The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-27 00:00:00

BOXING.

THE FIGHT IPOR FORTE SOVEREIGN/ BETWEEN HwY
FORD AND FLOWERS.— Yesterday was a day of sport with ihe
votaries of the turf and the ring. These boxers had already Fond
themselves amongst the best of the provincials, and the battle thi
fought on Farnham Downs, to the southward of Ripley, Sway, at
10 o'clock, to enable those who chose to be also at Feast iscP.
It took place in an open ring, and Harris seconded kordos6,l.
Smith wiped the claret °tithe stoppin,4-block of Flowers.
Nine rounds were fought in which no men could shoe nes
bravery. In the first the fearless exehsrige of hits was theadmin.
tion of the ring. Ford rather out-fought his adversary by a help!
let loose at the head with a straight left, but he was countered nym
being thrown. The claret was dropping freely from the Dee of
Flowers.
2. Ford missed his left. handed hit, and he was Booted by a Wile
the wind neatly.
3. Flowers rushed in to keep the advantage, but Ford brok
ground, and placed a smashing hit upon the prominent fristild
the orfrordis' before damaged a hit, and down he went. t mist
this time anybody's light, and the piper was strong at week.
4 and 3 wss like a cessation of hostilities, and there Ina mode
chief except that Flowers was kept bleeding, and upon the fret
6. As gay a fought round as ever wan seen, and repeated bean
blows passed in a give and take rally, at the end of which Fad en
thrown a hard summerset.
7. Flowers received a heavy hit under the lag, which OM"
him, and he never recovered It, although he made a gallant mai
6. Ford had nearly closed the peepers of his adversary, lodr.
erful medicine in the Seagar line was poured down the throats( Ile
latter, whose head was before queeret by the heavy hit in dal°
round, and in this round he was thrown.
9. By way of a closer, Ford placed a finisher on his oppose*
temple, which hit him out of time. Ford was declared the skim
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FinitoWAHL,. BrOnmc.—Extraet of • lettert
Keswick August 18 :—" Muth attention has been meted it wit
region of the Lakes by the following incident. A few day. gm a
very genteel young man, with a real or affected Scar,
made his appearance in the character of a beggar 80°
vender, attended by another young man, about his ova ege,sft
ratty his servant, who deals in threads and bobbins, snd ow'
gear. A certain mauraise hontr—an inaptness to the bargees at a
niumper—about the first-mentioned personage, odted
and led to a very narrow observance of his motions; the ;IS
a pretty dear conviction that he is not only not a mendicant .
vender of ballade, but a person of much gentility and inti=i
If not of high bulb. Rumour, as usual, la busy. It is •
that the young wanderer is the son of the —of "
has left his father's mansion under pretence of visiting en olettlet
ceptor, but, in reality, to undertake this frolic, to winch keit!
been led by a bet with a fellow-collegian. that he will, in 2,0!..1
tour, return with IUI. in his pocket, the fruit of public (he'll!'"
credulity. Tdiscovery
The which has been made, or which Is lan
have been made, will in no wise frustrate his object, as every!!
who hears of the circumstance appears anxious, not merelpo
his mime, but also to line his stomach with rates of the choicestilt
The dress of the parties is quite apropos to their
character ; but their pedestrian powers arc evidently much iwr—
to those of the wandering tribe in general."

HINT H.--
On the 22d inst. at Powerstock, Dorsetskirei the WI (gib° 86.
J. S. M. Anderson, of a son.

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MAKIDED. •
Oa Wednesday lut, at St. Slartin's-in-the.fields, by the Ber•J
rM
11. Mapleton, Rector of Christchurch, eldestGeo Hennie,
an. of Phantassie, East Lultian, to Jane, daughter et
lateA tjoDohnnhiteadenn,i‘ei'Eiltssg..on Tuesday last, John Jens% cf' Lfd
coin's Inn, and of Ventre Jlawr, Deobighshite, to
WYk il Mutt
youngest 'laughter of the late NViu. Dolton, Esq. of
Leicestershire.
At Dumfries, on the 19th inst. John Clark, M.D. Ph114111':
the Forces, and Principal Medical Officer, Albany Hiere"
Miss Gilcluiat, only daughter of Dr. OileintneDu

HIED.
After a few hours' illness, on the 40th Inst. while at • vbolf,i!
quarter near Blair, in Athol], with his nephew, the lion:
Gray, Lieutenant-Colonel Johnston, late of the 4th, or Sing'Qß
Regiment of Foot.
On Monday last, at his residence, Belle Vue, Shropshire. in A4'
73th year, James Male, Evq. an active Magistrate and Hef4`7
Lieutenant of the county of Salop. mWI eft°
At Bombay, on the I nth April, G. A. Hyde, Esq.
Service, after a long and severe illness, aged 26 revs
3_l(arth3,londay lamt, Whi:4hEsq iplace nfant . *on of Ard.
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