The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

CHRIST S HOSPITAL.

Yesterday being St. Matthew's-day, the Lord Mayor,
accompanied by the Sheriffs and other civic authorities,
proceeded in state, according to annual custom, from
the Mansion-house to Christ's Hospital, for the purpose
of being present at the delivery of the orations of the
senior scholars, appointing officers for the ensuing year,
&c. Previous to the delivery of the orations in the
Great Hall, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs attended divine
service at Christ Church, Newgate-street, where a ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. John A. L. Airey, M.A.,
of Pembroke College, and one of the Masters of the
Merchant Tailors' School. The junior scholars to the
number of 700 occupied seats at the east end of the hall,
upon each aide of the organ, the Lord Mayor and go-
vernors being seated at the opposite extremity. The
number of persons present could not have fallen far
short of 2,000. The Rev. E. Rice, D.D., the head
master, and the other masters of the school were seated
immediately behind the platform in the centre of the
hall, from which the orations were delivered. A large
number of the clergy were present on the occasion.
The following is a list of the orations delivered, with
Richardthe namesraatin of the
A Oration,ifredL losoncyhdtoh,l
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English Oration, on the same subject,whoyotais Hospitals,proceed-
ing to Pembroke College,
Tweeting, first Grecian; Mathematical Medallist, 1851;
Classical Medallist, Montefioro Prizeman and Richards'
Medallist, 1852; who is proceeding to St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge. Henry Dove
Greek Oration, on the same subject, Henry
Pembroke
Stone, sixth Grecian, who is proceeding to
College Cambridge.
French Oration, on the same subject, John George
Gauntlett, third Grecian, whois proceeding to Worcester
College, Oxford, as Thompson Scholar.
Naples, Henry Thomas Armfield,
Latin Alcaics, on Hadarez
tenth Grecian. "
Latin Elegiacs, on "Alfred the Great, Henry Rogers
Jevers, seventh Grecian.
Greek lambics, tra
slation of King Henry's Address
hc S akspere), John Wilberforce
Doran, fourth
op 8, on " Ulysses Redux," James Mao-
Latin Ss' ' hieeleventh Grecian.
kenzie Maclean,eters,
to his Soldiers (From
Translation from " Young's Last
Latin Hubert Perez, eighth Grecian.
DO,"
,--usfteehics on " Thamesis Fluvius," Henry
GLurGeedirioewaen. Hexameters, on " The Electric e egrap ,
Latin Grecian;' Mathematica MedaliTst,llBs2.h
~
Richards'fiPf-trilz- Composition, Henry Dove Sweeting, first
Englisho' c
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w m ax
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Pe Britishto nWatts, Emtsr inrneitnh the East
Indies,
The whole of the orations were well received, and the
style in which they were delivered reflected oonsidrable
credit on the scholars. The Latin hexameters by EL
D. Sweating, who also delivered the English oration,
were awarded the first medal, to be in future annually
adjudged under the will of the late Rev. G. Richards,
D.D., a governor, and formerly an exhibitioner of
Christs' Hospital. The composition of Lloyd, who de-
livered the Latin oration on the benefits of the royal
hospitals, was stated by the examiners to be very nearly
equal in merit to that of the successful competitor. The
French oration by Gauntlett was delivered with great
spirit and excellent jUdgMent and
`-' --, was warmly ap-
plauded, as were also the Greek translation in iarebice
of King Henry's address to his soldiers from Shak-
Latin hexamtnhseeitpnerustkh,eerecited by Claude
spere, and the translation from Young's ~ Last Day" in
The following WellingtonlinesoEfinngfihise
interest. Hubert Pares.
d'rehcee easel allusions
o
by Charles Watts, were loudly applauded:—
/ 1
poem oration
o enx
excited
d "Britishthe
the l adinmeeedpnieates;t
His earliest laurels reaped
" The veteran chief, the hero of our gfe,s _
When burst the storm of vengeful Tippoo's rage,
d the victor's cannon roar.
E'en though ho sleeps.
And Assays bear
crown the fight no more,
on India' shore,
with honest pride
Still will each Briton point
to c .

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Where Wellington in fame began to soar,
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of
uosffiiocne,
The countless hosts of France he gallantly defied!"
Ere that, beyond the Douro's silvery side.
, f Thefie e
r s ,
according orationsthe
be-
fore the Lord Mayor, and were re-appointed for the
t meantime the " white glove" was
suin ear.
en-
handed round for the benefit of the yonn,* gentlemen
having
t o
about to proceed to College, and ttbe gentle appeal ap-
peared to be warmly responded to. The national anthem
was then sung most lustily by the junior scholars, and
the Lord Mayor and civic authorities left the building
in the same state as that in which they had arrived. A
considerable concourse of persons were assembled in
Newgate-street to witness the equipage.
In the evening the boys of the school partook of the
usual substantial entertainment provided, on these occa-
sions.

CRICSET.—ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. Twiwrr-Two
or Scrwafp.—On Saturday this match was brought to
its conclusion, the result being that the representatives of
Scotland were vanquished in one innings byeight runs.
The following is the score :—Scotland, Itrat inningv) 53;
second innings, 71; the Eleven, fat innings, 13t.