The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER


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Norfolk Agricultural Report —Owing to the unusual BOXING. ......-
lateness of the season, a good deal of harvest work was
necessarily protracted till the beginning of October; Events have so often come off' wrong of late, in
much of which was got up in a very poor condition.— the sporting circles, that the cognoscenti have began
The barley in particular which was then abroad, sostain• to get awake to certainties ; but in the present bl-
ed considerable damage f.oiu the frequent rains of that
period, and we see but few samples that are tint more or stance they were all of one opinion, and takers of
less injured both in colour and quality. The same may 4,5, and even (i to I could not be found, Oliver
be said of the wheat crop, though for the most part liar. was so great a favourite, against W. Abbott. The
vested earlier. Of this crop it is as yet difficult to form match was made at the moment when the last fight
an opinion; but those persons who have threshed any was over. Ned Brown, stuttering with the merit
of
considerable quantities, speak of it as falling short of b
the Tuscan grape, having challenged that Abbott
what they had expected to the acre. Of the quality, 1 ~ . .
s mum testa Josh. Hudson for 101. but Josh. think-
1101Cr perhaps was it inure various; and certainly, never . I..
did it require greater judgment both in the buying and mg that it was fun, said, and that truly, that he
the sellitig. This may be inferred from the unusual had a match in hand, and as it was for a good stake,
range in the scale of prices; ifis. and 235. having some- in six weeks, with the Suffolk champion, he had
times been given on the same day. Wheat sowing has no leisure time upon his hands, but Abbott might
hitnerto proceeded with ambit% more than the interrop- be accommodated as soon as he liked after that was
dons usual at this changeable dune of the year. The off. Oliver leaving Hampton village next had a
total quantity of wet has however been small in compa- 1.11
c la enger, but he had rather cross the water to the
rison with some former years, (that of 1816 for instance)
and the extraordinary mildness of the weather will Hurst, and have a turn for agm of blue ruin, than
doubtless ensure a speedy vegetation to the newly depo- fight for 101• but, badgered into it, a friend staked
sited seed. More than usual attention appears to be be- two guineas aside, to be made ten each, to fight on
stowed out the preparation of the seed wheat; and this that day week. The ring was "4 feet, and the se-
may in a great measure be attributed to the light which eon& were Tom Jones and Scroggins for Abbott,
lilakie has thron n upon die subject in his late excellent
and lien Born and Gibbons fOr Oliver. As we hay-
little " 7'rentiss on SUM'," &c. a work replete with good
before stated, the certainty was so great, that it wits
sense, and plain, correct, practical infuriation, arid
which every farmer would do well to read ; and not only useless offering odds at any price, Oliver being more
read, hut reduce to practice. The price of lean stock is than a stone over his adversary i's weight, and
high, compared with the Smithfield and other meat more in length in proportion.
markets; but such is the favourable appearance of the
THE RATTLE.
turnip crop, that the Scotchmen have effected a great
Round I. Abbott hit short, and Oliver placed a right handt.d
number of sales lately., at fruits 4s. 61. to .ss. per stone. blow upon the eye, which gave it a crimson hue, and Abbott
A great many hands being employed in wheat setting, was thrown in a close. Offeting odds was useless.
there is at that time no complaint of want of work for 2. Abbott missed a good sight handed hit, and after closing
the poor; but when this is over, the farmers look for. both were down.
ward to the approaching winter with fearful forebodings 5. Oliver placed a body blow, although not very effective.—
not only on this, but on many other accounts. Briar, The men rallied each other to the ropes, whin much hugging
taxes and tythes, are now-a-days formidable items, be and pulley hauley took place, and both went down.
they as moderate as possible; and very few indeed are 4. Oliver hit his adversary in the throat, and threw hint.
prepared to meet them as formerly. We may safely say, ../: A gallant lighting round, and some good exchanges at
hitting, in favour of Oliver, who threw his adversary. Them
that in those cases where they arc paid in full, (and wore no takers of odds.
these are very rare) they are not paid from the profit, but 6th and 7th rounds Oliver threw his adversary from the close.
from the capital of the farmer.—lrov. h. b. A good fought round, Abbott making the play. He was
ria 'ed, and hit heavy in return, and a courageous rally followed,
SINGULAR BE QUEST.—Died, in Tralee, Ireland, ou whenrri
Abbott drew first blood from Oliver s mouth, but he wits
the 16th uh., aged 75, after a protracted illness, Jerry thrown.
Sullivan'round, leaving property to the amount of 20,0001., 9. A good with exchanges of blows in favour of Oliver, •
which he
bequeathed to the inhabitants of Tratee, to be who drew blood in return from his ailversa;y's nose, but both
added to the sums already subscribed by them for the were unmettled by fast work. Abbott placed a good right handed
purpose of making a fund to defray the expellees of a
blow on the head, at the close of the round, but he was again
thrown.
law-suit, about to be carried on in the cowing Wilts The next six rounds Oliver had so decided an advantage in
against the Denny fatuity, to open the borough of that hitting, that any odds were begging, but yet Oliver's blows
town; and the overplus, if any, to form the continence- made no visible effixt. Abbott was thrown in every round.
went of a sinking fund, to secure the future inilepen- i 6. Oliver had somuch the best antis round, dug a sovereign
dense of the borough, by defraying the expences of the was begging 13i:1:hi:ler
last
tuollf (:Lalf.acrowr,.
rounds, )Abbott was reduced to
popular candidate at any future conwsted election, and a stand still; and whm in he tried every nituocuvre fur a resting
thereby encouraging talents and independence iii the place, but Oliver held him up, and weaved at him until he was
country; and in case the inhabitants should decline pro- tired too.
seeming such suit, then the id said 911111 to he applied in The next four rounds were fought in distress, and produced
support of the different public institutions of the town, to nothing to remark upon.
tint
ut
Both mei, were bleeding freely.
Oliveralg. This produced
time
clean knock down blow trn
be distributed as the Grand Jury shall think fit. The
in the throat, after a good rally.
history of this man's life is as extraordinary as his be- 26. Oliver received a heavy right handed hit on time ear, and
quest :—ln the early part of his career he was fur many he returned the tye upon the Lye, and both went down.
years an attorney's clerk, in which situation, by perse- 26 and 2(i. Abbott seemed very tired of his match, and tried
vering industry and rigid economy, he amassed a consi- to get downh as soon
tilts he could, land (raver was too much ex-
&rattle sum of money, and, considering himself haunted
2U:tor eirurltuth:aa :lost Laded advantage, and in a close
independent, he resolved to become a man of business; Abbott strived to get one knee on the ground, and Oliver ex-
he did not hesitate long in snaking a choice—he coot- bausted himself with punishing him.
menced the trade of a stockbroker, or " ads asnageous 2s. *thou went down froin weakness, and in the 29th he got
it cney lender," and in a few years his success out r .ti his a crack on the head, which groggitied blin, and made him drop
in, st sanguine expectations. At his deaths he had liens wt
it et:itiis secondois shoulder. A guinea to a shilling was in VINO
on the estates of several of the grandees in his neighbour-
-29. AbbiliLlere.a round to get down.
hood. For the last '2O years he was the " Collective Sic Oliver made the play, and over exhausted he was knocked
Wisdom" of the " Western Empire ;" his house was, at down. Even betting.
times, the resort of ail the knowing ones, and, as lie had at. Oliver made the play, but he received a heavy right.
no family, their noctimal orgies were not interrupted by handed blow under the car, where Neate had made it so
Attribiltit;
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rtiinmeas. i
it
any apprehensions of a curtain lecture, or any anxiety for
an ottspring, whose pros isions those revels might lessen. beat. It lasted 11.3 minutes,
DEATH g
ewßaisnnael[.eavlllibvleorvivi, and
went
DEATH OF A MISER.—.OII Wednesday afternoon an REMARKS.
inquisition was taken at the sign of the Northumberland Oliver is gone by his day ; nature has convinced
Arms, corner of Charlotte-street and Goodge-street, himof it against his own strong opinion, and he
Tottenliam-court-road, on the body of AIN Win. liar-
rison, aged 86 years. The Jury being sworn, proceeded never should attemp to fight again. He has been
to take a view of the body, which lay in the room on hit to pieces, as it were, by men above his weighs,
tile attic story of the house, No. 8, Bennett-street, Rath- and although fight has been so often taken Omit of
bone place, where the deceased had lited for upwards hint, he never was properly convinced of his inubi-
of twenty-years. The room presented a most wretched pity until now. Abbott is much under Oliver's
appearance; the furniture consisted of one old chair, a
wht and length, and two or three of his acts in
table, a trunk or two, an old stump bedstead, and a bed . •
thenght were not manly ; but, to be charitable in
of straw, on which the deceased had laid ; in one corner
was a heap of ashes, and the cupboard contained a few interpreting, there are times when distress deprives
potatoe peelings slid a stale roll. The body of the de- a man of self-acting. Ile is a tolerably good lighter,
ceased, which lay in a coffin, presented a most shocking with much resolution, but to be beat by men tinder
spectacle, bring a picture of the extrentest misely
.and his weight.
starvation, alitiutiali he had no family, and had property Some skirmishing
for trifles, quiw uninteresting
in the funds to the amount of 15001. The Jury II AVliii',
returned, the following evidence was then taken :—Jars. to our sporting readers, thilowed, to keep the game
Ann Gordon deposed, that she was housekeeper to Mts. slave.
Catherine Saint Paul, of the Vicarage-house, at Putney.
She knew the deceased, and wag in the habit of calling
on him when she came to town. lie possessed consi-
derable property, although he lived in the greatest
obscurity, and would let no person but witoess enter his
room, the door of which he always kept padlocked inside.
The house us which he lived was his own freehold.—

The Eastern Division of the Berks Yeomanry
dined together at the Town Hall, Maidenhead, on
Friday last. On this occasion, we me told that the
corps was complimented with a present of 501. front
a high personage, as an acknowledgment of the
exemplary manner in which they dim barged the
garrison duty at Windsor, during the temporary
withdrawing of the regular troops to attend the Co-
ronation. Upwards of 100 sat down to dinner, and
the evening was spent in the greatest conviviality•
A Remarkable Occurrence.—On Tuesday last two
beautiful little birds, Kingsfishcrs, were caught in
the neighbourhood of Alresford by a boy, who, it
appears, secured theta in the act of fighting, and
while they were so intent on their engagement, tla.t
they did nut peretive his approach.

Mary Frow the niece of the deceased, deposed that her
uncle, for the last eleven years, never took oil his clothes,
in which he carried large sinus of money sewed up in
different parts of his garments. He fur the last four years
was quite childish, and never admitted ally person but
the last witness into his room. On the night previous to
his death he sent for one oyster, half a pint of beer, and
a pennyworth of figs, which he eat, and after drinking
the porter laid himself down on the straw, where he was
found dead. The Gummier briefly summed up the evi-
dence, and the Jury, alter a short deliberation, returned
ven.lict, that the deceased died by the Visitatio❑ of
Uod.