Star.
London, England, 1823-10-17 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Mr. Marcham, of Tothill-street, Westminsrer, failed in his match
to walk seven miles in an hour for twenty sovereigns. 'The time
had expired when be was 400 p:rds from home. He did the first
three miles and a half in half an hour, but he began to get fagged
in the sixth mile.

BOXERS.
The City Amateurs were all in high spirits at Mr. Pledger's, the
Castle, Moorgate, on Wednesday night, and nothing else but sport-
ing was the theme of conversation tin " time" was called, to snake
the following articles, and post the blunt :
" Castle, Moorgate, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1823.
" Abraham Belasco and Edward O'Neil agree to fight for fifty
pounds a-side. A fair stand-up fight. In a 24-fret roped ring. Half-
minute time. To take place on Tuesday, December 30. Mr.
Jackson to name the place of fighting. An umpire to be chosen
by each party ; and a referee on the ground. Ten pounds a-side
is now deposited, and twenty pounds a-side more to be deposited
at Mr. Holt's, Cross-lane, Long-acre, on Wednesday, the sth of
November, between the hours of eight and ten o'clock in the even-
ing, or the above deposit to be forfeited; and the remainder of the
stakes, twenty pounds more a-side, to be made good at Mr. Pledger's,
Castle, Moorgate, on Tuesday, 16th of December, between the
hours of eight and ten o'clock in the evening, or the above deposits
to be forfeited. " E. O'NEAL.
Witness.—A. A. BELASCO."
The above match was made in the most gentlemanly way be-
tween the parties, and O'Neal and Belasco shgok hands together,
exchanged wishes for good health over a glass of black strap, and
toasted, " May the best man wia it !"
LENNEY AND &mast' AAR0N......& match was also made between
these boxers of the tight weigkU, for twenty-five pounds a-side. for
a second battle in the same ring in which Josh. Hudson and Ward
contend on the 11th of November. The little Jew boy was so elated
on the snatch being made, that he dummied a comic stave with so
much point and humour as to call forth loud approbation and
An ~OM

Defoe offered to do three things with any man in Ungland fur
one hundred pounds a-side; namely, to run one hundred yards or
a quarter of a mile, to throw a cricket-ball the greatest distance,
and to fight any man under eleven stone. He can be backed at
odds to win tam of the events out of three, and no great odds are
required that Defoe wins the whole of them.

SPRING AND LANGAN.
After all the gasconading and bluster, this match is not yet made,
nor is it likely that it will be. It is true that articles were drawn
up for a fight ; but there it ended, in vappur, as there is no money
staked, nor has there been since the ,ClO was withdrawn. Spring
and Cribb are at Liverpool, and the former wishes much to have
some stake down, and writes to a friend in Little St. James's-street
(who is ready to stake any sum for him), that he should be in Lon-
don in a few days, and he will accommodate any of Langan's
friends, wbo are ready for match-making.

Wednesday sennight, about half-past ten o'clock, a fire was dis-
covered in the stables of Mr. Thomas Scott, of the Black Swan
Inn, Kelso, situated in the Horse Market, in which were two of
the horses engaged to run there, naively, &r Henry and White Rue.
With great di/ficulty the horses were got out of the stable, and Sir
Henry was so little injured as to be able to run the same day; but
we understand the filly was considerably injured. By great exer-
tions the fire was confined to the stable where it originated, which,
however, was totally consumed.