Star.
London, England, 1826-10-31 00:00:00

PEDESTRI A NISM.

Mr. F. West, the great pedestrian, started on Saturday after-
noon, at fur o'clock, to go on foot to Rye, in Sussex, and bask, in
forty-eight hours. The distance is one hundred and twenty-live
miles. His first stoppage was at Seven Oaks (24 miles) in four
hours, where he ate part of-a fowl, and rested an hour. He
laid down at Hawkhurst, in Kent (46 miles) for two hours, and
resumed his journey leisurely. He reached Rye at nine on Sunday
morning, and returned back to Sandhurst, where he slept four
hours, and left himself the remaining fifty miles to do in sixteen
hours. He reached Seven Oaks at eight o'clock on Monday morn-
ing, and at two on the same day he was travelling through Dept-
ford at a winning rate, and won the match fifteen minutes to spare,
without much fatigue, although the weather was against him, and
some parts of the road very hilly. The match is considered equal
to seventy-hve miles per day, on picked ground. It was for one
hundred and fifty sovereigns.

MeHrII.WAKEPORD, the Andover bankers, passed their
final examination on Saturday se'nnight.
ST. CLEMENT DANES.—The election for surgeon of
this parish commenced yenerday, with great exertion on both sides.
The candidates are Mr. Cosoaava and Mr. RADMIL For some years
past there has not been so strong a push as on the present occasion.
At the close of the poll yesterday. Mr. Coalition' had polled his
opponent by a majority of sixty-three.
Mr. SHARD has disposed of his celebrated pack of
Stag Hounds, late the North Devon pack, and the only one of pure
stag-hound blood in the kingdom. A part of them are game to
Germany, and the remainder were purchased by some sportsmen in
the neighbourhood of Epping Forest.
ADRLPML —The splendid new Barletta by PIAEE,
intended to have been brought out at this Theatre this evening is
postponed, we understand, on account of the increased ran on The
Piles, which is phyed, poeitieely, no longer than this week.
Mr. KNAPP, the Clerk of the Arraigns for the Home
County, has resigned that dice, and is to he succeeded by Mr.
CLAIM, who has so nag acted as assistant to Mr. finstrow. in the
Old Bailey. Mr. Keen retains his stake as Associate in the Court
of Common Pleas.

Yesterday morning a Meeting was held at Cutlers'
Hall, Mr. Deputy WHITBY in the Chair, for the purpose of nomi-
nating an Alderman of Vintry Ward, in the room of the late Mr.
Alderman MAiIIIAT. Mr. Sheriff Wnicuesrmi, Mr. Kitty. the
late Sheriff, Mr. Wane, solicitor, who resides in the Ward, were
severally proposed, and Mr. Csoox nominated himself. The chew
of hands was in favour of Mr. Sherif Wnecnerras and Mr. Kitty,
who declared they would go to a poll. The election is fixed for
Thursday next.
TALMA, it appears, was born in the year 1769. We
believe in that year were also born Karma's, Pm, Muse; and
IWsLunawni.

A woman named Bates, has been committed for trial
by the Surrey Magistrates, charged with stealing the
corpse of a child belonging to a Mrs. Ketch, who had
entrusted the prisoner to bury it. Bates contrived to
open the box or coin on her way to the church-yard,
and took the corpse home, for the purpose of imposing
upon a society for relieving lying-in women, of whom
she received the usual sums, on pretext that she had been
confined, but that the infant died. The empty box was
put into the earth by the sexton, who remarked that it
was very light.