Star.
London, England, 1818-03-21 00:00:00

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Prtlrrratautsag..--A C.,ntlernan of the dame of Wier hat utt•
~ie thc.i,and :Mies in a thousand hours. He LAS Lein
three wicks at hi, ff,:rculean labour at Fulford, Hants; but imo
is much the law:Ali:4%

Maw, the ca,..i)rated pedestrian, is matched th do four miles
against time, en Monday, fur a considerable wager.
The West country. nen, who has been trying at the muter-pieue
of pedestrianism, 600 miles in ten days, as performed by Mr.
Howard, failed on the seventh day, from breaking down.
A young man, who has gained much provincial celebrity by
one or two extraordinary feats, has undertaken to go, en Wed-
nesday next, from Meer to Deal, and back, in two hours
and 45 minutes. The distance is in miles, and includes the Castle.
hill; which from its length and steepness renders the undertaking
unparalleled. Betting against the performance.
On Saturday last C. up, the pedestrian, walked badtvards seven
miles, in one hour anti 10 minutes. This wonderful perforrnaice
was accomplish...l in the street of Bicester, near (Word, where
furlong was accurately measured for the purkt.s.:, so tha._ he
had to turn 56 times in the tom se of his walk.

Seinen—Yesterday. Kennington Common presented a variety
of rustic sports, gtatifying to the amateurs; amor.gst the n.o :t
deserving was an Walt hurling match, played by Connaught and
Munster men, against Leinster and Ulster men. The next wss
a cudgel match, between a soldier and a coal-heaver, in whitit
the latter had his head broke.—Ye uei day afternoon some thou-
sands of persons aswnibled together in the fields, and continued
fur several hours, near Copenhagen 11.-.1e..e, to witness several
tiaila of agility and skill in wrestling. betwoh sonist fine athletic
young Irishmen. The matches, in general, were contested wi:h
great energy and judgment, and some of the themes were not t
the slightest description; Luc the match most entitled tc
was the one between ruddy Barry and Nick Fogeys This pe-
dured bursts of applause ; and harry was carried out of the r‘..71
in triumpri. So eager were many of the candidates to cannier:cc
wrestling, that hats were continually thrown into the rir.g.
Tasslikesso Hunr.—Tbe cockney sportsmen give d:er-dft.l
note of. preparation" for the Mace on Monday by the bristling
up of hunting jackets, jockey-I,mA* and oilskin hats. lieturg
laic night at the Rahl-face litag--ten to one that not one in ens ay. r
see the animal, and Lea nlyto ten that true in twenty do not escape
being unhorsed.

The Public will no doubt be greatly amused by
the account, which will appear in the various Ne-x-s-
-papers of the fun that occurred at the Epping Hunt,
aad the varieties of Greenwich Fair, althoubh such
an account has most probably been prepared for a
week past. Now, in respect to writing beforehand
an account of what will come to pass, no one pos-
sesses more facilities than the Lottery Office Keepers,
who will inform you, that on THURSDAY Naxr the
' Lottery will re-commence Drawing—that the Three
Prizes of 30,0001 are yet in the Wheel—and that the
First-drawn Blank will have Four Pipes of Old Port
Wine; and G. CARROLL will inform you, that it is
most probable the above Capitals will be Sold by
him, because in the last Lottery he Sold Ste Capitals,
including Two of 20,0001. at his truly Fortasr.ate
Offices, 7, CORNHI Id., and 26, OXFORD-tTREET.
A shocking accident happened on 'llurst ay night
in Oxford-street. Mr. Futrill, jun. of Marlborough-
row, was returning home from Uxbridge at ele7en
o'clock, with Mr. Chapman, his friend, in a gig, when
the vehicle struck the wheel of a hackney coach, and
from the rapid manner in which they were going,
the gig was turned over with great violence. Mr.
Futnlf and his friend were picked up for dead ; and
the latter, who has never spoke since, had his right
leg broke in two places, and is not expected to srr-
rive. Mr. F. escaped without any other injury than
being stunned at the time.
Yesterday, about noon, as two Gentlemen were
'driving • a gig along Bond-street, the horse, a very
valuable one, became restive, when the Gentlemen
leaped out, and the animal rushed forward, at his full
speed, up Conduit-street. Turning short into George-
street, he ran right over one of the iron pouts at the
corner, by which the flesh was torn front his cheat,
and along ‘the under I art of his body, in the most
dreadful manner. By the violence of the concussion,
the shafts of the gig were broken off ; and the te, ri-
fled, mangled animal disentangled himself from it
opposite to the house of the Marchioness of DOWN-
SHIRE. Still, however, he continued to rush madly
on, with the blood flowing from him, literally, in a
stream, into Mador-street ; where he was turned,
and, again taking down George-street, he continued
to run on, with unabated agitation, till, having
reached about the middle of it, he fell, as if by .1
shot, and instantly expired. The poor animal was so
entirely exhausted by terror, and excessive loss of
blood, that after he fell, he never moved at all.
A ROBBER DROWNED.—Wednesday night, abota
nine o'clock, during the temporary absence of the fae
mily, who were from home at an evening party,
some villains, by means of picklock keys, entered the
dwelling house of Mr. Pratt, of the Terrace, Camden
Town, and broke open and rifled several drawers,
&c. The villains happened to be just quitting the
house with their booty, when Mr. Pratt and his fa-
mily returning rather early and unexpectedly, the
robbers made a precipitate retreat, each of them tak-
ing a separate way ; Mr. Pratt ran after one, whom
he pursued along the bank of the New Cut, and when •
on the point of laying hold of him, the unfortunate
man jumped into the canal, whether with an intent
to drown himself or to swim across, is not known,
but he sunk to rise no more ; the weight of the plate
and other articles with which his pockets were sniffed
brought him to the bottom. The alarm was given,
and the drags were procured, and after a conside-
rable lapse of time the body was discovered and
taken up quite dead, and brought to the Britannia
public house, where it lies for the Coroner's Inquest.
Bow-waxer.—Muanres AT GILLINWICE.—On Thursday an
officer returned to cowl., oaring gone off express on Sunday into
the country to be beforehand or the public statements reaching
Hussey, but we are concerned to say, without meeting with him.
He had left London on the vrecedilg Thursday, and we fear be
will be able to conceal himself for some time, as we unrierstard
he had received £eo as a lepac7 a few days previous. It was
only known that be was a married man since so ir.any inqubias
hate been made respecting bin... ii 4 wife is row confined in
child-birtli among her friends in the ccantry. She was extrerriy
shocked on her learning the tarbasees and he ir.ous offences with
which he is charged. Hi• family had beet eery much afflicted.
COLONNADE At THE OEIALA-Hol:lllWittAlni &tars and Charia
Ad-p.. 0, two ht i:ders, employed in erectirg the Colonnade rcurd
the Opera linuse, appeared to answer informations preferred
against them by William Jefferson, tbe Inspector of the flu ymar-
ket, charging them with erecting nuisances in the Ring's bigt.
way, under the Metropolis Regulation Act, by the two hordes
which they cawed to he put up. The Magistrate determines*
they should r. duce the hories, so as to leave three feet on rise
LAX-path, wh eh the defendants agreed to do, and paid a miti-
gated penalty art 10s. a day for five days, and cents.
Folio= Nores.—.fulins Bock was brought unto the office by
Laver der, charged with uttering aIL forged nk note to Mr.
1
Jackson a hosier in riccacidly. Tneases Trimmer was charged
with being an accomplize will the priscner in uttering forged
Batik notes. Roth crimmlttott for further examination.
. Ilinion.lLeet.—Fonnen ritrres,-- Robe* ,folins )4, a your g mar,
about 24 years of agt, was bought before the Magistrates tis
' : Thursday right, in the custody of 51,y and Barrett, (Meets,
charged with having uttered a tkuroher of counterfeit Bank of
! England notes, knowing thew to be 10ti:...1.-...:7oslusakteig bre-