The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

BOXING.

The match between Harry Moss, the Gipsey, and •
Thompson, the Berkshire man, both acknowleo;Ped
good men, under 12 stone, which was to have taken
place at Hedgeley, within a few miles of Dorking,
ti .k place in paddock belonging to a. Mr. Mills, at
Farndon, ten miles from the appointed spot the
boxers having been drawn thither by an extra sub-
' scriptio:i purse of 201. in addition to the 401. they
fought fur. Mom was seconded by one of the Gip-
' sey tribe, and Thompson. by. Nares, a navigator.—
Money was sported freely ut 5 to 4 upon the Gipsey.
In the first round 'Champion had his cork drawn in a
brisk rally, iu retain for which he was floored by a chance
body hit, and both got up eager to meet again, without
the assistance of seconds.
T. In their eagerness tOrasstuolt each missed the intended •
bits, and they closed and had • wrestling match, when.
Thompson had Moss's head safely ander the left arm, in
a manner in which Randall would have given him a dose;
but the Oipsey slipped out ut fits adversary's clutches,
without harm, and they broke o'rosti each other. By this
time exertion had tensed them, :and they worked snore
deliberately. A severe round was fought, and it was
difficult to say which had hest. It was nothing less than
give and fake severe bitting, and both fell weak. The
round lasted seventeen sanitises.
3. Buda felt their eyes, which were damaged, as if to
I recruit their sight, by removing the lids. At it they went
again, iti bull.dug fashion, hitting was the order of the
foetid, and Thompson east out a front tooth. A severe
rally ended the round, by the Gipsry being knocked down
with a nasty blow on the left side, &WOO the hip hone,
and the flesh followed the fist, and left a sure protuberance
sheet the else of a cricket-ball, and the blew settled the
battle, width had hutted TT minutes.
Tlfeqipmly came Home scratch doubled up, seven other
rouuds, bet he was heavy on the legs, and the use of his
left side was at a staaclostflt, and he was hit blind at last ;
altliongh Tleompsoa received a gush right.handed hit, hi
Use Tth mould, which seaChliss to sleep a little. In the
' lith round, nature bad turned Moss tip, and Ise was dead
to time, andlast the fight in ST minutes.. It was a rudlau-
lag fight, and if knight over again the Oipsey would have
a right to Otis it.
LANCASTER ANIVADAMS.
The match between Jack ...Laicatier and Adams.
for fifty. guineas aside, ors fought on Wednesday ou
HayeaCommon, Middlesex, near Arlington Corner,
fifteen miles from London. The match was knocked
tsp.in a hurry, and the men had little more than a
week allowed for train'ng. The weather, enough to
dantp.the ardour of any but an oul-red did
not prevent a tolerable muster of the amateurs. At
half-put one Adams appeared in the ring attended
by Tom Shelton and Rasher, as his bottle-holder
and second; and shortly_ afterwards Lancaster, fol-
lowed by Harry Harmer and Cy, Davis, made his
appearance,. the rai:t coming down in torrents.;--
Martin was appointed one of the umpires.
Humid 1. Adams hit short and got away. Lancaster
told with his one, two, slightly ; but in closing, Adams
received a little pepper, and is going down he was the
undermost.
T. The science displayed by Lancaster was pretty, and
be nut only stopped iii good style, hat lie sent Adams down
on Ills leak...emit—l to tom Lancaster.
3. This was a good round. Adams made some feinti,
but be was nabbed, and received a ribber. Adams stein
went down, stud some hassinguceurred. It was to •to I
now.
4. Tbe ash of Lancaster 'hewed some sharp punishment,
and his-left eye was WILL and bleeding front an old braise.
Adams went down. •• Its all right, Lancaster."
Is.. Adams went down, but the spectators seemed to
think not frons.a•kit.
6. Lancaster stopped iu. fine style—Adams again went
down.
2, 8,9, and 10. In all these rounds Lancaster appeared
to have the; best tigluing : bat his right haal was guile,
and his hitting was not elective.
II and 12. Adams was shy. and did not appear to like
to meet his wan. He was again dun u.
. . .

U. Adams wet with a fluor.
11, 13, and la. Lancaster had the hest of these rounds.
17. The left band of Lancaster did sums trilling execu-
tion, but he was hit down.
18 and 19.. Lancaster was touch distressed, and weal
down from souse sharp hits.
20 to 23. The owe of Lancaster was the worst fur the
fight, but hvievertbeless displayed some tine science.
Mantis went down quickly-?(Great disapprobation)
and Marna went op to Attains and told 111111 to recollect it
was a standi-up fight,asid If Ili again went down without*
blow, the empires wont give it against him.
30. A shawl, mewl. Adams is distressed.
31st and las!, 'lids round occasioned a great deal of
dlsturbauce. It who ioged by the partisans of Lancaster.
and also by his secottils. that Ad•ums wrist down without •
blow.—" Foul, fossil !"—" Fair, lea!" wets beard all over
the ring ; and the onsulaatants sat 11114.111 the limes of their
Recall& fur upwards of fun. minute*, when the umpires
decided that Adams had lin friteil all right to the 'takes
its tvissequeseee of telling without a Mow. This deeisiuti
did nut give general satislectiusi t allbuiigii it was usi,ed
that Laucastar bad won this battle in the oth round.

On the 3d inst. a woman at. Lyons, in the absence
of her husband, poisoned her two daughters, one
uged seven, and the other '24. years. She then at-
tempted to poison her son, aged 13 years, and
finished by destroying hep..,lf. This crime is attri-
buted to insanity.

A priest has been attested at Mons for having, in
a fit of passion, struck his clerk for some trifling
neglect, with such violence as to lay hint dead at
the foot of the altar.
A boat, supposed to belong to the Importer trans-
port, upset off the Hospital Wall, Portsmouth, oa
Tuesday afternoon, and two intlx were drowned.


MS

RIOT AT MAIDOTONs...—In consequence of a 1110etAr•
ing convened at the Town Hall, to take Into mini.
deration the propriety of a general illumination, it.,
was resolved that an illumination should take place
on Monday, by such of the inhabitants as should •
think proper to do to. At aa- early hour in the
evening the illumination commenced, and many'
trarsparencies and devices were exhibited, but a I
considerable number of the inhabitants did not put
up a caddie. AU remained tolerably quiet till about.
eight o'clock, when an attempt was made to light •
up a bonfire in the High Town. Mr. Johnson,lther•
constable, and his. assistants, s"reeably to their •
orders, resisted the attempt, when they.weee very PI
used,. and entirely beaten off.. The bonfire was •
' made and a' gat eight o'clock an attack took place •
on three huu.es, viz. The Maidsione Joisrisal office,.
Mr. Prance's (chemist), and Mr. Crisp, (butcher)...
A stroug resistance was here made by the civil -
power, but in vain. An alarming riot ensued. The •
windows of many other persons were broken. The
most outr eons threats were uttered, and repeated
representations were made to the Mayor, who was
pooted at the Star Inn. At last, finding that the • _
lives, 48 -we". as property, of the peat able inha
bitants were at stake, the Mayor, with greet reluct-
ance, ,:ent to Sir J, Brown, at the Cavel.y.Dapota •
The Coionel,.with a promptitude that does hint the
greatest credit, sent out a mounted detachment, -
which was soon &Rel. followed by some dismounted
Can:ley, and by their exertions the town was rescued.
from a dreadful scene of devastation and terror. The •
soldiers were received by the mob with the mat
opprobrious epithets, hissed, hooted, and pelted; but •
'hey bore the insults with admirable patience. About-
-2U w;._mtee to ten o'clock the Mayor read the Riot -
Act. - Several men were taken into custody, and..
committed.—The o Clocks, Tuesdaj Morning. A.-
mob in ont.of the Star threatens to release some of .*
the prisoders. Some of the cava'-y st-1 on duty.
Fear o:Clock.. The mob just d'opersed,. and the.:
town quiet.—Maidstone Gazelle.
Itoasaiti att.—About five o'clock on Satusasy evening, .
before the watch. was set, Col. Slade, of Walcot-place,
Kennington, whilst ringing at his own, door-bell, was •
'"surrounded by three thieves, who 'wised him about, .
• and contrived to snatch his watch .nom his fob. The •
Colonel immediately gave an alarm • but the villains,..
being favoaged by the darkness, escaped across the-fields, .
at the back of the garden. Atat.late hour on Saturday
highs, or early on Sunday morning, whilst there was a •
very heavy fox, a ladder was placed against the ,first-floor
window of ii.cs. Paul; ins's house, No. 17, Nursery-road, .
Luck'..-fields„ Walworth, the lane:l4l3s filed away, and. •
the house robbed of hook to the value of between 201. •
and 301. The property chiefly belonged to families its
the Borough, for whom Mrs. Perkins washed, and was •
mostly marked T. S: T. P. and Bellami ; it consisted
principally of shins, tablecloths, and neckerchiefs.--• -
About die same hour, a house in Flint-street, adjoining, .
was broken into-by similar means (it is supposed by the
sante gang) and robbed of a bagful of books acid a clean- -
tiny of plate; but the homer were found the neat morn- -
ing in an adjoining field. Ow each of those occasions •
the watchman sassed near the spot, but the fug was so
impenetrable boat he could not discover the ladder •
at the other side of the street. Between ten and •
eleven o'clock on the same night, as Mr. Edward Ugle,..
famenter, residing in 15, Gravel-lane, was walking
„through Tooley-street, on his way horn-, at the corner .
"'of the Maze, a number of youths• with links followed
him some distance, begging halfpence; but he had•
hardly got rid of them before he was knocked down. by
.an unseen hand ; he was then pressed to the earth, and.
held in that position till his pockets rifled of his week's
wages, which he had just before received, and also his .
watch. lie could not see the faces of dime who rubbed
. him ;.. but tie suspects they were part of the persons who
'so annoyed him with their torcoes. The premises of
Mr. Willis, in the Mmt, Southwark, were entered 2
Sunday morning,. and pluudered of a great quantity of-
linen, a watch, and even some of the household. turiti- -
lure. Friday tright,to early on Saturday morning, the
kitchen of the Westmii•ster School was entered I/
thieves, who stole every thing portable,. and escaped
undetected. Some thieves broke into the larder of the
Earl of Unslow, at Clandun, in Surrey. on Nionday.
night, and plundered it of a great quaintly of provisions
of all kinds.
Se vend persons were on T charged, at Bow.
street, with having assumed the staff and character
of .constables, in order to rob wit-t greater ease and
benirity.
Signor "Non mi Ricordo," Rastelli, anal Madame
Dumont, were hung and burnt in r•lii } at North Creak, .
Fakettham' and Wells, on then rut rej:iieing At the.,
former place, the worthy Rev. Archaeacon Hathiust •
gave away six chaldrons of coals and a barrel ant a half
of ale, and Mr. Dewing gave .1 barrel of ale, ai..ong the
•roor ;. 11l was also sul.seritted by Mr. Reeve, Nlr.
Nlr. Fright, and others, and distributed among
the populace as a remembrance. Roubles also, and.
ringing of hells, enlivened the
The inhaai.ants of Holt, in atl.ltiion to their
:S, proposed a subscription 10 supi.ly then p
ateightmov. with ale, but in consequence of tI e 1 a:s
expressed by some titnides, lest riot should be proJoced
by so doing, the COMOOlttee 1:111thibly their 111-
telltioll, without relaxing in their exertions to ob.aat
subscriptious, awl stlsilloottli the ;otOolrit in Money Oil
the next day amuug the poor fasiolles of that town.
It was a saying at Wan, during the sittings ciF •
what is termed the Commission, " It' you want to
make your fortune, act passports for Euglatid.'

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