The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM OF RUSSELL AT GLASGOW.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
PARTICULARS.)
Gtasoow, Dec. 20. —Russell, the well•known pedes-
trian, who exhibited his powers on various late occa-
sions. sod particularly at the time of This Majesty's visit
to Edinburgh, commenced his extraordinary task of
walking IQ miles in 20 successive hours, on Monday,
at half-past three o'clock, on a footpath opposite the
Brootnielaw. For six hours or so he went at the rate of
five or six miles an hour, with apparent ease. During
the night he took several short rests ; and so mach bad
he gained upon time, that, at eleven o'clock on Tuesday.
he was pacing it leisurely at about four miles an bow.
aemningly confident of ultimate success. He, however.
during the afternoon, was far from being 'fresh, baying
become paler. At three o'clock, he had • mile to do,
whithhe took about 1/ minotea to aettomplish ; anti
thereby finished his task within 13 minutes of the time
allotted. Daring the whole performance, the crowd was
immense sad it was with sso little difficulty that his way
ronld be kept clear. It is supposed that, at the time he
finished, there might be ten thousand parsons on the
ground. As coma., many spectators were eased of their
watches, handkerchiefs,Ste. by professietral people, who
seemed to be wore than usually on the aleet.,••eanssell
was afterwards drawn through' the town by the crows).
On Wednesday, the 11th instant, William Mt. Mul-
lin, a youth under 1G years of age, undertook at Rich-
mood to walk forty miles is eight successive hours on
the Bark Flags; Lis ground only
.one eiph:b of a mil.,
in length : he started at S o'clock in the morning, and,
with ease, finished bin task 29 minutes before 4 in floe
afternoon. The last 3 miles walked barefoot. After
which, Wm. Mc. Mullan took up 100 pegs a ith la;e
mouth in 32 minutes, never touching them aitb L:s
bands, each peg being 1 yard apart. and ptt
them lutes a basket; the • distance being nearly h
On Teesday last, the above Win. SP Mullet) un-
dertook, at Darlington.to walk 30 miles in six hourt,
which heperfermed within time, before a nomecous as-
semblage, a ho subscribed liberally to this youth.
If any faith is due to a letter received from an Arnr-
riven Gentleman at Rio Janeiro, the nevi Brazilian Or •
vernment will be of a wry motley complexion. "
says he, " arrilred here last uanth from Pc, •
eambuco,one white, enellack, and one Ibulasto." Tha
same letter states, that " agents have 'keen appeintre,
and will be sent by this Government to the Coiled
States as well as to England." •
The inhabitants of .Swansea have resolved to prtitiou
Parliament for a repeal of the Insolvent Drldors Art.
Fortino NeTeti.—On Wednesday night, the Police
apprehended I men and women in the art of it.
tering forged notes They found on them twelve oti-
ose notes of the Bank of Scotland, which were forgeries;
and, on further searching, 90 more of these cotes bate
been founul.—(ffdinbergh Star.)
Oh the sth inst., eleven sheep, the propeity. of Mr.
Watt, were found dead, and closely .haddle+ together
on &mall knoll or eminence, ee the farm of 'suchen-
trek. On tge Wednesday night preceding a feti peals
of thunder were distinctly beard: and it is supposed
that the poor animals bed been struck with lightning ,
white peacefottylfivouacking on the said atria There
was a small black mark on each of these not bigger
thin the fare of a penny piece, while the turf around
was torn and rutted as if by the teeth of harrows. What
renders this accident the more remarkable is, that Oa
same spot of ground has been struck by lightning three
years in succession, while every other part of the farm
remain untouched. In 1520, the electric flea tore no
the gronnd in a singular mann •r, and last year it split
very large ruck.—(Downfties CAtrier.)
• LABIBCTII-WTHlET.—Yester.lay, the Jostice-room of
title establishment appeared lil:e a poulterer's warehouse,
Gum the quantity of al inghtered stolen poultry produced
there, before Sir D. Witt:taus, and 51. Wyary, Esq.
the Sitting Magistrates, in a ease of felony pre/erre-1
against !Millard f %loam* Webb, Edward Allen,
Peter Miller, and Pollard
A few nights ago, the farm-yard of Admiral Sir E.
Harney, at Cbigwell, was completely cleared of all the
poultry kept there, and on Friday night the poultry
house of Mr. Isaac Paine, a market-gardener, residing at
Barkingside, was plundered of eight geese, and thirteen
fine young fowls, all of which were found awkwardly
slaughtered in a bag on the top of a farmer's cart, about
six o'clock on Saturday morning, near Whitechapel
church, coming towards town. Richard Plunket, the
beadle, who made this caption, lodged the carter, Ed-
ward Law, in the watchhouse, and then, accompanied.
by Dungate. a watchman, proceeded to Black Lion-yard.
where be secured Webb, who had escaped from the cart
just before. The same officer, in the course of the morn-
ing, apprehended the other prisoners on suspicion of
being accomplicesin the robbery. The prosecutor iden-
tified the poultry.
The prisoner Law, in his defence, sail lie was inno-
cent of the robbery; be was servant to a farmer in
Essex, and was coming to London with his master's cart
on the morning alluded to, when be was met by Webb
and another man near the Green Man at Laytonstone.
who requested him to carry the bag for them to Londor .
He did so, not knowing what it contained; the !nett
were both strangers to bias. Webb did not deny having
given Law the beg to carry, but was silent as to the
rotr-
bery.—Tttese two prisoners were fully committed to
take their trial at the next Sessions for Chelmsford.
Nothing transpired during the examination to connect
this other three in this rubbery. Miller was discharged.
but • charge against Pollard and Allen was preferred
by Mr. Miller, Oovernor of Barking House of Correc-
tionoaf stealing deer, the property of his Majesty, from
, Hainaalt Forest. The prisoners, it appeared, were sera
a short time back to kill two 'leer in the forestisand were
carrying them off wrapped round with faggots. to as-
sume the appearauceof a boodle of woodovbenthey were
pursued and fired at by a gamekeeper. They were bot't
banded over into this custody of 51r. Miller, and were
'conveyed by him to Barking to be there examined.
ATT f SUICIDIL—About a quarter before 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, an elegantly dressed femsis was or:-
served welkin; in a dejected state in the Blrdeerte•walk, St.
dames', Park; she looked at several of the trees with al-
parent earnestness, and seemed quite insensible of the or-
ject of the limb who followed her, till she arrived opposite
Story's Gate, when she took a handkerchief and made it
fast to a tree, but finding the bough to wbkh she attached

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in the presence of a large crowd of men an I boys. who as
I" the time watched her motions, and pinging forward tw'e'ed
it round in such a manner, that she was intlrely raised I ,
is from the ground. in 4 would he hoes strangled had she e
if not been immediately cut down. She then abused Sheet it • ,
is around her in the most gross languor., saying she was i., • 1
of birth • Lady. She was recognised to be • women weall I
known in St. James's. She lied been supported by a Noble
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