The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-23 00:00:00

GREAT PEDESTRIAN UNDERTAKING.

A young Oxfordshire farmer, of the name of Wentworth,
undertook a pedestrian match on Monday. for 200 guineas,
which exceeds any thing that former dare, ever
accomplished, Roil even the powers of Ciptain Barclay
was not ndequste to, and none of the peilrairians of the
pretest duty ever attempted. The match in to do six
hundred miles in ten days, not on picked ground, but to
do the match out, and touch on sinters comities. The
pedestrian started on Stoutlity at two o'clock in the morning
from his resideoce near Dorchester, thou, accoinpaitied
by two persons on liirrachack, and he took a nortlwrn di-
rection throne' Northamptonshire into Leiresterishiie, and
performed 05 miles. He stiffed on Tuesday morning for
Stilton, through Rutlauddiire sod Bedfordshire, and slept
at IVilt'ord, Lincoln, having completed 64 mile., and was
fresh. He purposes touching oil Cambridgeshire, through
Huntingdonshire, to Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. Bets are 2to 1
against him.

CITY BUSINESS.

A
tgan, ,
being

Guild-
pruceediugs

dimribmteina itsußl.

Several Petitions for Lessee and otherwise were presented,
mail referred to various Consinittees for examination.
Mr. Slade, from the Irish Society, was heard iu respect of
some orders of tlio Court fur that Soriery to deliver in a
brief staternerit of their Account. annually, and upon which
fir., hod taken ii.. opinion of Connorl, when several Mem-
bets objecting to any proceeding Ireiog had upon a verbal
communication, the usual and regular pr.irtire being only
to remise slut gamuts in writing, DO motion oar giounrkd
theme..

John %inset', F..q Bailiff for the RA qh of Southwark,
attended at flee Ilse, mid delivered in lois inmost accounts of
the Receipt* and Dislinrsements of his office
A Repiirf from the G I Purpose Committee, apposing
of the tinminatiiiii of Mr. Lindsay to lie Deputy Bailiff of
the Borourh, was orikred to he remodelled at 11w next Court.

Mr. Wsithinait having asked some questions in relation to
the Prisons of the City, stated. that unless some report was
made thereon at the next Court, he should certainly submit
some propo.ittisais upon the subject.
The Lord Mayor declared s vacancy in the lance of Mar-
shalman, by *beneath of Mr. Daniel Cartwright, and it was
ref. sled to the General Purpose Committee to ronaider in
r.spect of the age and eligibility of the Candidates.
Thr Coosa then pi ise,edrd in the consideration of the Re-
port of the City Land. Committee upon the Petition of the
Officers of ilw Lori Mayor's Mum hold, in relation to the
usual entertainments not haying been provi.kd for them at
the soil after esinaiderahle iliwit,Aion, the (hurt
ri sole. d, that a liLwral annual allowance bring mile to the
several I.oril Miro 4, to ei able them to support the dignity
of the Odic.-11w cal/mows of the Satir.liaarer'm tablet ought
to be burns by the Lund Mayor fur the lime being.

The I.OID CH A NCF.l.l.mt ail, nut bit yesterday at
Lincoln.-dun. His 1,41t11,1141, we are burry to state,
was prevented by iiialivuoltloll.
The accounts from Crorteth on Wednesday, re-
specting the Earl of Sror TOM, were favourable. The
Noble Lord has been gradually recovering for the
last fora days. Th. Faculty say that his Lordship
poosrssrs a strong commotion. from whence they
augur that he will 00011 recover from au indisposi-
tion which has heels fatal to thousands. His Lord-
ship has had thirteen children, ten of whom are

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday last, ON JOHN
JONNI/2 Ell. stars turning to town in a po4t-elsaise,
front his country_ residents., sit Esher, he fell hack
„i
„, (morel/. joNtS m.i.14 many years Major
of the St. Margaret Westminster Volunteers.

SACRILEGE.--1031 Monday 1.::4111 SUMP sacri-
legless' villain% broke into Kennington Chapel,
whence they stole t great eiumlwr ipt l'r.iyer Book.,
Teatarnesiiii., &v. ; they shin Inol.r Into the Vtibiry•
[4,0115, and forced
Mule the communion 'date, miriilactii, and revesal
other articles. and 4' irreted their ercapr undiscovered.

Boxrits.-I;emties the bet wet U l'ureell
~,if .11`Curiy, mild two other, fixed for l'oesrlay
next, voricaui nth. r switches ure on the topic.
:Sprung has publi•ly challenged 1' iinier for 100
g *34. but no elf:cts have heels produced.
31.3 .11:111ent.0 l'ainter, to tight him when
her recogior. Voltl. 'YU/ado the pile -
notnesion the ddt. challevoes the formiti:thie
Turner, '416.1 !.et/nu/.;t limit% for :t with
serwc;:inv. ,Shivo•• rheit vintittt: to put 11:eilt
tut Cite.

A Court of Common Comsat wie held yesterday at Guild-
tall, which was aseineroarly attended. 'fbe last pet/reeding,
being read—
Mr. Nash rose to as•trt • Totepf Thinks to t►e Reverend
Mr. Cory, Chaplain to the Lord Maps, fur his very excel-
lent sermon, preached at Saint Lawrence church on the 11th
instant, wills a request that he would Feist-61m MAN% and
seud a copy to emelt Mensher ; apes which a distrossion en-
sued hrtasen Messes. Waidamni, Jamie Daskuir Shistan,Grif-
Rlbsvalsdiggsellml aithemogin the poet* propriety of print-
ing mentotea, and open • sisiamition of Togssai Ova Mem_
hers, the original 11110000 Tor the Thanks was withdrawn,
and nue agreed to requesting the sermon to he pi lured and