The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-18 00:00:00

wAI. not cheitist this part of Mr. Eagles's ch'arae,
t{!i- with pletrliar affection • who will not fondly
s•
re-rilembce the earnestness with which he ever up-
.ed.tce.d diffus.ed those old honest feelings of au
-Luglishman, without which. -the 'most -refined
scholar may be of less use to his connti'y than the
most unlettered churl at his plough, or the rudest
fisherman in his coracle: There is -not in exist-
ence one- Who tan attribute-to the tongue or pen
sof Mr. Eagles a single sentiment which ever be-
trayed the slightest desire tá see destroyed, under
the plea -ofinnoration, any of those noble prin-
ciples and institutions, which in spite of all -fever
for reform, will yet render us the greatest as ,we
are, the happiest of.people:

The parallel to Which Mr. Eagles leads us is
Air:Roscoe of Liverpool, a Gentleman of whose
literary merit there can he no question, and whose
amiable deportment private life only renders
more melancholy and less -explicable the political
opinions which- he has' publicly avowed. The
warmest friend of Mr. Eagles must allow to Mr.
.Roscoe a more established reputation as a - man
of letters, and would be satisfied with. foreseeing
that any publication of Mr. Eugles'dabours would
reflect upon. his -native place. that credit which
Liverpool has derived, from leer - distiuguisi,e4
:scholar. These two amiable men had bet' for
some few
.years past in habits of frieinlsl,ip and
correspondence ; .it any one the least acquainted
with, Mr. Eagles, must well know that congenial
pursuitS''in polite literature only could have bar-.
monizektheir minds. A little more than twenty
yearS ago this discrimination as,to political cha-
racter,3l;ight have been dispensed witin, and would
have been sUperthions, if not illiberal.. But we
live in' an-hour- when the existence., of our ,countrv‘
hangs upon her greatness ; when a feverish
tite for reform is no longer a fair ;,r,arce of inno-
cent inquiry, or literary 11.1;Attottation; when it is
histi"ibititY t':.--iittestion the effect upon
society of less :z;ii-;ion, and more democracy. Mr.
I.lo'stoe'lierSonal merits and. virtues -only
calamity of his errors, and incre.tsc, per-
haps far - beyond his own apprehension, -. their.
baneful influence. ilis inconceivable want of ab-
horrence for the haler of France, his avowed de-
sire of peace with him at a time when Spain must
'have continued under his tyranny, or In the grasp
of some deputy Whelp from his revolutionary-den ;
at a time which would have-elosed. in the dreary-
night of Wretchedness and lubjugatlen those
brilliant, hopes which Britain has since disclosed to
a bleeding and enslaved world ; these are cer-
tainly not those features in Mr: RoScoe's-character
for which the friends of Mr. Eagleswould seek
one corresponding trait:, 'ln ibe:eit'gance and th.e
varietfof their literary ptirstiltS -; in their talents'
for poetical composition ; in their taste for paint-
in;;, and the whole circle of the imitative arts;
in their hospitality and politeness as gentlemen.;
'in their domestic virtues as fathers, they added to
that resemblance which was accidental between
the' scholar 'and the merchant. But Air,Eagles
died-as he was. born—nn Englishman in feeling as
well As nation .; :satisfied- that those maxims and
associations are founded in truth, as they are in
nature, "by Which We are taught to love our own
country 'above all others,, raid distrustful ofthe
wisdom-and motive of all feelings and pretences
which can possibly clash with that great duty;
Mr. Eagles's personal appearance was much in
-his favour ; his stature was neither above nor be-:
low the ordinary size of men ; but his counte-.
nance carried iiith it considerable energy of mind,
though there was at times some indication-of what
is called reserve, which in him was modesty, not
arrogance ; a dread.of intrusive forwaninessnot
the result of•self-opinion, or a contempt of others.
In a Word, he had strikingly the look of a gentle-
man, and it was•itupossible-to7be an hour-in his
company without discovering the purity of his
taste and the delicacy of his feelings. -

BOXING MATCH
BtTWtEN POWER. AND CARTE F., RICKMANSWORTH.

The battle 'commenced at one o'clock •Crib
and 'Clark seconds to 1' surer, and Bitton and
Jones st.;`Co Ills to Carter, ho -W-as the' avernge fa-
vOurite at about The match ‘'‘'as for-a
stake of •
Bound 1 *Both bit and were stopped. - Carter
'hit his •antagonists slightly on t4.e body,-which
was 'smartly returned on the face, and which dr,:w
first blood. The Men closed, and exchanged some
jobbing 'hits; when Power received a slight throiv.
Even betting.
_ _

2. -Powerplanted a einart body h!t, and his ad-
versary stopped his left hind at the head, and re-
turned at the. body,-in which he succeeded.—
Power planted a .hlow 'on the nose, but Carter
again '.returned .the hit; 'and. threw his-adversary
with case, which spewed most strem,;ll, and made
,6 and 7 to 4-
on the tavonrite,

3. Carter made a goOd parry' of a.forcible,left-
handed attempt at'the head,• and he reti,trned on
the body. of Power, and got away. A smart rally
took place, in which much courage was displayed;
but it ended in faro'''. of Carter, who threw his
man. 2' to lon Carter. - -

4. Much science was displayed in this round,
buy Carter shewed it most in parrying. Power
sparred for, wind, and appeared weak: Carter
planted *a:good left-handed blow on the head, and
one slightly on the bo&I, with which Power went
down. This was considered b\ some as decisive
of the bets on the first knock-doWn blow, but.it
was rather a fall from weakness,' Carter had de.-
eisiyely the best of the round." •
5, The conibatants -bit a counter (together),
but the ,blow-of Yoe.-cr had most effect; on- the
nose. , Carter had bled froiri repeated flips since
the second round. They closed, and Power was
. .
thrown.

6. la this, ronnd'the odds rose tO-the_beight of
5 to 2 on Carter.. He put in a-dreadful blow on
the we of his antagonist, whiCh hit him several
-feet away, and distorted 'his whole frame. Power
was too game to go down, and after a short inter-
val of sparring, to recover from stupefaction, he
returned, and commenced a 'most spirited rally,
when t'lie:-Inen stood and hit until both were ex-
hauSted, and the round was altogether much in ,
faVour of Carter, notwithstanding Power bad:
spoiled most of his features ; the blood. run

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