The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-09 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Arica, ate which much money was pending, was finished on Swat.
,lay night, at ten o'clock, at Kingsland, in which Mr. G. WC4t, the
celebrated day pedestrian was beat. The stake was 2941 sovereigns,
Mr. W.'s opponent, a gentleman of the name of Win,.erton, and
the match was from the 114 mile stone on the London side of Derby,
elms upon Kegworth, near to which town Mr. W. resides. Betting
was 6 to 4 on Wert as a known long-distance traveller. The
distance to Kingsland is 113 miles, and the start took place at half.
put five o'clock on Friday afternoon. The travellers kept together
until four o'clock in the morning and accomplished 42 miles in the
first eight hours, and in the ten and a half hours, at Northampton,
49 miles. Mr. West here made the play and headed his opponent
at llockliffe two miles, and there he rested two hours, in which in.
vrim Mr. Minerv' went by, and they were together again at the
2 mile stone. Mr. West, according to the atatement of one of the
witpires, Ur. Barclay, was beat 12 miles from home, and Mr. Win.
tenon was by halt an hour making his way from the tunnel to
liingtland in' 8 hours and a half.

Nev LINE or l'Acscrs nom 'Ayr:spoor TO Rto.—
We observe with pleasure the establishment of a new line
of packets to the Brazils, a circumstance which cannot fail
to give the utmost satisfaction to all parties interested in
the trade. With the successful example before them, of
the scrupulous exactness with which the business and en-
gagements of the American patios are performed, sve do
not doubt that the disappointments, delays, end endless
vexations to shippers, hitherto experienced, will be pre
-
Several of the landlards in the agricultural parts of Yerk- vented by the clearing of these vessels, full or not full,
shire have given notice to their tenants, that they will not, upon the appointed days.—/ iverrnd Commercial Chronicle.
at their ensuing rent clays, receive any money in payment It often happens that rather too gloomy a view is taken
of their rents except the coin of the realm and Bank of of any public disaster at the first sight; this, we are happy
England notes ; in other words, that they will not receive Ito find, was the case with respect to the effect likely to be
any provincial notes whatever • and, if we are rightly in- produced upon the town of Keighley by the failure of
armed, a notice to this effect has been given to the tenants I NILIAST4. Butterworth, of Shelf. Though there are many
of our late county Member, Mr. Wilberforce. This inti- sufferers in that place from this cause, several of the mann-
mafiosi, so prejudicial to the stability of public credit, is l facturets and trading men have wholly escaped ; and in
much at variance with another and much more patriotic other instances the loss is not likely to be so serious as to
notice, by the steward of Thomas Thornhill, Esq. of affect the stability of the holders of the bills.—Leeds
Fixby IlaU, to the effect, that that gentleman postpones cure.
his rent-day for three months, to give time for public ere- By the market prices gin does not appear to be reduced
'lit in revive, audio afford such of his tenants as have been more than Is. per gallon, but, as the imperial measure has
suffivers by the failing banks an opportunity of recovering sodincrea the gallon in size about oonne-.fifth, in Act the
thetoselvcs.—Leeds ii/crcorry. price eced about s. per gall