The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-25 00:00:00

THE SUGAR DUTIES.
GLASGOW PETITION.
GLASGOW, THU INDAY.—Yesterday the following petition
to the House of Commons was laid down at the bar of the
Royal Exchange. It was numerously and respectably
signed in the course 4f a few hours, and transmitted for pre-
sentation in the evening:—
" To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland in Parliament assembled-
- "The P.tition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers,
Manufacturers, Shipowners, and other Inhabitants of
the City of Glasgow.
" Sheweth,
" That your petitioners hail with the greatest satisfaction,
the plan submitted to your Honourable House by her Ma-
jesty's Government, for the settlement of the sugar duties.
" The amount and duration of protection accorded to the
colonies are ample and liberal, exceeding in both respects
what many of your petitioners had anticipated; and, while
they trust it wit! put an end to everything like unreasonable
opposition, they are confident it will confer great benefit on
the public, at.d t he trade of the country in general.
" May it therefore please your Honourable House to
pass the said Bill, as it is of great consequence it
should become the law soon as possible.'

1 KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL.
i Yesterday the annual distribution of prizes to the boys of
the various cla'ses of this institution who have most distin-
guished themselves in their studies during the past year, and
the recitations from ancient and modern authors, took place
in the theatre of the College. The chair was taken, at two
o'clock, by Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., who was supported by Dr.
Major, the head master of the school. and the assistant IIlaS•
hers. There were also present Lord Radstock. the Rev. Mr.
, Like, and many other supporters of the establishment. The
seats raind the buiLing were tilled with ladies and gentle-
men and with the pupils. Oo the floor of the ro •In was a
raised platf.rm, on woich those who recited took their places.
The principal, the Rev. Dr. Jell*, was unfortunately not able
to attend, his duties at Christ Church, Oxford, detaining him
in that University.
The business of the morning was commenced by a state-
ment troin the lion. 13.*ronet who presided, of the occasion
and objects of the meeting; after which the recitations were
delivered in a very creditable manner by the following gen-
tlemen from the authors mentioned;—
Iphigenia
Orestes 1 TT
Eur. Iph. T. Thompson.
Pylades
Praises of Britain Thomson
Cicero pro Plaucio .
SYPhax ** **** ** 1. Addison's Cato L
Bailey.
{iddon.
Juba
Harpagon
Val ere ... ........
Maitre Jacques ... De Lisle.
Brutus
Cas i Bethell.
1 Shakspeare
sus ...
... .....
Joan of Arc ..... Schiller Cates.
Demosthenes
Peasant's Grave... Wordsworth lrving.
Hannibal i Conolly.
1
Scipio ..
Livy R. Edwards.
Death of Marrnion Scott Thompson.
Le Grondieur t Brueys
La Valet lrving.?
Wallenstein
II;o } Schiller lrving.
Tersky Harrison.
Caisar Nussey.
Cato
Cicero ...
Ware.
Pomptinius .. ..... Ben Jonson's
Catiline
De Lisle.
Syllanus ............ Fleay.
At the conclusion of this part of the business, the prizes,
which consisted of books elegantly bound, were presented by
the chairman to the successful competito rs; and a prize was
also presented to the best pupil in each of the schools in
union with the school of King's College. The head master,
The Rev. Dr. Major, then announced the names of the
scholars for 1646;
'First class—Classical, Maurice Day; mathematical, Ed-
mund Thompson._ . .
____

Second class—Classical, William Ayerst; mathematical,
Malcolm Currie Ancell.

Third class—William Henry Brown; Ed ward William
Meredith.
Fourth class—George Moody.
Fifth class—Francis Smale brake.
Sixth class—Robert Howard Shepard.•
The whole of the presentations being concluded,
Lord RADSTOCK moved a vote of thanks to the chairman,
which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. LAKE, and carried by
acclamation.

Sir R. H. INcaas immediately returned thanks, and in so
doing exhorted the pupils of the school to lose no exertions
in their studies and in their religious duties. He would give
them for their motto the word " onward," and he would wish
to impress upon their minds the necessity of continued pro-
gression towards excellence.

The meeting broke up shortly before five o'clock.
The following is a list of the names of the pupils to whom
,he prizes were awarded :

UPPER 6TH CLASS.
Hugh Bacon
Edmund Thompson
Charles Lewis Parker
Edward Richard Nussey
Alfred Bailey
George Robert Chaplin
Marmaduke John Conolly
Martin H. Irving
Frederick Harrison
LOWER 6TH CLASS.
Francis Charles New
Henry Vallirgs
Edward Headland
Henry Aughton Maude
Hector Cameron
William Ayerst

Richard James Walker
Ferdinand Oliver Camroux
James Rankin Ferguson
James M. Hope Gleig

MATHEMATICS.
Frederic Gard Fleay
Edmund Thompson
George Walter de Lisle
Henry Ware
Burford Wm. Gibsone 2Eq.
Thomas Walker Scott
Arthur Cates
Alexander Barry f
1 2Eci.
Martin H. Irving
William Henry Brown
Edward Headland
Edward Richard Nussey
Charles Augustus Ward
WRITING AND ARITHMETIC.
William Lightly
Arthur Kerry
Frederick Braby
Alfred Braby
Samuel Harman
William Maudsley
Horatio Brandon
Richard William May
James Harvey

lIEBRLW.
'Roland Edwards

FRENCH.
George Walter de Lisle
Charles James Fox
Frederick Wright
William James King
George Harvey
Horatio Brandon
Marmaduke John Conolly
Lawrence Harrison
Alfred Bentley
Edward Stanley Heywood
Wm. Underwood Gumpertz
Sands Clayton

GERMAN..
Thomas Jamieson Dymes
Martin H. Irving
Charles Henry Hopwood
George Winter Price
Samuel Harman
George Maddox

GEOMETRICAL DRAWING.
Selwyn New
Emanuel Allen
Charles Woodman Eastwood
George Arthur Edward Tur-

nour
Charles Ross

LANDSCAPE DRAWING.
Thomas Jamieson Dymes
William Henry Leigh Green
John Hossack.