The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-26 00:00:00

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.

On Monday, according to annual custom, the Lord
Mayor, several of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and Go-
vernors of this magnificent educational establishment,
after attending Divine service at Christ's Church, New-
gate-street, where a sermon was preached by the Rev.
W. H. Guillemard, M.A., of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge,
proceeded to the great Hall of the Hospital, to hear the
orations delivered, as on St. Matthew's day, by the senior
scholar of the foundation. The Hall was crowded with
ladies and gentlemen, amongst whom were a consider-
able number of clergymen. Immediately behind the
rostrum, in the centre of the floor, sat the Rev. Dr.
Rice, the respected 'head-master, surrounded by his
assistants and the senior scholars. The speeches "On
the Benefits of the Royal Hospitals" were delivered in
Latin, by E. T. Scargill, second Grecian, who is pro-
ceeding to Pembroke College, Cambridge ; in English,
by G. E. Evans, first Grecian and mathematical medalist,
1344, who is proceeding to Lincoln College, Oxford, as
Rowed scholar ; in Greek, by William Frederick Green-
field, fourth Grecian and mathematical medallist, 1843,
who is proceeding to Pembroke College, Cambridge ;
and in French, by George Voigt, third Grecian and
classical medallist, 1845, who is proceeding to Clare Hall.
Cambridge. These compositions, as far as we could
judge, were characterised by purity and elegance of
thought and diction, and were delivered with an intelli-
gence, self-possession, and appropriate emphasis credit-
' able alike to master and scholar. The exhibition also com-
prised—" Latin Alcaics, on the Norman Conquest,"
recited by Thomas Johnson Potter, seventh Grecian and
mathematical medallist, 1845. " Greek lambics, trans-
lation of part of Belial's speech in Paradise Lost," by
Malcolm Laing, fifth Grecian. "An English Ode on
China," by Thomas Stedman Polehampton, sixth
Grecian. " Latin Hexameters, translation from Pope's
Windsor Forest,' " by Edward Hayman, tenth Grecian.
"Greek lamlics, the Address of Regulus to the Senate,"
by Edward Algernon Newton, eighth Grecian. "Latin
Elegiacs, on the Murder of the two Princes in the
Tower," by Charles Edward Searle, eleventh Grecian.
" Greek Sapphics, on Her Majesty's Vist to Christ's
Hospital," by John Daniel Williams, ninth Grecian ;
and an "English Poem, on the Fall of Babylon," by
William Allan Russell, twelfth Grecian. Where all
acquitted themselves so well, we would not make invi-
dious distinction. We must, however, say, we were
much pleased with the English oration, by Evans, the
first Grecian ; the French oration, by Voigt, third Gre-
cian ; the Latin Hexameters, by Hayman, tenth Gre-
cian ; the Greek lambic; by Newton, eighth Grecian ;
and the English poem on "The Fall of Babylon," by
W.A. Russell, twelfth Grecian. The proceedings of the
day, which were extremely interesting, were terminated
by the " blue-coat" boys, who thronged the spacious
organ gallery, singing the National Anthem, which they
accomplished in most effective style.

WILLIAM UPCOTT, ESQ.—It is with infinite regret
hat we are called upon to record the death of this well-
known and respected gentleman, after a very short illness.
The melancholy event took place yesterday morning, at his
residence at Islington. Mr. Upcott was for many years
Librarian to the London Institution, for which office he was
eminently qualified by his extensive acquaintance with every
department of literature. He took an active and leading
part in placing before the public some of the most popular
and valuable works that have issued from the press during
the last thirty years. In the course of his useful career he
had great pride in collecting and arranging the autograph
letters of illustrious persons who flourished during the last
and present centuries. The fame of this invaluable collec-
tion of documents bad rendered his name familiar to every
lover of literature both at home and abroad. His advice
and assistance were eagerly sought by all engaged in the
preparation of works of historical importance, and he was
ever ready to afford to all who applied to him the benefit of
his great experience. In every circle Mr. Upcott was a wel-
come visitor and universal favourite. His cheerful and
agreeable conversation, his profound judgment on all literary
matters his retentive memory, which furnished an inex-
haustible fund of anecdote, combined with his kindly dispo-
sition and agreeable manner of relating what had passed
under his immediate observation, will not easily be forgotten
by those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. His loss
will be long and deeply felt, and the void occasioned by his
decease, more especially in the world of literature, will not
be readily supplied.
LEGAL CHANGES IN IRELAND.—The next term—
so rumour, that widely circulated gazette has it—will wit-
ness a number of important legal changes, which will give
rest to several worn-out judicial functionaries, and remove
that sickness of the heart growing out of " hope deferred,"
which bas long afflicted many a silk-gowned aspirant for
place. Chief Justice Doherty is to retire from the solitude of
the Common Pleas, having amassed a large fortune by rail-
way speculation, for the excellent judge, if not well versed in
the mysteries o/Bracton, Glanville, and Coke, is said to be
an adept in watching the gyrations of the sharemarket, and
in return for the Minister granting him a Peerage, he is to
keep the ultra-Hibernian legislators in the House of Lords
in a state of decorum. The successor of Chief Justice
Doherty, the knowing ones assert, will be the Member for
Clonmel, who is to receive absolution from Conciliation
Hall for accepting a place from the Peel Administration.
Chief-Justice Pennefather, in whom age and bodily infirmity
have produced a corresponding mental imbecility, is to be
re-placed by Mr. Attorney-General Smith, though it is well
known the Master of the Rolls has set his heart upon the
Chief-Justiceship of the Queen's Bench. If his promotion
could lead to the translation of that upright Judge, Baron
Richard, to the Rolls Court—which would be a boon to the
country—we should not be sorry to see the Attorney-General,
who can afford to wait, retaining a little longer his present
office. Judge Burton also, it is reported, will accompany
Chief Justice Pennefather; and, it is thought, as the pro-
motion of the Solicitor-General is out of the question, the
appointment will be offered to Mr. Richard Moore, the Soli-
citor-General of Lord Fortescue's Government. A better
man, as a lawyer, than Mr. Moore, could not be raised to the
judgment-seat. There are other hanges mentioned, but our
space to-day will not permit us to notice them.— World.
EAST INDIA SILKS.—The Commissioners of the
Customs have had under their consideration several applica-
tions from the principal importers of East India silk piece
goods, stating that great inconvenience is experienced by the
trade in consequence of their being required to give a sepa-
rate bond for each parcel of silk piece goods taken out of the
bonded warehouse, under the provisions of the Act 8 and 9
Victoria, chap. 91, sec. 29, for the purpose of being printed
or dyed, and requesting that the same may in future be dis-
pensed with ; and having considered the reports of the prin-
cipal superintending officers thereon, suggesting, with re-
ference to the present reduced rate of duty on the goods in
question, that a separate or distinct bond for each parcel
may be dispensed with under the following regulations, viz. :
—That the quantity of goods included in each bond be re-
stricted to 5,000 pieces, mid that the period within which the
whole are to be required to be returned to the warehouse be
limited to three months, application being previously made
to the Board, as usual, stating the quantity of goods in-
tended to be taken out of the warehouse for the purpose
mentioned;—the proposition has been approved experi-
mentally for a period of three months, and a notice to that
effect has been furnished to the several departments ac-
cordingly, with directions to the officers to report at the
expiration of that time as to the effect of the measure.
MASTERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY.—It is the inten-

tion of that gallant and meritorious class of officers, the
masters in the Royal Navy, to petition the Lords of the Ad-
miralty for a complete removal of the barrier between them
and promotion, which they have endured so long with such
exemplary patience. These officers are thorough practical
seamen and skilful navigators, and to amalgamate them with
the executive branch of the navy, instead of continuing
them as a separate and anomalous class, would tend very
materially to benefit the service, taking it either as a whole
or in detail. The petition lies for signature at the office of
the United Service Gazette.