The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-23 00:00:00

P 11 I .. BOXING ON movLsEr HURST. This celebrated plain was on Wednesilay a scene of _slaughtir, in a battle which stands as high in pugilistic history as any heffire recorded. The heroes for the day's diversion were Arthur Mat thewson, a Birmingham man, and Israel !Masco, a Jew, who had slic..vn off in the London prize ring. Belasco was backed at 6 to 4. At one o'clock the men entered the ring, doffing first :;,;:;,r castors in as a signal of defiance, end cunishing battle follow e d. Joshua conflicting ant; Hudson ant Randall accost ."1::!-Ikews"n: and Belasco and Richmond officiated for Israel Belasco. Both men stripped very prime, and went to work with much earnestness. Arthur showed must muscle, and connoisseurs decided lie was the strogest man stripped. Arthur bit short, short, and Belasco broke his ground upon saving poinis.— Arthur placed a right banded hit upon the err of his adversary, which we. returned upon the bead without visible marks ; in • close the Jew slipped down. 2. A scientific round, and much equal fighting. It was discovered that the countryman was not to be played with. A smart rallying round took 'dime with equal advantages, hits having been put about moat willingly. Belasco gut a hear/ light banded bit upon the bead, with which be went down, rather from the effect of a slip, than the wei.2,lit of the hit.— Arthur %hewed first blood from the teeth, at getting tip for the nest round. 3. Belmico placed. first hit upon the month, and his adver sary returned short. Belasco hen the worst of the round, and be was thrown. In the weariag system the men were equal in fighting, but Arthur was the quickest and strongeie—the floor d his adversary from the elem.-2 to I on Arthur. The 4th, sth, and fith rounds were most gallantly contested, and each had alternately best; but although Belasco had more finished science than his adversary, yet be was over-run by quickness and science, and was thrown by strength. Wpm° ',radioed the hit a Is Randall, with the left hand at the body, the rigt guarding the head, with some effect. Our space will not allow tie to go WW the fight at length, and few ob ions will suffice. In the 7th round, when both were weak, the men met at the ropes and became dreadfully tired. The weaving system fol lowed, and strength gave Arthur the best of it. It was a manly rallying round before the close; but Arthur in 'playing at the head, beat his adversary in playing at the body. Belasco got away from the close work, fey leaving his ad xersary's strength to foil itself. It was nearly equal fighting Until the lAtb round, when Delano placed a flash and chat tering hit upon the bridge of his adversary's nose, and which, from the swelling following, threatened to sow up both the eyes. The countrymen was thrown in a struggle. The ring was a deluge of claret after this, and to describe one round like the last would fiuish the fight. It should not be omitted that at one time Belasco was hit after having been knocked out of the ring. Both were lijt to a stand still in the 17th round; and in the 19th round Arthur recovered a hit, and by Joshua Hudson's advice •lirew out the left hand at the head, which has caused an extra profusion of clrret in the neat round, when by a finishing stroke the battle was woo. The scond match was between Sampson, the Birmingham youth, and Hall his townsman, who was defeated by Neale, the Streatham lad. Hall _ _ had beat Sampson, near Birmingham, wheh Samp son was off his legs. Hall was beat in two rounds. Sompson put his body into " physic" and his head into " Chancery" in the first round, and in the next he replenished his dose, whioli gave him a finisher. General Dumourier died on Friday last in the 85th year of his age, at Turville, Henley-upon- Thames. List week Joseph Bonus Zonetta was committed to Rochester gaol, citarged with a violent assault on Mr. Ciiilfey, of Troy Town. it appears that the pri soner, an itinerant Italian, had been paying his ad dresses to the onaid-sers ant at the PoiAlaild Arms, slid to !inward his son, hail made her several presents; but the LaiLur lemon that while his presents were accel.t tile person of an Englislooilii, a soil of St. Crispin, was inelerretit and having tailed in nhtaiuin4 his ohjeci, or a return 01 the articles presented to her, he, on Monday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, commenced an assault, by first attacking tlw favoured swain, whose now he seized between his teeth, and which, in all probability, would have been sacrficed, but he the cir cumstance of his having forced his finger against the roof' of the assailant's mouth, which c ((((( petits( him to let go Lis hold. An Italian who interfered also had his shunt's very severely bitten by the prisoner. He then wised the girl by the throat, tnrew her down, and began beating her in a most savage manner, alike same time declaring he would der her. The landlady, greatly alatined, called for assistance, and Chaffy having. fiat arrived!, he seized the prisoner's arm is prevent further injury to the girl. The infuriated onon.ter immedi ate ly turned on the person who thus restrained him, and in ass instant bit out from his cheek a piece of flesh of ron pi•lersble substance, and the breadth at a crown piece. For this last offence he was committed. Oa Thursday last P. Woodgate, Esq. of Tunbridge, • received information fmm a person who would not un close his authority, th it his house would be broken open that night. After soon• consultation it was agreed that Mr. Woodgate and his two men servants should be on the watch, and keep a candle ready lighted in a, closet close at hand. About half-pest twelve o'clock, t!tey heard Vie thieves ipproach, who s oo n succeeded in un locking the door by llleJuis of a fake key, and immedi ately began to force the hulls. Every moment expet ting them t i enter, the party within doors became alarmed, when Mr. Woodgate hastily seizing the light, fell over a chair, the no se of which alarmed the burglars, and occasioned their speedy retreat. On the next day infor mation was received that two melt had been stopped by the patrol of Seven Oaks, ou whom were found a centre bit and other implements. They were committed to Maidstone gaol. One of them being a native. of the town, and formerly a servant in the house occupied by Mr. Woodgatc. THE NATIONAL REGISTER GAME LAWS. --.......—, The following paper is sanctioned by the signa tures of those whose well-merited influence must dive additional come ::.1 . . I —t MlFlNsLiuus of hu manity :--- " We, the undersigned proprietors of estates in the county of York, have witnessed with deep regret the demorulimtion of the lower orders, occasioned by the habits of poaching• and the calamitous events which Iti frequeutly occur m the eraser -• ration of g..me under the existing laws. " Wa are convinced that these evil consequences are de rived, in a great degree, (loin the operation of those statutes by which the sale of game is coustituted an offence. I That many very wCalilly toil Opnieht chuffs of society,' who are not landed proprietors, are nature:ly, and perhaps reasonably, desirous of enjoying this in coininott with the other products of the *nil, and that no statuary provisions can effec tually prevent their obtaining it. " Dirt the occupation of the poacher is taken up for the purpose of supplying, clandestinely, those wants which cannot at present be ?unified lawfully. That this illegal occupation would speedily cease to exist if a legal sale were permitted, and the markets allowed to he honestly furnished with game, as they are with all other arti cles of geuerat.demand. " It is our firm opinion, that unier a system of open sale, the preservation of game, far from being rendered noire diffi cult, would he greatly facilitated—that the ordinary care which is fouud aulfiJient for the protection of other deacriptioits of saleable property would then he equally sufficient for this ; 1 that an armed force, and instruments of death, would no longer he requisite to defend it i and sanguinary conflicts and ' mitlid4it murders would no longer ensue from the efforts made to procure it. . _ . . _ " That we therefore earnestly submit to the ilgislature the importance of legalizing the sale of game, under proper re strictions, believing as we do the present prohibition to be con trary to good policy in its spirit, and to humanity in its effects, seeing that it has filled our goolsmith criminals of its own cre ating, and established a nursery of offenders among the lower classes of the community." This paper has beta numerously signed by gentlemen of large lauded property is Yorkshire, by Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Grantham, Lord Riblilesdale, Lord Stourcn, Viscount Milton, Viscount Althorp, Viscount Nor manhy, Sir F. L. Wood, Bart. ; Sir John Johnstone, Bart.; Sir George Cooke, Bart. Sir W. A. ityleby, Bart ; Hon. T. Lister, lion. and Rev. T. Monson, Walter Fawkes, Esq. Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. ; J. B. S. Monilt, Esq.; G. W. Wentworth, Esq.; Henry Gaily Knight, E.q.; Alarinaduke Wyvill, Esq.; W. Wrightson, Esq.: John Fullerton, Esq.; Charles Brand ling, Esq.; Robert Chaloner, Esq.; Mark Milhanke, Esq.; P. Beilbv Thompson, Esq. Samuel Crompton, Esq. ; W. 11. Cooke, Esq.; Win. Busfield, Esq..; Richard Bethel!, Esq. ; J. D. Bland, Esq. ; F. 0. Edmonds, Esq. Hugh Parker, Esq.; John Cooke, Esq.; John Woodyeae, Esq.; Henry Walker, Esq.; John Jurett, Esq. &o. &G. DEATH OP BILLY WATERS.—The eccentric Billy Waters, whose conspicuous character gained Min so much notoriety, bid adieu to tins world on Friday morning last, in the parish workhouse of St. Giles, where he had been fur the last ten days, in a very. weak stale of health. Poor Billy encleavouredoip so the latest period of his illness, to obtain for a wile and two children what he termed an honest living" by the scraping of catgut, by which he used to collect many p.nce, when he first practised at the West-end of ,the town, where his eccentric dress, with his hat and feathers, together with a 1, cuhiar stumping of his wooden lea in an original kind of hornpipe, excited much attention. liAsTimos.—A voting man, named Joseph Stoneham, cline on shoreon Thursday from one of our sloops, and repaired to the Anchor inn in the evening, where tie drank a pint of porter, after which, complaining of a pain in the head, he retired to rest. The servant going to his bed•room :0 the morning for the candle, and find ing that the young nian did nut nose, went to awake him, when, to his great surprise, lie Mond him dead and cold. The servant immediately fainted, and was found lying on the floor. PeU4STRI•NISTC—The unequalled and most extra ordinary feat of walking 248 milts in 76 successive hours, was accomplished by Wright, the veteran pedes trian, in the 55th year of his age, lie arrived at the Lamb and Flag, Cleikenwell Gann, ten minutes helore twelve, fresh and in good si , beat tig time by ten minutes. This tisk exceeds by eight miles, (in the sa me number of hours,) any pedestrian feat alt record. Time pedestrian who walked 240 miles in the Nine number of hours, and was staled to have left all other pedes. mans" in the shales," must now be left "in the Shade" himself. - - George Campbell, weaver, Bridgeton, has been bug in Glasgow gaol, charged with the murder of Frederick O'Neill, also a weaver„under the hillowing circum stances :—Toe deceased, along with several others', and .some women, had heck drinking in the house nf a Mrs. Smith, its Main -street, (whose husband was engaged in the affair at lionnyinuir during the radical rebellion, and is at present its Botany Bay), and they being considerably intoxicated, a quarrel ensued between them, and they cause out to decide it. About half-past 14 o'clock, Campbell and another lad were coming front the town, and being attracted by the noise, Campbell was when Patrick O'Neill challenged him, and they struck at one another, and O'Neill suddenly staggered and was supported by one of the ii.trty, w Ito thought he had fainted. lie was tillable to speak, and was ilell)C1110 his own doss, and had to be carried up stairs. lie lay* nearly without life, and it was not imagined that lie had been wounded, but had gone away in a swoon ; water and spirits were poured down hit throat, and hisslothes were opened to allow him In breathe freely, when it Wds thSCovered that a wound !EA been in the breast, which had pierced the heart, another stab had penetrated the intestines, which were ',intruding, and t h ree other severe cuts were observed iii the abdomen. The suitor. uniate man w:5 put into a bed, and surgical aid sent for, but he explicit abotit Si:O minutes after the encounter.— Caipplxll has been et/mm . lmA fur trial. 95 MATCH TO LILL EIGHTEEN PIGEONS IN TWENTY.' ONE SHOTS.—This oaten took place on Thursday morning last. Mr. flouter, of Acton, considered one of the Lest shots in England, Stall backed himself for fifty r,vereigns to do his work at twenty-one yards from the trap, unit unlimited charge, and betting to the tune ' s • ---- ......... trending at s.x to four against the gum— *" • The lII3lCil took i•lace in a ten acr e its•i,,, .. ileum p tri , h, near litimislow„ and the gun was backed at four and live to one eiellsiltil. Mr. limner killed nine birds _toff successively, and then cleaned his piece, and was backed at tiro 10'lille to Will. Ile missed his tenth bird and his 17th, when betting became even, and he also' missed the iuth and the last bird, which lost hi.; I' . • motets: • A few days since, a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, for a considerable bet, rude his horse over a fence, and cleared in length 22 feet 4 inches. The gentleman rode :4 stone. IVe understand that this is the horse which, a week or two ago, faded in the attetapt to leap n feet of water. There is now living in a village near Brighton, a man who has been three times married ; each of his wives' names was the sante ; he has had three children by each, and each lived with him three years. • lle was a • widow between each marriage three years, has three children Ming, the third by each wife, and whose birth days ale within three days of each other. His last wife has been dead three years, and he expects to be married again in three itiontlrs MELANCHOLY ACClDENT .—OnThursday morning lasi, Mr. Thos. Nloitis, of Fludyer-street, IVestminster, accompanied by Miss Aim Logan, his niece, and Miss Patterson, his cousin, took a boat at Ni r estminster-bridge to go to Battersea on a visit to a friend : he rowed the boat up, and they waited dinner at the 1 - fiend's house, • when Miss Logan took a fancy In a little dog, which being observed, it was made a present of to her. They departed with it on their return home at five o'clock At Chelsea-reach the pug fell o..er•board ; MisS Logan endeavoured to pull into the boat, when unfortunately she overreached herself, and falling uver.board herself; immediately sunk; Mr. Molus being au lLcellent swim mer, instantly pulled oft his coat and pillllgt.ll after her; it was in tile middle of the cerrent, and she was in stantly swept away; he at length discovered her a con. siderable distance off, but before he could reach her she sunk again to be seen no more alive. A bargeman at • 5011le distance off was theonly person who had witnessed • the accident, but lurcould render no assistance, and Mr. s ' Molus being very much exhausted, was obliged to return • to the boat to Miss Patterson, who remained in the most frantic and disconsolate state • t . • • An eccentric individual, at an advanced age, recently died at Upstreet. He had not changed his abates, nor lain in a bed, for above 15 year's ; he used to sit it a large wicker arm chair before the fire, from which lie very unwillingly moved, chopping even the wood he used as fuel on one Or the . arms of his chair. hi the ex tremity of death he fell (loin his seat on the floor, and when taken up and undressed, he presented a shocking spectacle as a corpse. He was not in a state of want, having a competent annuity; bat his habits were• the - !Wren of eccentricity. Mr. Harvey, of Fish-strezt, Dactors' Commons, on • Wednesday evening last, between bevel' and eight o'clock, was proceeding on foot loon the Grange-road. Beri tttttt dsey, into the Albatiy-road. Ile WaS stopped by two footpads who hid followed him for some distance. • and vi hen he canoe to an unfrequented place in she Grauge•ruad, one of Went rushed upon him and pinion ed his anus, whilst the other presented a pistol at hint and demanded Ins money. Mr. Harvey distioctly saw the faces of both the robbers, who got off with all the ttttttt he happened to have about him, consisting of two sovereigns mold about Itir. Mr. Harvey gave Mita. 'nation of tue rubbery at Union Hall. ANOTHER BRUTAL NIATCH Alrel Andrews, • a dealer, on Moodily IllhIleft(lok to ride one horse IVls' miles in 24 hours. Toe horse, or rather a MOM galloway. • tinder &teen hands, and a e.l , looked a very unlikely one to win, and time was backed at Gio 4. l'he start took place boat Pepper-row, li,sex, over a five mile piece of ground, at one o'clock un Alonday monolog. Mr. Amitews riding somet'inig more than II stone.-- 1:11C ilturte(ll , i lilt first lire miles in 35 minutes. and I 3 in out: hour and 43 minutes, and was baited. Mr. A. started again at a gunner past three o'clock, and did another II miles at hall past five, when he balled art hour. At hall past six he travelled at the rate of about six tulle, an hour, and did VO other miles before 'dine o'clock, making, 60 miles in a few minutes less than little hours. He baited again, and did the next twelve miles and a halt (half the distance) by a garter paid eleven, hating an hour and On ee qUarters time oil hand. He bailed the horse, refreshed lionsell, and started again at' ' twelve o'clock, having the other half to perform at the rate of • than four utiles and three quarters aii hour. He did the first of the tell miles Vti all hour and >t half,. washed the mouth of the horse, and performed the next ten miles in rather less time. The equestrian became .I*.nwied, and he went to bed fur all hour and a half, and started aging, at five o'clock to du the reineming 42 miles and a imi(. lie did the go utiles In three hours, halte.t an I r, started at nine o'clock much fatigued, but the horse was fresh, and performed the remaining 22 miles and a half at 40 past It o'clock, winning by go minutes. Hoe mot leB.—Oti Monday, 'Tuesday, and Widnes.. day nights last, no less than five houses were broken open and robbed of various property, in M Alston-house street, Newington, Surrey. 011 one of these occasions • the lady of the tionse ruhl her maid-servalt 0/39 • g above stairs, in the drawing-room, Wahine for her hus band's cumin; home ; tile) , heard the thieves break in And ransack the lower part of the house, which they robbed, but terror presented their thelting. any- alarm, well knowinf that lime is 110 WatC0411:111 stationed in that street. The house of 1). Sanger, Esq. of Kenning ton-lane, was also barglariously entered and robbed of 4401. worth of properly, ccnisistinit chiefly of jewellery, vitiktits, and other valuable articles. • M 1 V 111 1 ■ --,_ 111111111.