The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-22 00:00:00

BOXING.

The battle between Burn and Palnzv', the Bris-
tol butcher; took place yesterday at Coinhe Wood,
near Kingston, in the. 'presence of hundreds of
spectators, aniongSt whom were several
reigners of distinction. .1.11 the.ring, which was
composed of the usual motley groupe, betting-was
2tol on Burn. Secs nits; Crib (the Champion),
and J. Clark, for Burn ; and Richmond and
Harry Harmer, . for Partner-8 to 1 Burn-- drew
first blood. • - . . ,
limmit 1. BUrn made play by a favourite left-handed hit,
which was well stopped, and occasioned- much surprise frol a
supposed novice. Palmer returned by a smart hit on his ad-
versary's eye, which prodUced first bititid. A rally tookplace,
in which the supposed novice hafli.if not the.best, of figutiug,
the most luck,. in planting. blows. Burn was hit in the rally
on the left side of the throat, and Palmer was thrown.
2. Encouraged by, success its the first round, Palmer went
in, but he got a fine left-'handed facer, 'which no doubt con-
vinced him ceurage.was misappled. Another rally followed,
and some desperate ti,;:liting -took place; but Burn's science
gave him a decisive, advantag6. He out-fought his adversary
left and -right, and in a close threw. him easily.k---6 to 2 ott
Burn. ~.

•3. A most determined rallying round commenced by Burn,
who spewed Best Condition, and again out-fought his adver-
sary, who: went down weak with a slight hit.-
4.. Burn planted a good left-handed hit., giving effect to it
by throwing in the weight of the body: 'A .rally.fiillowed, in
which Palmer ilisfday'ed much courage under,every disadvan-
tage from being opposed to fine fighting.' At the clue Palmer
was again thrown.. , _

Palmer received several left-handed hits, or jobs'rather,
which he could not return, and he fo•ight tinder every disad-
vantage in. getting in. lie received a tremendous blow on
the ear, with which he Went•down, ,and to the ordinary spec-
lator the battle seemed settled.--4 and stol on Burn. •
6. Palmer had suffered much frdin the last round, and he
was evidently very weak. Burn planV'd his left-handed hit,
and placed his right with much violence on the bead. Pal-
mer was linoched•down again.--t)dds 4 and 5 tot on Burn;
7. Burn was equally successful in this round, and he out-
fought his adversary, and again got him down, afteereceirh:g
a smart blow in a short rally. •
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S. Courage could not he ,Lietter exemplified than in the man-,
ful maoner in which Palmer 'met his man. He was hit 'away,
but he bored on, and iu a trial of strength both fen, after ex-
changing some hits. •
9. Palmer seemed to have got second-wind, to use a sport-
, ing phrase, and had the advanttwe of hitting in this round
fur the second"time. Burn seemed to fall off, and he went
doWn. in a manner notvery promising. Betting variable, but
`nearly even, Palmer for choice.
10. In a rally commenced by Palmer he had the best of it,
although .bleeding• awl much disfigured. After some smart,
fighting Burn threw•his adversary.
11. Burn fell in making play frcim.wejtness; and it would
be sup'erfluous to enter further into detail. The heart of the
man seemed broken by adverity, and although he fought four
other rounds with a reciprocity of advantage; from superior
fighting, yet he had no 'chance of winning against„real game
• opposed to him. The battle lasted.l9 minutes.
A second battle wasiought between a Jew and
a Christian, -but of a bloodless nature, although it
lasted until the spectators were tired of it. Tl4e
Jew \vas. beat, as folks.s.aid.
The next treat was a Bull-bait, and all the
fancierS in London exhibited their nest buffers to
torment the bull, fin- a silver collar. Eleven dogs
were in the run,
and the owner of that., which
lasted longest in the runs was the 'tyintter of the
, prize. Caleb Baldwin had a fancy bitch, :the fa,-
,yourite, but after one dog had been killed she got
her leg broke, and wits drawn. The • bull. was
placid, and Mr. Giles, of, Billingsgate, had the
enviable distinction of winning the prize. , Gib-
bons officiated as master of the ceremonies, and
first got the:hull into play by turning-to a fine
bred dog.
An adventurer, who was on the look-out for a
.tanner, produced a hadger;and tile pastime of the
day ended with drawing it from its den by sub-
scription.