28 JUNE 1851, Page 10

Distributions of prizes at King's College, London, and at the

East Didia Company's College, lIaileybury, took place yesterday. At the former, the Duke of Cambridge made his first public appearance since the death of his father; moving a vote of thanks to the Archbishop of Can- terbury.

The Commemoration festival at Oxford University takes place next week. It is rumoured that Sir W. Page Wood will receive the honorary degree of D.C.L.