The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

THE MEE TIGHT BETWEEN MACE AND

GOSS.

The fight between Mace, the ex-champion, and
Gala, et Wolverhampton, came off yesterday, and pve
rise to the usual scouts of brutality Lod raffiamma

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Precisely at midnight the intended eudavenic of the
lovers of the " noble art" was aatiounced to the
initiated, the hour of departure given, and the rail.
way ticket supplied from the several centres of the P.Il.
Then it came out that the Great Western Railway
was again to be honoured by • freight of those who
specially claim to be illustrators of the most manly
and elevating system of self-defence known to the civi-
lised world. Immediately the " trysting" place was out
the barmen-on of the sporting public-homes deserted them.
Away they went, the out-of-luck on foot, the in-luck in
cabs of often six or seven in • batch. Westward, ho!
seemed the watchword, as the squares of Tyburnia echoed
hour after hour with the unwonted and untimely clatter.
The early morning was singularly beautiful and perfectly
doodlers, and not • breeze was stirring. On reaching the
Great Western station the scene bad changed. The exit
side of the station was barricaded with a number of the
company's Vlol, evidently to prevent a forcible entry.
From two o'clock the departure side was taken possession
of by large numbers of persons palpably minions to get
with the special train at all hazard. We mingled with this
waiting throes, which we found somewhat variously com-
posed. In front of the only door in use were assembled
nearly • dozen men in the uniform of the Great Western
Railway. The efforts of these persons to preserve an en-
truce to the railway station for the favoured ticket-holders
would have been utterly powerless but for an organised gang
of pugilistic special curable'. Theft fellows, with fore-
heads •',illations low." formed a sort of lane by the aid of
strong oaken cudgels, with which they frequently en-
forced their appeals to stand back. Nothing, we be-
lieve, has ever been seen, even at a London execution, ap-
proaching io lawless valence to the Kew witnessed on the
premises of the Great Western Railway Company early
this day. Some fourteen vary large carriages WIT, filled
by the pugilistic excursionists, to the number probably of
1,500. The fare being 21. to Wootton Bassett is some
assurance of the length of purse of the intending travellers.
They reached the station in cabs, and in such numbers from
Udnight till four o'clock, that a police officer assured us be
sever remembered to have seen so many cabs at our in his
lifetime. The waiting crowd were mostly mere on-lookers
without means for the coveted voyage and exhibition, but
that • mixture was "something more" what ensued
will best prove. Finding the appeachee to the train
too well guarded by the servants the company and the
ersuised band of pugilists, • portion of the vagabonds
tamed their attention to any person who had entered their
dangerous purlieus alone or well droned. We know of four
different cabs that were set upon immediately on their
arrival in the steam yard, and their riders summarily
robbed of everything. There were so police present for
the first two or these hours, the enclosure being the pro-
perty of the Great Western Railway. As the time of
departure drew near some of the fellows grew teti:bly
redder and anxious to get away. The cries of
agony raised by these who were assaulted and
robbed were answered by mocking laughter. in one
ease a tall man was surrounded and savagely beater),
robbed of his watch and ell the moseybe had in
his pockets, yet he was a person who, under all ordinary
circumetam.es wu well able to take care of himself in any
part of London. A little before 4 o'clock the crowd was
startled by some most unearthly groans, evidently proceed-
ing from a human being in deadly agooy. We found them
to wowed from a well-dreased young fellow who had been
surrounded, violently and "scientifically" struck in the
stomach, and robbed of everything. When attacked,
and while so abased, be was forced against the
glazed advertiasments on the wall, which were smashed
is the straggle, and his person much endangered
by the broken glass. So mach unbridled violence and
brutality we never before witnessed in so short • space of
time. Shortly before the train started the metropolitan
; ilia appeared on the erne. but even then we saw • mars
robbed of his scarf pin. On being appealed to to give the
thief into custody the man replied be did not care to mus-
cat*, his only anxiety being to get off to the fight. We be-
tins persons who bad taken or intended to talcs
Wide were left behind. The violent struggles of the
poorer ruffians to mach the train seemed at last to overawe
the promoters of the exhibition. The excitement wee fear-
hal, and the lost efforts to get off proportionate when the ma-
lagers withdrew their "rearguard of ring keepers with the
oaken cudgels. " Ally= with sticks come on." were the last
official words. Appeels were made to officials, ex-pugi-
lists,
as if for very life, "Oh, Bill, let rue come, haves%
I worked like • horse T' when the door finally closed. Tiros
there were rushes sad appeals through the den-like ken
rails of the barricade foe amid burg myna" and the like to
be allowed to pus. Maas, who showed himself, leaked fell
stout foe his fearful teak. Beattie, Tom King, and most of
the rampages of pugilism, were appeded to, out in vain.
One young ruffian, laden with • borle of water for the ex-
claim, advised the bursting in of the doors. The attains
eel, relinquished the idea for fear of want of co-oparation
inside. At 4.25 the stein got off, some twenty fellows
at the last moment jumping on the footboard' • and
clinging most dangerously to the carriages, so greedy at
all risks were they for the coining carnival of brutality.
The train stopped only twice before reaching its destination,
lamely, at l)idcot and Swindon. At b.eli polios ofikers
emu obierved to be attentive spectators, but it was supposed
they could not communicate what they bed 'cursed in time
for option. Wootton Bassett is about five miles boyood
Swindon, and the field selected for the fight about one mile
from the Wootton Bassett stellar. The company strived
on the ground by seven o'clock, but an hour was consumed
in preliminaries, sad just when the first round was
being fought, or, rather, maacenvred —before a single
blow bad been struck—the pollee came up. The
combatants were instantly dressed by their seconds,
and the ring broken up. Soros time was spent in collecting
the unpacked hampers, he., and the disappointed concourse
returned in disconsolate and indignant procession to
Wootton Bared. It was tee or half-past before the train
wee in motion on the rehire journey. and it was generally
supposed that another attempt would be made in Glonces-
trehire or Oxfordshire. But the journey to London was
uninterrupted, though slow, and the pugilists left Pad-
dingtoe in cabs far the Fenchnrch-street static's', where
they were followed by a number of their former Weirdest'
in the belief that the debt would be renewed somewhere in
the neighbourhood of Purdeet.

The ;wad journey was soma completed, and at half-past
8 ths river was creases& at Loag Roach. The Essex con-
stabulary mustered is great form, but as the fight was
beyond their jut :diction. they could do nothing. It we.
firs minutes to 5 in the afternoon before the men had again
takes their places in the ring. Is the first, or rather
the second round, Maas tried to foros Goss into a corner.
The Meier anocsedad, however, in dealing his antsgonint
a blow with his left on the Ilya which brought the OM
blood. Exchanges ensued M favour of Maas. until
Gorr retreated, and in so doing fell. So soda this
round, which lasted eight minutes. In the next both men
acme up eagerly. After • good deal of sparring, which
lasted twenty-nix minutia, Mace made • rush to oleos
quarters, but his feet 'Sneed and be fell between OMM'S
legs. In the fourth round Mace dash Goal • blow which
knocked him down. The round lute.] thirty-firs Minutes.
In the next struggle both men fell, and rolled side by site.
Mato mu up first, and the fighting which eller d was all
is hie favour until Goss was down. In round some, Gem
went down again. Both fell in the next mod. Gass ender,
and in that which followed the latter au forosd to the
ropes, where after some stiff wrestling both went
down agile, Mace under. In round the tenth Mans
dealt his antagonist a heavy blow ou tits left
,fie, aid bath went down. In rotted 11 Macs brought
down One.. In rounds 12 and 13, however. Go-a threw is
•nt.,goeist and fell on him. still keeping his bold whqs on
the ground. In rounds 14 and 15 Goss fell in endeavour-
in to get away. In round 18 be was felled to the
ground. Is mond 17 both men ; but in 18 a blow on
the nose again prostrated Goo. The hat round was •
tedious ore. A left-handed blow on the nose sod a
right-beaded one on the jaw prostrated Goss. who fell
with his bead doubled up under him in • grate of in-
'visibility. Moos then advanced to the referee and
called oat, "Mayo I we., sir" upon which be was
assured that the stakes were his. Ths company thou
returned to Loaders, chiefly by the Dartford mote.
To those whom it may more especially c000:99. we may
state that the mat ware limited to 100 101 b, and that Moe
staked 800/. to 4001.

COUNTER CHaboLs or BlGAMY.—Yesterday, &
young woman, about 24 Team of age, was charged before
the magistrates at Manchester with bipmy. Her name im
Elizabeth Marston, sedshe was married es the 12th Nov.,
1862, to John Menton, a blacksmith. On Monday she
was mended again at the Manchester Cathedral to George
Emery, an A ONITIOIO, and Marston hearing of it tommoni-
anted with the pollee, and hid her apprehended in her
bridal attire. The second hushaud refused to appear in
court, and the prisoner told the magistrate that her first
husband dared not a”mr because be had another wife
living. She said be bed broken up her household, sold the
furniture, and neglected her. She bad bees in the work.
house twice for support. The case was remanded.
SUDDEN DEATH IN A FOLIC"' COURT.—Yesterday
palatal excitement WY produced in the Liverpool police-
court by a gentlemanly penes soddenly falling down
in the outer court, and expiring fortaatly. Vicious amours
wore afloat as to who he was, and ultimately it was aster-
Weed to be Mr. Thomas Cottier, the keeper of a beer-house,
in Pembroke-place, at the corner of Pembrokestreet, who
was applying at the annual Roessler session for a spirit
linens. to thee" premium. The cause of death is supposed
to be disease of the heart accelerated by excitement,
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDIENT.—BELFAST, MONDAY
Eventect.— On the Ho wood sad Bangor Railway this
(Monday) mortices sad accident occur ad on the line, se-
corepaa we cm sorry to say, with a certain lose of ass
and probably two lives. A portion of the embankment gave
way, burying two met, one of whom was ioetantly killed,
sod the other go crushed as to give very little hopes of re-
covery.—Northent
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