The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-19 00:00:00

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.

The annual election ofe:ildren into this sv3rnirale7e
institution took place en Tuesday. Never were the
proceedings of this most interesting ceremony marled
by circumstances of greater interest than those pre-
sented upon this occasion. In tie firet piece, it our
privilege to be enabled to mention the gratifying fact
that the royal patronage bestowed upon the Lieemed
Victuallers' School is not a mere matter of form, but
is, in truth, a substantial honour. This was shown
by the proxy cf his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, the Patron of the Institution, having been
forwarded through Cul. Phipps, to Mr. Smalley, the
Secretary, with a request that it should be used for
the benefit of " the most deserving object."
We need hardly remark that this manifestation of
royal condescension was duly appreciated by the sup-
porters of the school, and in passing it may be stated
that the wish of royalty was fully carried out, by the
Prince's votes) being given to Louisa Elizabeth
low, a most deserving recipient of royal favour. This
incident was in itself sufficient to impart a peculiar
degree of éclat to the election, but when it WaB found,
in accordance with the intimation of the secretary,
that the school funds for the present ha-year were
better by 3001. than they were for the whole of the
preceding year, the enthusiasm of the donors and ad-
mirers of this noble institution was at its height, for
it was felt that while the institution ceuld command
royal sympathy and popular support in the way we have
just stated, it would long continue to be a shelter for the
orphan, and a home for the distressed youth of both
sexes, where they would not only be maintained and
clothed, but be trained up in the principles of mo-
rality and religion. The number of children to be
elected on Tuesday was twenty-five—twelve boys and
thirteen girls—and the candidates amounted to thirty-
five. As may well be anticipated, it was a subjact of
the;deepest regret to the Governor and the committee
that they were not in a position at present to admit
all the applicants on the foundation of the school ;
but they have a confident expectation that the time
is not far distant when they will be enabled to do so,
and when no child having a claim upon the school,
and requiring its advantages, will be refused admis-
sion within its walls. There was only one circum-
stance that was in any way calculated to throw a
damp upon the proceedings of the election, and that
was the absence, on account of extreme illness, of the
highly esteemed Governor of the Incorporated Society,
Mr. J. J. Homer. The feeling of regret for the cause
of that absence was universal.

In the absence of the Governor, the active duties
of his position devolved as a matter of course upon
Mr. Findley, the senior trustee, and it is but justice
to that gentleman to say that he executed those duties
in a manner that gave entire satisfaction to his col-
leagues, and to all persons interested in the business
of the day.

At half-past three o'clock exactly Mr. Findley, at-
tended by his colleagues on the committee, entered
the boys' school-room, where the parents and friends
of the youthful candidates were assembled to hear
the result of the poll.
Mr. SMALLEY then, by the direction of Mr. Find-
ley, read the following list :

BOYS.
Votes Votes
at former at present Total.
Elections. Election.

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George Osmond 17,711
Thomas John Mobbs
Richard Rcbert Davies
William Ca❑trill Gollings 3,934
Robert Draper '
Frederick Martin
James 'William Codrington
Charles Richard Hutchings
Thomas George Thorpe
Geo. Thos. Byron Cousins
Thomas Walker Penny
John Edward Burrows 6,519

Adam Southcombe
Frederick Fancy
Benjamin Richard Peacock
Edwin Mark Carrier
Edward Fancy
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