The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-05 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

THE LAST or THE GONG.—Yesterday Edward
Wright, sen., who has for years kept mock agency-
offices in different parts of town, and who is consi-
dered to be the originator of such establishments, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with
obtaining the sum of 101. from William Davis, a civil
engineer, in want of employment, by false represen-
tations.
The prosecutor stated, that in the latter end of
last November, an advertisement appeared in the
Morning Advertiser for a clerk and messenger, re-
specting which inquiries were to be made at 457,
New Oxford-street, where he called, and having seen
the prisoner, he told him that the amount he would
require as a deposit was 201., as a sort of security
for the large sums of money daily passing through
the hands of any appointed to fill the situation ; upon
which witness said he would take time to consider,
the prisoner saying that he would give him until the
afternoon, or he should provide himself with another;
and on his making a demand of a sovereign in part
paymeqt, he gave it to him. On the Ist December,
the prisoner came to him at his lodgings in Smith-
street, Somers Town, and agreed to take 51., with
the understanding that witness should commence on
the following Monday morning ; and on his arriving
at the office in New Oxford-street, the prisoner'
pointed out to him an advertisement in a weekly
newspaper respecting
.a house to let, respecting
which he was to make inquiries, telling him that his
ealary was to be twenty-five shillings per week, with
a commission on every house Ile would let, and also
upon every ton of coal he would sell. The next day
a similar order was given to him to execute, and in
a few days he met a poor man at the office, who
told him he had given all the money he possessed
to the prisoner, which brought him to the greatest
diztress, and that he }vas unable to employ a doctor to

attend his wife, who was very ill. Other circum-
stances having come to his knowledge from various
quarters, he took the liberty of opening one of the
numerous letters handed to him every day by the
prisoner for delivery, which removed all doubts of his
being grossly imposed upon ; and upon his threaten-
ing to expose to every applicant the infamous trans-
actions, the prisoner said, "If you do, you will ruin
me, as I must rob others to pay you ;" but witness
said he would persevere, and in the presence of the
prisoner cautioned upwards of 100 persons not to pay
him any money, as he never had the means of provid-
ing them with employment. The prisoner said he
would rather conduct business in that place than at
his other offices, that he might more easily " chisel"
Sparkes, Campbell, James, Mac, and Stanley, who
were his partners, and that his son was connected
with an office of the same kind at Hull. . The only
wages he ever received was lOs , and on another occa-
sion 2s. 61, when the prisoner requested he would
absent himself from the office, to give him an oppor-
tunity of obtaining money from another person.
The prisoner denied having any connexion with
the four other prisoners committed for trial on similar
charges, and that he never violated his contract with
the prosecutor, as he not only gave him employment,
but had made arrangements for him to be employed at
Cheltenham by his brother.
Sergeant Thompson, F, said that the prisoner had
already been convicted, and that there was a still
more heinous case against him, which could be proved
by a person in attendance, than had been spoken to
by the prosecutor. A young man, named Curson,
paid him a deposit of 151. for a situation he never
obtained, 31. of which he took from a sum belonging
to a relation, who lodged it in his hands to pay his
rent, the prisoner promising to make it up before the
day came round, which, as might be expected, he
never did; the consequence of which was, that the
poor young man was prosecuted, and being convicted
at the Central Criminal Court, was sentenced to
twelve months' imprisonment ; but having laid a
statement of the case before Sir George Grey, an
order was immediately issued for his discharge. The
young man had suffered seriously in his health from
the treatment he had received.

Mr. JARDINE said he would commit the prisoner
upon the charge that had been so clearly made out ;
but he thought it necessary to have him brought up
again, to ascertain if he was implicated with the others
at present in 3>Tewgate fur such offences.
WORSHIP-STREET.

A well-dressed elderly Jewess, named Rosa Halley,
the wife of a general salesman in Wentworth-street,
Whitechapel, was placed at the bar before Mr. Ham-
mill, charged with having feloniously received a large
quantity of carpeting, the produce of a robbery com-
mitted by two notorious characters named Roach and
Morgan, now under remand at this court for a daring
attempt to plunder the post-office at Hackney, accom-
panied with great personal violence.
The information which led to the apprehension of
the prisoner, and recovery of the property, was fur-
nished to the police by the same pretended accom-
plice as in the other case, named James Myers, who
was now examined, and stated that on the evening of
the 22d of May last, whilst passing the door
of Mr. Rowlandson, in the company of Morgan,
the latter proposed that they should steal a roll of
carpeting which was exposed there for sale, and in-
stantly seizing it, carried it to the house of the other
man, Roach, who cut off about twenty yards, which
they all conveyed to the shop of the prisoner, where
an arrangement was made to purchase it upon con-
dition that the remainder, about forty yards more,
was brought there in the morning. ine prisoner
paid a few shillings on account, and on the whole of
the carpet being taken there the next day, only
61. was paid for it, of which witness accepted a
shilling as his share of the plunder.
Mr. Norton, who appeared for the prisoner said,
that if it was the intention of the magistrate to re-
mand the prisoner, he trusted that bail would be
taken for her appearance, as she had clearly acted in
the matter under the control and direction of her
husband.

Mr. HAM MILL, however, considered that it was not
a case in which he would be justified in accepting
bail, and ordered her to ba committed until the re-
exunination of the prisoners upon the other charge
of attempted burglary at the po.t•offlce.

THE UNIVERSITY CO3INIISSION.
CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 4.—His Royal Highness the
Chancellor having been graciously pleased to address
a letter to the Vice-Chancellor on the subject of the
proposed Royal Commission, the Vice-Chancellor
called a special congregation for this morning, in
order to read the said letter to the Senate. The con-
gregation was holden accordingly at eleven o'clock,
and the letter, of which the following is a copy, was
read by the Vice-Chancellor :
" My dear Vice Chancellor,—You have represented
to me that it would he of importance to the University
to be made acquainted with my opinions and views as to
the line of conduct which the University should pursue
respecting the proposed Royal Commission of Inquiry.
particularly es the Duke of Wellington, as Chancellor of
the University of Oxford, has stated his opinion in the
flothe of Lords.
" I have to express my grateful sense of the confi-
dence which the authorities of the University have at all
times shown me, and of the readiness with which they
have attended to any suggestions of mine, and I can bear
testimony since my connexion with them to the zeal and
industry with which they have laboured in the direction
of reform and improvement in the system of education
aed studies. You are already aware that I did not
know of the intention of her Majesty's Government to
advise the issue of a Royal Commission in time, before
Lord John Russell's speech iu the House of Commons,
to be able to communicate with the University, or to
express any opinion on the proposed course. I have
since felt that it was not unnatural on the part of the
University to look with apprehension at the proposed
measure, as affording a means to those who may be ill-
disposed towards these venerable institutions to vent
their hostility against them, and also to regard it as a
proof of want of confidence in their ability or inclination
to carry out useful reforms, which would be doubly
painful to them at a moment when they must be con-
scious of having least deserved such a reproach.
" I am glad, however, to find, upon further communi-
cation with the Government, that nothing could be fur-
ther from their intention than to cast such a slur upon
the University, and they are anxious to show their de-
sire not to expose the University to needless hostility by
the selection of persons who are to compose the Royal
Commission.
" Although I had hoped that the University would
have been allowed to go on in their course of self-im-
provement without any extraneous interference, now
that I find the Government irrevocably pledged to the
issue of the Commission, I would recommend the autho
rities of the University not to meet it with opposition,
but rather to take it as the expression on the part of the
Crown and the Parliament of a natural desire to be ac-
curately informed upon the present state of insti-
tutions so closely connected with, and of such vital im-
portance to, the best interests of the nation; and to take
a pride in showing to those who have indulged in attacks
against them that they have conscientiously and zea-
lously fulfilled the great task intrusted to them.
" Any hostility or opposition on the part of the Uni-
versity could not prevent the issue of the Commission y
the present Government, and while it might add strength
to the accusations of their enemies, would only lead to
the result of the inquiry remaining incomplete, and as
based upon one-sided evidence, probably injurious to the
Universities themselves.
" Believe me always yours truly,
" ALBERT. C.
lborne, May 27.

" Oal

UNIVERSaY IN T ELLIGENCE4 .
OXFORD, JUNE .
BIATILEMATICAL CLASS LIST.
CLASS I.—Fagan, Henricus S., e Coll. Pemb. ; Rit-
chie, Georgius G., ex (Ede Christi; Markby, Gulielmus,
o Coll. Mert.
CLASS ll.—Curer, Carolus S., e Coll. Ball. ; Farrar,
Adamus S., ex Aul., B.M.V. ; Levander, Henricus C.,
e Coll. Pemb.; Ogle, Octavius, e C,o.,Tlel.eac)N,Voluoialridl:ph
J.L:Ponb.en.;;Fsl.l.:,,,
Ricardus L., ex tEde Christi; .Polehampton, Thomas 8.,
e Coll.cL
Mallard,
A SIS elcmi
Carolus
—. ;0 1
üBWSr.
iiEnl s.do,lnee,,
Coll.Jjaocs Jacobus bp,ruh
'Trio.;
sr
IH.
F;.
o Coll. Wsdh.
CLASS IV.—Baron, Gul. J., e Coll. Re 7. • .
H ' 'enricus e Coll. Exon.• Harding, David, e Coll. Exon.;
Hughes, Reginaldus, e Thomas
Coll. Jesu; Wilkinson,
11., e Coll. (Ea. Nas.
Nicolaus Pocock, } Examinatores in Discip.
S. G..Wayte, Math. et Phys.
Ninety passed in the fifth class, which is not printed.
NEW EXAMINATION STATUTES.
The st %tutcs respecting the Responsions and the Public
Examinations having been passed by convocation, it has
been thought desirable to furnish the tutors and under-
graduate members of the University with a brief state-
ment of their main provisions.
Responsions hereafter will be holden only twice each
year.
The first Responsions under the new system, and the
last Responsions under the old, will be carried on at the
same time, and under the same masters of the schools,
in Lent Term, 1851.
The " First Examination" under Moderators will take
plane for the first time in Easter Term, 1852.
The last public examination under the old system will
take place in Michaelmas Term, 1852, and honours will
then for the last tune be awarded under that system.
The " public :examinations" under the new s\'tem
will take place for the first time in Easter Term, 1853.
All persons who have entered the University since the
commencement of Lent Term, 1850, must necessarily
graduate under the now system.
All persons who have entered the University during
the year 1849 may graduate either under the old or
suder the new Ilona..

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But in order that persons matriculated in Lent or
Easter Terms, 1849, may be enabled to. present them-
%selves for examination before the Moderators, and so
prcceql under the new system, it is necessary that they
should-obtain the permission of the Head of their House,
and that of the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors.

It is to be observed, however, that if persons matricu-
lated during Michaelmas Term, 1849, shall desire to offer
themselves for their final examination with a view to ob-
tain honours under the old system, they must do so in
Michaelmas Term, 1852, having then attained only their
thirteenth term.

So persons matriculated in Act Term, 1849, can ob-
tain honours under the old system only in their four-
teenth term, namely, as stated above, in Michaelmas
Term, 1852.
Persons matriculated in Easter Term, 1849, cannot
obtain honours under the old system inter than their
fifteenth t?rm ; nor persons matriculated in Lent, 1849,t
later than their sixteenth term. . .
Thoie who, having . been matriculated before Lent
Term, Itiso, shall nut have passed their final examina-
tion in Michaelmas Term, 1832, may desire to pass in
the old form, can still do so, but it must be before the
Moderators, and they cannot obtain honours.
Those who shall have bPen matriculated during the
Easter Term, 1850, may (Tier themselves for Respon-
sions after the long vacation of 1850. Sitting in the
schools will be unnecessary under the new system.
All undergraduates will, under the new system, have
to pass three public ordeals before they can become
Bachelors of Arts.
1. The Responsions as early as their third, as late as
their seventh term.
Subjects—One Lair., one Greek author, or a portion
of each; the chief object being to ascertain that the
principles of these two lsnguages are well understood.
Euclid, Algebra, or Arithmetic. [A smaller quantity
of text than was required under Lho old system—two
books of Euclid, and Algebra to Simple Equations in-
clusively; or, in lieu of Euclid, arithmetic to the ex-
traction of the Square Root inclusively will suffice.]
The same passage in English to be translated into Latin
will be set to all the candidates at once, and also a
paper of Grammatical Questions, and a paper of Mathe-
matical Questions. Sixteen candidates may be exa-
mined, vied core, in one day.
Those who shall not have passed their Responsions
by the end of their seventh term (unless with the per-
mission of the Vice-Chancellor and Praetors) will be
allowed to take a degree only after the expiration of us
many terms as shall have elapsed between their sixth
term and that in which they obtain the certificate of the
masters of the schools.

2. The First Public Examination, as early as the
eighth, as late as the twelfth, term of standing.
Subjects—Minimum—The Four Gospels in Greek;
one Greek, one Latin author, of which one must be a
poet, the other an orator.
The books brought up at Responsions cannot be ten-
dered at this examination, unless the candidate shall
bring up at least four books—a piece of English to be
translated into Latin, a paper of Grammatical Questions,
and a paper of Mathematical or Logical Questions will
be set to all the candidates at once. Pass men must
bring up either Logic or three books of Euclid and
Algebra.
Honours will be awarded in this examination. Candi-
dates for :classical honours are required especially to
bring up poets and orators ; Homer, Virgil, Demos-
thenes, and Cicero being recommended by name. The
highest honours cannot be obtained without Logic, and
it is to have great weight in the distribution of both
honours. Those who do not tender Logic will be ex-
amined in Euclid and Algebra. Passages will be set
with a view to elegance and accuracy of translation.
Philosophical and Critical questions will always be pro-
posed. Those who can write verses will have an oppor-
tunity of divla3ing that talent. Translation into Latin
and Greek will be called for.
Honous will be also awarded for Pure Mathematics.
The names of all who pass will be printed at the end
of the Schedule of Honours.

Those who shall not have passed this examination
before the end of their twelfth term will be obliged to
put off their degree in accordance with a regulation
similar to that which has been passed resrcting the
Responsions.
3. The Public Examination, in two schools at least,
but not necessary in the same term, as early as the thir-
teenth, and, for honours, as late as► the eighteenth term
of standing.
Candida'e3 must present a certificate showing that
they have attended too courses of public lectures.
FIRST SCIIOOL to be passed first, and by all; called
the School of Litera3 Ilumaniorer.

Minimum—The Four Gospels and the Acts of t'le
Apostles in Greek. S.cred history. The subjects of
the books of the Old and New Testament. The Evidences
and the Thirty-nine Articles. One philosophy, one his-
torian, Greek or Latin, but not the same books which
had been brought up at Responsions; those brought up
before the Moderators, being a poet and an orator, can-
not of course avail for this examination. There will be
no translation into Latin, but questions will be set aad
passages from the books brought up will hare to be
translated into English.
For Honours—Candidates fur honours may add to
the divinity above mentiored one or more of the aposto-
lical epistles and ecclesiastical history. They will have
to bring up, as at present, the Greek and Latin lan-
guages, Greek coo Roman history, chronology, geo•
graphy, antiquities, rhetoric, and poetics, moral and
polLtical philosophy. These subjects may be illustrated
by modern authors. Logic must be tendered by all who
se. k to obtain a first or second class, and it to have
great weight iu the distribution of honours. Questions
to be answered, passages to be trnnsiated, and sukjeets
to be treated b Greek, Latin, or Eagliab, will be pro-
posed by the examiners.
SECOND SCHOOL.—THAT OF MATHEMATICS.

Minimum—Fhe first six books of Euclid, or the first
part cf Algebra.
For Honours—Mixed as well ns Pure Mathematics.
THIRD SCHOOL,—THAT OF NATURAL SCIENCE.

Mieimutn—An acquaiutance with the prwciples of
two of these three branches of Natural Science—M,cha-
nicftl Philosophy, Chymistry, Physiology: and with
some one branch of science vvhich falls under Mechanical
Philosophy.
For Honours—An acquairrance with the principles
of the three branches of Natural Science named above,
and of some one of the Physical Sciences which fall
under the above-named branches of Natural Science.
FOURTH SCHOOL.—THE SCHOOL OF LAW AND MODERN

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