The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-27 00:00:00

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EPITAPHS.

One of the happiest epitaphs that have ever been pro-
duced, is that of Coleridge on an infant:--
E'er sin coeld blight, or sorrow fade,
Death tame with friendly „are ;
The opening bud to heaven cestreysa,
And bid it blossom tltiere.
Though, if en anomyraestt, writer in a periodical may be
trusted, as I hive th)t such writers sometimes may, with
tither an iialtation of the following Turkish epitaph, or
the two authors have produced the same thought with a
very extraordinary exactness of correspondence. It is to
ha regretted that the writer by whom it is cited has not
given the authority from which be took it :
TEIRKISiI EPITAPH ON A CHILD.—God alone is eternal.
1 was in this world but a rosebud, yet I was blighted by
sate ; but I have only left the gardens of this world to en‘
ter into those of Paradise.

Whether the following, on two twins, was written before
07 after that of Colerrdge, I know not—
The tend* buds are fall'n to rise,
And ripen in their native skies.
With theee epitaphs ou infants may be contrasted one
which is %such more homely, but which asks a not unnatural

Since I am so quickly done for,
I wonder what I was begun for ?
Though rustic epitaphs, as well as others, generally con-
tain prat e of the dead, they sometimes exhibit much satire.
A husband is occasionally found to sneer at his dead wife
on her tombstone—
Here lies my tvifc, enough lamented ;
She's gone to heaven, and I'm contented.
A scold is sometimes furnished with an app-npriare
h by a neighb,,ur, who bas been inconvenienced by her

Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,
Lies Arabella Young,
Who on the twenty.uinth of May
Began to hold her tongue.
Personal peculiarities are sometimes rather coarsely sa.
ti..ised in the peasant's " uncouth rhymes"—
Andrew Thomson lieth here,
Who had a mouth from car to ear ;
Reader, tread lightly on Lis sod,
Fur if he gape, your gone, by G--.
And ittveterate habits, which continue " strong in death,'
arc often jested upon—

ON A SMOKER.
Here, fast asleep, full six feet deep,
And seventy summers ripe,
George Thomas lies, in hopes to rise
And smoke another pipe.
And a sneer may be seen bestowed on a "little great
man"—

Here lies the body of JAI: Watson,
Read not his epitaph with your hats on ;
For why) He was provost of Dundee,
Hallelo3an, Hallel 1./fee I
A joke on a trade Cr occupation is very common, though
often sufficiently clumsy. Tho following has been several
times in print--,
Here into dust
The mouldering crust
Of old Bell Bachelor's shoven,
She well knew the arts
Of pias, custards, and tarts,
AR{I all the skill of the oven :
When she'd liv'd long enough,
She made her last puff,
A puff by her husband much prais'd ;
Now here she doth lie,
To make a dirt pie,
k hopes that her crust will be rais'd.
And I have also before me an epitaph of a similar kind on
parish clerk, consisting of eight or ten couplets, each end-
ing with the word Amen. But it is scarcely worth tran-
scfiptien.
An epitaph on the dead is very frequently made a ve-
le for satire on the living, as in the following, on a hus-
and who had survived his wife—
Here lies the body of Joan Carthew,
Born at St. Columb, died at St. Kew.
Children she had five ;
Three are dead, and two alive ;
Those that are dead chosing ratker
To die with their mother than live with their father.
And in this on Mr. Strange, on lawyers—
'Here lies
an honest lawyer, and that's STRANGE.
Lawye.s, indeed are frequently attacked in epitaphs.
l.land and glove with the devil they are generally consi-
cered.--.

Here lies James Straw,
Who forty years followed the law,
And *en he died,
The devil cried,
Jemmy, gie's your paw.
43ut here is one represented ai bad enough to teach the

Here lies underneath.
A lawyer named Keith ;
He now teaches sly Nick
Many a high trick,
Improving in evil
aid/vista Mer Hit namesake the
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THE UNIV.ERSITY OF LONDO N

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
The annual distribution of prizes in the faculty of medi-
cine in this institution took place lately, in the theatre,
of the college, in the presence of a crowded and respect-
able assemblage, a large portion eu which consisted of
ladies. Amongst those present were the Duke of Somer-
set, Edward Strutt, Esq., M.P., Robert Hutton, Esq.
M.P.; Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P., Robert ()wen,
E:q., H. C. Robinson, Esq., H. Weymouth, Esq., Dr.
W‘rdieur, Dr. Fitton, Booth, Esq. The Right lion:
the-Speaker in the Chair. The Right Hon. Gentleman,
who on his appealance was greeted by loud acclamations,
said that the first proceeding was to request the Dean of
the Faculty of Medicine to read the report of the Faculty
for the past session.
Professor COOPER, Dean of the Faculty, said it became
his duty to read the report for the session just concluded.
The report announced, in the first place, the uninterrupt,d
prosperity of the medical school, as proved by the number
of students, and the order prevailing in every department
of instruction. The total number of students in the dif-
ferent classes was 476, being an increase on the preced-
ing year. And not only was the medical school flou-
rishing with regard to the number of students, but in the
meritorious proficiency evinced by so many gentlemen in the
present session and examination. When he added, that dur-
ing the whole se3sion not a single complaint of any serious
bleach a discipline in so numerous body had been brought
under the notice of the Council, or of the Faculty of Me-
dieine, he thought they would concur with him in giving
the students credit for moral worth, as well as scientific at-
tainments.--.(Cheers.) In consequence of the vacancy of
the chair of medicine, caused by the resignation of Dr.
Blliotson, a temporary arrangement had been made by
which the duties were entrusted to Dr Copland, and the
examination of the class conducted by Copland and Dr.
Carswell. At the beginning of the institution of the me-
dical school it had been without an hospital. Of course
there was no opportunity of demonstrating practically to
the students the doctrines relative to disease. Under the
auspices of a most liberal Council this detect had been ob-
viated, and a great halt erected for the purpose of practical
anatomy, which in space, light, and ventilation, surpas-ed
every establishn_tnt with which he ( Professor Cooper) was
acquainted. The report also noticed the formation of
chases of practical chemistry in which students were taught
under the immediate superintendence of the Professors to
perform experiments themselves, and thus become practical
vs well as scientific chemists.
Mr. cf..% 4TKINSON, Secretary, then read an account of
the metTiod of awarding the prizes.
The names of the gentlemen to whom medals and certifi-
cates of honour had been awarded wee then announced,
and the prizes delivered by the Chairman.
The following gentlemen reeeisod medals as their names
were announced by the professors. The latter, as they se-
verally rose, were loudly cheered.
Surgery—(Mr. S. Cooper, Professor)—Gold medal.
Yr. James Peterkie, London. First Over medal. Mr.
W. Rutherford Ancram, London ; second ditto, Mr. T.
S. Bnk, Newcastle- upon- Tyne.
Obstetric Medicine—( Dr. D. D. Dnvis, Professor).-
-Geld medal, Mr. M. H. Beaumont, Huddersfield. First
silver medal, Mr. R. James Rus,el, Northampton; se-
ccril ditto, Mr. Thomas Davies. Brecon.
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Anatorny—(Mr. Quoin, Professoi )—G,,Id medal, Mr.
W. A. Raper, Sussex. First slim- total d, Mr. T00,i.-ii's
Snow Beck ; second ditto, ‘lr. H. S. T.,,i lor, So, ri.i.
,Junior Clams—Silver medal, Mr. W. T White. London
Cusitisrtiv.--.(Mr. Gra;ia,n, PrVes,:or.)—G-lil me-
dal, M. H. L. Jacob, Rocheter Frst silver ni..d .1,
Mr. Thomas P. M uthew, London ; second ditto, Mr. J.
i S. Waterbottse, Dewsbury ; Medal for Practical Che-
froistry(last summer), to Mr. J. J. Morcott, Leicestershire.
Silver medal for Classification of Medical Compounds to
Mr. l'. B. Corrill and Nr. T'nomas P. Matthew.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. —(De. Sharpay. Profes-
sor.)—Gold medal, Mr. John Ellis, Islington. First sil-
ver medal, Mr. James Harrison, London ; second ditto,
Mr. C. B. Sewell.

PATHOLOGICAL ASATOMY.-( Dr. Cirssvell, Professor )
—Gold medal, Mr. R. Quain Ma:kr.v, First silver
med,.l, Mr. John Binns, Sunderland ; second ditto, Mr.
J. Mayor, Newcastie.upon- Tyne.
31.ATERIA MEDICA.—( Dr. A. T. Thompson: Profes-
sor )._Gold medal, Mr. J. C. Bocknill, Leicestershire.
First silver medal, Mr. H. G. Dalton, Demerara ; se-
m,d ditto, Mr, W. L. Mr. Bath,
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE..—GoId medal, Mr. H. Beau-
molt. first silver medal, Mr. W. E. Esptr ; second
ditty, Mr. J. C. Bucknill.

BuTANt.--Gold medal, Mr. J. J. Murcutt; silver ditty,
Mr. S. Hodgkinson.
MEDICAL JIJRISPRUDENCE.—Prize to W. A. Raper,
Horsham, Sussex. Fellowes's clinico gold medals were
awarded to Mr. C. Percy Croft, London, and Mr. W.
Carey Coles, Gloucestershire.
The CamestaN, in presenting those medals, said that
they bad been originated by Dr. Fellowes, who placed
5001 in the hands of the Council for the purpose, partly
From a feeling of gratitude to one of the Professors, who
had attended him through a dangerous illness, but still
more for the laudable object of exciting the vigilant atten-
tion of the students in the hospital to the cases before them,
and so assist in increasing the number of acute mad en-
l'gLiened medical practitioners.
T,ll distribution of prizes having concluded,
4 CisasessaN rose and said—Ladies and gentlemen,
`'u have heard from the Report of the several very con.
' maerable improvements that have been made. You have
heard that a room for practical anatomy has been built,
which in pint of space and adaptation to its purposes,
stands pre-eminent You have heard of the additional
accommodations ' offered, and the encouragements held
out to ittelents who desirous of availing themselves
of the means et
to nitdrung
stantial olvantaers" which are placed at their
(.4ispoc,al. These,
but itt'is still
ar''very important and sub-
;
more consolatory and
r i ,;ev;re. to find that these act :images have been obtained
p 4,
in consequence of the prosperous state of the financess of this
institution, I beli it may now he
7teheetlutnalitr::,L the. n• nt),4l exceet,r,