The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-04 00:00:00

MRS. SARAH BOND.

The death of this eccentric woman, which we
lately announced, has created a great sensation in
the neighbourhood where she lived, among such of
her own sex as now and then could get a bird's-eye
glimpse of her while living : one lament• that she
was not so fortunate u to hue proffered her services ;
smethei that the had not
.offered to make her hied,
and assist her its her dosiestic arrangements, &c.
so as to have a armee of coming in for some purl of
her immense wealth. None of these kind services
would probably have been requited in the way these
people anticipate, for the always professed • noost de•
te►mined dislike to both sexes. The men she called
" scum," and the women '1 much worse." It is
rather singular that this woman, who died last Sun-
day se' 'glut (eleven days ago), should still remain
unburied ! The body has been placed in a leaden
coffin, and the report os, that no interment can take
place I the approbation of ►he Lord Chancellor
is obtained. In tile year 1111 i. it is said she had
10A:001. in the funds, and the same year site had
15,0001. left her : at that time she had sunk
12.0001. for a proportionate life annuity. Living
in so abstemious • manner, no doubt the interest
and compound interest of all her money has ever
since been accumulating. Every endeavour has
been used to truce her connexions, but all at pre-
sent have been unavailing.

At Charlton Park, Near Blackheath, Kent, the
seat of the late Sir T. M. Wu.aox, Burt. on
Thursday last, were sold by auction near 200 loads
of fine oak timber, beside several mulberry tiers, in
fine prevervation, although of near 200 years vege-
tation !

Complaint has been made of a paragraph in our
last, stating that a farmer had thrashed a bushel of
wheat from 14 sheaves. 11, as we fear, many can
adduce instances of e very different description, it
will prevent any impression bring made, which we
certa►nly did not apprehend, that the crop is gene.
rally good. We have given no encouragement to
such an idea. But the produce mein ttttt (winch
we are ridce assured is a fart) was the more exbflurdi-
nary on account of the inferiority elsewhere com-
plained of.—( Bury Paper.)

The following conviction under the Game Laps
took place at Barnstaple, a few days since :—A
farmer, of the name of Huns SLOLEY, of Sher-
will, was summoned to answer an information fur
having two young hares in his house. It appears
by the evidence, that the farmer'. workman, in coi-
ling a field of grass, accidentally mowed over two
young hares or leverets,about • month old, that were
concealed in the grass, and killed them. Ile informed
his master of the circninstance, who gave his work-
men strict injunctions not to take the hares to his
house, but leave them in the field ; contrary, how-
ever, to those orders, the apprentice boy, the fol-
lowing day, whilst his master was at market, took
the hares to the house, where a fellow, by the
mime of Blaekneore, who had been working
for SLormr, saw them, and immediately gave in-
formation to the Association for the protection of
game, in that neighbourhood. The complaint
was heard before JAMES WHITE, Esq. and
several other Magistrates, who are members
of that Association ; and although SLOLEY proved
his entire ignorance of their being in his house,
and his servant girl proved that sloe bad con-
cealed thesis there unknown to her master, yet
the Magistrates convicted him in the full penalty
of to!. and costs. We understand the conviction
will be removed by certiorari into the Court of
King's Bencli.—( Exeter Paper.)

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Po Litt

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A. Itemisation was exhibited sadism hrespb7litaild, he
bevies me the 26th December last shipped a gosintily or
wended yarn without having dna powered • liemeass sod the
preassee era remotes Miser. The goads, it apparel, were
seised .n the limy, and she seisirg Aker wont he the full
penalty of 3.. a pealed.. the yarn.
A clerk encoded hum the home of Mie.Teed, aid pleaded
Goal,' hot staled that is was doss from iandirselesee, sad
without say intestine to defraud the erviwite.
The Lord Mayor, after looking to she Act of Parliament,
ameicted Mr. Todd iu the full plushy, the Act not viing
any power of mitigating to the Magistrate.

Ritwos► Mmes. an Irishwoman, lately arrived in finsifois,
stood charged by Joke Halloran, tilts, ■ satire of the sister
kingdom, wish having robbed hint of two get., sovereigns.
The Prosecutor stated that the Prisoner. ohs was a native
of the um* town as himself, came to see hem at his Weise,
yesterday morning.; and a person coming in to pay bins some
money, began him the change for two sovereigns, and put
them into ■ pocket book, in which were two usher sovereigns,
and deposited the pnehet-hook in a frank wiliest a lock
which was isi the reins. His wife was present at the time,
het ►he had occasion is go down stairs, sod left the Pri-
soner alone in the room. lie dill not miss the money till
that looming, when lie had the Prisoner tidiest tato
custody, but the officer, on searching her, fumed vu her only
two half:crow us.
The Prisoner, in her defence, denied having ever been left
aluae in the Complainant's ■parttnetsts, ■nd denied any
knowledge of the Morey
The Lord Mayor ohterved, that it appeared to have hest •
thief of cuasciesee, as they hail left tuo of the four cove_
reigns which were in the pocket-hook.
The Prosecutor, with great wairefe, said, " Please you,
my Ihned, she only saw use pool two sovereigns into the hook."
His Lordship dismissed she charge, as nothing was &Nod
'spots the Prisoner, and from aught that appeared the rub-
bery might have bees committed by some see else.

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