The National Register.
London, England, 1811-10-06 00:00:00

NATIONAL RECASTER.

. mow
Crib wi• h 11 vengeful sulky look, and seemed 1

on doing des-

Aerate things.
The preparations for the fight now commenced in the most
solemn manner; and it is impossible to express the breathless
anxiety of the multitude at this moment. The determined port
of the heroes, their evident strength, and the notorious animo-
sity of the Moor, all prognosticated a terrible mill. The latter
kept walking on the stage, while the seconds were arranging
the cloths, &c. in a hasty eisturbed manner, inditeive of violent
anger. At length the combatants began to strip—and every
heart beat high with expectation. When in fishting trim, b )th
looked remarkably well—the Black is handsome fur a man of
colour—and Crib is welt and stoutly male.
The battle, although short, was most desperate. Four more
such rounds as the first, would have given Crib his belly fall:
but his excellent training and eetermintd courage enabled him
to recover himself, while the Black, who was by no means in
such high condition, and WAS moreove thrown off his guard by
passion, rapidly lost his wind, and exposed himself to his
adversary's murderous hitting. The beating which he re-
ceived on the throat occasioned him to bleed internally, and
it w s very plain, at times, that he was almost suffocated
by the blood rising. The blow on the side, which he re-
ceived when falling, descended like a stroke from a hammer:
it was heard distinctly at the extremity of the crowd, and its
deadly effects were very visible during the next round. It must
however, be allowed that the Moor fought well. Crib himself,
we understand, says, that he hits with a strength which no
other man possesses • and the face of the champion bears ample
testimony to the truth of his assertion. He is very much disfi-
gured.—Molineux sparred neatly early in the fight, but he lost
his science after he had been a .00d deal punished. We must,
however, confess it struck us that the Moor skyed his adversary :
be seemed from the very first to be afraid of him—and with the
inclination to rush in and sacrifice him to his rage, to couple
a dread of the consequences. During the last rounds he fought
like a frantic fellow, and fell like a log: his seconds had to lift
him up as they would a lump of lead, and lead him to his man
as they would a child. After the 11th round he could not again
by any means be brought up, and Crib was proclaimed victor by
- :shouts which rent the skies. The Black, after the fight, lay ex-
tended on the stage in a most pitiable manner, as if dead. 'lse
Surgeon he brought with him from London bled him, and after
. some time had elapsed he was enabled to crawl to his chaise,
• supported by two friends, with his body bent like an S. The
victor, when his conquest was announced, sprung up from the
stage, and cut several capers, to shew that he was yet in a con-
dition to take and give morehnettiseriseg.
No one can say, that in this battle Molineux had not fair play
shewn him :—we would, however, suggest that the cries of
exultation, which preceeded from the champion's numerous
friends, hen the advantage seemed on his side, must have had
the effect of cowing the Baltimore man :—we think, in decency
and gent rosity, they ought to have been omitted. Molineux, it
is said, had provoked a good deal of feeling against him, by sa-
vage denunciations of vengeance, and vapouring professions of
what he would do to Crib. These are certainly sufficiently dis-
gusting and repugnant to the spirit of Englishmen : but it ought
not to have been forgotten that Molineux is a stranger—that he
gave proof of his courage by offering a general challenge—slid
that he came to the fight, unsupported by friends
ef note, while
the champion had all the flash-men in his train. It said this
latter circumstance preyed much on the mind of the Black, and
occasioned him to, what is technically termed, hoick.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

FOREIGNOTTICE, BOWNPVCSTRPET, OCT. 1, 1811.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name
and on the behalf of his Majesty, has been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. Henry Wellesley to be his Majesty's "Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Catholic Majesty Fer-
dimlnd Vil.; and Charles Vaughan,Esq. to be his Majesty's Se-
cretary of Embassy in Spain.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was also pleased to
appoint Charles Stuart, Esq. 'George Cockburn, Esq. and John
• Philip Morier, Esq. to be his• Majesty's Commissioners in
Spanish America, to act with such Commissioners as may be ap-
pointed by the Supreme Council of. Regency of Spain and the
Indies, in the name of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII.;
also Rich ird Belgrave Hoppner, Esq. to be Secretary to his Ma-
jeay's Commissioners in Spanish America; al-o Thomas Sytlen-
ham, Esq. to reside at the seat of the Provisional Government
of Portugal as his Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary during
the absence of Charles Stuart, Esq. who has been named his
Majesty's First Commissioner in Spanish America ; also the
'Rev. R. M. Millar, B. A. to be Resident Chaplain at Lisbon.

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ADNIIRALIV-OPFICR, °el-. 1, 1811.
Copy of a Letter from Captain Browne, of his Majesty's ship
the Hermes, address( d to Admiral Sir Roger 'eras, and
transmitted to John Wilson Cruker, Esq.
His Majesty's ship Hermit s, 15ungenets Roads,
September 1.:6, 1811.
SIR-4 have the honour to report to you, that on the morning
of the 24th inst. close in with Cape Le Htve, his Majesty's
ship Hermes recaptured the Prussian brig Anna Maria, from
Lisbon for Lont,on, and woeld most certainly have taken the
privateer, had not the contiguity to his opt n coast favoured his
escape by' half an hour's aail, as the Hermes was nearing him'
fast; but the wind blowing -,trong directly on shore prevented-
further pursuit. I also beg to acquaint you, that the strong West-
erly winds having driven me from my station,andprtvemed my
reaching St. Helen's, 1 bore up for this anchorage; and in my way
hither, when off Beachy Head, I discovered a large lugger in the
midst of a number of English vessels, sev, ral of wluch she must
have soon captured, and one of which she had tak n before seen
by the Hermes. Site was instantly pursued, and in twa hours.
time, after sustaining a good deal of firing, which wounded
some of his crew, and damaged her sails, she struck ;
but in the act of bringing to, to take possession of ht r the
main-topsail yard broke in the slings, and the fore-sad
of the -Hermes !Tin from the violence of the wind, which
the privateer immediately took the advantage of; and although
in a situation' under the lee when she surrendered, that
would have enabled me to have totally destroys d her, he had
the temerity to endeavour to escape, by making sail .on the op-
posite tack ; but by the great exertion of my officers the ship was
wore, and as much sail set as enabled me again to come up with
him, although he had got two flutes from us on the weather
bow, when, feeling myself justified, after his an.duct, not to
give him an opportunity of again escaping, 1 determined to run
him alongside, notwithstanding it blew a gale of wind, with a
very heavy sea; in doing which he again endeavoured to
escape, by crossing our hawse, when, in one instant, a heavy
sea instantly threw him under the bottom of his Majesty's
ship, and, I lament to say. that only twelve men out of
fifty-one, were saved, it being impossible to hoist a boat out. It
appears she was named La Mouche, of Boulogne, had sailed
the evening before, was commanded by Nloti4eur Gageux„
mounted fourteen carriage 'gun:, twelve .and six-pounders, was
180 tons, and had a complement of sixty-one men, ten of whom
were put on board his prize. 1 have the satisfaction to state,
that not one of the crew of the prize were taken on lurtrd the
privateer: she was a ship from the West Indies, but her name
I could nut learn.
I have the honour to be, &c
(Signed) PHILIP BROWNI.
To Adm. Sir Roger Curtis, Bart. Portsmouth.