
the school. Some aimed merely at distinction, but the
object of the great man whose example they should follow
was duty, and that which was substantial and not merely
brilliant. It was desirable that the prize he offered should
not be given as a matter of course, and discretion in this
matter was reserved to three of the masters,
who considered that this year there was not
sufficiently dictinctive merit to justify the pre.
saltation of the prize. The amount of money
would therefore lapse to tht governors, and be added to
the prizes in perpetuity. IleFgretted that he should thus
have been disappointed ; still was glad to learn from
Mr. Benson that he saw no reason to doubt that 'arena
boys in the school would, if they went on as they had com-
menced, in future become entitled to the prize. He
trusted, therefore, that in a subsequent year he should be
able to hand the prize to a foundationer who was leaving.
(Loud cheers.) Lord Derby afterwards presented his
prize for French to Mr. Ghica, son of a Greek prince, and
his lordship said it afforded him great pleasure to give it
to that gentleman ; and it was the more creditable
because neither French nor knglish was his native lan.
guage. (Cheers.)
As the recipients of the prizes (most of which were pre-
salted by the head master) returned to their places, they
were much cheered, and loud applause followed the reci-
tations, te. ; and the delivery of the prize poem, " The
Holy Sepulchre," by Mr. A. W. Verrall, especially
worthy of note. Selections from the German oomedy of
Lasing and a French play were vary lively and amusing.
The proceedings in the hall, which lasted about two hours,
and passed off admirably, concluded with the National
Anthem, sung by the boys, who were led by Mr. Edmonds,
the accomplished organist of the college chapel. The
company, numbering nearly 300, then repaired to a spa-
cious marquee erected on the grounds, and sat down to •
splendid luncheon, provided by Mr. Linden, of the Wel-
lingtou Hotel, whose arrangements were complete. The
.ables were adorned with beautiful bouquets of flowers,
choice exotics, Se., from the conservatories of Mr. Walter
Beerwood. The head master presided. Several toast
were given and responded to, the speakers being Sir J.
Pakington, Lord Derby, and the head master. Shortly
before four o'clock the greeter portion of the company re.
turned to London by special train.

CONFIDENCE IN THE MINIRTRY.—A Westminster
meeting is to be convened at an early date, to express
public confidence in her Majesty's government, and in
opposition to any tory government assuming office, in
consequenoe of the recent vote in the House of Commons.
—IXICESTICR, TUESDAY NIGHT.-At a large preliminary
meeting of representative liberals, held to-day, a feeling
was unanimously expressed in favour of a dissolution of
parliament rather than a resignation of the ministers. A
town's meeting is to be held on Thursday.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. KENYON PARKER,
Q.C.—Yesterday Dr. Lenkester resumed the inquiry res-
pecting the death of Mr. Kenyon Stephens Parker, Q.C.,
who was run over and killed in Chancery-lane. The in-
quiry, which was held at the Mitre Tavern, Craven-ter-
race, Bayswater, had been adjourned to obtain evidence as
to whether any blamo attached to the drivers of an omni-
bus and cab, or either. Mr. Locock Webb, of 1, Hano-
ver-terrace, Notting-hill, said—l was with deceased on
Thursday, 31st May. We were walking in Chancery-lane
towards Holborn. We had proceeded about 30 yards from
the Rolls Court, when Mr. Parker, who was next the
railings, exclaimed, " 0 look at that cab." I looked
and saw a cab, which had apparently been standing
still, rend against by an omnibus, which wee
very fast. The cab tilted, and the home attach
to it dashed forward and dragged the cab on the pave-
ment. Its driver did all he could, hut seemed to have
no control over it. In another instant the horse dashed
down upon us. Mr. Parker first received a blow on the
chest from the shaft of the cab. He fell, and the near
wheel of the cab pissed over his body. The horse also
seemed to trample on him. I escaped by 'aiming up some
door steps. After the cab had passed I lifted Mr. Parker
up. He was much injured about the head, and was, after
having been taken into a chemist's, conveyed to the
hospital And from thence home. I did not see the omnibus
come into collision with the cab, but I saw both cab and
omnibus whilst in collision. Theomnibus was going at much
too fast a pace for such a narrow place as Chancery-
lane. I might not have considered the pace too
fast for so broad a place as the Bayswater-road.
Mr. Aguas Brown, 16, Berle's-place, Lincoln s-inn—l saw
the accident. I was going into Bymoncl's-inn from where
it happened. I saw an omnibus four or five yards in ad-
vance of a cab. They were both going very fast. The
omnibus drove In towards the kerb ; the cab wanted to
peas. The omnibus pulled up,and the cabmen pulled up,but
the horse, instead of stopping, reared, and went on to the
pavement. The shaft of the cab knocked an old gentle-
man down. The omnibus, when it pulled up, was so ekes
to the pavement that there was not room for the cab to
pass. When the omnibus pulled up it was ten yards a-head
of the cab. There was no collision at the time of the acid-
dent.--Some further evidence on this subject of a rather
conflicting character having been given, the jury returned
a verdict of "Accidental death," but added an opinion that
the omnibus driver should be more cautious in his future
driving.
PLYmorra, Jusa 20.—The troop ship Dar=
from Calcutta on the 25th February. arrived in the
this afternoon with the right wing of the 80th Regiment,
and a detachment of the let battalion of the 18th Regi-
ment. Cholera broke out among the troops at the OM-
menorisent of the voyage. Seven cases terming ted fatally,
but the last case occurred on March 3.