Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-03

| An extraordinary race for the distance
OF 100 miles, between a noted road horse,
and a reputed trotting mare, took place on
! Wednesday last they started abont three
o'clock IN the morning, from the Great
| Tree At Eistow, near Bedford, arrived at
the Peacock Inn, al lslington in three hours
| and three quarters SO miles Then
returned to CodiCote, about o miles from
Bedford, where the horse expired. The
mare WAS unable TO proceed furtoer than
Hitcn'ii, fifteen .l,ies from Bedford we
understand she IS also since dead,
jue. 9.
BY a decision Of che Tr:bunal cf COM
Incrce az PARIS, the house OF Baradon & CO.
OF London, which mad negotiated large
sum III bills for Bonaparte during the re-
beliion. is declared entitled TO receive the
va,ue, as Lawful, holders of the bills /; * the
trench Treasury, which opposed the pay
Inent, has been condemned in the costs of
the proceeding
josiah Eaton, the pedestrian, who in the
course of last summer. -vndertood to walk
tie Barclay match at Blackheath namely,
1000 miles in 1000 successive hours, has
undertaken new match of greater mag
nitEde and difficulty, upon which me start
ed on Tuesday evening, at % miautes af
ter SIX. from the Hare and Bllee. The
nature of his present undertaking is this
lie IS to walk 100 miles in 1IOO sue:
cesslve hours, to finish every mile at pre-
cisely 20 minutes after each hour has
struck, so that he can at no one time get
above three quarters OF an hours rest
HE ground chosen for this task, is the
same on which Wilson walked. The odds
are greatly against the performance.
Janc u.
Price Ct Stocks this day, at / O'clock
per Cent. Red. 63; Omuium % Ii So
--ConsoIs for Acc. 81 rs.
The Paris papers of Sunday last arrv-
cd this forenoon. We were in expectation
that they would have brought Us the iudg-
ment OF the Council of War on Gen. Bon
naire and his Aid-de-Camp, who have
been undergoing their trial Tor the assassi-
nation Of Colonel Gordon at Coude. The
papers indeed furnish us with the conclusi-
on OF the trial. which terminated on Satur-
day but the Council had not delivered its
dec's Oh, having retired to deliberate, and
the sentence would not be made public till
next day. Gordon, we believe, was not
an Englishman, though his name might
inpy British extraction. He was in
the King of Frances service and like his
brother, who had been publishing the let
! teis about him, appears TO have been a
! 4he Duchess of Berri is to make her
entry INTO Paris on Sunday the 10Th IL
slant.
The Duke of Wellington has arrived in
PariS-Lttle Importance is attached to
this vlsit-His GraCe's audience with the
| N'ng seem to be matter OF course, ard it is
| IN the nature OF Bourbon associations TO
| irIX the hero or w aterloo with their hap
| piness. Some Consequence seems neturaI-
| " attached to the change spoken of!n the
Russian representation at Paris. 1t is cx-
| pected that NJ Pozzo di Borgo will be re-
| called from his plomatic situation at the
Court OF France, and succe eded by Count
! Woronsow, the commander OF the Russian
| contingent.
an extraordinary degree ofactivity pre-
| walls IN the French naval departments.--'
The Cybele frigate has sailed from Brest
| tor newfoundland, where she is to be sta
| toned, with two sloops of war, for the pre-
lection OF the fishery. The trial Of Didier,
the ost nsible leader Of the instruction at
Grenoole, has commenced. The French
| funds are q few ceGts under so.
Brus els papers to the 10th, and Ham
burgh Gazettss to the 5,h, have been re-
! celved, and brought rather an important
| piece OF intelligence-The whole Russian
army, which has hitherto been ationed
ON the frontiers, especially towards Jur-
| KY, IS dissolved ; and the troops Of Which
it was composed have commenced their
march to the remote provinces Of tie Rus
Sian empire.
In the House If Lords, last night, the
Earl OF Donoughmore presented the petit
tons OF the IRISH Gait oiics, and y ri Grey
the petition of tie Catholic su.iects Of &
Brit in, amorg whom appear as petition
erS Tor snare III the privileges Of the Bii-
fish Constitution, the most respectable
Haues OF the Duke Of Norfolk tie Earl Of
Shrewsbury, Lord ClF rd and ~ the Ca
iholic Peers, who. as justly remark d. are
without shadow OF reason excluded from
scat III the House of Peers, end all par.
| icipation in the legislature Of the country
IN which they have so great a stake. The
discussion on the petitions IS fixed for FIJI
day tie 2lst last.
The health of the Princess Charlotte is
in an improved state. Dr. Billie attended
her royal highncss yesterday, and report
ed an absence of fever, and that size was
Continuing better.
Saturday, the 22d inst is the day fixed
for the marriage of the Duke of Glo0ces.
ter 60 the princess Navy.
Irome 5rcakiHe-We arc inforred that
the Luddites in the vicinity OF Noting
ham, have again resumed their mis-
chievous practices Of frame breaking.
! Corn Erchange, lime 12--There were
but few buyers OF wheat at market this