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London, England, 1820-09-23 00:00:00

PEDESTRIAN WAGER.

Mr. Porter, of Greet Poitlanctstreet, undertook fur a
wager of twenty guineas. to go to the thiateevith mile shoe
us the Bath.road, from Piccadilly and back to Hyde Park.
Kuser, a distaste* of Swestraix mike, in four hours. He
started yesterday asorsiag at Ave o'clock front Hyde !ark-
(writer, secompasied by dee gentlemen us horseback, sod
arrived at Hornslow at thirty-two nsisotes past six. He
roomed hack again to Humuslow after lositlring the mile-
etuoi., at thirty-six minutes past seven, 'savior use hoer sod
iffy-two minutes left to perform the ether les mike, which
was twenty mingles more time than what ho did it in on
going out :'bets were them in his favour, sod he appeared in
high spirits. He was exactly se hose going the seat live
miles, and was dies so completely fatigued, that he gave up
the wager having five miles =art to perform is iffy-two
mimules, although half an hour before giving in, he offered
to double the het One of the gentlemen who accompanied
him ow hors. hack, has sinlerttken to go the mare distance
in the gives time, for forty guineas, us Friday Nett.

We are relocated by Miss GiIt:ENE, who made
so successful a &bar on IVeciiir.diy last at Co.
vent.garslko, in the character of Notre Peuck'ria,
to contradict the statement that she had on the
ikitite el- • g perforated the part (f Airs. liztaire.
in the fame ul A leuland fur an Oliver.
There resides at present nu the lands of Ahuvrin,
parish of A Initialing, within
titan named EDWARD FLYNN, who has lived to the
extriundiairy age of 114 years ! lie possesses very
good health, rises early, and walks over hit farm—
is its active us he was at 60 feats, and is in full pos.
session of all Isis
A letter f litigliton, dated Sept. 20. says:—
" This day the ',sail changed to the S.W. and blew
a hutricatie. Ilia MAJESTY, therefore, will have
hail its encounter an equinoctial storm. if he did not
take shelter last night in Cowes. or go this morn.
ing into Portsmouth. It would nut he easy for the
boats to bind has MAJESTY at this place, as the sea
runs so high, if he were even to attempt it. There
is little doubt but that a eutstissu.tiee of this weather
will shotten his voyage of pleasure. The K too
gave directions h. fsre Isis departure for various
alterations ist the Pavilion, and part of that which
was finished is to hr taken flown."
iv We elated yesterday that his Majesty had arrives at
as early tour ea tVadaesdal at Cosiest so that he happily
award the storm to which the Brighten paragraph anodes.

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INSOLVENT DEE TORS' Latin .
FifDAT. sriTgissr.it
SG. toms* weird, ea behalf of Mary Aun finding, a
Primmer in the hlershalsee. that she Might be at liberty in
present her petition to the Court. She had made an affi-
davit, in which' she stated that she was twiny Ignorant of
the dowse in the Art of Parliament whith rerin.red that
every prisms should present • petition within Antrim.. days
after the day of his briar sent to prima. :late thertfore
plewkd igitorinter as an ?Keene Aw her iteglert.
The COURT after some eusisideration °hoes wed, that it
ciormaely singular how so many pertains could pleml
ignorance of the clause in the Art of Pei batMent ; het-sieve
the Covert had taketi the mods yowled rare to have teenier
dup in all the prisons. More etre had hero
t▪
aken than perhaps would sub.-swim have been dune, (ion,
the rirrometance of the claim being imprilte, moil ft
no discretion to the Court. It would be proper that So-
licitors awl the piddle shoold know that applwitiona of dna
Nature were not Id be counidered a+ more islatiers of course.
The intestine of the legislature obviously was to compel the
Insolvent to make ea early appticati.w, instead of spoiling
unit wasting his property to prison. Very often, however, it
was Need that pretest' totally grounilless were m ode for de-
lays to prinenting Petitions, whir isi fact the teal rinse of
delay wad owing to the ikblor's wish to +Reinder away his
stoney in prison. la thin ease the Cosset would paw the
indulgence prayed Aw ender the cireumstinires stolid, but
the Petition and •Ifitiaiiit is this and every other instante
must certify the day when the Prisoner 'was arrested, die
nomey he had whew taken to prime, the money soil pro.
perty he had received Is prises, from whom be received it,
and the wanner IN which he hod expended it. The Court
would therefore peremptorily sitfeet this to he the case in
future.

OLD BAILEY. FatOAT, SErr. 22.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.

Admit Michel(, was capitally indicted for stealing* gins-
tity of lisiert-drapwry goods, privately, in the dwelling house
boom of Mr. Joshua Can't,.
in Huth:ca.
It appeared in 'widow that the Primmer, a young fellow
of dashiog appearatme, catered the service of Mr. Craigh, as
shapes., in the early part of June 11111111. He was at that
time is a state of great dirtress. Ineasedimely sf er be haul
antlered *pow his situation, he stole several articles which
be pledged with Mr. Harrison, is Tottemliam coart.rieol
About three or f our mamba bark the Prisoner appli.ill to a
Me. Bonnet, a hisen.draper, statiug that 1w hs.l posrehased
at a sale a large gratuity of d -ape. y gouda, which hr ought
sell as a bargain; the pries asked induced Mr. Bunnell to
beeome • purchaser. Alborg the latter cod of June, in the
mescal year, the Primmer had he his boltistry atqairftt •of-
lieient to enable Lim our *et up hll business fur himielf, awl he
accordingly left Mr. Craigh fur that purport.. He then ap-
plied so lie. Boanett to purchase a quantity of duplicates,
which be said he bad honght of a friend. Mr. Boonsett sus-
pecting mending, wrong, eonsesuoicated the eireurnstance
to Mr. Craigh, and the Prisoner was is coosegainice tekeis
into custody. The properly pledged proved to be that stoles)
by the Primmer in 1819, and the poonlwoker proved it to
have been pawned by bins. The goods which he had sold to
Mr. Booed' wets also idestilled by Mr. Craigh as his pro.

Peri,.
The Prisoner made No &Croce, but called several wit-
nesses, who pee hid an a tardiest character.
The Jury, in a sounsent, pronosioccal the Prisorser (hilly
—Death.

The thy of bis trial was the day whirl. bad bees appoint-
ed fur the Prisosses marriage to a young Lady of great
respectability.
BIGAMY.

Petrick Camay aged 33, was indicted oa a charge of
bigamy.
Mr. Musts cseilected the proaccutiors, and Mr. WM.-
WORD rata for the &femme.
Mr. oho Taylor, parish clerk of St. Merlins-is-the-
Fields, proved the Prisoner's Marriage ost the 10th of No-
'ribber, 1109, to Sarah Davies.
Mary Corry proved the piing of the parties to St. Mar-
tires Church, and that abs cooked sad parmott of the wed-
ding dinner. She knew him before he was rimmed to Sally,
and sisce.

Weer witnesses proved their living together as man •ud
*ire.

dun Clark, an interesting ruing G.mak, deposed to her
isariog been marrird lo the Primmer es the SSA of July
1818, at Christ Cluseets, is Ike city of Lomita. Ile wa. mar.
rind to her by the statue of Jansen Canoe.. She was,* see.
Taut in a respectable family,' aud by her ioduetry and rare
had saved SOL The Primmer liseit with her f namato,
sad having dissipated her little tortoise sod reduced her to
poverty sod wreMbeduess, deserted her in a state of prem.
money. She, to remsequerar, Miaow chargeable to the parish
of St. Audrew, Holluiro, sod the ulityr of that pariah appre-
hended the Primmer is Drury-laue. This prosecution was
lostitoted by the parish.
The Prisoner milled Eleanor Bird, of No. 1, West street,
Smithfield, who said the Prisoner's name was sot Patrick,
but James Calmat. She had seen Sarah D.IWICS with Patrick
Cannes. _

Sarah Davits, the former wick, bring called, did sot an.
'wet. Bat it appeared that it had berm contrived to get her
comtliscd its Skated-lame watch-boost, ow a charge of disor-
derly conduct. A strong bawd of witnesses was called to
prove that the Prim:non was out Patrick Centrum whom mar-
ried Sarah Davies. Some tough swearing emoted, but Use
case was nut its the slightest degree affected by it.
The Corr ON StILIVANT charged the Jury, who, without
a moutwestes hesitation, orswoostersi a verdict of Malin.
The COMMON SIMUCANT then addressed the Primmer ow
the almost unparalleled Wrote, of his cooduct, i■ stock
were combined the moments crimes of prrjuty, seduction,
and rubbery. He felt it to be his duty to renitence him to
the sevevest puaishemeat the law authorised him to jutted—
Trassperfalion for sewn plan.
Jaws Ilewkier and Nary Gilman, two street-walkers,
were coavicted of stealing a watch front the person of Thus.
Griffiths, its Gray's low-lane.
kichard Brads/nal, aged 14, wa■ indicted for 'Wenn
from Thiamin Owen, at Hunisey, on 24114 July last, Iv*
shinier' in silver, his property.
Thomas Owes. said, he was at Homey ow tbe day men-
Honed in the Watchmen', and was surrotwodeel mad hustled
by about 60 or AS persoos, who were assembled to oiler.* a
light. He was pushed about from oae to atwitter, mod had
the skirt of ►is coat torn off. The Prisoner got his hand
into his breeches pocket, and took out five shillings, or firs
shillings and simproce, awl a kink. He had seem the Poi-
sower before at the Jolly Butchers, where the Prisoner had
lived. _ _

William Mks, a peace 'Seer, tuuk Ilse Prisoner into
custody, bat did sot sears* him.
The Jury Nord him MaHy.
James Itoberls was imiscied fur straliag a mare, the pro-
perty of J. Gould, us the 11th May List. The mare was
stoke from its pasture is Epping forest, sod sold by the
Primmer about the middk of May last, to • horse-dealer
Named Slaughter, living in Eustoa•asewr, Buston•sopuirr,
fur six rooms. The Primmer gam bi. right address when be
sold she stare; mid • hew be was apprehrodsd, he stated that
he had eachaiged a porky for her at Blackheath fair. He
was allowed to as at barge fur three days, to endeavour to
Sad themes from whom be mid be had ker.
Sanaa' Davis, • Jew, was swum uu she Old Testament, be
proved SCOW playing the Primmer to Blackheath fair, is
the 11th of May last, wiser, he smw him exchange the posy,
sad a Wit pound oust fur the mare. •
Oa she witray to character being caned, the Snit who
was examined gave the Mousier au Worst character, but
prevaricated ow being gormiosed as to his kosottage of the
Primmer horses bras before in gaol; es *ILA be was ins.
:ardently committed to prima by Mr. Jostle* Brat, who
pr. &wed his determisatioss to check the practice of perilous
cumin to that Court to glen false dialectics iv Psi.
%WM.
The Jury retired fur • short time, red r• thtir return
ieniss Cowl, resented their verdict Aof Guilty.
Mama -hurl, was shagged wish stealing 311. is Bask
mitts, is the house of Thomas Bogen, so the parish of
'Clerkrowell, the property of Emma us. the 12th
of Pis washer hesitant.
'IM Primmer was servant to Mr Boris, sad was dismiss.

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