The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-02 00:00:00

ST. NICHOLAS DROITWICH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. n St R --Having o b serve d i n t h e Ch ron i c l e ofFri °aY the 20th ult. an allusion again made to the parish of St. Nicholas Droitwich, the degraded condition of which was noticed by us a few weeks ago, we have been induced to make some further inquiries on the subject, of which the following is the result:— The church was formerly a benefice belonging to th e Earl o f F landers, and by him given to the pri ory Of Westwood. At the dissolution of monasteries it was valued as a rectory, and re mains to this day a living in charge, viz.—First fruits 41. 9s. 7d. ; tenths Bs. 112 d., and is in the patronage of the Crown. A great portion of the tithes, together with the whole lands of the Parish were granted to the Packington family ; and by their descendants the former have been received until the year 1816. It is supposed, the parish being small, and the salary of the in cumbent trifling, the patronage of the living was ' t acitly permitted to be exercised by the owners of the lands and tithes, and until the church be came dilapidated, a clergyman was paid by such possessors for the performance of sacred functions and Sunday duty. Since the civil wars, h owever , no m i n i ster h as 'en appointed, although the reputed tithe owners still continued to receive their claim for all tithes until the year before mentioned, when One of the parishioners refused to pay the lay re ctor the sma ll t i thes, a ll eg i ng t , that if such tithes were payable, the rector would be bound to Pair the chancel and provide some ecclesiastical pers on to perform the duties within the parish, now , totally deprived of all spiritual food, and the inhabitants left to wander as sheep without a sh b e P he rd; that the parsonage house had till °ut ten years ago been standing and was, in habited ; that burials had been solemnized in the c hurch. a n d within the last thirty years, and therefore without such parish church was repaired and duly served, and the parsonage house re edified, he would not, unless a legal title was t he wn, pay any f uture compos i t i on to t h e l ay unpropriator." The result of such refusal was, a tri al in the w Court of E xc h equer , w h en j u d gmen t f aB given for pl a i nt iff, w hi c h not b e i ng satis actelY to d e f endant ' s counsel, an appeal was made in 1821 to the House of Lords, on the ground ; le , t hat no r ea l titl e or gran t o f tith es was cree was n °Y the rep u t e d i m p ro p r i a t or , an d t h e de reversed. From that period to the os Presez 2 t, no tith e , e i t h er sma ll or great , h as b een Id by any of the parishioners, and the church tion Parish remai n i n th e same neglected condi s •as before, w ith ou t a clergyman to supply pirtt na i food for the salvation of their souls, or il ltn Y Place o f wors hi p i n wh i ch the inhabitants - a ye the p r i v il ege of assembling for the worship O . their Creator and Redeemer—o r even a ch urch- and in which they can bury their dead !! F or that spot which had been set apart by the 11°1 Y services of religion for this solemn and te_eery p ur p ose , an d w hi c h i s hallowed in the P a sta of th e o ld er peop l e b y the tenderest en aruNntt of affecti on an d- f r i en d s hi p, i s li tera ll y ! desecrated and defiled for common 'Ar s " , and unfenced in from the public road ! o b se an swer of t h e g entleman who (in prudent & \ rva nce of t h e p rover b, ," It is a w ise s o n," I: v cal led him se lf th e i n timate friend of the c a l : Rect or of St. Andrew's, that this latter bo t h re t il i . B large enough for the population of sh ° had raris hea, is so really absurd, without he yrn that the inh a bit an t s o f one parish e t a • anti r ight of pews in the church of another, Ali a. gratuit ous c l a i m to t h e sp i r i tua l a id o f i ts eri n , tB ter, that w e won d er h ow h e cou ld h ave N atured it into the columns of a newspaper ; we would put it to those who have the cog to t ar ,'" of these matters, whether it is creditable wh ." Church Establishment, or to the country arit t , el l claims to be the strong hold of Protest- I mo) to permit such flagrant inattention to v _ e _ Spiritual wants of its people to exist in the ti ' li ry centr e of its provinces, uninvestigated and ay.re.l4ressed, when the remedy appears so clearly 41a ble, and so loudly called for? _ VVe are, &c. A. B. shire, EtiwARD MOSTYN, of Talacre, Flint ti ' inte nds to off er hi mse lf f or a s h are i n the representa a.." ef th e city of Worcester, whenever as opportunity r s . , Sir E DWARD is a Roman Catholic, and formerly hided near W orcester. —Macclesfield Courier. gra l tif l : 74D Eß OF Mn. GOING.—It is peculiarly b t n e Y . ln g to have to state, that there is strong reason for mill bvTgbrthat the savage murderers of the_Rev. Mr. Got NG fli c k °tight to condign punishment. Limerick Chro- ILA CAPTAIN IN HIS ALTITUDES.—On the djZ i " 1 of Saturday last the inhabitants of the western f con a : a " Of Cumberland-street were thrown i n a state o he ealinble alarm by a m ilit ary gent l eman ta ki ng what aff r ,,, - 7 his s , own way of being avenged" for a supposed th e he had rece i ve d. Captain inhabits o ne o f loot" P P e r half flats" or floors of a t enemen t on t h e is a ,"ide of th e street, and being much addicted to the br ag " — "lP or the jolly go d, an d 'h av i ng ta k en violent urn th t a certai n i n di v id ua l f or not supply i ng him with rae t ana of continuing his potations, lie took the follow- Ks r t atner unique mode of giving vent to his displeasure . th ri in g bolted and otherwise secured his door inside, e P . t e i v i f u P one of the front windows, and commenced t l a i t I ng out in rapid succession into the street mahogany elected'cloth chairs to the number of seven, after which he d th i , sundry small articles of furniture, and conclude twilil iin...e:houagrtesfeat by tossing over his carron-grate, all of were entirely demolished by the fall. For are;e_lY, however, no person was hurt, although the sunk The Possessed by several families with young children. laridiallnu created by this insane freak brought the . val I 4 to the spot, who demanded admission, but in „ th e Captain was deaf to all that could be Od e : •,,:" t he way 'either of threats or persuasion ; and pthiee4,6viu.roigngtvurbahticshb'xiauld be done, some little time was Meanwhile mac, ant Resident Commissioner, Mr. A. M. ANDERSON, ' s ith "6 appearance, and at once proceeded to the door . Ay t: Peliceutan. It was still bolted, and the Captain te mpte r ill e te njog death to the first person who should at• Prei ai ptce an entrance. Mr. ANDERSON, however, *. ttdo l u -Na a carpenter to enter the house by a closet icading from the landing place at the top of the bolr a d lt rit° ,the Passage; which being done the door was zed 341h0 Waft* Mr. ANDERSON rushed in and s!i!ed 3he 4 111 0 ,,,P t ain, who was preparing to throw the remaining wit .'!Y chair after the others. Assistance being at hand ° f inch 1 : " "tlY secured. The Captain, who was in state thr titte r 'etY. and labouring under highly excited feelings, hi nt l 'ed to shoot any one who should attempt to remove th at 1 7",► his house, swearin g that he would set it in flames ceirner!"; but at length, through persuasion, he became . ti) the char was induced to walk off in custody, to an d sm u e; plaintar of committing a breach of the peace, , of a nrw t 'd 1 for threatening his life. a e rouivr_ua. "'un iliereury. ANNUALS. FORGET-ME-NOT. Of the embellishments of this Annual—the worthiest of the tribe, so far as primojeniture is concerned—we may say, as we have said of its younger brethren, that they are tasty in execu tion, and well-selected. The " Land-storm" is especially interesting, both for the spirited style in which it has been finished, and the pictu resque nature of its subject. Next to this, we feel inclined to place the " Death of the Dove"— an engraving full of grace and expression. "Place de Jeanne d'Arc, Rouen," is characteristic, and replete with that architectural elegance and free dom, of which—though no imitator of Martin— Mr. Prout knows so well how to avail himself in his numerous elaborate continental landscapes. Among the contributions, which are unusually numerous and varied in the subject, combining prose and poetry of all sorts and qualities, from the pens of many of the most popular authors of the day, our favourite is decidedly the " Red Man." This, though too much an echo of his former self, is worthy the graphic powers of its author, the Modern Pythagorean,and may fairly rank beside his admirably written bit of Dia blerie "The Barber of Gottingen,"—a tale which appeared a year or two since in Blackwood. The " Tempting Moment" is another smartly penned story, and so is the " Greenwich Hos pital by an Old Sailor ;" notwithstanding that its language is not such as would be used by its narrator, an old weather-beaten tar, laid up for life in dock at Greenwich. Many of the poetic contributions are excellent, and one or two of a very superior order. Altogether the " Forget-Me- Not," speaks highly for the enterprize and intel ligence of its worthy proprietor, Mr. Ackermanu. LITERATURE. CAUSES OF DISEASE, EXTRACTED FROM MR CURTIS'S ESSAY ON THE DEAF AND DUMB. Daily observation demonstrates that the human structure, even in its most perfect formation, is liable to lesions of organization and derangement of function, producing that state of the system in which its useful actions or perceptions are either interrupted or attended with pain. This state is called disease. Every animal carries within itself the germ of its own destruction, or in other words it is formed for a limited ex istence. Many diseases therefore arise sponta neously or without any assignable external cause, but many more are produced by causes over which we have some controul, and perhaps the chief source of the physical ills to which we are liable is the deviation we make from the simpli city of nature. The injurious influence that do mestication has upon the health of the lower animals is very strikingly apparent, and in pro portion as their subjugation is more complete, and their manner of life differs more NI idely from that which is natural to them, so are their diseases more numerous and severe. The dis eases of our more valuable domestic animals are sufficiently numerous and important to employ a particular class of men, and the horse alone has professional assistance appropriated., to him ; men of education and talent have devoted them selves to the investigation of the diseases of this noble and useful creature. The poor little ca nary birds, confined in their wiry prisons, are very liable to disease, more especially inflamma tion of the bowels, asthma, epilepsy, and sore ness of the bill. No animal deviates so far from the simplicity of nature as man, none is placed under the influence of so many circumstances, ealculated to act injuriously upon the frame. His morbid affections are hence abundant and diversified, as may be seen by referring to the different nosological arrangements. These long catalogues of diseases afford strong evidence ;' that man has not carefully followed that way of life which has been marked out for him by nature. The crowded state of the inhabitants of large cities, the injurious effects of an atmos phere loaded with impurities, sedentary occupa. tions, various unwholesome avocations, intempe rance in food, stimulating drinks, high seasoned and indigestible viands, and these taken hastily in the short intervals allowed by the hurry and turmoil of business ; the constant inordinate ac tivity of the great cerebral circulation, kept up by the double impulse of luxurious habits, and high mental exertions; the violent passions by which we are agitated and enervated, the various disappointments and vexations to which all are liable, reacting upon and disturbing the whole frame ; the delicacy and sensibility to external influences, caused by hatted rooms, too warm clothing, and other indulgences, are all contrary to the voice of nature, and they produce those morbid conditions of the system, which a m ore simple and uniform mole of living would pre vent. Our associates of the animal kingdom do not escape the influence of such causes, the mountain shepherd and his clog are equally hardy, and form an instructive contrast to a ' delicate lady and her lap dog, the oitzeine point of degeneracy and imbecility of which tad race is susceptible. In the early ages of society,man enjoyed long life, his manner of living was simple, his food, habitation, and pursuits, 'ere all calculated to fortify the body, and no anxio us cause disturbed his mind. Humboldt observ a , that individuals whose bodies are strengthend by healthy habits, with respect to food, clothin g exercise, air, &c. are enabled to resist the cause of disease in other men. He describes the In. dians of New Spain as a set of peaceful culti vators, accustomed to uniform nourishment, almost entirely of a vegetable nature, that of their maize and cereal gramina ; they are hardly subject to any deformity, he never saw a hunch backed Indian, and it is extremely rare to see any who squint, or who are lame in the arm or leg, in countries where the inhabitants suffer from the goitic. This affection of the throid gland is never observed among the Indians, and seldom in the Mestizors. He repeats the same testi mony very strongly concerning various tribes of South America, as the Chaymas, Caribs, Musy cas, Caribs, and Peruvian Indians. Viscount MELVILLE transacted business yes :er'day at the Foreign Office. FINISH OF THE FANCY. (From a Morning Pdper.) For a length of time the Fancy has been in an extremely feeble and tottering stare, and its votaries have, on every late affair connected with it, had to encounter more "cares and fears than spring from war or women's love." A ces. cation of any thing of importance for several months, had concentrated an accumulated interest in the " GRAND SPORTING FIGHT" between Ned O'Neal and the Young Phenomenon, for 2201. to 2001. a-side. The interest which was attached to this promised fight was immense, for which, perhaps, many reasons might properly be assigned. The recollection of the amateurs was still fresh of the almost unparalleled good fight which they made a short time ago, which established the reputa tion of Young Dutch Sam, and earned him the cognomen of " the Young Phenomenon." On that occasion the friends of Ned O'Neal, and he himself, considered it a gift, while a number of the friends of Sam were without confi dence in him, and betted on O'Neal. The odds of course were high on Ned, and it has even been said that on the evening previous to the battle so high as 5 to 1 ; O'Neal, however, was unlucky, and the long odds were floored. At this match being made, Ned O'Neal was constrained to go to scale, and restricted to a weight much lighter than he had ever fought before, although he was to ex ceed the weight of Sam considerably. Sam, too, was re stricted to weight, and each of the men were with in the bounds of their stipulation on the morning of fighting. On this account the friends of O'Neal attributed his defeat to his being compelled to train down, and consequently being weakened to keep within the weight. On the other hand Sam had the effects upon him, in a small degree, of the gaieties of London, and his friends concluded therefrom, that, had he been in better condition, O'Neal would have had es en a less chance ; and to satisfy the doubts of each party, a fresh match was made—O'Neal to fight 2201. to Sam's 2001. ; each man to enter the ring as heavy as he pleased. The issue of the event, involving so many points of chance, was anxiously looked forward to, not only as it was to decide the merits of the men as pugilists, but also because a repetition was anticipated of the same admirable fighting that they had displayed in their first battle; and it was, therefore, fondly hoped, that one such good battle would rouse the droop ing head of the fancy, and cause the prize-ring to rear up afresh in all the magnitude of its pristine glory.--These, in addition to the promised sporting charac: - er of the fight, had made it the all-absorbing subject of the days and nights of the Fancy, from the Most Noble and Right Honourable Members, down to the very dregs of the tag-rag and bob tail. In the annals of pugilism it was held, as the battle of Waterloo was in the affairs of Europe—on it was every thing depending that could be staked on a similar event, and the amateurs and practical men hailed the approach of the auspicious day as the consummation of their happiness, and the revival of the majesty of " Old English sports." Yesterday was the day so anxiously contemplated, and, with its arrival, was expected one snore event, to add to the mass of examples, of hew vain and deceitful are the best hopes of man. The Fancy were roused from their golden dream, and the Prize Ring was dashed from its an ticipated eminence, and left now, we think, sprawling in the quagmire of its own creation, never again to rise. At least, as the sequel we think will demonstrate, if the public any longer submit to be humbugged, as they are now, there may be just reason to suppose that the old English public are legitimately mad, and that they pay no less a price for their " old English sports," than a surrender of so much old English common sense. Ned O'Neal commenced and completed his training at his native town, Streatham. Sam commenced his exer cise under the auspices of the sporting gentlemen at New market, and finished it at Brighton. O'Neal having won the toss for choice, and as no money was likely to be had fur the nomination, he named a quarter in which he had met good fortune on former occasions, and he gave the preference to the vicinity of Petworth, in Surrey, holding Godalming as head-quarters. When the match was first made the odds were talked of at 5 and 6 to four on Ned, but they fell off progressively until betting became even, and then towards the close, the odds had veered round to Sam, guineas to pounds, and ul timately there were transactions done at 5 to 4 and 6 to 4in some large sums. So far had the match maintained its anticipated sporting attributes, and it is impossible to guess at the amount of the money pending on the event, but doubtless the aggregate amount was immense. - From Brighton Sam arrived at Petworth, on Sunday. Ned O'Neal left Streatham on Monday, and took up his residence at a private cottage, in a secluded situation, about four miles from Godalming. The road all the way down bespoke the buzz of active preparation ; not a horse to be had that was not pre viously engaged, and at Godalming beds were so scarce that many persons had to be contented with a shelter ; and neither horse nor chaise was to be had either for money or favour. Carriages and four, and conveyances of all sorts, teemed into the town, so that the place was in • undated over night, and the throng increased with the morning. Comfortably seated in the King's Arms of Godalming, an old resort of the reporters, and a house in which the in calculable luxury of good accommodation, to be quietly en joyed, may be had at these times—a portion of the party broke up, and being in possession of the resting place of O'Neal, they strolled forth to visit and cheer their favourite man. Having spent an hour or two with him, and being about to pronounce their parting blessing on his head for the night, they were disagreeably surprised with the ap pearance of Hall and Pople, two of the active officers of Union Hall, along with a Sheriff's Officer from Guildford, who, sans cerernonie, demanded Ned 0 Neal to surrender his body to their• safe keeping in the name of the King.._ This was a poser with a vengeance, and called forth a shower of regret and volumes of expostulation. Hall was requested to show his warrant—he admitted that be had none ; but, nevertheless, he still pertinaciously adhered to his right, as a civil constable, to retain Ned O'Neal a pri soner. When it was more particularly urged that a war rant must be required for the exercise of such authority, and an advice given to Ned that lie was not under the ne cessity of obeying the mandate of the officers, and the officer requested to state the nature of the charge against Ned, Hall, in all the pomp of official capacity, proclaimed, " I charge him with murder ! now stop me from taking him who dares," at the same time flashing forth his staff of office. This declaration was astounding—that Ned O'Neal should be charged with murder ; but an after ex planation brought out, that the expression of Hall had ex ceeded his meaning, for he said he meant, " with an in tention to commit murder." Pople, in the mean time, went in search of a - Magistrate to obtain a warrant, but the Justices thereabout keep good hours—they were all in bed—Pople could not get the document, but they still re tained the custody of O'Neal. As a matter of favour and accommodation, the officers proceeded to the King's Arms, at Godalming, with O'Neal, which first made us acquainted with the fact that was to disappoint the object of our journey. Ex postulation and all manner of scheming was again there resumed, but without effect—arrangement was imprac ticable. Suspicions and insinuations were freely bandied about, and treachery was amply denounced. -At this stage of the proceedings we could not help re marking one expression that came, with emphasis, from Pople, accompanied with a glance of significance. " I believe, Gentlemen," said he, " that there is a nose in the room at this moment, to see whether or not we do our duty." " A nose in the room," replied a compound of military and Madeira, " then let us pull it by all means."—The Captain's wit is time least important par ticle of this incident ; it rests more particularly on the in sinuation, that one of the treacherous, who were instru mental in the arrest of O'Neal, was then present ; but we were unable to draw any conclusion as to the individual against whom the imputation was levelled. The only cer tainty we could ascertain was, that the officers had been sent down by the express orders of Mr. Chambers, of Union-Hall, in consequence of a letter received by that Magistrate; and between one and two o'clock in the morn• ing, Ned O'Neal and the three officers departed for Guild ford. After Ned had gone, a post•chaise was procured, Ind the veteran Tom Crib set off to Petworth to look after Sam. The Union-Hall officers had mentioned that they ould venture to assert that Sam was at the same time a risoner. This, however, was not the case, for Toni rib found the young phenomenon asleep and undisturbed I his bed, where he was suffered to remain till between and seven. The veteran and his phenomenon charge dived at the King's Arms, Godalining, a little past nine clock in the morning, where they landed amidst a crowd o as rueful countenances as ever was assembled on so me licholy an occasion. Whin Sam arrived he bewailied the bitterness of his fg % He said he should pay for the ring being erected at tl place named; that he should enter it and throw up h hat, and claim the money, alleging as a precedent for t; procedure, that when he was arrested in a similar saner, when entering the ring to fi g h t Bishop Sharpe, tit the battle-money in that case was given up to tie Plop. Ve do not mean to discuss at present this knotty point. SI remained at Godahning with this intention, where we left him, 2r;,1 we may add, that the stakeholder Was not the same 0p , 0.0i. an the point with Sam. O'Neal like: 6,e found plentiful source of complaint —he bad stood a portio❑ of his own battle-money, and had been at the .ntire expenses of his own training. He was taken to G nildfoi il I y tl,e officers, where they re mained till about ten o'clock yesterday morning, and poor Ned was transferred in a coach and four, to meet the Magistrates at Union Hall, a full bench, who bound him over in the sum of 2001. himsi If, and two sureties of 1001. each, and in the usual terms to keep the peace to all his Majesty's subjects, for one year in England, by which of course, Ned's hands are for that period tied up entirely in the way of his profession. Thus ended in smoke and grievous disappointment, the great, and grand, and much valued expected battle. When the state of affairs took this clumsy turn, it was at first supposed that it had been done to save some bets on one side or the other, which is the custom as these matters go, if the fight does not come of on the day origi nally fixed, all bets are declared off. To defeat this object, it was first determined to follow O'Neal to London, and having secured his liberation, to post off to the nearest county convenient, and baulk the vile intentions of the mercenary designing ones. Another plan proposed was to postpone the fight till next Tuesday, making it an under standing that all bets were to stand, and this was supposed to be an excellent feeler of who was at the bottom of the mischief, as it was most likely that none but those would declare ofE The result of the investigation at the Police office, however, knocked all this on the head ; but had it not been so on that score, the plans could not easily have been accomplished, as Sam refused to do otherwise than to enter the ring near Petworth. At Union-hall we saw the letter, which had been spoken of that led to the despatch of the officers. ' It is the hand-writing of one which we think we have seen before—it is not disguised. It bears date of the 25th of November, and is said to have been at the office since the 26th ; but had happened to escape the notice of Mr. Chambers till Monday morning, when the of f icers were sent off to Streatham, and O'Neal having left there, they traced him to his cunning quarters near Goldaming. There is one thing remarkable in the letter, which proves it has been written by some one ashamed of the act—it is ano nymous ; had it been for a good purpose it was written, the presumption is strong that the writer would not have withheld his name. At the present stage of the business it were needless to hazard opinions, or listen to the insinuations that are cir culated. Ned's friends are all confident, so are Sam's— both regret that the tight is stopped—and as a matter of course no one has done it—it is the act of nobody. Some one, however, has done it, but who that is time and cun ning inquiry alone can disclose. There let it rest, it is but one more blot to the Fancy disk, and has perhaps only brought to a crisis at once what had been working about previously by inches at a turn. It is self-evident that the Fancy has been corroded with its own corruption until it has crumbled to pieces. That the state of the Ring has of late been such that it was unsafe to bet is obvious—literally in most cases a person sporting on its events must have made up his mind to lob or be robbed : judgment went for nothing—the only knowing ones were those possessed of secrets—and the only criterion was to observe the persons who betted, and to know their reputation. We have been tortured travelling after these humbug affairs repeatedly—exposed to the inconveniences of inter ruptions or postponements —most of which we had reason to suspect were, and many of which we know were planned for purposes. We have been deafened with crosses, real and suspected, and in every respect it was evident that the many had become tools in the hands of the few, to be fleeced, fouled, and treated for their conve nience. The evil will at last find out its own propagators. The ring bad been deserted by the higher circles nearly entirely; and, indeed, the only shadow of its return lay with this fight proposed yesterday, which has, as we augur, finished the Fancy. The ring has been lately un der the immediate controul of a class of men not affluent in - principle, sordid in mind, and mean in motives, re gardless of measures, and greedy of gain. A career of temporary success led them off their guard, and they be times over-reached themselves, banished their game, and left them without flats to filch, or pigeons to pluck ; and in that dilemma they were forced to eat up one another. Their avarice and trick, however, became unbounded, and now, like the boy in the fable, they have actually killed the goose in searching for her golden eggs. Probably this may be the last detail of this department of old English sports that we may have to write for many 1-day—if ever. Let Fogo write the epitaph of the Ring defunct, and let the old veterans of its more honourable days mourn the decease of the profession by which they earned their fame. We are still impatient under the jeers and grinning of of the, yokels, who had their fun at the expence of the Londoners passing along the road on their return from the foolish errand. We hope we are the last victims of such base little proceedings, and that the Ring will sleep in quiet until it can mend its manners. ' in • At Tom spring s the evening an immense assemblage was collected to know the result; but nothing definite was arrived at, and as Ned's benefit takes place to-morrow at the Tennis Court, discussion was deferred till then ; when no doubt something will be said, and a crowd be as sembled to hear it. Spring's house, on the evening of Thursday, was settled upon for the final disposition of the affair. To complete the humbug of yesterday, the bawlers of authentic intelligence were indefatigable in vending, in the evening, the following true and genuine intelligence of the mighty and momentous conflict, with portraits of two pu• gilists fighting in gloves : " THE GREAT FIGHT, BETWEEN YOUNG DUTCH SAM AND O ' NEAL, FOR 2001. A-SIDE, IN LORD EGREMONT'S PARE, NEAR EETWORTH, IN SUSSEX. " This morning at an early hour all the Fancy in Lon don were on the alert, to take a day's pleasure to witness the great fight between these two boxing heroes of the ring, who repaired to the scene of action followed by some thousands of spectators, all full of glee —many heavy bets are depending. The bettings are 5t04 on Sam. Away they went, and the road was completely thronged, and all appeared gaiety and life. It will be recollected that these two men fought at Ludlow, last April, and O'Neal, who was backed by his friends at the rate of seven to four, was conquered after a severe struggle for nearly two hours. The superior style of Sam's tactics on that occasion raised him higher than ever in the estimation of his friends. Ned, ever since his defeat, has been down upon his luck ever since this, and has been endeavouring to reprieve his laurels. " O'Neal has been in training at Streatham. Great odds as to weight are in favour of O'Neal, but Sam has the ad vantage of superior science. O'Neal, we understand, will be hacked by Spring, and Ward will second Sam. " About twelve o'clock both men were stripped, and neither of them seemed to shrink from their task, and came to the scratch in high spirits. In point of condition they were much better than at their last meeting. " Round 1. A great deal of sparring took place, which lasted fur some time, when Sam broke through and floored O'Neal by a blow over the rye, and shouts of " bravo Sam," sounded from the ring. " Round 2. In this round the men began work, and some hard and scientific blows took place, and both men were covered with blood. O'Neal received a blow under the ear, which sent him down. " Rounds 3,4, s.—This was three good rounds, and the claret flew in all directions, and give and take was the order of the day, but in the end O'Neal got floored. " It is quite useless to go through the whole of the rounds, but after a very hard and manly contest, which lasted for an hour and ten minutes, in which they fought sixty rounds, the victory was declared in favour of Dutch Sam." The KING has lately purchased of Mrs BitonninzAr., Holly-grove house, situated in the centre of Windsor Great-park. It is said that the Duke of CUM BERLAND will shortly occupy the house and gardens. The place was bought by THEODORE BROADHEAD, Esq., grandson of THEODORE BRINCKMAN, who came to Eng land with GEoncE the First from Hanover. The estate contains about fifty acres of beautifully-timbered pasture ground, and will form a most desirable addition to the Great-park. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office, fur General Sir G. DON, the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. Sir GEORGE MURRAY arrived in town on Monday, from a visit to the Marquis of ANGLESEA, at his seat Beaudesert, Staffordshire. DUEL.—(From a Correspondent.)—A meet ing took place early yesterday morning in a field near Chalk Farm, b'etween two gentlemen, the one residing in Montagu-square, the other in the Regent's Park. Two shots were exchanged without effect, when the seconds in terfered and caused the parties to withdraw, but unfortu nately without any amicable arrangement. The affair is said to have originated in the one gentleman endeavouring to supplant the other in the esteem and affections of an amiable young ladY.—Morning:Paper. GRIMSBY, Nov. 28. IThe effects of the late storm here have been tre mendous. It commenced on Sunday evening, and continued with increasin g violence, accompanied with rain, snow, and hail, for three days and three nights. As the gale blew from the east, the navi gation of the open sea on the coast was particularly hazardous; and to escape the dangers of a lee-shore the colliers and other vessels within reach of the Humber mouth, sought for safe anchorage in the Hawk and Grimsby Roads; and on Monday morn ing three or four hundred vessels appeared in the Humber like a thick grove of trees, despoiled of their leaves by the frosts of winter. The number increased during the prevalence of the storm, which did not cease till Wednesday night or Thursday morning.— In this situation a strong cable and a sea-worthy ship promised to weather out the storm ; but still, pos sessed of all these advantages, danger was appre hended evert by the stoutest and most experienced mariner. if a vessel broke away from its anchors, the ponderous machine, at the mercy of the furious elements, was not only itself subjected to the immi nent hazard of shipwreck, but threatened destruction to all within its focus; and accidents happened on the present occasion which were attended with the loss, not only of property but also of human life.— In such terrible cases, facts are difficult to meet with, for common report accumulates as it flies with much greater rapidity than a snow-ball in a thaw, until from a pigmy it becomes a monster; .and the tales which were circulated in Grimsby on Thursday of t wo vessels having been wrecked at Tetaey _and all hands perished; and of fifteen or sixteen bodies having been cast ashore at Cleethorpes, and many others at Great Coates, were too replete with terror to be literally true, and were at once rejected by the sensible part of the community. Another day brought more accurate intelligence, and the extent of the calamity appears to be this. Several ves sels broke away in the violence of the gale, and, with the loss of anchors and cables, were driven on shore at Grimsby; but they lie " high and ary" on the soft mud, and are not likely to sustain any further injury. A brig named the Shallot or Charlotte, of Newcastle, Mason master, laden with coals, for Gibraltar, struck on that dangerous shoal at the mouth of the Humber called the " Stony Milks," and went down immediately. There were fourteen hands on board, and when the vessel was sinking, they took to their boats, hoping to save themselves by boarding some of the numerous fleet which were lying at anchor in the river. One of these boats, containing the captain and six of the crew, swamped, as is supposed, and went to the bottom ; the other was more successful, and two out of the seven mariners on board were fortunate enough to seize hold of the ropes which were thrown out for their preservation from another brig, but the remainder, it is feared, were lost amidst the darkness and the storm. Two of the bodies have been thrown up at Great Coates; the rest have not been heard of, but an indistinct rumour is afloat that some lives have been saved by the Spurn Life Boat.—Boston Gazette. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR. VIE PARSENT WEEK. The York and Ainsty Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Skelton ; and Saturday, at Acaster Mill—at Half-past Ter. The Sinnington Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Hutton Bank Top—at Nine. The Cleveland Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Kilton— at Ten. The Hurworth Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Neasham— at Ten. The Doxford Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Hawkhill —at Ten. The Northumberland Fox. Hounds, on Friday, at Park house—at Ten. York City . Harriers, on Friday, near Wigginton Bar— at Half-past Ten. The Haydon Bounds, ou Saturday, at West Dipton -at Nine. The Morpeth Harriers, on Thursday, at Whalton Vi lage—at Ten. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Stan dean ; and Saturday, at Chailey South Common—at a Quarter to Eleven. The Vine - Hounds, on Thursday, at Worting Wood; and Saturday, at Wherwell Wood—at Ten. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at the Bell, Godstone ; and Saturday, at Crown Ash-hill—at Half past Ten. Mr. Farquharson's Hound, on Thursday, at Dogberry Turnpike -gate—at Ten. Captain Freeman's Harriers, on Tuesday, at the Plough, in Longcot- field ; Thursday, at Appleford Common ; and Saturday, at Witney Park—at Eleven. Mr. Berkeley's Hounds, en Tuesday, at Kempston Wood ; Thursday, at Melehbourn-house ; and Saturday, at the Kennel—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Drake's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stratton Audley s Thursday, at Charndon-common ; and Saturday, at Rycote Kennel---at Half-past Ten. The New Forest Mounds, on Wednesday, at Rhinefield ; Thursday, at Embley ; and Saturday, at Levitt's-gate—at Half-past Ten. .Mr. A. Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Southgrove ; Thursday,. at Woodhouse ; and Friday, at Shoddesden gate—at Eleven. Sir John Cope's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Bramshill ; Friday, at Hartley Row -turnpike ; and Saturday, at New Inn, Heckfield—at Half -put Ten. Mr. Wicksted's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Black brook ; and Friday, at Heleigh Castle—at Half-past Ten. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Middleton ; Friday, at Burton Park ; and Saturday, at Langton Lodge-gate —at Eleven. The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Coxlme ; Thursday, at Bradbury-bridge; and Saturday, at Long Newton—at Eleven. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Barrington• bridge; and Thursday, at Five Hills, Therfield—at past Ten. - The Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at Norwood Farm ; and Friday, at Orton's Thorns. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket- Hill ; Wednesday, at Asheonibe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telsedmbe Tye--at Half past fen. - The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Rolleston; Tues day, at Bunney Park ; Wednesday, at Sc raptoft ; Thurs day, at Brookesby-gate ; and Friday, at Oakley Wood—at Half-past Ten. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Spittal ; Tuesday, at Blankney ; Wednesday, at Noah Elkington ; Thursday, at Tetford and Kettlethorpe ; and Saturday, at Clay Bridges and Skellingthorpe Village —at Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Swinhop house ; Wednesday, at Somerby-house ; Friday, at Hain ton house, and Saturday, at Roxton Wood—at Eleven. The Cheshire Hounds, en Monday, at Abbey Arms ; and Wednesday, at Darnhall ; Thursday, at Dalton ; and Saturday, at Tatton—at Half-past Ten. The H. H., on Tuesday, at Brookwood Park; Thurs day, at Rotherfield Park; and Saturday, at Bighton Cot tage—at Ten. The Harnbledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Broadhalf penny Down ; and Friday, at Winter's Hill Common.-- a t Half-past Ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on' Tuesday, at Wondco,t green ; and Thursday, at Dudinaston—at Half,past Ten. The Sanderstead Harriers, on Wednesday, at Hamsey green ; and Saturday, At Gibbet green —at Ten. The Essex and Suffolk Border Hounds, on Monday, at Bentley-hall; Wednesday, at Wilton;and Pridry, at Rivers-hall—at Half-past Ten. The Conoek Harriers, on Tuesday, at Shepherd' s Shore; and Friday, at Imber Furze—at Eleven. The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at Donnington Castle; Wednesday, at Clinch Common ; Friday, at the flare and Hounds, Lambourne; and Saturday, at Blind 1 1 ,,I t an's-gate —at Half-past Ten. The Cadbury Harriers, on Monday, at Creech-Lill; and Thursday, at Green Dawn. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Tin aday, at Widths ley ; and Friday, at Goose-hill—at Half-pact Ten. The Cambridgeshir e Hounds, on Monday, at Caxton Gibbet ; Tuesday, at Warden Village ; and Friday, at Gaily half--past Ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Marl . y Church ; Wednesday, at the Crown, Chesterford 4t2 *a, turday, at Capons —at Half-past Ten, The Badsworth Fox HowiAla, on Monday, at Ack worth Meor Top ; Tuesday, at traddlesey-bridge; Thurs day, at Barnstrale Tull-bar ; and Saturday, at v o l t ", Half-peat Teo. A l h •ft ~ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A letter of great length has been insetted in the last number of the Essex Herald, by Mr. Western, the Member for the County. Its sub ject is the present state of the country, in its agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing in terests—the circulation of course, and the means of alleviating the difficulties. It is undoubted that an address upon these important subjects from Mr. Western, deserves every attention ; and though we are unable to insert the whole, we have made copious extracts from the passages of his production which we esteem the most im portant. The cause of the evils, with , Mr. Western, is the return to cash -payments, and the removal of them would be a return to a more perfect paper currency. The reasoning of every writer upon this subject is analytical ; he exa mines all the apparent causes, shows that it is not this or that, and then assumes the remain ing one as the most probable. And certainly, of all the causes actually alleged, the change in the currency is the least improbable ; but is it clear that the catalogue is complete,—is it certain that some other cause or causes hitherto undiscovered, may not operate the mis chief ? In any case, we think —nay, we are sure—the remedy recommended by Mr. Western will not be applied, and therefore it would be cruel to instil false hopes. There will be no re peal of Peel's Bill. It is not thought of. We are advanced too far in the present regime to recede. Besides, was it no danger that we es caped by the recall of the small notes ? The Bank of England might have become bankrupt any day, unless it were protected against the payment of its own petty paper; and private banks were breaking every day. We again say, that a return to the small note system is impos sible ! We wish this pointto be observed. Small notes would not be now as they were before, should they be again called into existence. If, under an avowal, or a tacit acknowledgment, that the pre sent experiment of recurring to cash payment could not be carried into effect, the Bank were to attempt a fresh issue of small notes, no one would take them ! We would not give one guinea for a score of them. The most imbecile writer, and the man of the most worthless cha racter, would be able to decry them in a week. Cobbett was continually hammering, in his stu pid way, at the old system of small notes, the rags and the rookery, and other trash, but he failed ; they were too hard for his impudent shallow slang ; but should they be resumed now, even that poor vain dotard would be able to pre vent their circulation. Without Cobbett, or without any one else to oppose them, they would not be . received ;* and there is not the least idea of offering them. Nulla retrorsum vesti2la. With every respect for Mr. Western, we think he has overrated, not the present but the last difficulties, for unquestionably our afilirs are improving ; and here we will add,—what we omitted to mention before, though the fact was for an instant in our minds,—there were no small notes in France, and consequenly none to recall; and yet France has had to sus tain precisely the same distress with us, and (what is more) contemporaneously also with us. Her agricultural interest has been and is, sunk quite as much as ours ; her manufactures and commerce lave been suf fering. Her subjects have been unable to pay the taxes, and the interest of the public debt ; which besides the enormous contributions to the Allies, is more than a quarter as large as ours, out of a much less circulation : and all this has happened while the exchange was against us, and France was draining our specie, not we her's ! However, difficulties we certainly have sustained, and are sustaining still, though in a less degree ; and these are so many motives for economy, not for dishonesty and a breach of the public faith. We do not see why, in the general sufferings of the labouring poor, soldiers who are taken out of that class should continue to receive the war pay, all the articles of life being also much cheaper. The private ought to be reduced to Bd. or at the most 10d. a day. With the offi cers who have bought their commissions, an equitable arrangement might be more difficult, But certainly a general effort to reduce prices ought to be made ; and the consequence will be an increased ability to pay the interest, and re duce the principal, of the public debt.—Times. In the Chronicle of Saturday last appeared a paragraph, in the shape of an account of the proceedings at the Essex Adjourned Sessions for the delivery of the gaols, in which that meas sure is spoken of in terms of disapprobation. As we have all along advocated the speedy de livery of gaols, on grounds of justice, humanity, and good policy, it may well be supposed that the observations in question were inadvertently inserted. Referring to this paragraph, the Essex Herald of yesterday observes : " The writer is evidently dissatisfied with the new measure, but he has not confined himself to facts in relation to the Jurors; and the language of the Worthy Chairman, Mr. Branston, in discharging the Grand Jury, will be sufficient to convict him. With regard to his assertion that the prisoners committed petty bt. fences, with which they stood charged, for ther;urpose of throwing thems e l ves i nto pr i son to be ir'aintain e d at the expence of the county in idleness, we would ask what measure more judicious coultt have been taken to defeat the object of the offenders, than that of at: early trial for the punishment of the guilty, and dis charge of the unconvicted from custody ?—thus c h u i l g ty he i s n t obtssnin Cr earlier relieving the county from the burthen of the Juries, graph, a e r e a hs s well% thatve a a r s e ofa theres t s h: le e ,d, t a h o r n . s : difficulty With respect to the assertion in the para• that there was no difficulty in obt • Grand or Petty Juries, and that Palling either °se capacities are reason to believe that the p' s i u • cipa persons called upon to serve in tf:, satis fied that the ineasure whi c h ind uce d the Magi strates of Essex to adopt the measure are quite just and sticintly strong to outweigh any dif ficulties, that can by possibility be urged against it. The number of Jurymen in Essex has been raise from 240 Q to 5000, in consequence of the alteration of the qualification first introduced into Jr,l Western's Bill, afterwards adopted by Mr. Peel in his Jury Bill --.421 alteration of the law which has had the Obct of making available men both more iis t telligent for the discharge of the duties,, and more able to support the ex-. pence of, attendance. With respect to the con venience or ineonveniqnce caused by an ad journed Sessions, the case is simply this_ the adjourned Sessions of course calls Jurors more frequently from their homes; hot then, on the ot - ter hand, the long detention caused by the other sys tem is avoided; itwouvenien full cey equal to the other, and the td\oor is more equally divided. But When We consider the immense advantages to the communit y of a speedy trial after com mitment —to say h • not ing of the sacred duty to the innocent t 1' Q wye them with the least pos sible delay fr • om a prison—the last considera tion which ought to weigh with Magistrates cher e i a' i u s til e: r e i r t y Y° the trifling inconvenience to which those who ;0 61 ol 4 to p- p r ill re: 10* ? t ar 10 r , ,int sl° Fl°`i 10 0f i0 1 ) 0 : op Ol e el , w r ftil 0, C. s. LeYi;ll'