An inaugural address, delivered in the theatre of the Queen's College, Birmingham, on Tuesday, October 2, 1849 / by Horace Faithfull Gray.

  • Gray, Horace Faithfull.
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1849
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Credit: An inaugural address, delivered in the theatre of the Queen's College, Birmingham, on Tuesday, October 2, 1849 / by Horace Faithfull Gray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Botany—Certificate —Spark, Newcastle-under-Lyne. Forensic Medicine—Certificate—Lowe, Birmingham. Demonstrator—Book—Partridge, Darlaston. Theology—(Tutor’s Prize), Books—Banks, Birmingham. Classics—(College Prize), Books—Franks, Whittlesea. French—(Smith’s Prize), Books—Franks, Whittlesea. German—(Tutor’s Prize), Books—Franks, Whittlesea. German—(Piercy Prize), Books—Fryer, Coleford. The following Certificates from the University of London obtained at the Pass Matriculation were next presented :— Honours.—Classics and Chemistry : Franks. Chemistry : Lambert, Croydon. First Division.—Cantrell, Wirksworth; Coleman, Wolverhampton; Franks, Whittlesea; Lambert, Croydon; Mitchell, Winsford; Smith, Southam. Second Division.—Chatwin, Birmingham; Cockcrill, Newport : Day, Chudleigh ; Earle, Ripon ; Fox, Weymouth : Turner, High Wycombe ; Vincent, Oxford ; Waller, Chesterfield ; White, Birmingham ; Williams, Denbigh. The Vice-Principal called the attention of the meeting to the following passage in the last Report of the Council: — “ Your Council hope that they may be permitted to congratulate their friends and supporters, on having obtained the services of the Rev. Horace Gray, a gentleman eminently qualified for the office,—one who having obtained honors at the University of Oxford, next presided over the education of a young nobleman of very high rank, then undertook parochial duty in a most populous neighbourhood, then was called to direct as head, the Diocesan Training College, at Wells, and to visit all the parochial schools throughout tho Diocese, and lastly, who has been living in the country as a parish priest, and been connected with the Cathedral of Wells, as one of its prebendaries. It is to be regreted that the very limited state of our finances prevent our offering, to an individual so well trained for his office, and of such varied qualifications, an adequate re- muneration ; but it is allowable to indulge the hope that better times may come, and in the meanwhile we would congratulate ourselves on our promise of an enlarged sphere of usefulness, and on the completeness of the arrangements, which, in so comparatively brief an interval, since the opening of the College, we have been enabled by God’s blessing to effect.” He begged leave to introduce the Rev. Prebendary Gray. The Rev. Prebendary Gray then delivered his Inaugural Address. At the close of the address the Rev. Prebendary was greeted with long- continued applause. W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., said when he entered that room it was without the slightest expectation of being called on to say a word ; and now he found there was nothing more difficult than to pay a sufficient tribute to the admirable address of the Rev. gentleman who had just sat down. He (Mr. S.) had listened to it with the deepest attention, and ho did not exceed the truth when he said that he could not recal to his mind any address combining so much practical sense with sound and elevated feeling. He was unable to do justice to the merits of Mr. Gray, but felt all present would unite in awarding a vote of thanks to him for his most able, comprehensive, and eloquent address.—Joseph Webster, Esq., in seconding the proposition, said it was impossible for any one who had heard Mr. Gray, not to prognosticate that the designs of Dr. Warneford would be fully carried out. The resolution was carried by acclamation. JOHN TONES, PRINTED, Hltl. STREET, BIRMINGHAM.