The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-27 00:00:00

KING'S COLLEGE.

The annual distribution of prizes to the successful candi-
dates amongst the pupils in the various branches of educa-
tion at this institution took place yesterday. The chair was
taken at three o'clock in the newly-erected hall of the college,
a very elegant and appropriate room for the purposes of ge-
neral business, by Ins Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury,
who was supported on his right hand by the Duke tf Cam-
bridge, and on his left by the Bishop of London. There
were also present the Bishops of Llandaff, Lichfield, and
Calcutta; Sir Robert Inglis, Bart., M.P.; Mr. Pownall, and
many other aupportere of the eatablishment. The remaining
seats were crowded with the students, and with ladies and
gentlemen. The Principal and the Professors were seated
on the platform. The business was commenced by the
Archbishop, who briefly stated the object of the meeting,
after which the Principal arose, and announced the names of
the students to whom the divinity prizes had been awarded.
The students were then presented to the Archbishop, who
handed the prizes (books) to each in turn, and addressed to
each a short compliment. The various professors then an-
nounced to his Grace the names of the prizemen in the
espective classes, and his Grace delivered to each the prize
assigned him.
The PRINCIPAL then announced the scholars for the pre-
sent year, and the students recommended for admission
to the associateship of the college, and afterwards the stu-
dents in engineering.
The following is the list of the successful students, and of
the professors of the different faculties
Divinity (the Principal)—Henry- John Burfield, Roger
Gadsden, Charles Bosworth Thurston, Fielder Hemmans,
Edward James llubbard, and Edward Jaques.
Latin Verse, Latin Essay, English Verse, and Classics
(Mr. Browne) Alfred John Church, George William
Kitchen, George Oakley Vance, John Fenn Russell, Charles
Walter Devis, John Brooks, and Thomas Waddington.
Mathematics (Mr. Hall)—Henry William Watson, George
Greenwood, George Rawlinson, Thomas Wiltshire, and Ar-
thur Finch.
English (Mr. Maurice)—Alfred John Church, and James
Jeakes.
Stephen's Prize—Frederick Hyde Salter.,
Hebrew (Dr. M'Caun—William Middleton Snell, J. J.
Heywood, George Greenwood.
French (Professor Brasseur)—Charles William Maugham.
German (Professor Bernays)—Joseph Benjamin M'Caul
and Robert Gerard Anderson.
Mathematics (Rev. J. G. Hall)—William Norton Lawson,
Edward Kingston, and George Fuller.
Natural Philosophy and Mathematics (Rev. 111. O'Brien)
—Henry Whitcombe, William Norton Lawson, Edward
Kingston, and George Fuller.
Chemistry (Dr. Miller)—John Phillips Nunn and John
Hicks.
Geology (Mr. Ansted)—John Robert Campbell and John
Hicks.
Mineralogy (Mr. Tennent)—John Phillips Nunn.
Manufacturing Art and Machinery (Mr. Cowper)—Thos.
Bradbury Winter and John Robert Campbell.
Geometrical Drawing (Mr. Bradley)—Thomas Bradbury
Winter and Jehn Phillips Nunn.
Surveying (Mr. Castle)—Thomas Bradbury Winter,
Richard James Strachan Harman, and Samuel Blunden
Daniell.
Workroom (Mr. Ceck)—George Wells, George Walker,
and Charles Thompson Guthrie.
Literary Union (the Principal)—George William Kitchin.
The presentation of prizes having been concluded, the
PRINCIPAL addressed his Grace the Visitor, and testified to
the good conduct of the students.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE then rose,
and proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman. His Royal
Highness expressed his gratification from what he had wit-
nessed ; he regretted that he had not been present on former
occasions, but 'said he would, for the future, if his life were
spared, not fail to attend.
The Bishop of LONDON seconded the motion in an appro..
priate speech.
The vote was carried by acclamation, and, the Archbishop
having returned thanks, the meeting broke up.

We understand that it is arranged that some Peers
are to be made by the out-going Government. Lord Francis
Egerton is to have his reward. We wish he had been able
to pick his way more cleanly to an Earldom. He is a very
proper man, as regards birth and fortune, to be elevated to a
high rank in the Peerage ; but to have to make such speeches ,
as he has made this session, and in such a cause ;—ugh ! His
Lordship, we hear, is to be the Earl of Ellesmere, and Baron
Brackley. It is said that Colonel Woiod, Member for Brecon,
is also to be rewarded with a Peerage. "Scorn and contempt
forbid us to proceed." We have not heard what unfortunate
locality is to receive the ill-usage of having its name appro-
priated by the new Baron. The Plymouth title is, we under-
stand, to be revived in the person of Colonel Clive, Member
for Shropshire, brother of the Earl of Powis, and connected
with the Plymouth family by marriage. We do not know of
any special political cause for this creation, and we believe
there is none. It has been said, too, that Lord Elgin will be
made a British Peer, but this, we believe, if it should take
place, is rather with a view to future services, than to reward
the past. Other rumours are flying about, but not sufficiently
definite to be recorded.—Morning Post.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 26. —The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid, Captain Bingham,
arrived in the .I,)cks at 20 minutes past four o'clock this
morning, and landed her mails, which were forwarded to
London by the nine o'clock train. Her dates are—Gibraltar,
June 17 ; Cadiz, 18 ; Lisbon, 20 ; Oporto, 21 ; Vigo, 22 ; and
Corunna, 23. The Madrid has brought home 101 passen-
gers and a good cargo, consisting of oranges and lemons.
The Paella, which left here on the 17th, with the Peninsular
mails, did not arrive at Vigo until the 22d, having been de-
layed 16 hours off that place by a heavy fog. Vessels at
Gibraltar—Phenix and Virago, Government steamers. At
Lisbon—Her Majesty's ship Albion and French brig Iphe-
gina. In the Douro—The Rattler steam frigate.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALLEGED SUICIDE.—
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Yesterday an inquest was hold before Mr. Bedford, at—the
Plough, Carey-street,on the body of William Keogan, aged
thirty-seven. The deceased was a smith, and lived at 2,
Wilson•street, Drury-lane. Previous to Monday week lie
had been very ill, and about one the next morning he got
up from his bed and was observed by his daughter to go to
the stairs. She called her mother, and on going down stairs
the window was found to be open, and presently afterwards
there was a dreadful crash in the yard, and the deceased was
found in the area. His thigh and skull were fractured, and
he [died on Thursday. The window was three stories high,
and it was supposed to have been an intentional act, but the
jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."