The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL.
Tuesday being the feast of St. Barnabas, necarding
to annual custarr, the election of scholars of Merchant
Taylors' School as- Probationary Fellows and Exhibi-
tioners to St. John's College, Oxford, and to the Univer-
sily of Cambridge, took place at the school.
After an examination of the senior scholars in the pre-
sence of the President of St. John's College (Dr. Wye-
ter), ono 01 the Senior Fellows, the Master of the Mer-
chant Taylors' Company (Mr. Compile), the Wardens,
and the Examiners, Professors Browne and Maine, the
Master and Warden, the President of St. John's, the
Head Master of the school (Dr. Hessey), the oilier mas-
ters, and a large assemblage of visitors, including many
ladies, adjourned to the school-room, where the usual
orations were delivered by the senior scholars.
The prizes were then distributed by Dr. Hessey.
Mr. C. it obtained the Hebrew medal, given
by Sir Moses Monteflore, who was present. The other
prizes were thus awarded:—
Chief Classical Prizes—Latin Verse—T. H. Thorn-
ton. (H. H. Cookson. W. 11. Helm, and T. Marshall
commended.) General Latin Scholarship—M. H. Cook-
son. (C. Matheson, T. H. Thornton, and W. H. Helm
commended.) General Greek Scholarship— M. H.
Cookson. (C. Matheson, T. H. Thornton, end W.
Helm commended.) History— W. H. Helm. (T. 11.
Thornton, M. H. Cookson, and C. Matheson c,.:ta-
mended.)
Chief Mathematical Prize for the Tear ill H.
Cookson.
Chief French Prize fir the Year—M. H. Cookson.
Classical Prize; for Work in Long Vacation—M. IL
Cookson, T. IL Thornton, E. Harrison, S. Thornton.
Other Classical Prize,z—M. H. Cookson, J. C. .Mathe-
son, S. Thornton, C. H. T. Crosthwaite, W. H. Smith,
C. A. S. Austin, 0. C. Balls, R. F. ilosken, J. Bulkley,
G. H. Wright, J. Rogers, W. C. Haziitt, C. A. S.
Austin, G. A. Clint, 0. C. Balls, C. E. Morley, C. J.
Follett, James Walton, E. A. C. Schaleh, W. King,
H. G. Howlett. Probation, June, 1550.—N.8. At the
June probation the chief classical prizes and phces at
the Prompters' Bench are written for by the head and
sixth forms. No other prizes are then ordinarily
awarded. _ _

Other Mathematical Prizes—E. Harrison, J. B. Gray.,
A. Sty an, E. Harrison, C. H. Rice, H. G. Smith, J.
Haslegrave, E. Harrison, S. M. Moens, A. J. M`Caul,
W. G. Longden, T. 11. Howlett.
Other French Priz.,s—S. Thornton, J. H. Spence, W
H. Smith, T. M-Igy, S. J. Hawkey, J. L. Rowe, G. A.
Clint, J. Walton.
Prizes for Writing and Arithmetic—W. W. Jones, S.
W. Hill, H. Johnson, A. S. Shute, A. A. Duke, F. J.
Griffiths, G. A. Clint, 0. C. Mr, J. H. Smith, E.
Barron.

The following elections then took place:—
Probationary Fellows elected to St. John's College,
Oxford, Charles Matheson, Montagu Hughes Cookson.

Scholar on Dr. Andrew's Foundation;— to St. John's
College, Oxford—William Henry Helm.
School Exhibitimner; to St. John's College, Oxford—
Thomas Marshall.

Scholars on Mr. Parkin's Foundation; to Pembroke
College, Cambridge—William Edensor Lit tlewood, Au-
gustus Francis Smith, and Edward Thormac.
Pitt Club Scholars, to any College at either Univer-
sity, who are to be the " two best Scholars in the
School."—l. M. H. Cookson; 2. T. H. Thornton is re-
ported by the Examiners as the second scholar, bat as
he does not leave the school this June, and is therefore
at present ineligible, the Scholarship will be competed
for again in June, 1851.
Atter the examination had terminated, the Merchant
Taylors' Company gave a splendid banquet, to which
they invited a numerous assemblage of guests.