The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-09 00:00:00

OXFORD,-JuLi

Saturday last the Rev. Edward itarenshaw, B.
Fellow of Brazenose College, was admitted M l,!er
of Arts. Messrs. WilliamWoodston, of Exetet gok
lege., and John King, of Brazenose College, were
admitted M.-A. ,

The Commemoration on Monday and Thesday
was. unusually splendid. Upwards of two thousand
persons attended the Theatre on Tuesday, when the
Poem which .obtained the Annual Prizes were 're-
cited. The first prize was awarded to Mr. Cleaver,
of Christ Church College (son of the Bishop of
Ferns), fora Latin Poem entitled Delphi. The se-
cond prize was obtained .for a Copy of English
Verses of superiOr merit, written by Mr. Roileston,
of University College, who was also last year a suc-
cessful candidate for poetic fame; and the last, prize
was-given, to Mr. Gray, a Bachelor of Oriel College,
for an admirable Essay on the subjea of "
tary Rank."

On Tuesday morning the Heads of Colleges and
Halls, accompanied by the Noblemen, Dootors and

Proftors of the University, vent in procession froth
the house of the Rev. Dr. Parsons, Vice-Chancell4.)r.
to the'Theatre, when Charles Severn Watkins, Lin.
was admitted to the honorary degree of A. M. 1-,re-
sented by the Rev. John Mitchell,
Wadham College; .and the Rev. Dr. Vincent was
admitted to the degree of D. D. ad eundem, and
was presented by the Rev. Dr. Hall, Regius Profes-
sor of
On Thursday the Rev. John Rose, of St. John's,
and Rec. IL J. R. Jenkins, of Corpus. Christi, M A.
and-Students in Divinity, were admitted .Bach,:;ors
and Dot-tors in Divinity. J. Bright, B. M. of Wad-
ham, .w as admitted Doeio, in Medicine. Rv..John
Fleisher, of St. Alban's Hall; Mr. G. Hsncox, of
.i
Queen's ; Rev. J. Hamner, of Brazenose ; Elev. H.
W. Ra‘vlins, of Baliol ; c;. Rev. it. J. Spencer, of
Wadltain, B. A.; were admittt l Masters of Arts.
Mesirs. Peter Penson, of I\re'w College, and T. H.
Yorke, of .Univer-Sity College, were admitted Ba;.
chelors of Arts.

On Monday last Mr. John Ifl,7'ayte Vilezt was Rd-
rnitted Fellow ; and :Messrs. Vim. B. Allen, and
Charles ,-Hutchins, Scholars, of St. Tohn'sCollege,
in this 'University.
On Thursday last -Mr. W. E. Honv, of Exeter,
and Mr. P. Johnson, of Oriel, were eleaed.Fellows
of Exeter College.
On Wednesday last died, the Rev. Edward Wod-
ley, of Solbury, one of his Majesty's Justices fur
Berks and BedforcL

CAMBRIDGE, JULY 7.

Saturday, last Mr. Ralph, A. B. of St.', Peter's
Ccllege, was eleEted a Fellow of that Society.
Two of the Members' prizes of 15 guineai each,
are this year adjudged to Me,ssrs J.
_Carr and GeO.
Burgess, both of Trinity College, Middle Bachelors.
There were not any exercises sent in for the Senior
Bachelors' prizes.

The Commencement Sermons were preached on
Sunday at St. Mary's Church ; that in the morning
by the Rev. Dr. Middleton, Retor of Tansot,
Northamptonshire ; after which a gran.l .Musical
piece was perliirtned, • compused by Mr. William
Carnaby, for his Door's Degree in Music. The
afternvon Sermon was preached by Dr. Pearson,
Master of Sidney College, when another Musical
Performance took-, place, conwosed by-Mr. Joseph
Kemp, for his Bachelor's degree in Music.—On
both qccasions the Church was very mach crowded. Wesley, the celebrated Organist, played • several
Voluntaries, to the' admiration of the- congrega:ion:
The Rev. Charles Proby, M. A. late of Si. John's
Reetor of Stanwick, in Northamptonshire,
bas been collated, by the Bishop of LincOln, to a
Prebendal-Stall in that Cathedral.

The Rev. George Gordon, Precentor of Exeter, is
installed a Prebendary of the same Cathedral.
The Rev. John Cubist, M. A. is instituted to the
Rectory of Waxham, with the Vicarage of Pawling
next the Sea annexed, in Norfolk, on the present.
ation of Sir G. Berney Brograve, Bart. vacant by the
death of the Rev. Wm. Preis Smith.

The Rev. Samuel Birch, M. A. of St. John's Col-
lege, was on Tuesday unanimously eleated Geometry
Leaurer o 1 Gresham College, vacant by the death of
the Rev. Dr. Kittilby.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JULY 8.

BEFORE MR. :MICE MAINWARINIG, AND A BENCH

OF MAGISTRATES.

PICKING POCKETS.

Yesterday a case not remarkable fOr its novelty,
but for the quickness with which the proceedings
were commenced, carried on, aneconcluded, ex-
cited not a little interest here.

A young man of decent and respe6able appear-
ance was put to the bar, charged with picking
pockets; and the detail of the circumstances attached
to the accusation was as follows :

Mr. Hebden, a young Midshipman, whom cu-
riosity had persuaded to take a peep at 11,e idiel of
the Guards yesterday, while in the ael of giatifying
himself with the sight, had his pocket picked in the
Court Yard of the Palace, and among other articles
lost a silk handkerchief. A person who ob,erved
the theft, and recognized the thief; acquaint, 'd him
of the filet, and they went immediately into the
crowd in pursuit of him, but it was not till they came
near the Horse Guards that he was overtaken ; there.
his fortune foisook him, and his fate priwailed over
his success, tor, on being apprehended and searched,
the identical handkerchief was bound in his posses-
sion ; he was secured, taken before a Magistrate,
committed, the Bin was found instanter by the
Grand Jury, and this morning he was found Guilty.
So that between the commission of the offence„ the
discovery, the apprehension, the committal, convic-
tion, and sentence, the period occupied was no more
than twenty-four hours.
When called upon for his defence, he said he
found the handkerchief, and the account which l]e
gave of himself was, that he was employed and ap-
prenticed to an engraver, who worked for the Stamp
Office; but callecl DO person in his behilf. He ..vas
sentenced to seven years transportation; it appear-
ing that he belonged to one of those desperate gangs
of pickpockets that annoy and infest this great nae-
ttopolis.

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