The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-21 00:00:00

ROYALTY AMONG THE CCIIOOLBOYS.

Two " Royal Highnesses" addressed students on
Friday. Wellington College was visited by the
Prince of Wales, the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich by the Duke of Cambridge. It was
speech clay at Wellington College, prize day at
Woolwich.. There was a fashionable assembly at
Wellington College, lords and ladies, knights and
squires, soldiers and professors assembling to do
honour to the occasion. A prize was presented by
Prince Arthur for history, one by the Archbishop
of Canterbury for divinity, two were the gift of the
Earl of Derby (one of them 254) the profits
on his lordship's " Homer "), and a Queen's medal
was handed to the best-ponducted student. In pro-
posing the loyal toasts much stress was laid on the
fact that royalty and statesmen patronised the college
The Prince of Wales, replying to the toast of his
health, attributed all the success of the College to the
other governors, not to himself, the president. Still
he took the warmest interest in it, •as his lamented
father had done: as his beloved mother still did.
During the ten years which had elapsed since the
inauguration of the College those interested in its
direction had reason to congratulate themselves on
its gradual improvement in various respects. In its
first year there were only 75 boys in the institution,
now there were 320; and he did not see why that
number should not be increased to 500 when the
privilege of living in lodgings provided by the
masters was extended to the pupils.
The Duke of Cambridge was accompanied at
Woolwich by Prince Arthur. This time, happily, the
Duke did not come to find fault. Ile had to bestow
commissions on forty students in the Academy—
twenty to the Royal Engineers and twenty to the
Royal Artillery. Congratulating himself and the
students that he did not come to upbraid them, his
Royal Highness went on to remind the .cadets that
in these extraordinarily scentilic days, when inven-
tions were constantly spr:nging up and the mode of
warfare changing, they must not consider, when they
left these walls, that their education was completed.
If they wished to become efficient officers in her
Majesty's service, they must carefully watch these
modern improvements, and endeavour to profit by
them.

THE COURT, THE CAMP, AND THE SEA.
The naval and military papers contain several
items of miscellaneous information chiefly affecting
the Court and the two Services. The Broad Arrow
says that Lord Alfred Paget has been apppointed'by
the Queen to attend on the Viceroy of Egypt, who
will arrive at Dover on Tuesday; the 22nd inst.,
come up to .Buckingham .Palace, stop one
night at Windsor Castle, and be present
at the review on the 20th at Windsor.- From
the same, paper we learn that the 'Sultan has con 7
ferred upon Sir -Samuel Baker the title of pasha, as
a proof og the interest• he takes in the success of Sir
Samuel's: expedition. TW6 ere told also that Colonel
S. J. • C. 8., late Governor-in-Chief of the
Leeward Islands,-WhO haS just returned from the West
Indies, goes out very , shortly 'to administer the
government of Newfoundland. Colonel Hill's mili-
tary and civil services extend'oVer a period of forty-
four years, during which time he has always been
employed.
The United Service Gazette says that recruiting is
now going on most vigorously, and the Queen's
shilling seems to possess unusual attractions. The
same paper mentions that another reduction of the
Coastguard is about to take place to the extent of
100 men. The divisional officers, who now perform
the duties which used to pertain to the inspecting
commanders, are to be abolished, arid the inspecting
commanders ' are to be charged with increased
duties.

The Army and Navy Gazette thinks that the public
service will suffer by the removal of Mr. Romaine
from the Admiralty, and regrets that he was not so
successful in gaining the confidence of the present
Board of Admiralty as ho was with previous Boards.