The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE.

By the rkertiolie of the Society, aided ply other
favouriu( ciscumstasees, the late efforts of Ilse blas-
phemous and licentious preas have beeu clerked, though out
wholly subdued.
Richard Carla', the re-editor of the Tracts of nooses
Pattie% sod the pohlisher of other infidel Works, has been
prosecuted, convicted, aid imprisoned, at the instance of the
Society. Davison and Tyler have been couvicied she by ii•
memos for similar crime.. Mrs Cubic, hating beep case-
vieted likewise by the Society. is nuts in prison, un the nsfor-
medians of. the Attorney General, for a seditious libel. To
these etsovictions the Society has to add Ilse recent rase of
*buy Aun Cathie, the sister of the above litebard Carlsle
(pommeled also at its repast, for a continuation of the
trafke of her brother and has wife), sod upon whom the
judreseut of the Court still remains so be passed.
Richard Cathie, in avowed defiance of the laws of his
emeotry, is still cat rying um, in the prison, by different sets,
the Luse iiiforrous means of Rain, and imposing on the cre-
dulity of the unthinking ai•laitutle by a weirs of the must
ntisiltievuos publications; determined, therefore, with the
assistarce of the public, still In seam' forward against the
carotin of Ormond ether efforts, subversive of the first
priociples of social order, whether civil or ieligious, the Sot
curly has already mitered upou three other pruseculiona
ag2.11.t the Waspliemoue press, and three *Oust as many
holesale ilcalers w &tinter.' publications; added to which it
I.a• recruit) h. en 114C44.10411 ni prosecuting to co..eti tits Pa
'meow to Introduce obscene scuff-boats into tote of our
teal ptthlir eensioeries.

1u fallowing op its resolution of using the funds intrusted
to its Cart with the utmost power of the law, though with the
saute discretion whi,ll has hitherto invariably Itemised its
measures from failure, Ore Society bag earnestly to revs. its
appeal to every friend of religiou and morality fur an increase
of support. Ils funds, by repeated prosecutions, muunoting
a together to 191 withiu the last four years, have, Notwith-
standing many liberal donations, been lunch reduced, and re•
gone to be replenished, fur the purpose of enabling it to
maintain tha curries' in which it is engaged against apes nod
avowed attacks salmi, the trligion and morality of the
suontry.
In addition to the foregoing objets'', the Society directs its
miontiou to the preservation of order on the Sabbath, sod to
the protectiou of the unwary from illegal lotteries and the
delusive arts of fortune-telkrs, of the latter of whom it has
to all prosecuted forty to conviction.
By Order of the Committee,
GEORGE PHICHAUD, Secretary.
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Subseriptione sad 419eatituss will be thankfully ft ICtiVrti by
the Treasurer, Hear, Hoare, Fig. 37. Fleet street ; aud by
t be Secretary, at the tkeirty.l Office, 3 I, Estee-Creel, tread.

CORK, ormvsza 17.
A curious species of fraud was mentioned on Thursday
lags in the !teem.' Coors, as ..eristriaa in Ihis cloy, and mums
uut incidentally uu an inquiry so asses, the damages is a
ease wherein ■ Mr. Shebane, a coffin maker, was she Plain-
tiff, mid tie Churchwardens of St. Mary, Mandate, were she
Defendants.

Mr. Marin stated that persons were Is the habit of ap-
plying to she Chureltwardesss fur an order to gel a coffin un
• representation this souse pauper was dead, who had au
friends to procure one, mill those orders were afterwards mild
the coffin-maker al about half the sum at which be charged
the parish as if a colEn had beer really furnished. The De-
fendants in this case. however, &equaled she present Plaits.
tiff of any practice of this kind. The action was brought fur
a number of coffins furnished she parish on the orders of the
Churchwardens in the year 1817-19, when the typhus. freer
was so g 1; the sum charged for large coffins was 7s. and
uaall WWI 4s. and she amount of the ►ill was 591. oat of
absch credit was given fur 201. received. A claim was also
nos& fur the interest since. There was list matt ri•l uhjee..
torn mask so Om demand, and the Plaintiff got a e‘rdict fur
391. excludiag, of course, the claim of metes'.

A Correspondent writes to us as follows from Tynarlash:
—Oll Wednesday moruitig tart the people of this neighbour-
hood were presented with a truly awful sight; raiu haring
faller' iureasasitly the preceding night, left the low lands ad-
joining brook■ and rivers completely inundated. What •
melancholy sight to the industrious farmer., to behold the
fruit of hi• lung !shows triumphantly borne away by an Wee-
Matilde deluge! Coelho set h.y, stark• of ova, and potato)
gar dens, were torn from their foundational., mid hurried along
by the impetuous torrent, till the assembled mats impeded
the water ■t Haeketatown•bridgr to such • degree, that this
strung pile of builditig fell, with a tremendous crash, • vic-
tim to the waves. Fortunately no lives were lost on the
uerasion, though a few minutes before that several people
passed over the bridge. Blot wefortnnately • poor man,
named Julius Whelan, who lived contiguous to this plsee„ in
the set of prreerving his little clop from the floating element,
was buried beneath sit uniarreiful wave, and was lunched
to 'trinity hi • moment. He left • chicon:rotate wife and
family to deplore him. I. short, the loss of property sus-
Miser' is heyouel calculation It is lamentable to state, that
the crops in this part of the country have been materially
injured by the wit, through the comae of the season.
ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
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About t►e ►oar of *tyro u'eloek in she afternoon of Satur-
day, the Bth lusts's', wilco Ambrose Cu., E.q. of Clara
Homes accompanied by has steward, wire on thei► way fry.
the Imre lo she lowa, awl within tea perches of Ilee street,
they were mot upon by a gong of rutßaus, euesistisg of Ave
or six, who •kaorked down the servant, gave his several
bruise*, cots, sad contusions ow the bead, and in one asurnent
left biro in a senseless state, and filially succeeded in tarry-
ing of gig-box, which tin Qom carried, ibal owstaiocd, is

The wretched woman Mary Ann Coyle, was arrested by
that attire officer, Kobr►isun, on Friday carving last, in a
few animates after the decease of the child.
Mealy, of the Dublin esiablishincot, arrived at thenesel
Office in this city on Saturday evening, about six o'clock,
midi his prisoner, whose name is Murray (out Arnielump,
as erroueuusly stated in the London repair, who was appre.
betide(' on his owls eonfessi tttt for • marsh.' perpetrated its
this country some years ago). The wretched man is of so
uncommon size; he is six feet high, very broad shoulders,
mon and well built, his coeuteuatice has • decided cast of
ferocious desperation, rathe► stifles's' at present, hat his
look must be horribly terrine when roused by passion, anger,
Of resentment He was dressed in s soldles's old jacket and
Trousers ; he is leg-ironed, but in every other respect be is
treated wide the greatest kindness. His examiustion will
lake place this slay, before the nisgistratre of Ibis Office,
from whence be will be seat to Kilmainbam ur Maryboruugh
to wait until snit Assizes.

COLL/08-smarts Orelct.—Ou Saturday, het went twelve
and one o'clock in the forenoon, the house of Mrs. Kenny, of
Saudynorrout, was robbed of the following articles, by a
woman sawed Cofkeriae Wilson, whom aloe (Mrs. Kenny)
took into ►e► bonse through atutivea of charity. She took
with her a pink striped goon, • buff pelisse, narrow striped,
open before, ■ud other articles of ourself apparel, the pro-
perty of Mrs. Keuny, and of • young getitleinsu her son, who
lust two coats and some tontines. The other's of this °See
are un the alert, sod we hope to be able soon to ausounes
Ile recovery of the property sod the capture of the ungrate-
ful freebooter.
Un the evening of Tuesday the Ilth, as the jaunting car
of a Lady was coming through the Black Rock,. bundle was
Iskeu therefrom, containing the following articles:—A black
silk goers, trimmed with bias silk stuffed, brought up in •
point iu front, and plaited; a black grey cloak, and a grey
figured silk bonnet, with black feathers. We have no tlo•bt
bat that should they be offered for pawn they will be stopped,
and outlet sent to this oiler, the officers of which are on the
sharp look out.