The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

BOXING.
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By way of ushering in the new year tastily, the admirers of
&tic sports had a full day's play yesterday,-in Newman Mea-
dows, at Ashton, Surrey, in two good fights. The first was
between George. .7oultliard, coachman, known at the Fives.
court, and Illatthiars, the plumber. It was for a new year's
gift-Of 20 sovereigns, and it was worked hard for.
In the first round Coulthard was hit down from the scratch
immediately after shaking hands, but he paid his adversary off
in the second round, by splitting his nose and flooring him in
. suffocating claret.
3. This round was contested manfully for eleven minutes,
each refusing to break an inch of ground until hit away. .The
rallies were strong, and told upon both, and the men were su
crimshned. that they were only recognizable by black head and
white head..
.Coulthard was floored by A chattering hit on the
jaw. _

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4. -I3oth were mummers open, and pcmtpeys at work at bel-
lows mending ; Matthews was floored, and it was a horse toa
hen. ThebTow was a stunning one on the temple.
Three other rounds were fought, but Matthews was kept in
„tate of doric, without holies of recovery., In the lieventh
round he was deaf to time, and Coulthard won it in twentY-six
minutes.
SEcoxn PIMP', or a Christmas Box for five sovereigns.—
This was between Green and Perfect, bargemen, and for their
own money: The men were under eleven starve, but it WAS a
rattling fight. Perfect had the best of the first six rounds, but
in the seventh he received a rattler on the throat which spoiled.
him, and kept up an inward flow of claret. Green won it in 13
minutes.

1170 T AT Christma's-day, a private
of the First Dragoon Guards, of the name of
Walker, who was drinking atithe Egerton arms,
near the barracks, quarrelled with some Irish-
men ; both parties were abusive, and the soldier
was anxious to fight. Another soldier, a recruit,
of the name of Bell, interfered, to prevent his
Comrade from fighting, and was knocked down
and 'much injured. Severa) other dragoons, at-
tracted to the spot, entered • the house, and in
resenting the attack on their comrade, unfor-
tunately mistook the man, and beat a person per.,
fectly innocent very severely with sticks. In the
meantime the landlady sent to the barracks,
when a corporal's guard, armed with carabines
and fixed bayonets, arrived. The house was
then cleared of the company, and the doors closed.
The tumult increased in the street ; the corporal
and guard were pelted with stones, and a man
of the home of Preston, with a wooden hand,
to which an iron hook was attached, struck
one of the soldiers a very severe blow. Ile
was taken into custody, and lodged in the
guard house. Cornet Martin, with a mounted
guard, arrived, who, it is said, forced their way
into several houses in search of the rioters, and
took several persons into custody. The prisoners
were examined before the Sitting Magistrate on
Thursday and Friday, when Preston was dis
charged on account of the punishment he had re-
ceived : but a man of the name of &mock, and
two others, Thomas Batt.y and Joseph Tootall,
were held to bail for the assaults. A soldier, of
the name of Murray, has since been held to bail,
for an assault on Wilde, the innocent man who
was mistaken for one of the persons who had at-
tacked the recruit. He was bailed by Major
Turner, who afforded the constable .of Holm
every facility in investigating the business, and on
Sunday ordered the troops on parade, with a
view to the identifying $f any soldier who might
be charged with having acted improperly.--
(Manchester Paper.)

ACCIDENT. _Yesterday, a Lady and Gentle-
man, riding in a one horse chaise, were thrown
-out ,of the chaise near Wr(stininster-bridge, in
.consequence of the horse having taken fright.
They sustained no material injury ; but the horse
went on at a rapid pace over the bridge, down
Great George-street to Story's-gate. The horse
plunged in through the bars, near the centinel,
and ran furiously along the Parade, through the
Mall, towards Constitution-hill, where he was
stopped by Guest, the constable. The horse and
chaise are now at the Green-yard.