Star.
London, England, 1822-09-07 00:00:00

MATCH TO SALISBURY.

Mr. Jenkinson, the pedestrian, started on Wednesday, front
Kensington to go to Salisbury and return to Egham, a distance
of 140 miles, in 56 hours. The pedestrian did 20 miles in the
first four hours, and halted an hour; be proceeded on, and per-
formed at the rate of nine miles in two-hours until he finished
the first quarter of his distance in ten hours. He touched on the
skirts of Salisbury in his 29th hour, fresh and well, and ho
halted two hours, and left there at ten o'clock on Thursday
morning, having 64 miles to accomplish in 27 hours. He be-
gan to get lame at Basingstoke, but he had 27 miles only to do
in 15 hours. He continued to do about three miles as hour,
which left plenty of time to rest, and he won the match with
half an hour to spare.

SWIMMING.—We copy from a German paper the
following paragraph, which, if interesting to the in-
land provinces of Germany, ought not to be neg-
lected in Great Britain, surrounded as it is by the
element in which the art can be taught and practised
with the greatest benefit :
" On the afternoon of the 24th ult. the Grand Duke of Bonne
was pleased to inspect the Swimming School of Manheim, and
to be present at the various evolutions which the troops of the
gartison performed with great precision and effect, first in the
Rhine and afterwards in the Neckar. There were many spec-
tators assembled, who highly applauded the dexterity of the
swimmers, who having placed their muskets and cartouches in
large baskets, drew them with great apparent cue segos.; the
Neckar."
EARTII-BATHING.—A few days ago, a publican
in the neighbourhood of Warrington, in Lanca-
shire, presented his maim: corpus in a field for inter-
ment, having been persuaded that such a process
would effectually cure him of a severe scorbutic com-
plaint that had long sorely afflicted him. A hole was
accordingly dug of sufficient depth to admit him in
A standing po,ition, so that his nose could be on a
level with the surface of the earth. After some deli-
beration lad entered, and suffered himself to be buried
alive, up to the ears in soil, where he remained for
laalf an hour; after which time, had it not been for
a few drams of rum, and a speedy deliverance from
this state of durance vile, •in all probability a sod
might have been placed over his head, and all the
future expenses and trouble of a funeral might have
been spared, for he would have died with agitation,
either from cold or some other cause.
DftINKING AND SLEEP! NG.— Friday se'nnight. three
frolicsome youths A the sprightly town of Stone,
StaffeJrdshire, ordered a chaise from the Bell and
Bear Inn, to take them up at an appointed house to
go to Stafford Races. • The driver was punctual in
his attendance, but the young Gentlemen not being
ready, ordered him to put up his horses, and in the
meantime regaled him with a proper: potation of old
Barleycorn. lhe driver fell asleep, and the amateurs
of sport took the opportunity of secretly going off to
Stafford on foot. In a few hours the driver awoke
found his new masters off, and his real master diddled
out of his profit kir the chaise. At night, one ofth&e
sons of fortune got into the Rocket coach at Stafford ;
Bacchus had not been idle, and Somnus soon fol-
lowed him. When the coach arrived at Stone, our
traveller in his turn was asleep—the landlord was in. • •
dined in his turn for a hoax. The coach was driven
on with our hero in it, who never awoke till he arrived
in Liverpool just time enough to hear the Exchange
clock strike seven. How he returned we do not
know, but we think he would not find much fault
with theOiiry.
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