The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-23 00:00:00

TO THE ZDITOS O► TIM DAILY NEWS.

SIR,—I admire your stricture• on pugilism
heartily ; they are worthy of your paper. I hate fighting
as • science, cultivated in cold blood purposely to develop
mere brute force, "Saxon pluck," and power of endurance.
It is still more odious to me as a vehicle of betting and animal
excitement among the aristocracy, and of course among the
miserable mob which an sure to follow in the wake of the
so called " Swells ;" but with all these objections fixed
firmly in my soul— a man of figures and not of ilirta-1 own
I have enjoyed the tribute and reception given to Tom
Sayers in the Stock Exchange to-day. It was really •
splendid sight, and worthy of a man who could, with hie
left hand only and while suffering extreme pain from a
disabled right arm, persist in contending with a compara-
tive giant, uninjured in every limb, and superior in almost
every physical qualification.
At the special solicitation of certain members of the
Stock Exchange, Tom Sayers came to its immediate neigh-
bourhood this morning, to receive • purse of 100 guineas,
subscribed for him by many of the body who desired to ex-
' press in this way what the whole country feels, that his
struggle against the American was the more noble because
he was physically unequal, and that he has done much as
an Englishman to honour the belt he wean. The purse
was given him very quietly in a private office, but every
avenue to it was blocked by • crowd directly
the report circulated that the star of the prize ring was
within sight. Tom received the offering of the purse
gratefully, but most unostentatiously. He was moved, and
only begged to be allowed "to go and thank the Stock Ex-
change." His wish was complied with. He came by the
entrance the least used—every other doorway being crowded
by expectant members. His appearance was the signal for
a bunt of enthusiasm one rarely sees among the English
people. The tremendous Tom, the all-enduring pugilist, was
so overcome that his whole frame trembled. He could not
speak, and therefore consented merely to stand on one of
the centre troblos of the joss to bow DM thanks,
because unable to utter them.

The Stock Exchange are a much abused body, but they
yield to none in really kind actions and patriotic senti-
ments. When Tom appeared on the table every bat
was doffed, and three cheers given for him in • style that
even our Queen, electrifying as her influence is from her
virtues quite as much as from her exalted position, would
have delighted to hear. The comparison, sir, would be in
execrable taste but for the moral it teaches, that bravery in
every shape is the legitimate worship of the English people,
and that amid all the trickeries of foreign diplomacy and
the calculating aggressions of the French Empire, England
would, as of old, become the greater as her enemies in-
creased, and raise up many like Tom Sayers to defend her
prestige to victory, from the hour that her shores were
menaced, or her just rights invaded in any quarter.—
I am, tee.,

A MIMBEK OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
April 21.

THE FIGHT POR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

The Times continues to publish letters on the
above subject. Today we have the following from one of
the principal,
Mr,-1 see by your article of Saturday last that you
misunderstand my wishes, and it does me great injustice. I
have no differences to settle with kr. Sayers, except such as
I tried to settle with him on the Itith mat. ; and instead of
being called u ' boy,' I ought to be termed a baby if, after
having come so far, and not having got a settlement, I
should be willing to relinquish my purpose for a few good-
natured pats on the back, and being told I am a Sue fellow.
1 have redivide great many anonymous letters since Tues-
day hat, asking me if lam not ashamed of myself—a great
know like ms—to come over here to whip a little man
like Tom Sayers. All I have to say to that is, that
under ordinary circumstances 1 would not think of sending
a challenge to • man of Sayers's size ; but England thinks
km big enough to defend the belt ; I want it, and I cannot
get it except through him. The enclosed letter, which I
sent to the editor of Bell, Life when 1 heard they intended
to call in a surgeon to name a day before which Sayan
«odd not finish the pending affair between le, will show
my position in the matter ; and as Beers Life hie not
thought proper to publish it, you will do me a great kind.
sees Ls kiting the English people heir what I have got to
say. I wish to add that if the late meeting is not to be re-
sumed, and the belt is not to come to roe fur what has
already taken place, I claim to be Scat on the list to meet
Buyers spin for the next chance to conquer it.—Yours
wag respectfully, " J. C. HUNAN.
" April 22."