The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-15 00:00:00

BOXING.

.A-pitched battle was fought yesterday,-at a !ince
;called Sun in the'Sands, at the bottom of Shooter's
titll, between jemm.y.from-Toun, a hackney coach.
•man, and James. Rolfe, a hdrse.dealcr, two com)a.
tants of some pugilistic'-eminence, for a subserio.
tion.purse of zo guineas. Jemmy.from..Town, it
may be remembered; acquired great reputation
,in
a contest it Kennington Comm )n, • twelve months
ago, when he beat Hopping Morgan ; and Rolfe. was
,not 'less admired• for his prowess -on-several occa.
sions, particularly at the Wormwood Scrubs, *herd
the inowitig ones_ were taken in, by betting the long
odds against him.
Tht, ring was' formed .precisely at a quarter' past
eleven b'clock.,-• when the cuipbataots entered it,
both " eager for the•fight." On stripping, fernmv.
from-Town appeared to be the taller man, and longer
in the arm.

At the commencement .of the la Round, the
Coachman. attacked his antagonist with so much
violence, that he drove him almost out of the ring,
and fell. .No dangerous hip' made,
The next four" Round: consisted of very severe
hitting on'both sides. The coachman did not pos.
sess, much science,* but was
by'
neither in
strength nor courage, and by a round blow he rut
the Horse.dealer over his right eye, and brought
'him on his knees.

TO the loth Round The Coachman kept a loom
rein; and, notwithsanding Rolfe's efforts to. slop
him, he could not force him to pull up. He rushed'
on his opponcnt, and fought most furiously, While
Rolfe was inclined to shift 'll little, and seemed to
be preserving his wind for a long conte.t. He
could not, however, avoid receiving seven!' blows
from the Coachman, whiCh had a very striking
circa.

Fro-;a the, loth to the z6ift` Round, the Horde..
dealer appeared determined to oppose strength to
strength, and it was impossible to witness a more
manly standup fight ; sometimes 'one had the best
cf: it, .and sometimes the other. The Horse-dealer
seemed no longer restive, and dealt his blows so Jo.,
dieiously that the odds were coosidorably in his f.t.
voUr, and it was 'tupposed that the Coachnum was
in the last ttage of the battle.
The 16th •Retind was in the Coachman's favour ;
he hit his opponent a violent blow on the temple;
which completely turned him found, at brought
him to the ground. "
The 27th Round turned the tide further In favour
of the Coachman.; he' hit Jhe Horse-dealer a vio-
lent blow in the body, which was thought to have
touched his Wind'.

The. iBtb Ronnd Rolfe began by lig:tting on the
reserve, and .putting in his blows with great rau,
tion', whilst the CoitChman'continued to follow him
up, and give him, no quarter. 't ()ward, the end,
Ride made a sudden retreat, ~wt)ilst the Coachman
aimed kviolent blow at him, by which meins he
avoided it, and made a tlow in return, which
knocked down the Coachman.

The zgth Rollud, the Coachman sLerneki deter.,
mined to make amends for his defeat in the last,
and started with renovated strength. The Horse..
dealer iettned all of a sudden faint, from his ex.
traordinary exertions in the former rounds. The
Cuachnian, perceiving'.the advantage, made play,
and soon took the lead, and kept it to the end of
iound.

The next three rounds Rolfe was exceedingly dis.
tressed, his wind was quite gone; whilst the
Coachman put in several seveze blows, cut his 01).
ponent's face, which made the blood flow profusely r
it was evident he could not support the fight above
another round.

Twenty fourth Round.--The hiorse.dealer now
surprized the speaators by seetning as it were,
suddenly invigorated, and several severe hits were
exchanged on both sides. At the conclusion of
the round both fell together Irons each' other's

On the combatants standing "up to commence the
twenty...Afth Round, expreshed a wish to give
in ; and viaory was unexpectedly declared in fa-
Vciur of genttny.from.Town. It .was acknowledged,
on all sides, that the linise-dcaler had :hewn much
Wood and "bottom ; and the Coachnian retired 'from
the ring without expressini the least,dissataadion
at his fire.