Star. — 1830-04-15 (London, England)

PEDESTRIANISM.  The great foot-race of 200 yards for £4OO was run on Haley Common on the 12th inst. and won by Hall, who beat his antagonist by one yard. The task was performed in 20 seconds.  Yesterday morning, as a female in the service of Mr. Gear, landlord of the Globe public-house, Lisson.grove, attempted to cross the road in Stephen-street, Paddington, she fell down, and the wheels of a cart, which was at that moment putting, went over her, and also over a fine infant belonging to Slr. Derr, which she carried in her arms. The infant,which was two years old, was killed on the spot,and the woman was seriously injured. The driver, who is in the service of Mr. Walters, of Bankside, was taken into custody. Early on Sunday morning a most daring attempt was made to break into and plunder the premises of Mr. Innocent, a silversmith and jeweller, near the Cambridge-heath-gate, in the Hackney-road ; but was frustrated by the vigilance and good conduct of the police constable on duty, No. 75, N, named Kimber. The officer was passing Mr. Innocent's house about three in the morning, when he heard a slight noise proceeding apparently from the rear of the premises. The noise, although slight, was unusual at that early hour, and excited his suspicion. He went round to the garden at the back of the house, and looking cautiously over the wall, discovered three men in the act of breaking into the house. One of them was mounted upon a ladder, and working a hole through the brick-work immediately under the back parlour window, about six feet from the ground; but another, who appeared to be on the watch, saw the officer's face, and giving the alarm to his companions, they immediately scampered off. Two of the robbers escaped, but the officer pursued and captured the other. The villains, when detected, had worked completely through the wall into the parlour, and, in the course of two or three minutes more, would doubtless have been in the shop, which contained a valuable stock. The captive proved to be a known thief, named Ormesby, one of those who were charged with the extensive robbery of plate at the residence of Prince Polignac. An investigation, which lasted four hours and a half, took place at the Three Castles, St. Andrew's-hill, Blackfriars, before the City Coroner, respecting the death of Sarah Goulding, the wife of a labouring man residing in Ireland-yard. A number of witnesses proved that the husband of the dec. mid had for a number of years treated his wife In a brutal manner, often threatening her life, and using the moat obscene language, repeatedly turning her out of his bed at night into the public street in a state of nudity, and that in the most inclement season. Several times the witnesses heard him say he would be the death of her, if he was hung at Newgatc for ft.—The landlady of the house in which the deceased lived stated that she had never seen any blows struck, but had heard the deceased often cry out " Murder !" and often heard her fall on the floor as if knocked down by her husband. On Saturday week she was delivered of a child only four months gone, and on last Saturday she died.—.l surgeon stated that he heard the deceased say " Goulditig, you know you have been the cause of my death—you have knocked me down like a bullock ;" to which the husband made no reply. Witness having examined the body since her death, has found no marks of external violence ; but she being a weakly woman, a blow would have caused her miscarriage. 'Mere was inflammation on the left side of the pleura of the membrane covering the lungs, and slight inflammation around the upper orifice of the stomach. The cause of her death was the inflammation mentioned, combined with fever and miscarriage. The Coroner left the case to the Jury, who returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the husband of the deceasel—An immense concourse of persons were assetubled outside during the investigation.