The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-07-11 00:00:00

SPARRING.

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One of the best exhibitions of this kind, this season, took
place yesterday at the Royal Tennis-court, in Great %Tin&
mill-street, fur the benefit of Sampson, the Birmingham
youth, who is matched to tight Gybleti next Tuesday, and it
was well 'Mended. The sets-to were as follow

Sheltou and Estes had a turn. which produced ranch ap.
plause, and a finer display of mimic* has very rarely been
witnessed. The left hand of each was parried with itatimish-
ing celerity, and very few hits could be placed.
Cooper, the Gipsy, and Deaf Dario, made a buy boot of
it, and Davis had mine the worst of the rallies. They chat.
lesiged each other, but • wag called out, " Where i■ the
money to come from ?"

Two countrymen from Emu, one of whom was ours a.
tidy repast fur Shelton, next mounted the stage, and afforded
mock amusement. It wawa real mill, if an awkward owe.
They bit each other to a stand-still, hat they felt the loss of
wind more than the erects of blows, and they exhausted
themselves rota scarcely able to dewed from the stage.
Lilley here challenged Curtis, and the latter answered,
that his 501. hat been ready this fortnight, but Lilley sever
eonse•a-nlgh. It was made.
Ben Buns and Carter made a very manly set-to, and with
equal advantages. It was a display of inn usieuce, as both
are left-headed hitters, but the petal)a were so trite that the
blurs dial not tell at making play, bat each were hit i■ ral-
lying. It was ouch applauded.
Curtis arid T. Cooper, the voting Gipsy, made a Bond
memo, but Curtis had the best of it by placing his left-
banded blows upon the head and breaking away.
Randall and Harry Holt neighed with another scieetific
display. Randall had a little the best, and would have had
more so with any other light man.
The better end of the amateurs retired to mill away at the
hollow at Nat. Greaves's, is Bow-street, where anothe► de-
posit was made for the fight between Riedel! and Martin on
the 11th of September.

In last night's Gazelle a reward of 5001. and a free pardon
are offered to any accomplice who shall give such Mh..
tuatioit as will lead to the conviction of the perms or perms.
who mortally wounded RICHARD WOOLDRIDGE, Quuter-
Master of his Majesty's ship Serern, sear the lowa of
Fulkato•r, iu the county of Kent; ■nd also severely wooed-
ed two seamen while in the discharge of their duly is pro-
tection of the revenue. The sinueglers oa the above ores-
pinto amounted to 200 armed men. The particulars of Ibis
gleir have been already detailed in this Paper.
Monday morning at day-break, the phis wall of a boom
inhabited by some of the low Irish, is Little lkilais, Poplar,
fell with a tremendous crash from the foundation into the
street, carrying with it the first floor, and leaving the
others, and the roof standiag. There were upwards ors
hisadred persons in the house at the time, who had assem-
bled according to the custom of their eus•try, to wake •
person who lay dead on the fluor that gave way; the corpse
was mieolllieed, and was preeipitmed, together with the
greater part of the persona who attended it, eonsisting of
wen, women, and children, into the street; several of them
met with severe Hurt's.

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