The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SINGULAR BEQUEST.—Died, in Tralee, Ireland, ou
the lfith ult., aged 75, after a protracted illness, Jerry
Sullivan, leaving property to the amount of 20,0001.,
which he bequeathed to the inhabitants of Tralee, to be
added to the sums already subscribed by them for the
purpose of making a fund to defray the expellees of a
latt-suit, about to he carried on in the ensuing term,
against the Homy family, to open the borough of that
town ; and the overplos, if any, to hum the commence-
ment of a sinking fund, to secure the future imlepcn-
deuce of the borough, by defraying the expences of the
popular candidate at any future contested election, and
thereby encouraging talents and ilid,•pendence in the
cottony ; and in case the inhabitants should decline pro-
secuting stick suit, then die said 1,, he applied in
sup:uort of the dillereitt public instiutitions of the town, to
be distributed as the Grand Jury shall think fit. The
history of this moo's life is as extraordinary as his be-
fittest :—ln the early trot of his career lie %%AS for many
years au atiorney's•clerk, in which situation, by perse-
vering industry and rigid economy, he amassed a consi-
dt rattle sum of money, still, considering himself
independent, lie resolved to become a Mall Of hilSilleSS;
he did net hesitate long in making a choice—he com-
menced the trade of a stockbroker, or " advattta_eotts
motley lender," and in a few years his success our n his
most Sanguine expectations. At his death he had liens
on the estates of several of the grandees in it a neighbour-
hood. Far the last '.!“ years he was the " Collective
Wisdom" of the " IVestern Lisquire;" his house was, at
times, the resort of ail the knowing ones, and, as he had
no family, their inteninal oneies were not interrupted by
any apprehensimis of a curtaiii lecture, or any anxiety for
an oil:sitting, whose provisions those revels might lessen.
Nis tosTose —Oat Friday week the election for the
Mayor tat Malulstmee, for the ensiling vat., was held in
• the Court Hall, and C. Stacey and CL Burgess, Estes.
were nominated by the B,nch of Jura's, for the election
of one of them by the freemen. The party opposed
to the Corporation demanded a poll on behalf of Mr.
(largess, on the principle of rejecting the rotation, in
consequence of the same system having been pursued by
the Tory party, to the exclusion of the elder members of
the lower bench front a participatioa in the honours of
the Corporation, merely because they differed from them
in polities. Atter alHmt two hours polling, Mr. Burgess
was elected by a very considerable majority. When he
bad taken his seat, and the customary oaths, a vote of
thanka was propoied to the late Mayor, I'm his conduct
doling his Nlayoralty, and the following amendment
was moved :—" That this Court, viewing with just in-
dignation the unconstitutional and intemperate conduct
of the late chief magistrate. John Wise, Esq. in calling
mit the military on the eveniug of the 20th November
last,
last, a measure calculated to -disturb the race-,- irritate
the minds, and endanger the lives and property of the
iohabitatits of the town, which it was his duty to guard
I over and protect ; do calmly and dispassionately censure
his conduct, which has brought the office into disrepute,
and entailed a lasting stigma on the Corporation ; and-
which censure they direct, to he enrolled in the bou:ks of
the Corporation, as a memorial to future ina,gisto ales, to
avoid such intemperate and disgraceful acts." The
amendment being read from the Bench to a crowded
Hall, and a show of hands taken, the Mayor, after con-
saltisgg with his treihren,tkclared, that he could not decide
either one way or the miter, and refused to count the
numbers, although manifestly in favour of the amend-
• ment ; he then retired amidst much disapprobation. The
vote of illallks coosequently fell to the wound.
DEATH OF A MtsEE.---Do Wednesday afternoon an
inquisition was taken at the sign of the Northumberland
Arms, corner of Charlbtte-street and Goodge-stree:,
Tottenham-court-road, MI :he body of \l r. Wm. Har-
rison, aged Sb years. The Jury being sworn, proceeded
to wk.: a view of the body, which lay in the room on
the attic story of the house, Ni,. 8, Bennett-street, Rath-
bone place, where the deceased had lived for upwards
of twenty-years. The room presented a st wretched
appearance; the furniture consisted of one old chair, a
table, a trunk or two, an old stump bedstead, and a bed
of straw, mu which the deceased had laitl ; ill one curlier
was a heap of ashes, and the cupboard co unlined a few
volume peelings and a stale roll. The body of the de.
ceased, which lay in a coffin, presented a most shocking
spectacle. being a pictme of the extrel/ICSt misery and
sweat too, although he had no family, and had property
in the funds to the amount of 15001. The Jury having
returned, the following evidence was then taken :—Mrs.
Ann Gordon deposed, that she was housekeeper to Mrs.
Catherine Saha Paul, of the Vicarage-house, at Putney.
She knew the deceased, and was in the habit of calling
on him when she came to town. lie posse-sed coosi-
clera:de property, although he lived in the greatest
obscurity, and would let nu person but winless voter Iris
room, the door of which he always kept padlocked inside.
The house in which he lived was his own freehold.—
Mary Frow the niece of the deceased, deposed that her
uncle, for the last eleven years, wet cr took off his clothes,
in which he carried large sinus of motley sewed op in
different parts of his garmetits. He for due last tour years
Was quite childish, and Ciller admitted any person lint
the last witness into bus room. On the night promos to
his death he sent fur one oyster, half a punt of beer, and
a pennyworth of figs, which he eat, and aler Miami/
the porter laid t du-cut on the straw, where he was
found dead. 'ilie.Crsomer briefly uuunuevl op the eta-
(Name, and the dory, atter a short delitsesation, returned
e ver lict, that the deceased died by the Visitation of
God.
An Irish colonel of dragoons, revious to a trial
in which he was the defendant, was informed by his
Counsel, that if there were any of the Jury to whom
he had any personal objections, he might legally
challenge them. " Faith, so I will," replied the
son of Mars ; " if they do not bring we off hand-
somely, I will challenge every man of them."
A young lady, a pupil of Mr. Young, the actor, is
soon to snake her appearance at Covent Garden
Theatre.

BOXING.

359

Events have so often come off wrong of late, in
the sporting circles, that the cognoscenti have began
to get awake to certainties ; but in the present in-
stance they were all of one opinion, and takers of
4,5, and even 6 to 1 could not be thund, Oliver
was so great a favourite, against W. Abbott. The
match was made at the moment when the List fight
was over. Ned Brown, stuttering with the merit
of the Tuscan grape, having challenged that Abbott
should light Josh. Hudson for 101. but Josh. think-
ing that it was fun, said, and that truly, that he
had a match in hand, and as it was for a good stake,
in six weeks, with the Suffolk champion, he had
no leisure time upon his hands, but Abbott might
be acconumatted as :tion as he liked after that was
ofl: Oliver leaving Hampton vilLige next had a
challenger, but he had rather cross the water to the
Hurst, and have a turn for a goe of blue ruin, than
fight for 101• but, badgered into it, a friend staked
two guineas aside, to 1.);.t made ten each, to fight on
that day week. The ring was 24 feet, and the st-
em& were Tom Jones and Scroggins for Abbott,
and Ben Burn and Gibbons tin. Oliver. As we hay-
betiee stated, the certainty was so great, that it was
useless oKring odds at any price, Oiiver being more
than a stone over his adversary in weight, and
more in length in proportion.

TOIL BA 171. E.
Bound 1. Abbott hit short, and Oliver placed a right handed
blow mato the eye, which gave it a crimson hue, and Abbott
was thrown in a close. ()dialog olds was useless.
sh Abbott missed a goo.' tight handed hit, and after closing
both were down.
3. Oliver placed a bonly blow, although not very effective.—
The men riled each other to the ropes, when much hugging
and pulley hauley took place. and both went down.
4. Oliver hit Ms adversary in the throat, ;mil threw hint.
• A gallant lighting round, and JOUR: exchanges at
hitting, in favour of Oliver, who threw his adversary. Them
were no takers of odds.
6th and ith rounds Oliver threw his adversary from the close.
8. A good linight round, Abbott making the play. He was
parried, and hit heavy in return, and a courageous rally followed.
wben Abbott drew first blood from Oliver a mouth, but he was
thrown.
9. A good roam!, with exchanges of blows in favour of Oliver,
who drew blood in return from his adversary's nose, but both
were unmettled by first work. Abbott placed a good right handed
blow on the head, at the close of the round, but he was again
thrown.
The next six rounds Oliver had so decided an advantage in
hitting, Oast guy (Kith were begging, hut yet Oliver's blows
made no visible elli-et. Abbott was thrown in every round.
16. Oliver had bOlllllOl th, best °r ails round, that a sovereign
was begging for halt a bull (dab a crown.)
17 and lii In the last of the e rounds, Abbott was reduced to
a stand still; and when in tried every manoeuvre for a resting
place, but Oliver held him up, and weaved ut him until he was
tired tea. .

The next four mends were fought in distress, and produced
nothin.• to remark upon. Both men were bleeding freely.
211. 1 hi. productal the first clean knock down blow from Oliver
in the throat, utter a good rally.
.241. Oitva received a heavy right handed hit on the ear, and
lie returned 1.11;: rye upon the eye, and both went down.
21 and X 6. Ablaut seemed very tired of his match, and tried
to get down as soon as he could, laird Oliver was too much ex-
hausted to hurt his adversary.
27. Oliver had a most decided advantage, and in a dm
Abbott strived to get one knee on the groUnd, and Oliver
hausted himself with punishing hint.
Apbott went down from weakness, and in the 29th he got
a crack on the head, which groggitied hint, and made Min drop
it on cis second's shoulder. A guinea to a shilling was in sum
offered upon Oliver.
29. Abbott made around to get down.
its. Oliver math: the play, and over exaausted he was knocked
down. Even betting.
IR. Oliver made the play. but he received a heavy right
handed blow wider the ear, where Neale had made it so tower,
and he was beat out of time. It was a heavy t,low, and Abbott
was cheered out of the ring as tlie winner. Oliver was the worst
beat. It lasted 163 minutes.
REMARKS.
Oliver is gene by his day ; nature has convinced
him of it against his own strong opinion, and he
never should attemp to fight again. He has been
bit to pieces, as it were, by men above his weight,
and although fight has bJen so often taken ont of
him, he never was properly convinced. of his inabi-
lity until now. Abbott is much under Oliver's
weight and length, and two or three of his acts in
the tight were-nut manly; but, to be charitable in
interpreting, tier arc times when distress deprives
a man of self-acting Ile is a tolerably good tighter,
with much resolution, but to be beat by men mulct.
his weight. •
Some skirmishing for trifles, quite uninteresting
to our spurting readers, hdlowed, to keep the_gatue
alive.

The Eastern Division of the Be:l,s Yeomanry
dined together at the Town Hall, Maidenhead, on
Friday last. On this occasion, we arc told that the
corps was complimented uith a present of 501. from
a high personage, us uo acknowledgment of the
exemplary manner in which they discharged the
garrison duty at Windsor, during the temporary
withdrawing of the regular troops to attend the Co-
ronation. Upwards ut 100 sot down to dinner, and
the evening was spent in the greatest conviviality.
A Remarkable Occurrence.—On Tuesday last t
beautiful little birds, Kim:46llas, were caught in
the neighbourhood of Alrestord by a boy, who, it
appears, secured them in the Oct of and
while they were so intent on their engagement, that
they did nut pt;reeive his approa.u.

1111tCirriVt•
NIONDAY, NOV. 12
Three o'clock, p.m.

The Paris Papers of Thursday last, which arrived
last night, contain few articles of public interest.—
The following arc ex tracts:—
PAnts, Nov. 'l.—At one o'clock the King prc-
sided in the Ministerial Council.

An Ordonnance of the King, dated November,
appoints Ciralinal dc Ilcatisset Miniqter of State and
Member of the Nil y Council.

Most importaal.—His Royal Highness the Duke
de Bourdeaux having been suckled during upwa••ds
of a year, the cutting of his teeth has taken place
without accident, and his health being considered
perfect, it has been resolved, by the advice of
Messrs. Portal, Halle, Depuytren, and Baron, that
his Royal Highness may be weaned !
VENICE, OCT. 2G.—We have received important
news from the lonian Isles. The following is the
aulsstance :—The troops that the Turkish Beet, under
the orders of Kara Ali, landed upon the south coast
of the Morea, arc not so numerous as we were led to
believ'e. They are not capable of holding a campaigo
with the Greeks, who wish to attack them; but
they are protected in the Turkish forts, which have
been recently supplied with provisions to stand a
lung siege. We may now see the result of the
boasted expedition of the Turks against the Morea,
which has male so much noise.

In the north of the Morea they have rased the
siege of Paints, and the pi incipal enterprize upon
which they calculated has failed, because it was cal-
culated upon Ole advance of Mahomet Pacha, of
Negropont, upon the south of the Peloponnesus.
That Patella was, in fact, some time since, with his
forces at Lividi from whence he was tksi,rous of
moving upon the Isthmus of Corinth, but the Greeks
have established forts and trenches which repelled ell
his attacks. Disappointed and suffering under con-
siderable losses of men, he has been obliged to aban-
don his plan.
In Livia a Greek corps has foi.ned in the rear
of the Paella, and he is compelled to make a precipi-
tate retreat. It is generally reported that Prince
Demettius Ypsilanti has quitted the Morca, and lr.ts
put himself at the head of a Greek corps, which
defends the Isthmus of Corinth with such bravely.
—Letters from Colin also announce, that the Turk-
ships of war, which formed the squadron under
Captain Paella, have formed a junction with the
fleet under Kora Ali.