The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-28 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

A general meting of the proprietors of this College
took place yesterday, is Gower-street, Mr WARM' II
TON, one of tie senate, in the shut. Vitro were W.., pre-
sent Mr. Bishop, Dr. Boot, Mr. Ha•ton Mr. Robinson,
Mr. Oreenbough, Mr. Gibson, Mr. T. Gibion, Mr. 'teensy,'
Taylor. Mr. ease, Dr. Mackenzie, Dr. Hatton, Mr. Hatton,
Mr. Brookshire. end other,.

Mr. WARBUR roN said that they were met to choose a
president, vier-president, and other members of the council
for the ensuing year. It was desirable that the ballot should
he allowed immediately to commence, and in the meantime
the 'secretary would read the report.
Toe SECRETARY then road the report, which stated—
That then were in University College, London, in the
auk* 1148 and 1849 the following number of s'udente. In
the faculty of medicine, 8I; in the faculty of art., 281 ; in
the juniat school, 285—total, 8.50 students In the patriot
tend class for echoolmasten there were 47 students, and in
the Birlebeck course of practical chemistry, B. In the junior
school the highest number in ane one t• rea was 231. The
amount of fees was 13,4141. 25., vin , for the medical facul y.
4,9841. 11a.; kr the tecalty of arts, 4,1281.; and for the
junior dale, 4,3291. 10s. The shares of the professors
and masters besides the annual augmentations, were
9,1081. 10s. 31. The college portion was 2,9311. The sum
of 1,3431. was received from students for attendance on hos
pital Frailties., and consrihated is support of the charity.
The council observed that, by the supplemental charter
granted in the course of the year, the powers of the univer-
city in granting degrees had be en extended, and that the
degrees in arts and laws might be con'en. d after examination
on cendidates of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,
and their a-venal enllers, sad of Ur uni 'ties of Dur-
ham, Edinburgh, Giset,w, and St. Andrew, the King's
College of Aberdeen, Marischal's College of Andrews,
and
the University of Dublin, on s waiving the authorities of
the university that they had completed a course of instrae•
tion required by the ngulations of the university. The
committee had received notice of a legacy of 1001 by Mr.
Wilkins. of Meekweth, Derbyshire; and was also indebted
to Miss Drones for a gift of works by her late brother. in•
law, Flazegan. To* only vacancy which had occurred in
the faculty of errs and laws was that of the professorship if
jurisprudence, Mr. Chas. Jas. Foster having been appointed
in the plan of Mr. Hargrave. Dr. Walsh had been ap
pointed professor of mediine on the nsignstion of Dr.
Williams: Dr. rarities, professor of clinical medicine, as sue.
c•serr to Dr. Walsh; Dr. Jenne, to the profeesorehip of
pathological anatomy: Dr. Oarrod, professor of meteria
medic', vacant by the decease of Dr. Thomson ; Dr. W. 1).
Carpenter, peon ear of meciral correspondence. Drs. Jenne?
and Hare bad been appointed assistant physicians to the
hospital.
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It was moved st,d rectinded that the report be printed and
circulate I amongst the proprietors.
F. I'. WOOD, L L.D , did not ea•ch whether the re-
port implied any approbation of the supplemental charter or
not. Mary member, might be ignorant of the charter, and
of the way in which it was obtained. Thrre were two
clauses, one permitting the university to grant degrees to
those who had graduated in any university, and the wend
enabling them to grant degrees to persons without their
pledging themselves to haying gone through t►at course of
regular education which had always been conaidend to be
implied by Vie poweision of as Univenity degree. From
ire view which had been taken of it by the gra
(irides of the University of London, it was an Myr-
ati,:n likely to prejudice cot only 'heir own degrees,
Du: the degrees of any unirer ity in the British empire. A
degree supposed that a gentleman had been for some time iu
soas institution where be had gene through a regular course
of .education. lie therefore moved, that this setting
viewed with regret the acceptance, by the Senate of the
University of London, of the late supplemental charter, ena-
bling them to confer degrees without the g tee of that
sufficient and general course of educed°n which was under-
etrurd to be implied in the universe y degree.
The fustian= haying been carried that the report be
printed and circulated amongst the propreton,
Mr. WARBURTON said that, as a matter of order, it
was iseompetrnt fur any gentleman to insert in a report of
the council to the proprietors, any alieration. lie might
move a re.olution is condemnation of the whole or

any passage in the report, but he could not alter it. He
(ffir. Warburton) entirely dissented from the opinions which
the proprietor had ezpresind on tai. occasion. There were
two parts of the charter. The first part everybody must
commend, without tee pion, for it was notorious that the
iruivenity of Cambridge' with the greatest liberality,
always allowed persons who entirely dissented from the doe
trines of the Church of England, to reside in its colleges dur-
ing the whole period of the usual academical career, to be
educated eti.h their members, to pas. through an eaaraina-
don for the degree, and to be classed amongst those wno
tad taken the degree with honour. They gave all but the
concluding degree of bachelor. It was well known
that there were gentlemen who hod taken some of the
highest honours, who were precluded from receiving that
tes'intonial of peoficiency in the arts. Now such a power was
given to the senate, under the new charter, to receive the
seatimesiale of good conduct and prohciency in the arta.
In this Uaiver-ity, which had beat hi hi forth as a modi I
of what was tilers' and comprehensive, did he hear aoy
objection to that ? (Hear.) Then they came to the second
part of the charter, which said, that indepenceatly of
degrees on such suojces as these, the *mate of the Univer-
sity might think proper to examine and grant certifi:ates of
efficiency in the arts. The government might say, we are
about to -end oat an espl Itifla expedition, and a competent
naturalist is required, and was it net fitting that an oppor-
tunity should be given is such ca,.didates as might be will-
ing t have an examination ? There was a charter already
granted. Was there anybody but the senate who were
cesepetect to entertain that question ? It might be a fit
sebjeet at some future period, that the graduates of the
IJaiversity should have some recognition, bat it was not the
ease at present.

Dr. WOOD then proposed his amendment u *substantive
anion, which was seconded by Dr. Foiter. A lengthened
discussion ensued, in the course of which the views of the
roposer were warmly supported by. Mr. Crabb Robiason.
Mr. Hutton, Mr. Taylor, and other afluenti..l members of
the council. It was ultimately arranged that the question
ri spiting the supplemental charter of the university shut
not then be put to the vote, but that a special meeting of the
pr-prieton should he called to consider it. A requisit.on
for the purpose was immediately signed by almost all the
memben of the council and proprietors present.
The following members having been nroposed and ballntted
for, were hire declared elected:—For president,
Brought.; for vier•presidrat, the Karl Foliose ; for
trimester, John Taylor, Esq., P. 11.9.; for co ncillon,
Charles Crompton, El., the Iti.rht HOll. 8.1. James It G.
Graham, Bart., M.P., 0' torte Grote, Roo, Thomas Martin,
Esq , Gene Mesk, Esq., Edward Mortally, Esq. ; for
auditor, Charles Wentworth Wks, jun., .E.-q
Thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting
separated.

IMPROVED WATER BOPPLT.—Yeeterday a Tett''y
meeting of the ishshatants of the united parishes of B'.
Mary Wolnoth and St ll,ry TV odcbusch, was held
in support of the ot.j eta of this associsti n, when a petition
to parliament was adopted sod rign .1 by the rector, who
pre-idrel, praying the house forthwith to pass a measure
which should WUn to the labs dtants of the metropolis a
'Patty increased amply of pure water, on the principle of
conduit senile end high pressure, and for reducing the
peke by IdaeOug the menagern.nt of its distribution in the
hawk of a public board, to be .elect d by the ratepayers and
owners of pro,serty in the venous pandas included in the
metropolitan districts.
PRESENT FROM PRINCE ALBERT TO ETON COL-
Lion —Prism Albert has just pre.cnted to the boss of
Rte. Cohere a espy of the lame work of Grunter, " On the
Amin the Medieval Ages.' On the flyleaf preceding the
title-peg• is a.e, following inscririor' in the handwriting
nl Lis Royal Highness : " Presented to the boys of E" a
College, with a hope that this book may not be considered
inertly as an ornament to their lihrary, but as a work freely
to be used by th.m for recto e.t.a% ant the acquirement of
taste.—Albert. Windsor Cattle' Idt, tt, 11340 " A great
number of works, written by theArcVishop of Cant( rbury,
have also just been presented to tho boys' library by his
Gram

wsowe.
ACCIDENT TO A RIVER STY.AMElL—Yeaterelay
=wring, between nine and ten o'elciek, some alarm was
ere.ted on baud the Waterman steen b No. 8, in cense-
qw nee of tee v.ca I having met with serious injury on its
p ...sage up to lew.lon. It ag pears that the hoot lea Wool-
wich at the usual time hat town, calling at ths several piers
on tl•.e way. The vessel proceeded sa.ely until cif Lime-
house, when (it is suppowd) she ran her bottom on to the
sharp point du anchor whirl forced in the wo &c.a. The
boat, hswever, went on, and upon caul, g Lqadoo.bridge
it was discovered that water was fast making its w.y into
the cabins. TM csfitain hail the passengers landed with all
g,,,,ogge speed, as it was wildest the yard would soon be
tilled with water. The vessel was taken germ the water
to V.. l'breniz Coal Wharf, in the occupancy of Mr.
Naghanis I Pegg, of Bankside, and all bands set to work
most actively is keeping a poll is of the water out. At
high water the vessel was so far righted as to be taken in tow
mil removed to Deistical, when it wi.l remain for a short
time to undergo repairs.