The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

BONING AND CUDGELLING AT RIDDLESWORTH
NEAR TAM WORTH, HERTS.

The provincial fanciers bad a good morning's play
yesterday, on Riddlesworth Downs, in two hosing-
matches, and a cudgelling match. The heroes for
the first battle were (not the Torn Jones of Fielding,
nor Tom Jones the brave competitor of Jem Bel-
cher), but Jones, a pupil of the latter, a farmer,
who knew how to use his mauleys well, and Abel
Norris, a Cambridgeshire man, backed for 20
Guineas by some collegiate sprigs of fashion.
I.—Four bald rounds were fought which occupied 36
minutes. In the first round Norris was nearly pinked
blind by the left handed kits, which, if not of the harde.t
kind, told by repetitions. Jones was floored by a tight-
handed blow an ins h abo*e the mark. .

2.—Norris got laced of his uclicerssry at going in, and
gave him some pulley hauley punishment, and thee threw
lent a heavy sonierset.
3.—Jones wot ked with much caution upon his science,
and tied much out execution, but in it rally, which basted
several milantes, much execution is as perlot cued, and both
went down weak.
4.—Norris was too blind to find the scratch, and he
was knocked down by a body hit, which won Junes the
fight.
A second battle was fought for a purse of five
guineas, between two awkward novices, which was
a contrast to the former, and afibrded much fun.
Their names were Gee and Roach, and the affecta-
tion of science caused the fun. Nut a drop of claret
sprinkled the ground from them, but it w;:s round
hitting, where the wrist instead of the fist acted.
After fifty minutes Roach gave in with a slap on
the side of the head. . _ _

Our informant left the single-stick players con-
tending for a hat worth a guinea, second best ten
shillings, and five for the worst of the lot. Baxter
from %Vanstead won the hat, and we left the others
in contention.

MYSTERIOUS ROBBSItY.—Ah extensive robbery has
been commitied. under CirCUOISlaliCeS of a very extra-
ordinary nature, hitherto without detectian :—A bank-
ing house in the city, hail occasion to send a remittance
ul hel%teeil 1300 f. and WU!. in bank notes, to a I,,,iker's
at Plymouth, they wet e packed up in a sniatl box, sealed
with an official seal, and sent by the porter of the house
to a particular waggon ollice, to be sent off hy a Plymouth
wagguia early next Morning. He was almi ordered to
cuter it as of the value of 4501. and insure it to that
4111011111. The porter left the bank with the box, but it
happened that lie did not get to the wagami office until
the books had closed for the night, and the box could
not be sent by the next wag2,oti. The clerk at the wag-
gon ollice, however, took tine box and locked it up in
an iron chest, where it remained until the next waggon
started snout two days. Ll was then placed ill the waggon
111 Sll6l a situatiou that it was utterly impossible to take
it out oil the roan, It so happened, that on the arrival
of the waggon at Plymouth, we chief partner in the
bank .here, who also open such parcels was extremely
and the box remained five or Lit days before it was
opened, It was however kept secure in the banking
how:, and when at length it was given to the chief
partilt.r to be opened, the seals of the London Bank
were still upon it, and to all appearance it was precisely
in the 11.11111.1S1Ale as when it lett the hands of the batik
clerk here. Tice surprise, therefore, of the Plymouth
Banker may be conceived, when on opening the box lie
bet iid it to contain not hilig but a parcel of waste paper !
—tic the interval, between the leaving of the parcel at
the waggon office and its arrival at Plymouth, the whole
of the notes which were first enclosed in it were put in
circulation in the metropolis. An inquiry being set on
tiot, it was discovered that the porter, when he went
to the waggon office had a mats with him. lie was
questlollCd as to his acquaintance with this man, and
said he had only known nun a short time, and tnat he
knew him from his haying had a cnandler's shop to
Mitch he (the porter) was about to take. 'flits Mali was
applied to benne he could see the porter, and asked if
he had ever wished to let his shop, and he at first replied
with a decided negative, but alter some further coi.ver-
sation tie said he believed he had once made au oiler to
a friend of his to let the shop This man alai the !.otter
underwent a long and severe interrogation, but nothing
was extracted 40111 theta that could tend to throw any
light upon this most singular affair. Maher rests
here for the present, and is we understand to be decided
between the London Bankers and the proprietors of the
waggon (Alice by civil action. Another banker's parcel
was plundered in a similar way but a short time before
Fraliy morning, about three o'clock, the faintly of
Mr. Faiinzr, etteesettionger, 129,1101 Street, Shadwell,
were awoke out of their sleep, and thrown into the
utmost alarm, at hearing a crack illlg 11111 Se; SlypUltilla
It to be occasioned by robbers elide ivouring to gain
admission they got up, and after making the necessary
preparations iti case of au attack, Mr. Fancier not being
at home; a person went out cautiousy, and gave tilt
alarm at the two adjoining houses, occuptea by Mr.
Boenester, a tea de..ler, and Mr Spring, patent navy
paint and ship bottoming warehouse, who also got up to
oppose WC el:Rance of the supposed rooters. A greater
degree of terror, however, was iinin.aliately excited
amongst the oc-copiers, rte whole of the cools of the
three houses failing in at the
CfaStl, Looting down the whole o: the third floor ()leach
house, and materially damaged the second. Two child-
ren who were at that time asleep in a room on the secomi
floor in Mr. Farmer's house, miraculously escaped being
killed, one of the rafters in i.s lall hat t.ig gut tight
through the Glut 01 the red iu which they slept ; hat
not these families been roused through the above c, rem.
stances, several hies must have been lose, as the greater
part of the families its each houscslept on the thud
floor.