The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-06 00:00:00

The 4th of June at Eton,

The anniversary of the birth of George 111 is still remem-
bered at Eton, among all the modern changes of taste and
fashion. It is, of course, dear to the boys of the Royal
foundation because of the long, busy, and exciting holiday
which it brings, end it is willingly and faithfully remembered
by older persons who have for many days ceased to submit
to the restraints of youth and school days.
It was again joyously but unostentatiously celebrated on
Saturday last, and was marked by nothing unusual beyond
the fineness of the weather, but this was so peculiar and so
welcome an exception in the recent history of the festival
as to form a subject of universal congratulation. The events
of the day followed one another in rapid succession. The
hour for the delivery of the speeches, which came first in
order on tho list, was fixed for 12 o'clock, but long before
that time every portion of the College and the adjacent
grounds was thronged with visitors. The speeches were
delivered in the tipper schoolroom, at one end of which a
raised gallery was devoted to the accommodation of the dis •
tiriguished persons who had received special invitations to
he present. At a few minutes after 12 the procession of the
College officials advanced from King Henry's Clock Tower,
preceded by the Rev, Dr. Goodford, the Provost, and the
Vice Provost, who were icithediately followed by the Arch •
bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London. On their
arrival in the room the recitations were commenced and
were delivered in the following order le--
1. Hantond ..... •In Catalinem .,(1080.
2. Evans • Prances .
Vir~l3. Lee, ma. Rwa ing Ede 1V... .. .:Shak spere.
4. Hope, ma. Germanicus ;
5. Co:es, ma. lmpeachment of War- d
?. Tabor, M 5...., •• Jul:jet:ls
6. Mew's
Macau a 1•1
8. Langley Dde eels .„ .. n
9. Blakesiey, K.S King Arthtfr .
10. Wood
Hastings ...... Sheri a
j Sir A. Absolute ..... . 1 Sheridan.
1. Marsden, K.S.
12. Mr. Lyttelton, ma.....Teueer
13. Chute, ma. .... Manfred • 137 root.
S.
..3Klain”hcraHne.n.
Henry V....
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19. Lord F. Hmeray.e,
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The Power of Russia •.Campbell.
. . Shakspere.
21. Wood
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22. Kennedy, ma., K. 5.... Last Speech of Lord Chatham.
The recitations were marked by the customary evidences of
anxious study and careful training. A little later the Rifle
Macaulay.
Volunteers of the school, under the command of Captain
Lyttelton, went through their exercise, and although the
movements attempted were of the simplest diameter they
were sufficient to manifest by how gallant a spirit the corps
is animated. The principal event was, however, the pro-
cession of the boats. Shortly before it began the Eton eight
pulled up the river and wore loudly cheered as they passed
along. shortly before 6 the boats started from Old Windsor-
bridge in the following order, preceded by the band of the
Fusilier Guards:—

J
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UPPER BOATS.
DUNCE or WALES
MONARCII —lr-oar VICTOR:It
(Dark Blue).
S. C. Cockran ‘Str.), F. WillanlLlght B(
Mossop (Str.),
Captain
Capt. of Boats Capt. of Boats
Humfrey
E. S. Hope Sargent Basch
Sir G. Bonham Walpole Candy
Eamon d C ;mpbell Bruoke
Sandbach Trench Blue). (Crimson).
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Palairet
Pierpont Powell Ho e, mi.
Grey liennion
Corkran, rat. (Bow) Smith (Bow)
Lord Emlyn Clayton ;Core.)
Jackson Holland (Colts.)
Wood( Bow)
Boyle 1/4Coxs.)

LOWER BOATS'
TIMIS.
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Corrie PlttTaylor MCaont
(Stroke),
teymour
Pelgrave Tinne non. It. Campbell
Johnson Barry Royds
Hall West Eaton
petsoii Martin Sturgis, mi. (Bow)
Ron. A. Bertle bow) Rigden (BOW) ,
Idark-Wood (Coxs.) Woodhouse (tolcs') „,
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ST. GEORGE 4 DEFIANCE. RE COLLEGERS'
EIGIIII.
(Scarlet) ( 51 ative.
Esto Perpetua(Lil ac)
ltifil. Lambe (Str.),J. Sandilands (Str.)tt. G. siFsdeu(Str.),
Captain Captain Captain
Lord Cassillis Ridley Woo 1
Johnston Arbuthnot Frere
Kinnaird Jones Willis
Master Edmonstone fiuddleston
Ogle Dean- Drake 'Tindal
Duodale Carnegie Somers-Smith
Rickards (Bow) Case (Bow) Rawlins (Bow)
Maul (Lois.) Everard (Coxs.)
Having rowed up the river, the crews landed at Old
Surley-hall, and partook of an al fresco entertainment pro-
vided by Messrs. Layton. They then re-embarked and rowec:
back to Windsor, where they arrived shortly before dark,
amid tho firing of cannon and the ringing of bells. The
customary display of fireworks took place at dusk, and
constituted, perh‘apet the most popular feature of the pro-
ceedings. Nothing occurred in any way to mar the day's
enjoyment, which was evidently a high festival at Windsor
and Eton. The streets of the town and the grounds imme-
diately connected with the College were traversed by crowds
of people. Carriages rolled in numbers over thq usually

silent roadways, filled by all the varieties of the family
circle, or remained drawn up together along the river banks
in the College grounds, or on any other spot which the pro-
gramme of the proceedings indicated as likely to be a point
of special attraction. An air of refined quiet, however, per-
vaded the life and movement of the scene. A large portion
of the general crowd seemed to consist of those who had but
recently severed their connection with the school, and who
still desired to keep up with it the ties of a direct personal
communisation. But there were also at Eton on Saturday
many persons who appeared to wander about recalling the
distant days when they too climbed those dark staircases,
or thronged those solemn corridors, or rowed in those tran-
quil waters. The Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Bucking-
ham, the Duke of Marlborough, the Marquis of Bristol,
Lord Lyttelton, Lord Burleigh, Sir S. Northcote, Mr.
Walter, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Vansittart, and many other
members of both houses were among the spectators, testify-
ing in their presence the strength of the associations which
bind generation after generation of Englishmen to the most
extensive and famous of all our early educational establish-
ments,