The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-20 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

FOOT RACE FON ONE HUNDRED SOVENEIONS.— Yes- I
terday afternoon an assemblage of upwards of 1,0,11 per-
sons congregated on Lord's Cricket Ground, St. doho's
Wood, to witness J. Shephard, the celebrated Yorkshire
pedestrian, and Monsieur Qrandserre, the French veloci-
pede, run ten miles against each other, for a wager of fifty
tovereigns aside. A circle of ground was staked, round
which the pedestrians'were to turn thirty times before the
completion of the ten miles. At seven minutes past six
o'clock the runners started, Monsieur G. taking the lead.
Shephard, however, before the completion of the first
round, went a-head, and continued to 1;04; an his opponent
in such admirable style th4i; 4; the conclusion of the twen-
tieth touod ho left• him a
.half mile in the real,.. The
race, at tlds period, became exceedingly interesting, Shep-
hard doing as he liked with the Frenchman, occasionally
stopping to take some wine and water, which the latter
perceiving, he exerted himself to the utmost, And went
a-head about 50 yards. The Yorkshireman thee,; ju ase the
phrase of Mr. Leech, his hacker, "tool; cr;ght,'' end showed to
the iarittnatae,nl;ist eas,,„sersibla?:e :;;la wontierful strength, by passing
his n
ith the rapidity of lightning. At the ter•
ed
decld.
aring
r.nlitastuhertiininbigs plientro,ittlfoei:sfB,,tipi lle:eerPhns
opi;pnareorisal4c4:NEiv, proceeded
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tibht
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nined
ly
ty
tunes.
Air. Leech, the hacker of the Yorkahireman,
ohearing
the dispute, immediately went to his man and
informed I,iaa of the circumstance, which Shephard no Boone'
heard, than out of Fed he jumped, ran out of the house, and
proceeded round the circle for the thirty-first time, and
before his opponent 11:1 completed his twenty-ninth round,
thus winning the match in a truly 4nanful manner. The
Tlaindtions of the immense crowd that greeted Shephard
on his entering the house, were beyond deser;ptiom.

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HOUSE OF LORDS„Auirli,ll7:7"'
The LORD CHANCELLOR, V:ift' LirdStiXtrY and
the Earl of SHAFTEsEHRY, met at four o'clock as

Commissioners, and gave the Royal Assent to Mr.
Canuing's Pension Act Amendment Bill, the Sur-
plus Ways-and Means Bill, the Staines' Bridge, and
several other 'Private .Bills. Their Lordships then
adjourned, and the Honse met again at five o'clock.
The Land Tax Commissioners Bill-was read a
third time, the London Decks a second time, and
several others.

Lord CLIFDEN presented a . petition, praying-
their Lordships to compel the Trustees to render
Account of certain Charities in Kffitenny, and carry
the trusts of the founder into execution. The
Charities were 13 in number, founded in 1818, by
Joseph Evaus, of Kilkenny, w.ho it his de-
cease left property to support "thetin, amounting
to 1800/. a year. They were for tbe benefit of very
poor persons, and the petitioners 'felt it most im-
portant to have the as.ministration duly executed.
The Trustees were the Dean of Ossory, Mr. Rowe,
Mi. Shaw, the Rector of St. Mary, and the Vicar of
St. John's. Though the petitions might revert
to the Court of Chancery, yet the Noble Lord,
with great deference to the Noble Lord on the wool-
sack, would rather advise any man to thrust his
hand into rj. furnace than his head into the Court of

Chancery. (Great laughter.) It was an awful
thing to enter within the portals of the Court of
Chancery. It could not be doubted that the three

Rev. Gentlemen to whom he alluded were men of

honour and integrity ; yet some men were shy in
either bringing their conduct, or allowing it to be
brought, before the public. Such persons, however,
►oust understand that there existed such a thing as
the Press now a days—the omnipotent Press—
(Hear, hear)--and that, when public statements
were once made, individuals subsequently found
themselves under the necessity of obeying public opi-
nion. It might be said that this petition had been pre-
sented from spite, but no such feeling influenced the
petitioners. The three highly respectable black coats
said they had no person to render an account to.—
He (the Noble Lord) however, joined with the pe-
titioners in hoping their Lordships would compel
them to render an account, in some shape and by
some means or other, in order that the charities might
not be lost and the property sink into priVate
estates. He moved that the petition should lay
upon the table.
The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped the Noble
Lord would allow the prayer of the petition to he
read, which was done accordingly.
Lord COLCHESTER called the attention of

the House to the nature of this petition. It
was, in point of fact, to correct the alleged
abuses in charity property, and he had no
doubt their Lordships would readily agree ►with him
that this was by no means the proper form- fol:
bringing forward such a petition, but that thO
Court below was the most fit place to' look to
for redress. During his experience in Parliament.
which he was sorry to say was considerable, he had
seen many petitions of this kind brought before it ;
but on all occasions, without exception, witc>n the,
irregularity was pointed out by any Member,
such petitions had been withdrawn; cat• if not with-
drawn, immediately rejected by the House. The Nobl,
Lord therefore hoped that the Noble Vi-.count who
had presented this► petition, would see the propriety
of withdrawing it ; if mot, he should feel it his dttt;•
to press their Lordships to reject it, as wholly ileKr,
to be received by that House.
Lord CLIFDEN had no doubt that the object
of the petitioners would be now accomplished, inas-
much as he had had the opportunity of making the
public statement he had made, and under such cir-
cumstances, particularly as there seemed to he a
doubt respecting the regularity of the petition, he.
consented to withdraw it.
Lord KING presented a petition from the Catho-
lics of Ireland, stating that by the existing laws they
were deprived of tilling Corporate offices to the
number of 2,500, and praying for admission to such
offices for the future.

The Earl of LIMERICK, in the absence of In-:
Noble and Learned Friend, the late Lord Chancel-
lor for Ireland, moved the second reading of the
Bill for protecting purchasers for valuable consi-
dertnion in Ireland against judgments not revived
or redocketed within a certain time. The object of
the Bill 'vas to provide that within five years after tiw'
passing of this Act, all judgments which had not
been received, ar upon which interest had not been
paid for the lust 20 years, should be considered
satisfied:
Lord CLIFDEN supported the Bill. He said
that from some cause or other a great. number
of judgments affecting property in !reified were still
to be found on the rolls of the Court, although they
had long since been satisfied. This circumstance
deterred many English gentlemen from purchasing
Irish property, as they did not wish to meddle with
estates upon which they appeared to be Mettle-
braAn
fcteesr,
aalftehlovulgrlot
rds form the Awiearrt:niiosnoe.i.
s'A
BURY, the Bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed on Monday.
On the motion of Lord 'MELVILLE, the Pi•,-
petty in India Bill, was read a second time, and, on
the moon of the same Noble Lord the House was,
ordered fo be summoned for to-morrow.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a
petition praying that facilities might be afforded for
procuring subjects for anatomy; and also a petition
from several places in the county of Galway, pray-
ing for a repeal of the Bill limitinci the number of
mall-notes.
The Marquis of CLEVELAND presented a pe-
tition from Stockton anti Launceston, praying for
the Abolition of Slavery.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a peti-
tion from some place in Nottinghamshire, for the
repeal of the Bill limiting the circulation of Ti. notes.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
the amendments made by the Commons in the Law:
of Evidence Bill were agreed to.
OFFENCES AGAINST THE PErtsop;.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE move;( the Or-
der of the j),ay for taking into consideration the
amendrueuts made by the Commons in the Bill for
consolidating th(laws relative to Offences against
the Person. In doing this, the Noble Marquis
stated that he meant to call their Lordships' atten-
tion to the amendineutai of importance which had
been introducedi of the verbal amendments, of
which 'the7e were also many, he should say nothing.
The first amendment to which he should refer re-
lated ro the attempt to commit murder. When the
Bill was introdneid,. he had proposed to specify and
describe sockatteuipts, but at the suggestion of a
Noble Lord opposite, a more general form of words
had been introduced. The Commons, however,
had adverted to the original design, aed had intro-
duced into the Bill a distinct specification of these
attempts. lie saw no objection to the specification,
supposing it advisable that one should be made, f,,l*
it seemed as complete as could be made. The
cond ameudment was one which would be found at
page 19 of the Bill, but he would not mention it.
further, than to say, that such a provision had been
found necessary, and he was disposed to agree to it,
The third was, he thought, the most important. Att
went to give a
power to two Magistrates in eases ot'
assault, to settle the matter without sending the
parties to the Quarter Sessions or the Assizes. It
was intended to give relief to poorer classes .of per-
sons who, under the present state of the law, were
very often left without redress, It gave to the 111a-
gistrates no power beyond that they now possessed
in cases of civil injury, and he apprehended less evil
from their having such power in cases of assault,
than in cases of civil injury. He had felt anxious
himself to introduce such a clause into the Bill, but
was prevented by obvious reasons, and he, there-
fore, had great satisfaction in proposing. that their
Lordships should agree to the amendments.
The Earl of MA LMESBURY had great doubts
as to the propriety of increasing the discretionary
power to the Magistrates, both as she Mugktrate4

it

themselves were concerned, and as the people were
concerned. As a Magistrate he had first to deter-
mine whether the case was cognizable under the
Act, and as there were many exceptions, this was
not easy; secondly, if there was a conviction, there
was no appeal. He would not, however, oppose the
Amendment, though he doubted its expediency. In
case of an acquittal also, the Magistrates were to
give the accused party a certificate that he had been
acquitted, which was to be a bar against further
prosecution, and there was no form of a certificate
annexed to the Bill, as he thought there ought to be.
This would create, he was afraid, difficulty and
embarrassment. _ _

Lord COLCHESTER supported the Amend-
ment. _

Lord SKELMERSDALE also approved of the
Amendment. ,
'The question was then put upon the Amendment,
for the omission of the last letter in the word " Jus-
tices," and it was agreed to. ,
The other Amendments were also adopted; and,
on the Motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
a Message was sent to the Commons, stating the
fact.--rAdjourued.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNK 19.

The SPEAKER took the chair this day a few
minutes before four o'clock, aad we% shortly after
summoned by the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod
to attend the House of Lords.
On his return, the SPEAKER stated that the
Royal Assent had been given by Commission to
several public add private Bills.
Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a petition from
Newbury, Barks, for the abolition of West India
Slavery.

On the motion of Mr. BYNG the Amendments
made by the Lords in the Covent-gardeu Market
Improvement Bill were agreed to.
SECRETARY OF IRELAND.

Mr. PLANTA moved for a new writ for the
election of a Member to serve in Parliament
for the county of Sutherland, in the room of
Lord Leveson Gower, who accepted the office of
Chief Secretary for Ireland. The writ was ordered.
Mr. CORNETT presented a petition from
Shrevisbury, for the abolition of Slavery.
Lord WM. POULETT presented a similar peti-
tion from Stockton. Ordered to be printed.