The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-25 00:00:00

SPORTING IXTELLIGENCR.

Herbert, the North country pedestrian, won his match heel D 4
easter to London, at four o'clock yesterday. The bet was 280 says
reigns, his time was 49 hours, and he started at balf.past two o'stlitok
on Sunday afternoon. Ile went to Tuxtord. 26 miles, in five hours,
without stopping, and refreshed at eleven o'clock at night at Newark.
The pedestrian performed half the distance, 81 miles, at one o'clock
on Alonday, in good condition, and made his ground well, at four
miles an hour, to Hetifield, where he dined yesterday, and had six
hours left to perform the 20 remaining miles in, which he did easily
with half an Mir to spare.

FORTY Pros Pot SON ED.—The following malicious
transaction has taken place on the premises of Mr.
Roberts, tripe-seller, next door to the Compasses public-
house, in the New-cut, Lambeth-marsh. Behind his shop,
in the yard, were styes for a considerable number of pigs,
of which forty were nearly ready for killing. When his
servant went to feed the pigs on Monday morning (having
left them perfectly well the night before), he found 17 of
the best pigs quite dead, and all the rest in the agonies of
death. It is supposed that the beat pigs, being the strongest,
had driveti the others away from the food in which the
poison was mixed, anti consequently sufferer) the first.
,lr. Roberts has sustained a loss of nearly loot. by this
nefarious transaction. It is to be hoped that the perpetrator
or perpetrators of this villanous act, anti who have almost
ruined an industrious man, will he brought to justice.
A serious, and it is feared a fatal, accident occurred to
Lewis Branstone, Esq. of Hurley-court, Bucks, whilst fol-
lowing the Cottesworth brinier& on Monday. While in
full chase his horse stumbled at a fence, and fell upon the
rider, who had his thigh broken in a shocking manner, be-
sides being otherwise so touch hurt that recovery is very
doubtful. The same gentleman broke his collar-bone in
hunting last season.
The unfortunate woman, Mary Cain, whose execution
in London is given in another part of our paper, was from
Ballinbassig, within six miles of this city. She was a
servant to a family in Cork, and shout three years ago went
to London to her husband—she has since her condemna-
tion sent a letter to her friends here, acquainting them of
her sad fate, written in terms of contrition and affection.--
Cork Constitution.

On Monday night a party of fellows attacked a farm-
house at Camas, near Newcastle, where two brothers of
the name of Cotter reside, for the purpose of taking off
their sister; but, from the manly and spirited resistance 4,f '
the brothers, the party were beat off, but not until one of
them was severely wounded in the throat by the dart of a
pitchfork, of which he has since died. From the barba-
rous practice of taking away females from their parents,
several young girls from the surrounding district have
been removed to shopkeepers in Newcastle, as a place of
safety.—Limerick Yaprr.
A fire, threatening dreadful consequences to the whole
village, broke out on the 26th ult. at one o'clock in the
afternoon, in the commune of Cessy, in the canton of Gex,
where the greater part of the habitations are composed of
wood. It began in a chimney, and consuming the house,
from thence communicated to four barns filled with corn,
which instantly became a prey to the flames. The alarm
was excessive, and had it not been for the activity of the
inhabitants and the firemen, the whole village must
inevitably have been Ilestroyed.
A few weeks ago, a young man of Hinckley consulted
a dentist, to remedy the unpleasant appearance which dis-
ertie of the front teeth in the upper jaw had occasioned.—
He proposed an operation, which consisted in making a
hole through the carious remains of each tooth. The arti-
ficial teeth, four in number, had affixed to each a piece of
wire, about half an inch in length, around which was
twisted some fine silk, (a mechanical contrivance to prevent
them slipping from their places). In a few (lays extensive
inflamtnation over the face and gums took plate—stiffness
of the jaw and neck succeeded, and with this closed in
a miserable manner the life of a respectable young man.
CUPAR Axons.—Last week a number of Highland
smugglers hid their whisky in Stock-yard, in the neigh-
bourhood, covering it with straw ; they also took the pre-
caution to cover up one of their number as a guard, while
the rest should either sell the commodity or see if the way
was clear. They had but a short time departed, when a
woman in want of some betiding for her swine approached
the deposit; conceive her astonishment when she grasped
a man amongst the straw. Donald forced her to stop be-
aide him till his companions returned.—Dundre Advertiser.