The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-16 00:00:00

THE POLMS4.,

CUTTING AND A 61ING.

llNimi-HALL.—TVm. Meyers, the man in cll3:'
tody ou a charge of stabbing Isaac !Mitchell,
again brought up yesterday> Mitchell rCm"il~y
in the Hospital, in such a state as to afford
hopes of his surviving. As soon as his danger" 7
situation was, communicated to the Magistrates
the Office, one of them went to thellospital
took the examination of the wounded mat),
stated,
stated, that he xi/as an apprentice, on hoard 11-
Grasshopper, of which &tip _Meyers was cook, ,a
thie morning upon which he vvas wounded be'
in. the forecastle, ivitere the coals for the wie
the ship's 'company-were deposited.. Meyer.;
down, and wanted some coals, but Mitchell :ll'
fused to let him have any;and pushed'him a"'":',;
soon after. he found something warm' and 010't
running down his back, and on putting-his 11,1" e
.behind.hint, lie fontulthat he was wounded; b.
soon after fell, and at-this time he saw the Po;
sorer near him with a knife. hig .hand,-and !le
d'eclared he sincerely believed the' .
piisoner "
person who wounded' hint. Upon. his evide9c6-
the prisoner was committed for re-eanination.
,I3oW-sTREET.--On Monday. evening, Eliz,aba14
Freeman, was brought to the, office, charged vrit''
stealing a shawl and several,areieles of linen-dr'''
eery, the property of Mr. Foulkes, a linen-dr:111(:
in Little Russell-street, Covent-Garden. It 3i'
• geared that the nrisoner accompanied another w`r.
man into the shop, who purchased• some trifiil/;
articles. After they had left the shop, the PrT
perty was missed ; the prisoner Was suspect
pursued, and brought back, when she dropped t"
things. She was committed for trial.

BOXING ANn CUDGELLING.-About 1000 Rlltnl .
tears ,of gymnastic sports assembled on .N,ettleb.`,.
Common, Bucks, on 1116ihay, to see a pngilist,';
contest between a formidable bruiser front t 1
NOrtinghainshi're Colliery, of the name of/
and a• coachman of the. name of Johnson, for „-
subscription purse, of 20 guineas, and five added , 13),
Captain HA NS, the patron of folnison. The Could
batants set-to at one o'clock. In the first
they exchanged a counter hit, placed together
''
the :head,. and both went clown covered with 1)1°04
The second round lasted-eight minutes, when l) ,
shewel themselves good hitters and free taker',,;,',
they bit each, other away, and renewed the 1
with ferocity'and Lcounwe never excelled
Cribb or a Gregson, anZat. length Johnson 01.c1),
down.. The combatants were as much beare3 10
these tiro rounds as men generally are in half 6r,
hour's' fighting. In the third round both apPe'to
ed weak, and it ended with a throw ; but 11111,0,
next round desperate fighting was
_renewed, w/.19
alternate advantage' to both. Seven other r"11'1:/
followed, when Heather NVOn the battle bYgett,ji
his adversary down. Bdtli were blind and' tero,;
match at single-stick playing followed,
tween Holt; from Oxfordshire, and Garth,
Berkshire, for five guineas a side. Holt %Iol'
dared the victor, by 'nuking blood run one i"cw
outer goitre smart play. -
it"
Lptri.excL. FEB. 2.---Sire-are concerned to st:l,
that on the night of -Monday last, eleven Tr' eir
•ers, confined in the County, Gaol, effected tit
escape, by having first ascended from their -I.'l,l',`it
of cells. to the. attic" par.t. 6
taking
,off a few of the slates, and fast.ioinf4
rope to the rafters, they let themselves der,
thereby to the waste ground fronting the rico
from whence they went ,off,- unperceived bY t

soldiers in the guard-honse'.
A verdict of wilful murder was, on Friday ,
returned against thi'Ve persons.(who are n°t.4,,
prehended,) for tittacking Mr. M'CAlcrt4l/,
dent ot. Trinity College, who died On Tlito'
last, at Athea, County Kerry, in consequenccoil
wotinds received in an attack wade upon hit° l'ot
two other Gentlemen, whilst fowling near !i,lO
village, about 3 months ago:—The,nanies or ;i,t
fellows concerned in the outrage, as stated by
verdict, are Timothy Mulvih ill, ',T. reagb,
_re
Timothy Collins.