The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-30 00:00:00

BOXING.

The battle between Mors, the rim, and mu ltitheards,
the Bath butcher, took place on IYednesday, fur frog..
on
Hain Heath, four tusks from Haslentrre, Bucks. Both bad
milled their way into notice Edwards was considered an
elegant, rather than a powerful boxer: the gipsy, on the
contrary, bad proved himself a rttfli in, who would not be
denied. A ring of IS feet was the space fur combat,
and the men entered it very street oil themselves.
Richards, the cricketer, seconded Edwards, and one of the
giry tribe seconded Mrs.—F.ven betting.
In the first round Et!wants reworked hi• advereary's
claret, which flew about copiously, and %loss in lonise In
was floored by a right-handeol leaser in the body, which
*titled first blood and the knock down.
I. The mail got more steady at their work, and r very gal.
lant round Was (0111,001, %flee exchanging counter hits at the
head. In rallying winch ruffiamoon took place on the part of
the gipsy, who displaye.l much of the Randall lactic,. Ed.
wards at length stopped his aolversary•oi action, by getting his
herd under the left arm, and wearing at it until he paid him,
trick and lie, at the bleeding game The giry got away,
and both broke their ground for a fresh turn loose. The
gipsy placed a heavy hit no Edwards 's oight aide, which be
did out seem Si. relish, and bored him down, but. both were
weak from the exertions of the round, upside was all fight
for sears misrules.
3. Moss was Minot of the right eye and the lance was ap.
plied, but it was a hogging round, and both fell
4. Edward' fought with much golly mid science to gel at
his opponetit's left I ye, hot he would nut hare it. Edward:
had the best of in and nil fight:lig, and drepped Muss for-
, ward by a neat hit in the wad.
5. Muss led in this rotund and knocked his 811 y down
bye heavy bit upon the jaw, and it won him the fight, fn.
Edwards being dins crossed in leading, like many of his
superior., did not (miry it, and he was %cry shy at nine in
after. lie was thrown a cross.buttuck, and it was even bet-
ting that be would not come again.
6. This round ended the fight, in nineteen minutes. Mom
was the worst beaten. but Edwards 'violently waisted Cll4l.
rage. or he could not have lost it. Moss won the battle by
a slight blow with which his adv y weut down, awl
would tout appear in time.
A second battle was fought fora pane of fire guineas, be.
tweet, a 9.4408 e Jew and s tt.sione countryman, which was
won by the Jew in seven iniuitos. In the first round the
c ttttt drys's° delikerzitely ...eked away to wipe the blood off
his nose, and in the third hr gave its.

HJIMHIHIaa MEETlSH.—Extriict of a letter
from Winchester. December 26:—" I take the
earliest npportuotty to inform you that the Shetiff
of Hants has consented to calla Comity :Reefing,
for the purpose of prtitionnig the two Houses of
Parliament on the subjeEt of the late impolitic mid
disgraceful proceettings against the Quays, and
praying them" to take such steps as may repeat
wisest and most effectual to remove every obstacle
to • final and satisfactory arrangement, as well as to
prevent the renewal of any measures whatever against
her N111.111..Te. The Requisition is signed by—
The Earl of Carrasivoo. the How. George Herbert, the
Hoe. Newt** 'relieves, Sir H. Tichbornr, Hart. Sir Charles
Mill, Bart. Sir W. C. ale Crespigny, Hart. N.P. William
asaaahrrlayar. M.P. Newry Bariug, Esq. M.P. Jobs Car.
ter, Esq. M.P. W. P. Pooleill, Esq. Henry Bonham, Esq.
J. Mills, Esq. A. Atherley, Esq. mad several other Gentle-
men' of the masinly.
I have no doubt that we shall have a large meeting.
as I hear from all quarters of the county of the in-
tetanal of gentlemen. ttadesineu, and yeomen, to
be present."
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The paragraph we copied from another Paper
respecting a son of Alderman WOOD having ben
drowned, is, we find, untrue. The Alderinats, it
appears, has no son absuail at present.
Mr. J. CHAMBER,. said to be the oldest provin.
cis' comedian in the ksigdoin, died lass week at
Shrewsbury, on which edge he had appeared during
the last thirty years.
We are extretnely sorry to state that the Dr.von-
shire bank, which hat hitherto rusititaitrol, awl we
believe justly, a respectable name, was miller
the necessity, on Wednesday last, of suspentliog
its payments. The cause is attributed to onfouird-
ed and mit 'scions reports awl anonymous tenets, de-
rogatory to the credit of that establishment, slid
whiclatraturally produced su immediate rut, OU it as
extrusive as utiesprcteil. A reward it offered for the
propagators of inch stories. which it is hoped will
be successful, Dud the Bask resume its payments.
The proprietors confidently raised that they hove
▪ ineani to fulfil their engagements to the ful-
lest extent.--(Eseter Alfred.)
On Friday il.e not inst. the Airdrie troop of
yrominiry csvalry were inspeetell at Bothwell
Castle by Major...Gerieral KEYNELL. who expressed
himself to theta in strong terms of approbation.
lie gave them the highest credit fee their appear-
' slice in the field. the regularity of their move-
ments, and the neallese in their uniform arid
appointments, and assured them, that it was his
intention to report the sense to the Gen.rsl
cow
mending the (Weer in Scotland. After the inspec•
'ion, the troop received refreshment* from Lord
DOUGLAS, and giving the. General three cheers,
they drunk the health of their Officers with the
none token of estertn, and returned to their re-
spective homes highly delighted with the very fiat.
terieig encomium passed on them by •the lasot.
General.--r Glasgow Herald.)

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POLICIL

CHRISTMAS WAITS, OR WAKES.
The practice of bands of various instruments serenading
the inhabitants for some time previous to Christmas-day, in
the night time, is very general throughout !hie country as a
matter of sejoicong on the approachnig natal clay of our
Saviour. Those persons who pursue this practice in the
Cities of Lowden and Westminster are of *different sleacrip-
lion to those of sissy other places. In Condos they are par- !
chased place., and are filled by very respectable persons.
In Weatminoter they are appointed by the High Steward and
Court of Burgesses. In the latter !place it was heist by •p.
poiutment from that Court by a mall of the moue of Clay,
who losing his sight, the mop° 1111 l lle'llt was ueglected,
with the eights and privileges attached to it. 00
the death of Clay, who is lately deceased, Mr. Monroe
applied to the Court of Burgesses to lowered tlw late Mr.
Clay, and was •ppointed accordingly, his warrant •teoeil by
Mr. Fawley, the Deputy Town Clerk, and silver hailm with
the Westminster arms on it, and a Onto to weer round his
neck. This is the find Christmas festival since his appoint-
twist : he engaged a numlier of partici to go is s different
paste or the city and tibirty of IWeeinsinstar, to serenade the
inhallitsols, trusting entirely to the liberality of persons
for Cluiesmas homes as • reinunstation for their err•
vice•; but he learnt that a number of other parties we.e
going about unauthorised, which hail been the ease for
some year., by the neglect of the late Mr. l71.1y; mud in eon-
servo nee, as the time was approaching for collecting Chriel-
mas home, on Friday Mr. Monroe applied to Sir Robert
Baker, the sitting Magistrate, for his • l nee to suppress
the intruders upon his rights and privileges.
Sir Robert Baker roof...sea hie tenorance that smelt an rip-
pointmeut or power was vests., its the Court of Burg ;
however Mr. Monroe cosivincril him of the correctness of his
Fe.genertit, by prissiness.; • waresist **tested by Mr. Fisrley,
the Deputy Town Clerk, soil also a silver badge, with the
Westminster arms engrateu on it, and a chaos ettacheil so
it, to enable him to wear it round his neck as the insignia of
his office. Sir &xel Baker then promised to nee'st him in
the suppression of the intruders upon his rights and privi-
leges, and gave directions to Perry, the conductor of the
patrol, sceos
At au early hone on Christmas morning, Perry met with
a party of three performers, in Brewer.vireet. Golden.
square, who hail been previously perforsuilig in Vigo-lane;
lie questioned them as to their possessing any hake or au-
thority for what they were doing, sad they nut possessing
either, he took them tato custody, and conveyed them to
the watch.holise. Is • short time after Perry (sharer...l a
hand of vocal and instrumental perfumers, to the number
of 28 ; he dispersed the vocalists, mounting to '23, and
the instrumetital performers to five. Their piaci. of per-
formance was Berkeley-square, sail adjoining
urighourhuodi
One of the five instrumeatal performers bsing known to die
master of Thomas's Hotel, he noidertinik for their appear.
lace Hext day at the above oiliest, which they uccorilingly
did, as well as the three men who bad hero lake.. in Brewer-
sirtet, wisest Mr. elourue, the hermit wait ur wake fin the
the City mid Liberty of Westminster, attended, to mike
good his charge against the parties, that they having been
acting without any authority from him, hail committed an
act of vagrancy, which was sanctioned by Sir Robert Baker.
Mr. Monroe Mated, that his object was not punishment
against the mess in custody, lost to cosiviuce than they were
as s,tig.
Sir Robert Baker told the men in custody, that if they
collected money se the wails or wakes “f the City tool Liberty
of %Westminster, they would be obtaining it miller false pre-
kiwi:v. lie admitted that they might collect Christmas-
bum a in their own individual names, but uut es Westmiu-
titer waits or wakes.

John Aldenharn, a man of colour, was brought to die
office by Ellis, Ilia patrol, Cling. with being concerned
with Dumber 111911 in horgdirionsly breaking open the house
of Sir Charles Pole, at Atidenhant Nib:l,mnd stealing therein
a large quantity of valuable property. ti
Ellis stated, that from private lamination he had re.
etived, be believed the Prier-twee eta haicelseeetted in the above
robbery on the night of the 21st Institut.
A prison answering the descripttts• of the Prisoner was
seen near Aildrolisin Abbey a short time after the robbery
is supposed to have taken place, anti was then in possetainn
of the stolen property, and applied to • Niggler to carry the
!mintiest—which the boggier reheard to do, but rect6wrnend.
ed 1 • and his companion In • carrier to take their
bundles. The higler suspecting them to be robbers, and the
properly they had with them to be stolen, gave informs.
bon to a watchman; in the mem:time the robbers had put
' the bundles into a hay.eaete anti afterwards hearing an
alarm was raised, ran away and left the bundles iu the hay.
earl.

BATTON GARDEN.

Yesterday Joseph Harris appeared toe ismonimis, on an
inforassiiim changing him with haring some contrebsod
gooib is bis possession contrary to the statute.
The Defendsot staled, that he Meg valet to a Mr. Jervis,
who lodges at the Clarendon Hotel, to Bond street ; that he
had only tweedy guineas a year wager, and fifteen shillings
a week board-wages, awl had a wife and two chilitien to
keep, and at that 11111111eld his two children were confined
in the iumoles. He was Ire years fa his weaeter's service,
sod arrived iii Portsmouth, from New Yurk, as the 3d of
Jaw* ; that the articles stated is the itsformati tttt were
made him a present by his friends in Ncw York, for his
wife; he had not them for sale. and be was really ignorant
that he was offending against oh ; lie hoped the Magis-
trates would take his case into their cuisaiderminu, and be
merciful.—The property contrasted of gown.pieces, shawls,
lee. value 121. 2s.
The Magistrates, on referring to the Act of Parliament
of the 11th of George 1. chap. 30, ace. 10, found that the
penalty was the forfeiture of the goods and three times their
• leith • aiseretionary power in th..io to reduce the pe-
salty le one•half, bet nut lees; and after regrown that
they could not reduce the penalty less, the Defendant was
oesteoeril to ply 10/. 3s. being tba ore-halt, and the for-
feiture of the goods.
The Defearlant being usable to pay the penalty, was given
iota she malady of as Officer.