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THE FIGHT FOR THE BELT
AND CHAMPIONSHIP.

This great contest, which has created such im-
mense excitement, came off this morning in a field
close to the Farnborough Station of the South-
Eastern Railway.

The attendance of spectators was immense, and,
from the care that had been taken in making the
arrangements, it is to be regretted that the termi-
nation of the contest was not a decided and success-
ful one.

All the preliminaries having been completed,
Sayers and Heenan entered the ring, the former
attended by Jemmy Welsh and Harry Brunton,
and Heenan was waited on by M'Donald and
another.

The first few rounds were of the usual descrip-
tion, but the excitement became intense on
Heenan levelling a blow at Sayers, which completely
knocked him off his legs. The backers
of Heenan, who had evinced the greatest confi-
dence in their man from the commencement of the
encounter, at the first knock-down blow being de-
clared in favour of their man, sent forth a cheer
that was perfectly deafening, and on each occasion
that Heenan repeated the same performance—and
this :occurred twenty times—their applause and
cheering was tremendous.

After the fight had gone on for a short time
about 20 of the constabulary arrived and attempted
to stay the preceedings, but the spectators and
those interested in the contest prevented for some
time such a proceeding; and the police, seeing they
could not carry out their orders remained passive spec.
tators. This incident interrupted the business, but
the men got to work again in Tight earnest. The
blows of Sayers after the twentieth round began to
show very visibly on Heenan, and the punishment he
was receiving seemed to increase rather than
diminish his energies.

From the 20th to the 30th round the hitting on
both sides was very severe; Heenan, although
severely punished, still came up to time with
alacrity.

At this point the police made another attempt
to stop the fight, but their efforts were again frus-
trated, and just at this moment Heenan got hold
of Sayers by the ropes, and held him there until he
nearly strangled him. Sayers made a desperate
effort to release himself from such an unpleasant
situation, but before he had completely succeeded
in so doing the police and mob had nearly broken
into the ring. Great excitement here took place,
during which the referee left the ring. The men
fought a round or so more, although Heenan was
nearly blind. At the 39th round, Heenan came
up to the scratch, but Sayers had, owing to the
absence of the referee, quitted the ring.
The fight was claimed, amidst loud cheering and
confusion, for Heenan, but the supporters of Sayers
refused to accede to such a decision, and thus the
contest for the present terminated.
Heenan is very severely punished, but Sayers has
not suffered to anything like the same extent. •
Heenan's blows, it was evident throughout the
fight, did not tell like Sayers', and all present seemed
to be of opinion that a more honest or upright
fight had never taken place. There was no
*hitting or dodging on the part of either of the com-
petitors—everything was fair, straightforward, and
thoroughly English.

The fight lasted two hours and eight minutes.
Shortly after the fight, Heenan and Sayers, and
their friends, left for London. Heenan is much
injured about the eyes, and wholly blind. Some
officers of the Hampshire police followed to town
by the train, which arrived at 2.30, with the view
of arresting Heenan and Sayers, and some parties
who resisted the police.

MANUFACTURE OF ANCHORS AND
CABLES FOR THE YERCHANT SERVICE.

The select committee appointed to inquire into the
manufacture of anchors and chain cables for the
merchant service, and who were empowered to re-
port their observations, together with the minutes
of the evidence taken before them, have considered
the matters to them referred, and have agreed to
the following report :

1. That at the outset of this inquiry, it was esta-
blished in evidence, that the loss of chain cables by
parting, and of anchors by breaking, is of rare
occurrence in her Majesty's navy; and that this
appears to arise from their having been subjected
to a sufficient test before.they are received from the
contractors, and also from their being thoroughly
examined, and in many cases re-tested when re-
turned into store, or before they are again issued
for service.

2. That a variety of witnesses, chain-makers,
shipowners, engineers, and persons conversant with
shipping, examined before the committee,
concur in the opinion that it is highly
expedient that chain cables and anchors for the
merchant service should be subjected to an ade-
quate test before they are used, as it would be the
means of saving much life and property.
3. That a considerable portion of cables now
made for the merchant service are of inferior iron
and defective workmanship.
4. That the corporation of Liverpool and Har-
bour Trust of that port have for many years em-
ployed a testing machine of limited power, which is
kept in full employment; and that since this
inquiry was ordered by the House of Commons,
it appears that the Harbour Trust, to meet the
demands of that port, have decided on the erection
of machines of greater capacity and power. That it
is also iu evidence that, during a period of five years
of cables sent to the Liverpool testing machine, 822
per cent. are imperfect cables.
5. That in Sunderland two testing machines
have been for some time in operation, which,
although private property, are accessible to all, and
that the superior character of chain cables made in
that district is in a great measure due to the results
of these testing machines.
0. That from the evidence of all the witnesses
examined, your committee has formed the opinion
that nothing but the use of proper testing machines
can afford any guarantee for the soundness of cables
or anchors, as defects may exist, either from bad-
ness of material or imperfect welding, which no in-
spection can detect; and so closely can the tena-
cious quality of iron be calculated, that chains may
be made to bear a given strain, which would break
if the least excess of it were applied.
7. That though instances have 14en adduced by
some witnesses to support the opinion that the ap-
plication of a severe strain in testing has an inju-
rious effect on a cable, this idea seems to the com-
mittee to be completely refuted by the evidence of
Mr. Wilcocks, and by the results of experiments
made at Woolwich, and referred to in his evidence.

8. That all the witnesses examined agree in the
utility of a test, and some of them, including all the
manufacturers of chain cables examined, desire that
its use should be compulsory, as many cables are
now sold with false certificates.
9, That good grounds having been established
in this inquiry for recommending the adoption of
public tests, the only questions which remain are,
the authorities into whose hands this duty should
be confided, and the regulations that should be
enforced.
10. That your committee are of opinion that
bodies enjoying the confidence of the mercantile
and shipping interest, and whose local residence
will ensure an adequate superintendance (such
as dock trustees), are the proper persons to under-
take this duty ; and that the regulations
under which they act should be approved of by the
Board of Trade.
11. That in order to suit the convenience of ma-
nufacturers of chains and anchors who have testing
machines on their own premises, the Board of
Trade, on receiving a requisition from any such
manufacturer, should appoint inspectors to attend
the testing of any chains or anchors, and give cer-
tificates, according to printed regulations to be
framed for that purpose, of the strain applied to
them, which should be the test applicable to their
size,
12. That although the committee cannot overrate
the advantage of having the chains of every vessel
subjected to a test, they are unwilling to recom-
mend that the test should be made compulsory, but
as they have recommended the general use of test-
ing machines, they consider that all ships launched
after the Ist January, 1861, which come under the
provisions of the Passenger Act, or are employed
by any. department of her Majesty's Government,
either in the conveyance of emigrants or troops,
should be required to produce certificates that their
. cables have been properly tested.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
It five o'clock.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition
from Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire, praying for. the ad-
mission of the Bible into schools in India.

W. -----
ALTERATION OF THE LITURGY.
Lord EBURY gave notice that on the Bth of May he
would call the attention of their lordships to this subject.
BRITISH SUBJECTS IN LEGHORN.
The Earl of MALMESBUICY asked the noble lord the
Undei Secretary for Foreign Affairs if he could give their
lordships any information relative to the compensation of
British subjects for the ipjuries they had sustained by the
Tuscan police.
Lord WODEHOUSE said it was quite true that an out-
rage had been committed by the police at Leghorn on the
property of British subjects, and it had been agreed that
compensation should be paid to the injured parties. The
parties had been examined by amedical gentleman appointed
by this country, and he had reported the extent of their in.
juries. The report had been sent to Florence, but the pre-
sentation of that report had been delayed by recent events.
He, however, had no doubt but that the parties would be
amply compensated by the Tuscan Government.
CRIMINAL LAW.

The LORD CHANCELLOR reminded their lordships
that they had agreed to the second reading of certain bills
for the Consolidation of the Criminal Law. It was then
referred to a select committee, and he now submitted a
number of names of those noble lords who should form the
committee. The list agreed to included the names of Lord
Lyndhurst, Lord St. Leonards, Lord Wensleydale, Lord
Shaftesbury, Lord Belper, and Lord Carnarvon.
THE DIVORCE COURT BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading
of this bill, which was brought in previous to the Easter
recess, the object of which was to enable the Judge Ordi-
nary of the Court of Divorce to call in the aid of some of
the other judges in older that the business of the court
might be more expeditiously disposed of. The number of
causes had so increased that it was absolutely impossible
without assistance was granted that they could be disposed of
for a considerable length of time. The bill enabled him, in
cases of doubt, to call in one or two of the other judges be-
fore he pronounced final judgment, but incases where there
was no doubt he might dispose of them without the neces-
sity of forming a full court.
Lord ST. LEONARDS said he hoped if the bill was
read a second time it would be referred to a
select committee, composed as nearly as possible
of those noble and learned lords who sat in com-
mittee on the original bill. He . thought the house
ought to be very cautious before they conferred upon a
single judge the power of dissolving a marriage. The Judge-
Ordinary did not possess the power at present, because
before such a decision could be pronounced, a full
court, consisting of two other judges at least,
had to be formed.
Lord LYNDHURST said that some change was abso-
lutely necessary. The Divorce Court had been established
a little more than two years, and in that time no less than
420 causes had been set down for hearing-. The Court had
disposed of only 177 out of the number, leaving 232 to be
disposed of. Now, supposing the court to proceed as rapidly
as it had done during the time it had been in existence, it would
take four years to get through the whole of the re-
maining causes, taking no notice of the causes
that would be entered during that time. The Judge
Ordinary, it was agreed by all parties, was a person of
great energy ; butpit was clear that some assistance
must be afforded him. The number of full courts that had
been held during the last two years was only 65, little better
than 30 in each year, a number quite inadequate to transact
the business of the court.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Chus EVENING
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock,
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Caine Railway Bill were
considered and agreed to.
The following bills were read a third time :—Andover
and Redbtidge Railway; Tewkesbury, Upton-upon-
Severn, and Malvern Junction Railway.
The East India Coal Company Bill and Highland Roads
and Bridges Bill were read a second time,
PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented in favour of the total
abolition of Church-rates ; against the Highways Bill ; for
repeal of the duty on hops ; against the Scotch Fisheries
Act; in favour of the improvement of the position of poor-
law medical officers ; in favour of the Government Reform
Bill; in favour of the Medical Bill, &c.
RETURNS.

Mr. BOVILL moved an address for return of the seve-
ral parliamentary boroughs in England and Wales having
a population of less than 12,000, according to the census of
1851; showing the total number of electors in 1832-3 and
18.59-60 ; the number of freemen and the number of elec-
tors minus freemen, with the number of members returned
by each, arranged according to population (in extension
of parliamentary paper No. 132 of the present session,
which is confined to boroughs having a population of less
than 7,000).—Ordered.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT presented an address
for return from each of the registrars of friendly societies
in England, Scotland, and Ireland, of the form of the
general statement of the funds and effects of a friendly
society, prepared pursuant to the Act 18 and 19 Vic., c. 63,
s. 45; how many of such forms were sent out by each of
such registrars in the month of December last, and how
many of such general statements, or copies of the last
annual reports of friendly societies, were transmitted to
each of such registrars on or before the 31st day of March,
1860.—Ordered.
RESERVE NAVAL FORCE.
Sir C. NAPIER gave-notice that on that day fortnight
he would draw the attention of the House to, and move an
address to her Majesty:on, this subject.