The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-28 00:00:00

BOXING.

A match made cep at the close of Woolwich Races, on the
road home, took place 704terday, between K. Ford and NVessOn,
a navigator from Guilford, for 101. and' a purse, in a field beA
tween Chislehurst and Bromley, in an open rin. Semnds,
Clark for Ford and Gillam for the knight of the spade.,
A gay 'bustling battle of seven rounds took place, and the
claret flew about in all directions very soon. In the absence
of science there was plenty of courage displayed without fear:.
Both fought at the smelt, and with clumsy hits disputed every
inch of the ground during seven 'minutes whet% Ford was

. • thrown:
2: Some heavy slatighter work In &tout of Ford, who
fought with his head and feet In.conmittnication with' his fists t
he spoiled his adversary's nurk, drew tine of the front ivories.,
and sent him down as clean as the Seaga,' blue ruin would.
3. Ford became the first piper; he got a cleandloorer, which
softened the wax of the lift listener.
4. Ford unmuzzled, and turned to Without ceremony. It
was a gallantly contested round, and aftek deluging the ring in
a spirited rally, the navigator was thrown it Somerset, which
rattled the supporters, and made him sickly.
5. Weston went iti bent upon tnittltief, and did some by a
heavy right-handed blow on his adversary's eye. Ford, how-
ever, shook it offs and dropped his adversary by a hit at the
mark.
0: Shyness vas the alder of this lountli both being tired.—.
Weston was again thrown in a wrestle.
7. Ford won the fight by placing a chance blow on his ad.
versary's temple, which was a quietus, and sent him to dorse.
His second said " enough." It lasted 22 minutes. •
Two boxers in miniature afterwards showed off. Their
names are Winter and ltoi,Pers 1 the laud won and received 3
Monarch for his pains,

The English A nthessedor, Sir 13RNJ Au' V
13Loostrict,o, had his first andience of Iris I\la,
jest), the King of SwEncs east the 10th intunt
after which he presented Captain WA nails', at
the Scringewatam, and the Clentlemen belonging
to his Etnbassy. II iA Excellency had afterwards
an addience df the CROWN PRINCE, and of the
Princess SOPHIA ALIIERTINA.

TUE Foua Htsainnup Mtits MATcu.—Powell's match
to York and back, 394 mile* in fitte: days and thirteen hours,
has been outrivalled Mark Hawkins, the banca*lare man,
who completed his task of 400 miles, in five days and.tweWe
hours, at halflunit tlevcn o'clock on Thursday Morning.
Hisprogress up to Sunday night, the second day, has been
stated at 1.52 miles. He went -thirteen miles to breakfast on
Monday morning, and at two o'clock had reached the' two
hundred mile-stone in sixty-two hours, in good health; tuni rac.-
turned.back to Chirk to refresh, and arrived 165 miles Itom
London to sleep. On the fourth day he felt much inconvet,i,
ence from blisters on the feet, which was reliever] by 16trodueing
Worsted thrOngh the blisters. lie did sixty-five Miles day this
day leaving hmiself the remaining distance at tolerable ensy
work. On the sth day he arrived three miles, from Word Et
nine o'clock in the evening: He had fifty-four miles to' per.
font, and appeared somewhat distressed his stoppages were
short, and he travelled but four miles and less each hour, lie
passed Gerrard's Cross at six o' lock, and did the inatck'ir,
half an hour within time, and it ti! the greatest pedestrirtrt mated
•on record; .

Tll E •PENITENT' Alt Y. 0.-- A n !WNW tiDNI ;WAS
taken last night before the Westminster. Coroner,
at the General Penitentiary, Milbank, on
body of Charles Thompson, a convict/ In, the
course of the evidence it .appeared' that solitary
confinement for nine days *as deemed nocossary.
During that time- he received a pound, or Mead,
and wafer, per day.—This the Jury ':did not
consider sufficient for human sustenance.
Viewing the cell in which the, doceasettbad been
confined, they expressed thei,r-mackail disapioro-
hation of i 4 and returned. Verdict—" Starvae
tion and solitary conliniiinint."` '

THE NTo U S rd ay Wm.
Read, jun., one of the police-officers of th:nsegcliltl,atoietfmtocrit,t;tangark,_r.4dftertnafaittiitetioa:l
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afbeirte'ArMilifio.ildriirliisent:xte:to.prefer, it bill agabist
before the term of 14 years was expired, and it true bill, was
found. Read had Mason (who also %Vent by the matte of Mor-
gan) three times in custody on capital charges.cfor each of whith
be was tried.; the .first was tiir robbing a watchman, in. the
Back-road, Islington, of a silver watch. On this charge he
was acquitted, owing to the bung,ling manner in which the pied
secutor gave his evidence. The next was for buri;lariously
entering and robbing 'the Bull in the Pound public-house those
known by the name of the union). in Spa-holds., of which he
wits also acquitted, hitt identity not being sufficiently prOved.
The third charge was for burglariously entering and robbing a
Manchester 'Warehouse in Watlitig.streot ; on this charger, at
the September Sessions Ifil6, lie was ,capitally. eoriviettaL Auld
received sentence of death, which -sentence was afturwhati%
commuted for. transportation to .New South Wales; tiirre_he
robbed the Clo Vernor's house, for which he was .tried and again
cast for death. On the' day appointed for his. execution, he
was brought to the foot of the gallows, where he reecitivil
severe whipping, anti his sentence of death was, cliangt4 to
vGernrath;"lll;llear.
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and returned to Lnatiois, while he
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NVilliaiu Bead, the officer, laid a detainer against him before
Alderman .7. J. Smith, at the Town flaitrfor returning fit
transportatiari.