Star.
London, England, 1822-12-28 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

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-111 N, rite BEATEN.—Thutsday, the match be-
twccsi Ilaltun. the Citampion of England, and Harcourt and
pow ~.on, to rt:n two measured miles :.or 100 guineas aside, was
•;:ded over the ('ent-se upon Langton Wold, near Mahon, in
of the tv. i men. Harcourt started along with I lalton,
t.. rho the f.r,t tMI., when the latter made play, but could not
off hit opponent, who was beaten only by two yards. As
its Harcourt bad finished the hist mile, Howson statted
: -; tite second, and immediately passing Halton with great
d. !0.1: a decided lead, and won the race easy, by about 70
s mile was roll M four minutes and 59 seconds,
tan the %CtOild n four initiates and 54 seconds.
t.) and 3tol on I lalton. This novel match ex-
interest, and an immense concourse of people at-
tend( t.• Wit1;1.55 the contest.

LAN., nu relation of the Captain so celebrated for
' tilidertOOk yl:,tertLy to run fifteen miles in
cr :ma 40 mintitez:, over a three-mile piece of ground in
Park, Ilert•-, and which he accomplished asAllows:
nr. s. m. s.
18 CO I 4th ditto - - 25
19 10 sth Ditto - , - 26 40
5 j

three miles

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d LLtto

Total 106 40

i'lmas-day. Mr. ?Alum Foul), a shoemaker, re-
• n; Little Charlotte-stteet, Mac kfriar—road, left
hum:: v itb his family, to spend the day at a friend's
house ; On his return in the evening, they found the
ft cot ‘.i.or open, and the shop stt ipped of all the shoes,
and how e of all its goods.
Cl:lstmas ni&a., the house of Mr. SAUNDERS, of
Cu: siior.sttee:, was broken open, in the absence of
the family. a:id robbed of plate and other articles to
a
Toe,dity nit;ht the family of Mr. Isaac Moss, in
Bre;sti 's
Gardens, Vauxhall Road, alter they retired
i)cj, were alai med by the violent barking of the',
.log in tl.e back yard. The maid set Vallt got
• cat bed, and having lighted a candle, went into •
t;:e kilehen, where she cbserve.l a fellow racking up
a large bundle of linen and apparel, the contents of
a c:.est of drawc:s which stood in the front parlour.
gave a I.•url scream, and the ruffian, fearful of
hying tgken, h.stantly ran into the back yard, where
the: e were two of his companions, all of whom es-
caped over the garden wall, and got off. The flintily
by this time were all up, and on examination they
nassed sevet al articles of plate, a time-piece, and nu-
merous other portable and valuable at tides taken
from the front parlour, kitchen and pantry, by the
thic.c,. A pannel had been taken out of the back.
:Litt l.en door, where the ruffians gained an entrance.
They left a da!k I:tinhorn, a crow bar, and a bunch
ul p'cltlotk keys behind in their hurry to escape.
ikttdav night, about eleven o'clock, as a gen-
l'eman of the name of Taylor, was on his way home
B;ack::iars-road, nearly opposite Christ
h, he was knocked down and robbed by a rut.-
L:an i n tt rough g: cat coat. The gentleman re-
• a sevt: e contusion, as -his head in falling
• comact with the stone step of a door-way.
'V i.e:. he airrlit.d to the 17atzhman, who was standing
at a small cistance, the honest guardian of the night
hici :1 no t:vo .sixpences, handed them to the.owner,
and took inin by the arm, saying, " Sir,
on.''

If/:: OL:TRACE.—The Frccman's Journal of
Thu. jay " that infutmations have at length
been taken against several of the persons who were
engaged in that 'lel:it-ions transaction, and that war-
rants have been issued fur their apprehension:'
In consequence of a chimney taking fire in Wild-
street, on 'Monday night, the parish engines were sent
for, one of which, in turning the currier out of Great
Queen-street, unluckily threw down an old man and
a child ; an empty cart went over the latter, but with-
out doing it any serious injury ; the poor man, we
:egret to say, was nut so fortunate; the LoRD CuAN-
can,Lott's carriage passing at the moment, rat; over him,
and broke one of his thighs and an arm.
TIIEATRES.—The Pantomimes at Di in y. Lane and
Cove;it-Garden went off last night with better edect
than the preceding evening, the machinery working
better; and there is no douot they will repay the Ma-
bagels for the very liberal manner in which they
jJave been produced.
A party or the Thames Cossacks were parading yes-
ttrJay through the Strand, dressed in their military
cloaks, w ith flaring red collars. A Gentleman ss alk-
ns with a Lady observed, they looked like dismounted
Cav;:lryrnen. The Lady said, she did not perceive
anything of a military character in their gait or ap-
-I.t.az ante, for they looked more like a parcel of geese
wah their—ll:foots cut

Some time ago a French soldier, addressing him-
to an old Austrian grenadier, said, " 1-low hap-
it, comrade, that we who ate boys, always beat
sf:en hke you:" " Because," replied the grenadier,
ate boys commanded by men., andsve are men
r.-:!latizrided by boys.
affirmed that General Quesada had on Mon•
4,ty an interview of three quarters of an hour with
th s: et- r.f Fut eigii A fiat r s.— Condit trammel.
A i.rtvate letter from Paris says—•" M. de Villele
has had tl.e coinage to suppress an Ultra Journal
called the Regribiteur; the very first day of its ap-
pearance, It was in the interest of M. Jules tie l'u-
lignac, one of the wai rne,t partizans of the war, and
on;: of the Chiefs of the Club of foreign
The Editor was--an apostate Priest, foimerly a Jac°.
Lin, named Salques. In this l'Apea they reproached
de N'illele with having sent an AMUassadOr to
Bolivar. The fact is, liuevor, pue; the name or the
Ambassador is Count Zandan: