The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-06 00:00:00

SPEECH-DAY AT ETON COLLEGE

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The 4th of June—the anniversary of the birthday of
George lll.—was eelebrated at Eton on Saturday with
the customary academic exercises and rejoicings. The
festivities began at half-past eleven, when the boys
assembled in the arcade under the Upper School. At
twelve the delivery of the speeches, of which the fol-
lowing is the programme, began in the Upper School :
1. Urmson, " Speech on the India Bill," Burke ; 2.
Wodehouse, K. S., " Promotheus," ./Eshchylus ; 3. Bonsor
ma, " The Theatre," Rej. Addresses ; 4. Smith, " Marat
—Charlotte Corday," Ponsard ; 5. Preston, " Saul,"
Alfieri ; Stapylton, " Abner," Alfieri ; 6. Vaughan,
" Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice," Byron ;7. Mr. Lyttel-
ton max, Toinette—Currey, Argan, "Le Malade
Imagi-
naire," Moliere. 8. Goodford, " Electra," Sophocles ;
9. Freeth, K.S., " Philip von Artevelde," Taylor ; 10.
Goldney, K.S., " Strafford," Hume ; 11. Currey, Dr.
Pangloss, Rawlins, K.S., Dick Dowlas, Mr. Lyttelton
max., Waiter, " The Heir at Law," G. Colman ; 12.
Mitchell, K.S., " The Parabasis in the Birds,"Aristoph ; 13.
Ld. Clifton, Don Cesar (Die Braut von Messina), Schiller.
14. Perry, K.S., "Macerinus," M. Arnould ; 15. Wilson,
K.S., " King Henry VI." Shakespeare; 16, Mr. Lyttel-
ton, max., " Antony"—Julius Ctesar," ditto; 17. Smyth,.
"Thought suggested by a College Examination; 18. Raw-
ling, K.S., " Dissertation upon Roast Pig," C. Lamb.
The elocution was so uniformly good that it would be in-
vidious to specify any individual display. The visitors
proceeded from the Upper School to the College, and
shortly after four o'clock, Dr Goodford, the Provost, en-
tertained about 120 guests at a banquet in the ancient
College Hall, where the splendid old plate of the founda-
tion was displayed for the inspection and use of the
visitors. The shortest but perhaps the most important
spmch made upon the occasion was that delivered by Dr
laarnby, who stated that the school' was now numerical:
in a very prosperous condition, the number of boys being
—in the upper school 831, and in the lower school 49,
making a total of 880. At half-past six o'clock the visitors
assembled in the Eton Brocas, to see the procession of
boats start for Surly Hall, at which place the crews
landed, and were entertrined at a banqet, after which
they rowed back to Windsor.

The Marquis de Lavalette has arrived in London.
The King of Italy is sending ten fine horses as a
present to the Khedive.
The nomination for the vacancy in the representa-
tion of the Isle of Wight is fixed for to-morrow, at
Newport.
Mr. Ashbury has announced that if he fails in the
approaching yacht contests in American waters he will
build another yacht. _

Reports from Central Asia agree in saying that the
Russians are in force, and that Abdool Rahman Khan
has gone from Samarcand.
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Mr. Rivett-Garnac proposes to invite commercial
men, European and native, at Agra, to a conference on
the subject of cotton cultivation in India.
It seems that the sending of guards on board the
armour-plated ships Sultan and Cerberus was not as a
precaution against a Fenian attack.
The Home Office offers a further reward of 2100
for the discovery of the authors of the late outrage at the
house of Mr. Johnson, of Manchester.