Star.
London, England, 1816-06-05 00:00:00

PEDE6TRIANISM:

Josiah Eaton, the celebrated pedestrian, who, in the
cruise ill last summer, undertook to walk the Bar-
clay match on Blackheath, namely, 1000 miles in
1000 successive hours, has undertaken a new match
of greater magnitude and difficulty, upon which he
started-last eve&ng at twenty minutes after sit, from
the Hare and Billet. The nature of his present ar-
duous undertaking is this : he is to walk eleven hun-
dred miles in eleven hundred successive hours, to
finish every mile at precisely twenty minutes after
etch hour has struck, so that he can at no one time

get above thrzi qua: tens of an hour's re.t. The
ground chosen for the task is the same on which
Wilson 'walked. Eaten, as we before stated•, is a
respectable baker. Upon the last occasion that hr
exhibited his powers of incessant exertion, he re.
ceived little encouragement. He now, however,
comes for ward under the auspices of many persons of
spotting celebrity, who have backed him to a consi.
demble amount. The odds, however. are greatly
'stalest him.—The crowd collected to witness the
commencement of his labours vas immense.

The Leicester Clowiclisays—J. Bower, driver of
the Nottingham coach called the Royal Pilot, was
convicted, on Saturday last; in the penalty of £.5.'
and costs, for furiously driving the said coach on the
*lst ult. ; and J. Coop, driver of the Nottingham
coach caUed the Labia Hood, in the like penalty,
and costs.

Friday se'nnight the ceremony of laying the foun-
dation stone of the bridge. over the river Don, at
seig, Aberdeenshire, was performed by the Right
Hon. Lord FORIMI. This bridge is to consist of one
arch 100 feet span, from a design by THowas True
ROAD. EA. civil engineer..

Strutvottua.—During the late contested election for
-Aimee, between Mr. Bastard and Lord Ebrington,
tzi**44Bll, and her daughter were walking in the
e yard, when Miss having slily mounted a little
bit of blue, in opposition to the vote and interest of
nips, was accosted by a young friend with 44 Dear
Diet you are not a Bastard. are you r when the
former replied, is Indeed, Miss, I am; ask Mamma
if I an't."-1' Yes, my dear." replied Mamma, " I
believe you are, but Papa must not know it."
INTIRESTINGI CIRCUMSTAMIL—A young Gentle-
man; supposed to have been drowned in bathing in
the Metsey, reached Liverpool, from Ireland, on Sa. •
turday sennight, alter an absence of eight days, to
the inexpressible joy of his relatives, who, judging
from all appearances, that be had been snatched from
them by the is ravenous deep," had offered a reward
for his body. The escape of this youth fro`m -being
drowned is almost miraculous ; he went into the river
a short time before high water, from the rocks oppo-
site the North Battery. Being an expert•awimmer.
he for sortie time amused himself in that salutary
exercise; but when about IWO yards from the shore,
be felt the tide beginning to ebb. Aware of his
danger, be endeavoured to stem the current, but in
vain, and he warcarried ont midway between the
Magazine* and the Rock Point. Fortunately, when
nearly exhatisted, he was picked up by the boat of an
Irish trader; he intreated the crew to land him on.
the Cheshire shore, but as this would have delayed,
the voyage, they could not comply ; but furnished
• him with an old jacket and trowsers, and landed him
the nett day at the mouth of the Liffey ; he journied
on to Dublin, but theie was .no vessel at that time
ready for Liverpool : he, however, embarked on the
Wednesday. The feelings which his return excited
in the bosom of his relatives are indescribable. They
were buss in preparing the 44 suits of woe," and
when he presented himself, their eyes doubted what
they wished true. Bee their doubts soon vanished—
big parents again beheld, though in ragged attire,
their beloved son, whom they supposed dead; they
embraced him with all die joy that may be supposed
would be canted by sbeh an unexpected interview;
and all joined• in. fervent aelotiwiedgments to that
GROAT 91ftla' who had ajail! 'testae(' him to bill
itiouds.

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TUB ill/a 71. mowNRAY AND 0111Z1d.
&fr. Damn? stated that Valetas an extent ih aid,
brought by the Crovin against the assignees of the
banking house of Mowbray and to.. tit Durham, in
Yorkshire. The facts were, that the house of Jack.
son and Co. bankers in Sunderlind, had an accoUntsi
with the defendants, which amounted, on the account
being closed, to tiro thousand poundt. One of this
partners of Jackson's house was a Collector of Taxes,
who had an extent in aid put into the house of the
defendanti, it being the money he had received on ac-
count of the Crown. To recover this money the.
present action was brought ; and he had no doubt
but the Jury would give a verdict in favour of the

Crown.
Several witnesses were called, who pieved the state-
ment of the Learned Counsel.
Mr. Scinutm Counsel for the assignees, inflect,
this was a question that it was high time to decide.
The circumstances were, that tire house of Mowbray
had several 'banking houses in the country before
their unfortunate failure, which was occasioned by
the stoppage of a banking house in London, and it
was wo:11. known that when a house of this natures
stopped payment, that there was a general run on
.them. This house dealt with that of Jackson's, but
never knew that any partner of that house was a Go.
vernment Tax Collector. They dealt with him as
one Banker would with another, on the confidence of
the character of their house& Then, he would ask,
what right the Crown had to interfere, except it was
to deprive the actual creditors of the defendants of
what was due to them ? The only question then for
the Jury to detide on was, whether the Government
had a right to prevent the actual creditors from re-
ceiving their just demand ? For if they had not in-
terfered the defendants would have been able to pay
20s. in the pound.
Mt; Baron it Witiums summed up the evidence, and
diretted the Jury to find nominal damages against
the defend:lb& as he thought it was a proper question
for the cotisiddiapon of the Twelve Judges, which
might be done in the shape of a case. . .
The Jury retired for two hours, and returned a ver-
dict of 40s. damages, and 40s. costs