The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY OP LONDON.

Yesterday afternoon a generameeting of the graduates
in this University was held at the Freemasons' Tavern,
to adopt measures for urging upon the Legislature the
claim of the University to be represented in Parliament.
Mr. Heywood, M.P., presided, and was supported by
the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, M.P., Mr. Thornely,
M.P., Mr. Collier, M.P., Mr. Carter, M.P., Dr. Bil-
ling, Dr. Carpenter, and other gentlemen.
In opening the proceedings, the Chairman remarked
on the necessity of an addition to the number of scien-
tific men in the House of Commons, and where the
medical profession was very inefficiently represented.
It had been objected to their movement that Chelsea
and Kensington had a prior claim to any vacant seats
that might occur in the House of Commons. While
recognising the claims of such bodies to be represented,
he (the Chairman) could see in those claims no valid
reason why the University of London should not
struggle for privileges to which it was certainly entitled.
Dr. Forster read a report, which stated at some
length the circumstances connected with the foundation
of the college, and its subsequent history. The
number of schools and colleges now affiliated to the
University was above 100, in which between 7,000
and 8,000 young men were under instruction. As
some of these pursued their studies at two places
at the same time, the number of students in con-
nection with the University might be estimated at
5,000, which was more than the number at Oxford,
Cambridge, and Dublin taken together. It was now a
matter of doubt which had the most wealth—Oxford,
Cambridge, or London. Upwards of 700 graduates
were now connected with the London University,
which would be a larger constituency than the Univer-
sity of Dublin possessed when the Reform Rill gave it a
second member. Upwards of 30 members of the House
of Commons had promised to support the claims of the
University, amongst the number being Lord J. Russell,
Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Hume,
and Lord D. Stuart.

On the motion of Mr. Thornely, M.P., seconded by
Mr. Collier, M.P., it was resolved, that the time had
come for erecting the University of London into a Par-
liamentary constituency.
On the motion of Mr. Mahon, M.P„ seconded by
Mr. Thorogood, a committee was appointed for pre-
paring the necessary details.
A subscription list for the purpose of meeting past and
future expenses was opened, and Mr. T. Field Gibson
was appointed treasurer.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman, who briefly ac-
knowledged the compliment, closed the proceedings.

MINISTERS' MONEY,
_(IRELAND).—Mr. Charles Forster
paired off in favour of Mr. Fagan's motion, with Mr.
Walter against it, till eight o'clock ; and, on returning
to vote, at that hour, found the House up.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN GREEN PALEY.—We have to
record the demise of Captain Greeii Paley, son-in-law to
Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Solicitor-General. The gallant officer
died suddenly on the 29th ult., having been ill but a
few hours. He was the husband of the only daughter
and child of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and was the representa-
tive of an old Yorkshire family. So little was the event
expected, that on Saturday evening last, Mrs. Paley at-
tended the soiree given by Lady Derby, in company
with the Solicitor-General.
THE ESTIMATES.—It is said that the increase to the
army, in personnel and materiel, will include an addition
to the artillery branch of 2,000 men, 1,000 horses and
carriages, and ammunition waggons for 200 guns.
ABOLITION OF QUARANTINE.—The Lords of the
Council have directed Mr. Greville, one of the clerks of
the council, to acquaint the Commissioners of Customs,
for the information of their officers, at the several ports
throughout the kingdom, of the desire of their lordships
that the regulations contained in the Council letter of the
2d of September last—" that the officers of the customs
should examine very particularly the masters of vessels
arriving from the Baltic and the North Sea, as to the
state of health of their passengers and crew, more
especially with reference to cholera, and in the event of
there being any person or persons on board actually suf-
fering from cholera, or who had been suffering from that
disease within the five days previous to the arrival of the
vessel in port, they were to detain any such vessel under
a precautionary quarantine, for such period as the medi-
cal officer employed to visit the sick might judge neees-
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meeting-of the subscribers to this charity—the objects of
which are, allowhig permanent pensions to the widows
and orphan unmarried daughters of clergymen of the
Established Church, and affording temporary assistance
to necessitous clergymen and their families—was held at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose
of electing ten pensioners on the funds from a long list
of candidates. The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A., having
taken the chair at one o'clock, stated the claims of the
society, and then declared the poll to be open. Mr.
Stephen J. Aldrich, the secretary, informed the meeting
that there were at presrint twenty pensioners on the
funds, receiving from 30,/. to 401. per annum. During
the past year grants and loans had been made to 57 ne-
cessitous clergymen, 'to the amount of 660/. ; to the
wives of ditto, 101. ; )25 widows of ditto, 145/. ;to 34
daughters of ditto, 1871/. ; making a total of 9961. The
funds were stated to 'be in a very flourishing condition.
At three o'clock the poll was closed, and the names of
the ten successful candidates having been announced, a
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the pro-
ceedings terminated.
HEALTH OF LOND OR DURING THE WEEK.—The weekly
return continues to exhibit a comparatively favourable
condition of the pr Lblic health. In the week that ended
last Saturday the deaths were 947, a number which
differs not much from that of the preceding week. In
the ten correspon ding weeks of the years 1842-51 the
average number was 1,087, which, if a correction is made
for increase of population, gives a mortality for the pre-
sent time of 1,1.96. Compared with this estimated
amount, the dea the actually returned last week show a
reduction of 249. In the last week of October the mean
temperature fen to 45'6 deg. ; this was followed in the
next week by an increase of mortality, which roserto
1,101. Under r the influence of a higher temperature, the
mortality in the last three weeks declined, and was as
of follows :-1,0 22, 922, 947. In the four weeks Nove-
mber the mean •temperature has been 54'2
deg., 51.2 deg.,
49.3 deg., and 45.7 deg., which, one with another,
is 5 deg. abc,ve the average. The amount of rain that
has fallen in each of the same weeks is 0.84 in., P3O in.,
1.77 in., and 1.46 in. Last week an inch of rain fell
on Friday a: one. It may be supposed that excessive
rains, by thoroughly •wr kshing the drains and carrying off
injurious matters, ten
.d to promote the public health,
and it is not till they 1 Lave ceased that the effect of in-
creased evaporation 13, !gins to be observed in an increase
of sickness and death. Last week the deaths from scar-
latina again rose fr am 59 to 72, those from typhus fell
from 50 to 37. Th' Re were 7 deaths from small-pox and
15 from measles. Diseases from the respiratory organs
are at nearly the F
.ame amount as in the preceding week.
Last week the b=
.rths of 855 boys and 816 girls, in all
1,671 children, " were registered in London. The average
number in +seven. corresponding weeks of the years
1845-51 was 1,348,. At the Royal Observatory, Green-
wich, the mean h* sight of the barometer last week was
29.369 in. The :mean temperature was 45.7 deg., which
is 2.3 deg. ab sve the average. The mean daily tem-
perature was highest on Sunday and Friday, when it
rose to 50'8 and 52 deg., or 7 deg. and 9 deg. above
the average. The wind blew generally from the north
in the beginr jng of the meek, and from the south-west
on Friday a Ad paturday.