The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-25 00:00:00

COUNTERMANDING OF PRUSSIAN
MiLITARY TRAINS.

6.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, May 24.

The Maine-Weser Railway Company have
issued a notice, that all the 69 trains, for the
conveyance of Prussian troops, which were ordered
to begin running to-day from the Rhine in the
direction of Thuringer and Saxony, have been
countermanded.

THE FIGHC FOR THE CdA-kPIONSUIP,

The following ave :red in our late edition of last even
ing:

The prize fight between Jem Mace and Joe Goss for the
champion's belt and £lOO came off this morning.
Much general interest has been attached to this event,
arising from the fact of the same two men having fought
on a previous occasion.
It may here be stated that Goss was born at IVolver-
harup ton, and is 28 years of age. He stands sft. Bin. high,
and weighs list. 61b. Mace is a native of Norwich, and is
five years older than his antagonist. He has the advan-
tage in height, but his weight is about the same. Goss has
fought several times for large sums of money, but in one
instance only has he been vanquished, and that was by his
present opponent, some three years ago, ~in a contest for
£l,OOO, upon which occasion they fought 10 rounds in one
hour and 55 minutes.
The form of paying the last deposit, £4O, making com-
plete the sum of money contended for, was gone through
on Thursday last.- This took place (pursuant to the
choice of Goss, who had won the toss for "naming the
place of final" deposit) at the house of Nat Langham, in
St. Martin's-lane, upon which occasion Goss puts in .an
appearance, and, in reply to a question as to the probable
masyivieallrt.
issue of the fight, said, "At any rate, if I don't win, it
shall be for no want of a good try onbe w
hlenhatvhee
made up my mind, and hope I may
day comes as I am now."
All preliminaries having been completed, tickets were
issued at £2 each person first class; and £1 10s. second.
These bore the following inscription :—" Thursday, May
24, 1866.7 First class, £2. Ludgate-hill Station, at
530 tl.m:
In order to be in time, th 3 first class ticket-holders, of
whom
bled at the long before
hom there were upwards of 200, principally gentlemen
of the ring, assembled station
train comprising some 12
five o'clock, and were admitted to the up station, where a
carriages was drawn up. The
the
by the way ticket-
holders,lead-
who were admitted to th •
same process was observed withheirtrainsecond class
ing to the down
"roughs" who sought to
was a very large proportion of
station. In this latter assemblage there
pass free, but happily this mansauvre was anticipated both
outside the station, under the co
officers being drawn up
by the railway authorities and the polico—a strongbodym
o-
f
mand of Inspector Harrison.
When the doors of the station were first opened an eager
rush was made for the carriages. Thanks, however, to the
internal 'arrangements, everybody became in due course
comfortably seated without the hubbub and blackguardly
exclamations that usually attend these departures. Punc-
tually to time—namely, half-past s—the special, containing
between 200 and 300 passengers in all, moved out of the
station, and proceeded at a good pace through a beautiful
country till it reached the Farningham-road station. Here
it was brought to a standstill, while tickets were collected.

This occupied some 10 minutes, and the train afterwards
proceeded a distance of some four miles, about midway to
Meopham, when for the second time it was brought to a
standstill, and the cry "All out," was at once raised. A
minute afterwards every one descended, and rushed pell-
mell down the embankment into an adjacent meadow,
known as "Longfield Court." There the ring was formed,
but not without some delay, and Mace as the first to
throw his cap in it, following himself immediately after-
wards, amidst the cheers of his partisans. Goss observing
this, instantly followed the example of his autagonist, and
was equally lustily greeted.
The form of tossing for choice of corners was then gone
through, and Goss winning the toss selected that with his
back to the East, although there was little or no advantage
in this, inasmuch as the sun, which had up to this time
been brilliant, now became clouded ; aud, again, the
ground was perfectly level, so there was nothing gained in
that particular. The men then retired to their respective
corners and were duly attended by their seconds.
Having stripped, the referee, a gentleman attached to
the staff of an old established sporting paper, took up this
position, and proclaimed "all ready." The men then ad-
vanced to the encounter, and were lustily cheered. They
both looked in good condition. Having shaken hands they
severally retired, and then smiling advanced to the con-
test. They commenced by sparring very carefully—now
feinting—now smiling—now rubbing themselves, amidst
the laughter of all present, as if to get themselves warm.
Mace made the first attempt to strike, and just touched
his antagonist on the chest. Now they both dropped
their hands, and rubbed themselves across the breast and
down the arms, as if to bring themselves, as it were, to
the mark.

They then resumed their sparring attitudes, and after
walking cautiously round the ring some five minutes, they
again smiled at each other, then stood still, and dropped
their arms, laughing aloud.

Here Goss's seconds wanted to know " Why Jam Mace
was like a locomotive ?" " Because he always ran away
from his station," was the answer.

This appeared to put Mace on his mettle, and he there-
upon struck out in a direct line with his adversary's face ;
but Goss, with the nimbleness of a ballet dancer, sprang
back, and, at the same moment, darting forward, threw
out his left hand, touching Mace slightly on the left
shoulder. More cautious sparring, Goss remaining all this
time nearly close up in his own corner. Again both men
desisted, and began laughing and chaffing each other, amidst
the counter jeers of their different partisans. Then they
stood eyeing each other, till one indignant looker-on de-
clared the champion of England was bringing the prize-ring
to something indeed by jumping and dodging about in the
way in which he was doing. Another rest and another
chaff, and then a resumption of the attack and defensive,
but still neither succeeded in touching each other.
All this time the different backers sought by cheers and
coarse remarks to urge the men to "business." Their efforts
however had but little effect—if any, perhaps they tended
to rouse the men from a comparative lethargy. Mace put
himself into a position of attack, and then he followed his
opponent completely round the ring, and pursuing him, as
it were, to his corner, he struck out his left but Goss dea-

terously jumped on one side, treating the attempt of his
antagonist with derision. Mace continued to follow his
man closely into the corner, then struck out is ith force,
striking Goss on the left shoulder. Of this the latter took
but little notice, but retiring to his own corner, and cau-
tiously eyeing his opponent; awaited his opportunity of
sending forth his left directly from the shoulder, and hiding
Mace on the right cheek and nose, drew first blood, follow-
ing it up with a second blow (but short) on the chin. This
was succeeded by more sparring, Mace cautiously follow-
ing his opponent round the ring. They had now been up
three quarters of an hour; and not being able to get at each
other, retired and rinsed their mouths with wider. They
again resumed the fight ; and again, after much sparring,
stood still, laughing and chaffing each other, exhibiting
the greatest good humour. Now arose the deafening jeers
and ccunter jeers of the spectators, who were evidently
becoming disgusted. This appeared to urge the men on to
the contest, and Goss at once struck out, hitting Mace
lightly on the chest. One hour had now passed, and again
the belligerents found themselves standing apart laugh-
ing at each other. Resuming their respective positions
Mace pursued his man round the ring ; but Goss with
extraordinary dexterity kept his adversary at bay. This
lasted for some time, when there suddenly arose the bois-
terous indignation of their partisans, upon which Mace, with
a savage expression, called out, "Why don't you come on ?"
This gave rise to oneunanimoushissing, intermingled with
shouts of "Pull up the ring," "Take them out, they are
frightened," and cries of "A draw, a draw," &c. This
latter advice was at once approved of by the backers of
Mace, who instantly extended his hand to his opponent,
and being accepted, a " draw" was proclaimed, and affairs
consequently remained in statu quo.
Up to this time there had been no interference onthe
part of the police. But just as the belligerents left the
ring, Mace declared that he could not fight because he had
sprained his ankle, and Goss, on the other hand, avow-
ing that he would not have given in first for £l,OOO, a
couple of policemen appeared on the field, but were kept
at bay by the mob, who clustered round the ring. They
finding their efforts to get within the ropes fruitless went
fora reinforcement.

During
their absence a d
--__
ring. second fight between Gollaghor
and Ilicken
was got up, and was proceeding, when the re-
inforced police re-appeared, and straightway made for the
They draw their truncheons, and sought to force an
entrance. This attack was received by the spectators with
resistance, several of whom laid hold of the camp-stools,
and made use of them as weapons of defence. The utmost
confusion ensued, in the course of which two of the police
got their heads severely cut. No arrests were made, but
the ropes and stakes were taken possession of by the local
fight
authorities ; and so terminated the intended ic great',
for the championship of England , after one hour and 40
minutes' sparring.

r„, AR THE ALTOS.—A Florence journal
A
asserts that Rossini has written to the Pope praying his
Holiness to remove the interdiction which prevents the
empl went of female voices in the churches in Italy.
DISEASE AMONG GEESE.--A new vecies of dis-
ease has broken out 'among geese, and is _making
fatal
havoc among the young lags. At Mitcham, Walton,. and
other localities in Surrey, the geese-breedeit have sus-
tained severe loss. The disease affects the young geese
with stupor, and they lie about as if injured in their
limbs, and in a few hours whole broods are destroyed. It
is a disease hitherto unknown among geese-breeders, and
some ascribe it, in an indirect way, to the easterly winds.
WIA9_ caly Witclocl goainglik gr 9 p. rly destroyed.