The National Register.
London, England, 1818-06-21 00:00:00

BOXING.

The eat:scents task is again assigned us mf detailing;
one of those scenes which took place on Tuesday last be-
tween Randall :nisi ltuie, which render ❑s Cie disgrace of
neighbouring states, the inhabitants of which must cone( jet,
94 a hetet-op:nous race, as while we are toiasthig of our phi.
lundiropy, in vital/AL:Wog I3ible Societies, ..:•couraging systems
of education among the poor, of our acquisitions in the polite
arts, and of our slope, ;or refinement, we turn out myriads ot•
spectators to glut their inhu nail curiosity with the
of two fellow creatures bruising and man..;ling each other, not
from cumi y nt revenge, hut coolly and premeditate 1.. for a
pecuniary prize. It must, however, afford satssfacii di to the
ri Heeling mind to learn, that siome of tlic Magistrates are
alive to their duty, and on the alert to prevent, as fir
them lies, the dire disgrace falling within their disuiet ; as
on the appearance of the pugilists at :Woolsey Her-t, the in-
tended ilea deem, they were pot to the route, and relived to
ColuribWarren,where they were no sooner compleied, than the
motley ;mime was again driven of, am! Wimbledon Common
was the place assigned by Jackson, their leader. We wish
the Magistrates h•td exerted their iditharity a farther,
and token this gent:emu and other principalagents in custody,
iliry iming,toall intents aud pit rposes, disturners of the public
peace. and acting contra bones mores. The following is a de-
cription of the rounds

Round 1. Randallifibbrd his oppenent'a head most severely, and
in tbe close threw him.—Betting 4 vs 2.
Y. Much sparring. Burke chewed first blood ; Randall hit him
on the bead, and both van: down.
3 Burke with a slight hit fell down.
4. Burke's head began to swell very much. In a elm botl, w.:nt
down. Burke urdennost.
.. Randall planted two blows on his antagonist's head without re-
ceiving any return. Burke egain down.
6. Severe fighting. Both down. Berke undennoet
7. Both down again, and Burke under.
8. Burke had rather the advantage.
9. Much spelling, and Burke was again down.
10. A complete hugging round. Randall had considerably the
worst'of it.
11. Randall threw Burke a tremendous cross.buttock.
12 and 15. Berke thrown again, after much hugging.
14. !gouda!! was in this round undermost; but he -fibbed his op-
ponent severely and had the best of it.
13 andlti. Much hugging oecurred. Both down.ansl Burke under
each time.
17. Bandiell planted a severe blow on the neck of Burke, and he was
again Elwyn.
18. ltandall planted a tremendous hit on the head of Burke. which
the latter returned with intema, for be hit Banda!: tour severe blows
on the side o' the h-ad, ec. without receiving any return.. In
a close they both went down.
19. Dunce had decidedly the best of this round, and in a hug they
both went demi
ge. Randall hit Burke a tremendous blow on the fare. rhielt the
latter rewtned with son:e sharp hits. Both down, and Burke under-
most— t to 2 on Randall.
21. Much sparring. Randall planted some severe blows on his an-
tegonises head, which a as how truly terrific.
td Burke,from a ahelit bit, fell, and apyeared very weak.
25. Randall planted throe terrible blows. and in a close threw
Eurke most severely.—Tune was called, but Broke had dislocated
his collar bone. and Randall was declared victor, after a tight of three
quarters of ar. boor.
R'exaltas.—ln several rounds they were two or three mi-
nutes I)et,t.r a blow wrt strut:lt, and r gi a' deal Li:snugging
..ecurr, d, whinh occasioned much disapprobation. Randall
had scarcely a scratch.

The Kent:sh Ce:trier of Tuesday last, gives the following ex-
planation of a mysterious affair ut the two human heads, which
had been tliteovereil:—" In our last we related the mysterious cir-
cumstance of two human beads lia.;;im; been found in a basket, in an
ash plantation, near the Half-way (louse, between Rochester and
Gravesend. 4)n Monday afternoon, the oth inst. one of the Gentle-
men -of the ,ledical Staff, at Fort Pitt, went to view. the heads;
when he teeop,nised than as. those of two withers, who had died at
Fort l'itt, during the .preceiling and who had been buried on
evssning. On returning to Ghatlisun, anti making this
cons-
niunicatiou. the graves in the burying ground at Chatham were
opened, in which the mm heal' been buried, when it was discovered
that the nails of the coffin hatlbeen drawn, and the head board taken
out, anti rtplaecd. On cpeuing the coffins. the bodies we-e
tinuul
to I.e decapit,ted, and as there was nesiloubt of their identity, the
two heads wet; fitted to their respective bodies. and re-harieel. sever,
e hope. to be agaia disturbed. On the investigation a hick took.
place previously to the heatis being again consiiined to the grave, it
wits ascertair.ed that two re,urrection men came train lanitlon h. the
Gravesend boats, on Thursday week, and return,: on. Sunday by
the same cen veyaree. and there is no doubt that they were 9., per
sons, in conjanetion te'.th sous:, assistant at this plum. who 'sue eon-
• cerned' in tins disgusting and unnatural transaction. It also appe.;:red
• that,,..at this season of. the year, wl.en the whole body bet:tit., • ..")
putrid for disseedon, t: human Nods are sought for by
for which they pay 1,;:lt-a-gitimu each : beton: the heads are disposed
of for tli7sertion, however. all the front teeth are extracted, and they
are sold to dentitwin the metropolis, fur 3'. ea It, by whom .thev
ate cleaned, filed to a regular s'.ape.,and duly prepared to be plinattl
lathe jaws of those WI.) u:.:fortastately in want of such main: and
ornamental assistants. two soldiers had remarkably good teeth.
raid the w'siole of the the ftont ones had been extracted, previously to
the discovery of t: c
Ar article from Appleby, of the I.sth inst. says—" A. &trim:
attack-was made on J. Thompson, a miller, near the Guide Post, at
Tuck Green, about half a mile front Appleby, by two fellowsoccom-
panied by a female. They first askial Thompson tear sonic money,
which he refute: when one of thrm kv,oclud lam down, 'Ned his
pockets of iisti. t.ate, Ss. titl. in silver. and a knife; and another of
them cut his throat in a dreadful manner. The wounded man still
survives, but is in a very dengetous state."
DuE!..—A meeting took place on Tuesday morning nt seven
o'clock at C-11.1"( Farm, beween Lieut. tVilliam.s. of the Royal Navy,
and Mr. Walrot. The parties exchanged shots twice, and on the last
the Mr. Vs ,oust received a wound in his left arm. The seconds then
interfetal, and the parties left the ground on friendly terms. The
meeting originated in a dispute at Vaunball Gardens on Wednesday
night.
An ing,ic.t was held at the Albany Tavern, Caniherwell, on Wed-
nesday, on the body of Samuel, ,on of Mr. Kentish, et* t.ong.lane,
Bermondsey aged 2th, who was drowned while bathais t;urrcy
anal. Vadiet—AccidentalDeatit.