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,
&o. Previous to the delivery of tbo 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
Al(rchant Tailors' School. The junior scholars to the
number of 700 occupied seats at the east end of the hall,
upon each side 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
theLnatairen eosroaftiothn,e
osnchtohlaerbse:
—nefits of the Royal Hospitals,
Richard Alfred Lloyd, second Grecian, who is
proceed-
ingiis
to Pembroke Colleg©, Cambridge.
we e
ti Englishn gfirst
G Oration,rec
ioann;thme
asthamernatesiuebajlee Medallist, Henry
allis
Classical Medallist, Montefiore Prizeman and Richards'
Medallist, 1852; who is proceeding to St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge.
Greek Oration, on the same subject, ilaciare!,er Henry
ed IDBsor
Stone, sixth Grecian, who is proceeding to Pembroke
College Cambridge. French Orationsubject, John George
, on the
to Worcester
Gcoalulnegtlee,tto,
rthroirrdd,GasreTcihaontu, wphsosonaimssi)hroocleare.ding
Latin Alcaics, on Naples,
tenth Grecian. Great," Henry Rogers
"Alfred the
Henry Thomas Armfield,
Latin Elegiacs, on
Jevers, seventh
translation Grecian.
of
Ring
Ri Henry's Address
Shakspere), John Wilberforce
to his Soldiers (from
Doran, fourth Grecoina
" Ulysses Redux," James Mae-
Latin S p
3 Phicsieventh Grecian.
Mac-
kenzie Maclean,
°Hexameters,Translation from " Young's Last
Greek lambics,
Latin p • hth Grecian.
pphics, on " Thamesis Fluvius," Henry
Greek ba-Grecian• Mathematical Medalist, 1852.
Ludlow, fifth
' Hexameters, on "The Electric Telegraph,"
Latin
Dove Sweeting, first
Richards' Prize Composition, Henry
Day," Claude Hubert Perez, eighth
Grecian.
English Poem, on " The British Empire in the East
Indies," Charles William Paxton Watts, ninth Grecian.
The whole of the orations were well received, and the
style in which they were delivered reflected considrable
credit on the scholars. The Latin hexameters by IL
D. Sweeting, 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 Ganntlett 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 Slink-
spore, and the translation from Young's " Last nay" in
Latin hexameters, recited by Claude Hubert Pares.
The allusions in the English
oration to the lamented
decease of the Duke of
Wellington excited the deepest
interest.
The following lines in the poem on "British India,"
by Charles Watts, were loudly applauded:—
" The veteran chic f, the hero of our age,
His earliest laurels reaped on India s shore,
Whenp burst the storm of vengeful Tippoo's rage,
d the victor's cannon roar..
'
And Assays hear
E'en though he
sleeps, to crown
honest pride
Still will each Briton pointwith
the fight no more,

Where NVerlingtou in Mine began to soar,
The Ec
oruentthl
casts,
hosts
snod the
fFrDanocuerhoo's
gallantly
side,
The
The orations having been brought to a conclusion, the
officers, cccording to usage, laid their staves of office be-
fore the Lord Mayor, and were re-appointed for the en-
suing year. In the meantime the " white glove" was
handed round for the benefit of the young gentlemen
about to proceed to College, and ;the gentle appeal ap-
peared to be warmly responded to. The national anthers
was then sung most lustily by the junior scholars, and
the Lord Mayor and civic authorities left the building
in the tame state as that in which they had arrived. A
considerable concourse of rersons were assembled in
Newgatc-street to witness the equipage.
In the evening the boys of the school partook of the
usual substantial entertainment provided on these occa-
sions.

CEICKET.—ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO
or SCTIAND.—On Saturday this match was brought to
its conclusion, the result being that the representatives of
Scotland were vanquished in one innings by eight runs.
The following is the score :—Scotland,
first innings, 53;
second innings, 71; the Eleven, firo innings, 1x

THE BURMESE WAR.
(From the London Gazette of last night.)
INDIA BOARD, SEPT. 18.
The following dispatches have been this day received
at the East India House:--
THE GOTEIEWR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL TO
THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE EAST INDIA Cost-
PANT.
(Extract).
Fort William, August 7, 1852.
It is in the highest degree satisfactory to us to be
enabled to report that
. the health of the troops on ser-
vice in Burtnah continues good.
Supplies are superabundant. An immense population
has collected round Rangoon and Ilemmendine. They
are quiet and manageable, and they exhibit the most
perfect confidence In the troops of every description—a
testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the
force which will be appreciated by you.
The advance of the steam flotilla on Prome, during
which 56 pieces of artillery were captured from the
enemy, is reported to you.

Comdown G. R. LAMBERT, R.N., TO THE GOVERNOR-

GENERAL OF INDIA.
(Extract.)
Her Majesty's ship Fox, at Rangoon,
July 14,1852.
I have the honour to forward to you a copy of a letter
I have received from Commander Tarleton, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Fox, delailing the services he has performed
white in charge of the flotilla in the Irrawaddy.
It gives me great pleasure to state, that gallant and
valuable as these services have been, they are strictly in
accordance with what I considered were your Lordship's
wishes, namely, to gain a correct knowledge of the river
as far as Prome, which had hitherto been so imperfectly
described, and to disloige and harass the enemy wher-
ever they appeared, if practicable. How this service
has bees performed I leave to your judgment to decide,
after your perusal of Commander Tarleton's letter.
You will perceive, without particularizing any indi-
vidual under his command, how fully he appreciates the
aid he received from all who partook in this gallant en-
terprise.

COMMANDER J. W. TARLETON, R.N., TO COMMODORE

LAMBERT.
(Extract.)

Honierv, July 11, 1852.
I have the honour to inform you that in pursuance of
the instructions contained in your letter, addressed tome
on 30A ult., I proceeded up the Irrawaddy, as far as Yea-
gaina, where I anchored on the 7th inst., having beenjoined
on the way by the East India Company's steamers
Proierpina and Mehanuddy. The place is now.'
deserted both by the enemy and its inhabitants;
stud we were thus compelled to procure our own fuel.
While thus employea, the East India ConnatrinYd!
steamer Phlegettion joined catchy-11;
ing that she had coal suasion:, to supor
the
ee
four
other
ir
vessels, I immediately proceeded
w
steamers. At two P when opposite, toit Konnonf,hee,
a largo number of armed men were obeervedcolleete'tdheon
the bank. On a shell beinga I
tired anas. Thera,
itnua,..dtately casappeared, either into theong jan,le , o r some
hoes or trenebes rear the water's edge' w hence they
opened a most vigorous fire from five el: six guns, and 1
a vast number of routkets. I remained with the
fluti!la at reeet their posiac, for an hour, shelling the
enemy to the best ut our ability ; but, protected as they
were by the embaukmnt, no seceded impression could
be matte on tto!in. a have no doubt tha; we e mid have
c rried :he work, bY runt; leg one of the small
ht,..stners along side, nod throning the small
fiber ~, but t,„,;-.;.;
arm men cn
service could
not nave begin performed wallow
ef.,,rtain leas; and,
bcyoud spiking the glint, :hero was no object to
be4,,,lrhed, the jangle covenng the bank offering a se-
cure aeereet to the Buren-no, from which they would
have, returned as soon ad we had re-embarked. I con-
sidered, tharelore, that I should be more fully carrying
out your instrue:ious, in making this a reconnoitring
force, I'"%jog ihr,viseds, witeout further attempts to
disindge the encny. reported by the neighbouring in-
hnbitants to he 1,500 strong. I have the honour to
enclose 3 list of casualties on this occasion; they are
conflued to the Medusa, at which, as the leading vessel,
the entena'e fire seems to have beers principally directed.
At aunsenthe fl.itilla anchored off Bleaeung,; at day-
light On the Bth it swain weighed, end proceeded till •
Within eight or an exteetive tarification crowning the
end of a ridge of hills about 30t} feet high, terminating
abruptly a,-, the town of Altouk•toan,g (marked in the
Oen Peeinghee). Baedeola was reported to be here
with 7,000 men, and a number of guns, differently stated
from fifteen to forty. Having tocertained from the
pilot that a hassage might probably be found at this
Season through a creek co the ea'tward of the island,
opposite Akouk-tone;, and leheis completely out
of rargo of the enemy',:., qn.i?, I determined to
attempt it, and happily succeeded in getting through,
with not lees than two fathoms water. Here we
learnt that a small steamer belonging to the King of
Ava had only left the day previous, and that the
whoia army of the country was centred at A kook-toung,
or its neighbourhood.
Foreseeing the panic which the presence of the
steamera would create above the defensive force,l urged
forwards with all speed, detaching the Proeperine, as
the fastest vessel, to endeavour. by proceeding through
the night, to overtake the Government vessel. Mr.
Brooking, however, found this impracticable, and was
compelled to anchor.
Toe Mahanuddy'a fuel being now exhausted, I left
the Phlegethon with her, to supply her wants, and, by
dint of great attention en the part of Lieutenant Fraser,
Indian Navy, and thu officers of the Medusa, I succeeded
in en aming through the night, and reached Prolate at
daylight on the 9it. At the south end of the town,
near the water's edge, I observed four heavy guns, but
no armed men near them. I accordingly anchored the
vessel abreast the spot, landed, and made fast a hawser
to them, and hove them off ; the iron guns were
disabled, and sunk in deep water; and the brass ones
taken on board. At seven, the Proserpine joined, and,
a few hours afterwards, the two other vessels, and, with
the boats' crews of the Fox heartily entering on the
work, every gun in Promo, twenty-three in number (see
Return), were thus brought off. In the afternoon, I as-
cended ten miles higher up the river, as far as Zeegain,
where I anchored fur the night, leaving the other vessels
at Promo to transfer fuel.

I had now, Sir, fully carried oat
, the instructions con- I
teinerl in your letter of the 30th Rte.°, There was no
Prospect of overtaking the • ° and I had seriously
to consider the safety of thseeavinesesrels under my orders.
With an enterprising foe, I was aware that the creek ,
near Ahetik_toun..
might e made impassable; and even '
by the 13tIrmese "
when, by the large force in the neigh- ,
bw'hood, such means were at their command. I,
therefore, decided on an immediate return, with the
view to prevent
Iheihaving time to complete their pre-
parations.rejoinedthe vessels off Promo, at daylight
commenced On the 10th, and the descent of the river.
in
The city had been possession for twenty-four
hours, the Governor, v
Moungwine, having fled at our
we approach. At 10 A.
arrived at the entrance of
Akouk-toung Creek ; whenabout half way through,
we elPerved several large
boats
tomake
crowded with armed
men ; at first it was difficultout their inten-
tions, whether these were
to attack
ported by a lire were crossing.
re from the shore, or the T2ssels' sup'
s ed before
,
It
proved to be the latter; and they
succeeded
cur guns could be brought to hear
reaching the bank; from whit a straggling'Pon them in
musketry was opened, but eo,,ri silenced by fire of
guns of the flotilla. Thad men, who h..,, the great
not time „
escipe from one of the boats, were made prisoners, and
to
will Sot to Rangoon f,r interrogation. The steamers
and
again,
nowrued round, f.: .I,:i ascended the creek
persing the ewe.) wherever be was to be seen, brought
away five brass guns oa tield-piece carriages that w-,,,t;
still in the teats, and burnt the general's stale barge
and a nu.J-e.r of war boats, with a large quantity of

arms and ammunition.
I am not quite certain as to the movements of the
enemy; .ho reports of the natives not entirely agreeing.
They stated .that the force began to cross at three P.M.
on the 9th, and continued to do so through the night, and
until we reached them at ten A.m. on the loth, as above
related. One party insisted that the whole army had
crossed; but this was not true, as men could be seen still
on the fortifications opposite. The other stated that a
thousand men only had been sent over to defend the
creek. lam inclined to believe that the principal part
of the army, including the General, had crossed (as our
which
told us) on their way to Prome, the road to
Inch leads from here, leaving a small force only at
Akouk-toung. The barge, with the two gilt umbrellas
and flag,
aglwould certainly not have been on this side
I not crossed himself; and I do not
think it probable he
detach would have come over with a
°teat. I now continued the descent of the
riVer. heitiejoined by the East India Company's steamer
Pluto, at 3
otioP.M. The enemy had evacuated his trenches
at Komi-
was aneirs__ls,oa_nd gone upward. At sunset, the flotilla
visioning7e:d
_tre,this place, where it is employed pro-
thali st f into readiness for farther service.
I trust
. expedition has, for the present,
entirely freed the
the enemy, and 1 dloower country of the presence of
gain venture so farn0t apprehend that they will
an incalculable bless- from Prome. This will be
lug to the
inhabitants, who evince
to us everywhere the moat friendlycorit: disposition, and only
injustice
and happy.
require security to become
I should be doing great
(consisyti,nagwieeithehledusa, Phlege-
to every officer and
man in this little force
Om, Proserpine, Mahanudd
three boats of the
Fox, and twenty marines, the officer eirrraaanding whom
Failed to repre-
sent regret to say is severely wounded)
hesitation
!therm on
to in
sent to you the mil and attention that has
this service by all; without it, I have ao
saying that it could not have been brought t a success-
ful issue.

List of casualties board board the East India Company's
steamer Medusa, during
1811.
tho engagement at lieu..
nonghee, on the 7th of July,
John Elliott, First Lieu.
tenant' Royal Marines, wounded severely; musket
ball wound of the right foot. Mr. Frederick Morgan,
roorfganm,
Assistant-Burgeon, wounded slightly; contusion
a splinter. George Cook, boy, wounded, slightly;
contusion from splinter.
East India Company's steamer Medusa—Mr. T. Rose
Hunter, Moe, Indian Navy, wounded, dangerously
itnes
;
gun shot wound, and amputation of left arm. j
Cummings, artillery
man, wounded, dangerously; gun
shot wound of the cheat.
FREDERICL
Momult, Assistant-Surgeon,
her
Majesty's ship Fox.
Return of Ordnance captured by the steam Flotilla in
the Irrawaddy, on the 9th and 10th of July, 1852.
At Promo, 9th July, 1852. Iron-4 12 pounder carro-
nudes; 3 12-pounders, 6 ft. in length: 4 32-pounders,
9 ft. in length (3 of wrought-irou), 4 4
4-p o u nders, 6
ft. in length; 2 18-pounders, 6 ft. in length; 1 42-
pounder; 1 6-pounder. Brass--1 8-inch, 8 ft. 2 iL.
length; I *inch, 6 ft. in length; i 71-iaoh 7 ft. 6 in.
La length ; 1 84-iuch mortar, 3 ft. 6 in
to. length.

THE SUN,

At Akouk-toung Creek, 10th July, 1852. 5 brass field-
pieces.
Total--28.
Destroyed and sunk...
Brought away

Total .. .............. ......... ... 28
J. W. TARLETON, Commander, RN.

COMMODORE G. R. LAMBERT TO THE GOVERNOR-
GENERAL OF
(Extract.)
Her Majesty's ship Fox, at Rangoon,
July 21, 1852.
In continuation of my dispatch, dated the 14th inst.,
I have the honour to inform you that this morning I
received a reports from Commander Tarleton, detailing
further successful operations against the enemy in the
neighbourhood of Prome, by a portion of the flotilla
under his orders.
Mr. Burbank, the Commander of the Pluto, having
been informed that the Burmese troops had evacuated
the fortified post on the heights of Akouk-toung, and
had left their artillery there, he sent a force on shore
to demolish the works, and to destroy or bring on board
the guns.
This was accomplished on the 14th inst., without any
opposition, after five hours' hard work under a burning
sun; when all the enemy's guns on the heights of Akouk-
, toting, 28 in number, were either destroyed or bro
tuglB
ht
off to the steamers. Their calibre was from 4 o
pounders.
Next day the steamers proceeded to Sahlydsn, where
a
they captured six large boats laden with grain and arms,
which were being conveyed upwards; and, on the 16th,
arrived off Pendangmew, where some Government boats
were destroyed.
On the morning of the 17th, Mr. Burbank anchored
off Promo. Some of the inhabitants immediately came off
with the intelligence that 500 troops had been stationed
on the hill at the back of the town, but decamped directly
the steamers came in sight. Ile also learnt that General
3andoola with the remnant of his army, consist-
ing of only 2,000 men, the rest having deserted, was
encamped at Ethamesv, a town without any defences,
nine miles inland. The inhabitants of Promo, as well as
of all the other gowns,are most anxious that a steamer
ehall be permitted to remain off their city, to protect
I
ear. Burbank's zeal sad activity to my
them from the lawless gangs of disbanded soldiers.
aoltince,
bringing Commander Tarleton recapitulates the services
performed by the small steam force under his orders,
assisted by three boats and 60 seamen and marines from
her lSiejesty's ship Fox, during the last ten days.
The river has been aiceaded to Promo, 56 guns have
been captured, 10 war boats, and several boats con-
'-g•i[si"g military stores and ammunition have been
ournt; and an army of 7,000 [nen, commanded by one
of the highest cifiocre is the Burman empire, dispersed,
vi.h the ex
eepeon of 2.000 who are collected in the
i.eighbourhood of Promo, where, without artillery or
,letezess, they
ere no longer formidable.
* Not received in England.