The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

J. NOON AND J. COAKLEY(TREYOTIWG GREEK), FOR
251. A SIDE.— These aspirants for fistic fame met on
cues Jay, at Woking Common, twenty-one miles from
the metropolis. The last-named, of whom considerable
expectations were entertained, came out under the
auspices of Burn, while the former was the protégé of
well knowr. Massey. As an exhibition of science:
it was extremely poor, nor was this deficiency at all
compensated by any display of determination. In a few
words, it was a most unsatisfactory affair. The Greek
is a likely looking fellow, of hardy exterior, and in
a eight 9sl. 61b. Noon is a well-made man of 9st. 41b.
and a trifle longer in the reach than his opponent.
Toe Greek was attended on by Alec Keen and Han-
min. Noon commanded the services of M'Donald and
Massey. The battle does not deserve further descrip-
tion, than that Noon disabled his right hand to
some extent in the fourth round, yet managed from
time to time, to pop in his left on Coakley's face, who,
nowever, scarcely showed a mark in consequence of this
tapping. After tedious pauses most of the rounds ended
hy the Greek cuddling his opponent, giving way or
pulling him over on him. At the end of one hour and
tifty-five minutes, Noon having thrown his man, as before,
the Greek declared he could tight no longer, and thus
the affair concluded, without any remarkable damage on
either side.
DicKENsoN AND BENNETT.—Those heroes, the one
trona z7iouthw ark, the other from Westminster,on Tuesday
decided whin had the better claim to twenty sovereigns
duly deposited. They made a trip per water, and, land-
ing near Grays, contested most gallantly for a few
eltotiteS less than one hour, when Bennett, who appeared
to be somewhat too fine and rather weak, was compelled
unwillingly to strike his flag, his opponent's strength
proving too mui.h for him.

SUPERSTITION IN ST. ASAPIL...-Abollt a week ago
:he Diocesan Registry Office, in St. Asaph, was
broken into, or et least a considerable sum of money.
it is said to toe amount of 300/, was stolen there-
from. Immediately on the discovery of the loss,
two of the clerks engeged in the office and also,
the wife of the most officious of them, repaired
in a drag, especially engaged. for the occasion, to
the adjacent town of Denbigh, to consult a woman re-
siding there, who, as the officials and their companion
said, could tell them instantly who the robber was, and
also give them his name, height, weight, and colour;
and would also, for the consideration they were directed
to give her,
the very drawer it was taken from, in the presence of all
cause the money to be brought back into
the citizens. These parties are actually devout members
of the Baptist connexion at St. A.saph.—Sivansea Herald.
THE BaisTOL MOIL enoss.—At the Bristol and
meet-
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to be erected in College-green. It is now at Stour-
head, in a miserable state
repainting the surface, and the use of iron
cramps. The iron has become oxidated and
increased in size to such an extent as literally to heave
and thrust the stones off Oeir beds, and a fissure thus
commenced has ended in the disruption and fall of large
masses of stonework. Leads, also very generally used,
has affected the iron in a very' -extraordinary manner, and
from some chemical cause hi is completely pulverized it;
in other cases the expel:l4cm of the iron has burst
asunder the lead roll and the stonework in its turn—a
practical lesson we may all p rofit by.—Builder.
RAILWAY STATISTICS.— A return lately printed by
order of the House of Corn rraons states that the total
number of passengers cons' 'eyed on all the railways in
the United Kingdom of G'cceat Britain and Ireland
during the half year ending 31st of December last,
amounted to 31,630,292, of whom 3,743,602 were
fir3t-class pasF•engers, 12, 't91,549 second-class pas-
sengers, 7,184,032} this ad-class passengers, and
8,450,62 A Parliamentary ya,ssengers. The gross total
receipts from passengers an counted to 3,283.3011., of
which sum 1.033,5161. W:11 received from first-class
pssengers, 1,360,468/. from second-class passengers,
320,862/. from third class 1 ras: iengers, and 597,0711. from
travellers by Parliamentary -*trains. The receipts arising
from goods, cattle, carriages„ parcels, and the conveyance
of the mails amounted to 2„401,6621., making an aggro-
gate receipt for the half-ye; ir 4;if 5,744,964/.