Star.
London, England, 1828-01-22 00:00:00

HUNTING.

The Ho'dunes, Fos --Hounds t;:morrow, at Everingham
Thursday, at Kilnwick Percy ; and on Saturday, at Hothsm.
The Badswurth Fos Hounds to-morrow, at Darfield Bridge;
Thursday, at Cudworth; and on Saturday, at Crofton Village: •
The Morpeth Hardees to morrow, at Clifton; Thursday, at
Abshielda ; and Saturday, at Whaltnn Hill Head.
The Worcestershire Hounds on Thursday, at Rouse Lench.
The Granstien Hounds oa Friday, at Potion Wood.
The We.tacre Stag Hounds on Fritiay!ht Wendling Bridge.
N. P. H.—Mr. Nicoll's Hounds on Thursday, at Cadnam
Bridge ; and on Saturday, at Highwood Copse.
The Cleveland Fox Hounds on Thursday, at Skelton.
The Elton and Cleveland Harriers ost Thuraday, at El on.
The York City Harriet., on Ft iday, at Towtkorp Carr.
STAG HUNT.
Monday his Majesty's Stag Hounds met at Braeknall. A deer
was turned out, but would sot ran at all ; returned to Swinley,
where they procured another stag, and, considering the waters, bad
tolerable spurt. It is curious that the Stag was taken at the Stag
and Hounds, Spital.
Friday, the Hounds met at Longford, and, in consequence of the
waters, turned out at leer Heath, and had a run of an lour and
five minutes.

GREAT UNDERTAKING.
Yesterday afternoon. Coates, the celebrated pedestrian, under-
took for a wager of £25 to perform the following unequalled task,
which had been postponed from Thursday last, on account of the
tinfavourableness of the weather :—To row mice under and run
twice over five different Bridges, and afterwards proceed to St.
JameesPark, and run round the new iron railing—the whole within
one hour. The pedestrian, at about half-past two, made his ap-
pearance at London Bridge. accompanied by a number of persons,
and commenced his work by running twice over, and rowing once
ander. Ile then proceeded to Southwark, illackfriar's. Waterloo.
and Westminster Bridges, running over twice. and rowing under
once each of the Bridget in his progress. From Westminster
Bridge he proceeded to St. James's Park, followed by an immense
concourse of spectators, and concluded his undertaking by running
round the bon railings within seven minutes,and winning the match
in eleven seconds within the hour, in fine style, and amidst the most
deafening cheers. The whole of the Bridges contained a number
of persons, hot Waterloo was crowded during the whole of the
afternoon, and several Interesting foot races took place the length
of the Bridge, which is a quarter of a mile within about 20 yards,
to the great amusement of the numerous spectators, and to the de-
light and profit of the trustees of the bridge.

A letter from Naples of the I,t instant, 'states that
Mr. STRATFORD CANNINO had arrived at Malca from
Constantinople.
Bawls or NAVAIVINe—We were admitted on Satur-
day to a private view of the new Panorama of the Bat-
tle of Navarin, painted by Mr. BuIVORD, in the Strand.
MI our pre-conceptions of what the representation of
such a tremendous scene should be, were folly answered.
W .en we saw the Asia, Admiral Codrington's vessel,
between the Egyptian and Turkish Admiral's ships, we
_almost fancied ourselves in all the real horrors of such
a warfare. The blowing up of the Turkish fireships is
'powerfully delineated. Oa the whole, it is most spi-
rited punting ; and the more it is looked at, the stronger
)the illusiop becomes, till imagination almost deenis it
!reality.

WEATHEt ►
The effect produced by the pre.ent mid "Leen OP tin
the vegetation Is remarkable. lo sheltered s;tuatithis.
green peas are three inches nut of the grcuntl. The snow
drop, the crocus, and other hat bingers of spring, hare
reirtti their headss
The meadows on tht Surrey side of the Snspensiou
Bridge, at Hammersmith, have pre:ented daring the
last three diys a remarkable appearance. The heavy
rains have occasioned the River to overflow a great
extent of land beyond its usual boundaries, and the
floods have formed one broad extensive lake, intersected
by rows of elms and hedges. The oldest inhabitants
have never seen any thing like the present inundation.
The waste of waters extends to the very doors of the
farm houses, which have stood high and dry for ages.
The floods in our neighbourhood are unusually high,
and the rain for some days has been almost incessant.
In many places, should the rain continue, the roads

will be absolutely impassable.— Oxford Paper.
The very heavy fall of snow and rain within the last
ten days, added to the already overflowing state of the
Thames, has caused a dreadful flood in this neighbour-
hood: we are sorry to state that this day, Thursday, the
water is moo the street in Eton, and still continues to

rise; the inhabitants are in a state of alarm lest the wa-
ters should arise to the height they were the 29th of Ja-
nuary, in the year.lBo9. From the terrace the view is
dreadful beyond description; not an inch of land scarce-
ly to be seen for several miles ; the road from Datchet,
to Windsor is completely impassable, as is the Clewer
I road Irons Maidenhead ; rails re placed across the
road to prevent Accidents. Tate road to Slough is also
nearly in the same state The water this day has risen,
three inches; scarcely a house in Eton that the water is
nag from three to five feet in the cellar.—Merles Chrox.
The we.ther has been tremendously severe in .this
neighbourhood since our last. In consequence of the fall
Of snow yesterday se'nnight b-ing followed by a•brisk
thaw, the river Avon again rivet flowed its banks on
Sunday, being six inches higher in the deepest part than
. .

the late flood. The low lands in this e'en,- ity were
consequently under water to a very considerable extent,
but o e have not heard of any material damage having
been sustained. Tuesday night was one of the most
inclement during the winter; the fall of snow and rain
was unusually great, and the different coaches were
next morning considerably beyond their usual time
Tie Exeter mail was about two hours later in its arri-
val, and was under the necessity of leaving the city
with six horses. We regret to find, that owing to the
hag prevalence of wet weather, the sheep and lambs
are suffering seriously from the rot ; and that, from the
same cause, the season has proved extremely fatal to
the deer. It is also stated that the effect of the rains
will be felt, and severely too, at harvest, on all lands
which are not of stout quality in themselves, or where
the wheat plantis not well supported by manure. We
are, however, happy to add, that the ravages of the
wire-woim are abated, and the growing wheats look
well to the eye.—Bath Herald.
A snow storm comme..ced on Monday, and has since
.continued with little intermission. All the coaches ar-
rived nearly in due time last night, with the exception
of the South Mail, which was at least three bouts behind
time, arriving after three o'clock in the morning. This
did not arise, however, from any interruption by the
snow. Bang about hrlf-tide at Q.reensferry, the guard
and passengers had to take an open boat, which was
driven on a sand bank about '2OO ) ads from the shore,
where they bad to abide the pelting of the storm for
nearly three hours. This morning the coaches from this
place to Edinburgh found it impossible to proceed beyond
D4mhead, about fourteen milts to the southward of
.Pertb. One of them returned to-day a little after noon
—the other stuck fast in the snow.—Pcrth Courier.
The piercing cold which prevailed here in the begin-
ning of the week, was succeeded on Wednesday evening
by snow, which continued to fall during the night, and
heavily as yesterday morning advanced. The ground
was covered to a considerable depth, and the progress
of the mail so much retarded, as to be two hours past
the usual time of arrival. At mid-day thaw commenced.
We may calculate, however, on the communication
with distant parts being still impeded by the heaviness
of the roads ; and the non-arrival of the London mail at
night, which has now occurred several times in succes-
sion, is likely to prevail two or three days longer.—
Greenock Advertiser.
'Thursday night the entire city was enveloped in
darkness—the prospect renttered, if possible more
dreary by the inclemency of the atmosphere. This un-
expected occurrence was attributable to the derange.
ment of part of the machinery in the Gasometer, the
purifier having become corroded.—Limerick Paper.
Saturday morning last the London mail was over-
turned between Bienh and Appleby, on its way to
Carlisle. Yesterday riday) morning the same mail
did not arrive iu Carlisle until near eleven in the form.
noon, having lost full four hours. It took eight horses
four hours to pass the mail .and enrich over Stainmoor,
which is done in ordinary weath r with four horses in
two hours and thirteen minutes. In the above storm,
the horses were almotc all that time breast deep, and
they literally dragged ;the vehicle through by main
strength, the wheels never turning round.—Carlisle
Journal.

Captain GRENTELL, w ho so signalized himself under
Lord COCH Roue in the River Plate, and whose gallantry
has been rewarded by the several Orders of "The Rising
Sun," and The Cross," sailed from Falmouth last w eek
in the Dove, for Rio Jineiro.. _ _

Napoleon beingiin the gallery of the Louvre one day,
attended by the Baron Denon, turned round suddenly
from a fine picture, which he had viewed for some time
in silence, and said to him —" That is a noble picture,
Denon." " Immortal," was Denon's reply. " How long,"
inquired Napoleon. " will this picture last?" Denon
answered, that, " with cate, and in a proper situation, it
might last, perhaps, five hundred years." " And how
long," said Napoleon, " will a statue last?" " Perhaps,"
replied Denon, " five thousand years." " And this,"re:
turned Napoleon, sharply," this you call immortality."
The following anecdote illustrative of the religious
ignorance of our Highland population has been corn•
municated to us by a Rev. Gentleman. The Rev. Mr.
A., D.D. had, a short time since, been applied to
by a Highlander, fer the purpose of administering to a
child of the latter's the ordinance of baptism. Agree-
ably to his invariable practice, the worthy Divine exa
mined with great care the lather of the child touching
his knowledge of the nature and design of the institution
in question. The singular answers which the latter
returned to the interrogatories of the Rev. Gentleman
proved to a demonstration that he had no idea whatever
either of the one or the other. The unavoidable conse-
quence was, that the worthy clergyman was laid under
the necessity of informing the father, that he was not
fit to hold up his child. " Fit !" exclaimed thjusto-
nished Highlander, evidently supposing that he referred
to his physical—not his moral fitness : " Not fit to hold
him (it was a son) up I Dear bless you, Sir, I would he
fit to hold him up, though be were as big as a cal/Y"—
Elgin Courier.