Monday, May 25th, M.B.C.C. v. The Law Club, at Willesden Green.

Saturday, June 6th, M.B.C.C. v. Haileybury College, at Haileybury.

Saturday, June 13th, M.B.C.C. v. Tonbridge School, at Tonbridge.

Saturday, June 27th, M.B.C.C. v. Wellington College, at Wellington.

Saturday, July 11th, M.B.C.C. v. The Home Park, at Windsor.

Saturday, July 25th, M.B.C.C. v. Blackheath Morden, at Blackheath.

Saturday, August 1st, M.B.C.C. v. Surbiton, at Surbiton.

Monday, August 3rd, M.B.C.C. v. Reigate, at Reigate. Saturday, August 8th, M.B.C.C. v. Streatham, at Streatham.

Members desiring to play in any particular Match are requested to communicate with the Hon. Sec. as early as possible. All matches commence at 11 o'clock.

A. J. BURNESS, 5, Addison Road, W., Hon. Sec.

O.M.'s.

MARRIAGES.

April 8th, at St. Augustine's, Queen's Gate, Allen Henry Powles, eldest son of the late Rev. Henry C. Powles, to Lydia Laura Margaret, younger daughter of the late Deideric Herklots.

April 9th, at St. Nicholas, Chislehurst, Aubrey John Spencer, Esq., Barrister-at-law, son of the Rev. C. V. Spencer, of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire, to Florence Mary, daughter of Frederick H. Janson, Esq., of Oakbank, Chislehurst.

April 9th, at St. James' Church, South Wraxall, Wilts, William Holden Scott Laxton, Assistant Master at Clifton College, eldest son of the Rev. W. Laxton, Rector of Oddington, Oxford, to Marguerite Ethel Adela Cusack, youngest daughter of the late J. W. Cusack, of Knockbane, Co., Galway. April 9th, at the Cathedral, Cork, Edward Gilbert Francis Law, Lieutenant commanding H.M. gunboat Orwell, younger son of the late Rev. R. V. Law, formerly Rector of Christian Malford, Wilts, to Elizabeth Anne, second daugher of the late Rev. I. Stopford, of Fermoy, Blackrock Co., Cork.

April 9th, at Wateringbury, Kent, Stephen Hammick, Bombay C.S., to Constance, only daughter of Major-General Schneider, Bombay Staff Corps.

April 14th, at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Henry Du Buisson, Lieutenaut Lincolnshire Regiment, to Isme, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Hamilton, of the Elms, near Edinburgh.

April 23rd, at St. Philip and St. James, Cheltenham, Archibald Douglas, of Newcastle-under-Lyne, eldest son of the Rev. W.W. Douglas, Rector of Salwarpe, Worcestershire, to Caroline Ada Francis, only daughter of Major-General Arthur Francis, of Cheltenham.

April 23rd, at Christ Church, Ealing, Frederick Thomas Tanqueray, of Woburn, Beds, second son of the Rev. T. Tanqueray, of Tingrith, to Catherine Eliza Dickinson, younger daughter of the late Henry Dickinson, of Lee, Kent.

April 23rd, at St. Matthews', Silksworth, Sunderland, Henry Francis, youngest son of T. C. Sneyd Kynnersley, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate of Birmingham, to Margaret Ethel, elder daughter of the late D. E. Chapman, Esq., of Silksworth, Hall, Sunderland.

April 28th, at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Harry C. A. Eyres, H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Van, Armenia, eldest son of the late Rev. C. Eyres, Rector of Great Milton, Norfolk, to Penelope Louisa, second daughter of J. Phipps Townsend Esq, of Downhills, Tottenham.

DEATHS.

April 6th, at San Remo, the Rev. Arthur Russell Baker, aged 33.

April 6th, at Chatham, Colonel C. E. Harvey, Royal Engineers, aged 51.

April 17th, at 46, Holland Park, London, Owen John Melitus, eldest son of G. P. Melitus, Esq.

Occasional Notes.

THE Whole School returned on Tuesday, May 5th. THOUGH the weather has not been very favourable, cricket has been established. House Matches were begun on Tuesday, May 12th. We hope to see all

haste made in getting them finished, as there is little time to be lost if they are to be over by June 15th. THE result of the draw for first ties of House Matches was as follows::

Way's play Gould's.
Ford's play Horner's.

Hart-Smith's play Preshute.
Baker's play Cotton House.
Littlefield-a bye.

The present state of these is, Ford's have beaten Horner's; Preshute, Hart-Smith's; and Baker's, Cotton House. Way's have scored 125 and 150 to Gould's 85 and 70 for three wickets.

Last

WE have begun our cricket season well. Saturday our match v. Reading C C. ended in our favour. We won by 40 runs and seven wickets.

ALL Old Fellows who wish to play in either team of O.M's on July 3rd and 4th should communicate with Rev. S. C. Voules, Ashley Rectory, Market Drayton, or L. O. Meyrick, the College, Marlborough.

THE offertory on May 10th amounted to £21 1s.

IT has been decided to ask the subscriptions of the School for the "Gordon Camp Penny Memorial," as being the most deserving of their support. We publish a full account elsewhere.

MR. TURNER fills Mr. Raynor's place as Sixth Form Master till some further arrangement can be made. A. W. South, Esq., takes Mr. Turner's place as Master of Remove B. Mr. Brown and Mr. Read have interchanged forms, the former taking Middle IVth, the latter the Lower IIId.

SUMMER hours began immediately on our return. Bathing is delayed until milder weather.

WE hear that Mr. Upcott's book on Greek sculpture, a subject on which he has bestowed great care and wide study, is in the hands of the printer and will soon be out.

PLANS of the New Chapel have been kindly posted by the Bursar in the Cloisters. Though there may be room for difference of opinion as to the beauty of the exterior of the building, the interior will certainly be very fine.

ALL our readers will join with us in congratulating Mr. Way on his appointment to the head-mastership of Warwick School; at the same time, we very much regret his loss.

WE hear that Mr. Leaf will rejoin us as an Assistant Master next term.

OUR prospects for the Ashburton Shield seem very hopeful this year. Five of the members of last year's eight have returned, and the practice has been unusually good. We hope that we shall at last escape our proverbial ill luck at Wimbledon.

WE notice a mistake in this term's Almanac. The Rifle VIII go to Wimbledon on July 21st, and not on July 28th as there stated.

AT Prince's our representatives for the Racquets' Cup beat Winchester in the first round without much trouble, but succumbed to Eton in the second round after an exciting game.

THE Singing Cup was won last term by Way's, the holders of it last year.

THE Racquet Cup was also won by Way's, represented by F. Meyrick-Jones and T. C. Bett.

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the Marlburian.

RAWAL PINDI, INDIA,

2nd April, 1885.

DEAR SIR,-Among the various accounts of what is said and done, or supposed to be said and done at Rawal Pindi during the Durbar, the following will be of more especial interest to your readers than a good deal that gets into the English papers, as it refers exclusively to the doings of O.Ms.

You all know that there is a force of some 20,000 men of all arms assembled here, as well as a large number of civil officers, and others come to see the sights. Old Marlburians have a wonderful way of finding each other out in this country, it almost amounts to a freemasonry. 26 of us were in communication with each other by 31st March, which date we fixed for an Old Marlburian dinner. We all very much regretted that, numerically, the dinner was unavoidably a failure, as two were detained by duty, two were too unwell to come, and ten were completely cut off from the station by a downpour of rain which placed a sea of mud between the camps and station. Some 15,000 troops are encamped out on a large cultivated plain separated from the roads by a mile or so of ploughed fields. Twelve of us sat down to dinner at 8.30 with Capt. Young, Qr.-Master General's Department, in

the chair.

All Marlborough news and recollections were raked up and discussed; for once, wars and rumours of wars, camps, army corps, the viceroy, the Ameer, politics, and the weather had all to give place to Rugby matches, cricket, football, head masters, masters, boys, and the general welfare of the old school, past and present. The latest news to hand was contained in a long and interesting letter which I received from Mr. Bull some two months ago, and which was passed round and eagerly read by all.

Mr. Mitchell having left the school the longest, proposed the toast "Floreat Marlburia," which was enthusiastically drunk. Old Marlburians' enthusiasm for the old school evidently does not decrease as they get older; it fell to my lot to reply to the toast, being the last representative from

school.

To their shame (?) be it said that one O.M. was heard glory publicly in having been twice birched in C House lavatory with old Voss in attendance, and two others gloried in sharing the same fate once: but we must not be hard on them as they are quite good now.

Appended is a list of O.Ms. who were present and also of those who were unable to come: At dinner-Capt. Young, QuarterMaster General's Department; Capt. G. Haines, Warwickshire Regt., A.D.C. to Commander in Chief; Capt. G. P. Owen, Royal Artillery Adjutant R. Pindi Brigade; Mr. C. Browne, personal assistant to Inspector General of Police; Lieut. S. Biddulph, 19th Bengal Lancers, A.D.C. to Sir M. Biddulph; Lieut. H. G. Legh, 60th Rifles; Lieut. W. Giles, 21st Punjab Native Infantry; Lieut. E. C. Stanton, Royal Engineers; Lieut. H. S. Stanton, Royal Artillery; Mr. W. Mitchell, sec. to Murree Club; Mr. E. L. French, Police; Mr. L. H. Butcher, Public Works Department. Unable to be present

at dinner-The Hon. C. P. Ilbert, Member of Council; General Sir Charles McGregor; Captain E. E. Money, 14th Bengal Lancers, Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-General; Lieut. H. Good, 12th Bengal Lancers, A.D.C. to the Viceroy; Lieut. C. H. Leslie, Royal Horse Artillery; Lieut. B. Smythe, 33rd Regt.; Lieut. W. E. Lascelles, Rifle Brigade; G. M. Mackintosh, 78th Seaforth Highlanders; Major A. F. Churchill, 1st Goorka Light Infantry; Lieut. A. V. Hatch, 1st Goorka Light Infantry; Major A. H. Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry; Lieut. H. A. Browning, 2nd Punjab Infantry; Lieut. Phillips, Carbineers; Lieut. Tasken, 2nd Sikhs.

H. E. STANTON.

To the Editor of the Marlburian. DEAR SIR,-May I be allowed to suggest a somewhat radical proposal which I trust will meet the eye of the Captain of the XI and the authorities in time for next year at least? It is that House Matches be begun considerably later than they are begun now. As it is now, at a week from the beginning of term fellows have to do battle for their house, after having a few hours at a net and an 'extra lesson' or two on a fag day as the whole amount of their previous practice; and, as any prowess in house matches greatly influences promotions into House XI or even the XXII, I think it very unfair that fellows should not have enough time to get into proper form beforehand. Again by having house matches so early in term, there is no more interest left for a house which has been beaten in first ties for the rest of the term except perhaps in House Grounds. I have heard that one of the reasons for having them so early is for the XI to practise at the end of term. But surely the XI get plenty of practice in the House-matches, as I presume the houses with the most promising members in it would be left in at that time, and besides every day need not be taken up for Housematches. Humbly hoping that some notice will be taken of my rather, I fear, aspiring protest.

mother of a Marlborough boy herself complains that the boys join their friends on Prize Day at the evening entertainment apparently in exactly the same condition, in which they came out of the schoolroom, it is surely time to make some change. Would the boys like their fathers and mothers to appear in unbrushed coats and old gowns? Is not some respect due to the well-dressed visitors if not to themselves in the effort at least to be smart and tidy? But, Sir, the worst is still to be told. I am informed that when the Marlborough special runs into Paddington the porters say "Here comes the dirty boot train." Could not anything be done to remedy this evil so that the boys might start for home with cleaned boots. "THE SISTER."

To the Editor of the Marlburian. DEAR SIR,-I unfortunately forgot to reply to a letter in your periodical signed "Anti-baculam," opposing my suggestion that the habit of carrying sticks should be introduced. Such an absurd letter as his I never read. One of his objections is that fellows would be always smashing their sticks by using them as weapons: umbrellas are almost as serviceable weapons, and yet is it the case that they are frequently broken by being used in this way? No, sir, Anti-baculam is insulting the good sense of Marlborough by suggesting that sticks should not be used by us because we do not know how to use them.

Then he says that I wish "to forward the cause of those who desire to break down the traditions of manly simplicity on which alone our constitution can ever hope to rest." Was ever such nonsense written? Surely we have heard enough about that vague desideratum, “ manly simplicity." I myself do not pretend to understand what it means, but if manly simplicity consists in eating unpalatable food, giving up all the conveniences of life, and dressing like half-civilised savages, then say we have very little of it at Marlborough, and I am very thankful for it.

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DEAR SIR,-Has it ever occurred to any of the Race Committee that the exercises set in the gymnasium are becoming rather antiquated? We are frequently hearing that this is an age of progress, and fortunately Gymnastics have not stayed still while everything else has been advancing. The exercises taught here have not changed at all for many years, and yet great improvements have been introduced elsewhere. I should recommend the gymnasium sergeant or the members of the Race Committee to study the list of exercises that are in use in German gymnasia in London, and to introduce any new ones that meet with their approval.

I should like at the same time to propose another improvement in the gymnasium. At present a large number of those who go into "gym " do hardly anything the whole time, in fact simply "slope" about. Surely something ought to be done to stop this. I propose that all the houses should be divided into three or four squads according to their proficiency. Each squad could have a leader, the leader of the first would be the Gymnasium sergeant; while the others could be led by the best two or three in the house. Of course this could only be in House Gymnasium; the best people could learn new exercises and be instructed by the sergeant in the hours for School Gymnasium. I believe the plan would work well but any rate I hope my letter will bring the matter before the notice of the 'powers that be' over the Gymnasium. I am, etc.,

DEAR SIR,-Is it not about time for the absurd restrictions against lawn-tennis to be withdrawn? Cricket is doubtless an excellent game, but it is just conceivable that there may be a few foolish individuals who prefer some amusement which is less elaborate and does not occupy the whole of an afternoon. Surely it is but fair that they should be allowed to gratify their tastes, and should not be obliged either to play a game which they do not care for, or else to be content with three hours' play a week. I know that it is alleged that if lawn-tennis were permitted, cricket would speedily become less popular. If this is really the case, the obvious conclusion is that lawn tennis is the better game. At any rate, cricket ought to stand or fall on its own merits, and not depend on artificial protection. It is manifestly unjust that those who do not care one straw for the interests of cricket, of whom the present writer is one, should be sacrificed upon its altar in this way. Trusting that this appeal will have some effect upon the obdurate minds of the cricket authorities,

Yours, etc.,

L. T. RACQUET.

To the Editor of the Marlburian.

DEAR SIR,-May I ask what is the raison d'être of the large Elm trees in the field? Presumably the field exists to play games in. These trees undoubtedly are in the way of games. At football they make the LXXX dangerous and limit the C to about half the right length of a ground; at cricket the light on Ford's and Horner's is abominable because of them. If fellows want a shady place to sit down at cricket, let small garden wood huts be erected with seats in them. Hoping to see my proposal carried out,

To the Editor of the Marlburian.

DEAR SIR,-Before the season is too far advanced may I through your columns warn those anxious to improve their cricket not to bat too much. Twenty minutes at a time, not more than twice a day, is as much as can be taken without positive harm. This season thus far, as last season, you may see fellows turning over from one professional's net to another without any interval. The second successive time cannot but do harm, the wrist and eyes are tired and bad habits are apt to be contracted. I could mention at least two members of last year's XI, (they have left), who fell off markedly towards the end of the season in their batting, and they were the most consistent occupiers of the net. The other branches of cricket, bowling and fielding, might have the time saved from incessant batting devoted to them. But if you bowl, bowl in earnest, don't bowl to anyone who won't play you in earnest, and if you are a fast bowler or get plenty of prac tice in matches, bowl but rarely at a net.

THE GORDON CAMP PENNY MEMORIAL. A Memorial to General Gordon has been set on foot in the shape of a "Gordon Camp " in the neighbourhood of Aldershot, in which to train poor and destitute boys for the Army. The original suggestion appeared in a letter from Mr. Hallam Tennyson, O.M., to The Times early in March, stating that Gordon himself had wished for such a Camp.

The subscriptions of the School are asked for this Memorial. Mr. Hallam Tennyson being himself an O.M. is very anxious that his old School should not be without a share in this work truly worthy of the Hero in whose memory it is to be founded. Among the Committee are the Lord Mayor, Cardinal Manning, Duke of Westminster, Earl of Shaftesbury, Bishops of London and Ripon, Lord Tennyson, several distinguished officers, and other well-known persons.

The Committee have named this a Penny Memorial so as to include contributions of all amounts, and all Subscriptions of a Penny or upwards will be received, either directly or through the Local Committees, by

day, May 14th, at 9, Wilton-crescent, when the proposal to found as a memorial to General Gordon a School or Camp to train poor boys for the Army was discussed. Among those present were Cardinal Manning, Bishop Patterson, Colonel Lord William Seymour, Colonel Sir R. Lloyd-Lindsay, V.C. M.P., Colonel Clive, Colonel A. Hamilton, R.E., Colonel Phillip Smith, C.B., Colonel Geary, Colonel Arthur Collins, Major Anstruther, R.A., Mr. Hallam Tennyson, Sir A. Borthwick, and Mr. Arnold White. After some remarks from General Higginson,

Mr. Hallam Tennyson said he had been asked to state what his father and he himself knew of General Gordon's interest in the idea of a camp for training poor boys for the Army. Before Gordon left for the Mauritius, he came to luncheon with them at their house in London. Of his father's patriotism, and of his consequent enthusiasm for the Army and Navy he need not speak there. Knowing these it was not surprising that Gordon on first coming into the room said "I want you to do something for our young soldiers, Mr. Tennyson. You are one of the few men who can." Of course he could not vouch for every word that was said on the occasion, but he knew that the talk then turned upon recruits and the leavening of the ranks with well-trained lads, educated in military training camps, and Gordon most warmly advocated this, especially for poor boys. On a subsequent occasion Mr. Tennyson learnt more of what Gordon thought was necessary for these camps, and he believed that their proposed memorial would in a great measure embody his conception and supply what, according to those who knew, was a very real want. He could not but feel that the man whom all the world honoured, and who in his unweariable selfsacrifice and in his simple Christian heroism was worthy of all honour, had left as a legacy to England the duty of providing such a military training camp as their committee had proposed.

After some other speakers had addressed the meeting General Higginson outlined the scheme suggested for further and more detailed consideration. It was proposed that the education be sound, simple, and calculated to qualify the boys for military service, while the physical training should be strictly directed to that end, that the camp or school should be established in the neighbourhood of Sandhurst, that each of the colleges and foundations of the Univerisities, the great public schools, and other

recognized educational institutions should have a right to nominate "Gordon Boys" for a complete course of training, in such numbers as the Council might decide and at a fixed annual charge, that every regiment in Her Majesty's Regular and Auxiliary Forces should have a similar right with a claim to the enrolment of the "Gordon Boy" on the completion of his training, in the ranks of the regiment by which he was nominated, and that every corporation, municipality, or urban county union should have a similar right of nomination. No boy who had been convicted of crime should be eligible as a nominee. Subsequently, General Higginson urged that, in view of the advantages such a training school for the Army would offer, the Government might be looked to for assistance in various ways.' We trust the scheme will meet with the hearty support of the School.

Racquets.

We did not, as our readers may remember, anticipate that we could beat Harrow or Eton this year. When, therefore, the Daily News says that "The antagonism of Eton and Marlborough produced one of the grandest contests ever seen;" the Sportsman, that "Of the two couples the Marlburians perhaps showed the better form;" Bell's Life, that "The competitors were frequently rewarded with ringing cheers for their excellent. exhibition of the game," and that "Both MeyrickJones and Martyn deserve every praise for the game, and for the frequent brilliant efforts that they made to secure a place in the final tie for Marlborough ; and the Field, that they "Deserve every praise for the admirable and plucky manner in which they played together in the rallies," going on to single out Meyrick-Jones as one of the best of the players engaged in the contest, it might be concluded that we should be more than satisfied with the results of 1885. And so we should be if we had not seen the match. The above verdicts are true, and we may be proud of them in a game which is the only one where we meet all the Public Schools, and where to win we must beat not any one School, but all. But when we had gained three out of the first four games against Eton, not only did the match seem a certainty to us and all the Etonians behind us, but if we are to measure Harrow by their subsequent match with