The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-23 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Mattingley, the Nottinghamshire pedestrian, started early
yesterday morning to go from Tottenham-court-road to a place
near South ),lims, 15 miles in one hour and a half at two starts,
resting ten minutes. He did his miles within a few seconds of
six minutes under and over, and accomplished the ten miles
within an hour, and halted, and then performed the remaining
five miles in half a minute less than the half hour, winning
cleverly. It was for twenty sovereigns.

Miss MACAULEY.---This Lady has been dis-
playing the effusions of her political talents, and
giving her dramatic recitations, for some time with
great success at Bath. Among other subjects
she recited some animated passages from her own
Poem of "MARY STuAtur," the unfortunate Queen
of Scotland. Whether that victim of Royal
jealousy deserved the censure which has pursued
her memory it is now perhaps impossible to dis-
cern, amidst all the able, active, and learned
labours which her fate has drawn forth ; but it
must be acknowledged that Miss M.tcAur.EY's
portrait of her character and sympathy with her
sorrows, do honour to her own feelings as well as
to her talents.

HENRY VIII. after the death of Jane Sey-
mour had some difficulty to get another wife. His first offer
was to the Dowager-Duchess of Milan ; but her answer is said
to have been, that she had but one head, if she had had two,
one shculd have been at his Majesty's service.

Among those who are to be found in King's
Courts, says 31`Cree, few are like-minded with James 3lel-
ville, the nephew of Andrew Melville. He annually expended
the half of his stipend on the public service, and as for gifts
from the Crown, he said, I sought none, and I got none un-
sought.
ST. ANDREW AND ST. GEORGE.—A Meeting of
the Inhabitants of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the
Martyr, was held yesterday, pursuant to notice, which stated
that the Committee appointed for the purpose of opposing the
Bill in Parliament for the repeal of the Local Act would lay
before toe Meeting a statement of their proceedings in op-
position to this uncalled for measure, and as the Bill had
been read a second time, to concert also the most efficacious
steps for opposing its further progress. At half past eleven the
Chair was taken, and Mr. HALL stated to the Meeting, that the
Bill which the Governors and Directors were introducing into
Parliament, was one that was likely to do much injury to the
parishioners of St. Andrew and St. George in general. It was
the object of that Bill to deprive one fifth of the householders of
their right of vote in the Vestry Meetings of the parishes. The
present number of voters paying scot and lot, were 2,800, of
which number it was proposed to deprive 516 of their power
of voting, by only allowing them to bear lot, leaving it to
the landlords to pay scot. He trusted that the Meeting would
take up the matter seriously, and not allow so obnoxious
a Bill to pass through the House of Commons sub silentio.—
Resolutions were then come to, after some observations from
Mr. Dando and other gentlemen, for the purpose of spewing
the feeling of the Meeting against the conduct of the Governors
and Directors, and to offer its decided opposition to the intro-
duction of the proposed Bill.