The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-30 00:00:00

THE SUN,

G'S COLLEGE.

Yesterday the cienuel meeting of the council of this
institution took place, at the College, Strand; the Bishop
of Lichfield in the chair.
The Right Rev. Prelate having briefly opened the
proceedings, the report for the past year was read. From
this it appearee, that of matriculated stutlente there
were in the theological department and preparatory
class, 54 ; general lttere.ture and science, 111; applied
science, 39; military sciences, 11; medical departmeet,
196; the total, 411. Of occasional students theme were
in the medical department, 27; various other classes,
67; total. 94. In the school there were, it appeared,
in the division of classics, 321; of modern instruc-
:ion, 128; total 449; grand total, for school and college,
954. Mr. J. J. Stutzsr, the lecturer on English his-
tory and literature. had, with the required sanction,
founded a scholarship of 301., for the purpose of encou-
raging the studies which he directed; for which scholar-
ship, open to all the students of the department of gene-
ral literature and science, the first election would take
place at Easter. As regarded the hospital, the
report strongly urged the inadequacy of its ac-
commodation to the demands upon its space. In allu-
sion to the medical department, the students were said
to have distinguished themselves at the Universities to
which they had passed ; and as to the finances, it was
stated that the receipts for the current year were
41,327/.; the expenditure, 41,0231. It further appeared,
by the accounts laid upon the table, that the gross ex-
penditure, up to the 31st December, for building, fitting,
tarnishing, &c., including 4,0001. still due to the hospi-
tal, amounted to 165,5841. From shares there had been
received, on the other hand, 61,3561., donations, 65,5021.,
leaving a sum of 31,7251. still chargeable upon income.
The report containing these particulars having been
adopted, and testimony borne to the excellence of the
institution which it described, the distribution of prizes
and certificates of honour for the medical department
commenced. At this ceremony the Bishop of 'London
presided. After a brief but appropriate address from his
Lordship, the names of the successful candidates were
announced as follows:—
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES—EASTER, 1851.
Senior Scholar—S. B. Partridge.
Second Year Schuler—A. Playne.
Junior Scholar—E. Dowson; E. W. Alexander and
W. J. Palmer, seq.
Divinity—Prizes: 4th year, E. A. H. Head; 3d year,
W. E. Masfeu; 2d year, E. J. Lock; Ist year, E. M. R.
Rendie.
Warneford Endowment-Ist prize, S. B. Partridge;
2d prize, E. A. 11. Head; extra, J. K. Spender.
Leathe's Endowment-Ist prize, F. N. Macnamara;
2d prize, T. Macknight.
Anatomy—Prize: F. N. Macnamara. Certificates of
Honour: H. B. Franklin, W. Langford, 2d year; G. K.
Curme, G. Skrimshire, R. B. Searle, Ist year.
Physiology—Prize: F. N. Macnamara. Certificates
of Honour: A. Playne, T. H. Cheatle, W. Langford, J.
H. Drew, 2d year; G. Skrimshire, G. K. Curme, W.
Pearl, R. B. Searle, seq., Ist year.
Chemistry—Prize: H. W. Lewer. Certificates of
Honour: W. Langford, C. J. Jackson, W. Pearl, G. K.
Curme, G. Skrimshire.
Chemical Manipulations—Prize: F. N. Macnamara.
Certificates of Honour: H. W. Lewer, W. E. Masfeu.
Materia Medica—Prize: A. D. Smith. Certificates of
Honour: H. W. Lewer, J. EL Sylvester.
Surgery—Prize : A. M. Edwards. Certificates of
Honour: F. W. Headland, J. H. Sylvester.
Medicine—Prize: E. Liddon. Certificates of Honour:
W. E. Masfeu, J. H. Sylvester, F. W. Headland, W.
Hoar.
Midwifery—Prize; T. H. Cheatle. Certificates of
Honour: R. Wilkinson, J. H. Sylvester, S. P. Partridge,
G. Lawson.
Botany—Prize: A. Playne. Certificate of Honour:
R. Wilkinson.
Forensic Medicine—Prize: E. A. H. Head. Certifi-
cates of Honour: S. B. Partridge, M. L. Barrows.
Comparative Anatomy—Prize: E. A. H. Head.
Medical Clinical (Winter)—Prize: E. Liddon. Cer-
tificate of Honour: J. H. Sylvester.
Ditto (Summer)—Prize: J. C. Dickenson.
Surgical Clinical (Winter)—Prize: A. M. Edwards.
Certificates of Honour: E. D'A. Evezard, C. Lee.
Ditto (Summer)—Prize—J. C. Dickenson. Certifi-
cate of Honour—J. B. Cockburn.

Medical Society's Prizs—J. K. Spender.
The report of Professor Guy, the dean, on the state of
this department, was highly satisfactory. The numbers
had increased, the discipline was unrelaxed, the system
had worked well. On the subject of the hospital, the
Learned Professor spoke at length, and adduced the
most convincing statistics to prove the inefficiency of
the present building, and the necessity of immediately
erecting one more capacious to supply its place. He re•
ferred, also, to the distinctions Won at other universities
by quondam pupils of King's College, and whilst
praising the present generation, urged them to emulate
their predecessors' industry and worth.
Dr. Jelf, and others, next addressed the meeting, and
the prizes having been distributed, thanks were voted to
the chairman, and the company dispersed.

LONDON,

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Yesterday the excitement within and around the
Crystal Palace was immense. There was en overwhelm-
ing rush of exhibitors into the interilr until two o'clock,
when means were taken to check the number ef admis-
sions. Matters were in a still worse state at the office
for the sale of season ticket,?, which remained for seve-
ral hours is a state of permanent blockade. The gather-
ing excitement is an unmistakeable warning to the Ex-
ecutive Committee and to the police authorities to adopt
every precaution for the public safety in their arrange-
ments with reference to the great event of Thuraday.
The former body evince a proper anxiety on this sub•
ject by issuing the following circular. which we ear-
nestly recommend to the attention of all whom it may
concern:—

" OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION.

" 1. Visitors are informed that there are numerous
entrances into the building on all sides, and they are
requested not to assemble in crowds at any one of them.
" 2. The issue of tickets having been limited, there is
ample room for every person to obtain a good view of
the prcees•ion along the nave, and seats have been pro-
vided for ladics in the nave and galleries.
" 3. The police have orders to enforce the following
rules:—' To reserve the seats for ladies until half•past
eleven; to prevent any person from crossing any boun-
dary line; to prevent all walking about during the ce-
remony; to prevent any person Acorn standing on any
counter; to prevent ell crowding in any part of the
building; to keep the nave of the building quite clear at
all times till the ceremony is over; to see that every per-
son takes his seat in that part of the building for which
he has a card.'
" By order of the Executive Committee,
" M. DIGDY WYATT."

Today no exhibitors will be admitted unless they
present themselves before eight o'clock in the morning,
and the building will be entirely cleared early in the af-
ternoon, in order that the preparations connected with
her Majesty's reception may be completed.
Yesterday in the department of machinery in motion,
after several preliminary trials, the steam was turned
into the building, and the whole of the engines now in
position were put in motion; the result was extremely
satisfactory; the more so as considerable anxiety
has been felt as to the practicability of conveying
the steam through so great a length of pipe
without destroying its power by condensation. The
entire range of steam-pipe, including the ramifications to
the various engines, is nearly 3,000 feet, which is, pro-
bably, a greater length than has ever yet been success-
fully applied. The steam is supplied from five boilers,
placed in an isolated building at the west end of the Ex-
hibition. Four of these boilers are multitubular, upon a
somewhat novel construction, by Messrs. W. G. Arm-
strong and Co., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the fifth is
a double-furnace boiler, by Messrs. Galloway, of Man-
chester. These boilers collectively are equal to 150-
horse power, and the steam is carried from them into
the building by a pipe of nine inches diameter, thickly
coated with felt. This pipe, which may be compared to
the main artery of a human body, gradually diminishes
in size as it extends through the building, and along its
entire range receivers of a peculiarconstruction are placed,
which arrest the water produced by condensation, and
suffer the pure steam to flow onwards. After passing
through the engines the exhausted steam enters another
system of pipes, by which it is conveyed into a tunnel out-
side of the building, and both systems of pipes are placed
beneath the floor, where they are entirely out of sight.
The whole arrangements of the steam pipes, with their
connected apparatus, have been carried out by Messrs.
W. G. Armstrong and Co., under the direction of Mr.
W. Cubitt, one cf the Royal Commissioners, who more
immediately presides over the mechanical department,
and of Mr. Itiensmann, the superintendent of that class.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the Exhibition
yesterday at an early hour, and remained for a long
time examining with interest the collections in the dif-
ferent compartments.
There was a violent hailstorm during the day, the
sound of which, as it descended upon toe glass roof,
produced a very singular effect, but not a pane was in-
jured by it.
We are glad to announce the return to the building
of Mr. Henderson, of the firm of Fox and Henderson,
who for some time past has been sa seriously indis-
posed. His recovery will enable him, we trust, to take
part in the procession on Thursday.

(From the Times.)
As Mr. Alison tells a story better than he makes a
speech, most readers will remember his description of
Paris in 1314, when the termination of a twenty years'
contest had concentrated the warriors and the gazers of
the world in tho streets of the French capital. There
were Calmucks and Bashkirs from the borders of Asia,
still carrying bows and arrows, and clustering in groups
aloof from the soldiers of the west. There were Cos-
sacks from the banks of the Don, fondling steeds nearly
as human as themselves, and storing under their capa-
cious saddles the plunder gathered between the Niemen
and the Rhine. There were old Russians of Kutusoff's
army, boyish conscripts from exhausted Austria, rugged
Lendwehr from Prussia, Swedes under French leaders,
Belgians and Bavarians under the colours of the allies,
and a sprinkling of English uniforms to enliven the mass.
The whole world appeared collected before the eyes of
the young historian. As he walked along the Champs
Elys6es he listened to Asiatic carols issuing from sheep-
skin tents, while grotesque costumes and barbarous
clamours arrested his notice at every turning of the
Faubourgs.
He may now, if he can shake off the bewildering
fumes of Protectionist banquets, see a sight not very dit-
tereet in the capital or nis own country. We verily
believe that no city in the world ever attracted such a
motley assemblage as London at this present season.
Substituting the guise of peace for the costumes of war,
we encounter battalions of all races at every step. What
our neighbours term a " fusion" seems absolutely com-
plete, and on an European scale. From Piccadilly to
St. Paul's there pours one continuous stream of bearded
visages, pleasantly diversified by peculiarities of cheek-
bones and headgear. Even the accompaniment of strange
music is not wanting, and the attentive listener may
catch the national airs of most civilized communities as
ha walks along the Strand. The place seems suddenly
transformed into the capital of the universe, our own
share in the muster being none of the largest. We ap-
pear, in fact, to have become the least part of ourselves
already. To detect a real English face, one has to turn
to a cabstand, end feelings of sympathy and compatriot-
ism are positively excited by the individual on the box.
Within this week twice as many Frenchmen will be
landed in England as Napoleon ever intended to bring
here. The Grand Army was never likely to have ex-
ceeded 150,000 on the shores of Kent, whereas 270,000
passports are said to have been issued to the depart-
ments alone, Paris being a separate contributor. It is
said too, and from the concurrence of testimony we are
inclined to credit the statement, that the attraction of
the World's Fair increases instead of diminishing with
the distance. Germany is described as being more ex-
cited than France, and 'Russia than Germany. Turkey
has already contributed the most numerous of the offi-
cial missions, and as soon as the ice breaks in the
White Sea (which, we fear, will not be very quickly with
such winds as these), we are to receive such a seaborne
caravan from Eastern Siberia, that an adventurous
American might cross from California by way of Beh-
ring's Straits. As to our own people, the northern and
western shores are to be emptied of their popula-
tion ; and, if there lives anywhere a being indifferent to
the Great Exhibition, he is to bo found, we are sure, in
Pimlico or Knightsbridge.
" A rush of people to the capital," said Swift, is like
a conflux of animal spirits to the heart—a sign that the
constitution is in danger." In 1710, perhaps, it might
have been so, but we have now outlived our national
climacteric, and can indulge our fancies with impunity.
After all, this enormous gathering is rather a revival of
old fashions than a new design. Our insular isolation is
the characteristic of comparatively modern history.
When Christendom had but one creed, and Europe but
one empire, such congregations were far from uncom-
mon. Gibbon, in his sententious way, talks of " piracy
and pilgrimage" as fusing all the nations of the earth, and
the remark is substantially true. More Englishmen had
seen Rome in the 15th century than in the 18th, the con-
quest of Britain by Normens alternated with the conquest
of Normandy by Britons,and all ideas were prosecuted in
a far more cosmopolitan spirit than distinguished later
generations. The ancient cathedrals of the land which
our visitors will look at were built mostly by German or
Italian Freemasons, with French stone, and were as
often filled with graduates from Paris and Bologna as
from Oxford aed Cambridge. Oar population itself is a
compound of half-a-dtzen races, and yet by a strange
contradiction w e no sooner became an adult nation than
we r, pudiated our kinspeople, and shut ourselves up
from the world. Our Queen was the first English Sove-
reign since Henry VIII. who ever shook hands with her
next-door Honareh; and she is now the first to collect
such a company as might have been invited by Richard
Ceeur de Lion or Edward 111.
There is no denying, however, that we shall feel our-
selves " pretty full," and indeed we look upon the festival
as a curious trial of the capacities of modern ingenuity.
Nothing in the Crystal Palace will be so signal a menu-
nsent of popular industry as the entertainment itself.
London is the most populous city in the world, even
takes alone. Suburbs included, we muster 2,500,000
souls. It is not perhaps too much to expect that, first and
last, as many more will come up from the country. This
makes 5,000,000, an equivalent to the entire population
of England but a few generations ago. Then come our
visitors—a legion whereof the 300,000 Frenchmen
already reported may be taken as the unit. Altogether;
the least we can expect is, that London, one day with
another, will always contain two persons for every one
of those usually present in the height of the season.
Now the height of the season, as many of our
readers know, seldom leaves much margin in the
way of elbow-room; in fact, it is hard enough to
get along whenever a fine day or a gala show brings the
multitude abroad. What are we to do when in every
street, in every house, in every railway, in every
steamer, and in every " bus" two will stand for one?
How are ad the wants of all the company to be satisfied
together.
The vision is rather alarming perhaps at first, but,
like other prospects, it dwindles in dimensions on a
closer view. if we do our best we shall not find much
difficulty in getting on. We have had good notice, and
era euite prepared to be pleased. Our visitors are ha-
bituated to such doings, though on a somewhat smaller
scale. They can pack themselves, as some of our
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of promenades, with a modest allowance of comforts at
home. They have a larger stock of civility than our-
selves, and carry it about them in a more negotiable
forth; they are more pliable, and less morose. If there
is a disagreeable passenger in an omnibus or in a steamer,
Ire is not, we are sorry to say, likely to be a foreigner. It
will tide ,her be the Frenchman, nor the German, nor the
Dane, nor even the Turk, who refuses to give and take,
or to to contribute his share to the hilarity and good
feeling of the company. The substantial part of the en-