The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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9. Both down after a short rally, and both weak.
10. The Black went down with hits slight left and right.
11. Both fighting much exhausted, and without doing Hindi exe-
cution, but the Black was still strong with his right band. Rich-
mond the favourite, at trifling odds.
12. Shelton tell in over reaching himself of going in.
13- Richmond brought his adversary too by a blow with the lift
hand, and he teceived him with the right with much force, and
Shelton tell by its force. 2tol on Richmond.
14. Shelton, out of temper. run his adversary down.
In Slur 19th and 16th rounds Richmond missed his hits, and dos-
kg finished them.
17. Shelton was thrown, after receiving a hit. •
18. Shelton received slightly with the Black's left-hand, and he
ran in again upon that destructive right one, which punished him
severely.
19. A smart rally, to the advantage of Richmond, who planted a
hit, and then went down.
20. In this rotund there was murmuring about a font blow, alledg-
ed to have been delivered by Richmond, but the Umpire decided
lair.
21. The Black hit and retreated to all parts of the ring, and
Shelton followed to receive with much impetuosity, and hi► him in
the face when on the ground. Much contusion in the ring, but ►he
battle proceeded on.
-22. Shelton was knocked down by a heavy blow.
23. Richmond planted another heavy hit upon Lis adversar)'s
eye, which bled much. and he could not silic.r to time tor another
round. The battle lasted 25 minutes.
REMARKS.

Richmond had much to do hi the early part of the battle, mid
although his made of cautions fighting did not afford a very high
treat to the greater part of the ring, lie won cleverly. His right
hand was always in action, and did its usual execution, and he won
gallantly. He is now 52, and he publicly declared in the ring his
intention to decline

AUG. 6.

which has appeared in almost all Newspapers : and this Depontnt
.sailli, that the facts therein stated are la holly lake and untrue; .and
that, on the contrary, this Deponent, at every interview with Ids
said daughter, when her guilt or homer nee was the subject of col,-
wersation, did most earnestly entreat and solemnly conitne his said
dinigh ter to 'declare all. it any thing, that she lowly tespeeting the
poisoning of the Family of the said Mr. Turner ; and, notwith-
standing many and repeating injunction. .11 his, this D piment's
part, that she should make a foil' and open confession. itcnilty, of
the crime alleged against her, she, on all sneh omisions, up to and
including the last interview he had with his sai daughter, previou4
to her execution, did totally deny all knowledge or participation pt
or in the said crime ; and solemnly affirmed her innocence upon all
and every such cceasion or orcasious, its Ptroo_!ly,as this deponent
is informed and believes, she did to the rtev. Mr. Co Nit. the Oa di-
nary of Newgate, rt few mitintes previous to her ace tithing the scat
told, when she emphatically declared, in %soros to the following or
the like tfi-cet, that is to say Before the jikt and Almighty God,
and by the Faith of the Holy Sacrament I have taken, 1 am inno-
cent of the offence with which I am charged."
WILLIAM FENNING.
Sworn, at the Mansion-House of the
City of London, this Second Day
of August, 1815.