e Princess of Wales.

His Royal Highness said:--

"My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,--Allow me to return you all my
most cordial thanks for the kind way in which you have supported
me by your presence, and to my noble friend for the way in
which he proposed the resolution. Not wishing to keep you here
any longer, let me only urge you to be as liberal as you can,
and I hope that the excellent speeches we have heard to-day may
impress you with the importance of this meeting, and with the
feeling that those speeches have been made not as a mere form,
but as real and earnest appeals to you to open your purses most
liberally. Lord Westminster has just alluded to the hospital at
Milan and to the portraits of different sizes, according to the
amount of money subscribed by the originals. I have but one
suggestion to make to you in that respect, and one to which I am
sure you will respond--that you should all contribute very
largely that circular golden portrait representative of the
Queen which this Hospital so much needs."

DULWICH COLLEGE.

_June 21st, 1870._

The old corporation of "The College of God's gift" in Dulwich, in the
county of Surrey, was founded in 1619, under letters patent of King
James I., by Edward Alleyne, player, a contemporary and friend of
Shakespeare. Those who knew Dulwich College, before its reconstitution
in recent times, must remember its being spoken of as a notable instance
of "the abuse of an ancient charity." In 1857 the old corporation was
dissolved by Act of Parliament, and a new Governing Body was
established, consisting of 19 Governors, of whom 11 were to be appointed
by the Court of Chancery, and the remainder by the parishes of
Camberwell, Bishopsgate, St. Luke, Finsbury, and St. Saviour's,
Southwark, each appointing two Governors. A further scheme for the
management of the charity was approved by Her Majesty in Council in
1882, greatly modifying the arrangement of 1857. By the latter scheme
the management of the estate in its eleemosynary branch was wholly
separated from the educational branch, with separate governing bodies.

The great increase in the value of the estates had allowed the
establishment, in 1857, of Alleyn's School, and a large sum was then
provided for the erection of school buildings, a splendid edifice being
constructed by Mr. Charles Barry.

It was to open this new school that the visit of t