Star.
London, England, 1822-10-29 00:00:00

FOOT RACE.

Monday se'nnight a foot-race was run at Marple, in Cheshire,
between a man of the name of Berry, from Saddkworth, and
another of the name of Robert Harrop, from New Mills. The
ground chosen was from near the Bull's Head Inn to Marple
Hall gate, along the turnpike road, and through the most popu-
lous part of the vi:lagc. Harrop ran in a state of complete
nakednesq, though no less than 2000 persons, of both sexes, were
present ; and, being the winner, was elevated on the shoulders
of a man, at'd carried home. The race was succeeded by a series
of battles, which continued till midnight, in various parts of the
village.
COLT RSegG.

C. RI,TSLE, OCT. 46.—0 n the 18th inst. Mr. George Bewley,
of Brackenthwaite, was requested by two friends to enter a pair
of young greyhounds: The morning being rather frosty, a hare
stole away at a great distance, and Mr. Bewley's favourite dog,
Comet, was with difficulty laid on.; when he had nearly reached
her, another hare was started by the beagle, and ran•directly in
his face. The dog pursued the first hare, turned her, brought
her past the young dogs, and finally caught her, after which he
left them to kill the hare, and pursued the second. which had
run an incredible distance; however, after a fine run, be killed
her, not ten yards from the spot where the other was killed.—
The first hare weighed 71b. 9oz. the second, 81b. Buz.
BILKING TOLL-KEEPERS.

Monday, a dashing blood, whose name is known to us, nearly
related to a late Minister of State, travelling with a retinue in
three chariots, each drawn by four horses, thought proper to
drY his superior rank by endeavouring to defraud the turn-
piigaikeepers of two gates between Carlisle and Ann..n ; driving
through, Jehu-like, without paying the tolt, in " legitimate"
contempt of those salutary laws and regulations which all men
are compelled to obey, and which no honourable man would at-
tempt to violate. The two gatekeepers in a chaise, accompa-
nied by a constable, pursued the gentleman to Dumfries, where
the Magistrates obliged him to pay the toll-rates, with all at-
tendant expenses, amounting, as we are informed, to nearly £7.
—Carlisle Journal, (kt. 26.
TRIAL OF STRENGTII.
Wednesday a man, by way of exhibiting his Ittength to se-
veral of his companions, placed his shoulder against a bleach cart,
as it was passing up Park-row, Nottingham, with intent to stop
its progress, when his foot slipped, and he fell with one leg
under the wheel, which passing over it, fractured the bone, and
was obliged to be amputated.

Some one stole Lord CHATHAM'S large gouty shoes:
his servant not finding them, began to curse the thief.
" Never mind," said his Lordship, " all the harm I
wish the rogue, is, that the shoes may fit him !"
The following Lines were, it is said, writtetrby the
celebrated Mr. Ai--E, beneath a frontispiece to a
copy of MILTON'S Paradise Lost, presented to him
by a certain Secretary, in which Satan appears in the
act of offering an apple to Eve:
" With equal good-nature, rood grace, and good blots,
a The Devil gives apples and C—t—a gives books!'

A sailor, at the battle of Trafalgar, who was ac-
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tively employed at one of the guns on the quarter-
deck of the BRITANNIA, had his leg shot off a little
below the knee, and observing an Officer, who was
ordering him to be conveyed to the cock-pit said—
" That's but a shilling touch, your Honour, an inch
higher, and I should have my eighteen-pence for it !"
alluding to the scale of pensions allowed for wounds,
which, of course, increase according to their severity. 1
The same resolute fellow, as they were lifting him on
a brother tar's shoulders, said to one of his friends—
" I say, Bob, take a look for my leg, and give me
the silver buckle out of my shoe—l'll do as much for
you another time!" .
The number of English residing at Lausanne and
its environs, at the beginning of the present month,
was estimated at 1,500. The fashionable season had
just commenced. Lady DuNnAs and her three ami-
able daughters gave the first grand Ball. The even-
ing following, Madame VAVASEVIt gave a magnifi- .
cent Ball, to which all the English were invited.
Mr. Jona KEMBLE occupies a beautiful villa, called
Beausite, adjoining the town, and bordering on the
' Lake, surrounded chiefly by vineyards; he is visited
almost daily by the most distinguished personages,
and he frequently entertains select parties.
The following paragraph, so disgraceful to the in-
habitants of Newnham, is extracted from the Kent
Herald. We give it further publicity, in the hopes
that it will meet with an early contradiction :—" Last
week, as two poor men were travelling through Newt:-
ham, one of them was takes seriously ill - his com-
panion made ineffectual applications to the neigh-
' bours and Parish Officers for relief, and, gaining none,
the poor wretch crawled to ii hovel, where, after
grievous sufferings, be expired."
A person, named Auguste-Narcisse Cuingnet charged with
the murder of his own mother, has been arraigned for the crime
before the Court of Assize at Douay. The trial lasted several
hours. The defence of the accused !rested opon ao attempt to
probe that at that time he bad fallen under the visitation of in-
sanity. A trial being had upon the spot upon this collaterailssue,'
the plea was negatived, and the Jury then found 'hint guilty of
the crime of parricide. He vtaa sentenced to be led to the square
o: Odle, with his feet naked, le his shirt, and his bend co-
tarred with a black veil, *Ere to undergo the pw44nuest of Goa
awl man'opon bis dreadful cringe.