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

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1852.

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 Brande, 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 Oaborno Habersham, M.D., John Braxton
Hicks, M.D., Guy's Hospital; Arthur Hill Hassan, M.D.,
James Jones, M.D., Royal Coll. Surgeons, Ireland; Wil-
liam Bird Ilerapath, M.D., Bristol, and London Hospital;
Charles Bland Radcliffe, M.D., Leeds School of Medicine;
Edward Adam Lntliarn, 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
Coll. ; Edward Jackson, M. 8., John Russell Reynolds,
M. 8., Henry Thompson, M. 8., University Coll.; Lionel
Smith Beak, M. 8., Samuel Griffith. M. 8., Edward Abra-
ham Hancock Head, N. 8., David Henry Monckton, M. 8.,
King's Coll.; Richard Hunt, M. 8., William Odlin,g, M. 8.,
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, 8.A., John Wilson Dubourg, 8.A., Ed-
ward Fry, 8.A.. William Gurney, 8.A., Richard Child
Heath, 8.A., Robert Kibble Hervey, 8.A., Thomas
Hodgkin, 8.A., John William Janson, 8.A., Henry
Came Oats, 8.A., William Roberts, 8.A., John War-
ren, 13. A ~ University Coil.; 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, M. 8., 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 Colb.—Scholarship in Classics.
William Roberts, 8.A., University Coll.—Prize in Che-
mistry.
William Roberts, B.A.—University Coll.—Prize 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
in 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 Ramskill, Guy's llospital—Exhibition and Medal
in Materia Medica.
Julius Woldemar do Tunzelmann, University Coll.—
Medal in Materia Medics.
Julius Woldemar de Tunzelmann, University Coll.—
Medal in Botany.
MATRICULATION.
William Horace Smith, King's Coll.—Exbibition in
Mathematics.
Joseph Abbott Temple, King's Coll.—Exhibition in
Classics.
William Price Jones, University Coll.—Prize in Che-
mistry.
Thomas Edward Burton Brown, Guy's Hospital—Prize
in Botany.
This terminated the proceedings.

MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATIN:DAY, 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, Sce.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations._ ••• ••• •••
Premature Birth
Atrophy ••• •••
Old Age
Sudden ... ••• •••
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
C }uses not specified
•••

... 55

... 7

... 9

... 9

... 5

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

... 24

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre-
Enumerated, Bponcling week
1851. of 1851.
West Districts... 376,427 141
North Districts.. 490,396 •. 208 .
Central Districts 393,256 183
East Districts ... 485,522 209 .
South Districts.. 616,635 253

1,026
Dcatts
in the
Week.
153
244

T0ta15........ 2,362,236 •.• 991 ... 1,026
Males -......524
Females ... •••
•••
••• ••• 502