The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-14 00:00:00

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A ew, Milled P;ttiON, ,v,ho heat Ternr iv" 'jilt i
twel Je
months ago, on Wimbledon Co non, c',.'e
' matched to fight George Maddox, a veteran inl,l'.
Boxing Art, yesterday Qn the Wormwood Setubal
for twenty guineas aside,. 'A greater conNurc,
of people was never remembered on any similar he
casion than appeared in the roads leading to t
field of battle. A number of Bow-straet Ofiicers:,
attended by a posse of constables, had been sear tt
Wormwood Scrubs by the Magistrates, to prefes
a fight taking' place, and if any attempt to set-to
was made, to take the offenders into custout,
Thus circumstanced, a consultation was held by`t.
Gevemenof the Fist, what was best to be done 'ot
a'
so critical a situation, when it was agreed ib',
they should disperse in different ways, and alfe:: '
again at the five mile stone on the Edgware:;ro,,i7'
and so elude the vigilance of the Officers.
arriving at the place appointed, it was found ilia
of the two combatants only Maddox made his 'lre:
pearance. The multitude waited for nearlY • cl,
hours. for Pi ttoon ; but no Jew arriving, and it beir'l"'
past two o'clock, the cavalcade laeo.an to move ri'
e.
wards town e and every thought of a battle was {0-
that time given up : however, shortly after, a C°''
tier arrived from Wimbledon Common, with infur.;
'nation that Pittoon was there, wailing - for I,lle
opponent, This news infused fresh spirits in t''
crowd, and they set off to Wimbledon Comalv:e
by the way of Putney, with ail possible dispa
It was near three o'clock when they reached t`l
place, where Pittoon and a number of friends 014
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waiting, and as the day was far. advanced, the
two combatants began to strip while. the
,ring °le
forming ; and „at precisely five minutes before rhre
o'cloek-ahey set-to.
The battle consisted of seventy.four rounds''
circams tape& Unprecedented in the annals far Neil:
and such.' hard-fighting was never hefore.witnesse'
The first three rounds' were Considerably in fi"jr,
c,l
of the Jew, who knocked down his antagonist c 5
time, without receiVinvheslightest injury. Il
,many rounds afterwards the battle turned in favour ?
Maddox, about seven to four, when it changed :1013
on the side of the Jew. At about the sixty-eighth
round it was clear that the Jew had the advantage'
which he continued to keep till the seventy -third'
when eAch exerted his utmost strength,,,Skill 113'1
beer: laid entirely, aside after the three firsterotrdsi
'and •at the, conclusion of .the seventy-third roun
- they both: fell. The .seventy-fourth round was d"
cidediy in favour of.the Jew, and no doubt waes cr/i
tertained of Maddox being under the necessity e—4
giving in,.being dreadfully beat both in the face 3n
body ; but, to prevent. that, Maddox's brother, 011_!.b
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a strong party of friends, broke into the ring, are
stopped the further progress of the- battle, under fn.'
pretence of its being dark. This brought on a soft
of general engagement, and a great deal of blond'
shed took place, from:the blows received by stick".
and the fist. At length the affray was settled, at'
it was agreed that the combatants were nor to re'
some the battle again that night, they having 3/'
ready been engaged for an hour and ten minan
The, Jena was seconded by Lyons, an Israelite, aLT
Maddox by Joe Ward. " ,

On the loth inst. in Upver Cower-streer/g;
Lady of WILL E,
WILLIAM MoYFAT, jUn. Nq. Was sar'-`
delivered of a nrugirter.
The shore at Dyinchurch, near the wreck of
ti)
rreetie, daily presents the shocking speetacle 01 t.
mangled bodies and limbs of .the.unfortunate
ferers, which are exposed to view :by the tide, 5
dug up in the sand round where the vessel 0
wrecked.
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Among the great variety of curious Stock T
have this Season been exhibited in Smiti'lle
l.
for the inspefflon of the Amateurs, none have el"
grossed a larger share of attention than the true'
lored Kent Bull. This surprizing is. re;
culiar in possessing other good qualities,. bens,
those which have generally been considered
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such; and the proprietor is so perfectly
vinced of his superiority, that he ventured
hesitation a challenge against England at large' e
He is perfealy quiet and docile to dio's.e who
acquainted with the •method in
trained, but sometimes manifests a,,n;_kileiteite4::,,,r
position to strangers and . others, whose. ,t4llC'i '
leads them to inspeet his particular points.'
• The two first Prizes of 'cool. in the prusei,
Lottery were sold 'by Sl.vir:r and Co. in the M.
try, viz. No. 4522, drawn on the second dl;
and No. 29‘915, drawn yesterday ; some of; ,
Shares were the property of Club's and other
tillr
sops, to whom the money was of most mate 3
service, in particular, one of them was sold t°
young man confined for debt in Norwich Castl&•_,,

BIRTH.
`rite'
Saturday last, Mrs. Whiteford, wife of Caleb
E-q. of the A.cteiphi, of a .11aughter.

PRICE 0 t•
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:RDAY.
' India Stock
South Sea Stock
xcheq. Bills S. S•
Fundable ditto proll•
3d Exchequer Bills dis•
umnitun sisj4 si 6
Iniper. 3 per Lciit
Ditto Ann. ri 11-16 IS•j6
Bank for opening
India for Act.
Cons. for Opening 72 3 —.-
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