The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-19 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

I W. CAIN (QF LEICESTER) AND YOUNG KEENE (OF
LONDON) FOR 25 Sovs. A SlDE.—This trial of pugilistic
capabilities between the younger Cain (brother of Dick
Cain, of Leicester), and young Keene, a protege: of the
facetious host of the Queen's Head, Windmill-street,
was duly brought to issue on Thursday, near Twyford,
Berks, the mode of transit thither being per Great
Western gauge. In w. ight the men were tolerably well
matched, but in perpendicular and length of reach Keene
had a manifest, and, as it proved, in more senses than
one, a " striking" advantage. Cain was attended to the
ring by Nobby Clarke and Macdonald; Keene by Johny
Hannan and Massey (of Sheffield). It was very soon
evident that Keene was not only the better tactician, but
in superior fighting trim to his antagonist, who so early
.-ae the fifth or sixth rounds exhibited symptoms of weak.
ness and want of condi:ion. Novertheless ho contended
manfully under disheartening disadvantages, receiving
heavily on the face until the 59th round, when, after
making an attempt at Keene's body, he tell; the referee,
upon this, gave the battle against him, upon appeal that
he had gone down without a blow. Without impugning
the correctness of this decision, we may observe that the
loss of the battle by Cain was inevitable, and within a
few minutes of its consummation ; although the poor
fellow wished much' to be allowed to continue the
struggle. Time sixty-one minutes. Keene's injuries
were confined to a wounded lip, a contused cheekbone,
and a few right-handed visitations to the ribs.
Coles (of Swindon) and Gale (of Cirencester), for 20
guineas to 20 sovs.—The encounter between these pro
vincial professors cams off yesterday, at Shrivenham,
Wiltshire, on the same battle field as that erowhile con-
tested on by Harry Broome and Ben Terry, and more
recently by Edwards, of Cheltenham, and Wm. Her-
bert. The Cirencester champion is a Deaf.Burkish sort
of perslnage, barely sft. 7in. in height, and weighing
12 stone of bone and muscle; he possesses all the cha-
racterisec slowness of such a build, with considerable
powers of endurance. Coles, of Swindon, a far more
likely lad, is a few inches taller. The fight is soon de-
scribed; Coles took the lead and kept it, though not
without having to dispute several dangerous rallies, in
which give and take was the order of the day. The
battle lasted 61 minutes, when Coles was hailed the
victor. It is possible Coles may again appear with crcd
0 himself; be possesses some good pugilistic points.

Agood THE WEATHER.-- old-fashioned winter
has set in with great intenseness for the early period of
the season. The Severn is already frozen over at several
parts adjoining the town, and the adventurous kvenile
skaters are practising " the line of beauty" on the
slender ice. The Holyhead mail, last night, arrived
nearly two hours after its time, owing to the snow on
some portion of its route.—Beddow's Shrewsbury Journal
BREACH OF PROMISE IN FRANCE.---Actions for
breach of promise of mat riage are very rare in France,
and they are still more rarely successful. On Saturday
list the civil tribunal of the Seine was occupied with a
suit by Mdlle. Ziuna, a young lady of a respectable fa-
mily, against a M. Emile, who, after repeated protesta-
tions that he would marry her, had married another
lady. Mdlle. Ziuna had loved truly, and too well, for a
child was the result of her weakness, and it had been
baptized in the name of the father, who not only ac-
knowledged it, but even declared at the 'registry of the
birth that it was his child by his legitimate spouse, the
mother. The promise of the marriage, both verbally
and in writing, was clearly proved, but the counsel for
the defence contended that Mdlle. Ziuna and her mother
had taken advantage of the youth and inexperience of
the defendant, who is indeed older than the plaintiff, but
it was argued that young ladies are much more clever
than young gentlemen, and that Mdlle. Ziuna, although
younger in years, was superior in tact to her seducer.
The Avocet du Roi, in his address to the court, said that
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it it was necessary to give reparation to the victim of
seduction, it was quite as necessary to avoid holding out
premiums to a sex who complain too frequently of being
such victims." The court rejected the demand of Mdlle.
Ziuna for damages.
M. Oppenheim, who has just been acquitted at
Cologne, in the affair relative to carrying off the jewel-
case of-the Baroness de Meyendorff, arrived on the 10th
inst. at Berlin, and immediately tendered to the Mi-
nister of Justice his resignation as assessor at the Cour
Royale of that city. The resignation was accepted.