The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-13 00:00:00

MATCH AGAINST TIME.

On Thursday bets to a considerable amount were decided by
the performance of a feat unequalled, we suppose, in colonial
annals. Lord Jocelyn, of the Rifle Brigade, had undertaken
to walk seven miles, to ride from Halifax to Windsor and back
with one change of horses in seven hours, and to walk a
a mile after his return to town, all on the same day. His
Lordship performed his seven miles, and started for Wind-
sor at about a quarter before nine in the morning, roads
heavy after rain. At half-past three in the afternoon, a large
assemblage of persons collected in the vicinity of the North
Barracks, expecting his return. When it wanted but a few
minutes of the time, intelligence arrived that the horse had
broken down about a mile from town, and that it had just been
bled, as a means of enabling the creature to finish its task.
Fears were now entertained for the success of the rider, and
regrets were expressed that he should lose on the very verge
of victory, but he was soon discovered leading and partially
dragginc, along his exhausted and bleeding horse, while a
couple of men, helped to support and urge it forward. He
arrived at the place appointed, the corner of the Barrack-offices,
within his time, having about a minute and a half to spare.
Very loud congratulations hailed his hardly won triumph.
Immediately Lord Jocelyn resigned the reins, and proceeded
along Brunswick-street to do his mile. This he accomplished
apparently with perfect ease. Having concluded he ran a-head
of his noisy attendants, mounted a fresh horse, and gallopped
to his quarters. Windsor Inn is reckoned to be 45 miles from
town, so that, for a continuance of seven hours, 1.21 miles an
hour, on heavy roads were performed. The rider was a tall
and rather heavy young man.
Since the above was in type, we have received the fol-
lowing " Halifax, Oct. 31, 1834.

Vis—count Jocelyn's match to ride from Halifax to Windsor
and back again, a distance of 90 miles in seven hours, on two
horses, and to walk eight miles, both to be performed in ten
hours, was accomplished on Thurplay by his Lordship in
gallant style, notwithstanding the badness of the roads, which
were heavy odds against him. He rode fourteen stone.
His Lordship started at seven o'clock, walking seven miles
in an hour and thirty minutes. He then changed his dress,
and was ready mounted to start for Windsor at a quarter
before nine.

h. In.

h. m.
From Halifax to Pence's 1 38
Pence's (where he changed horses) to Mrs. Wilcox's
Windsor
Hay at Windsor
From Windsor to Pence's
Pence's to Halifax
Thus winning with three minutes to spare, and then walked
the last mile, accomplishing the match within nine hours.—
Haly'ax Paper.

THE TURF IN BELGIUM.—At a meeting of tne
Society for Improving the Breed of Horses in Belgium, hcid
at Brussels on Saturday last, one of the members informed the
meeting, that he was authorised by the Duke of Orleans to
state that if horses bred in France were allowed to be entered
at the Brussels races against Belgian horses. his Royal High-
ness would attend the Brussels races, accompanied by some of
the most distinguished members of the turf in France, all of
whom would run horses ; and in return Belgian horses should
be allowed to be entered for the plates in the Champ de Mars.
—Belgian Journal.

EDINBURGH, FEB. 7.—Last Wednesday a novel
and daring theft was committed in the Parliament-house, by
abstracting from the Councillors' boxes several valuable briefs
and other bulky papers, for the purpose of selling them to
tobacconists. Some of the records have been traced by the
police in snuff-shops, and restored in a dilapidated condition
to the learned owners. As this flagrant depredation has been
committed in the Temple of Justice itself, we presume lawyers
will have no hesitation in holding it to be a jurtunt grave.
This purloiner of processes was apprehended in Court next
day ( Thursday). —Mercury.