The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-02 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

The Court was occupied in hearing arguments from cues
on the Special paper, involving points of law of no public
importance.

Mr. W. Smith, of Burytown, a short time since,
sold a sow and pigs in Ilighworth market, for the very im-
mense sum of ninety-six pounds.—Devizes Gazette.
Bill Sheen was apprehended this morning and taken
to Lambeth-street.

THE GREAT MILL BETWEEN OWEN SWIFT
AND LAZ ARUS (THE JEW), FOR £lOO A- ME.—The above trial
of skill, which has excited the fancy, in no small degree, for
the last three months, was deceded yesterday afternoon on the
Forest, near Royston, thirty-seven miles from London.
They both appeared in the ring in excellent condition, and
both eager for the fray. Swift was seconded by Dick Curtis,
and the Sheeney by Young Sam and Barney Aaron ; and by
way of a tiny bit of confidence, Swift backed himself with La.
?Icarus for 10/. The fight was long—very long; but a de-
tail of the rounds might prove tiresome—although seve-
ral of them were contested with spirit and skill equal
to the best periods of the ring—the changes were numerous—
and in fact it was far from being safe to Swift several times
during the fight. In truth, at one period it was anybody's
battle. It was the opinion of several persons round tha ring,
that the Jew was twice hit out of time; but which circum-
stance did not appear to be the fact to the umpire (,in ex-
perienced gentleman in these matters) who told
nCanrtis
to "yo on I" We do not vouch for the fact, but it was
reported in the ring, that owing to a tremendous fall which
Lazarus received during the fight—his collar-bone, if
dis-
located, was seriously injured an hour before the batt e ter-
minated ; however, at the expiration of two hours a ten
minutes, the Jew was satisfied that the stakes were not within
his reach—he was beaten, and led out of the ropes. Hi was
severely punished ; but, for his manliness, and the high cou-
rage he displa)ed, his backer presented him with a 501. note.
Indeed, so satisfied were his backers in general, that they have
offered to match him for a higher sum than Swift.

The sketch of " Robert Holmes"—an eminent
Member of the Irish bar—from the note-book of an
Irish Minister, is a performance of which we cannot
speetk too highly. We trust it will be followed by
many others written with equal fearlessness and impar-
tiality. Sketches of all the leading men that figured
in Ireland from 1780 to 1805 are wanted to fill up a
wide chasm in the political annals of the Sister King-
dom. The memoirs of Wolfe Tone and Sir Jonah
Barrington serve only to show how little is yet known
of the lights and shadows of the most momentous
pe►iod in the social history of a people for seven cen-
turies engaged in a vain struggle for national inde-
pendence. " Parliamentary Portraits," by the author
of " Random Recollections of the House of Com-
mons," &c., is a capital paper. Mr. Bernal, Mr.
Aglionby, Mr. James, Mr. Jervis, Mr. J. Grattan,
Mr. Handley, and Mr. Howard, are sketched to the
life. " Ardent Tronghton," by the author of " Rat-
lin the Reefer," is continued in this Number. There
arc several other papers of considerable merit, and a
very clever review of Mr. Buiwer's " Athens." The
literary notices are numerous, and well written.

'THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
Simphin and Marshall.
Our old friend Anthony Poplar must look more
sharply after his contributions 'than he has done for
several months past. It is really " too bad," as Lord
Eldon would say, to allow two and three, and some-
times four months to intervene between the com-
mencement and the continuation of an article. Is
the Rev. Blackthorn M‘Flail never to be christened ?
or will such a good Catholic as Bostheen allow his
child to die without baptism ? The introduction to
the " Boyhood of a Dreamer" appeared in the Num-
ber for July, and in the Number for June we are pre-
sented with the first fragment. No apology on the
part of a contributor, no degree of excellence in a con-
tribution so tardily offered, can allay the public dis-
pleasure at having its patience thus wantonly trifled
with. We trust our friend Anthony will look to this
more particularly for the time to come. If we are to
have a series of " Fragments" of Boyish dreams
—and from the specimen before us we could
wish that such were the case—let us have them with-
out interruption. The verses before us are certainly
beautiful—very beautiful—breathing throughout the
high inspiration of poetry. The " Portrait of Sheridan"
is finished in this Number. As a whole it does not
realize our anticipations of the fairness of its propor-
tions, though it is by no means a discreditable per-
formance. " Notes of a Tour by Ulysses O'Gom-
melah, Esq.," is capital, and if continued in the
saw vein of quiet humour, will do more to correct a
ridiculous habit of journalizing fooleries and afterwards
publishing them, than fifty pages of the grayest cen-
sure that ever appeared in the columns of the Quar-
terly and Edinburgh Reviews. There are numerous
contributions in verse—some of them worthy of our
first living poets. Upon the whole, however, the
June Number of the " Dublin University Magazine"
is heavy—very heavy—the heaviest, indeed, that has
appeared for several months.

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
We are not surprised at the large sale of this Maga-
zine, for it appeals to the sympathies of a large class
of readers, naval and military men—and usually con-
tains articles of a most stirring, animated kind. Of
such a sort are the " Three Months with the Carlists"
and the " Sketches of Naval Life" in this Number,
both of which contain many exciting scenes and de-
scriptions. The last in particular describes the rise
and progress of a destructive conflagration in an In-
dian dwelling, and of the writer's difficult escape from
the scene of danger, in a style of unusual vigour.
" Notes on the late Catastrophe at Hernani," which are
accompanied by reflections on the present war in
Spain, will be sure to arrest the attention of all who
are familiar with the regent debates in the House of
Commons on the subject, the more especially as the
article is the production of an engineer officer who has
been an eye-witness of the greater part of the campaign.