The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-05 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF TBB - BELTS.

The differences between the rival champions, Sayers
and dectisn, were brought to an amitshle terminiition
on Wednesday evening, when • silver melt, of precisely
the came make and value, was formally presented to each
of the great pugilist^. The interesting ceremony which
30 ausinicioudy closes this novel Anglo-American " diffi-
culty," and seta an example which the iliplntuatiata of the
two asthma would do well to imitate in the adjustment
of their (dere controversies, took place in the Alhambra
Palace, Leicester-square, in tie presence of many
lateens of the " ',nide art." The champions, who a ere
loudly cheered .in their interim; the peaceful "ring"
recently &coded to Howe and Cushing'a to,opt, were
intr shoed to the spectators by Mr. Caldwell, as "tine
to.. sveat men wino had honoured the world since tine
Joys of Wellington and Napoleon." High as might be
' tin: opening paii. gyric, it was fully endorse..? by the plan-
dtts of the ..itilience. The belts, the coveted recompense
of inch matchles.s skill and embirdlice, lay Up 4.11 a table
in the centre .4 the arena, the a inners Ind their friends
;wing grouped around them. Before the addr.sses n ere
d I.e..red which were to p.recede the award the pugili-da
rule meetl lialf.way towards each other, and cordially
hook hands in token ef their final reconciliation. The
first lit of the two was pre-ented to Median,
hy an address written MI parchment, whirl, was
foraintly read &nutlet the vociferous cheering of the con-
e icy Mr. Dowling. The belt, • itiandive piece of
Liout three Indies in width, bearing the inserip.
don, "Champion of England," awl ornamentsd with
several design.. emblematical of the ring. was then
lidded to Heenan, whn straightway buckled it round
his waist, amidst loud and prolonged applause.
Then came Sayers's turn to receive his hard-earned
decoration. The rive of England's Champion. in keep-
ing with the chivalric courtesies iif the occasion, was
pronounced by Mr. Wilkes, Editor of the New York
Spirit of At Pima. Mr. Wilkes'a somewhat florid sen-
tences were delivered in • tube of much solemnity and
deep feeling.
The readmit of this address was frequently inter.
copied by vehement cheering ; tont the ps..sage alluding
to its having been Ileenain's gennerous intention to return
Ole belt again to Sayer., if he had been fortunate enough
to win it from him at Farnborough. WAS received with
very eignificant murmurs. Poor Sayer., the blushing
object of Mr. Wilkea's glowing perioelo. seemed hardly
to know what to make of all the highdlown eoinpli-
needs so liberally 1PV61111.,i upon him ; and when the
" shining girdle " was passed to him with the inpine-
tion to •• buckle it abont lila loirla," he seized it with an
apparent sete.e of relief, and immediately fastened it
sronnill hint. The awkwardness he displayed in this
operation, owing to the brous make of the belt and
the difficulty of fitting it to his waist, provoked mingled
diughter and cheers. The oratory was, however, not
yet finished. Mr. Wilkes, still addressing the puzzled
Sayers, said he lied still one part, and perhaps not the
least significant part, of Inia tinily to perform, and that
wax to return to him the "battle money," whieli he had
never lost. TOIII again held omit his hand to receive
thia tangible recogaitie• of his unconquered proweas—a
porti ~,, of the ceremony which was certainly fully as
intelligible to him as the Feet of the flattering ovation.
The champion+, arrayed in their " glittering teatime-
ninth.'," then walked arm and arm round the arena for a
few momenta, to exhibit themselves to the spectator..
While this was going on few could refrain front remark-
ing the wonderful disparity in the Nice and stature of
the two men, the huge " boy" having to stoop and
walk in an ungainly attitude in order to keep step with
hit comparatively di 11l inutive ..inpanion. It is but
right to add, however, that what Tom wants in height
'teems in no small degree made up by his extrardinary
'macular development and his Cllllllllotlll width across
the slionlilers .

Barium sufficiently gratified their audience with a
sight f them, the f.riendly athletes next neknowleitied
the honours that had been [mid them. Their oratory
iniAt serve as nimli In of brevity and pith. The BeiiMia
Boy contented himself with maturing his friends that
tlmt was the lmppiest moment of his life; and Tom
Bayern, in turn, said he " followed iii his comrades
wake," and was much obliged to them all.
Both of the men looked in admit alde condition, and
their visages tore no perceptive traces of the terrible
punishment they mutually underwent on the utemoratilis
17th of April.