Star.
London, England, 1822-12-13 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Wright, the pedestrian, who lately walked from London to
Baldock, and back, a distance of 75 miles a day, for three days,
has undertaken, for a bet of 60 sovereigns, to walk 100 miles
in 25 successive hours, between the five and six-mile stones on
the Romford road, started yesterday at four o'clock. Betting
5 to 2 in favour of time; for, considering the length and dark-
ness of the night, it is thought to be out of the power of any
man of his age to complete it, he being in his 58th year.

CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE BODIES OP

HICKMAN AND MR. ROE.

This Inquest took place at the Swan with Two
Necks, on Fii:chley Common, before the Coroner for
Middlesex, at eight o'clock on Wednesday evening.
The body of Thomas ILckman was mutilated in the
most shocking manner; no part of it was discernible
to his best friends. Air. Roe's was different. The
Coroner's Jury returned a vet diet, as to both, of
" Accidental Death."

It was proved that the proprietor of the Peter-
borough waggon, corning up to town, had a lock
cart attached behind it. The night was dark ; it was
about half-paq eight. The conduct of the men was
quite injudicious. Gas finding himself locked in the
wheel, got away in the hest way be could, by throw•
ing the vehicle up a nine-inch bank, on to a five-foot
path, the off wheel of the vehicle caught a lug,
which brought him on the waggon. Had not this
circumstance happened, from the extent of the feet-
path, five feet wide, up-in which they were, and
the near wheel being within two inches of a bank,
• they would both have been thrown into a field.—
The road was strewed with the blood of both ; they
were killed in an instant ; the carter knew nothing of
the accident until he was apprised of it by James
Ball, a gro3m, who was walking on the foot-path;
he saw the accident ; the chaise was overturned, and
the two unfortunate men were plunged between the
waggon and the cart. The wheels of the cart, which
was heavily laden, crushed the heads of both tO
atom.. The distance where their blood was spilled
Was about twelve inches. Gas was first killed, and
but few remnants of his head were left. That part
which remained in his front exhibited one of his eyes
knocked out. Mr. Hoe's head exhibited a melancholy
spectacle too; his crush was upon the temple.
Hickman, who kept the Adam and Eve, in .rea•in-
street, has left a wife and two children. His body
was brought home immediately after the Inquest, and
the feelings of a very kind wife may be better con-
ceived titan described. The boJy of Mr. Hoe, who
has also left a wife and two children, was removed
to his house in Aldersgate-street.

During the dense fog of Wednesday, an accident
happened, which had nearly proved fatal to several
persons. As a Woolwich coach, full of inside and
outside passengers, was driving at a quick rate, just
after it had passed the Five Bells, on its way to town,
the coachman ran against a heavy country cart,
loaded with dung. The stage was instantly upset,
and the people on the roof were pitched with great
violence against an empty coal-waggon passing by;
two of them fell on the shafts, one of whom had his
left shoulder badly dislocated ; the other had his jaw-
bone broken, with the loss of some front teeth. An
elderly Greenwich pensioner, with a wooden leg, was
thrown against the near fore-wheel, and had his right
aim broken just below the elbow, with two or three
contusions on the head ; the other outside passengers
escaped with little injury. The persons within, con-
sisting of four men, a lady, and two children, were
not materially hurt, except the female (a Mrs. Pal-
ma`, who, in the act of saving her youngest child,
had her left elbow and side of her face lacerated by
the glass of the door ; two of the gentlemen, Messrs.
Edgar and Thornton, in trying to assist Mrs. P.
received some slight bruises. Another stage coming
up soon after this unfortunate accident, and luckily
'having only one inside passenger, the whole of the
I sufferers Were put into it, and conveyed to town.