The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

The Match between Mace and Coburn,

The following letter appears in a contemporary :—" Sir,
—As Mace has published letters in the sporting journals,
n which he reflects upon myself, and as you are considered
the daily organ of fair sporting, I trust to your impartiality
for the favour of inserting this reply. Maoe says that
'Mr Brunton never found a shilling,' A truthful state-
ment of facts will be the best answer to this. I was ap-
pointed to receive all moneys to be staked on Mace's behalf,
and the proof of my having done so is that I still hold the
receipts for the money placed in the hands of the stake-
holder. It is not to be supposed, nor have I ever asserted,
that I found him the £630, but I did my best towards it.
The sporting gentlemen placed their money in my hands,
which I duly forwarded to Bell's Life; and since his letter
I have asked several who they were 'standing' money
with, and their answer has uniformly been, With you,
Brunton.' If I did not actually put the £6OO down for
him, it was deposited and raised by and through me. I am
sorry to expose that which should have been secret, but in
my own defence I must remind Mace that when a forfeit
was imminent, and when onlylloo a-side had been posted,
I went and made good the £5O on my own responsibility and
risk, not knowing if the match had fallen through whether
I should get back a farthing. Is this not finding money ?
Again, another peril assailed the progress of the match, and
sooner than that it should be off, one of Mace's best friends
advanced £l5 beyond the £5O he had already given, at my
most urgent appeal. Is not this ' finding' or getting' the
money ? In the list that gentleman will be found for £95
instead of £5O, These are facts that Mace, or his scribes,
cannot gainsay.

"And, now, as to the Dublin affair, My leaving him
without a shilling is simply false. Mace told me that he
had plenty of money to get him to the ring side; be that as
it may, I paid the hotel bill, amounting to £l2 113. 61.,
out of which ill 23. 31, was for himself, Milner, and Mr
Montague (Mace's secretary). To say that I left him
without a shilling is ungrateful as well as untrue, as I lent,
or as I suppose it will prove, gate him £5. When Milner
came to the choice of the referee, I certainly would not give
the veto out of my hands, having a due regard to those who
had found the stakes, and intrusted them in my hands. I
named the representative of Bell's Life for referee, and, of
course, I oltjected to a Mr Bowler, whom I did not know,
who was not present, and when I aske.i to see him he was
not forthcoming.
" No possibility of the match coming cif, I then said that I
had done with the affair, having a proper regard to those
gentlemen who had found the money on the understanding
that it was for a fair, straightforward contest, and so I left.
I did not leave Mace penniless, as I have proved, It was
from no wish of mine that he showed in public or ran races
with bygone champions. I went from place to place, and
did my best to bring (Jr the match. I expended £8 10s.
beyond £25 I took with me to forward Mace's interest.
This I do not regret, but I think it wrong that truth
should be perverted.
"Mace says I ' did not find a shilling.' I repeat I hold
the vouchers for the whole of the stakes down at Bell'
Life; and if any of those gentlemen who have found the
money, with myself, do not receive their own again, it will
be no fault of " Your obedient servant,
"BARRY T. BRUNTON.
"Beech-street, Barbican, Oct. 8."

THE LIFEBOAT ENGRAVING.--The proprietors
of the Illustrated London IVetcs, with the same
disposition they have shown on former occasions to aid in
promoting the great and truly benevolent objects of the
National Lifeboat Institutiu, are about to publish, wi:h the
number of that journal for the 16th instant, a largo coloured
engraving, from an original and special drawing in water
colours, by Edward Duncan. Berl , Member of the Society of
Painters in Water Colour FI the subject being " The Lifeboat
off Tynemt;ulh Bar." As this admirable coloured illustra-
tion is one ei the finest pictures cf the lifeboat of the insti-
tution ever issued, we trust that it will receive a very large
circulation, and thus be a permanent memorial of the noble
work which is performed in every storm by the gallant fel-
ows who are ever ready to man our lifeboats.
ITLIE GREAT BENEDICTINE MONASTERY of
Monte Cassino is true to its glorious literary tradi•
tions. Its Scriptorium was the Oxford University Press of
the middle ages, and turned out the most beautiful copies
of Virgil, Horace, and Livy, as well as of the Missal and
Breviary. The monks are now engeged in printing a new
edition of the "Divina Cornme,lia" from a MS. of the
fourteenth century preserved in their library.
WRECKS.—During the past week 35 wrecks have
been reported, making a total for the present year of 1,361