The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

The original belt of the Champion of England has been
duly presented to " The Infant," Sam Hurst, of Staley-
bridge, who lately won it in his fight with Paddock. Hurst
has recently broken the small bone of his left leg by an
accidental fall. He is now challenged by Mace, and one
or two others. He must keep the belt against all corners
for three years, in order to be entitled to it and the " Cham-
pionship of England" for life. It appears that the original
belt was in the possession of Tom Sayers, who was using
it in a starring tour in the provinces, for which Messrs.
Howes and Cushing pay him £55 a-week. He has
now surrendered the belt.
It will be remembered that, on the settlement of the great
fight at Farnborough, it was decided that Sayers and
Heenan should each waive his claim to the real belt, and
should each be presented, by public subscription, with a
fac-simile of it. This presentation duly took place ; but,
as the belts were not paid for, neither man really received
his due. Hancock, indeed, was paid ; but a Mr. Morris,
who advanced the money, holds the two belts till the pub-
lic subscription is completed. It may be remembered that
at the time we pointed out the absurdity of the whole
proceeding. It is a curious commentary upon the justice
of our remarks, that, while both Sayers and Heenan
have received thousands of pounds in testimony of
public approval of their bravery, it has been, and still
is, found impossible to raise money to give them the belts,
which, however valuable, were felt to be altogether inap-
propriate ; so much is this the case that the subscription
list has never been published—a good proof that it is of
wretched proportions, and has no decent names or sums
attached to it,
Tom Sayers, it seems, is disgusted with this part of the
affair, and, renouncing the belt which Mr. Mortis holds,
has ordered one from Mr. Hancock, which he will pay for
himself in order to continue his starring tour. We suppose
the country folk admire the glitter of the silver trophy.
Tom may rely, however, that what people really appreciate
and will never forget, is the British pluck which he dig-
played when he fought for one hour and a half with only
one sum, under every adverse circumstance, against his
tremendous antagonist.

The case of Lieut. Allen was decided on Saturday
in the Court of
Queen's Bench. The Court ordered him to
be discharged from prison.
ST. PETER'S CHAPEL, VERE-STREET.—Sinep the
appointment of the Roy F. D. itimulce as incumbent of
the above chapel, the congregation has largely increased, so
much so as to almost fill it.
ROAT-BUILDING BY MACHINERY.—On Tuesday
the Duke of Somerset, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Lord
Clarence Paget, C. 8., M.P., Captain Charles Eden, C. 8.,
and Captain John Moore, C. 8., proceeded to a factory. in
the vicinity of Regent's-park for the purpose of viewing
and inspecting some very ingenious machinery, the inven-
tion of a clever American- gentleman. The object sought to
be obtained is the saving of time, labour, and espouse in
boat-building ; and when we state that by the process in
question a cutter of 36 feet in length can be turned out of
hand; ready for the water in ten hours, we have said enough
to show the extraordinary character of the means used to
produce such a result, especially when it is considered that
the same work performed by the process now in existence
could not be finished under eight days.
CAUTION.—We are informed by Messrs. Enl.
manuel, of Portsmouth and Portsea, silversmiths !,ot.tnr...
Queen, that a number of American double eagles arteinnioias
culation in this country which, by a somewhat
tinga_
device, have had a portion of their valuable rnaetaeri I
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tracted and its place filled up with an inferior
am
•,(1 t e place of the
a disc of plating being then introduc.
system has been to cut through the coin with thick saw ;
added to
exact thickness of the portion taken out, being it,
golddust extracted by the and a narrogold r the
the whole is soldered together and the edge ot the coin re-
valu
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correct in size and weight and ring well, and cu y a
milled. Thus remade, they are, although of 20s. less e,
chisel the tool will carry the gold into the platina, rendering
WOOL MARKET, the detection extremely difficult. The way in which the
The public sales held since our last have been well fraud may and has been detected is to examine the edge of
attended the coin with a strong magnifying glass, when two very
by buyers. Cape wools have changed hands faint lines will be perceptible where the narre'r rim of gold
slowly at a decline of ld per lb, but the opening rates of has been added, and afterwards milled over.