The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-13 00:00:00

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IN' consequence of a battle ivnich had been. F.x0.1
late on Sunday c'.'eni;,g "to take pl%e a 5,, yesterdlY
morning, at EnfiLid Wash; between two notorious
Prize-fighters, Belcher and Bourke, the-road to that
place was crowded with carriages, and horse and
foot, beyond any thing we en,•cr rceolled to have
witnessed ; one might have supposed that scarce a
vehicle of conveyance had been left behind in town,
from the post-coach and four to the, donkey.
It was near one o'clock before the whole of the
multitude was colleled on the spot where the
stage was ere6ted. They waited patiently for an
hour and a half, expeaing to he rewarded by a
display of such skilfulness as would astonish the
amateurs of Pogilism. Astonished they were, for
at that period Bortke appeared, -and: was ushered
on the stage, when it was .-supposed he was pre-
paring for the contest, by strippintr off his coat
and trowsers ; however, it proved he was only
preparing for a speech, which in substance was,
that “1-ie came there according to agreement, to
fight Belcher who,, for what reason he knew
not, had not come forward ; and further added,-
that he was ready to fight hiM at any time
or place."
.7(2.: Ward, a pugilist, came forward,
and said that Belcher was taken into custody
early in the 'morning by the Bow-street Officers, as'
he was leaving his lodging for the purpose of 44--;
tending his engagement—that no othei reason
would have prevnti-d him from meeting his op.
ponent. As
,there now appeared no prosped of a
battle, the people began to disperse, evidently
disappointed, for they had calculated on a ter.
tainty of its taking place, as every precau-
Jinn had been used to prevent
,interruptiOn.---'
The stage, was fixed on a spot or grotind on
.one side of the River which divides fa!
Counties Or Essex anti' Hertford ; so that in
case they had-been molested on one side, they could
have retired. to the other. A number of Cavalry,
and the' Volunteer Corps of Edmonton and Enfield,
with a largeolivision of the Tower Hamlets
made -their appearance about :two o'clock, with the
intention of preventing the battle taking place, had
both the combatants come forward. 1-lad they been
obliged to make the attempt, they would, hov.,
ever, have met with much inconvenience, as the
stage was so difficult of access, .from its situation,
that before it could be approached, it 'was neces-
sary to ford the River, which could not be dewe
• without danger; yet many horsemen, as well es
Others in chaises, aftcmpted it with success, but ne
horse was drowned. As the people were returning to
Town they met Belcher on the road, near tdinoa-
ton, who explained to them the circumstance which
had detained him. ,It appeared that after he had
been taken into custody by Townsend, the Bow_
street Officer, he was carried before Mr. FoRD, to
whom he gave his promise not to tight this or any
other pitched battle within the juitsdidion •of the
Office, and was liberated abOur three o'clock in the
afternoon.

MURUER.,---The following dreadftd circumstance
lately occurred in the neighbourhood of Stra,burgh.
A -man of the narife of Nemot;:who had for some
time, been employed in a manufadory, and whose
industry was not equal to the maintenance of his
family, conceived the horrible design of putting
them all to deaths. His family consisted of his wife
and three iCinale cLitdreni the: o!dc,,t of which was
about thirteen years of age, and his sister, who,
horn a -disorder in her eyes, was nearlfblind. On
his return !ionic from labdur on the
.evening. of the
3d* ult. he'Mingled in the -porridge which Was set
before the family, about a drachm of white arsenic,
which he had procured -frOm a' Chemist in the
neialibourhoerd.. •Vhe effects `OF-the -,poison were
soon felt,. and in the course'of the night the children
fell victims to it the two females suffeied dread-
fully, but the man himself did. nor appear to have
sustained any very great injury. The cries of the
women in their agonies soon brought the neigh.
hours to their assistance, and the 'husband -was
discovered weltering in his blood, having divided
the veins of his arms with his field knife. ThOugh
scarcely able to speak, he gave an account of the
ttansadion as it happened : medical assistance was
called in, but he, was beyond the reach of art, and
he expired on the evening of the 4th of September.
Citizen GARNER 1111. irritated by.. some observa-
tions of the Newspaper Wits of Paris, on his aerial
voyage of the 14th July, has published sdnie de.
tails respeding that voyage.. On that day he
ascended from the Champs Elysees, accOmpanied
by his wife, nd the Citizens Nottrr and BEAU.
VATS ; in thd evening he discontinued his voyage
at Ferti sous Jouarre. It was resumed on the fol.
lowing morning by the Citizens NoLIN and
BEAUVAIS only. The new voyagers were buf-
feted by the winds ; they encounteted squalls.
and torrents : they ran over the Departments of
Seine and Marne, the borders of that of the Ar..
dennes, and then that of the Aisne, in vrhich
they descended at Saint Thibatid, near the house
of Citizen .D'ORmEssom. Departing thence, of
a stay of one hour, they coasted along the' De-
partment of the Somme; from which they were
borne back on that of the North. At Trelorr, near
Maubeuge, they were ti ader the necessity of de-
scending once more, with the intention 'of remount..
ing again the moment after. Vain hope ! the pea-
sants of the village having tampered with the bat.,
loon, rendered it impossible for them to proceed ;
and the aeronauts were consoled for this vexation
only by the excellent reception which they met with
from Citizen LEmmEks.

The two celebrated ripe-trees of Hampton.
Court, and Valentines, in Essex; have been amaz.
ugly produ&ive this yeti, the former having
yielded one ton six hundred and fifty pounds weight,
and the latter one ton two hundred and iruienty-seve77
pounds. For one year's stop of the last-menticbcd
vine, the late Mr. WEiTirt, about fifteen yeart
since gave the stint of 400 guineas.
At the Sessions held for the County of liuritirg.
don, on Tuesday last, Mr. Tuots.tAs RtrA r:Nt•ro
of Ramsay, apothecary, was cOnvitied of rt.t
larceny, for stealing turf on Wednesday, the ztl f
September last, from Mr: Beard, of Ramsey; and
sentenced to be imprisoned in the County gaol for
the space of six Calendar Months/ and to pay a fine
of Sol,