Star.
London, England, 1825-01-05 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Mr. U. Abernethy completed his Herculean labour through all
the Lite inclement weather of going on foot gda miles in tiet days,
for 20 sovereigns. He reached Wandstord, In Lincolnshire, au
Saturday night, but mach reduced and lame.

The whole of the remaining duties on salt ceased
to•day,abenefit which will be felt by all classes ofsocietT.

At Vienna a café has lately beep opened, of which
the furniture, lamps, locks, frames for the journals, and
ornaments of the billiard tables are of massive silver.

BEIDGEWATIM—The Brethren of the Lodge of Per.
petwal Friendship assembled on Monday at their Ledge
room, the Lamb Inn, to celebrate the Festival of Si.
John the Evangelist. The Provincial Grand Master,
and a great number of Brethren were present. After
the installation of the Master, and the other business of
the day had been gone through, the Brethren partook
loran excellent dinner provided by Brother Geo. (trate,
and the evening was spent in harmony and conviviality.
' Sentence of Death was recorded against Heodersoa
and Briscoe, two men of the 17th Lancers, at the
Sandwich Sessions, on Thursday last, for robbing Cap-
tain Scott, of the above Regiment, of plate, wearing-
apparel, and other articles to a considerable amouut,
at Deal Barracks, last October.

Early on Friday morning, the premises of Mr. Har-
rison, at Cresmill, near Maidstone, were discovered to
be on fire. Every dispatch was used in forwarding
engines to-the spot, but they arrived too late to be of
service; a barn and two lodges 'were consumed; to
with their contents: the property was insured.
The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by the
carelessness of 'fa work-boy taking a candle from his
lantern in the barn.
There were four North American Indian Chiefs at
Moorfields Catholic Chapel, on Christina:-day. One of
them is a King of one of the back settlements. They
came in a carriage provided for them by Government,
and on entering the Chapel, they knelt down among
the poor, until they were discovered by the attendants
at the Chapel, when they were shewn into a sect in
the gallery. .
Formerly it was a mania) that a young woman should
'never be married until she had spun herself a set .4
body, table, and bed-linen. From this custom, all un-
married women were termed spinsters, an appellation
they stilt retain in all law proceedings.
The whale on being struck by the harpoon, often
descend% to the depth of 800 fathoms, at which depth
the pressure on its body exceeds the weight of silty of
the largest ships of the British navy, when manned,
provisioned, and fitted for a six months' cruise —Cap-
tabs. Scoresby.
The only remaieing. Gate of Exeter (Broad-gate) is
now being pulled down. A prophecy, said to be one
,of Mother Shipton's, has currency among the natives;
the following is its substance
When Evan loses its last Gam
The Chamber Kum will meet its fate,"

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