The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

University College.

The annual distribution, of prizes and certificates
to the students of the Faculty of Arts and Laws
took place yesterday afternoon, at University Col.
lege, Gower-street, undtr the presidency of the
Right Hon. Sr E. W. B. Had, K.C.13-, in the
pre:)ence of Locd (the President of the
College), Lord Beiper, Messrs. Grote, J2.ffray.
3oldsmid, Bask, Robinson, and a large number of
ladies and gentlemen interested in the College.
The list of prizeholders having been read by the
Dean (Professor MALDEN), he said that but little
change had been made in the arrangement of the
College since last year. He had, however, the
gratification of informing them that a class under
Professor Furtado had been formed for the study
of public speaking and reading aloud. They had
received from Wetherell a splendid collection of
fossils which would be an ornament to the museum.
The conduct of the students during the year had
been so good and orderly as to render his office as
the Disciplinarian of the College a complete sinecure.
They had had as students a number of Parsee gen-
tlemen from Bombay, and Messrs. Came and Co.,
Parsee merchants of that city, had presented the
College with £3,000 in token of their appreciation
of the way in which the co-religionists ;had been
educated without their religious principles being in
any way interfered with. Sir Edmund Head then
proceeded to distribute the prizes and certificates.
As to the last distribution, Mr. Name E. Hartog
carried away more first-class prizes than any other
competitor. Messrs. P. B. Came, J. C. Cama, and
Dasai, the Parsee gentlemen already alluded to, also
carried off a good proportion. The distribution
having been completed, Sir Edmund said that he
felt specially proud at having been called upon to
distribute the prizes in the presence of their vener-
able President, Lord Brougham, who had done more
for the cause of education than any other man
living. He remembered the time when a University
education was confined to a small class of the
community, owing to the existence of religious
restrictions. Their President had long agrr
seen the evil of those hindrances to national
education, and by helping to found University Col-
lege had thrown open the highest branches of learn-
ing to all, without distinction of nation or religion.
The way in which the advantages offered by the
College were appreciated in India was shown by
the presence of so many Indian students and by the
munificent gift of Messrs. Cama and Co. The system
of teaching adopted was one he approved of most
highly, being a judicious mixture of the profes-
sional and tutorial method of instruction. At one
time the professional mode had fallen into almost
total disuse et Oxford and Cambridge; but it ap-
peered to him to be reviving again in both Uni-
versitis. In their own case this system was in full
use, as instanced by the large numbers of profes-
sors attached to the College teaching almost every
branch of human knowledge. Many were of
opinion that they taught too much, but they ha a
an example before them of a gentleman who he,d
carried away prizes in Greek, Latin, mathematics,
modern languages, and moral philosophy. Sir Ed.
mund concluded by giving the students some excel-
lent advice, both as to the course they should persue
while they remained at College and after they had
left it.

Lord BROUGHAM, who was reckired with a tumult
of applause, said ha agreed with everything that
Sir Edmund had said. The cathoaity of the Col•
logo was absolute, not only with regard to the
students, but also the CJeucil, at which Catholics
and Protestants, Jews and Christians, sat in friend-
liness and charity. He begged to move a vote of
th Inks to Sir Edmund rind for his kindness in
coming flown to distribute the prizes to thorn.
Lord BELPER seconded the resolution, which was
carried by acclamation, and Sir Edmund having
addressed a few parting words to the assemblage,
the proceedings terminated. The following is a
list of the principal prizes:—
Andrews Scholarship.—Scholars—Classics, £B5
Scholarship, S. Wilkins, Second or extraordinary
Scholarship, £6O, J. S. Duff. Mathematics, £B5
Scholarship, N. E. Hartog. Second or extraordi•
nary, Scholarship, P. Magnus.
Ricardo Scholarship in Political Economy.—
Scholar (£2O for three years), L. M. Aspland.
Groek—Senior Class (Higher Division)—Prize,
N. E. Hartog. Senior Class (Lower Division-Ist
prize, J. H. Backhonse ; 2d prize, P. H. Wicksteetd.
Junior Class—Prize, E. B. England.
Latin—Senior Class (Higher Division)—Prize,
N. E. Hartog. Senior Class (Lower Division)—
Prize, J. E. Buchanan. Junior Class—Prize, T, G.
Lee.

Sanskrit-Ist prize, W. Thaine ; 2d prizes, equal,
S. S. Grubb, H. Priestly.
Hebrew—Prize, J. E. Buchanan.

English—Senior Class, first prizes, equal, J. Fayle,
A. M. Carter; 2d prize, J. H. Backhouse. Junior
class--Ist prize, E. W. Beal ; 2d prize, H. Priestly.
Language and Grammar Course—Certificates, J. E.
Buchanan, H. A. Rigg. Literature Course—C. D.
Maynard.?

French—Senior class—prize, C. Phillips. Junior
c;,:sa—prizes, equal, E. B. England and T. G. Lee.
German.—Senior class—prize, C. Phillips ; junior
class—pr,fzes equal, H. F. W. Cowley and L. Solo-
mon.

Mathematics--Higher Senior Class—Special corm
tificate, N. E. Hariog ; prize, E. Robinson. Lower
Senior Class—Prize, T. W. Backhouee. Higher
Junior Class-Ist prize, T. G. Lee ; 2d prize, P. M.
Higginson. Lower Junior Class—Price, P. B. Cam a.
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy—Senior
Mathematical Class—Special certificate, N. E. HO."
tog. Junior Mathematical Class-Ist prize, T. T.
Brown; 2d prize, J, Mortimer; 3d prize, .13' W.
Swinstead. Experimental Class-Ist prize, R. C.
Joy; 2d prize, J. Muirhead ; 3d prizes (equal), IT,
Thwaites and R. Goldsack.
Analytical Chymistry —Gold med Bl-4 H. Cal..
vert.

Drawing—Prize—F. Toplis.
pen--Ist prizes,
prize—F.
Geology and Mineralogy aodog;
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2d
equal—C. Graham, W. C. coupland;
Toplis. Mineralogy-Ist PrizeB7 equal—F. Toplie,
R. Colman ;2d prize-4'. D°Wson.
Zoology—Silver Niedsl-...F. Desce.
Architecture—Fine Art, First Year's Course.—
Prize, R. S. Wort m. Fin© Arts, Second Year's
Course.—Prize, M. Davenport. Science, First
Year's Course.--Prize, R. P; Whellock. Science,
Second Coarse.--Prize, G. J. Taylor.
Civil Engineering—Prize, F. Toplis,
History—Greek History—Prize, R. Fox. Roman
jristnry—Prize, J. E. Buchanan. English History
—Prize, T. Dovvson ; 2. R. Fox.
Philosophy of Mind and Logic-Ist Prize, N. E.
Hartog ; 2d Prize, equal, J. H. Backhonse, J.
Grcenwood. History of Moral Philozephy—Prize,
N. E. Hurtog.
Political Ennemy.—Prizo, J. Clifford; ocrlifi-
cate, 2, E. H. Busk.

English Law—Prize, L. M. Aspland.
Jurisprudence—J. S. Ainsworth.

THE CONSERVATIVE, PARTY.—We understand
that a meeting of the political friends of the Earl of Deily
and .sir. Disraeli is to IA() place Oa Id "daY ricxt at tlis
Marquis of Salisbury's house, in Arlington-Etre:et, Picca-
dilly. The meeting is convened for half past 2 o'clock.
TERRIBLE FIRE AT NIJNI NOVGOROD.—The
Gazette de Moscow states that on the 4th of Jane a
terrible fire destroyed all the wooden buildings that had
been constructed for the business of the great fair of Nijni
Novgorod. All the shops on the line of the Oka, a vorst in
length, all the theatres and thaws, 30 restaurants, 50 pub..
lie-houses or hotels, the public baths, and several work-
shops, were destroyed, The Tartar mosque and three or
four houses are all that were preserved from the fire,

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