The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-31 00:00:00

Now -FOUNDATIONERS.

Fourth Class.-19 boys to pay .£4O a year each,
to be nominated by the governors.
Boys not orphans, the sons of officers serving in
the army, will be admitted in this class.
The subjects of instruction given to the boys will
include what is usually understood by a good Eng-
lish and classical education, with those branches of
scientific knowledge which have a special applica-
tion to the arts, commerce, and industry of the
country, and the modern languages.
The religious worship and teaching are, of course
to be according to the doctrine and principles of the
Church of England ; but attendance on such wor-
ship or teaching will not be required of boys whose
guardians may object on the grounds of religious
dissent.

Thus, then, the annual income of the College, in
eluding the payments to be made by the 100 boys,
will be £6,160, which is considered sufficient to pro-
vide a suitable staff of masters, and to cover all ex-
penses for 100 boys; as the funds of the College
increase the boys admitted will be all placed on the
foundation, and the fourth class or non-foundation-
ers ultimately abolished.
The ceremonial of Saturday, if such a brief and
formal proceeding may be so termed, took place in
the Great Hall of the College, which, as it was
only able to accommodate about one per cent. of
those anxious to be present, caused tickets of ad-
mission to be sought after with peculiar eagerness.
Nearly all the visitors, however, were from Landon,
and came in special trains by the South-Eastern
and South-Western Railways to the temporary
station upon the latter line, a short distance from
the College. But short as was this distance it
was quite sufficient to enable all to appreciate
the bleakness of the situation, for wind and
drizzly rain were sweeping across the heath with
vindictive keenness, and altogether the appear-
ance of things was as cheerless and unpromising
as well as could be. The Great Hall in which the
ceremony took place is a most unpretending apart-
ment, with whitened brick walls and plain
oak ceiling. A few flags, with wreaths of laurel,
were placed between the windows, and a dais with
crimson canopy erected at one end for the Queen.
Beyond this no attempt was made at decoration,
and the appearance of the room, therefore, was in
every.way paltry and unworthy the occasion. On
each side of the dais were scats for the governors
and distinguished visitors, while in front of it were
placed forms for the boys of the College. Behind
these sat the general visitors on 16 seats, from
which, as none were raised, only those favoured
few who sat on the front one saw anything at all.
It was intended, up to within a few daysof the
opening, that no representatives of the press should
be allowed to be present, and it is almost a matter
of regret that such an arrangement was not adhered
to, as it would certainly have been better than the
plan pursued on Saturday of placing them in such
a position as made it almost impossible for them to'
perform their duty. The places allotted to the re-
porters were in a corner behind those of every other
person in the room, and utterly out of sight of the very
ceremonial they were expected to describe. From
these seats also when the places . had been taken
none could stir, so that we are almost entirely in-
debted to the courtesy of some of the officials who
saw her Majesty arrive, and were near her on the
dais, for our account of what took place.
The places in the Great Hall were occupied be-
fore 12 o'clock. Among those present were his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
and Duchess of Wellington, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Earl and Countess of Derby and
Lady Emma Stanley, Lord Cranworth, Lord
Gough, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Ellenborough,
Bishop of Oxford, Lord John Russell, Lady Hayter,
Right Hon. Mr. Henley, Right Hon. S. Walpole,
Mr. J. Walter, M.P., Sir J. W. Hogg, Sir F.
Currie, the Chaplain-General, &e. A little after
half-past 12 her Majesty, accompanied by the
Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, and Prince
Arthur, and escorted by a detachment of the 2d
Life Guards, arrived in a carriage-and-four from
Windsor.. In attendance were the Countess of
Desert, Hon. Misses Cathcart and Byng, L "ds
Crofton and Colville, the Hon. Col. Liddell, Hon.
Col. Ponsonby and Major Elphinstone. A guard
of honour, furnished by the Ist Staffordshire
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Militia, received the Royal party with the weal
ceremonies. Upon alighting at the south front her
Majesty was met by the Duke of Cambridge, the
Duke of Wellington, and the .other governorsivof
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the College, with its head master, the Rev. E.
Benson, M.A. Thus attended, the Royal party at
once proceeded to the junior schoolroom, where the
boys were still at their tasks, but where, never-
theless, she was welcomed with such heary cheers
as only boys can give. From this her Majesty was
shown through the various class and school rooms,
and through the dormitories we have already de_

The railway crrangemcnts, bath of the South-
Eastern and South-Western, were excellent, and
the Wellington College Station on the latter line is
now opened for traffic.