The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-09 00:00:00

GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH.

The great foot race of twenty miles for 1000 sovereigns, be-
tween Captain It. Prestcot and Mr. Courtenay, took place on
Monday in Cannonbury Park, Bucks, over a four-mile circle.
The pedestrians started at different ends of the ground, which
was done as follow, the odds being 5 to 4 on Mr. Courtenay:—
First Four Miles—the Captain 24 20 Mr. Courtenay 24 18
Second - - - 24 22 - -24 24
Third - - - - 24 18 - - -24 18
Fourth - - - - 25 10 - - 25 16
Fifth - - - - 26 12 - -27 4

124 22 125 20
It was an excellent race till the 19th mile, when Mr. Courtenay
slackened in his speed, and was beat by 200 yards easy at last.

BOW•STREET.—(TIIIS DAY.)—'Phis morning
a Lady, elegantly dressed, forced her way through the crowd
with the greatest anxiety untill she passed into the Court.—
On being asked her business, she said she wanted to speak to the
Lord Chancellor. She was told he did not sit there, to which she
replied, Sir It. Birnie would do as well. She then represented
herself as a lady of fortune, and that she was the authoress
.of several talented literary works, of which she had been
deprived, and none but the Lord Chancellor could assist
her in the recovery of them. She also said that she had been
deprived of Twenty Thousand Pounds by the same party,
and her case, if explained, would excite great sympathy. Her
manners indicated derangement of intellect. She was informed
that her best way would be to go to the Lord Chancellor, or
bring her action against the person she complained of, which
she said she would do, and left the Office.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES AT G ENT LEMENS' SEATS.
—For some time past one of the most extensive systems of plun-
der has been carried on at the respective seats of Noblemen and
Gentlemen within 20 miles of the metropolis. From the extent of
the plunder no doubt can exist but that several are concerned,
who make a very considerable income, in addition to the destruc-
tion they create to the young trees in the plantations. Cummings
and his brother officer last night detected a man named Evans,
who has been but very lately discharged from custody, with no
less than 13 or 14 dozen of handsome young trees, on his way
into the Metropolis; and knowing his character, the Officers se-
cured him, and brought him before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE,
who committed him until Thursday, with the hope that; as
the trees had been so lately cut, the respective gamekeepers
would inspect their different preserves, by which means the fe-
lony may be brought home, the punishment of which is
transportation.
A MONSTER.—On Saturday night last be-
tween the hours of eight and nine, a little girl,
about 12 years of age, who was sent on an errand,
while passing Maton's (the Somers Town car-
rier's) yard, in Chapel-street, Somers Town,
was seized by a fellow genteelly dressed in a
dark green coat and trowsers, and a light waist-
coat, who dragged her down the yard, stuffed a
handkerchief into her mouth, threatened, if she
made the least noise, he would kill her; then
proceeded to cut her forehead and each side of
her mouth, stabbed her in the breast with some
sharp instrument, which cut her clothes through,
and lacerated the shin ; the monster then escaped.