Star.
London, England, 1825-02-09 00:00:00

TROTTING IN THF. NORTH.

The Marquis of Huntly lately matched his hack, mare to carry
eight stone, and trot sa miles in three hours. The performance
took place between Forms and Elgin, on the Ist of February.
Owing to the known superior qualities of the whole of the Noble
Marquis's hacks, the mare was the favourite at high odds. She did
the first eighteen miles in one hour and 14 minutes, and completed
the 36 miles in two hours and 46 minutes, a performance not to be
sneered at by the trotting fancy on this side the Tweed.

PEDESTRIANISM.
Another Match at the Five Bridges was undertaken yesterday
morning, by a Mr. Williamson, as privately as it could he done. It
was made over a Bacchanalian party a week since,fur so sovereigns,
to be alone in 32 minutes, Mr. Pedley having done it on 'Sunday
morning within that time. The pedestrian did the firs' mile and
a half in eight minutes and forty seconds, went quietly up the steps
at Waterloo-bridge, passed through the wicket-gate, and travelled
along the bridge (rather less than a quarter of a mile) in a minute
and six seconds. Here the pedestrian, instead of going through
the Temple, took the route of Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, Doctors'
Commons, and Labour-in-vain-hill, along the Southwark-bridge.
that of Blackfriars having been avoided in the match. The pedelf-
trian completed the match on the City side of London-bridge
ha 31 minutes 48 seconds. Some consider it would have been easier
to have gone along Black friars.

The Marquis of CIIANDOS, during the last week, entertained s
distinguished party of friends at Wotton, who, in their shooting
excursions, killed 236 head of game in one day. A cart was se*
by his Lordship to Aylesbury, loaded with pheasants, hares, ice.
which were distributed as presents to several respectable inhabitants
of the town.

CORN EXCHANGE, MAI2K-LA NE, FEB. 9.
The arrivals of Grain in general this week are moderate. Prime
Wheat is scarce at* sells well at !Monday's prices, in other sorts

there is scarcely any business doing. Barley does not sell freely •
at the late advance. Beans and Peas fully maintain last quota-
tions. Oats remain at Monday's terms, hut there is not much
trade for that article. The 'Flour trade Is still extremely dull..

Arrivals this week—English Wheat, 6500 quarters : Barley,
1500 quarters; Oats, 7200 quarters; Foreign Wheat 950 quarters;
Barley, 3250; Oats, 2200 quarters; Flour, 5100 sacks.

-The RECORDER makes his Reputtto the KING in

Council, at two o'clock this day, at Carlton Palace, of the convicts
tried at the December Sessions at the 014 Bailey.
...Yesterday, information was received at the 31ansinn-hbirse, that
two parcels, containing 5E2,040 in Bank-notes, had been stolen on
the preceding day, out of Newman's Gravesend coach. Notwith-
standing the great losses sustained by the carelessness of bankers,
the plans of the London gangs are still as profitable as ever, to the
speculators in stage-coach robberies. In this case there was no
blame attributable to those who transmitted /lie notes. They exactly
followed the directions of the bankers, whose notes are thus, pro-
bahly, thrown into a second circulation: At a little after one o'clock
on Monday, a parcel, directed to Messrs. Brenchley and Co. Graves-
end, containing £1,403, In country notes, was delivered to the
coachman of the Gravesend coach, and another parcel, directed to
Messrs. Milian, Twiss, and Co. Gravesend, eortaining £640, also
in country notes, was likewise put into his care, with orders per-
sonally to give them into the custody of the two houses. The first
parcel was transmitted by the house of Williams and Co. of Birchin-
lane, the second by that of Sir J. Perrin& The coachman at the same
time was well acquainted with the contents of both parcels. He im-
mediately proceeded to the yard of the Bull Inn, Leadenhall-street,
where his coach was, and deposited the parcels in a box con.
structed as the depositary of valuable property, under his own seat.
He then double-locked the box, and put a padlock over the first lock,
so that he fancied all the efforts of the thieves, particularly as he bad
to go so short a journey, would be ineffectual. Having thus pre-
pared himself for the worst, he went into the inn to have a little
refreshment, after which he collected his passengers, and drove off
to Gravesend, supposing that all was safe. Upon his arrival, when
he went to open the box, be found that some good-natured fellow
had saved him the trouble. Both locks had been wrenched open,
sand both parcels had been removed. The coachman, upon putting
in his hand, found nothing but the padlock, which the thief left in
order to prevent any unnecessary expense, as the repair of the old
article would lost less than a new one. When the houses at Graves.
end heard of the robbery, they immediately sent off intelligence to
Lendon, and as the numbers of the stolen notes were known, and
handbills were Immediately put in circulation in Gravesend and I*
neighbourhood, there are some hopes entertained of the recovery
•prapetty