The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-16 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

JOHNNY WALKER, OF LONDuN, AND Tom LANE, OF
BIRMINGDAH, FOR 200 Soya. ASIDE.--How shall we
describe the " most lame and impotent conclusion" of the
swelling prologue which ushered in the great event ?
To say, in so many words, that Johnny Walker was
beaten, would be to half satisfy the eager questions, to
whom the how, the when, and the wherefore are impor
taut queries. To be brief, then, railing it to Wester-
hanger, and thence padding the hoof to Hythe, 74 miles
by the distance posts on the South-Eastern Railway, a
field was found, and thereon the all-important problem
was solved. At a few minutes after three the worthy
commis,ary, the veteran Tom Oliver, had duly arranged
the lists, and shortly afterwards Walker set the example
by casting his cap within the ropes. Lane immediately
answered the challenge. With Walker, Ned Adams
and Jemmy Wharton (Molyneux), came to their
duty as seconds ; while Lane had the sedulous at-
tendance of John (Hammer) Lane and Solid Coates,
of Birmingham. The first and characteristic pre-
liminary of an old English contest was then gone
through, the men shook hands, and forthwith pro-
ceeded to trial of their spirit and endurance. But
here the reporter must drop his pen; why should he en-
large upon that which asks not detail,save to say that
the men stood up, and though in olden times the "re-
marks" or "observations" of the sporting reporter were
thought the marrow of the thing, that now his comments
are unnecessary, and a plain, unvarnished tale may serve
to convey every idea of what might have been a fight.
In the first round, Walker, after a little fantastical
squaring of elbows, went in like a nervous boy, and got
a lett-handed spank on the mouth for his pains, and got
first blood; Lane then made the fighting, Walker hit
up, a close followed, and Lane was undermost. The
second round was sharp and rattling; the third a ditto,
and Waft( r again threw Lane. The fourth, fifth, and
sixth were fought in very quick time ; but here
the old proverb was reversed, for Jack was
by no means so good as his master; in fact,
to those who know a thing or two, it was perfectly
evident that the great gun was overcharged, when it
was supposed that his double-shotting would over-
come the proof-mark of the hardwa.: •iillage. Hence-
forward the affair was a " forg,o,ie conclusion,"
Walker ducked his head down in the ninth round; in
the tenth he struck his forehead against Lane's mouth,
and threw him heavily. In the eleventh Lane changed
his leg, and Walker, who bad before fought as if he was
not the n- an be used to was," tried it on, was baffled,
and, although he ac.ually had his antagonist under, had
done no more towards winning the battle than when he
begun. The 12th round closed the same. Walker,
as=ter a slight rally and a close, sipped, on the call of
" %Circle" being made, between the upper and lower rope,
and said " I shall fight no more." Time, fifteen
minutes. The explanation we shall leave to time. A fight,
half-finialied, but in its progress giving promise of a
vast deal more progress, mental and corporeal, than the
" crrand affair," was then commenced; but, before half
completed, the signal of the special train warned our
departure, and Tom Smith, of Cheltenham, and Johnny
li'Grane, of Birmingham, have to settle their difference
of opinion another day.—Advertiser.

THE BARBADOES RAILWAY.
An adjourned meeting of this company was held
yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, at the London
Tavern, in order to receive the report of a sub-
committed appointed at the last meeting ; Sir R.
Schomburgh in the chair.
The report stated that the funds in hand were
6691. Os. 6d., and the claims 300 that the resources of
the company had not been expended with sufficient
economy, us more than 3,000/. had been expended in
sending two gentlemen ad deputation to Barbadoes,
who, they considered, ought to have been recalled,
inasmuch as shortly after two other members of the
board had gone out on their own business, and
they might, at much less expense, have transacted
the necessary business. 9261. 4s. Bd. had been ex-
pended in directors' travelling expenses, which was a
large sum, considering the extent of the undertr.lting
and the small amount of the deposits received. In
conclusion, they recommended that the board should
be reduced to five members, that the board in the
colony should be abolished, and that no further
calls should be made without the concurrence of a
meeting of the sl.areholders.
Mr. SMITH, who had read the report, proposed its
adouron, and in doing so strongly blamed the apathy
of tie colonists, who forgetting the old adage that
" God helps those who help themselves," neglected to
support a proj :!t which would promote their pros-
petity without any rid from the home Government,
and redound to the advantage, not only of themselves,
but of their children's children.—(Bear.)

Mr. LAmiu MURRAY seconded the 'notion. Ho
said, the line was one of the soundest that was pro-
jected during the speculative time, they had passed

through, and his opinion remained unaltereg
even in this season ofcomtnercial embarrassment. He did
not think the amount sprit in the deputation to Bar-
badoes large, considering the di9tance the gentlemen
composing it had been sent across the ocean. The same
remark applied to the sum paid to the directors ; for
he had invariably found where those en:rusted with
the management of a company received no remune-
ration, that it went to the "dogs."—(Bear.) It was
advisable that no further calls should be made except
by the consent of a general meeting.
After considerable discussion, the report was re-
ceived and ordered to be entered on the minutes.
The report of the directors read at the former meet-
ing, with the accounts, was also adopted.
Resolutions in conformity with the recommenda-
tions of the report of the committee were then passed,
and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair-
man and directors, the meeting separated.
The :eompany will therefore remain in abeyance
for the present, and no further expenses will be in-
curred.

CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY.--
The first ordinary general meeting of the sharehol-
ders in this railway took place yesterday, at the offices
of the company in Broad-street-buildings, for the
purpose of receiving a report from the directors, and
other business connected with the company.
WILLIAM TINDALL, Esq., the chairman of thecompany, took the chair at one o'clock, and, upon
doing so, called upon the secretary to read the fol-
lowing report:—
"This meeting has been convened in accordance
with the deed of settlement, and the 7th and Bth
Victoria, cap. 110, by whose provisions it is enacted
that an ordinary general meeting of the shareholders
in joint-stock companies, registered under the said
Act, must be held in the months of January and
July in every year, or within twenty days from the
expiration of the said months respectively.
" Your directors on this occasion have only to re-
port that since the last meeting the company has
become completely registered ; and that, with a view
to obtain from the local Legislature of Ceylon, an
acquiescence in the terms upon which as agreed
with, and sanctioned by her Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Colonies, your directors would
have been prepared to recommend the pro-
secution of the scheme, the draft of a
local ordinance, embodying-the said terms, has been
prepared and forwarded to Ceylon, for the purpose of
being laid before his Excellency the Governor, and
the local legislature for approval or otherwise.
" Your directors hope to receive the decision
of the Ceylon Government by the next mail, and
have now to recommend that this meeting, which
has been convened solely on account of the provisions
of the Joint Stock Companies' Act already referred
to, be adjourned until specially summoned for the
purpose of considering the communications which may
arrive from the local Government.
" When the nature of the decision in question shall
have become known, your directors will convene a
meeting, and will be prepared to offer such sugges-
tions for your adoption as may be deemed expedient."
A resolution was then proposed and adopted sanc-
tioning the report, and ordering its circulation
among the proprietors ; after which a resolution
was carried, adjourning the meeting to the 10th of
April.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Fun: 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is good to-day in light
stocks. Dover., Berwicks, North Staffords, and York and New-
castle Preferences. The sales are —Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire, 311. Shares, 554 dis.—Ditto (late C. and B.)
17—East Lancashire, 2034—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Fifths, Wp.—Ditto, halves ( late L. and B.), 9 dis.—London
and North-Western, 146—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, Quarters, No. 1, par— Ditto, Eighths, 3il/4 c. dis.—
Ditto, 10/. Preference, par c.—Ditto (Great tar msby and
Sheffield), 1314 dis.—Midland, 401. Shares, 45 c.—Ditto,
Halves, I—North Staffordshire, 7 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswes-
try, and Chester, 101. Preference (guar. 8 per cent.), 3I p.
—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 11,E dis.—York, New-
castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 214 p.—York and
North Midland (guar. 6 per cent.), 6 c. p.—Dublin and Bel-
fast Junction, 201% dis.
MANCHESTER, FEB. 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn,
&c., 10 dis.—Ditto (A), 63/4 dis—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths, % p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 7-16 dis.
—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birming-
ham), Quarters (B), p.—lianchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, Preference, par—Ditto (Grimsby Dock), 6 9-16
dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 5 3-16 dis.—North
Staffordshire, 13-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover4No. 4,1%
dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2,
3% p.