The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

ports abundantly proves :—These were, linen, 1,305
packages; muslin, 33 ditto ; thread, 108 ditto ; yarn,
73 ditto. On the last named article we are gratified to
be able to report most favourably. The demand con,
tinues very good, at the advance noted several v. eeks
back. There is no alteration in the quotations,—Banner
of Ulster.
THE LONDON MERCERS' COMPANY EST A TE.—
There has been no reduction of rent made by this
company ; but, on the contrary, they would not even
condescend to listen to a memorial on the subject.
We understand that " notices to quit " are periodi-
cally served, and for what reason we are at a loss to
know. Is it for non-payment of rent ? No, for so long
as the loan fund stands in Kilrea, the rent must be
exacted, if the poor borrower were to sell the last
stack of oats to meet its weekly instalments. We
say the company should place their tenantry beyond
so humiliating a position, and by a proper reduction
of rents enable them to experience that " property
has its duties as well as its rights."—Derry Standard.
An inquest was held last week by F. O'Donnell,
Esq., at the Temporary Fever Hospital, i!liltown
Malbay, on the body of a man named Michael
M'Mahon, of Clounlahcen, who came by his death
under the following circumstances :—lt appears that
the deceased, who was a young man, and in very cora-
fortehle circumstance, was passing by a field of
turnips, and went over the wall to pull one, when a
man named Conway, who was watching them, struck
him with a stone on the heal, and so fractured his
skull, that his brains protruded. He was removed to
the fever hospital, where he died on Friday. The jury
returned a verdict accordingly.—Clare Journal.
,_4OL3PERS.—Eugene Sullivan, lately following the
profession of a Souper in the vicinity of Glengariff,
publicly recanted his errors on Sunday last. He
made a most humble confession on the occasion,
declaring his sorrow fer what he had done, begged
God's pardon, the priest's, and congregation's for the
scandal he had given, and said he was driven to it by
extreme necessity.—Cork Examiner.
John A. Tredennick, of Camlin Castle, near Bally-
st:mien, and Capthin Nesbitt, of Leixlip, have autho-
ri,,.ed their agent, Captain Hanley, to make an abate-
ment of 25 per cent. on the rents of their estates in
the county of Roscommon. Captain Nesbitt has been
declared purchaser of the Crown lands at Ballskildine,
in that county, of which he got possession a few days
agb.—Ballyahannon Herald.
The Poor Law Comissioners have appointed the
Rev. Thomas Kenny, P.P , chaplain to the Nenagh
workhouse, at the same salary, 1001, as his prede-
cessor. This clergyman is at present at "daggers
drawn" with his parishioners.
ANOTHER WHOLESALE EVICTION IN CLARE. —The
Kilmurry Ibrickane correspondent of the Limerick
and Clare Examiner, in a letter dated November 22,
says—" At this moment,' Mr. Tidd, the under-sheriff,
is busily at work in the townland Tromora West, in
the evicting 52 families, and probably more. Of these
Lin-lilies, 46 are pauperised, and as ragged and
wretched as could be found in any corner of this
island. The others had their rants, rates, &c., paid
up, but, unfortunately, to a middleman who fell
heavily into arrears."
TENANT PROTECTIVE ASOCIATION IN LIMERICK.
—A requisition for a public meeting to consider the
propriety of forming a Tenant Protective Association
has been laid on the table of the Town Hall for sig.-
na'ure.—Liinerick Reporter.
Tun LANDLORD MEETING.—The meeting of
Irish landlords in Limerick was attended by
Lords Clare, Claiina, Massey, and Alonteagle and
by Sir David Loehe, Blrt ,W. Mansell, ,
M.P., H. Herbert, Esq., M.P., John Creker,
thilieguard, and other influential and respectable
gentlemen. The object of the meeting was to receive
the report of the suh-committee, from which it ap-
pared that the aggregate amount of taxation from
poor law, grand jury ces', &c., exceeds 9s. in the
pound.—Limerick Examiner.
The Sub-Inspector of the Castle Connell district
has succeeded in arresting William Collins for the
murder of Healy, near O'Blien's Bridge. The pri-
soner is committed for trial by E. G. Bell, Esq , R.M.
Limerick Chronicle.

PUGILISM.
TIIE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
In days of old the championship of England bore with
its very sound the assurance of pre-eminence in manly
vigour, courage, skill; and, in adJition to these, sleight
and readiness in the use of fist, staff, cr bow, in the
hurling of quoit or sledge, the trick and strength of
wrestling, the boldness and agility of leaping, the swift-
ne.)s and endurance of the foot .race, and all those out
ward proofs of power which go to prove the manhood of
the race who practise them. We trust it sill be long
ere we say with our frivolous weapon-loving neigh-
bours, nous aeons change tout cela, and therefore rejoice
at so bold a breach of the peace as that witnessed
yesterday. The sporting world needs no recapitula-
tion of the circumstances of the match. just decided,

yet as many may not be equally well-informed, a
few sentences may be excused, or, if destitute
of information, passed over. Since 1845 the proud
title of " Champion of England" las remained in
abeyance, and despite the mountains of chaff—
rcattered by every second breath—raised by all sorts
of pretenders to the title, and even by;the soi-disant pro-
fessors thereof (for there are more than one), there has
not been truly a champion of England at all. We speak
this advisedly—for the belt holder has himself shirked
the:trial. Well then, a young aspirant—all praise to his
courage for so doing—comes forward and offers battle
to " the Tipton," the man manifestly shirked by the
" great talkers." What next? William Perry pleads
" pneumonia," and doubtless is not the man he was.
Con. Parker, for such is the name of the novice, fights
old Jem Bailey and beats him—clumsily, 'Lis true, but
wins somehow, after showing good courage and consi-
derable weight of hitting. His " off-game" with the
Tipton h ft him, as Brother Jonathan says, "wolf-headed
and angry, and nigbmost spiling for want of a fight." In
this cruel predicament Tass Parker, well known in the
role pugilistique, offered himself, and the preliminaries
were settled that they should fight for 1001. a side, and
the championship, on the 20th of November, 1849, catch
weight, according to the new rules. The day was sub-
sequently changed (on account of the Liverpool Steeple-
chase occurring on the 21st) to Monday, the 26th of
November, to give certain friends and patrons of the
men the opportunity of witnessing both events.
Aceordingly on Monday • morning the station at
Waterloo-bridge was thronged by anxious groups, who,
at a little after eight, clustered on the steps, consulted
'neath the sheds, gossipped under the portico, or mobbed
the pavement, and gave employment to the " taps " of
the neighbouring victuallers, till, at the warning signal,
the gates were opened, and in a few minutes nearly 800
individuals had passed to the platform, and taken their
seats in the special train destined to take them, as the
printed check, for this time only, stated "there and
back." At a little after nine off they went, a merry
freight, and near Andover-road station, in Hampshire,
were disembarked. After a walk of a mile, on a muddy
road, the mill-seekers were met by a baker's dozen of
blue-coated "men of letters," whose collars of "II C "
told they were of the Hampshire constabulary,
and moreover, their officer told them in plain
weet-country English, " that they mought'itt
foight i' the county." A council of war was
held, and Frimley Green, five miles in a back-
ward direction, being named as within the
limits of county Surrey, the " steam was up," and all
hands soon on board for the short homeward voyage
At Frimley " the fates were kind," and there the ring
being pitched on the gret n, opposite the Rose and This-
tle, at two o'clock, up stood the pair, to do battle for the
pelf and praise of the championship. Tans Parker is
known for various battles, his victories over Britton,
Harry Preston, and Brassey, and his defeats by Ham •
mer Lane and " the Tipton" are matters of record. His
age is 37, his height 5 feet 9 inches, his weight I Ist.
10Ib., his science unquestionable, his game more than
doubtful, though yesterday rubs some stains from his
saitchem. Con. Parker is a fine fresh youth of 6 feet
and nothing deducted, 22 years old, 12st. 1 lib. in weight,
merry as a sandboy, and rollicking as a sailor with three
years' pay. And here they are in presence; Tass with
his arms well up, his right playing peculiarly forward,
and his fair, serious countenance solemnly, if not eagerly
watching his open-fronted adversary. Presently they
get to it, Tass fighting more boldly than is his wont, and
soon popping an ugly rap on Mister Con's mouth. The
rounds progressed, "the novice," as the bigger man was
termed, lending Tass various striking marks of his good
intentions towards winning, but not without such stag-
gering straight ones in return, as quite put his perpen-
dicular in doubt. It was observed, in the early part of
the fight, that Con., despite his enormous thews and
bulk, did not throw Tass when they came to a close,
and this became more remarkable subsequently; indeed,
in the scrambles, and at the ropes, the lighter and
older msn was oftenest uppermost. Twenty-five rounds,
some of them rather tedious, were contested, Tass in the
23d taking most unpleasant liberties with his opponent's
frontispiece, but in return receiving on both right and
left cheek-bone. In the 26:h, after a fierce rally, in
which Tass, by superior straightness of hitting and
&tic tact, got his man to a stand-still for a moment,
Con. rushed at him madly, Tass fell, his opponent hit at
him with his left, missed, and then wilfully drawing
back his right, struck Tess while on the ground. The
referee gave his decision for a foul blow, and thus ended
As battle, after lasting one hour and thirty-seven
minutes. As the hour of four was close approaching,
the second contest, that of Gill and Welsh, for 100/,
was necessarily postponed until Thursday next. The
voyagers quickly reesined their "special," and in duo
time were returned to the metropolis with another
" great fact" added to their experience.

ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO IN JAVA.—A letter from
Batavia (Java) of the 26th September gives some ac-
count of a late eruption of Mount Merapia, a volcano in
the district of Kadce, believed to be extinct. The
eruption began on the morning of the 14th of September
during a violent hurricane, and lasted until the evening
of the 17th, that is to say, more than three days. The
mountain vomited forth gigantic flames and large quan-
tities of stones and ashoa. This matter, impelled by the
action of the wind,was spread through the whole dis-
trict of kadce, and also those of Djokjokarta and
Soerakarta. At several points the soil was covered with
ashes to the depth of three inches. The river of Blong-
kong was almost wholly up, and it is feared that
its waters must overflow in the rainy reason. The in-
habiwnti fled, and no life was lost, but the
.less of pro-
perty, including crops of rice, tobacco, and indigo, with
whole fields of corn, was immense.