The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-24 00:00:00

BLNEf Il' SOcIETIES.

. Mrs. R. rkins, widow of:a person .who lead- been
member of a Benefit Society, by which, in the event
of the. mernbt.r's death, tol. -a year was provided to
:his widow, charged the Stewards of the. Society with
a.breach of the. Arllcles, and also of the Act of Par-
Jianytht, in denying her tht annuity, since 09 period
,bl' her husbana's death. It 'appeared that, on tlre
ni.2;ltt of .Clztiming her 4ibriuity- for the two
first montlks after her husband's death, the Mem-
ber- ly:ci come to a determination of dissolving the
S-3•eiety, and had otiered' her 101. in;•S'it.tistaation of
ref. ciaim, which she had refused,. they having then'
funds to the iynount of 301. odds.. The...prosecutri,
at time, agreed to accept-0), i'sl. watch was le-
fu-,..d her-, and the Vembers-, .after setting aside tot.
lor her clahn, divided the remainder of the fund
RITIOUg t;qnnseives and declared the Society at an
ei.d. widow"then charged the Stewards of the
Society befOre the Lord Mayor, whO, in their turn,
offered her the ILL she Gad demanded! This, on
better consideration and adv ice, she retuned tO accept
of, and now claimed complete fulfiftnent of the
ti. essot the Club, so tar as the kinds would admit.

The leading Members being uu or unable
to come to any settlement, othej than had been
oirt:tred, while. the Magistrates were of o,:inion that
tlit'Comiplattlant was entitled to the full relief' =l-
tal.. ed in the articles, the Magistrates ,ordered that
an order -slloukl 16,4.1 V for payment of the 101. a-year
to the.Comptaihant, within eight days, if she should
;:tot declare herselleatisfied in the mean time.

GUILDHALL.—A. person of the:name of Coffee and
his wife charged a young girl of :he name of Mullen,
whom, with another. sister, still an infant, these de-
cent pA,otis had kept, and whose parents they had
been .at the expenee of burying, out of their. scan!),
means, with robbing them of a variety of artickts to
..them of considerable value.

On the pet soneir the prisoner wits found a dupli-
cate of a frock, which the prosecutors proved to be
-their properly.--They .expressed their wish that no
severe punishment should be imposed on the prison-
er ; and_t he worthy Alderman (Scholey), that the
prisoner might have time to reflect on the injury she
had done those honest people, to whoth she. was so
niteh indebted, ordered•her to be re-committed, that
it might be seen if she would be induced to.confess
•where she had disposed of the remainder of the pro..
perty belonging to the prosecutors. '

MARLIMFOUGH-STREET.-Yesterdayol man of the
name of Bembridge,-who has been stated to have been
dctecled witha box and other articles, passing through
Berner's-street, and which turned. out to belong to
Susannah Pritchard, a 'servant at Salter's Coffee-
house, under the Piazzas, underwent a second ex-
amination. The prosecutrix stated, that she left the
box at the bar, during the-alarm of fire at Covent-.
6arden.Theatre, whilst she was attending to her
master's chiklren. A person was seen to leave the
house-with a box and a bundle, but he was not sus-
peeled ,1. led until he
,nad escaped. The b 4 contained
various articles, besides apparel, amongst which was
the likeness ofthe prosecutrix in miniature, which
she was enabled posnively to swear to. The prisoner
was fully.committed fur trial; and the parties bound
over to prosecute.

QUEEN-sQuAßE.l—Yesterday Thomas Alder, a
'dealer in coa, who advertises to -sell the best
castle, at a reduced price, appeared to auwer to
two complaints against him—First, for havingrsaclis
of a lesser size than is required by law; and second-
ly, that they were deficient in measure. To each of
these complaints the Defendant pleaded guilty. His
sacks were ordered to be destroyed, and himself
fined in the mitigated penalty, on the former charge
and on' the hater los.

PUBLIC OFFICE, SllADWELL.—Yesterday John
Smith, describing himself to be a sJilor, and belong-
ing 'to the ship Betsey, lying at Deptford, thong') no
Stop of that name was. there, ‘s, as charged with de-
frauding several trade:mm-1- of money, winches, and
other things, pretendwg he. bad prize-money due to
Iviin to a large amount, and shewiug forged vouchers.
He. was committed for e-examinat ion.

. Captain CAULFIELD, who died -lately in Melina-
place, of a decline, was the son of a i'iLjor CAUL-
rieLD, in the North of Ireland, a relative to the
House Of CHARLEMONT. His person and manners
.were elegant 'and prepossessing. At 'a very early
age he went into the-Guards; and having obtained
n:ucli celebrity as an amateur. Tragedian, he ex-
changed the sash and gorget for • the. buskin, and
made a very etnessitil delta., in the •part of Hamlet,
at Covent Garden The'atre. The untortimafe crim.
cfm,.busincis is said to•haVe atie6teti hid spirits, and
to have productd a lassitude and depression that
hastened his dissolution.