The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-13 00:00:00

PLIGIL.IShif.

On Thursday last was fought, at Horsington,
Someniet, a pitched battle between Hazard, a
butcher, and Stacy, a shoemaker, two Doted
bruisers. The Lunibatantat catered a taste
with their seconds and bottle-holders: Tan Hazard,
a sailor, seconded his brother, and Clarke seconded
Stacy. The contest continued with little variation
till the 50th roaDJ, when Stacy sprained his wrist
so badly, that he could not make a blow with his
eight hand.; and after matt snore severe rounds, sad
appearing very weak, he, at the repeated request
of the genemen present, gave in. A dispute hav-
ing taken pt.sce between the two seconds, a chal-
lenge was given, and accepted ; and after the
above was decided, they set-to, when another very
severe contest took place. After 34 hard-fought
rounds, victory was declared in favour of Hazard.
Sewed amateurs and gentlemen present declared
that is all the matches they had ever witnessed,
they never saw two harder contests. The fbemer
lasted an hour and lti minutes, and the latter 54

minutes.
A pugilistic contest took tee on Monday, near
Clay-hilt, between George Air, a coateriumiger,
uul Jillery Smith, a ventilator. The battle was for
teu guineas, and after a contention of about forty
'Mantes, in which the combatants were decently
fesked, and the head of Jifery was a good deal die-
, figured, he resigned the contest, And the costa-
-1 monger was earned to Westminster in triumph.

The fox-hounds will meet,this day. at Kingsbury
Spring, near Wisuley, and on Saturday. at Bury-
area His MAJEATY'S Stag-hounds still built on
Saturday at Salt Hill.
The writ for the borough of Tosistock was sent
off last night. The Right Hon. GEORGE 113014
somisr, who it is expected will be returned for
that borough, when Lust heard of, was at Bath with
La MaaY and Mias P °mossy.
Ysterday the Loan MAYOR ordered the price
of bread to be continued et lid. the quertern

loaf.
A private letter, dates' St. Petersburgh, Dec. nth,
says—,. A Liquidation Office, for the settling of all
claims between the Russians and English, is now
established, and the Counsellor of State BAIIIOI,/
is appointed President : the merchants, who are to
compooe the Committee, will be nominated by the
Minister hereafter. In the mean time, an arrest is
ordered on all hills and debts owing to the English,
the payment of which will be enacted by the said
office. None of the established British merchants
will be permitted to leave this country till our Go-
vernment shall ascertain that Russian property in
England has been respected, and all bills drawn
from hence duly accepted and paid."
The Ceres, Wurrswss, from Newfoundland for
England, is lost, and all the crew.
The Ariadae frigate arrived on Sunday, at Yar-
mouth, with two large lugger privateers, captured
by her and the Sappho sloop of war; they were
pierced for 16 guns each, and were fall of MPH;
one was taken on the 7th, and the other on the
sth, off Flambormigh Head. They have made se-
veral captures, one of which was the Gabriel. of
Hull. MATTPIrW ROWLAND. Master, but she being
in ballast, they took out the crew, sad then scuttled
the ship—the privateers both be
to one owner,
and sailed from Dunkirk—one es new, and the
other has been reigning two or three years. The
crews of the lugger were landed at Hull, on
Monday, and escorted to orison by a detachment
of the Cambridgeshire Militia.
Letters received by the Gottenburgh Mails give
a most distressing account of the situation to
which the unfortunate King of Pausal t t
has been
reduced. Though still invested with the title of
Regal, sal nominally possessing considerable
territones, be is not only unable, from the continued
ructions of biz insatiable conquerors. to keep up
an appearance of Regal State, but he has scarcely
the means of maintaining the rank of a private
gentleinsis. His guard is dismissed, his attend-
ants ure re ince& and his to de never contains
more than tics covers. Soeh is the situation of the
man who, at the • of t;ie year 1415, held in Isis
baud the fate of the Continent of Europe.