Star.
London, England, 1819-08-12 00:00:00

PEDESTRIAN ISM.

F airer, the celebrated teu-mile r ....liner, undertook, for a wager
of So guineas, to go on foot from the liosa Inn, Canterbury, to
London Dntlge and hack in 24 successive bourn, being a distance
of 111 miles. The Pedestrian started at three minutes past six,
on Friday afternoon the 6th instant, and returned six minute:.
before six on Saturday afternoon, winning the match in gallant
style nine minutes withia the j wen time, altlusagh very much
exhausted.

Friday, while two young men wcrc arnusing them-
selves in a manufactory in Leeds, by sporting, that
which was at first jest soon became earnest; and one
of them planted a blow in the breast of the other wi:h
sach fatal effect, that his antagonist staggered back-
wards, and fell down dead upon the floor. Tile young
man who lost his life was named Nathan Clourl:,
and the name cf his shop-mate was John the
s•::vivor has been committed to prison, and will un-
dergo an examination before the Magistrates.

A MrsTEntous CASE.—About a men:b since, a
young woman of interesting appearance and address.
and nct more than 20 years of age, applied at a
house in George-court, Aylesbury-street, Clerken-
well, for a lodging. She represented herself as a
s;.! anger in Lonaon, come to town for a short time to
attend some busincr,s in Chancery, and wanted a
lodging for a mon.:11 or so. As she offered to pay her
rent in advance, no further inquiry was m.:de, and
she was accommodated with apartments. It was
soon discovered, however, by the females in the!
house, that she was very far advanced in a irate o
pregnancy; the circumstance was mentioned to her
and she did not attempt to deny it; an apothecary if
the neighbourhood was spoken to, to attend her in
her confinement, which event occurred in the early
part of last week, when she was safely delivered of a
hne infant. The family, however, were surprised to
see her on the next day up and dressed. She was
remonstrated with on the danger to which she es-
pied herself, but made light of it. This and other
circumstances drew the attention of the people of the
house more particularly towards her, and on the
evening of Friday last, the fourin day after she was
put to bed, she Was observed to quit the house with
a small box under her arm. Curiosity induced a
Mrs. Bake!, the wife of a respectable printer, and
another feiriale lodger in the house, to follow her.
They watched her through several streets leading to
the /slew Lever ; when near Sadler's Wells she at-
tempted to throw the box over the parapet into the
river, but either her strength or resolution failed her.
She continued her way to the fields, where she sat
down in a retired spot, opened the box, and took
something from it, which she tied up in a bundle.
She then took box and bundle, and deposited them
at the door of a respectable house near the spot, and
was about 'to leave them there when Mrs. Baker and
her companion came up and interrupted her. On
opening the box they found, as they expected, the in-
fant in tt, quite naked, and gasping for breath : the
bundle contained the child's clothes. A watchman
was called, and the inhuman mother was taken to
the watch-house. On searching her, there were found
in her possession Bank of England and country Bank
notes to the amount of upwards of £lOOO. She was
taken to the watch-house for the night, preparatory
to her being taken before the Magistrates at Hatton-
Garden the next day ; but on the following morning
it was found, that owing to the exertions she had
made in walking so far, she was in a violent fever,
and that any attempt to take her before a Magistrate
would be dangerous ; she was therefore removed to
the workhouse with the greatest care, where she will
remain till her health is so much amended as to al-
low of her being examined before a Magistrate, when
some further light may be thrown upon this extra-
ordinary Asir.