The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-02 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

NlXTro.mattrtet —The ern', match between Randall and
l‘laelsti was 'midi. Mirso., in 11-;int.
tostbstreet. twee a good flintier. A Nobly Lard. the patttin
of It onlall, made ginnl ;W. for hi. Adople,l phenomenon,
aoinat 501 made vent by 31nrlisea friend.; as tbe battle
will be POL to W:if. and not walla* miles of London.
ttl preirions bet n :14 'or, from ass alteration in the Hay of
ft:Ogling:. The mulch WS% originally made fur the field to
lake place the fiat Tsteiday in Apill next ; hot As that day
°rears in the craven Sleeting ni NtWlll3lkel, the bucker., of
real cote.ent..4 in ellrfer the match notothrr ureic ; and new
articles were tb-nwei np t.H Turrality the 1 th wfda h
.lite the fight will take place. 'There was muds !wiling made
after the ofriii•lrs us f r. ad, at am ge of Id to ft upon
Rantiall, Whose barker siipporied his niiiilllo4 of bus prOlu-
'types progress, by betting the extremity of the

On Monday. tlw 91st nit. the iriliaintants of
mover. isi Essex, rod its vicinity, amateur+ of the
pugilistic err, enjoyed one of the finest ghats they
liner experienced fur Many years, in a tootle. between
a Shropshire mass of the name of Palmer, a unman,
Hod a West Smithfield man, • whitestnith, it led
Jessie. It seems a quarrel took place the reeving
liefere, when they were both huff seas ewer; but,
like men of valour, they agreed to I sitsgle combat,
to take place the next snorning. Accordingly, it
large concourse of people assembled with the com-
batants about nine o'clock its the mosniog, in a
large field in the neighbourhood of Otter. On
stripping. the Slinipshirr man sheered the nurse
muscle. although be was 1105 so long in the arm UR
Smithfield, hut he was what the country bumpkins
call • chinch dog. Jessie was backed by • carpen-
ter stud a tailor (hot adds a one as tailors are gene-
rally represented to be, reqUiring nine to make a
man, but miss wen to snake such a out as he op-
premed to i.e.) Palmer was also ably supported by
two dealers is sharp-edged tools. After shaking
according to the practice of the dons is the
hrt, they set tor and the two first rounds were
fought with great caution on birth sides: and al-
though Jessie had the best of them, Mal he mos so
*hided, fur wool of training, that it was 'week.
even betting in hi, haver. In the third round
Shropshire shrived first blood, which gushed oat its
torrents. on account of a well-placed blow upon his
resole, which proved that Jessie was not so gentle as
his mete *mild have led the spectators to suppose..
MI time nest monde, up to about the 26,11, were
so even in point of etecution (although Palmer was
generally down), that the most able jddgeS Merl at
a loss to say which was the best miss. Jessie 'via
timely had the moat science 3 but Painter was by
fir the hardest hitter. giviti;: adaersity the most
determined body blows, which orsouoded in the
most terrific manner ; indeed st resiisided its of the
following lines of Virgil. iu the deeeipsiou albs
combats istatitoted by &Doss to the weinosi of II
father A sicl sties :

" Ts t equal us, seem% they ward, they strike;
1 le it nays are different, bet their eel alike;
f..re, la bind, the Maas ere dealt ; ansund
Thor hollow nags she rattling ilnenepa rtonntul:"
sill at length he sprained his right hood, which had
slime seek terrible execution, cud it swrlfid
like slid dais, maid's rosy cheat on a cold morn.
iag. 1I thrn began in be ton evident to Polonrr's
friettriv that there was lint little chance left tar
hint, ow.- roprut.tlly as Jessie ',mord to floor reefs.
resell at.d had already newly ciiowd the
Slisupsiiirr mass's J.ee .era; he had also planted
collie trtniriokus blows in hi* neck, which began
to >hew ihrisisrl yrs iii all the beornrous coloUrs of
a floss-bitten pultifn. Still, however, Ramer was
Ramie, and relit-ell to g;ve to till the 34th mused,
when, by the tarot-at essleenties of all his friends,
hr reluctantly col.-ented. Thus, closed the bottle,
afire nee hour null nine [ninnies hard 'fighting,
which 'Droved theta butts true-bottuntetr mese. Pal-
Iticr was put to ire its@ terrible state ;11.41 although
Jessie dill nut sliew quite so: miserable an appear-
ance as Shropshire, still we thisik hr will wish he
W:l4 Ii kr a dead pie, that he might have o spare
rib or two, mid I it' by his present ones, 101 they
hive recovered from their late terrible bombard-
ment.

Noxious logrediewlsosed in Food.-111r. Sutton,
II bread-baker, madam/ in Cross-street, King-street,
Surrry-srprare, was tined before the Surrey Magir-
tress, fur havinK iu his possession a quantity of sal-
uuituniac, for the purpose of tis:og to the menufac-
lure of breath. air. 11ook. :wooer master-baker,
was tined EU. for haring t•iinilar iitAredients in his
loossessions
Arm DESIT.—.% poor donkey-driver, tti crossing
Finslniri-,quare. about six i.'cluek yerterday even-
aas knocked down by a gentlematt'a carrioge,
and the fore wheel lamed over hit leg, which broke
it ill a shocking manner. Ile wan carried to the
111,,p:t:11 state.
The three alicient lane/r, called the Chronicle
11.11, nit Got Moor, Essex, have teeently been le.
s,:led. The centre one was eight feet in height,
;not altovr ninety iu glnimeter, the others were con.
solemnly lower, and all of them were connected
:t wail boil, of flints and pebbles, strongly ce-
mented.
11'ertnesrlav afternoon, as some bricklayers were
at amok btoldio4 -tome looms it, Ilaytlon-street,
Mollifies, the actiffoltling gave way, Add
laird the whole of the workmen, s..ot• iu Humber,
the ; four of them were 2111:1111, 144 to be
:410.11 to the London Hospital, where one of them
died soots after.
Ohl IVrilnesday night 14.1 another hatch of con-
'iris w, re sent t fr front .sex _.ate to the
They e \ !Owed the general depraved les ity a hieli
eltaiath tizt.a desperate beittgs on such occasions.