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

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL.

The distribution of prizesto—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:—.lir. Sheppard,
Dr. Vivian, the Rev. E. J. Tyler, the Right Hon. E.
Gladstone, Mr. Greene, kc. The audience, which
chiefly consisted of ladies, was very numerous.
The CHAIRMAN 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.—

iEschylus—Prometheus, Thompson; Hermes, Bailey;
Coryphmus, Fleay.
Cicero pro Lege Manilia, Dymes.
Addison's Cato—Cato, Fleay; Sempronius, Gibsone;
Lucius, Martin. _

Thuicydides—Speech of Hermocrates, Irving.
Terence—Chremes, Dickenson; Menedem us, Edwards.
Shakspere—Brutus, I:Liaison; 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
Bacon;
A
(LeMairairapgheurs
Fiuor,e—Sganarelle, Irving;
Pancrace,Bailey.
Aristuph Ranze—
Dionysus, Headland ; Xanthias,
Shakspere—King Henry VIII., T Edwards.
Thompson ; Cardi-
nal Wolsey, Bailey; Suffolk, Price; Norfolk, Cookson;
Surrey, Irving; Cromwell, Stapley; Lord Chamberlain,
Gibbes.
The audience was enthusiastic in their expressions of
Ancell; Charon, Gibbes; Coryphceus
admiration of the very great ability displayed by the
young gentlemen to whom parts were allotted.
Prizes were then distributed to the following pupils:—
Upper Sixth Class—E. Thompson, A. Bailey, M. H.
Irving, F. Harrison, R. IC. Edwards, T. J. Dymes, C.
A. Cookson, F. G. Fleay, E. Headland, G. W. Price, F.
A. Stapley, Thomas Dickenson.
Middle Sixth Class—l 3. Pigou, C. L. Bayley, W.
Stebbing, H. B. Walmisley.
Lower Sixth Class—J. I.er, 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.
Upper Fourth Class—W. M. Ord, J. Coming, F. S.
Drake, J. W. Tyas, W. K. Hughes, W. H. Middleditch.
Lower Fourth Class—H. Gining, E. Cutler, S. Jones,
B. Bishop, F. W. Wynn, 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. Arne-bury, R. Forrest, G. A. Webster.
Lower First Class—W. W. Duke, A. G. Whitehouse,
W. S. Lovej..y.
Mathematics—J. G. Fleay, B. W. Gibsone, E. 'Thomp-
son, E. Headland, M. H. Irving, M. C. Ancell, W. B.
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. Dc Mole, 11. Hayne, F.
H. Morris, J. R. Thayer, R. Hurst.
French—A. Bailey, E. Headland, hi. Carr, W. 11,
Wheeler, W. M. Ord, W. K. Hughes, H. Brandon'
G. Winslow, H. Hayne, C. S. Cadman, F. E. Bacon,
J. Sutton.

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,
andscape L. De ille, .J. KnWowles.
LV Drawßing—G. . Price, W. Lightley, E.
W. Seale.

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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.

whichM iscanaorew
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The season will close
with sinw oanctdiev,refurel
hoepaerrsaal.of
TheLe Afoot/o%re
idngi Fciagsatrios,
remarkable:—Jenny Lind, Susanna ; Castellan, the
Countess ; Figaro, Lablache •; Bartolo, Staudigl ; and
Cceetti, 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
was a 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 HOUSE.—Yesterday a numerous
meeting of the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon, of
the members of the Stratford Shakspearian Club and
the Archmlogical Association, was held in the Town-
hall, for considering the best means of providing against
the destruction of the birth-place of Shakspeare. Dr.
Fettigrew, F.R.S., presided. There were also present,
Lord Brooke, M.P., Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Sir W.
Betham, Baronet, Sir H. Dillon, Sir J. Annesley,
Mr. Crofton Croker, Mr. H. 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 corn
mittee, and the correspondence in which they had
o fS ahnayk *p
otherer
an
society Society
in securing Shakspeate's house
to been engaged having been read, Dr. Thompson said,
he was sure that nothing would give greater pleasure
to the
than to act with the mem-
bersto the country. A report had been circulate d that it
i
was the intention of certain parties to purchase 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
seconding a resolution, " That the Archaeological Asso-
ciation fully entered into the views expressed by the
members of the Shakspearian Club at Stratford-upon-
Avon, in the resolution that the committee be requested
to communicate with the Archaeological Association, and
solicit their co-operation towards forwarding the objects
in view." The resolution having been carried unani-
mously, and several other gentlemen having addressed
the meeting, the business of the day concluded.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.—An
order has been received by Mr. Mackenzie, innkeeper,
Aviemore, for 16 pairs of horses to take her Diajesty and
suite from Fort William to Ardverikie, the lodge of the
Marquis of Abercorn at Loch Legg
an, about the 14th of
August. This seems to settle the point as to the exact
period when her Majesty will visit Scotland. Mr. Mac-
kenzie has received this order through the kind recom-
mendation, unsolicited, of the Marquis of Abercorn.
In verness Courier.
THE HoN. AND Ray. G. SPENCER.—We deeply
y regret to announce that this gentleman, who some ears.
back joined the Roman Catholic Church, and more re-
cently one of its religious orders, is lying in a mast dan-
gerous state from fever, caught in the discharge of his
duties among the poor Irish at the monastery of Aston,
in Staffordshire. The latest accounts leave sea I
me y
hope of his recovery. any
PAUCITY OF BUSINESS IN THE SHERIFF'S COURT.
—There were only three cases fur trial yesterday in the
Sheriff's operation Court, in consequence of the - 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.
women
of the Sonderbund Cantons of Switzerland have formed
themselves into a military body, amounting in number
to 672. They carry muskets or carbines, have officers,
passwords, and, in fact, a complete
military org-
a
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