The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-10 00:00:00

BOXING. The match between Joshua Hudson and Bennis worth, the Essex champion, or at least so deno minated in that county from his clearing Me may qualifications, came off on Tuesday in the Hundred of Rochfort, near Southend, Essex. It was fir a purse of 30 guineas, and a match of twenty. Hud son is a first-rater, who beat Scroggins, but who lost the fight with Martin, by an accidental blow, and, as proof that his adversary was thought something of, betting was even. There were inure persons present than is generally seen in the tights round London, and the smock frock gentry, who were elevated on the trees, and the numbers of females who covered the hills contiguous to the ring, formed a contrast to a London ring. Hudson was se conded by Tom Owen and Purcell, and Ilennisworth by his brother and a stranger. Hudson is between eleven and twelve stone, and his adversary is a well grown man of thirteen stone BOUNDS. The first round was well contested, and Hudson- kept his distance, and avoided some slaihing hits. In a rally son) blows were exchanged to the advantage of Hudson, but he was toured by a tight handed teaser. .2. Hudson had found out the vulnerable points of his arta. 'mist, and he unmuzzled at him and turned to gallantly. The Essex man threw away many blows, which were prevented toiling by Hudson going manfully up to his adversary's head, and keeping at in-lighting. Bennisworth was skilfully dropped by a flush facer. 5. Hudson led again. and exchequered his head by strait hitting untii he stultified him. Bennisworth, however. hit away at random. and although floored again, sonic of his blows told. But it was Fer.church Street to a fig. 4. Teti. was the last round. Bennisworth made his last effort. btu lie was met at going in with such force, that he yielded without knowing of it. He was knocked down. and could not be made sensible to come to time, and Hudson won the state. After it was over, and Bennisworth had somewhat recovered himself, he went instinctively to the set ting,-to scratch to continue the combat, and when told that he had lost it he expressed much dissatis faction, and asked where the Londoner was, as he (Bennisworth) only wanted a little more time, but be was not beat. It lasted eight minutes and a halt: Another battle was fought, between Rasher and Adams, pugilists of second rate, for it purse of 151. which was won by the former, after a long and slaughtering fight. Oliver and Gibbous seconded the winner, and Purcell and Scroggins the loser. Match between Spring and R. Burn.—Spring, for feited the hundred guineas to Burn lately, through indisposition, and on Tuesday evening the match was renewed at B. Burn's, by a deposit of 50 guineas n side, to fight for 100 a side, agreeable to the fol lowing articles:— " The pugilists agree to fight on the IGth of May, for 100 guineas a side. Fifty guineas a side are now deposited in the hands of Thomas Cribb, and the re mainder to be made good at Spring's on that day week before fighting. The battle to take place in a 24-feet roped square. within 30 miles of London, and the place to be named by Mr. Jackson. 'L'o be a fair stand-up fight. of half minute time, and umpires to be chosen, one each by the friends of the men, and Mr. Jackson, or, in his absence, Mr. Sant, to fix upon the referree umpire, to whose decision, in case the other umpires disagree, the parties con cerned in backing the men must accede. In case of default, the money staked to be forfeited." (Signed, &c. &c.) This has been a fighting week amongst the tan ciers, and the battle we are about to record excited much intereit. It was between Elias Cart, who weighed more than 13 stone, and Dan Crowther a 12 stone man o 1 science, who had bunged up tuany an ova. The battle took place on Spiel- heath, at eight o'clock on Thursday morning. It was science against strength, and although six rounds only were tbught, it was a gallant combat. Round I. Cioa liter placed a direct 11,1 , 11 hit upon. his adversary's ear, an it was returned by a tie-up away lat.— Crowther retreated, and after placing attolh , r lilt Ile Mil► thrown. 2. Curt received doer heavy hits, and the reform were dexterously avoided, lint in Makin;, a tilled blow Cl*ol% tau r received a heavy hit in the body VI !heti limited him. S. Cali made play, and iiis adver , iry seemed to feel t:,e effects of the last reuvri, by keeping hi, del.lllte, uni d pressed against the ropes, w hen he fought hind.. It out a hi Renault, and omen ;loudness was she we on both side., but -ire..gtis gave Cart the best of it, and he threw his ;Li:hers:try a heavy fall. Two to line on Cart, whose heal oaten mangled. 4. Crowther had got second wind, as it is techitically termed, and lie bit his advt rsarf- features out of place, alai floored him by a body hit. 5. 81.111 were lunch exhausted, and it was a tedious round, but Crowther darkened his adversary's i eye. :lad left only a glimmer of si_lit in the other. Both aeon do is it in a close, and Crowther wit. backed :it (hire to title. 6. Carl made a gallant rally, but alts si t iht prevented kiln doing much exerittom. lie looseoeil hi. adversary's left • jaw by a right handed blow, and hit oat two of his teeth ; hut Crowther fintoht at points, told neat his adveisary by blinding him. CAA Nay hat six times on the head in tali• round ; and lie was tailored by a cliosimr, hit in the wind, which gave victory to Gus. Bier. There was a second bottle for a purse of f:►e guineas. An apricot tree, in an open garden, belonging to Mr. B. Woollen, of Gatefields, is at this tittle literally crowded with fruit larger in size than cm -IXIOII nuts. THE NATIONAL REGISTER... On Sunday afternoon, between the hours o?three and five o'clock, the dwelling house of Mr. Robert Cliffen, of Attleborough, was broken open while the fiunily were at chapel, and rubbed of five pounds ten shillings in money, two watches, some silver tea spoons, and a quantity of linen. Several drawers were broken open, in one of which was a bank re ceipt for OA. belonging to an inmate, which they left on the bed, thinking most probably it would lead to their detection. DREADFUL ACCILDENT.—OD Saturday Lst, as a wag a mier was driving his teansalong Isleworth, heavily laden with goods, in turning ill a gateway, the wheel came in contact with a newly built wall, and threw it dour. The waggoner, thinking no other injury was dime, drove on, but was warned to turn back, nit hear ing dreadful screams from where the wall bad fallen, wnen it appeared that four children had been sitting rehiud the wall at the time of its Calling, by which they were hurt d under the bricks and mortar. Asostane: was immediately procured, and they were al! dug out dreadfully bruised. A boy, about six Sears of age, sue io Mr. Newson, a Carvetiter, living at , he above place, was so much injured, dirt he died shortly afierwarck; uI we are happy In learn that all the rest are likely to recover. A few evenings back, as Mr. Wichelee Holland, of Long Lane, Bermondsey, was going home to his resideme, he was met in High Street by two ruf fians, one of whom, without the least provocation, struck him on the head with a bludgeon and knocked him down. Both the villains then fell upon him, and continued beating him till they thought he vas dead, when they escaped. In this hclpless situation Mr. H. was fhund by some pm , stingers, who humanely carried him to a surgeon's ; on exatnination several deep wountls were found on his head, his jaw was broken, and three of his teeth knocked out. Next day the deposition of Mr. Holland was taken by Sir John Eimer, and by the activity of a constable both the fellows were appre hended and lodged in gaol, till Mr. H. is declared out of danger. NFTIIEII LANDS—We lave already mentioned says the A/gen/eine Zei/ung of March 24, that the seven Advocates who sired the Consultation for M. Van der Straaten, author of '6 Etat actuel des Pays," has been thrown into prison . On the llth of March also, the son of M. Van der Straatcn was brought betbre the Judge of Instruction at Brussels.. He answered that he, as the son of the accused, had done, was doing, and would do, all that was pos sible to place; the inocence of his father in a clear light ; that no one could hinder him. from perform ing this natural duty, and that ha had no further explanation to give respecting that point. Besides the above mentioned, two ot her Advocates, of whom one is the celebrated publicist Van Meen, have been arrested because they appealed to the principles of the Charter in favour of /1 M. Trappe, a native subject, who had been banished from the kingdom in virtue of a knee de cache!. The present Minister of Justice is called Van 'Muoeti. Resolute Conduct of a Woman.—On Monday af ternoon, Alice Slater, about nineteen years of age,. servant to Mr. Lanham, baker of Widcombe, in Devonshire, had occasion to go into the house of Sarah Perkins, who keeps. a tea shop next door to Lanham ; on entering the passage, she observed a man robbing the till, and with great presence of mind she darted into the shop, and seized him by the collar. He struck her on the head with his fist repeatedly, but she- held hint fast, called out for assistance, struggled with him, and forced him into the kitchen, where Sarah Perkins appeared, and Salter, with great coolness, toll her to run the a constable, while she held the prisoner. During, Perkin's absence, the villain swore he would murder Salter, i 2 she did not release him, and slipping a clasp kniti; from his pocket, he attempted to cut her throat, but during the attempt. she lifted her arm up to her neck, and received the cut on the fleshy part of it. This murderous attempt inspired her with fresh courage, and she threed him into the court. yard. where he was taken with the knife open in his hand, by Mr. Lanham and a constable. He took about nine shillings font the till, and a pocket-book, containing two five pound and three one pound notes, all of which were luckily preserved through the intrepidity of the young woman. On Sunday evening last, one of ihe farm s, minis at Kildonan, parish of Cohnouell, was preparing to fodder saute rattle at a distance trout tiny house, and, as is supposed, either when employed in rutting the hay upon t' , e stack, or pulling it dowa after being cut, the hay overturned upon him, mid he was tivtual buried touter it, without the smallest signs of ; a b out two luturs only having elapsed between his departure tiomn the house and the time he was timuil. On Sunday night las', the Horsea preventive boat seized 73 half ;takers: and on Wednesday morning, the Yarmouth preventive boat seized 116 h a lf ankers of fitreign Geneva. which have been lodged in his Nlajesty s Excisri Office at Yarmouth. There Las also been seized by Mr. Silver, the tide surveyor of that port, 116 half ankers, which have been lodged at the Custom-House. 119 _ . AK IstrosTott.—Thurrilay, as Daniel Heron, a constable of Southwark, was coming on the coach from Guildfin-d, he saw a person in female attire walking very confiisedly along the road side. The. limbs of the supposed lady appeared so very clumsy and unlike those of the fair sex, that Heron sus pected there was something wrong in the business, and accordingly got off' the coach and fidlowed the object of his suspicions some distance. At length he took the liberty of looking under the bonnet,.and immediately discovered an old acquaintiinee, with rough beard and a pair of carrotty whiskers which he attempted to hide under the ears of a large cottage cap! After the first salutation had passed, }Thrum asked him " what screen he' was thew upou4" to which he answered, " that he was getting on queer— ish—no business was to be done at all in this part." • Heron searched him, but could find nothing,. and having no charge against him, be let him ,gaeon but he s o on afterwards learned that he had palmed quaelity of forged notes , through the country, and had adopted his female garb to esespeithe more • In the Court of:Chancery on Wednesday, ...rt the-- case of Bailey Bird, a lunatic residing in. Norwich, the validity of whose maia'iagc is disputed by Mrs. Ellis, his aunt, to whom property amounting to • 5001. per annum (now in possession of the lunatic's - mother, who has to allor him C 001.) was to devolve in the event of his having no issue, an application was made fin confirmation of the Master's report, in which lie-approved of the marriage, of which a child has been the result, on the grounds that it was fin the comthrt of the lunatic that he should continue in a state of matrimony, and that • there were no funds belonging to hint sufficient to try the validity of the marriage in Doctor's Commons. The Attor ney General opposed the application, urging in proof of Bird's incapability to perhirin the duties of .• a husband, that he did not even know he was mar- • tied. Mr. Wetherell, in reply, read extracts of letters to Bird from Ellis's daughter, in whiels. she • requested him to wait fin- her. The Lord Chancel lor said it. was clew from the will et the lunatic's father that he contemplated the probability of his son's marriage, and his Lordship ordered , that the case should stand over that the Court might know whether Mrs. Ellis would pay the costs of n suit itt . Doctor's Commons. MELANCHOLY - EVENT.—On ThurstLy week, as - James Siton, a respectable joiner in the parish of Tyaron and his wife, were returning from Moffat, where they had been on a visit to one of their thila.• dren, they were overtaken by a violent storm of .ow, when about a mile beyond the shepherd s. house at Stidridge. This. on-tall was soou acme, parried by a rapid and stupifying drift, and,. as they. were now in the middle of a wish; and lonely moor, . Mr. Siton bccame apprehensive of the consequences, and seriously proposed turning back. His com panion, however, impatient. to reach home, and. - believing that the storm would soon be ever, pre ceeded a little farther on het-journey, when feeling her strength begin to fail, she .:tt last consented to • follow her husband's advice. She turned back • accordingly, but ere they had proceeded many yards her voice bezame weak and her steps unsteady.— This circumstance did not escape the eye of her hus band, and while wrapping his plaid round her shoulders, and desiring her to lean neon his arm for support, he observ‘al that her countenance had. un-, dergone a remarkable change. To his affectionate request she was only able to answer, that she was no longer able to stand. upright, and sinking to. the earth she soon lay at his feet a lifeless corpse. lEe• feelings of the husband at this moment we will nor attempt to describe. Three times he started away from the body of his wife, and as often returned, tormenting himself with the thought that the stark of life might not be totally extinct, and in his des pair almost resolving to share her fide. At last he stuck his stair into the snow by the side of the corpse. and with great difficulty that d his way Wei. to the shepherd's housia the charitable inmates of which, interpreting his looks rather than his words, soon discovered w kat had happened. and numediately set out for the parpose if recovering the body. The storm still raged with consideralde fury, and they had nor proceeded far lid era; they observed a. hand slowly raised above the ,now. on examination, . del to the discovery ot' a new sufferer. who, in tra. veiling between Locherben and MoPlet, hail been overtaken by the trenicialuus stony, 1,, , a dashed to the ground by the violence of the drift. This parson was carried to Stidridge in. a state of ha en•ihility, but by proper care has been restored to health nail strength. A little titrther on, the party came to Mr. Sinai's stag; which was now nearly buried in. the snow, and widiena the aid of Mild). they could not have discovered the body of his unfortunate. wife. The deceased waathe mother often children, all living ; and it is needless to add, that her un timely fate has excited u very lively sentiore -, a, regret in the district where she resided.