Star.
London, England, 1822-12-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCP,.

BETTING AT TA'

8 to 1 agst Col. Udny's c. by
Orville, out of Emily
9to 1 agst D. of Grafton's
Talisman, by Soothsayer
12 to 1 agst 14 Jersey's c. by
Phantom out of Web

6 to 1 agst Zaida (taken)
8 to 1 agst sister to &ilor

11 to 1,. ags t Sherwood

5 to 9 apt Moses
4. to l apt Swap

COURSING.—TIATCHETT LANE.
stt.vaa car.
Captain Hodges's Fan beat Mr. Adams's Flora.
Mr. Wingrove's Student beat Mr. Groves's bl. b.
Major Hodgkinson's Glory beat Mr. Gee's br. d.
Mr. Botsverie's Phil beat Mr. Groves's wb. d.
Mr. Brown's wh. b. beat Mr. Hall's br. b.

Mr. Horn's Clara beat Mr. Jones's Copy.

Student beat Clara ; Fan beat Glory ; and Phil beat the wh. b.
In the second tie Clara won the Cup.
HUNTING.
The Knoa's Hounds will meet on Friday, at Longford.
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Sir John Cope's Fox,hounds meet on Thursday, ;t the New
Inn, Heckfield Heath ; Friday,' at White Hill ; Saturday, at
Watford Wood.

The Surrey Union Fox-hounds meet
Village; Saturday at Effinghtm Turnpike gate.
The Chobham Harriers meet to-shorrow, at Knap Hill; Fri-
day, at the Fully.
The East Essex Fox-hounds meet on Thursday, at Nloynes.
The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet to-morrow, at Two-
mile Ash : Friday, at Happersford Turnpike.
Sir F.. Smythe 's Fox-hounds meet on Friday, at Condover
Hall.

~ at Ewhurst

Sir R. Puleston's Fox-hounds meet on Monday. the 9th, at
Carden ; Wednesday, the 11th, at Urn Bridge ; and Saturday,
the 14th. at Penley Chapel. .
The Chirk Harriers meet on Saturday ; Tuesday, the 10th,
at Romer's Wood; Friday, the 13th, at Serpent ; and Tuesday,
the 17th, at Seifton Forest.
The crack pack of hounds belonging to William lokatcher,
Rsq. of Wackland, threw off on Rowborough Down, on Mon-
day se'nnigbt, and put up a hare which ran two hours and 17
minutes, and died about ten yards before the hounds. When
taken up It was as stiff as if it had been dead several hours.
Snarwszowr Hurrr.—The weather during last week was fa-
vourable for the sports of the field, but foxes were tuber scarce;
consequently the sport was not so good as could have been wished.
The Ball-room on Thursday exhibited a splendid assemblage of
the rank, beauty, and fashion of the county.

PEDESTRIANISM.

A snap, of the name of Edward Miller, a porter, whom we
never heard of before as a Pedeitrian, proposed, a few days ago,
to undertake to walk 54 miles, in 14 hours a day, for four succes-
sive days. The offer was accepted by a high character in the
fancy.; and on Saturday night the stakes were made good, being
fur the amount ofX2O a side. The ground fixed on was 12 miles
to and fro on the main Romford road ; and yesterday morning
Miller commenced his arduous undertaking, precisely at five
o'clock, starting from the Crown and Barleystow, Gray's Inn-
lane, and performed the ground, arriving at the Pigeons, Strat-
ford, in good style, 1 hour and 13 minutes within the given
time. This morning he again started, at the same hour, quite
fresh, and finishes, as per agreement, coming over the stones,
(as Townshend did in his Brighton match) every other day, at
Gray's Inn-lane at night. Miller is a well-made man, and likely
to make a noise in the world as a Pedestrian. Betitng yesterday
was 2 to 1 against bins, and to day only 6 to 4.
Wright, who undertook to walk from Gray's Inn-lane to Bal-
dock and back, a distance of 75 miles, for three successive days,
completed his arduous task on Saturday, in the following man-
ner :—He started on Friday, his last day, at 35 minutes past
12 o'clock, and arrived at Stevenage a quarter before ten at night,
when, after taking refreshment, he went to bed, and slept until
a quarter before one; he then proceeded to Baldock, where he
arrived at half-past two o'clock oa Saturday morning; he inane-1
diately returned back, and got to Stevenage at four, and Barnet
at nine, where he rested twenty minutes and took breakfast : he
arrived in town, in seeming good health and spirits, precisely at
twelve minutes before twelve o'clock, thus winning his match,
lamidst the acclamations of the populace, who greeted him with
three cheers. This poor fellow, it seems is a man of industrious
habits, and a tailor by trade ; but having in the early part of his
life been a soldier, and in Egypt, where he caught a complaint,
not unusual in that country, in his eyes, be is rendered totally
unqualified to procure a livelihood by the business he was brought
up to; and it apposes, from the advantage of good health, in-
dustry, and perseverance, he endeavours to support himself and
a family of six children by his efforts in pedestrianism. After
Wright's return on Saturday last, a young man of pedestrian
notoriety presented himself at the sign of the Crown and Barley
Mow, in Gray's Inn-lane, where there was a picked assemblage
of Wright's friends, enjoying themselves beer a sparkling bowl,
in consequence of their victory, and challenged to walk Wright
any distance, for whatever sum he thought proper to name.
This preposition came rather unexpectedly, and it came too from
a well-known good one on the road. However, after some chaf-
ft.m on both sides, a match was made, and they finally agreed to
walk together a distance of forty-eight miles a day, for four suc-
cessive days. To-morrow morning they will start from Cray's
Inn-lane, and walk twice to the twelfth mile stone on the Bar-
net road and back. They are to stake and draw £lO on each
day's journey, and the first comer in at night to be entitled to it.
ARCHERY.
The shooting for the Goose Medal, by the Royal Company of
Archers, at Edinburgh, was formerly a cruel sport. An unfor-
tunate goose was enclosed in turf, in such a manner that only
one eye was exposed, which was required to be shot through by
the victor, who carried off the goose as his prize, and became cap-
min of butt-shooters for the year. The practice now is, to shoot
at a small glass globe, fixed in the centre of the mark at the
butts, and the first who hits and breaks it is the winner. The
only part of the old practice now' in use, is, that a goose is served
up at dinner, which it is the duty of the captain of butt-shooters
to carve. We have already stated that the medal this year was
won by Job Cobin Wilson, Esq. W.S. The number of shooters
present was greater than has been known for many years past.
EATlNG.—Saturday night a person ate; at a public-
house in Kendal,a quarter of mutton,weighing 1311bs.
and a proportionate quantity of potatoes, &c.

LONGSVITT.—LateIy died, in the commune of Beauphy, in
Frances powlantta &PAMIR, aged one hundred and eight years
and fifteen days. He never was sick, and was, from Ith great
age, an object of veneration to all the country.
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MINING larzwozwcz.—Yhe Copper thes sold at
Truro on Thursday, 1847 tons—standard 0191.75.
Copper Ores for sale nest week at Itedruth, 2019 tons.