The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-04 00:00:00

1117710. k OF PRIZES.

The distribution of prizes to the students of this
college for the session of 1862.3, took placu on Friday, in
the Common•ball of the institution. The trustees present
were Mr. Samuel Fletcher (who presided), Mr. Alderman
Watkins, and Mr. George Felkner. Mr. J. F. Foster was
prevented from attending by engagements in London.
Amongst the gentlemen connected with the institution who
attended were Professor Scott, the principal; Mr. Sande-
man, the Professor of Mathematics; Mr. Greenwood, Pro-
fessor of the Language and Literature of Greece and Rome ;
Dr. Fr►nkland, Professor of Chemistry ; and Mr. William-
son, Professor of Natural History.
Mr. SCOTT, the principal of the institution, read a report,
which stated that in this new institution the total number
of students last session was 62; for this session it has been
99; in the ordinary classes, 71; in the schoolmasters' class,
28. In the several classes: Comparative grammar and
structure of the English language, 14 ; English literature,
14 ; logic—mental and moral philosophy, 9 ; languages end
literature of Greece and home—senior, 17; extra senior,

4; junior, 20. Ancient and modern hi.stOr;, first course,
6; second course, ; Mathematics and physics, senior, 12:
junior, 14. Chemistry : Lectures, 18 ; laboratory, 12.
Natural history, 12. French language, senior, 9 ; junior,
4. German language, senior, 7; junior 8. Schoolmas-
ters' class, 28. All who take an interest in the college will
rejoice with us in the intimation that by liberal well-
wishers two scholarships have been founded here, and will
be competed for next session ; one of them on the aunt-
versary of her Mrjesty's visit to Manchester, to be called
the Victoria scholarship, in classics; the other in New
Testament biblical criticism, called the Wellington scholar-
ship. Particulars regarding these will be found in the
prospectus for next session. Not least among the pros-
perous events of this session Lis one which will connect the
name of Owen's College with the illustrious memory of
John Dalton. At the meeting which determined on a
public monument to that great chemical thinker, it was
resolved to appropriate to scholarship, in chemistry and
mathematics here, a considerable, portion of the subscrip-
tions. Although arrangements for carrying this resolution
into effect are not yet completed, we may be forgiven for
now congratulating ourselves on the purpose.
The prises were then distributed by the chairman, u.
stated by the professors in their ItlplfaiTO departments.
Mr. Mucklow, who obtained the first pries and certificate
in chemistry, received a flattering oestpliment from Dr.
Frankland, who observed that he bad distinguished him-
self during the whole of the make by his meal in the °per.
&trona of tho laboratory, and a einem lee Ise the science
he was cultivating, which was net amp_ easy to excite in
students in such an utilitarian dibbles lfismanter.
Forty-one of the studentscarried of ;dos, and amongst
them were the following:— J. A. Peden, first prise in the
classics; John D. Mucklow, first piles la chemistry; Jo-
seph Henry Barr, first prize in natural history; Edward
Van Cutlem first prize in mental sad moral philosophy ;
and Percy Wm. Bunting, first pales k mathematics and
natural philosophy.
The proceedings cassiwiel with ma address from Pro-
fessor Scott, and a lsw sbeeeratises Seem the chairman, in
which he espouse the siellpsdess Mt by the trustees for
the exertion of the poetesses. sad their satisfaction at the
gentlemaWdaseldnet which had been uniformly displayed
by the st