Star.
London, England, 1823-01-25 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

MATCU TO CANTERBURY AND BACK.—Mr. It. Abernethy, ne-
phew of the North country amateur of that name, started ab
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, to go from Westniinster-bridge
to the turnpike at Canterbury and return (111 miles) in 28 hours,
for abet of 5(1 sovereigns. Ile did six miles in the first hour,
five and a half in the seem], and six in the third, before be
halted for five minutes. He kept steadily at work; with app.
rent ease to himself, at the rate of something more than five
miles an hour, and at four o'clock, he bad done t 9 miles, and
had lain down. 6 to. 1 agst time.
• GAME.
In the streets of Brighton moor-hens, woodcocks, snipes, and.
other birds of a similar description, art daily hawked about tit-
sale, and many flocks have passed over the*town. lii the neigh.-
bouring fields too they are very abundant, a circumstance that
is probably owing to the ground being covered wish snow. A
few days since a wounded' wild goose fell down in East-street,
front a flock that was passing over the town, and was of course
easily caught by the spectators.
AIID-LOTHIAN AND PEEBLES-SHIRE CURLING.

The former challenged the latter, in the winter of 1821, bet
the frost not having afforded sufficient ice, it was only on Tun-
day, the 14th instant, that the game could he played. Fifteen
were the number of the rinks fixed en from each county, four.
teen players to each rink, and thirty-one shpts the length of the
game. The ponds at Pennycuick and Whim were the appointed
places of meeting fur deciding the match, and, after an anxious
contest, victory was declared for Peebles-shire, by no less than
sixty one shots! exclusive of thirty-one forfeited by the non-ap-
pearance of the Uuddingston rink, for reasons not known to the
unopposed Peebles rink. Nine Peebles-shire rinks were success-
ful, and five of Lothian, one of which was gained by only one
shot. This was, probably, the largEst meeting of thtl kind that
has taken place in Scotland, and was attended by many of the
Gentlemen and others of the two counties, and city of Edin-
burgh, anxiously awaiting the fate of the day.

ARTICLES or THE PEACE.—In the Court of Com-
mon Pleas yesterday, Mr. ADOLPHUS moved to ex-
hibit articles of the peace on behalf of Francis Steel,
of Oxford-street, and George Steel, his shopman,
against Phillip and John Luccas, timber-dealers, for
obstructing the exhibitaut's r• ht of way through
certain wooden gates—assaulting, abusing, and
threatening him with personal violence—taking ex-
hibitant and shopman, to the watch-house, and 'oc-
casioning alarming mobs to collect in front of exhi-
bitant's shop door, with the aid and assistance of a
watchman, of the parish of Mary-la-bonne—striking
exhibitant with an iron bar—causing his nosy to
bleed, and giving him a black eye, with divers other
bodily injuries and personal wrongs, so as to-cause
the exhibitant to confine himself to his bed, to the,
great injury of his health and danger of his life—
waylaying exhibitant at a late hour at night, after
having threatened to do for exhibitant, &c. &c. on
the night of the 11th of January inst.
Mr. ADOLPHUS stated, that this was a possession
of premises by the family of the defendant, to the
annoyance of every other neighbour adjoining. That
an indictment had been preferred by other complain-
ants against these defendants, who, having been con-
victed, still went on to offer these acts of violence in
defiance of the law.
The Court permitted the articles to be filed.
COURT OF kista's BENCH.— WILLIAMSON V. JOHN.
soN.—Mr. MARRYAT moved in this case to enter a
nonsuit. Three persons were in partnership of the
names of Ilabgood, Fowler, Dixon, and Co. Dixon
had been in the habit of indorsing bills in the name
of the firm; and the question was (after a dissolu-
tion or alteration of the firm was alleged to have
taken place), whether the issuing such bills for the pur-
pose of being discounted, was evidence of the exist-
ence of such firm, so as to sustain an action on a bill
of exchange.
The cause was tried at Guildhall, before the Lord
Chief Justice, and a verdict given for the plaintiff,
on which an objection war taken by Mr. MARRYATe
and reserved for the opinion of the Court.
Mr. Justice BEST held that very slight evidence of
the existence of the old firm would sustain the action
against the exiting partners, without binding such
original partners as had withdrawn from the exist-
ing firm.
The Court was of opinion that the verdict for the
plaintiff (who was an innocent holder) should not
the disturbed.--Rule refused.
PALACE COURT.—TURNER v. CITAPMAN.-This
was an action to recover the sum of £ll Ws. for
work done and delivered. Mr. MANGLES stated the
case, and called a number of witnesses, who proved
the order of the defendant for a pump to be erected
in his house, and a tender of £lO ;—.CI. 10s. was
charged for the wages of two men for two days in ' •
• A bet has.been offered- by a Gentleman, of 600
erecting a pump, together with the cartage ; and it
guineas to 100, that he would produce a horse that
was contended br plaintiff that the charge in general will'trot eighteeti mites in one hone.. It is said the
was moderate.
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Mr. Messmer:, for the defence, spoke at some owner of the American hiatie tak en the bet.
Tireaday night, some firocidtis animal got into a
length, and observed £lO was a fair remuneration
firr the business done; and to prove this, Witnelses field, near,Ospringe, wliere,there were some ewes for
were called, who said the pump might hive been 'early lambing,' belonging to-Mr. FRANCES PERKAWS
fixed in five or six limns, instead of two days.—A and Mr:- Jouit C'era'aissers,-stif PaVershani, and made
bricklayer said he was only three hours taking up
not known.
were either mutilated, legs broken, de owned, or killed,
terrible haro4 thehr; nearly forty of whit*
the pipe, for which he charged 4s. Inc admitted that
it would occupy much more time in putting it down. • the field presenting-a complete scene Of.staughtet,
Mr. MANGLES replied, and observed, that if the The dog, supposed to have committed 'aepreda-
bricklayer charged at the rate of lfis. per'day,'his esday What ht a:811 '%w gietA
tion, was seen ronning'alean• hot is
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client's charge in conoparison Must be very. mode- nest, where a tees aid S.: Taatt.od
rate. The Jury would also recollect, dud a than the fire. The woman Caught the birtrittal plAtti it .tu
might destroy in one beim. Whit would take days to where another skylark was kept, aninhie pier ammo be uweg:
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