Star.
London, England, 1827-12-25 00:00:00

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49 44 I Total untli•naking
Iltraio.any winning the mach fif °nil 20. seeundt. The
cootarelfost tbl's oceasitat were forced to acorns liiAl the daisij
moil 6tmae.

• CURIOUS WALKING MATCH.
...Sunday evening, as two men were regaling them•etves at the
Grapes pubjiyiretrse, ClrrErnwrll, they began to di,eatorie shout
PeaostriarAtmoand after tecotinting 'luny of their own feats, they,
ageeeditte a wager of three 'overripe to walk three. mite in the,
following mannetr—John Chadwick. an active young mati,.aged
years, was to walk backwards; and Thomas Taylor, the
aged 614 was to walk in clogs (six pounds weight), and at the ex-
piration of every minute to turn round on his 111.‘ is twice. The bet'
excited a good deal 41curiosItyi and at a very early hour yeiterdayt
morning the parties met on the Cur rllad, and 'be affair seas to bt"
decided by speed; they prpceeded ever the round appointed with
Considerable haste. At first It appeared . that atadwicli•woisld be
the winner, as be kept a littk's head of his fellhw.travettir ; but
after passing over two miles of the disiany, the latter was seen io
gala upon him, and wun the wager by bang at Almond of tie three:
miles amt half i minute before the other. .

. . ROWING MATCH.
Notwithstanding thy lateness of the-season, an extellent.flowint
Maids took place yesterday, between fu Geutlealen anuneurs,f
s liketticap Sweetpstakes of 25 se*s each; one heat, fotatlair
oases. To start train Vsuxhsli Bridge, row round a boatan
ileac Lawn Catfage, retain down the earth shots, and finish at
Vauxhall Bridge. It was wuo Its a boat's kustk.
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• " Primroses, two bunches a penny," were yesterd
Wed in the neighbnartoed of Newington and other--f"

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LYest&
spi.
leading &
Clement's,
fell sgainit .all and stone placed owder'the,
wheel, whereby he was so dreadtullyinjiktd alto cackle.
his death on Friday evening. Veldictk!Aecisitetal-
Death, with &Vend/mil of Is. on the van, : 1
Yesterday evening an inqui-ition was taken at the'.
5;10 al the Wel•h'Harp, &sea 8 tee., White risks ;kw
fol. THOMAS Suntan,
.Esq. the Coroner, of _ /reiv of
the body t f MrsZtia&beth Lockyer, aged 48, Wieldy"
of great respeciabiffty Whine death took pliettintler tilt
following circuit:lsta,- ces.
Jame, SbefFall, of Temple Lane, Wbi mit jars, deposed,
that the deceased hat occupied an apartment in his
house for the 4.11 t three months s'slee appeased a well- .
Mild woMan;and opened a-sitinol for tern* edticatien.
Within the last „three weeks or • a •month: the deceased
hut beeriest exceed/ gly singular in her manners; and ,
vityy depressed in spiriu. In consequence of her very
smgurar hahitr,•she lost the whole of her sambas. On
Saturday Morning last, about ten oclotk., witness, by,
the desire of -a pet ten named Hodge, who lodged ih the
Meuse, went up to the deceased s door,. and havitz
ktocked teeleatedly, at list broke the door open, and
dibeovered the deceased lying on the floor apparently .
46. e dead, A medical geti,tlernen was instantly sei t tor,
'who, an are iv kg, pronounced the deceased quite dead.
Coroner.—Was you acquainted with the deceased
bolote she came to lodge in your house?
Witness.--I was not: she was .a Stranger'to- use be. that time& . .
Mrs. Rachel Welch, a lady of genteel appearance,
depo e&I that the deceased was her aunt. The de-
Ceased had, a few years back, Weed in the greatest.
respectability, at Chard, in Somersetshire; but, in
consequence of the failure of some banks in the said
county, during the great panic of the year 11326,..
sl.e bad b en reduced to comparative indigence.. In
Arigu&t la,t, she came to.town, and took a lodging in-,
tbe last witness% house. Witness called to see' her, and.
found that she was labouring under a griat d. pression,
of spiriis. She endeavoured to rally her, and .peoposoll',
her removal to her native pl.ice, in Somersetshire, but
she refused to quit Condon, sating, that shi could not
bear the idea of returning to the spot where she had'
once lived in allinent circumstances, in a state of es.:
Creme poverty. Witneis called upon the deetaied a few
days previous to her death, and took her some wine and
other necessaries. ' •

Mr: Riskin, surgeon, of Fleet•stteet, pee it asitii
opinion that thedeceased died from water on the chest.
Verdict—* Died by the Visitation of GOD."

Saturday, as Mr. Moate, of Mary-la-bonne-street&
was playing with his son, a child of two years of age,
who appeared in unusual health and spirits, he suddenly
dropped, and on Mr. Moats taking him up. he appeared,
senseless. Medical aid was immediately resorted W. but
in vain, as life was totally extinct. Au Inquest was held
on the body, and a verdict returned-1i Died by the
.visitdrior. of God."

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Sunday morning the shop•of Mrs. Jonlie.-Sronmfiel 'a,
Deptford, Was entered by some ruffiana,ind scarcely a
remnant left of her entire stock of millinery and hosi-
ery. What renders it a case of peculiar distress is, that
the owner, Mrs. Jones, is a widow, and left to support
two young children, all her 'worldly wealth consisting
of the stock of this shoo. •
...... Fiday right, ;s Captain Dylme R dcliffe, of theGre-
nadics Guards, was returning at. ne in a p,:st chaise from
Cranford Perk ( he scat of the Countess of Berkeley);
between the hoots of twelve and one o'clock, three men
rushed from under a hedge by the load ,side, about a
quartet of a mile beyond Cranford, on the road to
Hounslow, and desired the post boy. to stop t' one at
the same lime snitching at the reins, while ttie• other
two succeeded in ()poring the d0,,.-.' Fortunately she
pest bey was prOfereding 41 tbetirn* 'airy rapidly, mil
moreover, hal the nerve to disregard their menaces i
Spun the instant r f•theis attacks instead of abatng 'Ms
pace, spurring and whipping his horses- to their foil
speed, striking at theiuflian who was endeavouting to
maintain his hold on the horses, till be disengaged.
His accomplices, who were likewis' dinging to' he
door, were lasi+ shook off by the rapi .ity with Whiclrthe
Irehicle proceeded. Discos more of the villains; 'upon
quitting their , hold, filed ton oistolt without effect,...a
•After firing they discontinued the
.pussoir: and The
Fost-boy continued to e'en the-utmost of his ,feed to
Hounslow, storm the Captain gave netice 'of lib, eir-
stance, as also of not having met any of the hare
street pat. of on the road.—Hacks Gazelle. - ' ' •
Thursday right, the 13th instant, a gang *of. fouir
robbers broke into the house cf the Rev. Mr. Thompson.
Curate of F4rnviorth, near Ps escot, and demanded his
money. A servant pill, who was eqoally•stoot of-heart
and arm, being rousettliom sleep by a marropenin.g
the door ot • her rborn. and thinking her master in
danger, sprang out of bid, and knocked the foremost
rasher down with her fist. The others; however, .tnou
oserpoWeretlAtie Atll2Z `II.. and cruelly beat her on the
head with fiikker. The Rev. Gentleman, who is ad-
vanced ioleVw,-- hearing the noise, came' oat of his
,00m, and.iimealed the villains not tOniuseer the girl.
pi ornisi oglo give them his, morel. He' then went to it
boa in which these was 311. chiefly in gold, and the.,
robbers, following him,-titok wwr the hOr 'befits con-
tents together. They' also-got, some 'plate, and then
Made off.. Th: 141, ilsi-ogis oiviolisly wounded- in: .the
bead, is rectivirltig. ' -
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The APL-'-Xis ape.'which. Blutninbich observed
for snore than wyear. togethcr,mi old Manage thevocd
for'the stove, and 1 u kin with as much judgment and
.economy as a cook-maid.. He was very fond of, the
fire"i like all apes, and woota nt times singe himself, and
' derwards soli in the snow;'aria then ietarn to the fire.
*as stern at the 'College, where he used to esamine
the specimens wick a most laugha* imitation and &rd.
risace;,'•Oncetif Mai:Bowed a. plece of arsenic, large
Mimigb to posTon ten ILaktmcbs t , it- produced only a
violent alirtt.os s. aacttioihic-mstre aorta, 'again. But
&Kiss wink oft limilwrirai 'lying on the /table t, this
fellow heist...idled' irwitli great • gravity for an hour :
`when -Calcite into the room, he found that hehad
plisched mit all theleetles 'of the great plates, and. ate
them, mistaltiog the pictures tor real inseCtri,-Maii-
cal Gazelle.' ~
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' INST IN vr.=-11Siumettbach afSet tS' the *White blind.
nest rd'instinci,t,io short,.instinct in all itsool ieliSet.
Birds of passage, keel in. cages •ss irh pleat; of told,
and in Warm'ehambers;ytt at the given utmost of mi.
gratioo..mattifestihe eattetnest restlesanese. Mid at tem i t
co escape. Canary birth.. having /he matesials given
Meth. build exactly•*ke.tbi•etitst iiiicsjit the. imist.T
ftliad*,•,althooth teased under tither' bird... Contlillseee
sallied...like Ditwin;.io :take away all wondtrfet
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MeV titit eottstinctiverwsuof birdi. ancf ,
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area, to practice. Notis' tnse ! Titer* it; Argikliioll die.
'4iik4 atm for instance, Which 'nark
.00te...aoitpkbottio:
h aitl'Whith'could heti-bad no iibtra P ;toiei-014 •ai
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netday'cili litipeit Was 'held at Sr: Birth Earipiro;"
i.ol, on the body :of .611rorge- Pnrlpg, who. u h i
ig a corn ran in 6* yard ef the -Angel Inn, B.
nn Itie.dayWvOrning. 11.6. ed bir footn.g and
gainit a brick wall and a atone placed under thr'.

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