Star.
London, England, 1826-12-29 00:00:00

GREAT UNDERTAKING.

Yesterday morning Captain Parry, not the celebrated navigator,
but a real light hurveman, ‘vho has done some great performineei.
in the way of trotting. galloping, &c. in theoponing world, under.
took for a stake of 200 sovs..to ride and drive 66 miles in two
hours. He.firat rode his favourite bunter (Thornton) and per-
formed 20 miles in ten minutes under the hour, on the Al iidenhead-
road, through Cohibrook and Slough. This 'part of the dindition
was performed in left time than thought of, and he commenced
charioteering with betting 7to 4 .in his favour. The ground
selected was a bye-road from Hare-batch to Hemming Wood, on
the other side of Maidenhead-bridge. The second horse did Nis
work at the rate of 16 miles an hour, and the match Was won with
great difficulty, in two minutes and 10 sec. under the given dine.

COURSING.

The Cup given by the Ardrossan Coursing Club was ran 1W
over Lord E,glinton's lands in the Birony of Ardruisan, on WO&
nesday, the itOth instant, u follows :
nave CLASS.
Mr. Marshall's black d. Bang beat Dr. WFadzean's brown d.
Turner.
Mt. Marshall's b. Soap best Captain Dunlop's d. 'ago.
Ca Pt. Morris's blue d. Dusty beat Col. Blair 's brindled b. Whaupia
(Named by Mr. Montgomerle.)
CoL bl'Alester's b. Beauty beat Mr. Johnston's b, Fly.
Mr. Bartlemore's yellow d. Spring beat Mr. Hamilton's yellow
Harry.
Capt. Morris's black and white d. Hare beat Captain Patrick's
white d. Smoker, (Named by Mr. John Hunter.)
swum CLASS.
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ptain Morris's Dusty beat Mr. Marshall's Bang.
in Dunlop's Fly beat Mr. Bartlemore's Spring.
I M,Alester's Beauty beat Captain Morris's Ham
Mr. Marshall's Soap beat Captain Patrick's Champion.
Tinian ct. Ass.
Captain Merris's Dusty beat Colonel M'Alester's Beauty.
Mr. ltarshall's Snap beat Captain Dunlop's Fly.
trouaru CLASS.
Kr. Marshall's Snap beat Captain Morris's Dusty,
Aad Won the Cup.

This morning, soon after nine o'clock, an accident took
place in Bruton•street, Chelsea, wherehrtwo individuals
were severely injured. A man named Thomas Jessop,
residing at Na. 16, in the above street, wAs about to try
some chemical experiment, and for that purpose was
boiling a decoction of spirits of an inflammable descrip-
tion in a small earthen vessel on the fire, when suddenly
the pipkin flew to pieces, and in an instant the whole
plate was in a flame of fire. Jessop, and atintl•er man
named Hughes (whose clothes were smeared with the
same description of spirits), were standing near the fire.
place at the moment, and were immedi stely enveloped
in flame. Hughes ran down stairs in the state he was
in, and procured assistance for himself and Jessop, and
after some minutes had elapsed, the fire that t.urroundesl
them was put out, but both of them are severely burnt,
Jessop in particular; his face being so dteadtully injured,
that it is feared he will be disfigured fur the remainder
of his life.

Robberies almost nightly are committed at Chel.
sea. A few days past the larders of one entire mi-
me were swept of their Christmas contents. La•t
night the old church was broken into and robbed of
chandeliers, arc. and the same evening the private
yard of Mr. Long, of Beaufort Row, was meted
and despoiled of some timb r and everything portable
that the thieves could lay their hands on.
THI Mtranzaan Gus/T.—The following is the story
on which the above Play is founded. It happened in
1736 ?...18 Jonathan Bradford kept an inn on the London
Road, near Oxford, and bore an unexceptionable cha-
racter. Mr. Christopher Hayes, a Gentleman of fortune,
put up at his house, and joining two other Gentlemen at
supper, incautiously mentioned that he.had about him
a large sum of money. Some hours after they had
all retired for the night, the two latter, who slept
in a double-bedded room, beard repeated groans pro.
ceeding, es they conceived, from the next chamber.
On rising to examine the cause, they found the door
ajar, and were struck with horror at seeing Mr. Hayes
weltering in his blood in the bed. and the landlord
standing over him with a dark lanthorn in one band,
and a bloody knife in the other. When seized he dis.
played every sign of trepidation and guilt, bukpersisted
in affirming his innocence of the deed. On his trial the
Gentlemen deposed to these facts, which Bradford
admitted, but declared, in his defence, that having, as
well as the witnesses against him, heard, the groans, he
had stricken a light, armed himself with a knife for his
'defence' and bad but that minute entered the room
before them. The Jury, without leaving the box.
found him guilty, And he was executed, protesting his
innocence of the murder to.tbe last, though disbelieved
by every one. Yet his assertions vice true. The crime
was actually committed by Mr. Hayes's own servant—
who having stabbed his master, and rifled his portman-
teau of his money, gold watch. and snuff box, escaped
to his own room, which he could. scarcely have regained
a minute, before Bradford entered. the fatal chamber.
This he confessed on his death bed eighteen months after
the execution of the latter. The landlord, however.
though innotent in act, was not so in intention. He, as
well as the servant, had beard Mr. H. mention his money
at supper, and went to his room on the same diabolical
errand; wan he found the deed already done, he was
struck with amazement ; he could not believe his senses;
and in turning down the clothes to assure himself of the
fact, in his agitation dropped the knife on the body, by
which both it and his hand became bloody. These

circumstances he acknowledged to the Clergyman who
attended him after his sentence."

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Dec. 29.
This being holiday week, we had but few buyers at market this
morning, and what few sales of every kind of Grain were effected,
were certainly at lower prices, although the old prices ate demand. 4
by the factors for prime samples of every kind of grain: therefore
we must quote them nominally the same as on Itionday sennight.,
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dec. 29.
In our market, Beef, this morning, is quoted 4s. to Ss. 6d. per
stone; and the Mutton price is 3s. 6d. to 4s. 64. per stone. Vesi i.
steady sale at 4s. 24. to Ss. ed. per stone a and Pork maintain. Abe
last quotation.— Beasts, 540 ; Sheep, 5,550 ; Pigs, 100 ; Calves, 1706.
Beef, per stone, 4s. to Ss. 6d. Mutton, S.. ed. to 44. 6d. Veal,
44. to Ss. ed. Pork. 4s. to Ss. ed.—llay. per load, A'S 10s. to 44
,ss. Clover, •C 4 to £6 ; Straw, XI 10s. to £1 16s.
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