The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

NOVEMBER.

Liverpool 5

Nearly ready, THE ROWING ALMANAC for 1867, price
ls., comprising a complete resume of the aquatic doings of
1866, including a record of all matches, and such other
useful information as will make it a valuable compendium
for all oarsmen and yachting men. Edited by "An Old
Land."—London : Dean and Son, 63, Ludgate-hill.

THE FATAL SPARRING MATCH.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester-
day evening :

John Young, William Shaw, Daniel Morris, George
Flynn, Edward Donelly, Thomas Dawes, James Goode,
and James Evans, surrendered to an indictment charging
them with being concerned iu causing the death of a lad
named Willmott.

It will be recollected that a sparring match, with gloves,
took place at the public-house kept by the defendant
Shaw, in which Young and the deceased were the parties
in the contest. Some of the defendants acted as seconds
to the young men, and Flynn officiated as time-keeper.
After the match had been going on some time,
and, according to the evidence of one of the
witnesses known by the name of Nutts, Willmott was
winliing easily, when he (Willmott) received a push from
Young, which caused him to stagger and eventually to fall
to the ground. In doing so it was alleged he struck his
head against the partition of the room with such violence
as to make it necessary to remove him to the
hospital, where, in a short time afterwards, ho
died. The medical evidence went to show that the de-
ceased's body was extensively bruised, and that the boxing
gloves were quite sufficient to cause those injuries on the
body, but that death was not caused by any of those
bruises, but by an extravasation of blood on the brain,
which might have been produced by a fall.

At the close of the evidence for the prosecution,
Mr. Montague 'Williams said there was not sufficient
evidence to establish the charge against the defendants.
Mr. Baron Bramwell, after a consultation with Mr. Jus-
tice Byles, decided that the case mnst go to the jury.
The jury took some time to deliberate, after which the
foreman said they wore of opinion that the evidence was
too weak to establish a charge of manslaughter, and there-
fore they found a verdict of not guilty against all the
defendants.

They were then again arraignel on tho coroner's inqui-
sition, but no evidence being offered, a verdict of not
guilty was returned.

Mr. Baron Bramwell—lt would bo just as well if some
steps were taken to bring these encounters to a termina-
tion before the parties were knocked about to the extent
that had been proved that day. If they did not do so
they might depend upon it they would be caught some
day.
THE ALLEGED MURDER IN BETIINAL-GREEN.

William Scott, tripe dresser, pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment charging him with tho manslaughter of his wife.
The grand jury ignored tho bill for wilful murder.
Mr. Justice Byles sentenced him to 15 yours' penal ser-
vitude.

NEWS FROM THE SEA.—A bottle has been picked
up containing a paper on which are the following words:--
"Nov. 12.—The ship John Shaw, of and from Falmouth,
46 days out, waterlooged, dismasted, and in a helpless state ;
all boats gone. William —, mate."
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the gridiron at Liverpool and receives thorough overhaul.
She will afterwards be fitted with new screw boilers, and
as
internally equipped as she originallyw for the convey-
ance of first-class passengers. The directors have gone to
this expense, having chartered her for 12 months (with the
option of the charter being renowed) to a French company,
who intend to employ her during the greater part of next
year in bringing passengers from Now York to Brest for the
Exhibition. She will make her first trip to Now York in
March.
TRUE TO THE LAST.--A ghastly anecdote, illus-
trative of the deep sincerity of dinner friendships, and the
profound attachment whereof boon companions are capable,
long survived this miserable man, and was, within these
20 years, told for truth by one of his generation. His ele-
gant dinners had been particularly renowned for some re-
markable and unmatchable Curacoa. Ho had been fre-
' quently asked at his own table of whom he bought it, but
always kept the secret. When ho was ordered for execu-
tion, three friends, bound to him by the remembrance of
many feasts and many glasses of this famous liqueur, had
were
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parting interview with him in his condemned cell. They
had discharged themselves of such edifying remarks as
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tendsing. The boiler bounded up in the air, carrying away
part of the roof and the walls of the engine room in its
flight. The mills being flooded on Monday the work in
the machine-room was stopped, otherwise it is probable
that several lives would have been sacrificed. The driver
and several others who were near at tho time of the ex-
plosion fortunately escaped uninjured.
THE THREATENED FENIAN INVASION.—The Irish
Government are, it is said, about immediately to give addi-
tional strength to the military detachments stationed in
Sligo and other western Irish towns. The Freeman's
Journal says :—"Within the past few days notice has been
given at all the metropolitan police stations intimating that
the constable or constables who may capture Jas. Stephens,
in the event of his returning to Ireland, will bo entitled to
a reward of £l,OOO. This intimation would go to show
that the Government does not wholly disbelieve that the
Head Centre will have the temerity to return to Ireland
as he announced that ho will."—Manclies(cr cuaraiars.""'"