The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-01 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Brxtrur gOCIET IES. —Within the last few days, two caste
arising out of the rules of Benefit Societies, hare been submitted
to the consideration of 31r. Osborne. one of the Magistrates at this
office.

The first was an application by a Mr. Simister, Secretary to the
" Young United Brother's Society," Church-street, Hackney. He
said, that the Society to which he belonged was at present in the
situation of a body without a head. for that of three trustees, in
whose names it had been enrolled, In the year 1821. two had left
the country, and the third positively refused to act. The Secretary
Olen referred to the Act of Parliament 59th Oeci.llll. cap.l29, for the
regulation of Benefit Societies, the 4th Section of which provides for
the election of at least three persons as trustees, and empowers the
Society to elect other persons from time to time in such manner as
prescribed by their rules to fill such vacancies as may occur In
the office of trustees. The clause then goes on to enact, that no
trustee shall be removed from his office without his own consent,
except a ith the approbation of two or more justices of the peace.
51r. °anon N asked lithe Society could not, in the.preseut state
of the cssii, proceed to appoint fresh trustees ?
The Seer tat), feared not. He thought that before fresh ones
could be appointed, the oilier trustees must be formally removed,
and the consent of those trustees could not be obtained, as their
place of tytreat could riot be discovered.
The Magistrate desired the Secretary to apply to a Mr. Rey-
nolds, his pre•!ei.,,ssor in that office. who might possibly be able to
gity Some infortnition ftbnut the absent trustees, and to report to
him (51r. Osborne) the result of the application.
The Szeretery then withdrew.
The set dna application was by Mr. Phillips, of Bunhill-row, on
the part of James Ashman, one of his workmen, against the United
Britons Society.

The complainant, it appeared, being a member of that society,
was about nine weeks since taken ill, and claimed the sick allow.
ante, Isis. per week. This the society paid for tire or six weeks,
af:er which they slopped it, Under the pretext that Ashman was in
ill health when he entered their society.

The 31agistrate on perusing the rules, found one which provided
that all th.putes should be settled by arbitration, and to that re-
nrdy he accordingly refaced the applicant.

UNION-HALL. •
A decent looking woman, who gave her name litany Beckwith.
attended at the office yesterday, for the purpose of flawing the Ma-
gistrate's advice and assistance on the subject of a child of hers, a
boy whom she was compelled to leave at a workhouse in Kent, the
overseersof which have, on the application of the parent to have
him restored. peremptorily refused, alleging as a reason, that he
was not then an inmate, and that they had no knowledge of what
had become of him.
The 31agistrate desired the poor woman, who appeared to be in
the height of affliction, to state the whole of the circumstances.
She proceeded to narrate her complaint as follows :—About eight
years ago, her husband, whom she described as having been ex.
tensively engaged in contraband goods at Deal, in Kent, was ruined
in consequence of such practices, and obliged to fly the country,
leaving her completely destitute, with a young family of eight chil-
dren. She was, of course, under the necessity of applying for relief
for herself And children, to the °veneers of Deal, who received
them all into the workhouse. After some time she, together with
three of her children, were enabled to leave that placeof refuge,
and she contrived to maintain them by working as a sempstress.
She got on at this business, and from time to time, as her circum.
stances admitted of it, released the parish of the burden. Having
taken the whole of her children out of the workhouse with the ex.
ception of one, a boy, who was now thirteen years of age, ohs ap.
plied to the overseers to have him restored to her some days ago,
but they treated her application with indifference, intimating, that
although her child had been an inmate of the workhouse, they could
not now gi% e her any account of him, and desiring her not to pester
them with any more applications upon the subject. Under these
circumstances, and in this extremity, she now applied to the Ma.
gistrate to supplicate his advice and assistance.
The Magistrate consoled the poor creature, and presented her
with a letter to Mr. Evance, the Recorder of Deal, who he had no
doubt would institute an inquiry into the circumstances of her
present application, and ascertain what had become of her child.
The applicant returned her sincere thanks and withdrew.
The Magistrates of this office having been informed that the
prixe-fight, which was prevented a few days ago on Streathatn
Common by the vigilance and activity of their officers, was intended
to be decided in the county of Buckingham, immediately de-
spatched a communication on the subject to the High Bailiff of
Stoke hundred, Clanhrook, in that county, detailing the informa-
tion, and giving directions for the most proper 'tees to be adopted
fur the prevention of the contest in that neighbourhood.

SPORTING INTELLIGE.VCR.

The running match between Li
Durham man, took place over tw
amptonshire, on Thursday more
distance was 16 miles, and the t
round. Even betting that :lei'
one hour and. three quarters. I
follows:

BROCK.
First two rode* . 11 40
Second . . 11 38
Third • 11 48
Fourth . 11 44
Fifth . . 12 20
Sixth • 13 2
Seventh . 14 20
Eighth . • 14 40

ieutenant Farcham, anti Brock the
ro miles of Lemon moor, North.
ruing, for 490 sovereigns. The
two miles of ground was staked
ither performed the distance in
It vas a tine contested race run as

IrARLITAII. m. I.
First two mile* . - 11 39
Second - . - II 33

Third ll 50
Fourth - . . 11 50
Fifth . . . 12 22
Sixth _ . . 13 59

Seventh . . 14 22
Eighth . . 15 16

ih. 41 10 I lh. 42 53
The match was won by the parties accepting the ground as
measured ; but it was ascertained by a gentleman of the name of
Ross, on re-measurement, that the two miles were short of length,
and he refused to acknowledge a bet, that the ground (Or the two
miles) was done in tie hour and three quarters.

We understand from a gentleman who visited Doncaster
races, that the depredations committed exceeded all former
precedent: the instruments employed were chiefly little
ragged boys. who, under pretence of selling lists of the
horses, picked the pockets of the unsuerecting purchasers,
and, rapidly threading their way through the crowd, deli-
vered the plunder to their employers. Nearly a hundred
of these boys were apprehended by the Police and examined
but we understand that nothing was elicited to criminate
any one.—Lincoln Mercury.

CHILD LONT.—About eight o'clock yesterday morning,
a child, two years and a half old, strayed or was taken from
the door of its parents, No. 4, Pontipool-place, near the
Magdalen Asylum, Blackfriars-road. It had on a fawn-
coloured stuff frock, with two tucks in the skirt, and white
damask pin-a-fore, with one tuck in it. It has very re-
cently had the small-pox, tilt arka of which are still vi-
sible. The parents have eini 'd the bellman, and taken
every other means to find they arc poor labouring
people, and in great distress ‘,. its lots.

PASSING HALF NoTas—Some time ago a parcel con-
taMing halves of Bank of England and country notes was
stolen from a coach-office in London, and, from the following
circumstance, it appears that the thieves are now endea-
vouring to pass these halves; we would therefore caution
the public against their artifices. A short time ago, a re-
spectable gunsmith in Birininghatn received an order, pur-
porting to come from a gentleman of rank and respecta-
bility, for two double-barreled gulls, to be sent to Stony
Stratford, and enclosing at the same time the halves of two
lot. and two .5/. country notes as part payment, promising
to send the remaining halves on the receipt of the guns.
The guns were accordingly sent, but the second halves not
making their appearance, an inquiry was made, and it was
discovered that the halves remitted formed a part of the
stolen parcel.—Lincoln Mercury.
A few days since, at midnight, as one of Messrs. Rids.
dale's waggons, of Barnsley, heavily laden, was proceeding
to Sheffield, and beginning to descend the steep bill at
Bank-Top, near Barnsley, the drag-chain unfortunately
snapt, when the superincumbent weight coming suddenly
upon the team, threw them into disorder, and crushed se-
veral of the horses to the ground. The driver, unable by
himself to extricate them from their perilous condition
(rendered doubly distressing by the extreme darkness of
the night), was compelled to abandon them in their con-
fusion, and to hasten back to Barnsley for assistance. On
examination, after his return, it was discovered, that one
of the horses had actually had its fore-legs completely se-
vered from its body by the weight of the wheels. The
poor animal, when first discovered, was struggling, as if
unconscious of its loss, to get on ita feet. Its misery was
soon mercifully terminated, and the others with difficulty
released, though some of them were dreadfully injured, one
so much that its recovery is doubtful. Happily the wag.
gun escaped being upset, and was therefore speedily in pro-
gress again, but the excellence of the cattle belonging to the
proprietors makes the loss of serious moment.—Leedr In-
telligencer.

DARING ROBBERY.—On Wednesday last, about six
o'clock, as Mr. Darcev, grocer, of Beckinghatn, was on
his return from Newatic, he was pounced upon at the top
of Beacon-hill by two men who came out of the hedge.
They threw him down, cut his pockets open, took his
watch from him, and examined his waistcoat, tearing it in
several places. Whilst committing the robbery one of the
ruffians lay upon the breast of Mr. Darcey. The other
proposed cutting his throat, but his kind offer was not ac-
ceded to. On Mr. Darcey calling out " Murder !" they
threatened to despatch him if he made any more resistance.
Fortunately the sound of footsteps approaching caused the
thieves to run away, and they thereby left a sum of money
in notes, concealed in the inside of the waistcoat, that lay
next the ground. Their booty consisted of Mr. Darcey's
pocket-book, watch, hat, and some papers. It is conjec-
tured that they must have watched him from Newark.
They were two little men in short white smocks. Owing
to his bruises Mr. Darcey has been confined to his bed, and
is very unwell.

On Monday morning the following melancholy occur-
rence occasioned considerable consternation to the inhabit-
ants of Cambridge :—Mr. Mills, proprietor of the Sun
Hotel, had been for a few days past in a deranged state of
mind, and the medical gentleman called in recommended
the loss of blood, which he strongly objected to, but at
length submitted to the operation ; in consequence of
which it was requested he should not be left alone, and
care taken that no destructive instrument should be left in
his way ; but notwithstanding the vigilance of the persons
appointed to attend him he effected his fatal purpose by
cutting his throat early on Monday morning, in the kitchen
at his house ar Rheudagund-buildings, Jesus-lane. A
Coroner's Inquest has sat upon the body, and returned a
verdict of " Insanity."
Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, a very shock-
ing nczident occurred in one of the cottages near the ground laid
out for the building of the Heir. Mr. Irvine's chapel, Sidmoutit-
street, Gray's Inn-lane-road, to an elderly female, who rents one
of them. The ■nforturi!e woman was sitting by the lire when a
piece of shaving fell front the grate, and caught her clothes, when,
dreadful to relate, the whole of her petticoats were burnt to tinder.
Her husband, who was reposing on the bed, alarmed by the
screams of his wife, flew to her assistance, and in endeavouring to
extinguish the flames had hi■ hand dreadfully scorched. The poor
woman was taken to Middlesex Hospital without the least hopes of
recovery. Her body and 'rpm are shoeing', burnt.