Star.
London, England, 1815-10-21 00:00:00

PE L VISMIeI A IS :'f.

rfLiorce, Itisci:i.ster pedestrian, started at
usual spot on -I:uesd•y morning, at three o'clock.
tnd completed twelve o,d a half miles hiS ire break.
last ; he felt great inconvenience fiorn his teal, attJ
was twder the necessity of retitin4 at a quarter f,a t
Agin o'clock at night, mak•nst only 46 miles. Weil.
-tesday morning he re,unied his im:tettaking at a
vaster past two. and conviet.d twelve and a Half
4:1..s before breakfast ; his ic..t note' recovared
loin the.attention of Mr. S. Is;r:wstiN, his Surgeon,
:inder whose directions he is dieted anti acts. Iv a
quarter past eight at night, he bid completed 57
miles with apparent ease. Thursday morning he put
himsilf in mo.inn at d quarter past tour, very much
inc,invenieticed from the tempestuous state of the
weather. and want of proper .hues, &c. He hal
since been properly equipped Si oinel jacket.
;hoes, &c. for the wt:.ither, and completed his Nth
ruffle last night in euclient
His statute is of a middle sir:, fivl feat, eig!'t in.
chess his age about St years. and he has spent the
greater part cf his life in hard Libros.
Mr. DYER, who took so much internst in the cele.
brated Wilson. paid him a visit net Thursday, which
put him in great spirits. Several gentl,men of dis.
tinction were also on the ground. Mr. Dtaa, re-
commends his walking with two sticks, which plan
he has adopted : his rest is not very good. H ur-
gem intended to use the warm bath last night, from
which he anticipated much benefit. A liberal sub.
scription has been opened for him on the spot, which
will enable him to receive many necessary comforts,
and he feels quite confident in completing the task.

This country is soon to have the pleasure of seeing
snme of the high personages of the Continent. The
Doke of ORLEANS arrived at Dover yesterday after-
no-in from Boulogne, and this day r.a. bed London.
The Austrian Archdukes were expected to. reach
Boulogne on Friday, and to embark this day en board
the Admiralty yacht for Dover.
The steam vessel which is to be used by Ciseram
Tooter, in proceedng on Isis discoveries in the River
Congo, in Africa, is building in Deptford dock-yard,
and every exertion making to complete her.
We understand that toe weirs oelunging to S!let.
land, and the ditiereut places in the North, and nho
are at present at Leith, destitute of ehiploymeut,
are to be immediately forwarded to their respective
homes, and that' the revenue cutters are to be em-
ployed in that service.
At the Dovei Sessions held there on Wednesday,
John Cr.aker was tried for having 1. lonionsty em-
bezz'ed 83000 in Extli.q ler Bills hom John S ickett,
late banker, at Margate. Alter a long trial, the
Jury, having retired fir about a qu a ter of an hour,
returned a verikct of Guilty, and the Rs:corona sen-
tenced him to transportation for seven vat s.—At the
&love Sessions, on Thunday, the four Gentlrmen
who were recently apprehended as vagrants, for hold.
ing the plates for the Infirmary at Margate, were
brought up, but no one appeared to Oreier any bill
of itsalictrueat i in, consequence, the Grntlernen were
unmediately discharged. •
Flom—A rye broke out in a lion.e in Frith•str:et,
Soho, last night, between ten and eleven
which partly destroyed the back part thereof, as well
as the house adjoiaiuz.
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