The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-27 00:00:00

PEDESTR IA NISM.

The greatest pedestrian undertaking ever known was accom- •
plished at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, by Mendis, groom
to Captain Ramsden, for 500 sovereigns. The task was to start
at the 101 mile stone near Pershore, Worcestershire, and to
reach a given spot (103 miles) on the London side Bayswater,
in twenty-four ligurs. The pedestrian started from Pershore
at three o'clock, p. m. on Tuesday, and reached Broadway
(twelve miles) at a few minutes before five o'clock. Here the
pedestrian had to encounter the two miles-hill, which over-
looks the beautiful vale of Evesham. He, however, covered
his ground to Moreton in the Marsh within four hours (twenty
miles). At Chipping Norton the groom refreshed, and per-
formed 52 miles in 25 minutes within half the time in good tra-
velling order. Ile reached.Wyoomba 30 milgtfroin hotne, and
breakfasted soon atter eight o'clock, and kept at his work
at about four miles and a quarter an hotr, and won very
cleverly, with twelve minutes to spare. Captain Smith. the
umpire, offered to back the pedestrian on the ground fur 1,000
sovereigns to perform 108 in 24 hours over two miles of mea-
sured ground, but there were no takers.
Skipper, the celebrated pedestrian, has undertaken to walk
from Exeter to Taunton and back again, a distance of 64 miles,
for 21 successive days (Sundays excepted.) He commenced the
arduous task on Tuesday morning. We understand he is
hacked for 100 sovereigns.

THE PASCO PERUVIAN MINING COMPANY.—A
most unwarrantable (though perhaps uninten-
tional) attack having been made on this Company
in one of the Morning Papers of yesterday, the
Public are informed, that it is intended to pub-
lish, in the principal Papers of To-moituow, a
Statement respecting the nature, extent, and value
of the Pasco Mines, which will be sufficient to
satisfy the most sceptical that, in what has been
already stated in the Prospectus, the importance
of those Mines was rather diminished than exag-
gerated.

The only remaining boat of the vast flotilla in-
tended for the invasion of England, and built ex-
pressly for the reception of 13UONAPARTE, was
broken up last week at BOULOGNE, and sold for
fire-wood ! We understaud a Gentleman has
brought the. keel of it to London.
A STRAY GENTLEMAN.—The lieges in various
parts of the country " ayont the Tweed," have been strangely
puzzled of late by the not-over-honest eccentricities of a stran-
ger Gentleman, who has been vagabonizing among them, for
some weeks past, attended by a large black and white Newfound-
land dog. Ile is a person of very gentlemanly exterior and
address, apparently about five and twenty years of age, and he
wanders about the land, on foot, in a military cloak, high-
heeled tVellingtons, and drab cossacks, with a quizzing-
glass daintily appended from his neck, and escorted
every where by his large black and white Newfoundland
dog. It appears that he entered the " Land of honest men
and bonnie lasses," by way of Northumberland, about two
Months ago, and that his military 'cloak, and his quiz-
zing glass, and his dog, and his interesting tout ensemble,
prOcured him ready admission to the houses of many
worthy people, who not only made him welcome at bed
and board, but actually put money in his pocket. In some
places he represented himself to be the son of a clergyman in
Wales. and that having left home in consequence of a family
quarrel, he had travelled to Scotland on foot, accompanied
by his faithful dog, and was resolved never to return.—
This was so touchingly romantic, that it took wonder-
especially among the gild wives and lasses ; and at other
places he was equally successful in moving the pity and un-
stringing the purses of the lieges by being both deaf and dumb.
At length he found his way to Aberdeen, and after re-
maining there two days he travelled northward ; but the
Procurator Fiscal of that town having learned something
of his by-gone adventures, and that he was sometimes dumb
and sometimes very eloquent, took the liberty of travelling after
him ; and finding him still levying contributions in the same
way, he brought him back to Aberdeen, where he was ordered
into custody by the Sisstriff. upon a strong suspicion of being an
imposter. In his examination he g.ave his name " J.B. Jones,"
and said he was the son of " Ashworth Jones, a woollen ma-
nufacturer ;" but where the said Ashworth Jones lived lie
would not say. That he has given his proper name there
is little doubt, because the. collar of his dog is engraved " J.
B. Jones;" but nothing further is known respecting him, and
he still remains in durance at Aberdeen, where the Procurator
to hear who and what lie is.
Fiscal will be very happy
On the banks of the river Kamen, in Siberia,
here is produced a fossil or an earthy substance
called stone butter, which is eaten in various
ways. It is of a yellowish cream colour, and not
unpleasant in taste, but is pernicious in its ef-
fects, producing various disorders, as the grave),
&c. When it is.exposed to the air in dry wea-
ther it hardens, but in wet weather it again be-
comes soft or liquid.

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