The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

PATSY REARDON AND JEM DILLON von X200.--The
match between these well known members of the ring was
originally fixed to come off the same day as the late encoun-
ter for the championship; but as it was pointed out to the
backers of the belligerents that there was no chance of the
contest being got off, owing to Hicks and Gollagher having
also decided to fight in the same ring, they arranged to
postpone the meeting between the combatants.
The combatants were confined to lOst 21b, and on Mon-, day went to scale at Bob Travers's new house, near Leices-
ter-square, when both were within the mark.
An aquatic trip had been resolved upon ; and, . for the
purpose of being up and away betimes, the start from the
metropolis was fixed to take place at an early hour, so that,
the expedition was well on the journey long before break of
day. After a rapid voyage with a strong swinging tide, a
debarkation was effected on well known ground, when Fred
Oliver, the commissary, lust no time in forming the lists.
Reardon had for his seconds George Crockett and John,
Hicks ; Bob Travers and Jerry Noon (the eccentric and un-
defeated) waited upon Dillon, who was far from being in
such fine condition as his antagonist. The odds were 6to
4in favour of Dillon. At seven minutes to nine o'clock the
men were left to commence their gallant battle. The open-
ing bout was an extremely long one, lasting 31 minutes,
and in this round the first of the three leading points
was gained by Reardon with the left. On the termi-,
nation of the fourth round the belligerents had been con,
tending one hour and one minute, these bouts having each
been of long duration, and the men all the time remarkably
busy. As the battle progressed the combatants fought with
increased rapidity, and round after round the contest; from
the fearless manner in which the men fought, became in-
tamely exciting. Again and again the rallies took the men
all over the ring, Reardon, who had now a decided lead,
administering left and right on the head; while Dillon,
with the right, was effective on the body, stopping his man
at times with the right guard very cleverly. In the sixth
round Reardon sent his man to grass, and in the seventh
Patsy again delivered a telling blow when Jem wont down,
so that the second of the leading points was thus ecided
in Reardcar's favour. t'..‘o confident were his friends, and
such a lead was he considered to have, that the odds of 10
to 1 were offered. On the finish of the twelfth round the
contest had lasted one hour and 23 minutes. Still the game
Dillon kept coming up, round after round, with undaunted
bravery. In the first ring there were 39 rounds fought, in
two hours and 42 minutes—Dillon in the last two of these
bouts having made his chance look much fairer by two
heavy falls which he gave his opponent—when the police
made their appearance. Hostilities were of course sus-
pended, 'When the ring had been formed a second time,
the belligerents went to work in the same gallant and de-
termined style as before. In the second ring there were
twenty-seven additional rounds fought, in favour of Rear-
don, although the manner in which Dillon contended to
the last was truly heroic. At this point the ring was
broken in in Jem's corner, and for the last half-dozen
rounds there was a good deal of confusion, during which
the police arrived. In the whole there were 56 rounds
fought. The aggregate time (two rings) was three hours
and eleven minutes. The backers of Reardon claimed
the battle, as the ring was broken in at Dillon's corner,
for the purpose, as they allege, of gaining time to let
the police come up. The referee, in the confusion
that prevailed, refused to give any decision until ho
had seen the stakeholder this day, when, doubtless, he will
give such a decision as will meet the merits of the case.
Oliver had a very thankless office to discharge, and it is
only right to state that, in the appeals made (though some
of them were of a frivolous nature), he acted with strict im-
partiality.

DEATH OF MR. W. G. R. GRATWICKE.—The
death of the above well-known sportsman took place at his
seat, near Arundel, on Friday last, after a long and severe
attack of bronchitis. As Mr. Gratwicko died unmarried,
we have no doubt the whole of his horses in training, which
lately went to Harry Goater's, at Littleton, as well as his
valuable collection of brood mares, will shortly come to the
hammer

THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.--A letter from
Puente-Nacional, of the 30th October, in the illoneteur do
l' Armee says :—" The corps commanded by General de
Bertier, which had left Vera Cruz for Japan, found on
arriving atSanta Fe, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants, the
streets and houses deserted, some poor and infirm persons
alone remaining. Those persons stated that Gen. Comon-
fort, who commands the Mexican army, had everywhere
prohibited the conciliatory proclamation of Gen. Forey from
being posted up, and told the inhabitants that those who
carried on any intercourse with the French would be put to
death. In consequence of those threats the inhabitants fled
at our approach. The other towns and villages through
which our troops passed were also abandoned from the same
cause. At Boca del Portreru, at Telomeo, and at Paso de
Avigas not a single inhabitant was found. The read to
Jalapa, which is followed by Gen. de Bertier, is about 235
miles in length. The Spaniards formerly used it for the
passage of their artillery and military convoys, but it is
now in a very bad state. The carriages of the waggon train
found great difficulty in getting along, and could not go on
an average more than three miles a day. The soldiers
surmounted with groat courage and devotedness the nume-
rous difficulties they had to encounter. Their sanitary state
is very satisfactory. The column arrived at Puente ;Nacional
on the evening of the 20th, and intended to remain for two
days. It is a military village situated about-30 miles from
Vera Cruz, in a deep gorge, and is one of the strongest mili-
tary positions in the country, being defended by nine forts
constructed on the heights, and connected together by a
bastioned wall."

IRON ORE.-Particulars have been recently
given is 2he Sun with respect to the pig iron and coal pro-
duction of the United Kingdom. It may now be added
that Mr. Hunt estimates the amount of the iron ore made
available last year at 7,215,518 tons, of the computed value
of £2,302,371. Of this amount Cornwall contributed 26,262
tons, of the value of £8,372-Devonshire, 5,399 tons,.of tho
value of £2,159-Somersetshire, 32,763 tons, of the value of
£16,381-Glocestershire, 100,419 tons, of the value of
£45,189-Wiltshire, 55,779 tons, of the value of £26,493---
Hampshire, 4,007 tons of the value of £1,706-Oxfordshire,
6,600 tons, of the value of £2,100-Northamptonshire,
113,139 tons, of the value of £28,534-Lincolnshire, 33,659
tons, of the value of £13,403-Warwickshire, 15,250 tons,
of the value of £4,000-North Staffordshire, 499,195 tons of
the value of £174,711-South Staffordshire, 727,500 tons,
of the value of £227,342-Shropshire, 223,400 tons, of the
value of £48,403-Derbyshire, 396,520 tons, of the value of
£99,130-the Northßiding of Yorkshire, 1,130,760 tons, of
the value of £166,368-the West Riding of Yorkshire,
235,500 tons, of the value of £58,875-I,aneashire, 619,180
tons, of the value of £259,500-Cumberland, 472,195 tons,
of the value of £259,680-Northumberland and Durham,
10,750 tons, of the value of £3,000-North Wales,
e of £22,425-South Wales,
value of £172,287-Scotland, 1,975,000
of £658,333-Ireland, 165 tons, of the
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2,5,07005
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of of value hyoid
Ore, although scarce in the Isle of Man, would
and the Isle of Man, 967 tons, of the value
valueton s , o
of f t hLe66... value
to be of extremely high quality.
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