The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

GILL (or CCTENTRY) AND NORLEY (OF MANCIIESTER)
—CONTEST ron ...c"*—Nought save that irresistible fate
which urges the ni'er-varying course of time, and which
regulates alike tide at.-. 1 railroads, should have left such of
the readers of the 21/orniny ...41drertiser as seek information on
matters pugilistic without a ti:-te and particular account of
yesterday's doings in Oxford and Gloucestershire. Had not
the Dii minorei decreed a remove, all would have gone well,
and " our own commissioner" have found the terminus of
his journey in due time to save the suspense of those who,
though not so 'fortunate as to be " there," yet yearn to be
possessed of the details of how the field was won. Waiving
all preliminaries, then, we may state that ere the brilliant
noonday sun threw short shadow from the pinnacled tower
of Christchurch, Oxford, or the " mighty Tom " had pealed
forth the last enumeration of hours, we were rattling along
the road to Ensham, a populous hamlet some eight miles
from the ancient city of collegei and Corinthians, near which
is found a common uncommonly well adapted to the purpose
in hand, and on the turf of which Harry Broome
and Rowe settled their difference of opinion last
year. Here, however, the " heads of houses" had
determined that the heed-ifying scene should not
be witnessed, and accordingly a detachment of
pz ace preservers forbid the combat; a move was now neces-
sary, and Withy Green, some seven miles further, on the
border of Wychwood Forest, was pitched upon as the locus
in quo. Here, then, at a little before two, all was in readi-
ness, save a referee, on which much-mooted point a long and
tedious argument ensued, and it was three o'clock, wanting
five minutes, before the point was settled, and the competi-
tors for glory and gold (two things more closely allied than
the uncandid world will admit) shook hands in sign of the
absence of personal animosity. Harry Broome and Sim-
mends, of Birmingham, seconded Gill, while Johnny Hannan
and 31'Donald did the attentive to Norley. Betting was
brisk, but no price beyond par could be obtained on either.
The weights of the men were also as nearly balanced, Norley
drawing Bst. 71b., and Gill under the stipulated Bst. 81b.
1. On showing at the scratch, Norley looked hard, brown,
lathy, and leggy; Gill rpund, big, broad, and " heavy for
nbcenttiviriienreg,iltviut.lasi th,,etrinictkenatnodf
tpiee,noeturanttiinl
his weight." A long time was spent by both in dodging
and
tactics,m
five minutes, hoovtelni other's
during which numerous stops, feints, parries,
penetrating
afterelc
advances, and retreats were put in practice • the Manchester
,
hero got his left home on Gill's frontispiece;
quick as thought, but missed ; a close en
threw Gill heavily. sued, and Norley
2. The second round presented a striking contrast to the
first; instead of twe:ty-five minutes of artistic evolution,
the men got at it at once. Gill missed his right at the body,
but got his left in on Norley's cheek ; exchanges followed
rapidly, and Norley slipped down in his own corner. This
round lasted one minute. _ _ _

3. Gill again tried his left, but was foiled ; Norley, too,
was out of distance. After a little mutual hitting, Norley,
in the close, managed to plant a little one on the country-
man's victualling office, and threw bim cleverly.
4. Gill seemed disposed to force the business, but Worley
retreated, then resuming the offensive, he drove Gill back-
ward in return. Feints, stops, and some tedious sparring,
scientific avoidances, and parries in abundance; a close, and
Norley down, a slight fall, but of serious consequence. This
was no less than an accidental blow on the point of the right
shoulder, from coming in contact with a stone of some bard
body. Hence, although the courageous fellow concealed it
from his seconds, it was soon clear that his dexter weapon
had lost its cunning; and, as the battle went on, the stiff-
ness was more and more evident.

5. Long pauses and sparring. Norley got in his left neatly,
and some smart exchanges followed; in the close both went
Cown ; a dog fall.
6. Norley's disablement manifest ; he fought defensively ;
Gill stepped in to him, and Norley, in retreating, tell. [Six
rounds in 45 minutes.•
7. Gill led off, Norley clearly manoeuvring on the retreat.
Norley gave Gill a sounding smack on the organ of kissing.
Gill ran in, and Norley got down prudently.
8. Counter-hits with the left. Gill caught Norley in the
chest, who went down with his own consent.

9. More sparring, and a long pause. Norley active and
clever; Gill watching an opening: a close, a short struggle,
Norley half down, jumped up again, and swung Gill round
on his back. No harm done.

10-150. Although every round of this interesting and gal-
lant contest finds its brief abstract in our note-book, a detail
would be a hundred times told tale; suffice it, therefore, to
say, that Norley, who, previous to the accident which
crippled his energies looked well forward for victory and the
500 golden Victories, was gradually losing ground before his
persevering and two-handed antagonist. Everything that a
brave man could do, or that practical science could suggest,
was put into use, yet though " 'tis not in mortals to com-
mand success," Norley did more, he " deserved it ;" and we
trust, while recording his defeat, which took place after no
less a time than four hours and seven minutes, during which
one hundred and sixty rounds were manfully contested, we
shall have established his claim to the high consideration and
warm sympathy of the patrons of pugilism. Of Gill, his
courageous conqueror, we can only say, that a fairer and a
more forbearing fighter is not on the list, and he may well be
proud of the victory he has achieved. Norley had been for
some time going, yet he refused to yield, and was deaf to the
remonstrances of his friends until physical strength failed
him, and weakness, not his will, compelled his surrender.
It was past seven o'clock ere the mill concluded. Norle
arrived in town on Wednesday, and Gill will " show a head'
to-morrow or to-day.—Advertiser.

CHILDREN POISONED to OBTAIN
FUNERAL CLUB MONEY.
RUNCORN, SATURDAY.—An inquiry, which has occupied
the attention of Mr. H. Churton, one of the coroners for the
county of Chester, nearly the whole day, has produced a
degree of excitement never before known in this part of the
country.
The inquest was held on the bodies of two children of
Joseph and Mary Pimlett, who are in custody, charged with
the murder of two of their own offspring, and attempting the
murder of a third. Pimlett, it appears, is a ship carpenter,
and he with his family came to reside in Runcorn about three
months before Christmas. Amongst those who knew him he
was considered a respectable, industrious, sober, and
humane man.
The circumstances which led to the disclosure are as fol.
lows :—On the 6th of March, James Pimlett, an infant, ten
months old, was reported to have been found dead in bed.
An inquest was held on the body, and the principal witness
examined was the mother, who gave such an account of the
illness of the child as to induce the coroner's jury to believe
that death was the result of one of the various diseases
incident to children, and a verdict was returned of
" Found dead." On the 16th of thesame month another child,
Richard Pimlet, was taken ill. This child was taken to a
medical gentleman, Mr. Edward Pye, who administered an
aperient medicine. A day or two afterwards' the mother
called upon Mr. Pye, and in consequence of her representa-
tions two alterative powders were given to her. Those pow-
ders, however, were afterwards found in the house of the
parents, having never been administered.
This child died on the 21st, and was buried, the father
giving orders to the sexton of the church that the body of his
former child should be taken out of the grave, the grave
made deeper, and the new coffin placed under the body pre-
viously buried.
On Monday, the 27th of April, the mother took the third
child, named Thomas, to the surgery of Mr. Pye. This was
three years and two months old, and the symptoms pro •
duced no suspicion at the time in the mind of Mr. Pye.
Subsequently, Mr. Pye's suspicions were excited, and he
gave information to the magistrates and also to the coroner
of the county, and in the mean time the child having be-
come very sick and ill, Mr. Pye ordered the mother to pre-
serve the ejecta, but she cunningly avoided doing so, and
frustrated his purpose for obtaining possession of any por-
tion of it. However, being afraid of the life of the child,
it was removed from its parents, and both she and her
husband were taken into custody. Subsequent inquiries
prove that arsenic had . been administered to the child
The coroner then issued his warrant for the dis-
interment of the bodies of James and Richard, and sum-
moned Mr. Pye to make a post-mortem examination of them.
On the coffins being opened, both bodies were remarkably
fresh, considering the period of time which had elapsed since
death. This led to the supposition that arsenic might have
been taken by them, as it hu the effect of preserving dead
bodies. The internal viscera was removed from both and
analysed, a small portion of that of the body of Richard by
Mr. Page, who found arsenic in the brain, kidneys, spleen,
liver, and other parts of the body. The rest was analysed
by Ur. Brett, professor' of chemistry, of Liverpool, who
found in 61 ounces of the contents of the stomach of
Richard Pimlett no less than eleven grains of white arsenic,
or, as he observed, enough to kill several persons. Arsenic
was also clearly detected in the abdominal viscera of the
other body. A great variety of circumstantial evidence was
given affecting the charge, particularly against the mother;
but there being nothing more than suspicion against the
father, he was discharged, and the jury returned a verdict
of" Wilful murder" against the mother, Mary Pimlett, in
both cases.
The prisoner, immediately on hearing the result, burst into
tears,_ and loudly declared her innocence.
The Coroner issued his warrant for the committal of the
apssriiszoense.r to take her trial for the offences at the next Chester

! RAMSGATE, MAY 13.—The South-Eastern and Con-
al
pany's splendid iron steamer Queen of the
Frenchtinent Steam pt
arrived
here
oetht C
iralternoon front Ostend, after a passage of
five hours, with a strong easterly wind, bringing thirty-five pas-
sengers, fourteen horses, and a great quantity of merchandise.
Among the passengers yesterday by the Princess Mary was M.
Marto, with a newly-invented musical instrument, a present to her
Majesty from the King of the Belgians. The traffic between this
port and Ostend increases daily; the advantages of Ramsgate Harbour,
over that of Dover appear to be generally appreciated by travellets
to and from the Continent. Upwards of four hundred and seventy
passengers have crossed to and from here during the last month, a
nutnber exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the steam-boat
company, to whom and to the directors of the South-Eastern Rail-
way, thewrthwnthreegOnarfealdtramsetset
weegarnttetttniosetniteinaidgietubrmaffite:l, for being placed in that
situationpositionwhich,Ca,ndaeeenaturaltiatea
ssifrbolme at all
and tides, it ought to have held long ere this.
SPAFIELDS' BURYING GROUND.—Mr. Bramwell, the
barrister to whom this matter was referred, has just made his award.
He was attended on several occasions by Mr. Wakeling, attorney,
and vestry-clerk of Clerkenwell, on the part of the prosecution, and
by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, on the part of the several defendants.
The indictment was for an alleged nuisance ; and on the trial, on the
19th of June last, it was ordered by the Court of Queen's Bench, by
and with the consent of the parties, that the jury should find a ver-
dict of " Guilty" on the sixth count, and of " Not Guilty" on the
rest of the. indictment, subject to the award of Mr. Bramwell to
direct, order, and determine, in what manner the burial-ground
should be conducted in future. The arbitrator has apportioned a
part of the ground in a plan for burials, for a period of 10 years, and
has ordered that, in the other part, the soil shall not be disturbed
for the time mentioned. After giving a full description of the places
where burials may take place, the arbitrator has made certain re-
gulations which now come into operation :—" No coffin of five feet
or upwards in length shall be buried in any grave not deep
enough to leave over the upper part of such coffin a depth
or thickness of soil of five feet, calculated from the general
level of the soil there , and no coffin of less length shall be buried
in any grave not deep enough to leave over the upper paNthereof a
depth or thickness of soil of four feet, calculated as aforesaid ; and
I further award, order, and direct that coffins may be buried one or
more deep in the said parts of the said ground, and as near to each
other in a vertical direction as the said defendants, owners, lessees,
and occupiers, or other persons burying, may deem fit, not breaking
or disturbing any coffin or body ; but that where any coffin has been
buried for ono year, the said defendant and others shall not,
nor shall they suffer or permit any person or persons to bury
as aforesaid over. such coffin, nor disturb the ground over the same
for the purpose of burying there; and I further award, order, and
direct that there shall be in a horizontal or lateral direction a space
of one foot at :he least between coffins buried in the said ground;
and I further award, order, and direct that the said defendants,
owners, lessees, and occupiers shall not, nor shall they suffer or
permit any other person, to remove or disturb any coffin, body,
part thereof, as well those now burled as those that may hereafterbe buried, until the mune shall have been burrietiolowfoerit the space
likewise
of
ten years from the time of such burial." Mr. p
declared, by his award, as to the other parts of the ground not
Ila yearst
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to
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regulations
SMITHFIELD INTELLIGENCE.--Our Smithfield corres-
pondent writes to us in a state of gloomy despondency. A general
flatness prevailed in all sorts of meats, and veal was as dead as
mutton. There was a terrible glut of beef, and several cows got
their horns crumpled in the crowd. A few southdowns- exhibited a
slight upward tendency, but they went into a rapid decline before the
close of business—a decline caused by a want of general consumption.
Pigs fell when taken by the leg, and fine old steers were so depressed
that it required several doses of Sleep's opodeltioc to bring them up
again. There was in the course of the day a buoyancy he
ra,
but.the (h)effervescence WAS only temporary.—Puffed.

COUR

Her Royal Highne.
Queen yesterday at B

to luncheon with her

His Royal Highnes.
jesty yesterday.
her Majesty and h
early walk yesterday. His Royal Highness PAnce
Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, attended L'S
the Equerry in Waiting the Hon. Captain Gordon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the Flea-
sure grounds of Buckingham Palace.

The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday, evenity, included the Duke and Duchess of Buc-
cleuch, Lord' George Lennox, and Captain Francis
Seymour.

iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Cout,er, Bart..
and their Royal Highnea•es the Duke and Duchess et
Cambridge, attended by Baroness Mackidt And Mr.
Edmund Mildirnay, honoured the Earl and Countess
Howe with their company at dinner yesterday efening,
at their residence in South Audley-street. After din-
ner the illwtrious guests and the noble directors of tha
Concerts of Ancient Music accomp4:ued Earl Howe to
the Hanover-square rooms, to honour the performance
of the Concert of Ancient Music with their presence;
the Noble Earl being the director for the evening.
Prince Castelcicala, the Neapoiltan :.Ministcr, trans-
acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.

The Metropolitan Railway Termirii Commission met
on Tuesday, at the dike, in WhitehaJi-place. The
Commissioners present were, Viscount Canning, the
Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, and Sir
Frederick Smith.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday. There were present, the
Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Carlisle, Chester,
Chichester, Gloucester, and Bristol. Hereford, Lincoln,
Llandaff, Norwich, Oxford, Ripon, Rochester, Salisbury,
and Worcester, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of eess-
borough, and the Right lion. H. Hobhouse.
The Mayor of Sunderland had an interview with Sir
R. Peel yesterday.
Captain Stokes had an interview with Mr. Secretary
ChTahnecelsloorlicoiftotrh.eGeEnxer cahiequer
transacted yesterbduays'i,neasts
Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Bishop of Carlisle had an interview with the
residence in Downing-street.
at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were sent off yesterd
y evening from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor ofa the Mau
.iyi.iessoteffirdeiaaly
Councilt. rus
sat.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy
yesterday. There were present the Master of the Rolls,
the Vice-Chancellor, Knight Bruce, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty
Court. The appeal from the Arches Court, " Black v.
Rackhane," was concluded. Mr. Wigram, Queen's
Counsel, was heard on an appeal from British G uiania,
" Macrae (Attorney of Campbell) v. Goodman." The
case was adjourned.
Lord and Lady:William Compton arrived at Farrance's
Hotel yesterday.

LITERATURE.

OUR OTVN TIMES. Illustrated by George
Cruikshank.

The frontispiece to this number is an admirable serio-
comic etching of the interior of the Hugged School,
West-street, Smithfield. From a descriptive paper on
ragged schools, we extract the following observations,
which are worthy the study of all who take an interest
in the advancement of real education :

"Despite the cheering symptoms observable amidst the
noise, confusion, and ignorance of the Ragged Schools,' we
left the place impressed with a conviction that their founders
were courageous and zealous, warm-hearted and enthusiastic,
but feeble pioneers. Their conduct deserves all encourage-
ment, all praise. It is lack of aid and backing, not of heart
and good-will, which prevents them from doing more than
indicating the path, to tread which we must have skilful
organisation and a formable power. Moreover, the con-
ductors of the' Ragged Schools ' are too sectarian, and not
sufficiently practical. It is not enough to teach neglected
children chapters from the New Testament end hymns from
Dr. Watts. Many of them cannot afford to he honest.
They must steal, or if they would rather not starve, become
inmates of our workhouses. What we should recommend,
and like to see established, would be practical work-schools.
We should teach the children trades as well as indoctrinate
them with dogmas. We should make them good carpenters
or blacksmiths as well as attempt to render them zealous
Methodists or strict Episcopalians. We should have a child
taught honesty, and then enabled to pursue it. What is the
use of telling an urchin that theft is wrong, when he will
starve if he does not thieve ? No : tell him certainly that to
steal is a crime, but teach him how to live without stealing.
To do all this, we know, demands great resources and power-
ful influence. Why cannot we have both? hundreds of
thousands are annually subscribed for educational and mis-
sionary purposes.
"Let it be the merit and the praise of the Ragged Schools'
that they have indicated a class ; that they have pointed out
an outcast grade of helots—of home savages—at once our
terror and our disgrace—a class, than on the reclahniug and
educating of which money could not be more beneficially
or more wisely bestowed—a class for the accommodation of
which the more schools we build we shall simply have to
erect the fewer prisons."

One of the most humourous papers in the present
nutcher is " The British Lion," by Alfred Crow
the illustrations to which are very good ; and George
Cruikshank's illustration to the paper on Spoons is ono
of the most quaint specimens of pictorial fun we have
seen for many a long day.

THE PATRICIAN. .No. I. Editfd by John Burke
Esq., Author of the " Peerage."
This is the first number of a periodical devoted to
genealogy, antiquities, heraldry, and generAl literature.
One of the most novel features of the Patrician is an
annotated obituary of the month. The Patrician is
well got up, and the name of Mr. Burke is a sufficient
voucher for its scrupulous accuracy in all matters relat-
ing to genealogy or titles of honour. It w itl henceforth
be the authority on the subjects on which it treats.

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