The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-07 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

CAPTURE OF " HEENAN," THE AMERICAN
CHAMPION.

DERIIY, April 6.—On Monday last Heenan
arrived at the Trent Inn, Trent Lock, near Sawley,
in Derbyshire, for the purpose of continuing his
training exercises, under the superintendence of
M.Donald, of London, and Cusick, of New York.
He had been previously disturbed by the police
authorities at Salisbury, Bath, Bedford, and Not-
tingham, and Trent Lock was selected owing to its
secluded position ; but on Thursday night, at ten
o'clock, several of the Derbyshire police arrived
there and guarded Trent Inn all night. The house
was opened at five o'clock on Friday morning
(Good Friday), and the police went in and arrested
a Mr. Hughes, a friend of Heenan's, from New
York, thinking he was the champion. Heenan
heard of this, and left the house by means of a side
door, and ran along the canal bank for two miles
without his shoes. His feet were much cut and
bruised, and on his arriving at the next Lock
House he knocked up the inmates, who let him in,
and he went into a bedroom upstairs. He there
wrote a note to M.Donald, requesting him to bring
his shoes, as he could not prOceed further without
them. This note was intercepted by the police,
who, up to that time, believed that Mr. Hughes
was the man they were in search of. They imme-
diately proceeded to the Lock House, and demanded
to go upstairs to search, the bedroom ; but the lady
of the house declined to allow this unless a
search warrant was produced, and Superintendent.
Shaw started off to Sawley, to procure one from a
magistrate living there, and left four policemen
watching the house. Heenan determined to leave;
and once more endeavoured to escape, but was
chased from• the back door of the house across the
fields, where, owing to his lameness, he was over-

taken by the police. He immediately surrendered
himself, and stated that it was not his intention to
offer further resistance, that he had been fairly
hunted down, and he did not wish to break the
laws of the country by resisting .the police. He
was placed in a vehicle and driven to the Town-
ball at Derby, where he arrived at 11 o'clock on
Good Friday. his friends at Nottingham were
immediately telegraphed for to bail him out. In

the meanwhile several gentlemen living in Derby
expressed their desire to provide for Heenan's com-
fort, and he availed himself of their hospitality.
He expressed great annoyance at being run down
in the manner he had, but he hoped his intended
opponent would be more fortunate, as he (Heenan)
did not at all relish' his confinement. He stated
that he had never been drrcsted, fined, or suffered
an hour's imprisonment in his life. Heenan ex-

.essed his gratitude at the hospitality shown him
by many gentlemen in Derby, and spoke in high
terms of the kindness he had received from Mr.
Hilton, the head constable of the Derby Police.
Heenan will be brought up for bail to-morrow
morning,

(From Bell's Life.)
The ink was scarcely dry with which we wrote
the long article below on the match for the Cham-
pionship, when we received a telegraphic despatch
from a sportsman at Derby to the following effect :
—" Friday, April 6. They have just apprehended
Sohn Heenan at Trent Lock, and got him in Derby
lock-up 20 minutes ago." This announcement na-
turally excited our surprise and vexation, espe-
cially when we came to consider the spot where the
arrest took place. We instantlycommun:cated the
fact to Mr. Wilkes, as the proper representative of
Heenan in London. The indignation of that gen-
tleman was not less than our own, and he and -his
friends all agreed with us that if any persons were
to blame in the matter they were Heenan himself
and his companions, Mr. Falkland and Jack Mac-
donald. Rumours had been spread that Tom Sayers
intended to obtain the arrest of his opponent, in
in order that he might retain the belt without
another contest, but such an accusation as this was
as warmly scouted by all the American gentlemen
as by ourselves.

Why Falkland or Macdonald should have se-
lected Derby, above all places in. England, for the
training quarters of their man we know not, nor
can we possibly conceive. Had it been their deli-
berate intention to have their man arrested they
could not have gone to a betterTlace to select their
object. It is only a few weeks since three men were
tried at the assizes in that very town for being con-
cerned in a prize-fight. In Derby gaol were Tom
Paddock, Harry Poulson, Callaghan, and others
confined for many months, for a riot in connection
with a prize-fight, and the whole county has long
been known as the most dangerous place for the
members of the P. R. to select for their sports.
It is not impossible that the matter may yet be
amicably RPttl&ti, and that thn fight may yeL cutut;
off—although, of course, it is impossible to bring it
originallytihere to their exercise as strictly
fixed. We would advise
both
as possible, and not make this affair the excuse for
a break cut. Both seem anxious for a mill, and no
stone will be left unturned by the London friends
otohn mentlle to still adhere
of Heenan to bring about a satisfactory settlement.
We have learned that Hetnan had several narrow
escapes from arrest previous to his arrival at Trent
Lock. lathe neighbourhood of Bedford, at Stilton,
and other places lie only escaped by a miracle. It
is a pity his friends did not take the advice offered
them by Longhorn and others, as to the selection of
training quarters. A subsequent message says
Heenan is not in gaol, but in custody of the superin-
tendent of police, awaiting bail. This, we hope,
will be quickly forthcoming, to enable him to leave
the county.