The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

CAVAN ELECTION.

(By Llcctric Tilegraph.)
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY, 7 A.M.
The state of the first day's p)11, at the close, was
. 743
, 642

Burrowes.
Hughes-

Majority
The accounts are confused and unreliable.

CHRIS; '6' KOS !'lll4

In accordance with custom since the foundation of
this institution (last year excepted) the Bluecoa• Bor,
numbeiing about 80, were yesterday pre,i wed to
the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, in the Egyp.-
tian-hall, Mansion-house' in which were assembled si
great many, ladies and gentlemen for the purpose
'of witnesming the inter,,ting ceremony. Consider.
able anxiety was manifested to witness the sight, in
consequence of its having become generally known
that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the
newly-elected President of the instituqon, would at-
tend the presentation. Precisely at half-past 1 o'clock
his Royal .Highness arrived, the band of the City of
London Militia, ilutnediat.ily oil his alighting from his

carriage, playirg the Nation 7:1 Anthem. -
The Lord Mayor,,as is usual when the city is honoured
by the presence of any member of tie Royal family, met
Ins Royal Highness at the entrance, under the great
portico, and conducted him_ to the chair of state
in the draNing-rooin, where several members of
the corporation were pie,ented to him. They then
Conned a procession t:► the long parlour, where
surupt►:ous dtjeaiter a- la 'fourckette awaited them,
after partaking, of which they proceeded to the Egyp-
tutn-hall, where the presentation took place. On his
Royal Highness inaking his advarance the boys gave'
three hearty cheers. They then sang the National
Anthem, and, also, aYsalm of Thanksgiving, con►posed
by Mr. C. G. Foster, the senior schular ; at the cunclu•
siren of which,

The LORD MAYOR, addressing the boys, said—l
feel called upon t i address a few words to you on this
peculiarly it t, resting occasion, and to express the
great gratification I feel at receiving you in the
ancient ball of this great city. From year to-year
young men of genius and talent, who are educated in
this excellent and noble institution, are sent forth to
la, and 1z Ili a well-
kn )wn fa-t, and ought never to be lost sight of, that
inany of those who have there beery brought up have, in
former times, as well as at the preijent day, attained to
positions in society most honourable to themselves, and
reflecting the great-st credit upon the governors and
masters of this Royal Hospital. By perseverance and
constant attention to their duties they, with God's
blessing, have been rewarded by prosperity attending
them in their various positions of life. It is with no
small amount of gratific; tion that I mention the fact
that many of your predecessors have embarked in that
particular pursuit of which his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, your president, is so good and great
and glorious an example. (Loud cheers.) I give you
on this happy occasion a hearty welcome, and sincerely
trust that God's blessing will attend each of you. (Re-
newed cheering.)

The Lord Maier, accompanied by his Royal Highness
and a great number of-the visitors, then proceeded to the
drawing-room, where the Lady Mayoress presented the
Grecians with a ss. piece, the monitors with half-n-
-o/own, and the juniors with ls., and on their passing
out a bun and a glas of wine were given to each.
The company then separated, the Lord' Mayor, the
Duke of Cambridge, and many of the Aldermen pro-
ceeding in procession to Christ Church, where the Spital
sermon was rreached by the Rev. E. G. Moon, M.A.,
hip lordship's chaplain.
The Duke a Cambridge, on entering the Lord Mayor's
carriaze, Was vociferously cheered by a large multitude
of periuns who had cungregated outside the Mansion-
home.

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CAMP POULTRY.—A letter of the 23d ultimo from
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Inkerman, wrtten by a French soldier, aryl containing
an account of the sharpema&ient during the night, No
has this characteristic postscript :—" P.S. Good sews, 100
which I beg you not to laugh at; my her, which I 20
b-mght the other day, has laid two eggs ; they bre for
Captain F., who has a wheezing cough. A hen is a 20
precious tre.:sure out here ; hen's eggs fetch a
franc a piece, and hardla to be had even for that. 20
I take my leave of you with the offering of seven or '-'56
eight violets, that I have just gathered for your sake, ion
and which I elic,ose in this letter." . 100
In consequence of the height of the waters in. the
streams which fails in the Seine, immense fleets of wood
have been recently brought .dowrt the river. Those
which are now arriving are for the tuoA part composed
of fir trees, msny of them 100 feet in length, and which
are used for making the immense scaffoldings for the
buildings in the capital, and for the decerations of the
national fetes. Almost all these firs are cut on the top
cf the Alps, near Schaffhausen, from whence they are
brought to the Rhine by a canal, constructed on purpose
vithin the last few yearg. From the Rhine they are
rooatt
on rafts by the different canals and rivers until
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