Star.
London, England, 1824-05-29 00:00:00

GRAND FOOT RAC!.

Thursday, the long talked of match hi tween I lAton and Ashton,
for 200 sovereigns, took place on Do:teas:yr tee-ground ; the race
was twice round the Course, nearly Intr mihrt, and at a little after
one they started. For neatly the whole of the first round Ashton
led the way, with Halton close at his heels, and when they came
nearly to the end of the first round, I Litton passi.d him, but Ashruu
again made play, and soon headed hint fur a Shan space ; Halton
then sprung forward and dteided the race, as Ashton, after a fruit-
' less zttrtnapt to gain the lead, gave in. i falcon cuininutd oit nearly at
the Fame rate, and went over the whole of the gruuud in 20 minutes

'fan GREEKS.—On the 13(11 01 Apt il, the following
Ploclamation wac published at Corfu, by order of the
Senate, and with the approbation of the Lord High
Commissioner :

" Epirus, the Peloponnesus, and several islands in the Archipe-
being.still in a state of insurrtt:tinn and war, the President and
Senate of the United States of the Tonisn Islands solemnly declare
their neutrality, and their firm resolution not to take part in any
manner in the contest. All lonian subjects are duly warned not to
allow themselves, either by land or sea, to act in favour of either of
the belligernit parties.--Another Proclamation prohibits every fo-
reigner who shall he secretly connected with the Insurgents or the
Turks from residing in the lonian I,lands.—aerrnan Paper.
A letter from Fogllan, the capital of the province of
Fo-kien, in China, dated the ‘,22d of Januat y, 1823,
contains the following passage :
" Even into this empire have attempts been made to introduce
secret societies of Freemasons, under the name of The Society of
Heaven and Earth; but as soon as the Emperor was inlormed of
the circumsiauce, he caused the members to he arrested and severely
punished, destroying the very house hi which :hey leeld their meet-
ings. A similar associalloll was afterwatds dct,cted in :he Western
Provinces, under the name of The Triple Alliance. 01 this Abu Lhe
members were seized and breught to pu n ish m t. "
AN INTEnEsriNe: RELIC.—'vVe have seon an ancient
medal,
.or coin, 0: namented with jewels, brought re-
cently from St. Christopher's, by Captain Collin, of the
schooner Fish-ha..vk. was notchase'd by him of one
of die descendants of Pcnderell, to whom it was pre-
sented by Chatles 11. as a valuable token of his grati-
tude for certain protection afforded by him to that
Ptince, when endeavnuting to clitt his escape in ells-
guise ftom England, in the year 1648. It consists of a
gold coin 01 Ferdinand 11. el:Led 1638, surrounded by
a row of sixteen tuilliants, e..chased in silver, enriched
with blue enamel, and bearing the motto " Usque ad
aras jidclis." The reverse is also enamelled, and the
jewel is intended to be worn as an ornament ta the
person. Its value is estimated at three hundred
Bogen Evening Gazette.
The excavations at Pompeii continue with activity.—
Two statues of bronze have been recently dh.coveted,
which appear to have been eque.atian figllt but tl.e
horses belonging to them have i.ot yet been found.—
Four hundred Austrian soldiers ate daily employed in
creating out the net.sly-discovered soca leading to
vpo.
ENGINE SILK WEAVERS.—WeJnecday night last,
isnisumit to adjournment, :t Meeting of the En6ineStllc
Weavers took
place :it the Red Lion, Phasinx-street,
Spitalfields, for the purpose of takiug into consideration
the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons
having for its object
the repeal
n
.Sopyv iti l't was resolved that it Alould
yand
be signed by the Committee on the part of theWeavet
cardingl agreed ta, trtil tblides them,
Acts.
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A Petition was as-

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