The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1856.

TSB WELLINGTON COLLEGE.

TIIE YOUNDATION STONE LAID BY THB QUEEN.

It 'will be remembered that u ems an the fleet
beak of the animal gnat for the loss of the great Dabs of
Wollaston had maid dare into • more solemn sinew
sad grateful reoilleedion elite services which the illustriose
dead had rendered is his coestry, • general diapositioa was
sassed to preserve hi memory to future ages by the eros-
ion of HIM grand animal monument, worthy at ems of
Its object and of the rich and grateful realm by which it
was to be emoted. Various supgestioas were made ; and, in
assordesse with our pnetial habits, alasge sum of money'
was subscribed on the first great prelimizery, and ulti-
mately it was determined that the most worthy sensorial
In boson of the first soldier in the world would be the
(*sedation of a college for the rearing and education of the
orphans of his brethren is arms—•s brave, but not so
femme or fortunate is Smelt The sass evillest**
wee somewhere about 120,0001., sad la the ISM
instance 110,0001. was set spans. an endowment fend, while
with the balsam the future governors of the proposed last-
titian lot about the selection of a Ste, 'and the preparation
of plans for the intended balldiag. After some time swat
in inquiry, a suitable piece of gamed WU obtained Is Berk-
shire within easy distance of Baadkuret, sad situated about
midwey !Swim Blackwater and Wainghans. The cha-
racter of the soil in that neighbourhoods, generally speak-
ing, • rather bleak moorland, bat taterspersed here and
there with picturesque knolL, essay of them thickly sad
beautifully wooded, and on one of these the infant college
already begins to rise considerably above its foundattom
The design is a handsome Palladian elevation, having in
front a stately façade in the later Italian style, and the re-
mainder of the building forms, m Is usual in build*, of
this school, the sides of • guadraagle. Rowe of wiadowe
ran along ha the reef as in the Invalid., la
Paris, sad the whole will be surrounded by a
handsome iron railing with appropriate mimes
gates et regular intervals. It is 'spatted that the
whole expels, Jacinth( the purchase of ground,
will be 65,0001., or shout 16,00 W. more thus the sum
in hand, sad it is hoped that the great Mee given to the
martakiig by the latereetisg 'steamy which took place
yesterday will have • salutary effect is stineulatieg the
liberality of those who—sad who don not f—take an thi-
rst in the concerns of our brave soldiers, and the welfare of
those children from whom they are too often taken away
when fighting the battles of their country.
Nothing could hove gone off better than the whole of the
inaugural ceremony. After the dreadfal weather we have
had for ems weeks put, it would seem es if summer
had set to all at 0n.,, in order that a prosperous beginning
might be made in so important an undertaking. There was
• sheerful opts speckled sky, • fresh bream, and towards
noon quite enough of ran to reader the anfarlis of the
ladies' parasols an indispensable part of the ceremonial.
As the ground Is approached by two railway., the prepara-
tions for the day's travel were divided between the South
Bailers and Booth Western Companies; bat the principal
Strut of the arnagements devolved upon the latter, in-
eluding the highly-impet tact duty of coanyieg her H. jetty
and the royal family to and from Sandhurst. Four of
the directors, Colonel Lewd, Captain Johnston, &deem
Gaselee, and the Hos R. Duthie, had the honour of at-
tending on the royal party, and the travelling was ably
superintended by Mrs. Crombie, Beetle, Gadeoe, and
others of the poindmal Misers of the company. An imams
number of Salsee mime down by the Woe tick& special
trait from Lrgairmbridge, and during the forams both
the South &am and South Mesita Lam were fully em-
ployed bena, down the emmisy. • temporary na-
tion hads erected within esey ammo of the building,
sad Owned from thence to the apet where the mommay of
laying the first atone was to be pedirmed, was Yd with
detachments of the Or-mediae Ganda sad Itept by salvoes
fore. of the nittropclitan polies usher the Wasiak** tom
mead of Cassia Balateed OM • mina" le alas of
the bulidiag, isledieg • swifts quadrangle, is already
above ground, sad round kpfiMles ind been erected for
the aesommodatles of the 11111 palms el the theti-
intim. fa them gelled.* • very lIIMIPPOSSINI ithioubla
company were assembled, mow* wham ea unutuil
, masher of foreign ladies might be sealed. The
arrangements kw bee Majesty's reception osnisieted of •
pavilion, in whisk her Majsety might rest sad 'refresh
anal( upon her journey, and from theme a prams&
covered with assist sloth, and leading to the spot upon
which every thief was prepared for the tempted airemonhal.
The " fist stone sessisted of &large square pies of polished
p ophyry, to be laid on encases of • similar material sad
form, an latentidal WOO being left between the two for the
usual deposit of mine, site. On the atoms was engraved an
therripties to the effect that the Ant stone of the Weapons
College. founded la homer of the memory of " The Great
Dais," and intended tee the education of the orphan ems
of Moen is the nl army and the Rut India Company's
envies, was laid Her Majesty Queen Victoria, en the
Ind June, 1866. Oar the Mean was • pegolsoluthed
maopy, severed with soarlet sloth gad pity paean, and,
emend the stens • carpetted dais for the oesomasedation of
the Own and the other royal and dietingelebed partakers
la the onemoataL A profusion ofd sad streamers de-
aerated the whole quadrangle, and the interior we.
held all round by the Grenadier Guards. As may
be imagined trot these details, the ensemble, la-
eluding the brilliant company, the military display,
and the ocamiosal decorations, all lighted up by the
briohtest sunlight that has been seen aim the r mamma-
meat of the present Bummer, was extremely brilliant and
effective, and the alma: was endued whin the folds et
the royal pavilion Wog thrown open, the inaugural pro-
emial proceeded la the follow Leg order to the setting " the
first stone"

. -Mi* Architect. The Builder.
The Bosomy Soliritor. The Bfiezettry.
High Sheriff of ihe Cosety.
The Governors.
_. _. . _

The Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterban.
The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Bishop of Oxford.
The Lord Steward of The Lord
H. M. Household. Chamberlain.
The Oars. H R.H. The Priam Coaaort.
Member of the Royal Family.
The Orr Officers of S an and other Attridente as
Her Majesty sad the Prior Consort.
Amoapt tho diareguished personages foreleg the Royal
oxlip, the whole of the children formed an lute-
reedits group. the young Princes La Royal sad Stuart
tartan, sad the Processes In the gayest javesils ..,tame.
The Prises of Prussia, who wes the devoted cavalier of the
Princess Royal during the day, was, of soars', the ob-
served of all observers. His Royal Highness is rather a
good ratios yoga/ ran, about the middle height, sad
lightly bat well-formed, and with • preens sad latellipot
osmosis. of trastensace. The Regent of Baden, by
whew his Royal H' buss was aecompeard, is also of
glandes exterior, sod these illasteose preenegts and their
estendlwatsr with their headwater forests suitors, added
sessiderably to the point effect. Is the Royal suit*
were his Royal Highness the Doke of Coat:kir,
also the Duke add Dasher of Wellington, the
Duchess of authorised, Berl Siemer, Sir A. Wood-
rani, Marquis of Abner., Ear of Ellesmere, Honour-
able J. Walpole. Earl of Derby, and S r 0. Grey, the lust
name brag the cabinet minister who had the honour as
this cession to be in oilieiei atuadsnee one her M•jesty.
The prayer woo offered up by his Oran the Archbishop of
Csaterintry, who weencompasied by the Bishop of Oxford,
his gnu's chaplain being in at codas a. While her Kepley
was slowly proceeding to the dais a military band plated
the national maths.. the ociaspany steadies end cheerios
heartily. earl t -• r. 761 party arrived at the dais, whoa the
procession ensued themselves is a semicircle, sad the
Earl of Derby proceeded to read with hie well-knows mu-
nificent el ration as address, to which her Majesty retuned
the following most gracious newer:
"I have received with sincere gratilleatiou the adders
which you Lays this day Fronted to me. It affords me
tie gene st Wistaria' to sort myself of this osessioa to
testify sues my erns sod heartfelt participation in the
general relies of affection sad ver ration fir the memory
of that Waitron man when same will be assosistod with
the institution which we are sow series to lonsurate.
That soli-faction is *chanced by the character of the mons •
meat which you roans to rare to the lasting sensory of
the Doke of Wellunton, and ski by the eirateastases of
the true selected for its Oration. The. raid sot be a mere
worthy risoei of the ceuotry's entitudo to its neater
soldier than a permanent endowment for the protectioe aid
education t f the orphans of the brave men whose lien hays I
been laid down la the sera tis of which be was
the shit ornarroot and pride. Nor could there
be a more If ppropri its time for raising such
a 11101111111111 t to his memory, than while we an gratefully
admires the sallsatry sod devetioa which have bees so eon •
serenely dist lipid by my army in the lets wee. I lino
deeply eempethred with the droner renews and tetra- 1
Hoes (the inevitable ranks of sal which kayo made so
natty =earners, sad I feel that we essuot better celebrate
the re-istabliahmeat of peen Visa by lulus the inadatioa
of as forint** which, while it will toad to tooth their
sorrows sod to niftier the severity of their privations. will
held up to the imitatioa of all those who Aare its benefits
the example of a distiusuished patriot:ins, of en isseessing
dentin to his einstry's seevieo, of as honesty of you se,
mad of a determiassion in the performer N Ma duty. by
which the long and essiant car« r of the Duke of Wel.
Heston wen so um rksta'y distinguished. I can
express so better wish fir my own .m, who bears
the novae of that great sees, then that he
wesl4 take as his plaids thrisph life the monk of cow
with whom it will rae be his high tliatieeties I. be sew
nested. I heartily joie with pout in annweediag this te-
sti/atm to the Diets, blessing, sad in ragtag that with
Its reeving prop rity the benevolent latnotteas of its
founders may be reelissi."
Her lialesty nag time' this long Wren with mock
kettles sett segbesin, upseially the illumine so the great
deice, whisk hosugheerrast. mode. late the eyes
el the Nano WeWugles, who was in (.mediate at.
tends..,en OP geese. n equally ieterested parties sat'
in the eereismiel, altheosh subarea, Is weld sot •
spestetior, WM Lied Charles Wellseley, who, notwithstentl•

hhie deg fulisa et AL% =Ma it the foundatien of
The = nalneekti as lefimeea of kis Mustang permit.
Ulm ef Gianrabary Om delivered sa eppro-
piste prayer, sad her Yummy west through the soul geta-
way with much sues EN dignity. Her limpet y next retired
le luncheon, its which the gamma had tie honour to
participate, and shortly after pessaided to s temporary ter-
rase, from which a flue proepeet taint be enjoyed of the
review, with which the day's? Needless wets to teresiaate.
Os ea extensive phis. spreedieg from the base of the royal
terrace, upwards of 12,000 troops ern drawn op In one
log ilia. Their bayonets glittered la the Ica, theft VOW 1
epitome struck out in bold relief manta the black mar-
lead, their 'rations 'tends:di floated issjestleelly is the
brans, sod the arsine of their military bands pave life and
anletatlos to the scene. Oa the extreme right Wed be
reoognieed the dark ism of the Rides wed Gersten lagers,
along the ',Astro wen draw. op the several militia rest-
Brants, and at the other extremity two ',Mallon/ of artillery
were drawn cap to complete the military arreogements
fora field day. The forces on the ground eatratted of two bat-
talions of the °steadier Guards, the 80th end 91. c Baltiellente
of the line, three battalions of the Ha, brigade, the /outran.
Burnes, Second Surrey, Somerset, Eldora', Leicester,
Hereford, Worcester, Kerry, a detachment of the Third
Dragoon Ginnie, the °atm= Leticia, and featly the
Artalery, the whole beteg under the SOMMILI3 d of the Duke
of Cambridge, with General finals as general of the day.
The masatavres, wh'ith were eoluodered to be vary well
itzseated, eossistel ef tondo( to line, rearahlag peat at slow
and quirk time, the bends of the regiments playing appro-
priate Rues as they passed the rayed tent, and then forearm
into aquaria to receive cavalry. Having then stcod an attack
from the dragoons, the whole force divided itralf Into two
armies, sad the sisal IN1111011•11,011 of a pail/ "MY were
gone through on a null seal*, the sependit rue of powder
making up for the eemparatively smell number at
troops engaged. On the termination of the review
her Majesty sad party mended to the railway station,
where the royal carriages were In readiness, and
seder the experienced guiders* of the directors and (Accra
before enumerated. The mewl retuned t 3 town,
while the general company adjourned toe state e pavilion,
la which Messrs. Staples, of the Albion, were busy and sae
meal in cateriog for their refreshment So greet wai
the hist of the ass, that one of the Rifles fall down
dead in the field. The high temperate', did not, how-
ever, interfere with the activity of the swell mob, footless
of whom were detected by the polies at an early hour of the
day and immediately removed in custody. We were not
able to araertein %became of the architect of Wellington
College, but andante/ad await, eraetion will be entrust.d to
the efficient hands of Me ere. Helloed, of Duke•strist,
L/lades.