The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL.

The distribution of prizes to the pupils of the King's
College School, whose acquirements render them en-
titled to such marks of distinction, took place yesterday
in the new hall of the institution. Sir R. Ingis, Bart.,
presided on the occasion. The following persons occu-
pied places in the vicinity of the chair:—Dr. Sheppard,
Dr. Vivian, the Rev. E. J. Tyler, the Right Hon. E.
Gladstone, Mr. Greene, &c. The audience, which
chiefly consisted of ladies, was very numerous.
The Cuslnm.sx opened the proceedings with a brief
address, in which he expressed his conviction that all
present were united in a desire to render this annual
distribution of prizes both interesting and profitable—
interesting to parents, and profitable, he hoped, to those
who were the more immediate objects of the proceed-
ings of the day.
Before the prizes were handed over to the persons re-
spectively declared to be entitled to them, the following
recitations, in compliance with the request of the chair-
man, were delivered.—

hischylus—Prometheus, Thompson; Hermes, Bailey;
Coryphreus, Fleay.
Cicero pro Lege Manilift, Dymes.
Addison's Cato—Cato, Fleay; Sempronius, Gibsone;
Lucius, Martin.
Thurcydides—Speech of Hermocrates. Irving.
Terence—Chremes, Dickenson ; Mened,rn us, Ed wards.
Shakspere—Brutus, Harrison; Cassius, Cookson.
Moliere—Harpagon, Gibsone; La Fleche' Maude.
Schiller's Jungfrau von Orleans—Joan of Arc, Harri-
son • Lionel, Irving ; Fastolf, Price ; Isabeau, Bacon;
Soldier, Ancell.
Lucian—Diogenes, Bacon; Alexander, Vallings.
Collins's Ode on the Passions, Stapley.
Virg. Georg. IV.—Eurydice, Price.
Moliere (Le Manage Forte)—Sganarelle, Irving;
Pancrace, Bacon; Marphurius, Bailey.
Aristoph. Ranw—Dionysus, Headland ; Xanthias,
Ancell; Charon, Gibbes; Coryphceus, Edwards.
Shakspere—King Henry VIII., Thompson ; Cardi-
nal Wolsey, Bailey; Suffolk, Price; Norfolk, Cookson;
Surrey, Irving; Cromwell, Stapley; Lord Chamberlain,
Gibbes.
The audience was enthusiastic in their expressions of
admiration of the very great ability displayed by the
young gentlemen to whota parts were allotted.
Prizes were then distributed to the following pupils:—
Upper Sixth Class—E. Thompson, A. Bailey, M. H.
Irving, F. Harrison, R. K. Edwards, T. J. Dymes, C.
A. Cookson, F. G. Fleay, E. Headland, G. W. Price, F.
A. Stapley, Thomas Dickenson.
Middle Sixth Class—lL Pigou, C. L. Bayley, W.
Stebbing, H. B. Walmisley.
Lower Sixth Class—J. Ker, W. J. Stuart, E. E. Biber,
J. B. Jones, W. H. Wilkinson, T. R. R. Stebbing.
Fifth Class—E. H. Osborn, J. W. V. Blackburn, W.
H. Wheeler, George Moody, George Schrader, W. Rich-
ardson. _ _ _ _

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Upper Fourth Class—W. M. Ord, J. Cuming, F. S.
Drake, J. W. Tyas, W. K. Hughes, W. H. Middleditch.
Lower Fourth Class—H. Cuming, E. Cutler, S. Jones,
B, Bishop, F. W. Wyon, J. E. Copeland.
Upper Third Class—H. Brandon, H. Drake, G. Wins-
low, F. C. Maude, W. D. Davies, E. W. Seale.
Lower Third- Class—G. N. Chambers, H. Randall,
H. Hayne. • -
Second Class—W. L. Twentyman, W. Summers, A.
Vickers, A. B. Hopkins.
Upper First Class—J. R. Thayer, J. Vicat, A. E.
Dixey, S. C. Amesbury, R. Forrest, G. A. Webster.
Lower First Class—W. W. Duke, A. G. Whitehouse,
W. S. Lovejoy.
Mathematics—J. G. Fleay, B. W. Gibsone, E. Thomp-
son, E. Headland, M. H. Irving, M. C. Ancell, W. H.
Brown, M. M. Fitzgerald, S. Biddle, A. F. Owen, W. S.
Cotton, B. Hensman, C. L. A. Farmer.
Arithmetic—W. Gandy, G. Schrader, W. Jackson,
W. S. Squire, S. Jones, G. E. De Mole, H. Bayne, F.
H. Morris, J. R. Thayer, R. Hurst.
French—A. Bailey, E. Headland, M.
Wheeler, W. M. Ord, W. K. Hughes,
H. H. Brandon
G. Winslow,
Rayne,
C. S. Cadman, F. H. Bacon,
J. Sutton. Carr, W. H
German—G. W. Price, W. A. Michael, H. West,
R. J. Knowles, W. Richardson, A. F. Tomlins.
Geometrical Drawing—C. W. Eastwood, H. Hender-
son, L. De Ville, R. J. Knowles.
Landscape Drawing—G. price, W. Lightley, E.
W. Seale.
As each recipient bore away his prize, he was loudly
applauded.
In conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to Sir R.
Inglis for his efficient discharge of the duties of chair-
man, and the proceedings terminated.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Theseason will close
with Mozart's wonderful opera of Le Aozze di Figaro,
which is now in active rehearsal. The following cast is
remarkable:—Jenny Lind, Susanna ;
Castellon, the
Countess ; Figaro, Lablache ; Bartolo, Staudigl ; and
C&etti, the Count.
FRENCH PLAYS.—Last night her Majesty and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Hon. Miss Mac-
donald, Earl Morley, and Colonel Buckley, and Colonel
Seymour, honoured the French plays
with their pre-
sence. Mdlle. Rachel appeared in Andromaque. There
wssa fully and fashionably attended house.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The benefit of Mr. J.
M. Stevens, of the free list, will take place on Monday.
The entertainments arewell selected, and all the strength
of the company will appear. The uniform civility of
Mr. Stevens should secure for him a full measure of
patronage.
SHAKSPEARE'S llOUSE.—Yesterday a numerous
meeting of the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon, of
the members of the Stratford Shakspearian Club and
the Archtelogical Association, was held in the Town-
hall, for considering the best means of providing against
the destruction of the birth-place of Shakspeare. Dr.
Pettigrew, F.R.S., presided. There
las were also present.
,
Betham, Baronet, Sir IL Dillon, Sir J. Annesley,
Lord Brooke, M.P., Sir C. Doug, M.P., Sir W
Mr. Crofton Croker, Mr. IL Ainsworth, &c., together
with many other members of the Antiquarian, Cam-
den, and other learned societies. The proceedings
having been opened by the chairman, and the
report of what had been done bY the COW
mittee, and the correspondence in which they had
been engaged having been read, Dr. Thompson said,
he was sure that nothing would give greater pleasure
to the Shaksperian Society than to act with the mem-
bers of any other society in securing Shakspeare's house
to the country. A report had been circulated that it
was the intention of certain parties to p urchase the house
for the purpose of exhibiting it as a travelling show.
That report he believed to be a chimera; he was sure
that neither Englishmen nor the sons of Englishmen
would ever submit to such a degradation.—(Loud
cheers.) Sir W. Betham and Mr. Joseph Arden then
addressed the meeting, the former moving and the latter
the Shakspe aria Club at Stratford-upon-
seconding a resolution, " That tvhices,Archaological Asso-
ciation fully entered into the 6 expressed by the
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solicit their co-operation towards forwarding the objects
in view." The resolution having been carried unani-
mously, and several other gentlemen having*
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the meeting, the business of the day concluded.
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Inverness Courier.
THE HON. AND Ray. G. SPENCER.—We deeply
regret to announce that this gentleman, who some years
back joined the Roman Catholic Church, and more re-
cently one of its religious orders, is lying in a meat dan-
gerous state from fever, caught in the discharge of his
duties among the poor Itish at the monastery of Aston,
in Staffordshire. The latest accounts leave scarcelyany
hope of his recovery.
PAUCITY OF BUSINESS IN THE SHERIFF'S COURT.
—There were only three cases for trial yesterday in the
Sheriff's Court, in consequence of the operation of the
County Courts Act, and in the Secondaries' Court on the
previous day there was only one cause. Actions in the
supreme courts for sums under 201. have been discon-
tinued.
FEMALE SOLDIERS IN SWITZERLAND..--The women
of the Sonderbund Cantons of Switzsrland have formed
' themselves into a military body, amounting in number
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to 672. They curry muskets or carbines, have officers,
passwords, and, in fact, a complete military orga-
nization.