The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-27 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER
Badon-Badon 3, 5, 7 I Paris (Autumn) 23, 30
Chantilly
OCT

Paris
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Chantilly ll, 18

IBER.
Viuconnes

DULWICH COLLEGE.

The pleasant little village of Dulwich wore quite
a holiday aspect yesterday. Flags waved from
44 Alleyn's College of God's Gift" and from the
neighbouring houses, and preparations on a scale
befitting the occasion were made for the ceremony
of laying the first stone of the new college buildings
on Dulwich-common. The new site, which is about
half a mile nearer the Crystal Palace than the pre-
sent college, is admirably adapted for carrying out
the intentions of the benevolent founder, and the
act of 1858, which reconstituted the charity. The
space appropriated for the school buildings, official
residences, administrative office, play-grounds, and
play-fields, for both schools comprehends an area of
30 acres. A further area of 15 acres is reserved to
be hereafter appropriated for boarding-houses and
such other college requirements as may be found
desirable. The school precincts of about .45 acres
are thus not exceeded by those of any public school
in England.
The new buildings, of which the first stone was
laid yesterday, will provide education for 600 boys
on the class-room system, according to the curri-
culum provided by the act of Parliament. Founda-
tion scholars to the number of 24 in the Upper
School and 32 in the Lower School will be clothed,
fed, and educated free of cost to their parents and
guardians. Provision is also made for all the usual
appendages to great schools—libraries, reading-
room, day-room, bath-rooms, lavatories, &c. The
plans include complete official residences for the
master of the college, the master of the Lower
School, and the under-master of the Upper School.
The whole of the buildings are from the design of
Mr. Charles Barry, the architect and surveyor to
the Government, and will be carried out under
his superintendence. The style is Northern
Italian of the 13th century, of which beautiful
examples are still seen at Milan, Verona, Parma,
Pavia, &c. The architect has made extensive and
tasteful use of terra-cotta of different colours in
giving variety and relief to the red brick to be em;
ployed. The whole building will be of fireproof
construction, substantial and solid. The governors
desired to have no superfluity of ornament, but to
erect a building appropriate to the position and ob-
jects of the new institution, and worthy of the im-
portant place among our educational foundations
which Dulwich College will occupy at no distant
day. The plans will admit of enlargement when
the necessity arises. The governors have already
founded two sehblarships of £6O a year each; and

will largely add to these as theirincreasing resources
shall allow.
The site of the interesting ceremony was enlivened
by a liberal display of flags. Aplatform was erected
for the principal spectators, and a spacious booth
just opposite enabled about 500 of the local gentry,
clergy, &c., to witness the proceedings. The band
of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance, and
the boys of the Upper and Lower School were of
course delighted to participate in an event of so
much importance in the annals of the college. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer had consented to lay
the foundation stone of the new buildings, and the
proceedings derived a further interest from the at-
tendance of the President and Council of the Royal
Academy, who made their annual inspection of the
pictures, and afterwards honoured the ceremony
witb their presence. Unfortunately, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer was called byhis Ministerial duties
to attend the Queen at Windsor, and under these
circumstances the governors unanimously requested
their chairman, the Rev. William Rogers, M.A.,
Rector of Bishopsgate, to act as his locum tenens.
The governors arrived at the site at about 2 o'clock
when the Rev. W. Rogers ascended the platform,
accompanied by Mr. H. E. Adair, M.P., Mr. Tite,
M.P., Mr. Stone, M.P., Dr, John Perry, Sir F.
Grant, President of the Royal Academy, Mr. J. P.
Knight, secretary, Mr. C. Landseer, keeper, Mr.
Redgrave, Mr. C. N. Cope, Mr. J. C. Horsley,
Mr. E. Cooke, Mr. S. Cousins ; the Rev. Dr. Carver,
Master of the College ; the Rev. W. F. Greenfield,
Master of the Lower School ; and the Rev. S. Cheet-
liam, Chaplain of theroirege. Among the general
company were Sir Roderick Murchison, Colonel
Adair, Colonel Macdonald, Mr. James Fergusson,
Mr. H. Staunton, Mr. C. Barry, surveyor to the
college ; Mr. Downs, contractor ; the representa-
tives of the parishes locally interested in the benefits
of the college, &c.
The architect having presented to the chairman a
bottle containing the Times of that day, the Act of
Parliament newly incorporating the college, the
last college list of school honour, the programme of
the day, and the coins of the realm, it was duly in-
serted in a cavity in the stone. The work of lower-
ing the stone commenced, the school choir chanting
" Except the Lord build the house." The Chair-
man, after the usual preparations, declared the
corner -stone of the new college buildings to be well
and truly laid. A collect having been read by the
chaplain of the college,

The CHAIRMAN said he regretted most deeply the
absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the
more so because no man knew more about education,
and especially education of the kind which that college
was intended to supply. The present was a proud
day for Dulwich, and one which would have glad-
dened the heart of old Alleyne had he been alive to
see it, for he was persuded that the Governors
were acting in accordance with his wishes and inten-
tions. Alleyne was a man of large soul, and in-
tended his college to be a much larger establishment
than it had hitherto been. The original college
founded by him in 1619 consisted of a master, a
warden, four fellows, six chanters, six poor brethren,
six poor sisters, and 12 poor scholars. It could never
be supposed that he intended to limit his foun-
dation to this establishment. On the contrary, these
persons were to form the nucleus of future develop-

meut as the funds increased. In fact, Alleyne in his

statutes spoke of " foreigners " who were to

resort to his school, evidently intendin g it to be
like Eton or the Charter-house, with a foundation

and oppi3ans, or town boys, to be benefited by his
bequest. Unfortunately, his views were not earri?.d
out by his successors. The estate increased in value,
but the foundation did not increase, and the

" foreigners" were never heard of. The boys were
not sent to the University because none of them
were fit, and those who had the care of them took
precious good care that they should not be fit. (A
laugh.) In fact, that nurstrspiendid institution did
not accomplish what it was intended to do. At last
Parliament was constrained to interfere. Au act was
thereupon parsed for the purpose of remedying the
evil, and a new reconstruction of the college took
place. Although many things which they would

have liked to see retained had been swept away, and

although they would gladly have seen other provi-
sions omitted from the act, yet they believed that in
the main it carried out the design of Alleyne in ac-
cordance with the spirit of the age. It provided for

an improved education for an additional number of

scholars, and equally increased the eleemosynary
branch. The management of the affairs of the
college was intrusted to 19 governors, eight of
whom were selected by the four parishes named by
the founder, and 11 appointed by the Crown. Un-
der the governors the chief officer of the college was
the master. There were two schools—one, the Upper
School, for a higher class whose education was more
extended, for whom exhibitions were provided at the
University, and who paid £8 per annum ; and the
other, the Lower School, for a humbler class, paying
£1 a year, and whose education was of a more prac-
tical kind, fitting them for trades and business.
In each school there were foundation boys, who were
educated, boarded, and lodged at the expense of the
charity. It was expressly enjoined by the act of
Parliament that when sufficient funds were accu-
mulated new school buildings should be erected.
It had been the great object of the governors
since their appointment in 1858 to carry out

this provision, bat although the estate was large
there were so many calls upon it for pensions to the
officers, &c., of the old college that it seemed almost
impossible to erect new school buildings during the
present generation. Fortunately, two railway com-
panies proposed to intersect the college estate, and
the money paid by the London and Brighton Com-
pany and the London, Chatham, and Dover Com-
pany for the land they required placed the Gover-
nors in a position to build. He believed that the
railways in question would very much increase the
value of the estate, in addition to enabling the
Governors to build the new schools, and that the
college was thirty years in advance of what would

have been its position but for the railways. (Hear.)
In the centre of the edifice would be a large hall
for the general gatherings of the boys and their

friends, and the two schools would be at each wing,
communicating by a cloister with the Central-hall.
Under these circumstances the Governors felt jus-
tified in looking forward to a glorious future for
Dulwich. (Cheers.) They would have a splendid
building in every way suited to its purpose, a
beautiful play ground hardly equalled, and cer-
tainly not excelled, by any in the country—(cheers)
—and a magnificent picture gallery in which the
boys would be trained in the love and appreciation
of works of art. (Cheers.) Above all,
each and al
were animated by a good spirit and devotion to the
interests of the college, which was the greatest
could
element of future success. (Cheers.)
not, perhaps, echo the sentiments They
of the poet
wcbolloeNgveas;
t persuaded that in these rising
yetenra hpetuferled with the prospect of Eto n
towers which would now crown the sylvan glade
" grateful science" would adore her Alleyne's
no royalty might
brow of
"holy shade," and
although
watch them from the " stately Windsor's
heights," yet they would be cheered by the great
palace of the people—(cheers)—the temple of art
and science and cheerful enjoyment, which surveyed
them from the heights of Sydeuham. (Cheers.)
And although no Father Thames wandered among
their fields, and though the very Effra was dried up,
still the great spirit of improvement would animate
all their actions, and this, like the river that made
glad the city of God, would fertilise all their endea-
vours and enable them to bless the fruits of a sound
religious education. (Cheers.) The proceedings of
the day were solely connected with the educational
branch of the college, but he was reminded that
many of those present took an interest in the elee-
mosynary branch. (Hear, hear.) That branch had
received the careful attention of the Governors, and
he was glad to say that with the sanction of the

Prayers having been offered up by the Chaplain,
and Mendelssohn's chorale "Let our theme of praise'
having been sung by the choir,
The CHAIRMAN called for three cheers for the
master, which were given with heartiness. The same
compliment was paid to the master of the Lower
School, and after the National Anthem the assembly
dispersed.
1 ' Shortly after the ceremony the Governors enter-
tamed the President and Council of the Royal
Academy and many other distinguished visitors at
luncheon in the beautiful picture gallery of the col-
a
• lege The Chairman of the Board of Governors
presided, and after the repast proposed the health
of " the Master of the College," who returned
thanks in an eloquent speech. The Chairman next
proposed the health of Sir F. Grant, who said that
the Royal Academy had reason to be very grateful
to the heads of the College, who every year allowed
the council to borrow their best pictures. He pro-
posed " The Health of the Governors." Mr. Tite
acknowledged the compliment, and paid a tribute
to the good qualities of the Chairman, of whom he
said that a clergyman who was a bate:. man of busi-
ness he never saw. The toast of " the Visitors"
called up Sir R. Murchison, who said that the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer himself, had he been present
that morning, could not have given a better account
of the collegethan their chairman had done. (Cheers.)
Colonel Adair was also called upon to address the
company. The " Chairman of the Gallery Com-
mittee, Mr. Adair, M.P.," was also toasted. Mr.
Adair said he looked with great plt•asure upon the
fact that the gallery of pictures at Dulwich was now
open every day to the public, without payment.
(Cheers.) The "Health of the Chairman" was
given with due acknowledgment of the admirable
good temper and cordiality displayed by him
throughout the day. The company then repaired
tolthe lawn and grounds of the college, where coffee
was served, and where the band of the Coldstream
Guards largely contributed to the enjoyment of the
guests.

It may be added that the contract for the build-
ings, exclusive of fittings, furnishing, &c., has been
taken by Mr. Downs, of Union-street, Southwark—
whose tender was the lowest sent in—at £62,000.
The terracotta work, which will bear a most impor-
tant part in the ornamentation of the new building,
is being executed by Messrs. lilashfield, of Stam-
ford. The architect's clerk of the works is Mr.
Hogan. The new buildings are expected to be
ready for occupation in about two years and a half
or three years.

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's IVeekly Return)

In the week that ended on Saturday, June 23,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,193; the
deaths registered, 2,813. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 24 per 1,000 persons living.

In London the births of 997 boys and 94G girls,
in all 1,943 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of 10 years, 1856-65,
the average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 1,951.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,295. It was the 25th week of the year ;
and the average number of deaths for that week was,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,208.
Small-pox is perceptibly increasing. In the first
week of the present month the deaths by it rose
above 30 ; in the next week they were 39 ; last week
they were 45. Sixty-nine fatal cases of measles
were recorded ; 12 of which were in the district of
Whitechapel. Diarrhoea is increasing with the sum-
mer heat, and 43 fatal cases of it are returned. A.
death from cholera was registered as follows :—" On
21st June, at 4, Nursery-place, Walworth, the
daughter of an herbalist, aged 7 weeks, cholera (4
days)."

The death of a centenarian is recorded, the
widow of a labourer, on the 19th inst., in Stepney
workhouse, of natural decay, aged 100 years.
The following three deaths by carriage accidents
in the streets were registered in the week :
The son of a tailor, aged six years, run over
by a van ; died June 16 in Foley-street,
Marylebone. A barrister, aged 77 years, knocked
down by a cab ; died June 2, at 49, at Lan ter-
gate. The daughter of a market-garden labourer,
aged 2 years, run over by a corn waggon ; died on
June 16 at 9, Crown-street, Parson's-green-lane.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 22
per 1,000 in London, 29 in Edinburgh, and i 23
Dublin ; 17 in Bristol, 16 in Birmingham, 36 in
Liverpool, 26 in Manchester, 21 in Salford, 25 in
Sheffield, 29 in Leeds, 20 in Hull, 25 in Newcastle..
upon-Tyne, 28 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 39 per 1,000 during the week ending the 9th
inst., when the temperature was 6.6 deg. Fahren-
heit higher than the same week in London, where
the rate was 24 per 1,000.
The Registrar-General has received from the
Bureau of Records for New York the return of
deaths in that city for the week ending June 2.
The total number was 366, of which 19 was referred
to typhus and typhoid fever, 15 to scarlatina, and
Bto diphtheria. According to the census of 1865
the population was 726,386, and the deaths as
stated give an annual rate of mortality of 26 per
1,000 persons living. The mean temperature of
the week was 62.1 deg. During the same week in
London the rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000, and
the mean temperature 56.2 deg.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.705 in.
The pressure of the atmosphere was 29.35 in. at the
beginning of the week, and 30.02 at the end of it.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
58.1 degs., which is 1.6 degs. below the average of
the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). On Thursday the thermometer in the
shade rose to 79.2 degs., and that in the sun 153.4
degs., both being the highest points attained in the
week. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 7 degs. The
humidity varied from 96 on Monday to 69 on
Friday, saturation being represented by 100. The
wind vas chiefly in the south-west. Rain fell to
the amount of 1.12 in., more than half of which
fell during a thunder storm on the evening of
Thursday. Rain fell heavily on Monday in the
north-western counties.

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