The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-01 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT TATTESSALL'fik—Msacx 31.
RIMILESWORTII STAKES.-2 to I egst Web colt-3 to I
agst Talisman-3to I 'est Emilius.
CLARET.—S to 1 agst Moses-7 to 2 agst Posthums —3 to
1 agstSwap-7 W I agst Wanton —l7 to 2 agst Morisco—
() to 1 agst Ajax-23 to 2 agst br to Antonio.
Di:Rev.-0 to 1 agst Web colt-8 to I agst Fanatic-3Ra
1 agst Smilius-10 to 1 ag-t Talisman-18 to 1 apt br to
Moonraker-27 to I agst Veil.
OARS.-8 to I egst Veil-6 to I agst Zaida filly-10 to IL
agst sr to Sailor-10 to 1 egst Sultana-10 to 1 agst Tint.
DomcArsha ST. LEGER.-9 to I agar Sherwood-9 to
apt Tiulcr-14 to 1 egst Miss Fanny-23 to 1 _apt Cu
lumbus.

TowresnvNo, the celebrated pedestrian, one of whose
singular feats we noticed in our last paper, has been active-
ly engaged in various parts of the country during the last
week.-0a Saturday he was at Leamington, end picked up
with his mouth 100 stones, placid at the distance of a yard
from each other, which be severally deposited in a basket
placed at the point from whence he started, within a few
seconds of 48 minutes.—The extent of ground walked over
in the performance of this singular undertaking, is te.arl?
5 miles and three quer ers.—On Monday he walked 15 tidies
backwards and 15 miles forwards, in the neighbourhood of
Coventry, in 7 hours, including 1 hour for refresh ,”en'.
Some part of the distance he performed at the rate of I mile
forwards in rigid minute* and a half, and the same distsncl
backwards several seconds under fifteen
Tuesday, he repeated his task of picking up the lOU st ,ues,
near the New Bridge, in this borough, within the.4B minutes.
the stipulated period. On Wednesday, et Stratford, ac-
complished 11 miles backwards, and IP miles forwards, a
quarter of au hour under 5 hours ' • and on the followingslay,
at Alcester, cempteted 12 miles backwards and 9 Milts for-
wards, In 6 minutes short of 6 hours. After this under-
taklng,he walked Italia mile backwards and half a mile for-
wards through the TownNof Aleester, in 11 ruinutes.—We
understand, Tow nshend has engaged for a wager of M. to
walk from the White Lion, in Coventry, to the Cross. at
Warwick, three times each day for six successive ,:ays,
making a distance of 66 miles a day. Ile commences his,
arduous undertaking on Monday next, and is allowed 16
hours fur each day's performance.—( Warwick Adr.)

The Asrizes at Clonmel have terminated. Six p o.sons
bare been left for execution. Out of the many charted
with murder, not one has been convicted.—(Waterfurd
Chrohiele.)
THE TREAD MILL KNOWN TO THE ROMANS AS A P.:-
NISHMENT!-1 have observed that sonic of your contem-
poraries pride themselves much in the stipowed ini4h•y
discovery that the tread-mill has long been used by
this
Chinese sea mode of raising eater. But there is one attli )-
City for the fact that a tread-mill. and that in the most
important points like the tread-mill used at'present, was
used by the Bunions; and moreover, one good anthorityr
that the tread-mill was used by them as a punislimer.
In Nitrusius, lib. x. chap. 10, your readers ni:l •
find the, tread-mill mentioned, as above stated, and
in Soetonius (life Tiberius) they will find an
account of a man of rank condemned in antliam—
to the pnmp. This is to me a proof of the punishment
of the tread-mill, because the pumps at which the labour
of men was particularly required, were amongst the Ro-
mans the antlliz curvate or wheel pumps. Perhaps
there is corroborative evidence of the thing in lielioga-
bains having tied his parasites to the water wheel, and
allowed them to be well docked in the mill-stream. That
idea seems to have been suggested by the previous more
lenient punishment of men being condemned is ant:i.ina.
I merely throw out this hint, that some of your more
able correspondents may follow it np, and more complete-
ly show the punishment to have been used by the Ro-
mans. In my opinion, however, the wheels mentioned
by Vitruvius, where there was caleatura, the stamping
or treading of men necessary, put by the side of the coo-
deinna ion to the wheel pump, makes the matter tolera-
bly clar.—(Ne,ccaatle
Au unlawl'ul me=ting, eanslsting of MO persons, was held
in the Sehood room, at Kirkburtos, on Thursday, the lath
ult., to bear a dispute between a Methodist and an Infidel,
upon their respective tenets, at which a penny was taken
from each person present ; seteral of the parties who toog
an active part were summoned before the Magistrates at
Iluddersfietd, on Thursday last, under Oil Geo. 111. cap. 6.
by whom they were admonished, and afterwards discharg-
ed. on promising not to offend again in like manner.--(Lectig
Mercury.)
A person calling himself the Rev. Thomas AVright, from
Huddersfield, it is said, issued prospectuses, inviting the
public to attend one of his lectures, at toe Music-hall,
this place, last Monday night, the object of which was, ta
prove that " Matter is not eternal ;" but the only demonstra-
tion established to the satisfaction of the company was this
—that the teamed lecturer's engagements are more fa it
than matter itself. In short, he decamped without the cere-
mony of taking leave, and left both the audience and Via
printer to regret their misplaced contidenca.—lbid.
THE Risc.—The following statement is from a eotempo-
rary paper :—We last week mentioned the robbery of Messrs .
Shute and Bayley's silk mills, at Watford, of property to
a trey considerable amount, and that a large reward was
offered for the apprehension of the depredators. We lei-
derstand that the thieves, with the greatest audacity, ha-, a
through the medium of a soliciter, commenced a negotiat:oa
to restore the property, upon the payment of ten shillings in
the pound on the amount lost. One day last week Mr.
Bayley had an interview, at a house in Cheapside, with a
gentleman high in the police department, who informed hint
that the solicitor could get the whole of the property return-
ed, amounting to 1,2501., for the sum of 600/. Mr. Bayley.
in hopes that the interview might ultimately lead to tilt de-
tection of the ruffians, agreed to consult his partner, al-
though determined not to countenance such villainy. Ito
accordiegly did so, and Mr. Shute instantly spurned the
idea of entering into any dezotiation, and a reward of VOL
was immediately issued far the detection of the robbers.
Thus the matter at present rests, both gentlemen being de-
termined not to countenance this infamous system of nego-
(-Mimi with thieves that has been so successfully practisel
for a considerable time. The raw and unmanufactured 'lO
stolen is expected to be brought into the market, but front
the publicity given to the trade, every hope is entertairted
that the ruffians will be detected.
llonßio Mtlibalt.—lSLE OF alas, Masten 20.—A Court
of gaol delivery was held at. Castle Rushes, on Tuesdsy the
ISth instant, before his Grace the Duke of Athol, for the
trial of John Causaish and Catacritte Kinread, for wilt'
murder, by administering poison to the wife of John Ca.
maish. This stroCioes case arose out of a criminal connex-
ion beta ixt the two prisoners,- who concerted the dreadful
scheme of destroying the wife by means of poison. It way
proved, in the clearest mariner, that the husband had per-
chased arsenic, and that the female prisoner administered it
to the deceased, mixed up in a basin of milk. The body
had been interred for some days; -but in consequence of
strong suspicion raising upon the prisoners, it was taken
up, aunt after being opened, a large quantity of arsenic was
found in the contents of the stomach. The trial lasted tho
whole of the day, and was conducted with great attention
by James Clarke, Esq. the Attorney-tleneral of the island.
The prisoners were convicted.and received sentence of death,
which will be carried into effect as soon as the King's plea-
sure is made known. This dreadful murder has excited, as
it well might, a strong sensation throughout the island,
where a trial for murder has not before occurred for the last
50 years.—(Liverpool Courier).
SHocEINO OtTRAGE.—% horrible affair took plaae at a
house in Rue de Vannes, in Paris, on Tuesday morning. In
the bark apartments, on the third floor, lived a mother, with
her (laughter, lb years, and her daught-r-in-law, aged about
21. She was separated from her lidshand, who was a Glee-
man, and by trade a tailor. It appears that the villain, ex-
cited by aimed motives, constantly opposed the marriage of
his eldest daughter. After having breakfasted with the fa-
mily, the monster, with a large butcher's knife which he had
brought with him, gave his eldest daughter a mortal &tido,
and she died in a few minutes alierward.. The young girl
of IS also received front him a wonnd in the right side,
which. however, is believed not to h) dangerous. Toe un-
happy mother was likewise wounded in attempting to dis-
arm the murderer, who we, secured by the urightiours,
whom the cries of the victims drew to the sp aud by them
delivered into the sands cf