le to inform
you that in the course of the last century and a half as many as
3000 Welsh children have been by means of this institution
clothed, fed, and educated, and afterwards sent forth into the
world provided, to a certain extent, for their future career.
This must be a gratifying announcement, and brief and imperfect
as the sketch may have been which I have now given you, still I
trust I have said enough to call upon you most heartily to
continue that support which in past years you have given on the
occasion of these annual festivals. Gentlemen, I thank you for
the kind manner in which you have been pleased to receive these
remarks, and I beg to propose to you, in a bumper, the toast of
the evening."

Other toasts and speeches followed, and a most liberal collection was
made for the Charity, which is now generally known under the name of
"High School for Welsh Girls."

LONDON INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE.

_July 10th, 1867._

On the 10th of July, 1867, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
inaugurated this institution, established under the auspices of the
International Education Society. Some years previously a Committee, of
which Mr. Cobden and M. Michael Chevalier were members, proposed the
formation of an International College, having four principal
establishments, in England, France, Germany, and Italy. The pupils were
to pursue their studies at each branch in succession. It was to
inaugurate the English branch of this institution, at Spring Grove,
under the direction of Dr. Leonard Schmitz, formerly Rector of the High
School of Edinburgh, that they assembled this day.

After inspecting the building and grounds, the visitors assembled at
luncheon, the chair being occupied by Mr. Paulton, the treasurer of the
College, having on his right the Prince of Wales, and on his left the
Duc d'Aumale. The Prince de Joinville and the Comte de Paris were also
among the guests. On the health of the Prince of Wales being proposed,
he replied as follows:--

"Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen,--I beg to thank you for
the kind manner in which you have drunk my health, and for the
feeling and touching sympathy you have evinced for the Princess
of Wales. I can assure you it gives me the greatest
gratification to be present to-day to inaugurate this College
under the auspices of the International Education Society. I
sincerely trust that th