The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-05 00:00:00

f4CEE.‘"S COLLEGE, BIR3IINGHAIL

he annual meeting and distribution of prises
prior to the opening of the winter session of the QUTOO'It
Ctllege, at Birmingham, took plus yesterday; Lord /AT.
TILTON, the Principal, in the chair.
His LORDIIIIII., in opening the proceeding,, delivered a
brief address, congratulating the friends of the college on
the fart that the medical eolne, th: leading feature of the
iristitution, was marked by continued progress and prospe-
rity ; aad in cur.nexion with it he mentioned that it was •
'abject of great congratulation that the medical students
possessed the inestimable advantage here of combining with
their professional and moral training instruction in the great
principles of Chridianity. lie rejoiced that in two import-
ant thpartments of the college, the theological and engt•
Buie., great janitress had been made in spite of impedi-
ments and oitfisteltim. It was peculiarly graufying, too,
to the friends of the college that Dr. Werneford, to %slime
they owed so much, had lived long enough to ere his bene-
volecre progressing to so much usefulness. And for those
'branches of tho institution, which were still in their in.
t :ary, he hoped that their ultimate success would be equal
to :be most sanguine hopes of their friends, and to that
of the parent branch of the institutioa—the medical
The annual report, an read by Professor Cox, entered
iato • review of the millers proeseedings for the past year,
sad glanced at its future prospects. It noticed the appoint-
meat of the Rev. I. S. Espies, of Oxford, as Professor of
Pastore' Theology, aid mentioned that care would he
taken that the theological department did not assume the
character of a party untitation. As respects the medical
coaege, many of the former students in it have received ap-
p.ai-tineine as surgeons to the hospitals in some of our
largest provinci a towns ; and upwards of seventy of its
termer pepils ere now in practice in Birminethim. A most
Important depart ment—that of engiceering—has been added
to the college, the great and growing need for it having
bin lorz pelt • and, under the guidance and superintend-
erne of Mr. BOIS, who has kiniDy lent his valuable assist.
ante in furtherance of this branch, it promisee to be one of
tie rim• useful departments of the college.
lad LlTretvus then proceeded to distribute the fol.
leen; penal :
Diploma of Fellowship.-31ents. Franks and Webb.
toad m l'rtiversity Matrien:ntion Certificates.—Firet
Dlvi ern ears. Coathupe, D.via, Jaunety, Jordon, and
Lynch. Fourth Certificate in Mathematical Honours.—
Me. Jo'm Alban Davies. Professors' Prima—Anatomy :
Vinthat, medal and certificate; Muria, eertific ste. Sur•
gery: Jsrilan, medal and certificate ; Suckling, certificate.
D:menstratiens Vincent, book : Waller, certificate.
Modi.ine . Jacob, medal and certificate; Brierley,
certiG-
eve. Midwifery : Jordan, medal aad certificate ; Suckling,
certificate; Townsend, certificate. Materia Medics: Bond,
maial and certificate; Williams, certificate. Chemistry :
Jaccitt, medal and certificate; Jordan, certificate. Forensic
Meticine : Jacob, medal and certificate; J ndan, certificate.
Botany: Bond, medal and certificate. Classical Tutor's
Priv Books—Mr. Bright. Mathematical Tutor's Prize
BXoill.—Coty (Chemistry); Ruff: (Anatomy); Bright
(Aaatom)). The l'iercy German Prim Books.—Mr.
Bright. The Webster French Prise Books.—Mr. Coathupe.l
The Fetich Master's Prise Books.—Measre. Lynch and
Capestake. Drawing Master's Prise.—Mr. Bright. The
Linemen's Gold Medals.—luau. Waller and Brierley.
Th: Warneferd Seholarthipe—Messrs. William A. Smith
aad Bond.

The Warneford print ware awarded to Mr. Scleolefien
and Mr. W. SuekLog.
lhe Rev. J. C. Minute said th►t they bad reason to
thick God that this was not one of the godless colleges;
cod witn reference to the fitne,s of this college for its work,
La I/elated it to be Lis opinion that men would become
better qualified (.4 holy orders by studying here, than by
doing so in a cathedral city; what the present age wanted
was practical men ; not men who spent all their lives in
stagy Geer their books, but who went abroad and studied
the hu.aan character, a thing very mach needed by men
ego Lel the chug,: of large parishes, in such towns as
13,rraingham.
Aster the ceremony of distributing the price. had termin-
eel, Professor Sieaw deliver, d a lecture illustrative of the
g.vralstato of modern chemistry,pointing out the advances
mice in it; f,,r which the noble President expressed the
thanks of the a►sembly.

THE COLLISION ON THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE

RAIL WA r.

An Atlicitl inquiry has just been instituted, by the
',:soh Yorkshire and Midland Companies, into the cause of
a ti:lision which 'marred on this line of tailing, and which
was reperted in this journal on Saturday last. Mr. Bar-
tholomew, the general manager of the South Yorkshire
Raking, appeared on behalf of that company, and Mr.
s.on represented the Midland Company's interest. The
po.ntunta, the engine-drivers, and guards, of both trains,
ince i:.trrrsgated, and their explanati..cs went to Slow that
ci :ley approached the Mezhorourch • iding the Semaphore
...cc! • as lowered only when the Midland train was a short
....taco from it, and that in consequence they were unable
to stop the train and avert the accident. The statement of
the puintarnan was to the effect that he saw the train ap-
proaching and kept up the red or danger (signal until the
teals wee very nsar the crossing, when he lowered it, be-
Levine. that if as had not been right and the line clear the
Midlacd train wool) not have ventured so near the siding.
The driver of the Midland train asserts that, in con-
Inputted of the extreme curve on this part
Cl the line, it was impossible for him to die-
cover, when first he saw the Barnsley passenger
Irsia, that it was on th. wrong rails. The blame
seemed to rest chiefly upon the guar:l of the South York-
shire train, for his having attempted to shunt carriages so
lieu the time when the Midland train was due, and as he
sal as other guards upon most railways are held solely re-
nc,csible for the sa.ety of the trains in their charge, he was
fortliw.tS dismissed irons the company's service. Every
official on the Mouth Yorkshire line is furnished with the
rules of the company, which expressly forbid say servant
from shunting upon the line near the time when trains are
due. Thi• was the first collision which has happened upon
the Smith Yorkshire It iilway since it was opened, the
greatest precautions having always been exercised by Mr.
Bartholomew to avert accident'. It is rather a singular
fact that the two engine drivers of the trains which came
into collision were brothers.