Star.
London, England, 1826-10-13 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Tuesday Captin Prescott,— near on under.
took, for a stakea of 150 sovereigns and a by•bet o another 50, to
walk seven miles within the hour, on the road between Buxton and
&ockpoct. He comp Wed his undertaking In 52 minutes and 34
seconds: The wager elated considerable interest, and great sums
were pending on the hese.
GREAT UNDERTAKING.
The following is the result of the great pedestrian undertaking,
by Mr. Abernethy, to go from London to York and return, a dls-
tunce of 324 miles, in live days and eight hours. being lest time than
the celebt*d PowoU performed it in. He commenced his journey
on Saturday, and performed 78 miles the first day. He started at
two o'cleclit on Sunday morning, and went on leisurely until eight,
having done 25 miles, and breakfasted at Coltarsworth. After an
hour's rest, the pedestrian went on at the rate of about four and a
half miles an hour, uptil he reached Newark, where be remained
Poe hoar. At twelve on Sunday evening, he passed through Don-
caster, and halted two hours at a private house at Wentlxidge. On •
Monday evening (the third day), at ten o'clock, he was 30 miles on
his journey back, having reached York at mid-day. He proceeded
on fresh and well, and at eleven on Monday night, he had per-
formed 231 miles. On the fourth night he had done 50$ miles;
and at ten o'clock on Wednesday night be had 33 miles to perform
in the remaining twelve hours. He did his work regularly, bat
fatigued, sA the rate of three miles an hour, and won the match, 200
sows. forty minutes to spare, between wren and eight o'clock yes-
terday morning. The task is three miles and 25 poles each hour,
without stoppages. Betting was Sto 4 aping him.

At the Newmarket Houghton Meeting, which commences on
the 30th instant, the Duke of Rutland's Adelina (Ist.) is matched
against Mr. Payne's Babet (Sat. 111 b.), for 200 sovereigns on the
seewpd day.

YEARS —The custom of reckoning years by those of
Canny was Introduced Into 'ltaly In the duds century, and into
France and England In the seventh; in the latter by Amorists.
The power of presentiment is extraordinary. During
the reign of terror in France, the Baron of Mar ivet was
continually tormented by the apprehension that he
should die upon a scaffold. All the cares of his wife
were employed unsuccessfully to calm his fears. He
sometimes indulged himself with the hope, that if his
birtb•day passed without his being arrested, he should
be delivered from the weight which pressed upon
his heart, and might, perhaps, be saved. Upon one
occasion, he gazed, in a fit of deep melancholy, upon
his son, who was then about two years old, and ex-
claimed, " I shall never live to see this child in mate
clothing,"—an observation which his Lady carefully
treasured up in her memory. The horror of the Revo•
lution appeared pt length to draw to a close, and the
birth day of the Baron de Marivet had arrived. His
wife was preparing a little feast for him upon the occa-
sion, and the hour of supper fixed upon for enjoying it.
Wishing to give her husband an agreeable surprise, and
to belie his presentiments, Madame de Marivet, about
eleven o'clock, when they were just serving the dessert,
left the table, and returning in a few moments after
with her son in her arms, dressed like a sailor, she gave
him to her Milhaud, whom she tenderly embraced, and
exclaimed, "You now see your son, my dear, in man's
clothing, and your birth-day has already passed l"-
44 Not yet," was his reply, " midnight has not struck."
His friends shuddered at the words, and anxiously turned
their eyes upon a time-piece, the fingers of which they
silently regarded, as they moved towards the wished.
for hour. It was just on the point of 12 when a Chun.
dering knock was heard at the door. M. de Marivet
turned pale : all who surrounded him were struck duMb
with terror. The door opened, and gave admission to
the emissaries of the revolutionary committee, who were
come to seize him. M. de is C. whom, in a letter, he
bad advised to emigrate, had not taken the precaution
to destroy his papers. After his departure, they had
been transported, amongst his other effects, to the house
of M. de Piepape, his grandfather. The latter had been
imprisoned on suspicion, and seals had been placed
upon the property at his house. He died in prison, and
the agents of the committee, who where present when
the seals were removed, found in an earthen vessel,
amongst some torn papers which were destined to be
burnt, the letter in which M. de Marivet advised M. de
la C. to emigrate. This letter was his sentence of con-
demnation. 'M. de Marivet was summoned before the
'revolutionary tribunal, condemned to death, and lost
his head upon the scaffold just before Thermidor.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, OCT. 15.
Our market continues extremely heavy, still fine picked samples
of Wheat sold at the abatement °Hut Monday. Fine making au,.
ley being scarce is in request, and fully maintains our last quotations.
Oats appear to be on, the decline, from the vast quantity that arrived,
but still the factors demand Monday's prices.—Arrivals r English
Wheat, 5,4041 qn. Barley, 5,600 qrs. Oats, 560 iirs. Agar, 8,500
.asks.—lsiah Wheat, 85 qrs. Oats. 5,190 4lrs'—recel. Wheat,
8,400 qrs. Daley, 1170 qn. Oats, 21,200 vs.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Om 15.
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Beef b not so good as an Monday,the &int fienti,fice. not going
off higher than 41. Id. to Ss. per stone. The Moon nu** is on the
dedine, the finest young Downs not being more than 4s. tools. IL
per Most, and Veal wears rather a heavy ap , the hog Tsang
Calves being 4s. ed. to ss. per stone. In poet tame is verr advs.
ootiee.—Beasts, US ; Sheep, a ieo ; Pigs, Calves, lOC
Beef, per stone, 4s. to Ss. Mutton, 3s. to 4e. IL Veal, 4a. to Si.
Pork. 4s. to Ss. 4d.—Hoyt, per load, 63 10.. to sIS 59. Cloves .6*
105, to AL Straw, 41 Us. to Al