The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

THURSDAY

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

A meeting of the University of London was held
yesterday, at the rooms of the Royal Society, Somerset
House, for the purpose of conferring degrees, honours,
and prizes.
The Earl of Burlington, the Chancellor of the Univer-
sity, took the chair. Among the members of the Senate
present were—the Vice-Chancellor, John G. Shaw Le-
fevre Esq., C. 8., M.A., F.R.S.; John Bacot, Esq.;
Archibald Billing, Esq., M.D., A.M., F.R.S.; Profes-
sor Brands, F.R.S.; Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D.,
F.R.S.; Professor Faraday, D.C.L., F.R.S.; George
Grote, Esq., M.A.; Henry Hallam, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.;
Sir Stephen Love Hammick, Bart.; Thomas Hodgkin,
M.D.; J. H. Jerrard, Esq., F.R.S.; F. Kiernan, Esq.,
F.R.S.; John Ridout, Esq.
The proceedings were commenced by the Registrar
reading the report, and the following degrees were then
conferred :
Henry Hyde Salter, M.D.,K;ng's Coll. ; Robert Grrowse,
M.D., Samuel Osborne Habersham, M.D., John Braxton
Hicks, M.D., Guy's Hospital; Arthur Hill Hassell, M.D.,
James Jones, M.D., Royal Coll. Surgeons, Ireland; Wil-
liam Bird Herapath, M.D., Bristol, and London Hospital;
Charles Bland Radcliffe, M.D., Leeds School of Medicine;
Edward Adam Leatham, M.A., University Coll.; Philip
Chapman Barker, M.A., Spring Hill Coll.; Samuel
Bruce, LL.B., John Gotch Hepburn, LL.B., Hamilton
Charles Palmer, LL.B., Alfred Wills, LL.B., University
Ca. ; Edward Jackson, M. 8., John Russell Reynolds,
M. 8,, Henry Thompson, M. 8., University Coll.; Lionel
Smith Beale, M. 8., Samuel Griffith, M. 8., Edward Abra-
ham Hancock Head, M. 8., David Henry Monckton, M. 8.,
Richard Hunt, M. 8., William Odling,M.B.,
King's Coll.;
John Sherwood Stocker, M. 8., Guy's Hospital; Peter
Lodwick Burchell, M. 8., Westminster Hospital; George
Buchanan, 8.A., Wilfrid Samuel Clear, 8.A., Charles
Henry Derby, BA., John Wilson Dubourg, 8.A., Ed-
ward Fry, 8.A., William Gurney, 8.A., Richard Child
Heath, 8.A., Robert Dibble Hervey, 8.A., Thomas
Hodgkin, 8.A., John William Janson, BA., Henry
Carne ats_,_ 8.A., William Roberts, 8.A., John War-
ren, B. A ~ University Coll.; John Charles Addyes Scott,
8.A., Manchester (New) Coll.; Aaron Buzacott, 8.A.,
James Rae, 8.A., Cheshunt ColL ; George Frederic
Holley Sykes, 8.A., Lancashire Independent College.
The following prizes were then awarded:—
Robert Growso, M.D., Guy's Hospital—Medal for Com-
mentary.
Alfred Wills, LL.B., University Coll.—Law Scholarship.
John Russell Reynolds, ALB., University ColL—Scho-
larship and Medal in Physiology and Comparative
Anatomy.
David Henry Monckton, M. 8., King's Coll.—Medal in
physiology and Comparative Anatomy.
Edward Abraham Hancock Head, M. 8., King's Coll.—
Scholarship and Medal in Surgery.
Henry Thompson, M. 8., University Coll.—Medal in
Surgery.
John Russell Reynolds, M. 8., University Coll.—Scho-
larship and Medal in Medicine.
Henry Thompson, M. 8., University Coll.—Medal in Me-
dicine.
William Gurney, 8.A., University Coll.—Scholarship
in Mathematics.
John Charles Addyes Scott, 8.A., Manchester (New)
and University Colls.—Scholarship in Classics.
William Roberts, 8.A., University Coll.—Prize in Che-
mistry.
William Robert, B.A.—University Coll.—Pr!z a in
Animal Physiology.
EXAMINATION IN THE TEXT OF THE SCRIPTURES, &C.
Robert William Dale, Spring-hill Coll.—Prize.
M.B. FIRST EXAMINATION.
Thomas Hillier, University Coll.—Exhibition and Medal
is Anatomy and Physiology.
Julius Woldemar de Tunzelmann, University Coll.—
Medal in Anatomy and Physiology.
William Roberts, University Coll.—Exhibition and
'Medal in Chemistry.
Josiah Ramskill, Guy's Hospital—Medal in Chemistry.
Josiah Rsmskill, Guy's Hospital—Exhibition and Medal
in Materia Medics.
Julius Woldemar do Tunzelmann, University Coll.—
Medal iu Ma!eria Medica.
Julius Woldemar de Tunzelmann, University Coll.—
Medal in Botany.
MATRIC ULATION.
William Horace Smith, King's Coll.—Exhibition in
Mathematics.
Joseph Abbott Temple, King's Coll.—Exhibition in
Classics.
William Price Jones, University Coll.—Prise in Che-
mistry.
Thomas Edward Burton Brown, Guy's Hospital—Prize
in Botany.
This terminated the proceedings.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
hiLUBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1852.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*232
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 44
Tubercular Diseases ••• ••• ••• ... 197
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 105
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 37
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... -!• •• ••
.. 187
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. •• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ...
Malformations... •••
Premature Birth ..•
Atrophy •••
Old Ago
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified
•••

... 55

... 34
... 25
... 42

DEATHS FROM ALL CA.IISEB ... ...
Population Deaths in corre-
lnumeraled, sponding week
1851. of 1851.
West Districts... 347
806:342,7 . . 141 .
8
North Districts.. .. 203 .
Cent vtralisDtriisettrs ... 4
Districts 393,25685522 ... 18 3
E as 209
South Districts .. 616,635 ... 253 .

~. 24

1,026
Deaths
in the
Week.
153
244
161
181
287

Tta ..... 2,362,236
•.• 99
m
•••
••• •••
oalsle..s..
Femalas •••
••• •••

... 1,026
~ 524
~ 502