The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-14 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, J. 13.—The NORRISIAN PurirEssou of
DIVINITY will begin his Lectures on Tuesday, the 25th inst.
Sir William Browne's Gold Medals.—The subjects for the
present year are—

FOR THE. GREEK ODE.
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LATIN ODE.
Academia Cantabrigiensis tot novis cedificiis ornata.
GREEK EPIGRAM.

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LATIN EPIGRAM.
Sum mum jus, summa injuria.
PoasoN PRIZE.—TiIe passage fixed upon for the present
year is— '
Shakespeare, KING JOHN, Act IV. Scene 11.
Beginning with
RING JOHN. " How oft the sight of means."
And eliding with
ITUBERT. "an innocent child."
The metre to be Tragicum lambicum Trimetrum Acatalec-
ticum.
In -conformity with the regulations passed by the Senate,
March 13, 1822, notice has been given that the following will
be the subjects of Examination in the last week of the Lent
Term, 18213:-
1. The Gospel of St. Matthew.
2. Paley's Evidences of Christianity.
T. 3. The- First Book of Herodotus.
4. The Fourth Book of Virgil's Gcorgicks.
- Edward Judge, Esq. 8.A., Scholar of Trinity College, was
on Tuesday last created Master of Arts by Itoyal mandate.
The Rev. William Clark, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College,
and Professor of Anatomy, was last week presented, by the
Master and Fellows of that Society, to the Vicarage of Wymes-
would, Leicestershire, vacated by the cession of the Rev. T.
Sheepshanks, M.A.
The Rev. H. R. Somers Smith, 8.A., of Trinity College,
has been instituted to the Rectory of Little Bentley, in Essex,
on the presentation of Robert Foote, Esq.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCB.

STATE OF THE ODDS.-:

ETTING-ROOM, JAN. 13.

8 to I agst Muleteer
10 to 1 agst Rufus
16 to 1 agst 'Webb colt
11; to 1 agst D. of York's
20 to 1 agst Bolero
20 to 1 agst Canvas

DEU

.1 to 2 agst Aline
7fl to 1 agst Sorcery
9 to 1 agst Attica

By.
20 to 1 agst Legacy
22 to 1 agst Diana
25 to 1 agst Defiance
25 to 1 agst Gohenna
1000 to 30 agst Macduff.

DONCASTE

11 to 1 agst Waltz
20 to 1 agst Regan.

11 to 1 agst Memnon
11 to 1 agst Cleveland
14 to 1 agst Redgauntlet
22 to 1 agst Homer

ST. LEGER.
30 to 1 agst His Graee
30 to 1 agst Muleteer.
40 to 1 agst Crow-catcher
High odds agst any other.

Mr. K EAN.—We were much disappointed last
week in an expectation we had formed of a visit from Mr. Kean
to our theatre; and, under all the circumstances, we think our
manager has reason to complain of Mr. K.'s treatment of him.—
It appears that Mr. Munro was in treaty with this gentleman to
play a few nights at Kilmarnock, about the close of the season in
that town. From some cause or other Mr. Kean put off the
final arrangement of the engagement from time to time, until
Mr. Munro missed the best opportunity of opening our thea-
tre, during the visit of the Earl of Lonsdale and family ;
and, in fact, Mr. Kean did not appear at Kilmarnock at
all, nor did he assign any reason for breaking off the treaty.—
Under these circumstances, it was but reasonable to sup-
pose, that he would take the earliest opportunity of lending
his powerful assistance towards' repairing the injury which
his former neglect (whether intentional or not) had done to the
season in this town. His appearance in Carlisle last week was
considered a favourable opportunity for engaging him here
He was accordingly written to, and the answer returned was,
that the state of Mr. Kean's health would not permit his appear-
ance in Whitehaven. Now really, without at all entering into
the details of the case, we think Mr. Kean has not shown
in this instence that attention to the interests and feelings of
others, for which he has been so much praised in the news.
papers.—( Whitehaven Gazette.)

RAILWAYS.—We see by the Scotch Papers
that the rage for these undertakings is as violent
in Scotland as it is here. A meeting of all the
principal landed proprietors in East Lothian was
held at Edinburgh on the sth inst., the Marquis
of TWEEDALE in the Chair, when it was resolved
to form a Railway, to connect the towns of Dun-
bar and Haddington with the Dalkeith and
Edinburgh Rail-road, and great expectations
were held out of the advantages that would
accrue by the increased facility of conveyance
of grain, farm produce, lime, manure, &c.

LOYD a. T. RTCJIBELL, ESQ.•
This Was an appeal against the conviction of T. Richbell,
Esq. a Magistrate of the county, who had sentenced the appel-
lant to three months imprisonment as a rogue and a vagabond.
The circumstances of the case were shortly these : —The ap-
pellant, who is a butcher by trade, was observed some days back
in the neighbourhood of \Vhitechapel with a bundle in his pos-
session. A constable, who deposed that he had reason to be
suspicious of his character, took him into custody, and on exa-
mining the bundle found that it contained some pieces of Nan.
kin, muslin, and other articles of a similar description, the
marks of which were all cut off. Upon being questioned, the
appellant mentioned the shop where he said lie purchased
them ; but on inquiry it appeared that no such person made
any purchase there of the articles in question. They were sub-
sequently advertised, but no owner appeared. The conse-
quence was, that he was brought before a Magistrate, and sent
to prison for three months. - It was against this conviction he
appealed.
Two constables and a watchman swore that they saw the ap-
pellant in the company of a reputed thief, and observed him
frequently about the streets at unseasonable hours.
A publican, of the name of Roche, with whom he lodged off
and on for nearly two years, gave him a most excellent charac.,
ter, and said he would not hesitate about lending him 201. or
301. to go to market, if he had occasion for it. He-knew the
appellant to have been entrusted with large sums by his em-
ployer. On one occasion he saw him with his master's bank.
ing book, and a bundle of notes, which appellant informed
him he was taking to the bank for his master, and amounted
to 2001. _

Two or three other witnesses gave him a very good charac•
ter, and said that latterly he made a livelihood by purchasing
the carcase of a sheep, a pig, or a large piece of beef, which he
cut up himself, and sold among his acquaintance.
Mr. ALLEY, on the part of the appellant, expressed great in..
dignation at the conviction, arid said he was ready to pledge his
character as a lawyer that the Magistrate had no power to corn.
mit under the circumstances. If the goods found in his pos-
session were stolen, the mode of proceeding was by indictment
for a felony. if Magistrates were allowed to punish in this
summary manner there would soon be no occasion at all for Ju-
ries. It was monstrous to suppose they possessed such power ;
and if they continued to exercise it he had no doubt some of them
would be soon punished. The Act under which the conviction
took place had reference only to persons found passing or re•
passing any public street whose character afforded ground for
suspicion that the object was to commit a felony. In this case,
if the property had been illegally come by, it was found on the
person of the appellant, and he should be proceeded against by
indictment.
The conviction was confirmed by a numerous Bench of
Magistrates.
Mr. ALLEY said he felt confident, from the beginning, that
such would be the result. His opinion, however, as to the Me.
gality of the conviction remained unaltered.
It was observed by one of the Magistrates that the appellant
might get out of the difficulty by giving a satisfactory account of
the manner in which he came by the property.