Star. — 1821-10-05 (London, England)

FOOT RACE.  A running match, which excited the most lively interest, foe a wager of 20 guineas, took place on Wednesday morning in Hyde Park, between two young men of well known pedestrian fame, who were designated for the occasion, the one .rock 44golt. and the other Tull Boy. At seven o'clock they met at the Basin, from whence they proceeded to. Buck-hill, where the ground (150 yards) was measured. Before they started betting was rather in favour of Jack Spinoff, whose ability as a runner has long been known, but when both were stripped, the high condition, length, strength, and known bottom of Tall Boy, eotnpletely turned the tables, and betting then became 5 and 6 to 4 in his favour. They started precisely at 20 minutes past seven o'clock, and kept abreast for eighty yards, when Jack Spiggolt began to lose ground. Betting now became Bto 1,10 to 1, and at last 20 to 1, and any odds, as every sti ide threw him behind. Tall Boy eventually won the match, beating poor Jack upwards of nine yards, amidst the acclamations of the winning party.  The Hon. F. G. HOWARD has this year grown, in his garden, at his seat at Elford Hall, in Staffordshire, a bunch of telsite grapes, which were of the extraordinary weight of fifteen pounds! Aforked radish, weighing eight pounds and a half, raised in New Jersey, is exhibiting at Philadelphia! Sunday, a Lady and Gentleman from London, arrived at Carlisle by the mail, • and immediately set off in a chaise and four for the matt imonial shrine at Gretna-Gieen, where they were duly bound in the silken bands of Hymen. They concealecrtheir names in Carlisle. The gallant was considerably older than the Lady. Mr. CURRAN observing one day in Court a l—se crawling on a brother Barrister's forehead, told him of it. " You joke," said the other. " If you have many such jokes in your head,"replied CURRAN, " the sooner you crack them the better !" At a Special Term of the Circuit Court for St. Clair County, holden at Belleville, in the United States, on the 26th of July, came on the trial cf Timothy Bennett, for the murder of Al phonso C. Stewart, committed in February, 1819. It appeared that the dispute between Bennett and Stewart arose from the loss of a mare belonging to Bennett, which he supposed had been killed by Stewart, The parties met at a tavern, at Belleville, when it was proposed to Stewart to challenge Bennett to fight a duel, the proposers assuring Stewart that it should be a sham duel. The challenge was accordingly sent by Stewart, and accepted by Bennett. The seconds loaded the rifles with powder only, taking care to slip the balls which were in their hands into their sleeves. Bennett was seen to put a ball into his rifle, after his second had handed it to him. They then went into the public street, took their distance, and fired. Stewart was shot through the heart, and fell. Bennett was immediately arrested, examined, and committed to prison, whence he escaped on the evening previous to the day appointed for his trial. About six weeks since, he returned to the neighbourhood of Belleville for his family, and succeeded in removing them to the IState of Missouri. He was apprehended near St. GeI nevieve, and again confined in Iselieville jail. The Jury, after a patient investigation of the case, returned a verdict of Guilty, and he was sentenced to be hung on the 3d of September last. Coss