The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-23 00:00:00

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.

The delivering of orations, which occurs according
to ancient custom at this period every year, prior to
the senior boys going to the Universities, took place
on Saturday, in the large and beautiful hall of the
Hospital. The entrance leading to the hall was
opened to visitors at half-past twelve o'clock, which
was filled in a very short time. It was near two,
however, when the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
accompanied by Aldermen Gibbs and Musgrove, and
several of the City officers, entered the room and
took the chair. One of the most imposing portions
of the spectacle was the appearance of the younger
alumni, who filled the large gallery from which
issued the imposing tones of the organ when his
Lordship entered the room. In the centre of the
hall were seated the twelve " Grecians," surrounding
the Rev. Dr. Rice, the head master. Such a spectacle
as was presented on Saturday is surely one that har-
monises with the highest feelings of our nature,
while reason sanctions it, not from its antiquity, but
from the good, useful results, which it is adapted to
produce. It is not a naked pageant, like many of
the legacies of antiquity. It is instinct with life,
and imbued with the spirit of what i 2 good and
valuable. One's mind is hurried back to that which
was emphatically the golden age of literature, when
the academy and the stoa were filled by those vene-
rable ancients whose influence guiciad the progress
of humanity in their own times, and is still felt in
the conduct of affairs in ours. And how far a better
monument of his fame has the youthful founder of
this Hospital left behind him than many whose royal
names shine in our annals with a stronger light?
Christ's Hospital has conferred more good on England
than Cressy or Poictiers. 'We were not, therefore,
surprised at the high eulogiuma passed on the
institution and its royal founder by the four
first Grecians in praise of the " Royal Hos-
pitals." The first was in Latin, and was de-
livered by the second Grecian, Langham Dale, who
executed his part with considerable energy and great
propriety of diction. This young gentleman is pro-
ceeding to Queen's College, Oxford. The next was
in English, and was delivered by the first Grecian,
Morton Amos Leicester, who is proceeding to St.
John's College, Cambridge. This being in English,
was capable of being more generally appreciated than
the other. The oration was full of good taste and
sound sense. It recounted the benefits which the
Royal Hospitals conferred, and challenged all Greece
and Rome to produce so good an institution. The
Greek oration, on the same subject, was delivered by
Edward Taylor Hudson, third Grecian and Classical
Medallist, who is proceeding to Trinity College,
Cambridge. There was great elegance and fluency
in this gentleman's pronunciation, and even those
who were not able to understand the language, could
not fail to be struck with its glorious harmonies.
The French oration was delivered by the eleventh
Grecian, Edward Algernon Newton, whose delivery
and pronunciation was most superior. There was
great energy in his manner, and considerable fluency
in his language. We should say, that his style of
speaking was considerably the best. Then followed
Latin Alcaics, being an ode to the Queen on the birth
of a second Prince.

Imperii Pecus et Columna, delivered by Gowen
Edward Evans, fourth Grecian, and Mathematical
Medallist. Greek lambics, on the Spanish Armada,
by George Voigt. English Ode to the Prince of
'Wales, on his being made a Governor of Christ's
Hospital, by John Daniel 'Williams, twelfth Grecian ;
Latin Hexameters, on the Conversion of St. Paul, by
Edward Tudor Scorgill, fifth Grecian ; Greek lam-
bics, a translation of the Remorse, in Hamlet, by
'William Frederick Greenfield, seventh Grecian, and
Mathematical Medallist; Latin Elegiacs, a transla-
tion from Cowper's " Boadicea," by Thomas Johnson
Potter, tenth Grecian ; Greek Sapphics, on the death
of Campbell, the poet, by Malcom Laing, eighth
Grecian ; an English Poem on Edward the Sixth, by
Thomas Stedman Polehampton, ninth Grecian. It
is scarcely necessary to say that all of these were
received with the greatest satisfaction and applause ;
and the whole audience seemed to be well pleased and
gratified with the proceedings.

The Earl of Rosse's telescope, now complete, is
open to public inspection four hours every day. his
.Lordship has, within the last ten days, taken astronomi-
cal observations, which will be shortly given to the
scientific world,—Lisserich Chronic e.