The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-25 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Lieutenant Owen, who has undertaken to do 50 miles in
12 hours, fur 12 $ ire days, started from Piccadilly on
Monday ; he accomplished his task at six o'clock, and slept
at a friend's house near Reading, Berke: be did the first 15
miles in three hours, and played with the four miles au hour
after. He started at foar on Tuesday morning, on the
Basingstoke road, and ha reached Basingstoke, through
Swallowfield, Heckfield, Siratfieldaay, &c. miler) in
three hours and five miuutes, and had done 40 mile, in
10 hours and a quarter. His route will be straight to
Exeter, from thence to Bath, through Somersetshire, Oxford-
shire, Worcestershire, &e. into the northern road. The pe-
destrian is 25 years of age, sod of great 'miners.
A match for fifty guineas aside has been made at the Tun
T , by a rodents'', wbo has engaged himself to walk
eighteen miles lu three hours and eight mingles. within
twenty miles of (zillion, on ur herons the tat of April.

Yesterday the Duke or YORK left town on •
visit to Earl YERULABI. in Hertfordshire.
On Monday Prince LTOPOLD paid • long visit
to the Duchess of CLARRNCR. llu the evening his
Royal Highness left town fur Claremont.
Sir Hoover WIORAM. M.P. gave an elegant
entertuinnient on Monday to a distinguished party,
ut his house in Connaught-place.

A duel was fought early yesterday morning on
Hounslow Heath between Major D—N and Mr.
M--N, a gentleman of rortot,e, in coustquence
of a dispute at a room in Bond-street oil the pre-
ceding day. Information was gisett to the Police,
but not until after the mischief was done. The
Major was badly wounded in the shoulder, but, as
we understand, the ball was extracted upon the
ground, and the Major came to London.

The llustian American company have received
news from its colony at Stilka, that there are RUb-•
sian families in the north of Behriug's Straits, aid
670 N. lat. whose ancestors were driven there by a
storm a century ago. The directors of the company
expect in a short time a circumstantial account of
this remarkable occurreuce.—( liumbargh Paper.)

A Mail has airjeed from Rio Janeiro, with letters
to the 2lst November. Advice. had been received
from Rio (iiuutde, awing that AITIOAS had been
taken prisoner. The Portuguese frigate Union
had captured two insurgent privateers which had
been conithitting_depredations on the coast.

We have received Halifax and Newfoundland
Palters to the 10th ult. The winter set in early in
November ; the cold was very intense. The only
inielligence its these Vipers. is another calamity of
tire. A very co • leriable one took plaice about the
middle of November the damage was cimaiders-
tile, but happily no lives were lost. The soldiers
of she 74th regiment were arty active in extioguish-
Mg the iiitints, mid in securing the property.
11re understand that dispatches were received on
Monday Eros's the King of PRUSSIA, stating tkat his
111 AJesTir does not mean to proceed to the Meeting
of Sovereigns at Laybach, the popular feeding in his
own country requiring his perwmul presence.—
(Morning. kroniele.)

ST. PETERSBURON, DECLMISTR I7.—A steam-
boat has now been built upon the Wulga, which
goes to Astrachan and buck. As these vessel,' are
peculiarly adapted to the nusigai 44444 of the great
rivers in the nitti4or of the einpose plans for este.
bliehing them have been advertised snuffers! places.

On Tuesday firming another of thews robberies which
occur nightly was committed on the Barret road. As Lord
George Cavendish was coming to London io his travelling
carriage two trunk., which were safe at Barnet, were gist
from the carriage, which was not aseertaiued Datil it arrived
is Combo. The contents of the trunk were lion apparel,
papers, Sac. of which *a chit has yet been had.

LAlP.,gircucctvct.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wirminiti,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24.

The Court were occupied on the peremptory paper air.
hag the whole day. No argument of any public Weevil
took place.

THE ZINO V CLIIRENTII.
Mr. LITTLEDALR said, that the Atturtity-General was is
iMs ease, but as he was engaged at Liitcolit's Inn Hall, it
would he a great iroovettirsice of the Court would sppuiut
aoy day for the case to come um.
The COURT could mut alien name • day whets the raw
could be heard, bat would give notice of the time when it
was fixed.