The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-04 00:00:00

LOAD PALMERSTON 4T UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,

The Prima Minister presided on Saturday after-
noon et the public diairibution iif Kites to the students of
Unimak, College in the Faculty of Arts uod Laws. Hid
lordship errivel shoot half-peat 2, and took the choir, sup-
ports I by Lord Brougham, Earl Fortescoo. Izard
Mr. Grits, Sir F. Ooldamid, Mr. Jiirues Booth, Mr. B.
end other gentlemen. A numer.us company of
ladies sod gestlemen had a.serobled.

Pr,fesecit DONALDSON, deem of the faculty, commenced
the proceedings by weeding to Lord PeAmerind' the usual
report of the rosette of tne academical year. All his col.
teepee* joined him, he said, in beerieg testimony to the excel.
lent conduct of the claws doing this period, in which it
had not be.. secemary to bring one cue of misconduct be-
bre the Coat of Discipline. The number of etudente wee
JOS, Wag in increase of 28 as compared with the preceding
session. here were 116 new etudes's, in which respect this
imam outnumbered the bet by 11. The recent mulattos@
of the Univereity of London, which dispensed with
a collegiate preparation se requisite fur going up
for duper, had reduced the number in the sehoolmeaters'
elms to 36, instead of 61 last year, but those who remained
were young men of marked doligence la their Modem. TM
aggregs•e Dumber attending all the dames on this side wee
341, being • total increase of 13 se c 'tapered with the session
1857-9. The that of the new scholarship of 1001. had been
gained by Mr. Herbert Cozens Hardy ; Mr. Jacob Stubs),
of London, had obtained the 130/. scholarship, and the 201.
architectural scholarship for three years bad been gained by
Mr. W. S. P. Winterbothaeo. The report then acktiowk-dged
valuable douatioss of Smith American specimens of nature)
history, and other such chimes, present d to the College by
Mr. W. D. Cerise*. the British consul at Buenos Ayres,
Dr. Oppeoheimer, Sir Augustus Smith, and Dr. Buchanan.
Reference wee also made to mere than use of the farmer
*indents of this College who hod obtained acedensical distinc-
t:on elsewhere. It was thee remarked that one of the mutt
melting features in recent legislation had bees the admission
Of the J. we to parliament, and as tram the earliest period of
its formation University College, Londe'', h►d get the
example of freely admitting the eons of loud to
all the homers and privileges of the institution,
the Jewish commealty had lately thought St to commemorate
the establishment of their plaice" rights by inverting
I,ooof. Ceram Is, the fonadatios of • scholarship of this
laatlt•Yen beim mateeM of 401. per annum, epee to pupils of
the City of Imalen Saeola. and another of the meow amount
simmer be penlbef the City of Leaden Scheele. but with
liberty to resesin OM while pureeing their studies at this
co:lege. Another munificent se..eMon to the funds had
been made by the bequest of 01111 of the earliest friends td
Unteereety College. the late Baron thildemid, who had left
3,00e1. to be appbed to the endowment of the professorship
of Hebrew sad Ueolegy, 2,00 e/. to the former sad 1,0001. to
the latter. The college was shoat to offer a prize of bl. for
the beet nosy ea the priscipbe of toleratioe, end the stu-
dents of the college had ealmoribed 61. amongst themselves
for as Attic eery on the double kisgehip of Sparta.
The names of the successful and riteritonom rtu'enes is
each clam were thee easounced by the reepectire professore,
or by the aserttary, Mr. Atkinson. Emb youth, no hie
name woe called, came up ainklat the acclasestbes of his i
fellows, sad received from Lard Yahweh:Me beads the
ho •k, or set of veiniest, or the rertificate of honour, which
tad been awarded to him. It was observel that the noble
lord said something kind and encoureglog to every one, and
they all ►eemed very mach delighted with the good.butnoured
pleasantry of his maser. When the names of Komuth's
two ease were c died, his leedehip was erect t look fwe them
with peculiar interns•, sad greet them with even more than
his wonted cordiality. Several other*, whets, names were
either familiar to him, or bespoke the country of their birth,
were Tx...imbed by hiss as to their parentage. The Prime
Minister, who appeared to be in the ►eet pliable health and
writs, evidently enjoyed the bank exprweeione of applause
and congratelatioa with which the young people cheered the
triumph of eau► deserving compe.ine; and he laughed
heartily when their e•gerneee bloke "bough the conventional
solamaity of the proceedings.

ROYAL CAXLEOL OF SUROZONS.—The follow's,
gentlemen, havieg undergone the larcener,' ezatninatkons kw
the diplomas, were admitted members of the college at • inset-
Mg a the Coen of Zunzeiners on the let hyt ,
Memo. Preece Henry Calliope, Clifton, Bristol; Combos
Crotty, Dahlia; Roger Nano, Ilwortio, baulk; Hawker-
ley Roche Henn Bandon, co. Cork ; William Malcolm Grey
Mitcham_ if New Providesce, &buses; Thema
Ruoihold, OderreM,
_Finsbury-quart, • William Fran-
cis Not', Lseseroad, Ketningtoypult: end William
Iligitherr place, lallagtos. At the Nuns meeting
of the court Mr. Jobs Denis Macdonald peeled hie examine-
, Hon for meal surgeon; this eroticism led prerionely ben
admitted a member of the college, his diploma bearing date
Jane 16, 1819.
Tan COYIUFT GARDEN PF.EACIIINOS.—Yester-
day aftersaos the third of the oat-of-door eervitxe la
Comet-garden Motet was conducted to the Rev. beaseed
Thcraton, 8.A., of Gierr's Colter, Gilded, • genlernan
who is oNcelly connected IDA the bed= Diemen Rome
Illbeloa, under whose inspires, and with the comma tot the
Weep, the minion are held. At 3 o'clock, whet the Per -
vier commenced, there were between 600 sad 600 pretest,
bet the mambo. rapidly increased, and the sermon wee de-
Basra to between 800 sad 1.000 attentive lstmere. .The
Rev. Henry Hutton, M.A., the rector of the pariah, gen
out a psalm, which was sung with much devotional feelleg;
after which Mr. Thirster read a passage of Serf_ pure,
offered op • short prayer, end proceeded to the delivery
of his ammo.. He departed Indio the usual custom of sr
keine a wet. He described with graphic power trio storm
which raged in London as the previous night, ant adverted
be the drecriotioa from the pen of sa eye witmee et the
temlble war which had recently taken piece oa the plaids of
Lemberdy. Iron this he payed by an easy tressilion to
W thnedersoll God's wrath ageing the unconverted sinner
sod his miry le*. penitent, illoatruiog his subject by re
Ames to faaller tepee recycled web att and science,
and emerpedap Ilitzirldelt • mode a marked impreselon
upon an meld only have been held together
by • prembe.l7 115COMINDS powers. Amourt the oregre
peke warn saw working-people who seemed artosiebed
will Mr. Thorstmee familiarity with sobjeres not ordinarily
averted to In the tret.;.and the fidelity with which beam,
Ben them mat of religiose truth. The mem
Weld about forty missies. At it. doge many of his hewers
wermoreirt the preechrr and heartily shook bands with him,
tbenbleg hie at the mire time for a sermon so peculiarly
aillegssi to then. At the slope of the service Mr. Thornton
ass need Mat the 11/11Wie, neat Sunday afternoon will Is
eamenined ley Ms Rev. Henry lluttcn, M.A., Rector of 81,
nen. Osemoiredra.

APOR7ING.

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THE MEETINGS IN THE NORTH AND
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