The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

WILLIAM HERBERT (THE MOUSE), AND JAMES ED-
WARDS (OF CHELTENHAM), FOR FIFTY POUNDS.—ThiS
match, as those who interest themselves in matters pugi-
listic are already aware, was a trial of skill between a
well known London sparrer, Herbert, who has twice
won laurels in the prize-ring, and Edwards, a provineial
star, whcse rising in the metropolitan horizon may be
dated only from this 7th of December. Nevertheless, in
his own country he is accounted a luminary of the first
magnitude, and has thrown sundry minor bodies into
total eclipse. The betting at the Barrington Arms,
Shrivenham, "ruled," as the commercial men say, "at
par," and the notes we saw transferred to the stakeholder
were laid at even with sovereigns or other convertible
medium. At twelve the belligerents were on the
ground, an elastic piece of turf, about two miles
from the town, and a trifle less from the rail-
way station which marks 72 miles from London
per iron ribband Sears (of Cheltenham) and Harry
Broome seconded Edwards, while Barnash and Jem
Turner, esquired Herbert. To describe the rounds of
a fight unexampled in the whole range of pugilistic re
cord, and to recapitulate the 167 rounds of which it
consisted, and the chances and changes which four hours
and thirty-one nannies gave rise to, at the close of which,
darkness pet an end to the contest, would be " stale,
flat, and unprofitable," even did we not thereby exclude
matter of more "pith and moment." We will, however,
attempt at outline of the contest. Herbert, a miniature
Hercules in shoulder, breast, and biceps, compact and
close-knit, seemed calculated for lengthened wear and
tear, added to which his heart was evidently in the right
place; Edwards was his contrast in all but courage—thin,
greyhoundish, long reached, and hatchet-faced, stand-
ing right toot foremost, and shifting with most provoking
activity and coolness. He exhibited the sharpest cut
specimen of a slice of " Single Gloucester" that Chel-
tenham ever produced. His style of milling was, for the
first 20 rounds, effective, and Herbert's frontispiece was
curiously illuminated in colour, his left eye exhibiting
his namesake—a "mouse"—and his right following suit.
Subsequently, from the 25th to the iioth round, Herbert
had gamely to force the fighting, but his short arms and
tubby build gave the shifty Edwards a pull in his favour
—he fought on the retreat and got down, occasionally
delivering an ugly smack with the right, in the style
of the late Young Dutch Sam, though not with the
Fame effect, or hand. From the 80th to the 120th
round Edwards seemed weak, and well be might be, for the
310th minute had expired. He was down at the close
of every round, yet, strange to say, remained without a
mark on his angular visnomy, except a rubefaction of
the proboscis. Thus the men went on, game as pebbles,
wearing out a short December day, still both yet strong,
and each pursuing his favourite manoeuvre,—" the
Mouse " of bustling, and hitting or missing ; the Chel-
tenham hero, of propping, jobbing, and getting away or
down, till night drew its curtain on the scene, and the
referee declared the battle drawn, subject to the stake-
holder naming a future day of meeting. Of course all
bets, as in other similar cases, are drawn, unless mu•
tually declared to stand until the decision of the event.

FATAL AFFRAY AT CHELSEA.—Last evening an
inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hos
pital, on the body of William Woodhans, aged 31 years,
lately residing at No. P, Ellis-street, Sloane-street,
Chelsea. The deceased was a painter. On Tuesday
night, the 24th ult., he end several companions were
drinking at the Hans Town Tap, Lower George-street,
when the deceased had some words with a man named
George Mitchell, respecting the payment of a pint of
beer, and they ultimately commenced fighting in the
street. They both fell heavily to the ground, the
deceased being underneath. They got up and resumed
the fight., and the deceased was thrown a second time,
but was unable to get up again. The police came and
assisted the deceased, when they found he had received a
contused wound at the back of the head, from which the
blood was issuing profusely. The deceased was subse-
qaentiv taken to Mr. 13oswood's surgery, where the
wound- was dressed, and he somewhat rallied. The police
afterwards removed him to the above hospital. Mr. C.
Hyde, the house surgeon, said the deceased was admitted
with a scalp wound at the base of the skull. The
deceased remained until ten o'clock on the following
day, when he left the institution, although witness hogged
of him to remain. He returned, and was readmitted and
warded, w hen ery sipelus in the head supervened, fol-
lowed by inflammation of the whole scalp, neck, and face,
from the wound, which caused his death on Friday last.
Th.: jury, after a long deliberation, returned a verdict of
" Accidental death.'

MDLLE. RAcHEr.—The Sicle of Monday says that
it has received a letter from Mdile. Bache!, e9ntiadicting
its assertion of her having forsaken Judaism, mid be-
Mlle a convert to the Catholic faith.