The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-15 00:00:00

joining to th,.- poor-, surprise
suddenness of his rec;tvery, area how he was . to
te.ilet go so much suffering? To which he answered, that he
had uo recolleceiOn of having experienced any.' She then asked
him, if he did not recollect feeltag any pain when the Surgeon
'PTAs scraping his heal ? To which he replied, " that he per.
feet!), recollected that."
The extraordinary rayidity of this young manis recovery, sf
ter obtaining his discharge from his regiment, having excited,
in combination with the other circumstances which we formerit
stated, an opinion that imposition had been practised, some of
the neighbours reported that a press. gang was coming for him..
This, it is supposed, having reached his ears, he absconded,
and not a syllable has been hard of him since.
Old Adams was himself formerly in the military service, and
effected his discharge by counterfeiting illness,; though not of
that description which has been assumed by his son. The opi,
nion is very general that he has assisted his son in his artifices,
and that Mod has been secretly conveyed to him. Under this
impression, however, it is necessary to state that the father
was denied all access to him for several days while he was is
jail.
Whe the degree of suffering, to which this young man has
submitted m various forms, and the term of misery to which
he has devoted himself (a period of between four and five
months) are considered, it is hardly possible not to pronounce
the present ca:;tt as one which, for unsubdued resolution—crafti-
ness of plan, and perseverance of exertion, is beyond all parallel
in the records of systematic villainy. The incessant vigilance
necessary to Linde detection—the Spartan fortiutde in suppress-
in.; the evidences of pain—the youth of the delinquent—the
skitful arrangements connected with this infamous exploit—
when all these are tA,:n into consideration, we are inclined to
subteribe to the pliil,Aol.hy of those who assert the omnipotence
of mind over the baser n-atterials of our nature, and cease to
wonder at the torturt4 Indian, who, in the ingeniously pro-
tracted agoilks of I derides the savage triumph of his env.
tuies.—(Taiintete Colo LT.)

PUGILISM.

As we feel pretty well convinced many of our readers are not
sufficiently milted in their notions to have availed themselves of
an opportunity to witness the lortbarous.nmxity of persons ethi•
biting themselves on a stage, for the purpose of blackening the
eyes, breaking the noses, and picking the pockets of their bigai-,
fied patrOns (pltgiliitically tortured into the piano phrase of
" giving indruction in the Science id eelf-defence '') Ae esteem
it a matter of duty to inform them, that three perilous, ackilqw-.
ledgod adepts in all die arts ccimetted with pugilism (which is
said to include amongst its embellishments the adroitness of Big
Soantes), have been Fez-Arming tt the Royal Circus, in this
town, during the last wcek to numbers of their now en-ligbt-
ene,l votarie,.. It will hardy be credited, that the admirers of'
those Gewlemen are so far infituated (i. e. gulled), as to bey
bottle of wine for access to their society—five shillings' to lie-
hold the divrasting disproportion of the breast of one of thefts-,..
half a crown for a sct-to thumpitig-match) with Mr. Tom
Belcher. who is allowed, by enenent judges to be a pretty hither{
and to possess much science—tive shillings for a drop of claret (a
blocHly nose)—a angle (seven shilling piece) for a Mayne= eye
(a Mack cye)—half a gei:,ca for a knock-down blow, provided it
is cleanse/ done, which comprehe7lds much, namely, to take the
practitioner coMpletely oft his feet with one thump, ant send
him spinning out of the ring—but should this even be accompa•
nird by a broken jaw, dislocated•teeth, and a split lip, the pro-
je.:32r makes no extra charge, but it is cm:ornary to give Nolte-
thing additional for such a happy combitratik.n at circumstance'r
the effect: of science, dc.rt::rity, Lind sfrength, in the proftssnr.--
A kw anuteurs (like stab:e-boys employed to exercise holies)
have had the felleity of a ;cf-ta,..l.vith Molyovux, for the purpose
of promoting perspiration, and keeping him in wind, an essen-
tial part of training, preparatt,ry to the ruffianly cont. st between
him and Crib. Others, not so highly
.INvourrd, are obliged to
content themselves with a lesson from Richman, an etc! hand on,
the town; and the remaining amateurs, whose abitost feminine
softness renders it hazardous to lift a piece of Irish iron-tithe
counter to the shelf, prudently content themselves with tying
their cravats in the Belcher kick (style), aping the slows my gait
of Molyneux, contracting their bows into a pugilistic frowns
and jostling the ladies on the pier, to show that the brave are:al-
ways gallant. Such are the particulars, and such the influence
of our new visitors on the habits of their patrons and admirers.
One circumstance should not be °mitt, d which is, that Mr.
Molyneux lictrayel a white feather (cowardice) to one --
Bull, in a field near Newland, where the monarch of the- herd
atonally attacked the wuuld-be Champion of England, who was

NATIONAL ,lIECASt Eil .
.5610
On the morning of Friday the Mh. young Adams winter;
t, into the cottage of Martha tozens, who lives next door and ad-
joming to th- poor-hou,e. She expressed great surprise at the
suddenness of his reclvcry, I•tild a,lted him, how he wu able to