The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-01-02 00:00:00

PUGILISTIC DISPUTES.

By ten o'clork, yesterday morning, there were
upwards of 2,000 persons assembled on I lighg tte
Common, waiting-to see the art of pugilism caroled
into effect. At twetre, the combatants apl.eered to
array. The first heroes that appeared in the hug,
were Charles Christian, an•Hiberman. seconded by
two of his countrymen. His opponent was Byrne,
a Scotsman, seconded be Richman, ace black; they
fought half an hour, and a. id twenty rounds ; but
*the Scotsman' proved to luse more skill, and ensue
OlViirtOribtlig without either party having 'Oita:fled
ninth injury.
The next combat was between &aloha*, a black-
smith, seconded by Tom Blake, and the Westminster
Lad, seconded by 7'ont Junes: they fooght sixteen
rounds within twenty minutes; the Westminster
Lad proved the colicineror. ft *was denominated,
amongst the connoisseurs, a bad tight.
The Just fight was between SAlni awl Parker,
hoth boot-,losers ; Andrew Parker, who rouk!it
Janet Beleher, anti Lew, were the second• of the
hauler ; those or the latter were unknown ; bst,
after a long-contested ibattle of 45 *notes, in
which 35 round. took place. Parker was declared
the viccor.

It iq net • Get that there is a combat to take
plaer hetween Crib and Gully. They are living
On t &realest term, of friendship.
Dural Sam has refuse,: to tight little, the
hutehtr, although he is under eievei, btone.—
PettA Saris vertu. cowed ; for the butrher is ready.
at a inninent's warning, as his friends have backed
Initi fur 2001.

Mr. Powitt.L. the St-era:try to the American
Minister, Irrt too. on Fsidsy. for the purpose of
taking his pusasge to Morisix.
D.Rowt. A N DI. Eml. late Surgeon of the Adder,
is eppoliteit to the Borg Mika's+. Adam.; Sit R.
Cua-ris's Nag-.hip. at rortasuouth.

The ircifurd. grearlalets, Earl Camden. Elpiite.
stone, and
~.4rnistots, East Indistmeb, OA tiles/ arrsval
at Portottnuth, are to take on 1)0414 Government
and Company's troops fur the Fast

At the Dover Sessions, on Friday last, a yossni;
man, learned Beck, a mime of that place, and
lately • clerk in the ordnance department, ua far
T. itIINTINOVON, 11•41. store-keeper. tear found
guilty of issuing hand.blll4. casting some violent
reflections no the character of that Gentleman, fur
which the Court thought tit to cerninit ham to
prison for six months. and to End bail for his fu •
turf behaviour. A dirk, or dagger, teas Sound
concealed *boat his person.
A most melancholy occurrence task place, wa
Nluawlay sennight, during a heavy gale from N.E.
The ship- 77titoras, about 400 tons burden, Ileum's'
OsTlr; Vrvitater, from Cnraccw, bound to Liver-
paid,. came ashore at Redwhorf. Angles's. and in
a few minutes went to pieces, si hen, dreadfid to re-
tate, every soul on board perished, to the nowhere
it is helicvvd, of shoot 30 persona! Oreat.part of
her cargo has come ashore, end is steorvd 'for the
owners : several thousa,id dollars are already lodged
is the Custom-house. Resurnarie.

An extraordinary circumstance occurred. a few
'drys ago, at Beddingtoiwcurner. nee: Mitcham. in
Surrey. An elderly woman dapped down dead.
and fell into *ditch. A Coroner's liirposat woof held,
and a venlict Rica:—diet by the visitation of Cod.
She was hviried at Bedvitiogton Church ; and one of
the men who al.ststeil in carrying the body to the
ground. on his return home from the funeral. found
himself rill, and dropped down dead, at the rause
spot where the annamia died.
The following singular anecdote may be con-
i.idered as the climax of commercial abdiventnre, on
as much as it *hews that recourse can he had to
the tir.ni to impose on the living :-swOne of the
trtlie of I.rael imported, from the plates of %Vagrant.
and the pestilenual marshes of %alcherea. a MUM.
her of teeth, extracted, from dead bodies. Moues.
alive to the Twit of speculation, made a dillkenee
of price between the tooth of an Anstruse and that
of au Evi.4:l-hman. The French being at oar with
he profelweri nut to hare imparted any
whate%tr fro. that natio:v. IN surprise; however,
will hr rapier imagined than expririameir. when he
found that the system of using inch corruptible
subrw.cives was totally eitpl.abil. and that our
fa.livonablea now had reconrst tolthe admirable in-
vention of Mr. Dv Cutie amt., to ohm)* euciety
owes the edrantslr of substitoteAA teeth of mistral
paste, in e tamer; peVutiat tO wear* f.

POLICE,

JAW. I.
LIM ENE CRUELTY.

William' Simms, tile (tower of the Hastings stage
emit!), which pl,-s to and from the Bolt-in• Tun
Flert-straet, w s charged with a nimbi inhuman
a.s.its:t upon hi. wile Anne Sievene. has rhild, a hoy
about sewn •ears of este, and a Mrs. Lovetin,
landlady, on the night of the ,29th of Decenther last,
Petnhertou-row. Ne NMI brought up uudtr
warrant.

The Worthy Illagintrate, Alder/11.111Jot.sTi
ezatnined.the warrant, and inquired, why it haul
been granted in -he first instance, instead of a sum-
lung's, %hie!, 'flu! the u.“ it mode

• The Chum answered, that the Magistrate who
granted it, thought the cvse Will so sgraWitled,
it did not entitle the Prisoner to any tisilulgetice.
The Worthy Attu:RYAN dicta addressed himself,
in the most humane manner. to the wife, Anne Ste.
vent, mud asked her, did die not think the business
hail been better settled without making a disclos
sure of their faintly atbirs? fie said, he inertly
suggeste4 this hint to her, but she wilt •t iibtory to
lase her own diseretwo ; he was then perfectly
ignorant of the merits of the riae—if it was her
wish to go into them, he was williog to do his duty.
Site moms. rest, iu a very mild and isinistunain,s
manner, that the had suffered most seserely ; but,
at the same time. the would sooner wee,' the
Plat:otter's, her faults. than ekpose them,
if she had may 'keenly that he would not use fu-
ture violence, when Int was intoxicated ; for. when

soher, she had nut any thing to complain of; he hart'
so often made promises and hrukris thew, that it be-
came necessary she olows.'l intr.- sifter security.
Alderman SCUOLLY then asked the Prisoner.
would he give his 41164611'4111!C that lie would use his
wife and lousily better in future
/le answered, in • most etirly tone, "She wants to
part with me, let her; I hare Tedrow' iu my 01111
lurid for what I have done; there is.tlo improper
connexion between her and .my landlord, Mr.
Lorrlin."
Mrs. Lorelin then caine forward, and produced
tin child's shirt, which was literally dyed with
blgtid; the ).u.d. that the boy had been since nutlet the
care of a surgeon ; he had a fracture in bir head,
besides his hotly being completely scarified. The
surgeon had given it as his opinion, that many per-
aims had immediately expired of a less tractare ;
and the Prisoner made the boy strip himself naked,
whale be exeiciped his long four-hurre couch whip
on him, the same as he could on his leading
horses; at each cut milking an ejaculation.
get up there! She never witnessed such cruelty !
And as to the defence attempted to he set
up b the Prisoner, it was entirely unfounded ; end
she believed the Magistrate would think so, when
the wife of the man implicated declared kis inno-
cence.

The Worthy AUDEILMIIW observed. the disrlo-
sure of such brutality put it out of his power to
pass it over without inquiring into every particular;
a tnitn's hieing a father, did not ramie him to treat
his child as • horse. lle therefore wuuld last I. r
the necessity of requesting of Mr.. Stevens to state
the facts of the assaidt committed no her.
She stated, that, about six winks buck, the Priso-
ner came home et rick. kin the worming ; sue,
the witness, was in bed ; lee stripped dished-clothes
off of her, and then struck her several times will)
his whip, standing and using the ;cerium he would
when driving his et iy,e-colii li. „She was tb
Iser lied ten days alter, unit the 'harks or t.e • aip.
tort yet left tier sales. She hail the infant
which she then held iii lit r arms, to bed with bet la
tine female chilli' shout two years of age,) site laj
over it, to prevent it receiving any injury.
Here the Worthy MaralsTaaTe ioterrispled her,
observing, he wished her to come to the last assaidt,
as he war not desiruus of any thing in rimy :ammo
of the case.
The Prisoner, in the most bristal manner,
" I gave her that, because she had tuu nisch
&trimly in ;" inerning that she was intoxicated.
Mts. Stevens continued, and stated, that, no the
eveuiag of the trth ult. the Prisoner awe home ;
her child was Netting opposite to her at the tire ; he
desired him to go to heti, wt ..cir he did not do so
soon us the Prisoner ti glit lie ought ; rind fur
this sit; posed off.:uce he 'nude I strip naked, and
used the whip .lia the manner described by Mrs.
Luvelin.—The shirt thiet was sheers was out out him
at the bone, as he was naked, biit afterwards put
on; and it was the blond front his swoon& Mitt (11,-
k:wed it se ranch. She, the witness, went Ivo,
her knees, to persuade him to desist, lint without
effect ; for. when tired whipping the boy, who was
ins lifeless state, he Pulled upon h. r and gave
her several severe Waits • nth the whip, the ni isles
uf which remained on her body ; and if it had out
beef. fur the interference of Mr. and Mrs. Lueelm,
be would have murdered her.

The Worthy ALOIMILAS esprestird his horror at
.weh•condect, and rep►obated the defence set up
►j the Prisoner, as be did not behave a word of it ;
for it was generally the ease. where a man was
charged with ismotitineuey, that his wile %MIS the
first to be his amasser, instead of Ins defender.
Mt. Liattlin, whb stoned ttim•etr to be a tw••Mr
bookbinder. said, it was the first time he heard the
charge; auJ, as the rircu.a•tsnce haul been men-
tioned. he called on the Prisoner to 'tat: one in-
stance that could hose given him cause to suppose
there was sail a connexion.

The Prisoner said, be believed it, from the cene-
rat intimacy between his wife and Mr. Lovell', ; he
also made use of some very gross language. which
we would be sorry to sully our millirem wide.
Mr. LoveNo then tidied on Mrs. Stevens to ex-
plain. She said, the Prisoner, from hie orropattott,
wee aelrfoun at home: Mr. and Mrs. Lenient were
eatrentety kind to her. and crewed as attentive tig
aud as fond of, her children. es liersolf; she wand
■ great part of her tint. •itir Mrs. Lovett's, Litt eel-
dose saw Mr. Lenin Mete then once s-day. lie
era. vnera;ly employed with his worL u. a.
Mr. Lovetin observed. be war mire the Priwier
beteeed be hart mordpred the bn, ea he leap.-4 uat
of a taro pair of owire window, torevent he! being
bitten into custody.

Vat Worthy MAturtaoTe ottiortli tl,e Pritooer
to OW boil.

Mn'. Lorelin then bretight fffirari h.t ch..ra• or
gbgamit, and statod. that .he weld moo the. P. ',on-
eel mem, If/ tee *ill. !LC • lOpftroner Vf es?' g ms-
Jut t ; ht seised a raker, all had- • red to

kill hid nail family as he pleased ; and he war net
to be I:gr-rowed in it ; the law of the land gave
him that dominion. He then ordered her out of
the room ; she obeyed; but his ode darted out lees
fore her; he followed them, and struck theta with -
the the poker. She, the wow se., got a wound over the
rye, and another on h 4 back. He folio red 'Ail
wife into the lower passsge, and seized het by a
handkerchief she had round her necks and would
have atrangle-r1 her, if the witness had not ce11..11
to smite of her husbnild's workmen, who cause to
her assistance.
On this charge. Air-ten/fan St utmar committed
the Prasouer, ana observed, that et was doubtful it
he would nit be indicted under Lord Ellen.
borough's Act, for tienieg such all instrument is a
puler.
at !at! -HALT..
Williaws Desie/e. the patrole, who was setae time •
since charged with dangerously wounding a soldier
owned Riclustd Lewd. was brought it., for souther
e
examination; wheu Laws being suffiteiently recu.
dieted, aitenetea at the office; I witnesses
were r%4l3lliled, from whose testimony it appeared
that Daniels. eu the night the ass mule took te!aces
had been us Laws' house, riniiking with him Hurl
some other persons. said that they were a!! in
state of intoxication; a quarrel arose between theism,
seal the Pen-miler attempted to take Liu,' to the
watch-house; die latter rerfsted, and a sruftle eii-
when 111111.13. drawing is a cutlet's, struck at
the Proriecutor, end wonnard hins elzeigeroody oft
the wide of has head; Laws being however now .
considered out of danger, DitnieN was *chimed to
Lail, !Munk su iiool.aud twO sureties is IUOI. each.