The Sun. — London, England, 1806-05-28 00:00:00

E.:S'T On Thursday the 17th of O&ober, 1865, came on the ,Trial of HENT:' ItiviNG, Esq. Paymaster .of His Majesty's -- 65th RegiMent of Foot, _accused of the murder of Mr. JoHt4 YOUNG, Lieutenant of the same Regiment, in a Duel which took place:, at Dohud, on the Frontiers of Guzzerat, on the 27th of March: The first WitnesS called was Captain Storey. He stated, that on the 26th of March he was applied to by the late Lieutenant Young to attend him to the ground that evening, in' an ir with Mr. Irving. Captain Wilson, who,is since deceased, attended the latter Gentleman. It was agreed bet Ween the Se conds, previous to' the Duel,. that if they - Could .not effe& an accommodation between the , parties after they had fired two .shots each, they should - refuse to a& any longer in . the business, and leave the grotind. That after two shots had been tired, they attempted to accommodate matters ; but Mr. Young said he was not satisfied. That they then informed the parties that they would have* no more concern in the business, and left the ground. That the Wit ness as he was going off saw the parties speaking to. each other; but heard nothing that paSSed. Julian Skrine, Esq. of the Hon., Company's Civil Service, was then called. He recolle&ed some huts' `of Mr. Irving's without the line of the Camp near bohud, which were pulled down. by Mr. Young-, be believed without 'any proper authority. That he was employed by Mr. Irving to carry -a message to Mr. Young on the '2ltit March - last. That on entering Mr. Young's tent, he told him that he . had come -on iiitheran nnpleasantbusiness; Mr. Young replied; that Be knew perfe&ly what the business was; and that lee came from Mr. Irving. That the Witness tried 'to convince Mr. Young of the impropriety of his 'conduit, and particularly of the epithet • c• scoundrel,' which he had used the preceding evening: Mr. Young did not deny that his conduet . bad been Mi.- iiroper, or that he made use of that expression, which he owned to be unjustifiable and unprovoked, but said he never would apologize. The Witness re - quested him to consent to make an apology, how ever. slight, and that it would, be received.• Mr. Young said that he - would rather be cut to pieces. . The Witness then told him, that if he would.only 'say that the words complained of had. been used by .lern in a passion; he should be content. Mr. Young 'saidthat he had been a soldier twenty-two years, `mid 'never would make an *apology., During the tonVersation, something fell from Mr: Young, as if In had taken offence at certain expressions used by • Mr. Irving the preceding evening. Of this the Wit ness informed Mr, Irving on his return, and again 'called the same day, by Mr. Irving's desire, to inform Mr. Young, that if he had used the words in ques . tiOn they were not' intended : that he was not sen sible that he had used them ;' but if he had; that he Was ready to apologise for them. Mr. Young said it. Vas 'of no consequence; that he for his part, would make no apology.'ln going to the ground, Mr. Irving said to the Witness that Mr. Young had very little to fear from.hirri ; and bade him' remember, that what ever liFppened, he had done all in his power to'pre 'yent a meeting : that Mr. Young's obstinacy was su6h, that should he fall' it must be regarded -as a murder. The Seconds agreed that the parties should step six paces from eaclibther ; that Mr. Tattersal, Mr .Young't Second, 'should then give the words halt ; front, .fiW. On the word front being given, Mr. Irving made a half Wheel, presenting his right 'side to Mr. Young, but with the muzzle of his pistol' upwards; Mr. Tattersal repeated the word to front once or 'twice _ that during this interval; which might dctupy fifteen or twenty secohds, Mr. Young had brought. his pistol to the level, and, seemed to the ‘Vitness to be taking a deliberate aim. Mr: Irving observing this; said, " I hope you _don't in tend to let him take an aim at me." The word ,Erie was almost immediately given. Both tivrties fired. Mr. Young fell. _. Mr. Irving immediately went up, and offered him his hand, which he re fused. Mr.. Irving,'at the desire of his Second, then left the trouhd. Mr. YoUng said, " I hope that dathned fellow won't return." Mr. Thanas, Assistant Surgeon on this Esta blishment, was the next Witness. He said he was called to attend Mr. YOung on the 27th of March : be found him sitting on the ground, supported by tin Tattersal. The wound was on his right thigh, a little above the knee : he thought the 'W`ound not dan g erous at first; the bleeding . had .stopped before the Witness had arrived on the ground. To prevent any accident from its return, he applied the tourni quet. Till the eighth day the wound was doing well ;-• but when the Witness called on the 7th of April he found that Lie t. YOung had lost an amazing quantity of blood; his bed and the flour of his tent were covered witli it. He said, that during the night, finding himself uneasy, he had removed the tourniquet. The artery was taken up immediately. The hemorrhage was from the fe moral artery. .In three quarters of •an hour' he died. Had not the tourniquet been removed, there was great probability of his recovery. Lieutenant-Colonel Maddison, of His Majesty's 65th Regiment, said that JNIr. Irving's tent was without the lines ; . that it was placed there by the Witness's permission : that the Witness had ordered Mr. Young .to pull down several huts, and the Witness's own bay-stack, which he thought encumbered, the lines : that Mr. Irving's huts were not among those pulled down, and remained •for some • time after, and the Witness gave no orders for their removal. Mr., Ming, one morning that the,Witness passed, asked if his tents were in the way, and that if so, he should re move them. The Witness said it'was unnecessary, as he did not think they encumbered or-endangered the lines. • ' Mr. Irving having declined addressing the Jury, the RECORDER said there seemed to be -one cir cumstance in the case which would reconcile a Verdi& acquitting the Prisoner from the capital part of the offence, with the known . and acknowledged Lav of the Land upon the stibjea. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thomas, that Mr. Young was in a fair way of recovery, when his own want of care, or chara&eristic violence-of temper, in re mdying the tourniquet which had been placed upon the wound to prevent the effusion of blood, occa bioned such an hemorrhage, that he expired from this cause, which -was. imps table to himself alone, and not from any probable or natural consequence of a wound, which Mr. Thomas swore he neTer reckoned either mortal, or very dangerons.7—Ver did Not Guilty. • S,OCIFTY OF ARTS. • Yesterday :being the Anttiversary of 'this trtily useful and . phtriotic Society, for the 'distribution of preniituus acid rewards, at 11-Or house in *the Adei phi ; his Grace the Duke. of NORFOLK, President, was i the Chair, and the Meeting was honoUred by the "presence of the. Baroness DI To - r,a., - Count WonoNzoir, (late 'Ambassador from Russia), the Swedish, 'Portuguese,. and Hessian Ambassadors, and as 'many persons, of distinction, and Ladies of fashion and •beauty,. as the Great Room could pos:- sibly hold, to the exclusion of, theMentbers of, the: Society, who handsomely • gave placd on this occa sion. ' His Grace arrived at: , half-past eleven, and cotitinued in the most ,condescending and familiar conversation k - k-ith the other Officers of the Society,and the Company, (as lie did also for more than half an hour after thAusiness tea's concluded); and at twelve o'clock the Cliai6vas taken; and the: business- com menced with fl at Oration, by boaor CHARLES ',FAY LOR, the princitdl! Secretary, on the patriotic views and labours. of this Society since its establishment in 1754 ; in the course of which, he noticed the prin cipal objects 'of public-utility which' the premiums and' bounties, from thne /o time given . by the So,- ciety, had brought :to light- and perfeeled, and en— tered into minute details on the design and objeds of the premiums awarded in the present Session; ,some of which remarks we shall notice further on. The worthy Secretary observed, that the permission' which the Society gave, in 1766; for the Artists of that day to exhibit their Pidures in the Society's rooms, gave rise to the noble and annual .Exhibition; since made in the Royal AcadeMy's, apartments, in Somerset House; and he took this occasion of pay ing a just tribute of :respe.6l to the Memory of the late Mr. JAMES BARRY, whose remains were lately seen deposited; with funeral solemnity, in the So ciety's. Room, hung with the sublime yrodudions of his pencil, till removed to be deposited in 'St. Paul's Cathedral, between the remains of Sir CHRISTOPHER WrlENand Sir ! JOSHUA REYNOLDS'. A good likeness of Mr. BARRY, which 1 hung. at the back Of the President's Chair, was stated to have been painted at Aothe,. - and to have been pre sented by' WM. MOFFAT, Esq,' a Member of the . Society. The Secretary, is the course of hiS speech ; explained the mode of eleding Members, of the So ciety, an honour not denied to the fair sex, and the Manner of conduaing the various departments of its business; he further stated', that all the Officers of the Society were annually elected by ballot, and that every 'meeting of the Society, lor its Committee, is open to every,Member ; that 136 new Members have been eleded'Since the present Session .com menced, and that more than 60,0001. has been ex-; pended, since the establishment of the Society ; in premiums and bounties. • The Chairman then called upon 7.. C. Curwen; Esq. M.P: whose late communications to the Society have related to the plantiQg of 1,200,000 trees ; to the raising of carrots, which ale stated to go as far as the produce of more than twenty time the same quantitrof land, hi oats, in the feeding of horses'; and, to the supplying the poor ,with new milk . , :k 2.d.. per quart, and yet bo as to leave a, profit, to the Arable Farmer, witotthall apply his green winter crops to the teedin4 of cows.—His Grace remarked, that. he had seven or eight times before delivered to Mr. Curwen diirecOnt honorary marks 'of the Society's approbation, but never with greater satistac_ . tion than on the, present occasion. . Mr. Curwen, in'a neat speech, thanked his Grace and the Society ; and remarked, that flattered as 4e was, hisinerit4 if any,thad been called forth by the encuuragcu►eut of the Society: r • • The Gold_Mt.dal of the Soe,lety was . nett pTeserrted to it: Phillips. Esq. of Tyn-y- Rhos, near Oswestrl's, tbr improv ing Waste Lands. . . . G. Caltharpe, Esq. of Goshertoti, Lincolnshire, receiv-.H ed a Gold Medal, for the largest cut tivatiOn of Spring-.,.v heat. .The Secretary explained tl►e object of the Society in this premium to be the hope of discovering . a superior and More produet►ve species r f Wheat, to be Sczn in tl►e - St n lifg instead of the Autumn. Mr. J. S. Wade, of Benhall , , Stilt)lk, received a Gold Medal for planting OSiers. Mr. Charles -Layton, of Reedharn-hall, in Norfolk, re'.. ceived a Silver Medal for the comparAiveculture of Turriiiis by drill and broad-cast, which calibrated the superior advan tages of the former. • in the absence of Nir.-•Williani .Chethani, of Mallor Moor, Derbyshire, a Silver Medal was; by desire, delivered to. MI-. john Taylor, a Me►nber.ot tneSociety,.fur Improviiig Waste Land. -- • ft the absence of Mr. V obOt Sal Mon; of Woburn, Bedfo rd= shire','a Silver Medal was , for him, delivered to Mr. Farey, a hlemly,n, who. on..being requested front the Chair; explained the objee,k of Mr. S.'s communication to be, the laying down rules tot profitably thinning and pruning English Plantations . of fir, and other timber trees, so as to produce, in time; clear and useftit timber, like that imported hop abroad; and that the same was amply illustrated by large. specimens of the knots of timber, well and i l pruned, or neglectol, as is too cominohly the case. The Secretary stated, that the late ex.: cellent Duke of Bedford hat . the merit of miginating course of experiments which led to this comtnunication. Jr. Charles Wilson, of Worcestetstreet, Borough, re .ceived a bounty of ten guineas, in an elegant purse, for his CoMpoSition of Plaister to cure Damp ,Walls. His Gtace complimented Mr. W. on the service he would thereby ren der to the occtipieis of lie* houses, and - to the owners of va luable pictures and other works of :tits, - anifasked several questions ; in . the .answers to which, an allusion to an in vention by Mr. W. of weaving Ladies' :Garters of Spiders' Webs, produced a general sonic on the counten a nces o f the fair ones present. • " To the Baroness Tott a Silvei• Medal was delivered, for the Margravine of Anspach, tar a. Model, by her, in bas te lict, of her late illustriousconsort, the MargraveofAr , pack : on the l‘Latgravine's letter being read by Mr. Combs, the As, - sistantSecretary, His Grace paid a handsome compliment tb the Noble Baroness, .aad to the illustrious Family wliose memory and abilities .the • likeness before' them. would per petuate. Mr. Sebastian Grandi, of Brownlow:street (late from Rome), received a Silver Medal for his Materials or Colours for Painters. His Grace observed, that the high testimonials which the first Artists of the present age had given in favour of these Colours, made him regret that Sir Joshua Ref wilds had not Jived to avail himself of their - use. To Miss Folkes, daughter of Sir Martin Folkes, a Silver Medal was delivered, for a Miniature Painting. , Mr. J.B.' Lane, of Upper Grosvenor-street, received the Silver Pallet, for an Historical Drawing. Miss H. A. Jackson, of Hanover-street, for a Drawing of a Lady bathing,•received a Gold Medal. Ills Grace neatly corn pliinented'her on the merit and beauty of the Drawing, and of its Author. Miss lillier, of Stoke Park, Guildford, received the greater Silver Pallet, for a Drayving of Flowers. Miss Francillion, of Norfolk-street, received a like reward for a similar subject. Miss S. 'C. Day, of Lower Bryanston-street, received the smaller Silver Pallet, for an Historical Drawing: a depart. ment of the art, as'his Grace observed, which is but seldom attempted by young Ladies. Mr. G. Gutch, of Oxford, received a Silver Medal for a Drawing of Wrexham Church, &c. Mr. P. M. French, of Great Alie-street, received the smaller Silver Pallet, for an Architeclural Drawing. Mr. A. Rairaback, of Warren -street, was presented with a Gold Pallet, for a Line Engraving. • Mr. L. Clennel, 'of Twickenham Common., received a Gold Pallet, for an Historical Engraving on Woad. , Mr. BranSton, of Wynnyatt-street, received Silver Pal let,Tor an Engraving loud, , . Miss Maty Hay,. of Chaodos-streer, a very youn Lady, r&eived tl4e Silver Medal of thr. - . - :Soelety, set in Goky-for, a Drawing in Indian Ink. His Grace observed, t hat .the Rules ot the Society admitted only of a Silver Medal fir this-Per lUrmanee,; but their high sense of its merit-has been thuS ex vre;sed Mr. West, the President of .the Royal Academy, having seen it,, , declared it to be..."the greatest edort of art he ever wituessed.by.a.young person. %, , Miss-I,omin', of Newington-place, a very handsome young Lady „received the great;:r Silver Pallet, for a Draiv_irig. - - ,Miss Beverley, of Spring-gardens, a young Lady Of great beauty, received a greater Silver Pallet, for a Lari&cape. • ialfpenny, of Stafford-place, received agreater Silver Pallet, fur it i)rawii~g. Mr. 'teorge Corbolcl,• of rjohn-street, received a. smaller Silver Pallet, for a Drawing. • Mr. Tohn Itoinhe - y, of Warren street, 'received a smaller Silver Pallet, for an Outline Drawing. • Miss A ndree, of Hatton-garden,' a.yonng Lady of great per sonal accomplishments, received a greater p Silver Pet, for a Portrnit Oil Colours. Miss Sarah Benwell, of Oxford, received a greater Silver Pallet, fora Ijrawings Miss B. Scott, of Brighton, a young Lady fifteen years of age, of great beauty, received a greater Silver Pallet, for a Drawing. • . . . Miss M. 13iiton,,_of New: London.streei, a very little-Girl* whom his Grace stated to have received no Professional struetion, received a smaller Silver l'allct, for a Drawing. a . Mr. Richard Neate, of Hadley, a ,Yonng•Gentleman, cap-- pled in all his !hips, except his leftliand, received a smaller Silver Pallet, for a Drawing. -' • : ' Mr. S. Grandi (before mentioned) received a Bounty_ of z o Guineas ; Aor his preparation for Pannels for painting upon. . In'concluding,tbe Subjeel of Polite Arts, the Se-. .cretary - stated, that the celebrated Miss LinwOod baying early in her life been honoured by the notice of this Society', bad this year 'sent an excellent needle work copy of one of Gainsbo - rough's pidures, which bad been exhibited. • • • Mr. J. Robertson, of Edinburgh, received 2O Guineas for a Machine to weave Fishing Nets. 'Mr. William Neven ' of Woolwich, for 'Weaving extremely fine cloth, receiVed 15 Guineas. • Dr. Thomas . Cogan, of Eath, received a*Gold Medal for a Drag, the use of which, at the request of the President ; he 'explained, in sak , iiig 'persons who have sunk under water; it has barbed points, which can, by turning ofa screw, be used or not, according ,as -the unfortunate person •is dressed or naked a long light pole,,as well as a line being attached to it; facilitate also the object in view. Mr. George Small, Member, in the absence of john Trot ter, Esq. 'received for him - a Gold Medal, for a Curvo-linear saw ; the operation of which Mr. Sniart explained, at the 'request of tile Chair, ikcutting Out. circular pieees of or cuitirw . thin curved v' steering wood : as also how the same saw can be made to cut iliiterent curves. Mr: Neil Snodgrass, of Scotland; (through the Secretary) received •4o Guineas ( which he preferred to a medal), for the detail of a mode of successfully heating rooms without' any damp or danger of fire. • Mr. john 4ktistin, of Glasz4*, through the Secretary, re-, ceiVecl a Gold 'Nledal„tbr d Loom capable of being worked by any Ali 11 or-engine. • • Mr. jOhn MiddletOn, of St. Mthin's.laile, received a Sil ver Medal, for tWolinpro'vements in Paper.staining ; one of which was 'stated, to consist in a new ,Press, cap Able o f lay ing on a greater body of colour in large patterns, than the lever press in use ; the other, a new made of advanciitg the Paper as it is printed. , • Ur. G, Field, of Newman. street, through,the Secretary, re. ceived a Silver Medal, for an improved Stove, with hot Clo sets, fOr heating and drying,. Mr. BenjaMin Stott, of Bermondsey-street, received a Bounty of aD Guineas, for a Machine capable of Sheep and other Skins, fur the Parchment-makers; . and other •• Mr. lathes Hardie, of Cidsgow, through Mr, Tare}', a Member, received rc Guinea's, for a►, improved Bookbinders' 'fuming Press ; it has but One screw of Iron, instead of two wooden ones as are now used. Mr. ¶oseph Davis, : of Kingsland=road, received ►o Guineas for an improved Machine for the.use of Glaziers and Painters, when repairing or painting the upper windows of houses. Mr. A..gtass, of Porter -street, received to Guineas for an li-nf l roved work-tab.*, :fur the use of Shoemakers, so that they May stand at their work. Mr: Philomel of York County, Lower Canada, received a Silver Medal ; and Mr. G. 'Ward, of. Camden, in Upper Canada ' lo Dollars each, through the Secretary, for the culture of Hemp. . . • Ali.. Vaughah attended on behalf of Mr. Freder3c3: Arnold and Mr. los. Cornwall, and received ;FSilvcr Medal tiir for t IA; growth of Hemp in Upper Canada. His Gracelere rose, and in a short speech thanked the company for their polite attention to.the details of the business;- and adverting to the distinguished Foreigners present, paid a, handsome compliment to the attention paid by.the Emperor of Russia to the Arts of Peace, and particularly to the talents and produ6tion's of Englishmen.. Great praise is due . tO Messrs. ANDREWS, MiDG LEI', RIVERS, SAMUEL, SOLLY, and TAYLOR,' the Managers on this occasion; for the - attention they paid to the Company, On Saturday. n:ght last, between nine and ten 6:clock, a man named . Anibrose, . who lives at Bear sted, was stopped at the top of Lill: Hill, near Maid itone, ny three men, appearing to be soldiers, dressed in buff coloured' jackets, with Military buttons, No. - 5: , ;, and the word atfordshire thereon. They drew their bayonets, threatened to run him through, and robbed him of a blue jaaet and a flannel one, two handkerchiefs, a hat, and a round frock, with Bs. in 1110.11 CV ; one of their regimental :yirkets, as befbre described, with the letters S - W.l) inside the colfar. Same night, 'about eleven o'clock, on the London road, about one-mile 'itoth Maidstone, a labouring man; named Rose, was . knocked . down by three sol diers with drawn bayonets, supposed to be the - same desperadOes, and ro6bed of his hat and new round frock.—Soon after, Mr. Thomas Marden, of the White Horse, Bearsted, 'was stopped by. the satne three men, with drawn bayonets, about two rn:les from thence towards Larkfield, and robbed of a ten pound Bank of England note, half a guinea in gold, and sixpence in silver. The above three men are understood , to be deserters from the 52d Regiment ;' two of them are Opposed to be Itishnien, the third . an Englishman, and-were seen passing through Larkfield, towards London, about twelve o'clock the same night, with round froCks over their other clothes. ' Last week, as Mr. George Hogg, of Hazon, near Felton, was returnin g from Morpeth market, along with his brother and some other farmerS, he had occasion to stop a little upon the, road, while the rest of .the company proceeded forwards. From the great • fall of rain on that day, 'it was infer rid by the company. that Hazon bourn would be dan gerous.to pass, and they therefore went round by the bridge, but Mr. Hogg not stispetaing that his friends, lad taken that precaution, attempted the ford, and unfortUnately perished. The horse having come 'owe without his rider, every possible search, was made for him, without cifeia, and his body was not found till next day, at, about a mile distant from the ;pot where befell in. ' BOXING. t • • THE Match between' O'DC)7l7le and an untried man of the .name of o.asclell wai decided yesterday,; on . Willsdon-green . ; for 2n guineas... It only neces sary to observe, in giyiug a dekription of the corn— batants, that' O'Donnell is a complete adept in the, science.of thcfistic . art, altlidugh his weight and . ,3ize, would not allow him a chance in Contending with the lip trip lirbes of the fist. ..Wasdell, a Spitaltieds had once or twice fm.rbt in his own nei g hb our h oo d,. and 'a few conquests led him to suppose. he was capa, bid.ofenteringthelist with a man of notoriety in the bruising art. He had the adVantage in weight, length of . aril), and *every requisite f or hi s as s ume d proless sion--exeepting courage and science. It being boll- . day time the road to the seat of at.tion was corn letely filled at an ,early hour yesterday morning ; huggies, barouches, dust-carts, and chariots were the order of the day.. At twelve o'clock the com latants entered the ring ; bets were 7 to. 4, and 2 to. 1, on O'Donnell: • THE FIGHT. ist Round.. The combatants sparred for some time, and that of Wasdell's was truly aukward ; he madea short auk ward hit, and closed, when O'Donnell knocked him down cleanly — 3 to„1 on the favourite. ad., Wasdell again made play aukwardly; his opponent dropped him again easily.--s to t. • 3d. By this time Wasikll exhibited marks of his opponent's skill about the head ; he - made a round aukward attempt to hit ; O'Donnell stopped hint, and again hit him off, his legs, and he sat on the grass as ifgreatly embarrassed.--No bating. 4th. Whilst sparring, Wasdell made an attempt to seize his opponent by his right hand; O'Dcnnell hit him, and left his marks on the head and body; when he tell. sth. The combatants closed irregularly ; O'Donnell, af ter punishing him severely .undernaath, dropt him again..;. , 2o WI. 6th. O'Donnell hit his opponent a s evere bl ow h i t h e f ace, through his guard ;. they closed, and O'Donnell hit Wm right and left off his legs. 7111.. O'Donnell went in and hit his opponent in the body t, they closed, and disengaged themselves, when asdell again attempted to seize his opponent's hand ; he was rewarded with a hit, which evidently decided all hopes for hirri • • Bth. In this round- O'Donnell did as he thought proper ; went to his man in good humour, and hit hint three successive hard bloWs in the face, which dropped hint.' 9th. •Wasdell "faced his man for the last time; O'Donnell hit him two hard blows, which finished one of the easiest conquests ever witnessed, for O'Donnell had not even the slightest impression of a hit about him. • Those who backed Wasdell have been convinced of the folly of matching an unskilful Man against such a man as O'Donnell. Wasdell, •buwever, proved himself' a ,complete novice in every sense of tin word ; he was ignorant of the'know:edge .of boxing altogether ; .and to speak fairly of him, he is the worst that ever-attempted even a street tight. O'Donnell was seconded by Gully and Ryan, and Wasdell by his brother and Rhodes. A second- battle was fought between 'a Bristol Butcher and a man of the name of Coomb. This - contest lasted upwards of an hour, and 'it was decided in favour of Coombs, after a - good deal of hard ; fighting. The Butcher Nbas known, amongst the gemmen of the fist, to be a game,one, and he proved himself so ; he,lowever, used his right hand en tirely at the body; which, if it - had - be&ri directed at the head, would have insured him viaory. His op ponent was a' good getter away, and never hit until within his distance, When his blows told. • - Two-other battle's were .fought for subscription purses, but - the• matches were unequal, and conse quently the contests were not amusing, but tiresome. The diVersions of the day closed with a foot-race at Kilburn: Grinle)i, the swift-footed boot-closer, run a man 100 yards. for five guineas, and gave him fifteen.—Grinley lost by about two. yards, having slipped during' the ,race. , . HOLIDAY SPORTS. Gooseberry Fair, held ►n Tuthill-fields on Monday and yesterday for the second time, eclipsed. all other Whitsuntide fairs, 1 - br gaiety and fun, in the vicinity of the metropolis. The holiday, folks repaired thither in cromls, so irresistible was the attraction of the lilt of; which the inhabitants of Westminster had prepared for them. Various prizes were put up to run, wrestle, and play at single-stick for; in the true spirit •of old English pastime. On . ivronday there . were eight candidates for the prize of a gold-laced hat, destined for the best player at single-stick. They were to contend on the principle of a main of cocks, the winners ofeach set-to to play together until only • one' remained tmvanquished. , The favourites of this pastime were three brothers, of the name of Withers, and an old Life-guards-man, named Chapman ; the latter had obtained every prize he had contended for, and liad beat the fatuous Blue skin. 'Many, very. dextrous in the art, came from, the country to oppose them ; but the brothers and Chapman triumphed over their Opponents. At length it fell Wale lot of twb . of the brothers tc,play together; but they declined, and Dick, the youngest, was fixe to sustain the. hon Cur ut the family against: C.;l.,,Enan. They contsted the palm, as the whets bad done, on a :stage erected for the purpose: their; - blows fell as heavy and thick as if they had been threshing.. corn ; but each guarded his head so dextrously, that no blood w 4 drawn, and night Coming gym, they retired by mutual consent, amitht the applauses of the speaators. Yesterday there was a poney-race, and races run y..lezdies for chemises, besides other ruined Sports not mentioned in the-bill of fare. At a bear-biting yesterday, in Tothill-fields, one of the bears having broke loose, fastened upon a Per son of the name of Shawe, whom-he tore very much I.v s ith his paws, and would have destroyed him, but for the assistance of the people. •Monday afternoon a select `party of friends went up the river in a pleasure-boat, and stopped at Isle worth, when four of them went to bathe. • . One of them, son to Mr.Noorr, of Lothbury, was drowned in sight of his father: The ,body was scion after picked ip, and taken to a receiving -house, when the usual means were resorted.to to restore life, but without elle.a. CHILD-STEALING. - ThiS nefarious praaice, it seems, is sill carried on. A fine girl, named Mary Brown, about seven years of age,, 'was stolen from her parents' door, in Montague Close, in the Bo rough, on Monday afternoon, and has not since been heard of. ' his supposed, the child being very well dressed, induced some person to carry her off for the purpose o undressing her.