The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

miles and a quarter.

Age st lb
Maria Agnea 6 10 21
Magenta 5 10 2
Ben Lomond a 10 2
Wee Willie
Glautias
Physician
5 9 2
Tumbler
6 9 01

Age st lb
Topsy 6 9 0
Johnny
Hospitality
Conrad
Melton Messenger a 8 9
Resurgain 5 8 9

THE POLICE AND THE PUGILISTS.

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On Tuesday last Superintendent Everist, the
active and intelligent superintendent of the K.C.C.
for the Chatham district, received information that
a prize fight between Travers, the Black,, and
another man named Mace was to come off that day
within his district, and he at once took measures to
prevent it. The men, he understood, ware to ar-
rive at Southend, in Essex, by the railway, and at
that place the City of Rochester steamer, belong-
ing to Messrs. Boucher and Giles, was to meet them
and convey them to the field of combat, which was
appointed to take place in Kent. The vigilant
superintendent, with an inspector, one sergeant,
and five constables, proceeded in a fast sailing boat,
engaged by the superintendent, against wind and
tide, until they got round Upton, where the wind
was favourable for them, and they sailed on to the
White Horse at the Isle of Grain, off which. place
there were no fewer than forty vessels—mht or
ten of them of them of a large class—evidently
laden with spectators of all classes to view the ap-
proaching combat. With the coolness of an expe-
rienced tactician, superintendent Everist lay on and
off with his clipper till he saw the City of Rochester
approaching from Southend across the river Med-
way towards the Kentish shore. She then
steamed up the river towards Saudgate Creek,
having on board the pugilists and about 50
others of equal respectability, although some of
them were of a higher rank than the others. The
police superintendent kept his boat hovering about
the landing-place, thinking it advisable to allow suffi-
cient time to elapse as would prevent the combatants
removing to any other spot in the county to carry on
their pastime. When he saw the ring had been formed,
he lauded under a wall near the spot, and was not
observed till he was close to the ring. The stakes
and ropes were immediately pulled up, and the
ruffians kept running away in every direction,
making for the steamers and boats. The tide at
that time was ebbing fast, the superintendent re-
turned to his boat and made chase, the others
having considerably the start of him. All sail
was, however, crowded, and he beat every boat
except the steamers. On coming to Folly Point
they saw the men had landed from the city of
Rochester, and at about half a mile distance the
stakes were pitched, the ring formed, and the
ruffians beginning to fight-----on which the superin•
tendent and his men landed and proceeded to the
ring, into whisk Everist jumped over the ropes,
when the pugilists and their seconds sprang out
of the ring and made their escape, whilst the spec-
tators ran towards their boats, in attempting to
reach which one of them was nearly drowned.
They again started for a more favourable spot,
but Everist, with his clipper, was in such hot
pursuit that they were compelled to proceed to
Strood,where they landed, and prcceeded to London
by the South Eastern Railway. They were so
much astonished at the rapidity and success of his
movements, that several ringleaders assured him,
‘‘ upon their honour," that they would not come
into his district any more.—K.entisli Gazette.