The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-05 00:00:00

BOXING.

The county of Surrey was on Wednesday disgrareet by one of those
matches. which by Nbegisterial supineness, are too often suffered to
take place in this boa..ted age of refinement ; and what is more asto-
nishing. the scene of action was fixed on Mickleham flown, near
J.eatherhead. alii.oe in the vicinity of the spot whore the .Igdges, .te.
were assembled ter the purpose of hold:rig the erizes for the County.
We shall proceed to detail the circtimsbuiees, for the amusement of
such as can be amused thereby. It is N us a nauseous and painful
duty. Painter and Spring were the combatant:: Harmer and T.
Jicleher seconded the former, and Crib and Byrne the latter.—Bets
ta 4 anti og to 1 on the formez.
Roust, 1. The men sparred for three minutes without a hit being
each:mged. Spring, in planting a blow, hit short ; lung sparring
occurred, when same hits were exchanged, and Painter received a
blow on the side of his check that sent hint staggering, and in }lilting
the back of his lead and part of his shoulder came in contact with
one of the stakes of the ring.
X. Painter seemed somewhat stupiflcd from the effects of this an•
indent, but appeared quickly to his tine. Spring, again hit short
when Painter planted a sharp facer with his left hand. More long
sparring occurred—some blows were exchanged—when Painter re
nerved a hit and slipped down.
.1. Spring planted a hit and get' away ; Painter made a hit, but
Spring followed him over the ring. Two sharp counter hits occurred
in the body. Spring laughed and gave Painter a nobber and got
away dexterously. Painter made play and put in a severe facer t and,
in closing, the laver eadv,.voured to %ever his antagonist, but in
struggfunr the strength of Spring prevailed : not only held Pain-
ters hands, but extricated himself in a gallant style, and planted a
hit on him as he was going down. In many parts of the ring it was
then even betting.
4. Long sparringoccurred. Some hits were exchanged. In closing.
Spring held his uppenent's hand to prevent being weaved. Both
down. Spring uppermost.
5. The forte of Painter seemed to have materially changed. There
was more science exhibited than work performed. In dosing Spring
threw Painter.
t,. Two severe counter re:bbei r occurred. Painter hit short, when
Spr:ng returned a sharp blow on :us mouth. In do:a:; Spring got
Painter down.
7. Painter commenced this round by planting a blow on the head,
and one on the body of his opponent. But in closing Spring fell
hem ily upon him.
a. Painter put in three facers and got away. In closing both hung
on the ropes and went down.
9. Painter planted several firers with success, and one was so se.
vae, that had it not been for the ropes, Spring:mitt have gone down.
Ir. closing both went down.
to. Spring hit short several times, and Painter planted a good
robber ; but in return he received some sharp hits. and went down,—
Great applause for Spring.
1. Painter endeavoured to punish Spring in the act of closing ;
but the latter instead of holding him up as he might have done. let.
Painter down, and put up both his liandc, and he now became in ia
great measure the favourite.
The remaining to rounds were of no interest, Painter Lavin"„ be-
come so weak as to tall almost every time he gave or received a blow,
and resigned the contest after fighting one hour and gtt minutes.
A minor fight, and a , closed the ignoble sports of the day.

RxrcuTtow.-e•Fnday morning being the time appointed for tke
execution ofiohn Little. fie sheep stealing, at Waltham holy Croes,
Essex, and Wan. Peering, for various buiglaries at Westbarn cid
Wanstead, at an early hour an unusual number of persons assembled
upon the melancholy occasion, expecting, no doubt, to witness the
execution of Judith Hale, but who., however, with Wm. Brown, had
previously received a rw.pite during the pleasure of his Royal High-
ness the Prince Regent. Peering was • deeply affected at his awful
situation. Little, on the contrary, betrayed throughout the greatest
indifference, and appeared lost to every feelinte of repentanee. Whilst
the eXeitioct *vas tying the rope about his Deck; he called out to a
person among the crowd, whom he knew, “Jeni, how are you, ray
boy, won't you come up and shake hands with me before I stare"—
The man was actually preparing to ascend the ladder, for the pur-
p me of complying with the prisoner's request, but was very prudently
bopped by the gaoler. who munedietely ordered him out of the yard.
Alter shaking hands and kissing each hither, the fatal platform gave
way, and th= unfortunate men were launched into elernity. Little
was yt ars of sae, and Perringel.
It is N curious fact, which is not generally known, that the body of
the celebrated Laurence Sterne, which was interred in the church-
yard of St. George, was talom up shortly after his burial, and devoted
to the purposes of the surgical prole -sion.
ataria: Fonche. Duchess of Otranto, has eloped from Prague.
She was carried otl by the son of the conventionalist, Thibaudeato
The two fugitives are traaelling in Germany: they were last seen at
Frankfort, at a concert, where the new Helen attracted attention by
her jewel.
In taking down the south west tower of Northumberland House,
it was found, that one of the main beams fell a foot square. RAS
martyr decard through. and must in a short time linve given a ay.
mormut or 1111. Brno.—Wednesday morning, the man, sup-
posed to have been an accomplice with Hussey, in this horrid trans-
action, was sent off to Maidaume jail.
Fla u,—On Monday a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Jones,
a blacking-manufacturer, in Somerset-place, flackney-road, in con-
sequence of a pitch-kettle boiling over, by which the interior was
destroyed add we are sorry to add, that the mother of Mr. Jones,
and his daughter. 13 years old, were so severely injured as to be
taken to the Hospital. with bui fain; hopes of recovery.
There were one hundred and eighteen prisoners for trial at the
Assizes foe the County of Gloucester, which commenced on Thursday
Ilk inning.
One day last week, while the sexton was filling up a grave at
Dartmouth, he fell into it and expired.
The chimney sweepers base been very active of late in
publishing exagemated accounts of the danger of tool ehini-
nies, and lease flared many fires to this :armee. On a ran.
did examination of title subject, which the late benevolent
„wine:, of Lord aneklarel have suggested, it appears Ma:
the tooluess of elnienies is aeuerally owing to the boys not be-
ina able to di an Ilion hills, and leaving the rip pea- part tit
the chimney wise% fait. 'lbis di ennistailee is only to be ob-
viated by mechanical weeping. The machine cannot
deceive its employer , and the persons appointed to infinire
into the business, and who have suggested this article, cannot
tied a ai1121.• well authenticated example of a chimney being
on fire which Wits regularly swept by the machine.
LaNcAnren.—tlaironn Y. BUTLER forts.—This was an ac-
tion for eampensation in damages for a breach of primula:of marriage.
The jury awarded the lady 7,0101. damage,..—Eoarieg parr.
The solicitors of the Bank have had to conduct, on the last Mid.
and (anent, no fewer than si Prosecutions.Such is the distress
which is felt at receiving Bank ot England paper at Leiceeter, that
very few wash en receive it, and ail prefer the notes of Local Banks.
EARTHQUAKE Is BICILx.—LCIL.rs from Sicily speak of eeveral
successive earthquakes which tool: !dace about the end of liehruary,
in the environs of Catania. fly the first, nearly all the houses le, le
chunagctl, and several were thrown down. Front sixty to sevemy
persons perished. In the second and third. tire cathedral :111d the
grind seminary of Catania, with more than half of the city, were
reduced to a heap of ruins. A great number of the inhabitants, and
rantinga then' several Leeletiaati.a of nistinctiun, were buried in the
ruins. Mt the reimiiiiingpopulatinti had encamped on the plain.
I atraoir exeras is Soul lIIVACK.—NcarIy the whole of the
earth side of Onion-street, Borough. ban been purchased by the
Southwark Bridge Company, and the houses are now being denio•
Word, tomake way for the formation of the grand avenue from the
county of Surrey to the bridge.

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POLICE.
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MANSION HOUSE.

EXTENSIVE Bourne x.—• Wednesday Edward Bengal" was
charged with plundering his employers, Messrs. Pearson
sod Pritchard, w irelloitsrmen, in King-street, Cheapside, of
property to the amount of upwards of 5001.
Mr. Pritchard stated, that the prisoner had been for more
than two years employed in the firm, and that the utmost
confidence was reposed io him. From the extensive nature
of their trade it was almost impossible to detect any depre-
dations upon their property except by accident; and the put.
soner would never have been suspected of dishonesty had he
not suddenly absented himself Irma the warehouse on Mon.
pay se'nniglit. Suspicion being thus excited, the stratk was
strictly examined, and it was thought that a large quantity of
valuable stuffs was missing. Inquiry was made at ses era!
pawnbrokers' shops, and at some of them were fontid pieces
of stuff which had been pledged by a man answering the de-
abription of the prisoner. By dint of further inquiry. the
rout of the later was also ascertained. and the witness. ACeittl•
puttied liy Hawkins, the Marshalman, succeeded iii tracing
him to Alton, in Hampsiiii e, where he was taken into custody.
Hawkins, on searching him, found a waggon-office script
for three large bolas, w Lich had been sent from London to
Birmingham, and also ~;c-..keys, which he acknowledged to
belong to those boxes. Tile officer then proceeded to 11;&.
iningliain, where he found the boxes, which• wee...lilted, with
stuff's. These, from their being of a4l peettlitir ,vattern
and manufacture, were immediately identilredliANtr w lints.
as the property of the firm, and the prisoner was bronglii to
London. He was accompanied by a ,genteel young woman
when he was apprehended. The exact amount of the property
of which be had plundered the firm c0,r141 not be ascertained,
but it was snore than 3001. _

Hymn, of Bishop.sgatc.street; Reeves, Redeross•street ;
Fleming, Newgate-street; Fleming, Fiket-market ; Russell,
Fore-street ; and several other pawnbrokers, produced whole
pieces of stuff, which the prisoner load pledged. The whole
of these were identified by the prosecutors.
Mr. Harmer, whit attended fur the pro.ccution, complained,
that three other pawnbrokers, to whom he had tasiee gkell
notice to come forward with property pledged by !lie prisoner,
bad neglected to attend.
The Lord Mayor commented with considerable severity
upon this reluctance to aid the ends of justice, and observed
at the same time, that they were generally much too eager to
eeeive ,ocials of value in pledge. Pawnbrokers ought to ia-
•lerrotatr most strictly any person bringing property of the
.lescription now produced ; but there did not appear to have
been ►he •hfibtest question put to the young man at the bar.
lie (the I Ilayorj could not help thinking that the fre-
quency of erimes of this nature was is a great measure to be
attributed to the facility with which stolen pi op ,sty could be
disposed of. The prisoner was folly committed for trial.