The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-25 00:00:00

PEDESTIZIAXISt.

TUVirEtt inOrnin, at 12
o'clock, Tofr'ee started, ant!, th assitminee
of his son, they CoMpiCted, at half-p-ast 6, 23
miles ; at .12, 42 mid finished their under-
taking, of 1200 miles, 10 minutes after 4, being
allotr.ed till a opiarter past 10 'yesterday morning
to -a.ceittnpli,li ir. Of this pertOrniance youn',4-
Toffee, a boy only 12 years of age, 'meat 502
miles, and the lather 698.,

• Tel BLACKHEATH PEDESTEIAN.-The eon.
course of perions assembled yesterday upon I3lack-
heath to view the extraordinary-performance of
-Eaton, the pedestrian, was very considerable. He.
appeared in 'undiminished health and-gpirits. Not
the-slightest doubt serums now to he entertained of
his final success in this unexampled undertaking.
Doubts were almost universally enteraioed at the
commencement of this Herculean match, of the
Posijbility of effecting it. During- the perform.
mince of the task also, reports svrre c rculated in-
jurious to the character mut exertions of Eaton.
The tollowiug affidavit, however, was made at the
Mansion-house, On Saturday !---
" We, the undersigned, do male oath. that Mr. Eaton
has, up to this lime, in every respect eisnforine,' to his en-,
gageinent of svaikiti4 1100 miles in ,1 ti,, Incecssive hours ;
one .or other of Us having gone over the grupatl- with hint,
night and • .y, since his counnenecalent on the 10th of '
vember last.

(Signt.ll) "II H. GIIEAVES, .I..GtZEENFIEtI),
.` W: Witreß, JAMES %Vts•r.
" Sworn before me, at the Mansion House, this 9.3(.1 da) of
December, ISIS.

ALvr. iIEW Woof), Mayor."
At s.A. ~;dock yesterday evening', E4ton
complete.' 1062 wiles, at which time h►r was pro,
teediug with his uswi vigour, towards the corn-
'pletion of his task, which will be ttitimately ac-
complished on Treiday inornia4, !it eight o'clock.

The following is, in all respect§, an exact tran-
script of a letter, lately received by a Landlord ii
DubVn, and dated at the Sherdt's Prison :
" Dgbit 'Stk----As me selt Ives cumniin two town
yesterday miwn is I was never more astonisht or
sirprized than I wos for a mowinent whin I had the
mngt part of yore innpny In my brichsis poket and
renteanin part tide hard and fast in the tale of,
Inv-shirt thrusting to be abel to pea ii sow "ninth.
at•leist when upp comes a feller wid a staf and
&aired mesel to go wid bin!. for that 1 was his
plisner he keys sail he vow o ntc munny the divil
a beapurth e evor I had *id hint awl the
deays of my xistins but bee serail tnr. Fathur had rt
not that nanne was on an it wid do as well the
hole det is only 101 b: and if a Ina me out or gowr
ba:e I will give me CQW and ax any won in the bole
country, if I amn t a honest man and all the mutiny
I• have owl u, r. ped I hop yew conic for I ant
the -than that dren youre stones from t e
tnouu-
tatie wid billy Ledwidg hig,mewul s DO now more
at retina tell.deth,

" BARTLY F.IGIN."

THE MICE AND THE Ca•rnoucks.—Aceremotry
which.perhaps might have been very good in the
15th century, hut•which one is astonished to find
in our enlightened age, has been performed this
week in the Catholiek diz,tritts about Basle. A
solemn. malediction and excommunication, has
been pronounced against the mice guilty of coin.
minting depredations in the fields. We shall not
fail to acquaint our readers of this anaftema, and
of the ftm:.:ession H ,tl:7 :tave produced.—( Gazette
de Lunstione. Dec.

SMITH tor LLD' Dec. -2).--This day's Market had but a mid-
dling supply of prime Beasts, and the slew of Cattle in ge-
neral was not considerable ; Beef and Mutton were cheaper ;
Veal was dearer ; Pork sold at last price ; and the trade, fur
the most.prtrt, was to!cra!sly g,uod. The sales in the Hay-
ket were somewhat lively ; '.over has dropped in price;
Httv arid St.- int fetched last it: icesi
:DISTRESSING ACCIDENT..-.-A _distressing acci-
dent took phce.on Saturday se'nnight, as the de-
tach ;nem of the North York. Militia were fear-
ing Stafford forLiehtieid :—AS one of the hag-
gage %vaggohi was pissing by the Hough, with
several of the soldiers' wives sitting on the gear-
ing, the frame- of the gearing broke, and several
womefileTl. Among these was the respected wife
of serjeant Watson, with her first and infant
child at tier breast. She was encumbered with a
soldier's cloak, and fell with her head betweeu
the fore and hind .wheels, when the wheel going
over her head, crushed it 111 a manner too shocking
to be described, and caused her immAiate death.
She had held the child so fi: in to Tier breast in the
fall, that it was taken tip without having sustain-
' ed any Coconet's iiiquest sat on the
bode, and rer,,rned a vtmfict of accidental J)ecrth.
F;FiCti!eident at Lochend, near Ed:;;burgh.—
Ve regfey td inetit.on, oti iStLi
while several young gentlemen' were
anorsiog- themselves tvith skating upon Lochend,
. the iee gave way, and several -of them were preci-
pitated into the :merciless 'element. Lieutenant
GotiELAY, Royal Navy, instantly fired with
the hope of saving the lives of the unfortunates,
Wronged into the water, and, having -succeeded in
recovering three -of them, attempted, as a last ef-
fort, the fourth (ItoattaT, the son of Bailie HAD-.
DAWA Y , Leith), but, melancholy to relate, both
*milt, to rise ho more, Every exection, was im-
titediat4 made to discover the bodies, which un-
fortunately did.no: succeed till too:late to restore
animation. Lieutenant Jouri GOURLAY, Royal.
Navy, was the only son of Captain. GOURLAY,
Royal Navy, Gayfield-square, and hut, returnel
from the service of his country to the bosom of
hisiriends about two months ago.
HATToie Gattoini.—On Satorday,-Mr.
.21fackenrot,who is charged with iorging bids to
the amount of many thou-sand potoids, oo,:ervent
his f nil examination, Mr. ALLEY, wild a ineared as
his counsel, requested Mr. Briggs, the soticitor for
the prosecution, to give tip the papers seized at his
house hi Gower-street, as they contained matters
necessary Air his defence, with which it would
be otherwise impossible to proceed. Mr. Briggs
replied that the papers we:c of the utmost
im-
portance towards carrying on the prosecu-
tion : he must, therefore, retain them in his pos-.
session. Mr. Alley said that time papers could aot
legally detained, and instanced the case of WAks;
adding that. Mr. Mackenrot ought to bring an
sacitdioline would
hazard
r against Mr. Briggs. The latter
a
the consequences °filet ention.
The papers were so extremely voluminous, that
it would occupy a person ten days in examining
them. They, would probably he the means of- im-
plicating many other persons in the prisoner's
guilt. lie was then committed to Nenate fur