Star.
London, England, 1824-05-20 00:00:00

TANDEM MATOH.

Captain Swann undertook his tandem match yesterday, from Il-
ford, seven miles over part of the Forest. He engaged to drive
12 miles at a trot within an hour for 100 sovereigns, and to back
his wh:""ls if he broke into a gallop. This happened only once, In
the seventh mile, which he nevertheless completed in thirtythree
minutes. On his return, the pacing together of the horses was a
picture. The match was won easily, with two minutes and six se-
conds to spare.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX MILES IN FORTY-
EIGHT HOURS.

Our information left the pedestrian West, at dusk on Monday
evening, a mile from Woodstock (67.), on his way to Bourton-on-
the-Ilill, Gloucestershire, on hi, match far 9-CO sovereigns. Ile
started at two o'clock in the morning, and reached half the distant e
at half-past eleven at night, and returned, on his way back to Chip-
ping Norton ; and after halting and taking refreshment, he tat
himself seventy-four miles to perform in rather more than the next
twenty-four hours. Ile passed through Oxford before six o'clock
in the morning, :Ind halted again at IVheatley. At Wycombe he
went to bed, and left himself twenty-eight miles to do in seven
hours. He never felt any material fatigue until he reacht d Hayes,
but having plenty of time on his hands, he reached the place of his
destination much fatigued, in twelve minutes within the thee.

The King and Queen of the SA N nwicti ISLANDS, and
their sister are now residing at OS1.01: Huta, in the Adelphf,
and by ,the singularity of that appearance, attract considerable
crowds or'spectarors. To beggars and iiincr.int musicians who at-
tract their notice from the windows, they are particularly mun.h.
cent, and tIII.OW them dollars.

The E.ul of KINUsION and Captain GEORCiE KING,
R.N. hay: arriared at Miller's Hotel, derrnyn-stteet, from Ireland.
Sir JoiiN AUBREY is arrived at his house in Upper
BroJk.street, from his ;eat in llu,:khvharnshire.

An accident, attended s% it 11 neatly serious come-
quences, happened nn Tuesday afternoon to Mr. Alderman J. J.
SMITH, who, passing through Coventegarden, chanced to place Ms
foot upon a piece of orange peel, and in the endeavour to prevent his
head being dasio.si against the wall, grasped at the iron railing near
him, one of the spikes of which penetrated his right hand, and in-
dicted a severe wound ; we are happy, however, to learn no serious
consequences are likely to arise.
This morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in
the house of Alr. Depard FAekicl, dealer in marine
stores, in the Back-road, Shadwell, which entirely de-
stroyed the whole of the stock and furniture, and did
considerable injury to the adjoining houses.
New York Papers were received yesterday to the 21st
Or. A letter from La Guayra of the With of March, received at
New York, mention! the arrival of a French man of war dispatch, d
by the Governor of Martinique, to give a_;,urauces that the French
Government entertained the most perfect frirmship towaeds Cc-
lombia. The expedition from CUba, to recapture the Spanish fri-
gate Xeres, is represented to have returned to port without having
accomplished its object.
Letters were received yesterday from Malta, dated
the 29th ult. The reports of peace with Algiers which
had been circulated there, are acertained to have been
unfounded, but the sole ground of difference understood
still to subsist, was the removal of the English Consul
who had given the original offence, which the DRY in-
sisted on, but was willing to make every other conces-
sion required of him: It is probable, therefore, that
news will shortly arrive of a final accommodation. The
ltevesrort, 74, was to tail from Malta on theist instant,
to join the sqoadron off Algiers. The CAIBRIAN fri-
gate had sailed for Tunis, &c. and several ships of war
were stationed at various points from which they could
with greater facility afford protection to the British
trade tiom the depredations of the pirates. His Bri-
tannic Majesty's sloop of war, the PANDORA, sailed
with a convoy from Malta for Gibraltar, on the 27th of
April, and on the same day she was joined by a small
fleet from Smyrna, atter which the whole proceeded
tOr the Gut. These letters confirm the accounts of the
destruction of the arsenal at Cairo by hie, and state
that it was not believed at Alexur,di ia, that the Pacha
of Epypt would take any part in the expedition against
the Greeks.
The Royalist, of London, for Quebec, was spoken with on the
Ist inst. in Lt. 44. long. 31. with less of bulwarks and main-topsail;
hat.the , ecalenhdw,
as blheaerfnikg lost. iii
thec alsu, the Abeona, of Newcastle, for Que.-
,I.hOett3Oiltilifrueltla.iiind 15.