The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-10 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 minutes gave rise to, at the close of which,
darkness put 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, hoe ever,
attempt at outline of the contest. Herbert, a miniature
t
Hercules in shoulder, breast, and biceps, compact at, n
1
,
close-knit, seemed calculated for lengthened wear and
tear, added to which his bear was evidently intohveorkiginhgt
place; Edwards was his contrast in all but cot rage_
thgreyhoundish, long reached, and hatchet-faced, stand-
ing right toot foremost, and shifting with most pr
activity and coolness. He exhibited the sharpest,
specimen of a slice of " Single Gloucester" that Chel-
tenham ever produced. _His style of milling was, for cuthe
first 20 rounds, effective, and Herbert's frontispiece was
curiously illuminated in colour, his left eye exhibiting
his nam, sake—a "mouse"—and his right following ft.
Subsequently, from the 25th to the both
his
othrsohuonrdt,artesrbaenrdt
had gamely to force the fighting, but
tubby build gave the shifty Edwards a pull in his favour
—he fought en the retreat and got down
delivering an ugly smack with the rieht, ioneetahseienstejl'ile
of the late Young Dutch Sam, though not with the
might
be,the
forl 120th
amo effect, or hand. '
round Ed wards seemed weait,r'ajnined tine
hBeomt hi
310th minute had expirecl. H
to
say,•as remaineddow withoutnattheclosae
mofarekveroyn rohuisnda,n3g•oetla,
stranger vistoiny, except a rubefaction of
wthe a proboscis.ring o
u a Thus the men went on, game as pebbles,
short December day, still both yet strong,
and each pursuing his favourite manoeuvre,—" the
Mouse " of bustling,
tenhamhero, ofand hitting or missing ; the
propping,Chel-
jobbing, and getting away or
down, till night drew its eurtain n the scen, and the
hreoflederer edeclared the battle drawn, subject to the namingstake-
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 CllEUlRA.—Tuesday 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. 9, Ellis-street, Sloane-street,
Chelsea. The deceased was a painter. On Tuesday
night, the 24th ult., he and 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 pa) ment 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-
quently taken to Mr. Boswood'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 begged
of him to remain. He returned, and was readmitted and
warded, hen erysipelus in the head supervened, fol-
lowed by infilmmation of the whole scalp, neck, and face,
from the wound, which caused his death on Friday last.
The jury, after a long deliberation, returned a verdict of
" Accidental death.''

MDLLE. RACHEL.—The Siecle of Monday says that
it has received a letter from Mdlle. Rachel, contradicting
its assertion of licr having forsaken Judaism, and be-
come a convert to the Catholic faith.
We are sorry to learn that Mr. Lauder, her Ma-
jesty's Consul at the Dardanelles, died on the 14th ult.,
of typhus fever.