The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-14 00:00:00

THE RING.

There wu an excellent day's play on Saturday, in two straight.
forward manly battles, at Pedworth, near Farnham. The first was
foe 30 sovereigns, between Isaac Alexander, the keeper, and Bishop
Harris, who has often signalised himself as the 14 Bisbee dentist.
These men were to have fought at Chichester, but not being there,
a new match was made. It was a short but a slaughtering battle
of six rounds.
1. Alexander made the play, and a rally commenced without de.
lay. Hit for hit was the go, and of such weight, as to transform
their feature'. Alexander was floored by a telling smack on the
smeller, from which the claret ran in streams.

2. Active hostility was again the order ; no attempts were made
to parry, or to shift from the scratch ; it war hart'daug
work, and Harris went down with a tremendous right-handed blow
lon the mouth.

Z. Both were hit to a stand-still, foaming pt the screw, and pip.
big like broken-winded 'sackers. Hams was thrown heavy from a
close, and which seemed to rattle his bones.
4. Second wind having found them both, went to work agala,
and another rally followed, in which the left eye of Harris was
closed, but he out taught, and had the first decided advantage over
his adversary, and hit him down by a blow in the kidneys.
b. Harris led again, but it was a most obstinate round, and
equally fought. Harris was thrown a somerset on the top of his
head, which dorsal him for the moment.
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6. Harris wu slow at the call of time, but he staggered
up to his adversary, and was hit down by a blow upon the =
which left him senseless for a time, and Alexander was &dared
the victor. Both ware much beaten in sixteen minutes.

A second battle was fought for IU sovereigns between Giaors an;
Ford, ‘Vest-eountrymen of mule note, and it wss a tremendous
one while it lasted, one round only. They had scarified each other's
mugs to pieces, when Ford had his leftysw broken, after seven nti.
flutes' rallying, and was beat.

To-day the whole stakes fur the fight between Samppssoono and
Ward will be made good over a sporting dinner at 's • and
the last deposit is to be made good at Mr. Bekher's, far Birney
Aaron and Mathewson's fight.
The lady of Colonel ()11—, on the way to the Isla of Wigtel
stopped at Langan's Inn, at Chicheo;er, previous to the a
offered him a green handkerchief, as his famine, which thas%inly.
declined to accept, observing, that it might appear too presumptuous
in him to wear his national colour, as the affair was merely to de.
Bide which was the best man; and said he, " as I have before
adopted black, I do not wish to change it, and I am anxious to
avoid anything that may excite prejudice. The lady then placed
the handkerchief loosely round his neck, and wished him waxes.
Langan express%l his grateful acknowledgmentaillnlaciudeonsidend
the circumstance as a favourable omen. The het
rosined in the same position pound his neck, when be anntined the
stage.—Sanday Paper.
J. Cooper says, I can be backed against Peace 'neigh for 1104
and am ready to make the match at any time or place he may plena
to appoint.
Jens Miller (the -soup Gardewer) being in want of a job, in-
forms the Sportin World, that be can be backed against Peter
Warren, for 231. to tight at any time he thinks proper.
A new one who never fought in the ring, will peel at Ascot
Heath Rates, against any lOst. 61b. man, tbr a pipse of JUL
TUE SPRIG AEG TUE SAILOR DOE.—IVe have received;
loniletter from the sprig of Myrtle, on the subject of his late fight
with Junes, the Sailor Boy. He attributes his late defeat Wan ac-
cidental sprain of the knee in the second round ; accuses Jones of
scratching-41ot hitting; and declares it is his intention to fight the
Sailor Boy again.--Sanday Popes.
Reuben Martin wishes to inform Mr. Burke that his friends will
meet him at Mr. Holt's, Cross-lane, on Tuesday evening next, to
make a deposit to tight for AVG a-side, as may be arranged between
the parties.

This will be a sporting week, and much work is cutout for this
cloy (Monday):—
Dir. West started at seven o'clock last night to go 72 miles—that
Is, to the OM milestone on the road to Oxford and return, In Ifi
hours. 6t04 on time.
Mr. Dysait's match to trot his mare 16 miles in one hour, and
tarry I I stone. Even betting.
The pigeon-match for 100 sovereigns, on Bagshot Heath—
Capt. Smith and Mr. Bower, against Messrs. Boneyman and
Howard.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Parkinson, ironmonger, of
Cabe, who had but lately begun business, accompanied by three
other young men, went into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near
that plum. Two of them swam miaow the canal, and Mr. Parkin.
son attempted to follow ; bat when be got about the middle, be
was observed to return into more shallow water ; he afterwards
made a second attempt to swill across, but not being a good swim.
mer, he became so fatigued that be let his feet down to rest, the
vista took him nearly overhead, when be stood upright. His
componions gegen wing him snuggle in the water, hastened to his
smdetasee, got hold of him by the hair, and attenipted to raise
him, but without success. Ooe of the young men who was unable
to swim, in his exertions to save his companion, got into deep wa-
ter, and was with great difficulty saved. The other two young
men, though much exhausted, made a second attempt to extricate
Mr. Parkinson, and they 'gun succeeded in getting hold of his
hair, but they found it impossible to raise him, and he began then
to fall gradually backward and sank to the bottom, from whence he
was in about half an hour taken a lifeless corpse by twe men whq
came up eith a boat. It is supposed that Mr. Parkinson's fed IW
stuck fast in the mud, which is very deep in that port of the caaaL
—Leeds Mercury.

DIRTII.
On the 10th inst. in Sergeants Inn, the wife of W. Elias
Taunton, Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIED.

On Thursday, at lUilford, llants, J. Kingsmill, Esq. or Carry:
dish.square, to Elisa, only surriving daughter tithe late Sir Robe:
Kingsmill, Bart. of Sidtuonton Baku, in the same county.
On the loth inst. at Kensington, John Oath. Esq. youngest son
of the Rev. Robert Oviut, late Rector of lcklingham, Sughlk, tu
3lru Stokes, of Brampton.
Friday, at St. Paul's, Deptford, James Tomlin, Esq. of the
Royal Navy, to Sophia, the eldest daughter of J. D. Rolt, Esq.

DIED.
On the 3d instant, at West Hill Lodge, Frances Emma, second
daughter of Lord Henry Pauk, aged acven years.
At Plymouth, Capt. U. Luke, R.N. aged fie ; he was sesf."l7
wounded in the action between the Nymph and Cleopatra, for Imo*
he received a pension.
At bhalden Lodge, llama% aged 43, Lieut -Colonel Arthur
Johnston. late Assistant Commandant at the Royal 3libtall
College, Farnham. This excellent officer fell a sacrifice to his n-
ations in the service of his country, during his residence in (kyles.
the effects of which baffled every human efl'ort to overcome.
At Warrington, in the 6.5.,11 year of his age, much lamented by
his family and friends, she Rev. Jonathan Crowther, for 4fi yam
much respected Minister among the Wesleyan 3lethodists. fie
filled the Chair at the Conference to which he belonged, as a."'n
of vigorous intellect, an ardent friend to religious liberty. anal"
forcible and acute writer. He waa known to the public tbe
author of the Portrailare lifrthodiari and the Serildort
Gazettyr,
On Friday night, of apoplexy, at Blackheath, /Cent, the Rig.
John Josiah Cony Sere, Rector of Bath Dutton, Sot:Deng, aged

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