The National Register.
London, England, 1819-04-25 00:00:00

SPARRING AT TIIE FIVES COURT.

Mar! in the Pugilist, had a bumping benefit nn Tt:ei-
day. 1 tie court was crowded with more respectability
than has been wimessed of lair, arid patrol age wa
%cry properly afforded upon tins occasion to one aiways
in klhting trim, and whose onassuntiog behaviour
many or he fraternity %von1(1 do well to adopt. The
srt,ing-trr gave unit tisal saLisfactko, which is very
the ease. _ _

Martin and Burn.--This was one of the best sets-lo
witnessed in tite Court for a length of time, and was
wore interest!iig than is often afforded in a whole after-
noon's Ida:. H:ts were exchanged with the nicest pre-
cision. science is equal to any wan, but Martin
hit with hint, and in one instance he placed a-fiue flush
lelt.handed hit upan the tithldle of Burn's: head, ful-
hnved wilt the right at the hotly. Several counter bits
were exchanged, and if there were any advantages, it
was rather on the side of Martin, who has Just returned
trout lirighton in the Fnest condition.

Spring :lit It4rn,cr made a good set-to, and Spring
has profited inneh in his Bri6ltton training with Martin.
It ‘‘as rather fight play than hitting out, winch suit,
IKst. Torre wasgouti displcd, to the
adt:.llt..!ge ()I SpliW.

Kilts .1, I\ as also an excellent bruit,
bnt Eales's commanding science stopved Shel.on's rush
and hard sticight hitting, and in return tapped the
cl.tret. Shelton is also fresh from Brighton. The set-us
was long and ii)terestitig.
Randal and Boit made an excellent and scientific set.
to, but Holt (esery inch good) has tint enough of him-
self to stop Banda 1..1 pugilist io pranks; but he made sow e
judicious parries, and placed rogue hits. Randal is fresh
and strong, and 1t4111.1 well on the H 311111'1e:1d 111114.
Turner and Crawley set to, antihit ati ay ma!'
There is too much length in Caw hey, it bolts away with
substance. lie had none Ott worst of the mates. WWI
Turner, but he is better with the glides than in the
ring.

hataggins 'hewed some mountebank avionics .with
O'llolitiel, which, excited much fun, hut 0•1)oottul
did not relish it tali we 'Loeb as the•comp.l,2,..
At the tidibh a the sparring, Oliver %mounted the
sage, and stated, that as he understood Duti.;telly h.J4
cause over to tight any one, he was ready to fight Ithu
for (roan 50 to 200 guineas.
Itamdil, orator for the ahstnt Donnelly, said, that

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Donnelly would ti7ht Oliver in six weeks, so that no
doubt the match will he uncle.
Martin returned !hanks to the amateurs, and invite!
them to join him at milling the sirloins at his friend
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Some of the party went 10 Gregsmett, at the Mare and
Mattpie, St. Calherine's-inalae. to talk over the prelimi-
naries of the forthcoming fight between Donnelly anti'
Oliver.

.41VOURNED AD•IIIR.ILTY SESSIONS.

OLD BAILEY. MOY*4I4 Arsitl9.
CASE OP MOBDUIL

MOM RUN Duckqr, alba Hogg, Walt. wits iadioted feti. •
nidiutx and nuartoin time Jona Gil am, %% damn Uruelt. blips
Bitty. Hock, (amt., executed). and se‘ erol -t..er., I. the wil.
ful murder ui Joseph Martin, mite of the Pos revenue e 1..-
tea , *trout 6 leaguts hum the South Fort:loud, in the county
of Kent, ou the Sth day of Auaust, 1816. .
The flu lof the atitider by the crew of a aniu:Nling boat •
Acerb proved, but ten.it line.ses w ho were cAled, laded
in e.tnLlirhiug the identity of the prisoner as 011 C tit that
Crew.

Mr Justice lest recapitulated the a hole of the evident...,
and the Jars, hoi,irat retired for about YO initiates, oa their
return found the iirtsoner—.l%'cl Oetifiy.
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There u : Nn r indiclmrnta agniiist the prisoner, but tho
Attorney -1.,.......41Jeciiited offering liar evidence upon them
he Wilb cone it.entty declared Nut thattg, and ordered by the
(colt to be discloorged.

.
kiiinesliutely upon hia !therefor'', the prisoner was twits
taken into custody, upon a warrant oht One,' by the Board
f hackle, fur anutiser ullcucr, nod conveyed away iu
couch.

l'at:Yttert.au D reit •trv.—On Friday week a young
mon of the name of 'Thema, 11.pkias. rail :Tweet the awful
•,-nteare of the law, after a career of giolt, which, although ,
shoes, terms to have been m kt dby all extraordinary depee
of profligacy. li v age was but Inepty y.-ate; and beta eete
the ;AV.O Cr 4 and 2,1 he confi toed twirtoc.rommitted the
odlinces : 2141 s tonfewioo was talsyn before W. A.
land, Esq., oar of the Justices of the ready of Darby
4.448,44,. at different-limo, horses' mama aid, tails, mud to
cowl' tails; cottiog off the feet of a livine_sheep in the
V:apiht highway rpbbecies; hreaktlN into hugeness'
ihims three ditfaent times, and Stealing tbereout whole
sides End joints of notion; breaking into.oue house one
. ann.. one., pantry, two tort:Twill!, UP %nee tilfilpike.;..use,
ond•stealing there/it flour, meat, clothes, Money, dtc.
robbing gardens 21. digrreid times; .stranug one puny I
stealing poetry 03 different times, kO9 Nati. 21 geese, 9
ducks, laid fourteen turkicsr stealing at 3.f different limes
43 pecks of wheat; atealiag at 20 iiiterrut.litnes di rabbits ;
stealing at.2.l.different times I la pecks of potatoes; stealing
20 different times lf&sheep and tbrcelanilis. shooting one
alive; walking cow s hi the silent time I/whinging to 6G different
persons; stealing al 4 didereut tituerlOd pigeons out of dove-
cotes; setting Are to roru stacks, sod attempting to fire
tatters, on several occasions. •ro this catalogue was added
nn almost incalculable how.ber of mimic ofences, so that
scarce a day seemed to have escaped float the commence-
mein of his career of guilt without the peril. 'ration of some
alence.,the fruits of which were arm in the waist species
of gAb oche r y 11,e was fully condeinned at the last Derby
Assizes, for highway rolibrry, hosing previonly turned
evitleutie against four of ha companions fur setting
sire to toe stacks of hay and corn in the firm-ys.d ..f ((dotal
Malmo, 411 of.whoou were eueeuted. This wretched youth
,WIUMW by rade, and up to the age of:fourteen was
brought 4:41 witil great propriety. He rho, unhappily hi taint
acquainted with a youth. of the name of Jack,on, one of
spar who terminated his evittence on the for firing
,the stacks of Colon, I Halton, and by him was led on ustae
irrcKularitin haih_we have described. !luclo,on was the
sun Oa depraved father, whol..total by while hit own son
Arns.launelted into cternity, and vilitchs:::ipie a candidate fur
, the o:fice of execat Miter to !loot's,. Hopkins did not seem
to feel Me awfuluesa of his situation, and died without ea-
. hitilting any symptoms of nunoise. Ile hoped, however.
.that his death would operate as a aiming
.10 oi Mei!, agid
ascribed all his crimes t+ the erif-example of vicious

sweet:am
Ezra scums:Ants Istros7ror.-4,ast week, upon
the arrival of-the Guildford coach at Tooting, some
of the passengers observed a man apparently hanging
front the- bough of a tree on the roati-side; they
hsstened to the spot And found the mall breathing)
his feet totsched.the grouud; they supposed that he
•had just tied himself up, end intended to commit
suicide ; he was soon able to speak, and stated that
he was driven by extreme distress to desperation,
and bad resolved to put an end to his misery. His
statenaent excited the compassion of some of the
pamergers, and Lc was relieved, arid the parish
officers visited him at a pet:lie-house, and promised
to give him more permanent assistance. On the
following day he was taken ,chore the Bench of
Magistrates which sat at Tandsworth, drat he
might be removed to his parish, and he was recog-
nized by a number of officers as a uotorieus vaga-
bond and impostor, who about twelve months ago
was more fortunate in obtaining money by a similar
trick; at Fulham ha tied himself to a door-post,
and was immediately cut down and relieved.—
Many other fraudulent tricks he has successfully
played, end untamed a great deal of money by his
• imposition. He,was convicted as a rogue and a va-
gabond, and fully committed.
A horse belonging to . Mr. Matthew Moyle, of
Chasewuter, was taken ill and died a few days since;
as no cause could be assigned for its illness, the cars
eau was opened, when an adder nearly two feet and
a half long was found in the stomach.
Friday 'right, just after dark,the .;•ittidstone coach
was robbed of a large parcel, containing property of
emsiderable value, belonging to a house in the city.
'I he coachman had placed the parcel on the top of
the coach, and all the outside passengers sat at the
front; *thief, spying.an opportunity, mounted be-
hind, removed the parcel Unperceived, and escaped.
..Ertecuttom.—Four of the seven timieralalt 1114:11 1111.•
der sentence of death at Ipswich, hate been reprieved,
it.—C. Rayner and J. S. Baker, far horse-stealing ;
William Neave, for a Inirglaiy at Friston; and Joseph
Webb, for shooting at Mr. Baker, of Bentley. 011 n
Thursday' they were 4,liformed that their lives would be
spared, is hen their behaviour was Indy affecting. The
two latter fell on their knees, and continued for some
moments in fervent prayer and thanksgiving for the
mercy so unexpectedly ahewn them, and evinced the
strongest abhorrence of their former conduct. Webb
has nine children ; Raper is only to years of age; on
this accßunt, and, as it. was his firststrence, a lye' ition
in his favour had been numerously signed awl dis-
patched, but a reprieve was granted previously to its arri-
val. Fran; the periods( their condemnation issr she bin.-
lacy at Whitton, Ranson, Hilyard, and Laws prepared
f.,c death with the tatipost penitence and propriety of
conduct. On Saturday last. the c.innisals wve led out
fur execution 111)1111 the Turnkey's Lodge, Ipswich, at
about twelve si:clouk. An immense concourse of people
.surround ed. dee fatal spoi, of . whcun a very great propos- '
lion- were females, to whose minds we could wish such
scenes less congenial. Hilyard was in sn weak a state
that he was obliged .to he supported to the scaffold.
Laws, who was a tall athletic man, struggled fur some
sittite after l;e was turned off the other two seemed to
have died iceteetwxausly.