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

PUGILISM.

JOHNNYIN ir
ANI
IV,ALEOKRER
200, 0 FsLo LONDON, AND TOM LANE, Or
BIitASIDE.—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'
tent queries. To be brief, then, railing it to Wester•
hanger, and thence padding the hoof to Hy the, 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 Walker again threw Lane. The fourth, fifth, and
sixth were fought in very quick thee ; but here
the old proverb was reversed, for Jack .was
by no means so gocd 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 hardware-village. Bence-
forward the affair was a " forgone 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 BValker, who had before fought as if he was
not the man he " used to was," tried it on, was baffled,
and, although he actually had his antagonist under, had
done ue more towards winning the battle than when be
begun. The 12th round closed the same. Walker.
after a slight rally and a close, stepped, on the call of
" I ime" 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-finished, but in its progress giving promise of a
vast deal more progress, mental and corporeal, than the
"grand affair," was then commenced; but, before half
completed, the signal of the special train warned our
departure, and Tom Smith, of Cheltenham, and Johnny
M'Grane, of Birmingham, have to settle their difference
of opinion another day.—Advertiser.

ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN BADEN.O.*
The secobd Chamber of the States of Baden, in its sit-
ting of the 7th, adopted a motion for an address to the
Grand Duke, praying that a Bill may be presented for
the abolition of capital punishment.
EXPRESS TRAIN TO SCOTLAND.—Arrangements
are being made between the London and the North-
Western, the Caledonian, and the Lancaster and Carlisle
Companies to start an express train on the opening
throughout of the Caledonian line. The train will com-
mence running on the Ist of March, starting from London
and Glasgow at nine o'clock in the morning, to reach
each terminus at ten o'clock at night.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The packet-ship Sheridan
arrived yesterday from New York, after a fine passage
of 17 days. She sailed on the 29th ult., and has brought
20,0001. in specie. The packet-ship St. George, which
sailed before the Sheriden, had specie on freight to the
amount of 16,5001.
Last night's Gazelle contains an Order in Council
sanctioning a scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners for constituting three separate districts for
spiritual purposes out of the original parishes of St.
Luke, Old-street, and St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middle-
sex. The new divisions aro to be called—the district
of the Holy Trinity, Iloxton; the district of St. Mat-
thew, City-road, and the district of St. Mark,
street. It is notified that a church or chapel has been
already erected in each of the new districts; that each
is to ;be consecrated by the Bishop of London, and
that the Bishop of London for the time being is to be
patron in perpetuity of each of the districts.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—The receipts on ac-
count of the governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for the
year 1846 amounted to 206,5021., and the concurrent
disbursements to 217,9001. The amount of first-fruits
due, or in arrear, was 2021, and the amount of yearly
tenthsl in arrear, 881. The number of preferments charged
with tenths amounts to 4,951.