The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-31 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

I "IttnRIDGE, OCT. 29.—At a congregation yes-
esday the following degrees were conferred

MASTERS Or ARTS.
John Clarke Russell, St. Peter's College.
J. A. Maynard, Pembroke College.
J. Houghton, Pembroke College, (Compounder.)
Rey. Wm. Pochin Larken, Jesus College.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.
. Christie Inner Falconer, Trinity College.
John Langton, Trinity College.
• Edward Haves, St. John's College.
° the same day, William Turner, M.A. of
A rinst Church, Oxford, was admitted ad m -.etende.
it At tplie, same congregation the Rev. Joseph Cape,
e,;l°'4' of Clare Hall, and the Rev. Richard
-"e4, ni.A. Fellow of Downing College, were
Ppointed Pro Proctors.
At the above congregation graces to the follow_
11S._effeet passed the Senate :
n.oted
L 1:0 confirm the Regulations proposed by Syndics ap-
oy Grace May 27, 1829 ; " to consider Ivhat
at.ous it is expedient to make in the mode of con( uct.-
.I,Alle Previous examination."
,i4Ppoint Mr. Bowstead of Corpus, Mr. Miller of
(114?,(1,4 Professor Ilenslow of St. John's, Mr. Cape of
"41, Mr. Power of Trinity Hall, Mr. Myers of
Ch4Air. Graham of Queen's, and Mr. Biines of
•1837.1'4 C'llege, Examiners cf the Questionists in January,
TeSeatonian prize for the present year, was on
ipesday last adjudged to the Rev. John Howard
iirsdeo,
A. Fellow or St. Jolin's College, fur
3 Poem on" The Finding of Moses."
Itlgree9l3xr"D, OCT. 30.—On1Thursday the following
were conferred :
;boczos. NDIVINITY.-Rev. George Procter Proctor,
4reester College,
ticrogePrincipal of Elizabeth College,
11,1:AsTERa OF A rurs —Rev. Edward Browne Everar(l,
ol • William Jervis Trelawny Wickham, Bailin' ;
.; -tdolond Hazlerigg Bateman, Balliol ; Rev. Philip
Pembroke; Edward Gillam White, Litman ;
Wm. James Earley 11-miett,,Christ Church 11,tevn.
OPti:l. Roberts, Oriel ; Hoa. Lowther John Berrin; o ,
tIrBACHELORS OF pAugustus Browne,
At,l)"; William Coleman, Queen's; Williatn Piers
p, tin, Exeter; Thomas M•Calmont, Worcester, incor-
tsted from Trinity College, Dublin.
ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.
(2heii•BV. John B. Maude, M.A. Fellow of Queen's
V"Areg,e, in this University, has been presented to
144, .carage ofsMonk-Sherborne, in the county of
INt tS) vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Hall;
i,u,ns, the Provost and Fellows of that Society.
;Jne Lord Bishop of St. David's has licensed the
. 'hn Williams, A.M. to the Lectureship
thine
4011 in the parish church of Rhayader, Radnor-
' t° which he was nominated by the will of his
this7"' Henry Williams, A.M., deceased, Com-
°jSctal,,R:e,v• D. A. Williams. The Lord Bishop
u• /7.4.- .'"'"i's has been pleased to appoint the Rev.
tit.th —en, M.A. of Waunifor, Commissary General
Arelideacoury of Cardigan.
/ter, e lion. and Rev. Alfred Curzon, M.A. to the
t;otry
of Norton-by-Twycross, Leicestershire;
4(:Pri the Lord Chancellor.
lia,Pensation has passed the Great Seal, en-
Reo Rev. Robert Broadley, M.A., to hold the
liecettn/ (5f Cattistock, Dorset, together with the
lented by th °f Briflport, to which he has been pre-
e Earl of Ilchester.

k IOW that the north sides of Covent-garden
4,;ket are completed, demolition has reached the centre :
tititbe well-known row of shops, where many of our
have hung- their eyes devouringly on early peas and
This now no more.
4,-the decease of Mr. KENRICK leaves another
OpncY in the list of Welsh Judges: but neither his place
Itit:that of the late Chief Justice of Chester will be filled
tlnee the abolition of the Welch Judicature is at pre-
nll templated: at least, if successors are appointed, it
Mu, 'le. as in the case of the last vacancy, conditionally,
the knowledge of the proposed abolition.
Atiß
!'tie
Una • WI L KIE.-011 Thursday, in pursuance
nimous resolution of the Lord Provost, Magis-
kotikeefl' and Council of the city of Edinburgh, conferring
laltZtedora of the city on Davin. W/LKIE, Esq. R.A.,
i:Liinner for Scotland, the Lord Provost, and a tie-
Sqt waited'w on this distinguished artist, when he a.
Med he set of Council, admitting him a
klld guild-brother of the city of Edinburgh, "in te:s-
of their admiration of the union of exalted genius
Ity Luigi, moral worth, and of the estimation in which
S4l'uld the distinguished- talents by which lie has done
ill'eh honour to the country of his birth, and. added
11,t wreath to the glory of BCotland, by his trintnph-,
4tetas in the firieerti.":—: CciledUnian hreretir'y.

A decent-looking Creole lad, named Jacob Jaines
about 15 years of age, was brought beftne Mr. Al-
derman Then',yesterday, upon a charge of vagrancy.
Mr. Cecly, the landlord of the Crown public-house
in Crown-court, Fleet-street, stated, that while he
was absent on Thersday evening, till.; lad strolled
into his tap-room to warm himselr, and immediate!y
fell asleep. After about two hours had elapsed he
awoke, and witness observing he had the appearance
of areinterizent well-disposed bid, put some questions
to hiM, and learned that he was pennyless, and with-
out a friend in London, which he had reached that
afternoon in search of employment. lie was born at
Berbice, and all his relations are slaves on the estate
of Colonel Nixon, by whom he was brought to Eng-
land as a footboy abont three years ago. The Co-
lonel, who is residing at Clifton, near Bristol, had,
he represented, dismissed him with 10s. in his pocket,
on the 26th inst., for absenting himself from tke
house till nine o'clock the preceding evening; and
having walked to Reading, he paid Bs. there as his
fare by the coach to London. fie sail the Colonel
would give him a good character, and he wished to
net a situation, or to return to Berbice.:.
The magistrate's eleii4;was orilered- -to`irit")
Colonel Nixon, and the- prisoner was remanded till
Tuesday. •
BOWSTREE

A smartly dressed woman, about 30 'years of age,
named Mary Lukin,was brought up isy Mr. Thomas,
the superintendent of police, charged under circum-
stances of the most revolting description.
Mr. Thomas stated that the prisoner had for some
time kept a biothel in Banbury-court, Long-sere.
This house was open all day and night for the re-
ception of female children of from 10 to 13 years of
age ; and this fact having come to his knowledge,
he had given instructions to his men .to watch the
house, and to use every exertion to procure evi-
dence in order to a prosecution. On Thursday
evening, a poor widow, named Turnbull, came to
Covent-garden watch-house in great distress of mind,
and said that her eldest daughter, a girl not yet 13
years of age, had absconded from how, and she had
reason to believe that she had been decoyed to some
brothel in the neighbourhood. An inquiry was im-
mediately set on foot,and at length the poor woman's
child was found sitting in a parlour in the prisoner's
house, as if quite at home, with her bonnet off, her
hair nicely dressed, and some sweet-cake and
wine, and a newspaper before her ! The unhappy
child was immediately brought away, and she• ad-
mitted to the witness that she was prevailed upon
by the prisoner to come to her house to meet a gen-
tleman, whom she expected to call, and assured her
that he would give her plenty of money. The pri-
soner was then taken into custody.
Mrs. Turnbull, the mother, a decent-looking
woman with an infant in her arms, was sworn, and
told a most lamentable tale. She said the girl was
the eldest of six children, and that her husband,
Who was blind for five years and a half, had d;ed
recently. She had worked extremely hard to sup-
port them, and could not at all account for the con-
duct of her daughter, to whom she had uniformly
behaved with kindness, and given the best advice.
The girl herself was then examined, and she ad-
mitted that she had been four or five times before to
the prisoner's house to meet " gentlemen," who
had given her money, part of which she gave to the
prisoner. She was first of all taken there by a girl
younger than herself, who said she was ethployed by
the prisoner to " pick up" little girls.
This girl was next called, and stated that the evi-
dence given by Mary Turnbull was quite true. This
child and two others about the same age disclosed a
system of depravity truly horrible. They stated
that the prisoner had agents constantly employed to
inveigle very young girls to her house for the pur-
pose of prostitution, and that if they obtained 11.
she took ss. for herself, and 2s. for her servant, and
in-the same proportion for any sum they might have
given to them.
Thomas Snell, policeman, No. 152, said he had
watched the house, and seen female children go
there, and had also seen the prisoner in the street
with half a dozen at a time, treating them with
cakes and giving them halfpence, and afterwards
taking them to her house.
The prisoner, in her defence coolly said, that a
great part of what had been stated was false.

Mr. MINSHULL said, that of all the cases that had
ever come before him this was the most dreadful.
Comment, however, would be useless upon such
conduct as that pursued by the prisoner. The pro-
gress of such a monster must be put a stop to, and
he mils sure the parish-officers would at once com-
mence a prosecution.

Mr. Thomas said he would answer for the promp-
titude of the officers of Corent•garden in mull a
case as this.

The prisoner was then ordered to find bail, her-
self in 50/. and two sureties in 251. each, and was
committed to prison in default.
During the examination the indignation of the.
auditory was almost uncontrollable, and several times
burst forth in audible execrations.