The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-30 00:00:00

OCT. 30. .. .. . , _ . . mate his present pretensions, and how sincerely I desire his future usefulness, perhaps he might condescend seriously to notice my observations. ON ESIMUS. OCTOBER 29, - I SOB. *** My ensuing' No. will, I hope, be devoted to a Rio v-aphical sad Critical Account of the REV. Basit /goon, qf Lisson Green. PO itT rILMOITTff, OCT. 26.—Arrived this evening, his Majesty's ketch Glancur, of 16 guns, Com St. Andero, 4 days passage; the t7aininaoder of which, immediately on landing, set nth for Lon don, ia a post-chaise and four. It is since reported, that Bil boa has been taken possession of by the Spaniards, after a very severe action, in which the French are stated to have lost eight thousand men, and the Spaniards about nine thousand, under General Blake. The Glaneur was from Lisbon, having on hoard two Aides-du-Camp of General .lunot, to be landed in France ; but owing to strong gales of wind, he was obliged to put into St. Andero ; after which he intended landing them there; but the Spaniards, so exasperated against the Conven tion, actually refused ; so they were put on board his Ma je-tv's ship Plantagenet---thv mob at St. Andero would have murdered them both, had they been landed. Also arrived, his Majesty's ship L'Aigle and Foxhound brig, from off' Brest ; as also the Lady Pellew packet, from Corinna, 4 days passage. — The Expedition under Sir David Baird had arrived safe. The Prince of Wales packet, sailed 5 days before the Lady l'ellew, and is not yet arrived. The Princess Elizabeth packet takes the first mail to Lisbon. BOXING. The grand match between Crib and Gregson, for a stake of WO guineas, was decided on Tuesdny at Nloulsev Horst, in a thirty fret roped ring, in the presence of as considerable a num • her of spectators as ever assembled on a similar occasion. It wa, made knoun on Monday afternoon, that Monkey would be the spat for the grand exhibition, and the sports of the day prayed abundantly diverting, inasmuch as the battles between Crib and Gregson, and Cropley and Belcher, were the most ad mirable specitneus of skill and courage that stand recorded. The Public are so well in possession of a kuowledge of the contend ing parties, that, would be superfluous to attempt to give infor mation on t at head. ! A ~~ t` L :~ ~_~-~+ The beating Gregson received a few months since at the hands of Cully, spurred him on to he tenfold solicitous for another combat ; and on Major Morgan, his former hacker, declining giving his patronage, the Marquis of Tweedale stepped forward ac his patron for this combat, against Crib, who was backed by P. Methuen, Esq. At half-past twelve o'clock, the company having formed a ring round a roped one of thirty feet, where the pugilists contended, the champions appeared and prepared for battle. Gully and (alibiing seconded Crib, and Jem Keleher and Richman seconded Gregson. Precise betting was five to four on Crib, but there were some more desirous of betting the odds than of taking them. At a quarter before one the corn batants set to, and -trict silence prevailed. In speaking of this battle, it is a very difficult matter to hazard an opinion which of these men proved the most courage ous. I F it be compnred, it reseribles that at Newmarket more than any other on record, in a sanguinary point of view.— fierson 11;15 sustained quite as much injury a- in his former combats with Gulley, and Crib is to all appearances as badly beaten as Gregson ; the latter, however, is as a perfect novice tat boxing as w h en h e first exhibited. lii s mode of li g htin g i n this battle was pr..!ciselN origioal one, w ithnut, a 5 in hi 3 last battle with Gulley, attempting: any vaade or studied manner. rib was never safe of beating him moil the battle wits over; although he was a number of times beat to 'taint still, t 7l he recovered his wind at intervals, and maintained the contest with onderful courage. Ile pros •.! •elf, as before, a very bad tudee of his distance, a hing neecssa ry for him more thalt.all), other man. In rallying lie has but rune hit , am] if that first hit happen not to stapcfy his adversary, he is lost in the. rail ; fur he even fights back-handed, throws his hands behind him, and his nature being so good, it leads him into difficulties where a half cur would stand to be hit. Ills only perfection is that of hittiog harder than any other man with his left hand, when it so hap pe:is by cha nce t h at h e gets Ilk right distance, w 'Wel t he is so hail ajudge of. , Crib fought him at great odds, in ticiog a shy and very good fi4hter, to I our, to use the phrase itt a lei :mica! wa.v., is the t nios. p..r.eet g4'ulton in the bflliug list. There 55 to, me few, the issust'learned of the ! ea r ned, who backe.l isiregsoli • ' i• 4. TYTE NATIONAL . REGISTER. 703 freely, on the supposition that Crib could not hit hard enough to beat his adversary. The battle lasted SG minutes. YOUNG BELCHER. AND CROPLEY. This watt, perhaps, the veriest boxing match that has been ;een for some years, where the real science of the art of box ing was exhibited in a very superior degree. The seat of action may be truly called the ,field of blood, when the reader is in formed, that this battle was even of a more sanguinary nature than the former, and tilt• combatants as determined bottom as ever were pitted. They were to have fought a match of fifty, but Cropley's hacker did not app'ar, and consequent'ty a purse of fifty was the object of the battle. It was a contest which excited much interest, and Dutch Sam had beaten them butt.—At setting to bets were 7 to 4 on Belcher, and but few taker:, as the odds were too long to be sought after, and thane were no takers at any thing less. The battle consisted in obstinate rallying fight • ing, hut to the advantage of Beleter, from the beginning to the end, although Cropley once brought the match to even betting: in about the tenth round. Belcher beat his adversary in a safe cautious manner. Cropley, although supposed to be as good a boxer, having a knack of giving his head when he hits, a man ner, perhaps, better suited to Belcher's scientific mode-of fight ing than any other man. Belcher seldom made play, and-avail ing him%elf of this natural fault of Cropley•c, by waiting and stopping him, and putting in a facer. In this cautious n:anner Belcher vanquished his adversary without sustaining any very serious beating; and lie put in at leaiit a hundred hard blows on Cropley's face, during a battle which lasted fifty-six minutes, and in which thirty-four rounds were fooght. Cropley bled con stantly in torrents during the whole combat, from every part of the head, and maintained a furious conliet until he was heat blind, and to a state of stupefaction. Mendoza rued Ditto; Stun seconded Belcher, and Jones awl hall seconded Cropley. Another battle was fought between Doherty z.cd a man of the name of Powell, for a purse. This battle, which lasted ate hour and a half, was also Hell contested, and won :;v Dogherty. Thus ended a day which may he considered a, tia%ing afforded as much amusement to the ani;lteurs aov on 'mirth SUA RPERS.—On Tuesday morniug, Mr. William Embry, a wealthy farmer, oho resides at lannersheld, near Hereford, arrived in London by the Gloucester mail. lie put up at the. George and Blue Boar Inn, in Holborn. On Weiloc , ;ila v after breakfast, as he 11;1 , 1 w alking in Holborn, hi- ato•!fion was attracted by a drove of sheep ; he stopped to too:. a! t;1 1• 111. and uhile in this act, a man came alongside of bin:, :rid began talking about the sheep ; they continued in coat ers•dion, and the farmer told him vt hat country lit caste from 7 I ;ie man told him he came from near Hereford, and served his lode to :t gro cer in that town; the farmer, highly pleasel at ha% iog met with a emiotryinan, continued to walk with hi re forsome time, during which he observed the wait pick up a small pa reel, but took no notice ; they at length agreed to go into a public-house, near the Foundling Hospital, to have some liquor, and in a short time the man pulled out the parcel he had picked a i l, and said he would scr. what it contained. Ott examination, it purported to he a diamond era,s, and a receipt for it, aniimining to t? 551. The old trick was played olf, of a man following theta into the public-house, to whom the busine,s was ret..rrtil, and hr was asked if he did aot think. the name of the per:an vs tin had pur chased the cross was a French one? he agreed it uas so, and as such a fair prize, as the French had done us a deal of mischief ; but advised that it should be kept a secret. lie likewise gave it as ii;; opioion, that the farmer simehl have half the value, as he was in compaii‘, tt Lich was objected to by the finder. lie, how ever, at length agreed to give him one bandred pounds for his share, but he had not so much about hint; Le would therefore deposit the cross with the farmer, if he w fluid entrust him with a -ton of mouey iii his hands till the followieg day, as he had not the pleainre of k.ao:ving him, which the farmer complied wit h, and actually gave him 55!. ss. The trick was not discovered till the time arrived for the farmer to receive the one hundred pounds, and the man did not appear with it. DIED. Lately, in Dublin, at an advaneo , l rt . ;;-e. the Mantul; of Clan r:carde. Ile wa, a General in ihe ; :AA, by his death, the Colund,cy 01:12u! $56111 tZ.e, rt been 14 , -; vacant. He MU.: also Olovertior of /lull, and Cus.t s Rot tlor.un 4.. f the County of Qui A ay. At ltosJ Hour, County. Tipperary, the Rev. Rnh. Peacock, akej nearly 40 years 14!.:.•cinr :1/.41 GiaLct•Aior, 410 t Iti.iller,na, and , ciked the Curacy of LurrtS, ",• . WO a hem: t 44* ; 1 _ -.a er: • • t