The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-26 00:00:00

THE LONDON REVIEW. i . I. This n ew periodical which has been so frequently announced in the newspapers for the last two or three months, has at length made its appearance; and by so doing has effectually set at rest the spe culations of those who, from certain previous writ ings of the Editor, Mr. Blanco White, had inferred that ttre principles of the Review would be Anti 160holic, and consequently illiberal. Those who Vrere in the secret, Lad always affirmed that the Praprietors of this Review and the principal writers in it were men who, by works already before the Public, had proved themselves to be imbued with the improved spirit of the age, and possessed of many of its valuable ideas, and the first number does not fall short of the expectations which this linn ouncernent held up. It is, perhaps, unfortunate for the London Re view that the two articles of greatest merit in this !lumber are on two subjects very nearly allied to Oae another, and which do not usually excite the t otiosity and interest of the general reader, in the degree which their importance deserves. We allude to the articles on Transportation and on Police, the filter of which from its lively style and extraordi "try felicity of illustration, the latter from the ori- Orrality and profundity of its views, cannot fail to 'make a deep impression en all who are capable of appreciating either the talents of a writer or those of thinker. ,The article on Police, in particular, ought to be reprinted as a pamphlet, and put into the bands of every member of both Houses of Parlia ment, 'as a manual to direct them in the important libutirwlfich cannot fail to be forced apon them almost immediately by the public voice, that of entirely remodelling the barbarous and ineffi cient arrangements which the Police of London idrords for-the guardianship of property, and the 4PPtehension of offenders. There are single pages of this article containing more useful suggestions, 44 0 a greater quantity of specific and valuable in 'ermation, than any entire essay which has yet ap peared, as far as we are aware, in any of the publica ta°4 of the day on this subject. Of the work in general, the most marked and ho al:irable characteristic is the total absence of any th ing like quackery. None of the vulgar arts of mercenary writers for acquiring popularity are here Vi sible. There is no playing fast and loose with o pinion`, ---no pandering to the political, moral, or teligioos antipathies of any class of readers, nor ministering to the baser passions of mankind, by that pertness and flippancy which amuses only by raomeitarily exalting the reader in his own opinion, at the expence of the individual against whom the kreasms of the writer are directed. In their lite %lT as well as in their philosophical articles, the Thmduetors of the London Review have evidently II I ) , Purposes but s er i ous l y to inculcate what they ° I ladder to be the truths appropriate to the subject qythich they treat, and to rely for success on the Nue of their ideas, and their power of stating them /1.4 ,_t1i Sufficient clearness and force, to give full effect natural interestingness of the ideas themselves. CLERGY OF THE DIOCESS OF EXETER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. j?ltts--You will have perceived by the Morning et °l ° 7l 4l of yesterday, that , it is the intention of the L r ay of the diocess of Exeter " to proce e d t o t ° lldoh in a b o dy, f or th e p ur p ose o f represent i ng 0 the Duke of Wellington the danger to the Pro t:Etkat Church which cannot fail to result from the ' r esent measure." By the 'same po s t w hi c h con t.,ed this , intell i gence to the above-named Jou rna l, have received from a reverend friend at Exeter a pro gramme of the whole procession, as agreed upon at th e last meeting of the clergy, of which I _send . o ti an abstract:— Every clergym an is to b e c l othed or covered in the funeral-pall of the parish to which he belongs (in imitation of the Blanketeers, who attempted to affiance to London in a body about twelve years ago.) The funeral-pall indicates the approaching death of Constitution. The procession will be headed by the Bishop of Rath and Wells, whose costume and appearance Will 'be Very striking: in addition to the pall with Which his Lordship is to be clothed like the rest, there will be placed in front of his mitre (which he Will wear on this occasion) a large Death's-head and 633 §-bones (indicative of the mortality of the ohstitution); and before him, he will carry, sus- Derided round his neck, the large hollow drum of the First Regiment of Guards, hung with black, upon which he will roll at intervals, as is customary At military funerals. 'I, As soon a s th e process i on s h a ll h ave arr i ve d at Izde-p ar k- corner, i t w i ll b e met by , be lore whom will be borne the tablet stolen out of the rea try of old Windsor church some five-and-twenty tars ago, containing " Degrees of affinity and kin ed within which a man may not" --- &c. &c. In this manner the procession will advance to the 4 t: l l l l l ience w ith t h e D u k e; . f or w hi c h purpose h i s race has obligingly fixed the Ist of April next. I have the honour to remain, Sir, &c. L. M. l IETROPOUTAN 'MINOR THEATRES' THEATRICAL FUND. A general public meeting of the Committee, embers, and Friends . of this new and laudable In stitution was held yesterday, pursuant to public notice, in the Saloon of the Royal Coburg Theatre. The meeting, an adjourned one, was called for the Purpose of considering the best means of furthering the interests of the fund. Mr. E. L. LEWIS, Chairman of the Committee, Presided, and stated that the meeting of that day 4 rOse out o f a cons id erat i on that the previous one as not sufficiently known, and it had been there 'ore determined that public notice should be given, • tticl that another meeting should take place. Mr. after stating the origin of the Society, h bich~has been already detailed, observed that there ~1 4t t been a considerabl e access i on o f mem b ers an d - qbacrib ers since the last meeting, and a number of b 1 1). munieation s ma d e f rom t h e per f or mers of all the I tior Theatr e s t o jo i n t h e F un d, to increase which t vtis proposed to t a k e a b ene fi t at one or more o f the Mi nor Th eatres . Th e M anagers of the Coburg, i,e West Lond on , an d t h e P av ili on Th eatres, hav offered the free use of their establishments, a dinner had, for the present, been dec;ined.— h h e worthy Chairman concluded by expressing his tlPPiness at the success which had already attended e efforts of the Committee. A long discussion then ensued, in which the embers of the Committ ee an d severa l o f t h e corps ri„ln . alzque took a part, and various suggestions t . re made to promotg the success of the Institu -104 ; and it appeared4o be the general feeling, that t4f,theatrical benefit should take place, in furtherance i he Fund, pre v i ous t o t's more extended appe a l t o t _ patronage. L e Several of the perfor mers p resent b ecame mem ihr4; and after some regu l at i ons h a d b een entere d ' t °, the M ee ti ng a dj ourne d. There appears every prospect, from the zeal and Ltlttnimity of the Chairman, Committee, and Mem -11;41, that this excellent Fund will be productive of the most extensive good to the families employed at Metropolit an Mi nor Th eatres . P r i nce L eopo ld Ole time si nce consen t e d to b e P atron o f an d a q:!,bseriber to th e F un d, an d t h e C omm i ttee are i n 1,,,"Y expectation of hearing from hisAloyal High tk4s• The Institution, we ar e g ra tifi e d to state , i s Pidly increasing. PASHIONAInt iNTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart. and family, in Dover—street, from Brighton; Sir Thomas and Lady Acland and family, at their house in Pall-mall, from their seat in Devon,hire ; Lord arid Lady Abercromby and family, at Warren's Hotel, Regent street, from Paris; Lord Henry Vane, in St. James's-square, from Newton House, Yorkshire; Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris; Thos. Page, Esq. at ditto, from his seat, Cobham, Surrey; Admiral Sir Edward Owen and Lady Owen, at Nerot's Hotels, Clifford street ; Mrs. Gabell and Mr. Gabell, Jun. at ditto; Lord Ongley, at ditto; Captain Ongley, at ditto; Captain and Mrs. Smith, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington street, from Bath ; Sir Osborn Gibbs, Hart. at ditto, from Berkshire; Mrs. and Miss Lewis, at ditto, from Sussex; Dr. Chichester, at ditto, from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES. His Excellency the Marquis Palmella from Nerot's Hotels ; the Marquis Carmarthen, from ditto; J. Edwards, Esq. and friends, from ditto ; J. Harris, Esq. and party, from ditto; J. Gordon Esq. M.P. from ditto ; the Hon. Mr. Bassett from ditto ; Major Stables, from Grosvenor-street, for the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Booth, from Manchester square, for their seat in Norfolk ; Captain Higgins, from the British Hotel, Jermyn. street, for Bath. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Sir Wm. and Lady Cholmondeley, Sir Thomas Whelan, Col. Baker, Colonel Gilmore. Colonel Ferguson, Colonel Eyre, Lieut. Colonel King, Archdeacon Best, Rev. 0. Rogers, Rev. - J. Dom ville, Rev. Mr. INVCrea, Rev. Mr. Phillips, Captain Jacobs, Capt Shepheard, Captain Lowe, Hemit ; Mr and Mrs. Harris, Arm strong, Tilemore, Hyett ; Messrs. Allen, Howell, Entwisle, Meares, Hanbury, Duncan, Harris, F. C. GritHths, Henson, Read, Blagdon, B. Layton, Cholmondeley, Craven Berkeley, Winning, Byrch, Dolphin, Brown, Stephens, Trinder, Agnew, Macnamara, Aspinall, Clayfield, Lindow, Vaughan, Meyrick, Maule, Astley, Vizard, Izon and family; Mistresses Steele, Heath, Hunt, Dunlop and family; Miss Crompton, &c. The Duke of CUMBERLAND dined with the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER en tertained a select party to dinner on Tuesday, at their re sidence in Gloucester-house, Park-lane. At an early hour yesterday morning, his MA JESTY received despatches from Mr. Secretary PEEL at his Palace at Windsor. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Princess Ann USTA yesterday. The Earl and Countess of VERULAM gave a grand dinner yesterday, at their residence in Grosvenor square, to the Mice and Duchess of GLOUCESTER. There was a numerous party to meet their Royal Highnesses. The Duke of WELLINGTON entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner yesterday evening at his resi dence in Downing-street. The whole of the Ministers were present, with the exception of Viscount MELVILLE and Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassa• dor, had a long conference with the Duke of WELLING TON yesterday at the Treasury. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-House, when Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Wrr. YOUNG, Bart., took the usual oaths and his seat as a Di.. recter, in the room of Sir GEORGE ABERCRO3IBIE ROBIN sox, Bart., who had disqualified. The adjournment for the approaching Easter is to be much shorter than usual ;—all is change. The customary adjournment used to be sometimes a fortnight, never less than ten days ; but now it is to be only from the Thursday till the Wednesday following, losing only three days of business—Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. The object is, to be able to get through the Government affairs of Estimates, Supplies, &c., which have been much delayed by the Catholic Bills. So that the Parliament may be prorogued early in June ; a r:lief for which the Members no doubt will be most grateful.—Morn. Paper. LORD CLANCARTY.—His Grace the Dukc of WELLINGTON wrote a few days ago to the Earl of CLANCARTY, at his Lordship's seat, Garbally, Ballinasloe, requesting the favour of his Lordship's proxy in favour of the Bill for the Relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. To his Grace's request the Noble Earl imme diately assented, and after having written a letter to that effect, the Nohle Earl repaired to the Brunswick Com mittee-room, and with his own hand erased his name from the list of the county of Galway Brunswickers.—Con naught Journal. CURIOUS MISTAKE.—The Rev. E. IRVING is, it appears, making a provincial tour of declamation and denunciation against Popery. On his arrival at Bir mingham the other day, he inquired for his dear brother in the ministry the Rev. Mr. 11PDoNNELL ; now, it so happens, that one of the Catholic Clergymen of the place is of the same name, and, as chance would have it, the dealer in Revelation phials was directed to the strong hold of Popery. He inquires accordingly for the Rev. Mr. M.DoNNELL, and finds that he is not at home; but, conceiving that the " oration" with which he was charged to be . a sufficient warrant for taking possession, he observi s to the maid, that he believes he is to preach in that chapel next Sunday. "To preach, Sir," exclaims Deborah, " I didn't know anything of it ; I thought there was only to be Mass." " Maass," vociferates the Preacher, horrified at the fatal word, and throwing himself into one of his most grotesque attitudes ; " Maass," and with hands up lifted, and features harrowed by " the abominations of Rome," hastily withdraws from the contagion of a Popish chapel. It is said, that his two oblique luminaries " looked most unutterable things" as be turned from the door. THEATRE.---His Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT and her Grace the Duchess of NORTHUM BERLAND honoured the theatre with their presence, for the first time, on Saturday evening. There was what might be justly termed, "an overflowing house." The array of beauty, rank, and fashion presented by the boxes was brilliant in the extreme. His Excellency and her Grace, attended by a numerous and splendil suite, arrived at the theatre at seven o'clock, and on entering the state box, which was magnificently fitted up for the occasion, were received with loud demonstrations of applause. On the rising of the curtain, the national anthem of " God save the King" was given by Madame CATALANS and the operatic strength of the company with very powerful effect. The dramatic entertainments were Paul Pry, and the farce of Simpson and Co. After the comedy Madame CATALANS appeared on the stage, and was received with the greatest acclamation. She sang the air " Frenar Vorrei," from the Italian Opera Semiramis, and, for the first time, during her present visit, Rossm's beautiful composition "Di tante palpiti " His Excellency and the Duchess remained during the entire performances, and retired amid general acclamation.—Dublin Morning Register. We understand that the issue of the mission with which Count MATUSCEWITZ was charged has been very satisfactory, the Emperor of RUSSIA. having consented that the negotiations connected with the execution of the Greek treaty should be carried on by the Representatives of France and England in the name of the three Powers, parties to that treaty. The Ambassadors of these two States will proceed forthwith to Constantinople. We con gratulate the public on the prospect of that event which we have so frequently and so strenuously recommended— the speedy and satisfactory conclusion of thi s l ong - pen di ng and anxious business. —Times. A Provincial Journal (the Clonntel Adver tiser) remarks, that in proportion to the diminution of male prisoners, there is an increase of female candidates for the gaol. The same Journal calls the attention of the proper authorities to this subject, and suggests, as a re medy, that " a tread-mill should be erected fur the exer cise of females." If there is an absence of gallantry or tenderness for the fair sex in this suggestion, it has, at least, the merit of novelty.—Dublin Morning Register. CATHOLIC MODERATION.—At a time when the Clergy of the Establishment are so unworthily active in rousing the bad passions of the people and endea vouring to defeat a wise measure of national justice and tranquillity—when the HOILNERS and ROBISSONS are call ing for blood, and the lltvxNcs are exhorting ° to retire into the closet, and pray for vengeance on the adversary," it is quite " refreshing" to peruse the following Christian sentiments from the pen of a Catholic Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. WALsx, V. A. of the Midland District:— " Whatever may he the result of the contemplated mea soros in favour of Catholic Emancipation, my respected fellow-townsmen (of Wolverhampton) have no reason to he alarmed on my account. I shall continue to exhort my beloved (look, as I have always exhorted them, to love all persons without exception in God and for God ; to return good for evil; to bless those who curse them ; to pray for those who persecute and calumniate them ; to be ever ready, with the good Samaritan, to pour oil and wine into the wounds of their afflicted neighbours, whatever may be his religious opinions ; to be uniformly - guided by the Christian rule of doing to others, as they would have others to do to them.' And, in relation to Church pro perty, I shall continue to press on the minds of my re verend brethren the instructions I have myself received, that whatever may be the amount of their Ecclesiastical revenue, after they have taken from it what is requisite for the due celebration of Divine Service, and their own decent support, they are not at liberty to dispose of the remainder as they please—that the surplus is the patrimony of their children, the Poor." This is true Christian be nevolence, worthy of the Clerical character in any creed. THE FANCY. FIGHT BETWEEN BROWN AND J. DOBELL, AT DEUX-HILL FARM, NEAR BRIDGEI*JORTH. This major affair, in which the two biggest taco in the P.R. were pitched against each other, was decided on Tuesday, at Deux-hill Farm, in the fran chise of Wenlock, about four miles from the " Cloud capped towers" of Bridgenorth, and 144 Miles from London. Brown, who, it may be recollected, con quered Tom Shelton, and was conquered in turn by Phil Sampson, was backed at 3001. to Dobell's 2501., and in addition to this, agreed to give Do , -bell 501. for permission to name the place of contest. Dobell is well known as the slashing host of the Black Bull, in St. John-street, Smithfield; and on two former occasions fought and defeated Bailey, a butcher, with whom he had had a professional dispute. His good fortune on these occasions seemed to have raised him " pretty considerably" in his own estimation, as well as that of his friends; and during a little chajfino match at his own house, in which Brown said he would fight him 600/. to 400/., he expressed his willingness to accept the challenge. Subsequent consideration induced Brown to think he had offered more odds than the report of Dobell's prowess justified, and he therefore fell back a point, and in a fresh challenge proposed fighting 300/. to 250/. To this Dobell acceded, and the whole of the "ready" was posted in twelve meetings. Tuesday last was fixed for the important trial, and it was not till the Thursday be fore that Dobell was informed that Bridgenorth was to be the place of rendezvous. He had trained un der the auspices of Harry Lancaster, at Hendon, Middlesex; and On Saturday morning set out " so los" on the box of the Wonder coach, for Towces ter, where he sojourned for the night, exciting the wonder of the yokels, by the wonderful size of his muscles, and the equally wonderful stakes he had depending on the issue of the battle,—an issue which he could only anticipate-in one way, namely, in the defeat of his antagonist. On Sunday he pur sued his journey to Birmingham, and pitched his tent at Arthur Mathewson's, in the course of the next day producing no small curiosity among the " Drums, as he paraded his immense proportions through their crowded streets. Had the celebrated figure of Achilles dismounted from its pedestal, in Hyde Park, and gone down to dance a hornpipe round the figure of Nelson, they could not have opened their soot-clogged squinters with greater astonishment. On the Monday afternoon he set out for Bridgenorth, which he reached the same even ing, and fixed upon the Royal Oak for his quarters. He complained of a slight cold, and the fatiguing effects of his long journey; but he still was cheer ful, and met his friends with confidence. Brown had trained at the New Inn, Shipley, and in naming Bridgenorth for the scene of action, was influenced by a desire not only to gratify his towns men, but to wipe out the recollection of the stain which his defeat by Sampson had thrown npon his reputation. He was also assured that no inter , ference was to be apprehended from the Magistrates of the Borough, as they were both out of the way. Brown also complained of acold, so that so far there was no advantage on either side. On Monday evening he arrived at his brother's, the King's Head at Bridgenorth, in company with Tom Spring, Tom Cribb, Ned Neal, Harry Holt, and other celebrated members of the Ring; but it was soon discovered that some of the fastidious inhabitants of the bo rough would not have their peace broken in upon by a hostile meeting, and that un application had been made to a Magistrate for a warrant to apprehend Brown. The hint of such aplot was sufficient to produce a change of position, and Brown being popped into a post-chaise with Neal, made his re treat out of the borough, to the house of a friend, about two miles distant, where he sojourned for the night. Dobell remained perfectly undisturbed. The ensuing morning a Magistrate was seen scudding about the town in search of persons to swear in as special constables to preyent a breach of the peace in his jurisdiction, and all hope of fight ing on the race course, as was intended, was aban doned. A ,consultation then took place : fig the purpose of choosing new ground, when the Stake holder named Deux-hill Farm, about four miles dis tant, and altogether out of the reach of the grabbing propensities of the Borough Beak, as the new place of assemblage. Thither the Commissary and the waggon-tra►n pursued their course, and in due time a very excellent ring was formed. In the interim the crowd continued to pour in from all parts of the country, and a very large concourse of spectators was collected round the arena. We could not help contrasting the appearance of this motley throng, however, with that which we witnessed when Brown fought Sampson. In point of respectability there was no comparison; and as to numbers, we should thing they did not amount to one-tenth. In fact, the late " Hoax at Leicester," and the shame ful conduct of Jern Ward, seem to have excited such disgust among the respectable patrons of pugi lism, that scarce one can now be found to give it their countenance. The innocent alike share with the guilty, and, however honourably or fairly a match may be made, the public suspicions have been so much excited that betting is almost at an end. This was particularly the case in the present match, and we have seldom seen less moneyed speculations. It is true, some bets at 7 and even 6 to 4 were taken by the immediate friends and ad mirers of Dobell; but this was to a limited extent; and on the morning of fighting not an individual could be found to take 2 or even 2i to 1, although it was repeatedly offered. It was discovered in truth that Blrown was sufficiently well to win, while Dobell was feverish and agitated; and all seemed to have adopted the maxim that " he who means not to lose had better not bet at all." At eleven o'clock Dobell set out in a post-chaise for the ground, and at the same time Tom Spring went to conduct his man in the like direction ; but he had first to cross the Severn, to the house in which he was concealed, and then to return by the same route to get upon the Wenlock road, and here, though a good judge, he had nearly been outge neralled ; for the worthy Leak to whom we have already alluded, and whose choler had been raised to a higher pitch by the unruly taunts of the disap pointed populace, having made up his mind, if pos sible, to spoil the sport, issued his warrant, and de sired his officers to station themselves on the bridge to catch Brown as he returned with Spring. \ This was cleverly intended, but a lucky disclosure pre vented its execution. A scout carried the " wink" to Brown, who at once made a detour down the banks of the Severn on foot, while Spring and Neal continued their course in the post-chaise till they reached the very bowels of the ambuscade. The order to halt was given—the door was opened, and the prisoner demanded ; but 10, the bird had floWn, and the laugh was completely against the tools of his Worship, who slunk back to their em ployer to announce their disappointment. In the interim, Brown crossed the river in a boat, and joining his friends at a distant part of the road, was safely coducted to the field of battle, which was si tuate upon a bill commanding a beautiful prospect, to which the warm rays of a spring sun gave unusual cheerfulness. All was now bustle and expectation. Dobell had been walking about the Ring for some time, with his seconds, Harry Lancaster and Jem Burns, and complained of being feverish and unwell. At half past twelve, Brown approached the ropes, and was received with loud shouts. He wore his usual colours, crimson and white. He WAS the first to shy his castor into the Ring; and then approaching Dobell, shook hands with him. Dobell's colours were blue with a white spot. That part of the contract which provided that Dobell should receive 50/. before he entered the ring was now performed, and this was only effected by bringing i in a portion of th e gate an d waggon mo re .Dobell having counted the cash and placed it in safe hands, immediately entered the ring, and the ceremony of peeling forthwith commenced; Spring and • Neal assisting Brown, and Lancaster and Jem Burns lending a hand . to Dobell. The toss for choke of pOgitiOn was won for Drown by Ned Neal, who of course placed his man's back to the sun. On being completely stripped, a betterjudgment could be lamed of the condition of both mend and we should say, most decidedly i that neither " was up to the mark." Brown was thinner than we ex pected, and his flesh had neither the colour nor firmness Of rude health ; it hung rather loose upon hirti, and there *as a bil'ous east in the colour of his skin which did not augur well. Still he was in high r spirits, and smiled at his friends with good humour. Among those who seemed most anxious to court his favourhaving his money upon him— was Phil Sampson, who assured him it was a gift, for that Dobell was a there muff. Throughout, in fact, Brown had the strongest body of friends. His weight we should calculate at fifteen stone, and he had an evident advantage in height and length over Dobell. Dobell had, to our eye, any thing but the cut of a pugilist. It is true he stood upon a pair of most substantial understandings, and that his arms were not less brawny ; but then. his corpora tion was unquestionably too big for heavy work, and the shortness of his feelers led us to believe, as it proved, that however hard he might hit with the object close to him, he could not hit with effect at a distance. His weight was Isst. 7lbs., and in looks he was not less confident than bis antagonist. THE FIGHT. At three minutes to one all was in readiness for business, and the seconds and bottle-holders retired from their men. Round 1. Brown covered his front well, and throwing his arms across his face, looked smiling through them at his antagonist. Dobell seemed serious, and was evidently preparing to hit. He made first play with his left, but was out of distance, and was stopped. He tried the same hand again, but was again too far off to make an impres sion. Brown seeing that nothing was to be done by act ing on the defensive, made up his mind to begin—made' a feint with his left, and popped in his right slightly on Dobell's mouth ; he then drew back, but again advancing, quickly delivered his left on Dobell's eye, and his right en his cheek. The former blow filled Dobell's eye with water. Both now made quick play, and slight hits were followed by a tremendous smack on Dobell's conch, which drew claret, and dropped him like a sack of malt. First blood and first knock-down blow announced for Brown, amidst the deafening shouts of his fiiends, who offered ten to one in his favour. Neal, too, was in high glee, as it made him the winner of two fives, which he had bet on these events. 2. Dobell came up serious, but ready for the affray ; and Brown smiled good humouredly, as if it were all his own. After a short spar Dobell tried his right, but Brown jumped actively away ; Brown returned again to his man, and with great quickness planted his left and right on his pbiz, and broke away. Dobell, somewhat annoyed, rushed in and delivered his right on Brown's check, and his left on the body ; but did not seem to make much impression. Both now got to a rally, in which some heavy blows were exchanged. Brown then drew back, and Dobell rushing after him, received two flush hits in the face, right and left. Dobell would not be denied, but rattled in, while Brown retreated, stopping and hitting with great severity. Dobell was not idle, but his blows fell short, and at last Brown caught him a ter rific hit over the right eye with his left, making a deep incision. Dobell stood it like bricks and morter, and rushed to a close, when Brown slipped down rather ques tionably. 3. Brown came up playfully, while Dobell's dexter ogle cut a most formidable appearance. Both stood quiet for a time; but at length Brown, seeing his man inclined for reflection, rushed in with great rapidity, and catching poor Dobell a heavy slap on the left jaw with his right, dropped him again amidst loud shouts and encouraging exclamations from Sampson. Few, in fact, seemed to think that the poor Londoner deserved any quarter. 4. Dobell found there was no use in out-fighting, and therefore determined to rush on to business. Brown, how ever, who was active on his legs, jumped back, and again caught " the Bull's head" on the grinder casket, and downed him again._(" Bravo, Brown—it's all your own —take him away.") 5. Dobell, no way daunted or discouraged by the shouts of victory, rushed to work. Brown missed his tight and left as be came in, and Dobell planted his right on his throat.—(Well done, Dobell.)—This he followed with a slap from his right on Brown's scent-box, and drew blood for the first time from the Pride of Bridgenorth. This seemed to give Dobell new life, and in rushing in, Brown went down. 6. Brown ready—skewed the superiority of length, and again jobbed heavily right and left, and brole away. .This he repeated, when Dobell charged him courageously ; on grappling him, with intent to fib, Brown wouldn't have it, and went down—Dobell on him. 7. Brown planted his left on the cannister, and his right on the body of the publican. Dobell took it bravely, and without flinching ; he then rushed to in-fighting—he missed several of his blows, and after mutual, but ineffec tual attempts to fib, Brown got down. This shew of caution did not suit Dobell's friends, and they cried out " fight fair." Brown's friends, however, replied " all right,". " nothing wrong." Indeed Brown did not seem to keep hit legs with certainty. 8. Dobell on the defensive, but not sufficiently quick to stop his antagonist, who jobbed him twice on the head. This long shooting did not suit Dobell, and he had re course to his rush, and planted his right on Brown's jaw, and in the scramble which followed Brown went down. 9. Dobell popped in his left rather unexpectedly, but made but little impression. Brown was not long in re turning the compliment right and left. This he repeated, when Dobell bored in desperately, as the only chance. Brown retreated,:fighting and meeting him as he followed. At last Dobell caught him round the neck, and fibbed slightly; in the tussle which followed, Brown fell ; and Dobell, in hitting as Brown was on his knees, caught him with his right on the breech. Brown called " foul," and it was foul, but was not noticed by the umpires; indeed, the blow was purely accidental. 10. Dobell again rushed in, bitting right and left, but Brown retreated, stopping and jobbing in turn. In the end he was bored down on his knee.--(More chaffing from Sampson and Brown's friends.) 11. Good stopping on both sides, but Brown succeeded in making two jobbing hits. Dobell again had recourse to his desperate rush, and a close followed, when both tried vigorously for the fall, but neither of them could get the lock, and in the end Dobell dragged Brown down, showing that his strength was still unimpaired. 12. On getting to their seconds' knees, both piped a little, but Dohell most. Dobell came up as game as a pebble, and tried his left at Brown's body, but was out of distance. He then hit with his right, but was stopped. He found that nothing but close contact would do, and pursued the rushing system. Brown retreated round the ring before him, and actually turned round to avoid, but in again meeting his man, he caught him with a flush hit with his left, and Dohell fell on his face.—(Chaffing now commenced on the part of StoCkman for Dohell. He swore that Brown's shoulder was out, and that all Dobell bad to do was to go in and win it. )—Brown had certainly hurt the thumb of his right hand, but no material mis chief was done. 13. Both now shewed distress, but Dobell was most winded. Brown smiled, and, after a short pause, let fly right and left, planting both blows heavily, and repeating the dose till he hit his man down. Brown fell himself on his knees, spewing weakness in the pins. 14. Dobell now shewed additional symptoms of weak ness, and was slower than ever. After a short pause, Brown rushed in, planted his left and right, and dropped him heavily. 15. Dollen vindicated his cou►age by again rushing in ; but Brown met him with two terrific jobbing hits right and left, and again floored him all abroad, and amidst the tri umphant shouts of the Shropshire lads. 16. Dobell evidently felt that his chance of winning was but trifling; still summoning all his remaining energies, he rushed to in-fighting—he missed his right-handed hit and was met with a terrific left-handed job in the muzzle. He would not be denied, however, and fought away gallantly, making some wild hits. Brown was active, and had him at all points till he fell almost exhausted.—(Dobell's brother now endeavouri.d to persuade him to give in, but he re solved to have another shy.) 17 and last. He once more rushed in, but Brown re treating, met him as he came forward with a flush hit in the mouth and dropped him for the last time. On again getting up he consented, though reluctantly, to say " enough," and the hat was thrown up amidst shouts of victory for Brown, who has thus regained the confidence of his Shropshire friends. The fight lasted 22 minutes, and a:bell was taken from the ground dreadfully punished about the head. Brown showed but a slight scar under one of his eyes, and was so fresh, that he seized a whip with intent to administer it to Stockman for his chaffing, but was prevented by Tom Spring. The chaffing on both sides was bad, and parti cularly towards Dobell, who, as a stranger in that part of the country, ought to have been protected. It is but just to state, however, that the old ring• goers were most to blame. REMARKS. During this tight Brown had it all his own way, and shelved the superiority dt length and science over mere weight and muscular strength. hobell ; although the first to attack, almost invariably hit short ; and was unable to plant his blows well home. At in-fighting- neither was clever, and there was not a good throw throughout the Contest. Brown, in getting away from Dolyell'srushes, was deemed by some to be over cautious; but the fact is, he was weak in the legs, and was glad to shake him off in any Way, preferring that which was of least incon venience to himself; if not a good fighter, Dobell has proved himself a game man, and with this praise he must be content, for it is too late for him to hope for improvement in the fistic art, It was clear throughout that Brown was not in the best condition; but had he been less fresh, we think he understood his business too well, and was too good an out-fighter, to give:Dohell a chance. Neither of the men had arrived in town last night ; elthough Dobell reached Birmingham on Tuesday evening. Neal has returned, and will set out for his training quarters this day. Brown's right hand was dread fully puffed after the battle was over, and the in jury is supposed to have been sustained in the third round. SILK TRADE.-REMARKS ON THE MAC- CLESFIELD PETITION. At a general meeting of the Manufacturers, Silk-Throwsterß, and Dyers of Macclesfield, held on the 12th instant, the Mayor in the Chair, a long and argumentative petition was agreed upon, to be presented to the House of Lords by the Earl of Eldon, and to the Com mons by the Members for the county. This pe tition describes and compares the past and the present state of the trade of Macclesfield. It attributes all its evils to the introduction of fo reign silk goods ; and it finally prays for the re enactment of the prohibition of foreign manu factured silks, and that the duty of ss. per lb. still paid on foreign thrown silks, instead of be ing taken off, as proposed (it is said) by " some persons interested only as manufacturers," should be " restored to the amount fixed by the Act of 1824," viz. 7s. 6d. per lb. A few remarks may suffice to set this matter in a more correct point of view. For the sake of the argument, let us admit that, from some cause or other, there is great want of employ ment, and great distress, in Macclesfield. Does not the same distress exist in the cotton and other manufactories ? Are not complaints at this time prevalent in all trades ? And is it not a well known fact, that, if we look at the silk trade, we shall find the same distress equally complained of in Spitalfields, at Macclesfield, and at Lyons ? How, then, can the British manufacturer be justified in attributing his distress to the admis sion of French silk goods ? It is a curious fact, that the local press of the South of France has now for some time been employed (in " leading articles" of their newspapers, &c.) in accounting for the depreciation of the French silk trade, and the distress prevailing amongst their weavers. They, too, assert, like the meeting of Maccles field, that their wages are lowered, their looms unemployed, and profits lessened. And all these effects they also attribute to competition, and to their being undersold by foreign manu facturers. Both parties probably honestly be lieve what they say ; but surely the Legislature should pause before they act upon such conflict ing testimony. Upon this subject, indeed, the Macclesfield petition completely answers itself. Foreign nations," it says, " are adopting the system this country has abandoned, and are encouraging their own manufactures at any cost. By acting upon this principle, France has fostered her silk trade until it has outstripped every competitor." —Would it be believed, that the very next sen tence but one of this petition begins as follows : - Your petitioners are informed, that the silk manufacture of France is now in a depressed state, but they submit this fact has no bearing on the case." Thus the French silk trade is described as prosperous and depressed in the same breath; its prosperity is cited to induce us to follow its example, but its adversity is asserted to have no bearing on the case. Surely this is strange logic. But this seeming.contradiction is attempted to be reconciled. " The silk trade of France," it is argued, "-is, principally an export one, and therefore subject to all its incidents and fluctua tions, such as those under which many of our export trades are now labouring." But, accord ing to these petitioners, a most favourable " in cident and fluctuation" has oflate years occurred to France—namely, so immense an import into England as to ruin the whole English manufac ture ! Why, then, are the French not prospe rous ? And if the cause of their want of pros perity be the state of the whole trading world (and it is admitted that our own " export trade" is bad), may not that account for the distress at Macclesfield, without conjuring up a trade with France which has never existed to the extent these arguments imply, and which has certainly never produced the evils attributed to it. But some facts are stated to prove that all these evils arise from French competition.— " Four years ago, it is said, a great proportion of the looms of this place were employed iii the ma nufacture of light and fancy articles ;" but it is added, " the introduction of similar articles, or substitutes, from the foreign loom, at prices below their teach, has almost entirely annihilated this most valuable branch of the manufacture." Now let us look at dates : " four years ago" brings us to 1825, a whole year before the ad mission of foreign silk goods ; but a time of ex cessive speculation, when manufacturers, " light and fanciful" as the articles they made, spread up, and when they disappeared as quickly. This very petition states, that " in the latter part of 1825, and the early part of 1826, the trade (of Macclesfield) became greatly depressed—great numbers of those embarked in it failed, &c."— Now, it is a well known fact, that in and pre vious to the year 1824, numbers of persons en tered into the silk-trade of Macclesfield without capital ; and, speculating upon the chances of large profits, it is well known that such men, all, or nearly all, failed during " the panic which followed, and that the trade is now in the hands of comparatively few ; but these men of capital and talent, one of whom might be named who does the business, awl holds the machinery and property of perhaps twenty manufacturers, whose failure " in the latter part of 1825" this petition so feelingly deplores,—a state of things ob scurely alluded to in the petition itself, which speaks of " transfers of property, in cases of mortgagees who are compelled to take the secu ritiese money are of i sis t n rg i t pac h ed e (se m at.l ii.naa"eti period, :osnhey eef tnr h atd e i f le o e i s i r a .t t r t u a l nsitions, at. all the of was no place carried to such an excess as in the " borough of Macclesfield ;" and it is surely " too bad" to attribute the failure of those spe culations, or the consequences of them, to an act of enlightened legislation, calculated at once to benefit the nation and the manufacturer. But the fact is, that the articles made at Mac clesfield are not, generally speaking, imported at all from France. The Spitalfields manufacturer may with some show of reason complain of the smuggling of broad silk goods, but the staple manufacture of Macclesfield is that of silk hand kerchiefs, which are not imported from France either by the smuggler or the regular trader.— If their figured handkerchiefs have been in any degree injured by the crape handkerchiefs of has a :A la c t c France, they have been superseded in a much t greater degree by the gauze handkerchiefs of Scotlandand iefs made ; b e en computed ana lesfield have increased since 1826, as four, or even as five, to one. And yet it was predicted that the allowing the import from India would ruin the home trade. We may soon expect a petition from the Hindoos, complaining of the ruinows effect of a free trade, and praying for a prohibi tion of Macclesfield handkerchiefs. O ne o f t h e prayers of the petitioners is, that, for the pro tection of the throwsters, the duty on imports should be increased from ss. to 7s. 6d. per lb., that is, as it existed in 1824. Is that increase necessary for such protection ? Let fig ures, which cannot err, answer the question: Italian silks imported into England Years. Raw. Thrown. 1824 2,080,906 lb 452,469 1825 1,951,057 548,777 1826......... 769,325 .280,999 1827 1 747,832 391,757 1828 9 ,310,02 ....435,430 It will be seen from this table, that the quan tity of thrown silk imported in 1828 is abso lutely less than the quantity importedin 1824; and this disproportion is further increased on a comparison of the importation of raw silk in the, same years ; and if the sales of raw silk at the East India House were taken into the, aeounti the disproportion would be found to, be very much greater. As, therefore, under the reduced duty, the importation of foreign thrown silk has lessened and not increased, it cannot be con tended that a restoration of the larger duty is wanted for the protection of the British throwster. But the manufacturers of Spitalfields, or a por tion of them, have at length petitioned for the abolition or the reduction of these protecting duties. These individuals are described by the Macclesfield petitioners as " some persons inte rested only as manufacturers," who make propo sals " in feelings of despair rather than from a mature consideration of the subject." The Spitalfields manufacturers would appear at an?* rate to have some " method in their madness, as their views agree with those of the most en lightened men in the kingdom on the subject, and they would appear to have considered the matter at least as maturely as the counter peti tioners of Macclesfield. RUMOURS OF THE DAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The little kingdom of Portugal, ruined as it is, still continues to be the object of a thousand petty intriguings from diplomatists of all sorts, recognised or unrecognised. Certain gentle Men in the vicinity of Portman-square, alarmed at ON publication of Don Pedro's " avant courier de la guerre •, in the London Journals, and terrified ont of their wits at the probably dreadful effect this intelligence, by itself, might have had on the sensitive nerves of their Royal Master and his friends in Portugal, convoked a solemn con clave in the neighbourhood aforesaid, and there, we hear, was hatched in time for yesterday's packet—the innocent " rumour" of the young Queen's immediate departure for the Brazils. —A ship of the line (sailing from Port man-square probably; for there happens to have been nothing of the kind at Rio), has left the Brazils for the express purpose of car rying off our beautiful little visitor, and restoring her to her transatlantic friends. We should b glad to learn by what terrestrial channel of corn- , munication unopen to mortals of a meaner mould, the Caes de Sodre diplomatists would have re ceived intelligence of the asserted departure of their Ship of the Mist from the Brazils, and of the intended embarkation therein of the little Queen of Portugal, whose continued presence in Eng land seems to cause so much annoyance to these— her faithful subjects in England. Howevsr, the rumour has done its duty ; the present contra- diction of their insidious assertions they will of course honour with their right loyal laughter. The packet and the mail-bag are gone, and the sooner certain characters are gone after them, we think, the better. A ROYAL BEVY. " Observe," said the Prince de Ligne, 44 that graceful and martial figure who is walking with Eugene Beauharnois : that is the Emperor Alex ander. Yonder tall dignified-looking man, on whose arm a fair Neapolitan is playfully hang ing, is no less a personage than the King of Prussia. The lively mask who seems to put his Majesty's gravity somewhat to the test, is perhaps an Empress, or perhaps a grisette. Be neath that Venetian habit, which but ill disguises the amiable affability of the crowned Amphy trion, you see our Emperor, the representative of the most paternal despotism that ever existed. Here is Maximilian, King of Bavaria, in whose open countenance you may read the expressions of his excellent heart. On the throne he does not forget his former rank of Colonel in the French service, and he entertains for his sub jects the same paternal affection which he once cherished for his regiment. Beside him you see a little pale man, with an aquiline nose and fair hair : that is the King of Denmark, whose cheerful manners and happy repartees enliven the Royal parties. He is called the Lustig of the sovereign brigade. Judging from the simplicity of his manners, and the perfect happiness which his little kingdom enjoys, one would never imagine him to be the most absolute Monarch in Europe. Such, never• theless, is the fact ; and in Denmark the royal carriage is preceded . by an equerry armed with a loaded carbine, and the King as he drives along may, if he choose, order any of his subjects to be shot. That colossal figure, whose bulk is not diminished by the ample folds of his domino, is the King of Wirtemberg. Near him stands his son, the Prince Royal, whose attachment to Catherine, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, de tains him at the Congress, where he shows him self more anxious to please the • lady of his heart than intent on the arrangement of interests which will one day be his own. Those two young men who have . just passed us, are the Prince Royal of Bavaria and his brother Prince Charles. The head of the latter may vie with that of the Antonous. The crowd of people, as various in dress as in appearance, who are buzzing about in every direction, are either reigning Princes, Archdukes, or Dignitaries of different countries, with the exception of a few Englishmen, who are easily distinguishable by the richness of their dresses, I do not perceive a single individual who has not a title tacked to his name."—.Weekly Review. . ~~ ~; ;N ^/~/ ~ `/ I