The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-11 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING A P POI STUDY...TS.
li. Jolliffe, Esq.'o lox hounds will omit they; at eleven, at
Povey Cross. . •
The Surrey fox hounds this day, at half.past-tenoat-Godatorie.
The Surrey harriers this day, at ten, at Seund.
The East Sussex fox hounds this day, at a giateeniliefore eleven
at Newiek Park ; Monday, at Exceat. • .

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gret at the unprecedented number of prisoners in this
county fur trial--eight being charged with 'capital offence*,
and one with larceny.
The Kent papers are filled with accounts of the depre-
dations of young and•old thieves, who infest that county
to an alarming extent.
Two welder sheep of most extraonlinary weight and
,fatness were exhibited at Wiabeach, Cambridgeshire, on
,Saturday last ; they were slaughtered by Mr. William
England, of that town, and were bred and grazed by Mr.
William Goodman, of Tholomas Drove; One (without the
hod) weighed 249113.., and the other klitllbs.
HYDROPIIOIIIA.—On the Ist of February last, a dog in
a high.ly rabid state ran through Standou, and on its way
bit a child, named Knight, about eight years of age: it
also •bit a child at Enfield Wash, which died flow the
effects last week. Knight has been quite well up b Mon-
day evening last, when he sliewul some symptoms of this
dreadful malady : on Tuesday those symptoms increased,
and it was deemed prudent to remove the other children
from him.

In widening the road from Colchester to London at Lex-
.den Hill, the workmen have lately dug up a great variety
;of Roman urns, most of- them in a mutilated state, con-
-tabling a quantity of burnt bones and ashes. In two of
ithe urns, amongEt the bones and the ashes, were found
two small but curious gold rings, each beariug a very mi-
Awe and irregular device; both of which, together with
!some other Roman reliques, discovered at the same place,
}ore now in the possession of the Rev. George Preston, of
Lezden.

ring Magistrate, one A foot nice for 209 soveroigns took place •yest morning at
Alston Moor Patbne,Wilynti. between. gomery, Esq.
se-yertl, Whitacre's- and Lieut. Fairbum. The distance was
.rotand the two
Peceivers ofga4kpin- miles was,cLone by each as fellows. The Lteutig ,
ant was a tried
g-nousea, followed by lieee.rete rend*.
mall cruet frame, for • Mr. M. m. s. Lie.ut.V. -m. a.
ron to hiniciry another Two miles - 12 • • Two miles ~ 11 b 0
stody., and. the quit Do. - 11 52 Do. . .
I. 19 57
Steps a ?stoker's-atop Do. . 11 Mi Do. , ~' . 12 2
shop door. Do. 11 59 Do. ''.• 12 12
e Magistrate that the De. • 12 2 Do. - - 12 2
gate workhouse, from Do. - 12 14 Do. ' • 12 17
reek lzynAigimieom 7, Do. - 12 8 Do. -• II 111
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rid be loot. • Hours 1 24 20 re 1 ' sta d 7
the office, had loge. • • .
the officer. .6 - .
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460,1114, .
ra jigs, .-•- . ' 1'; • 4 .'n tr JAI . r .
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Us d reed . instrue-
at Thursday. The Rutland Assizes were hold on rrillrai Alit Saturday
y refused to admit the last before Mr. Justice Litiledale, who expressed his re-