The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND

WRESTLING,.

.The great annual wrealing meeting of the na-
tives of-Cumberland and Westmoreland resident in
London took place yesterday, and at: racter an
assemblage of three or four thousand persons.
The weather was exceedingly fine, which, with the
anticipation of pod sport consequent upon there
being some very good men in London, may accoi tnt
for the largeness of the assemblage, which consider-
ably exceeded that of former years. For some s ea-
sous past these sports have been celebrated at Ho rn-
sey-wood House, but the committee, from a variety
of causes, changed the scene of actin this year to
Mr. Baum's, the White Lion, Victoria-park stati )n,
Hackney-wick, where a large party of police, under
the direction of Superintendent T. Beckerson, wore
in attendance to preserve order. Those acquainted
with this style of wrestling are doubtless aware that

it is divested of all brutality—the men wrestling in,
their stockings—and the results are consequently
attendant upon the amount of science' displayed by
the several competitors. So innocent and harmless

is the wrestling considered, that many of the fair
sex, female relatives of members, were present in
the reserved seats, which had been fitted up for lie
occasion, there being Reside the general public a
great number of gentlemen from the different
counties.

The prizes were divided into two classes—a silver
watch and three snuff-bores, for the four first in
succession, under 11st, and a corresponding num-
ber of prizes for those between 11 and 16 stone.
Besides these, as an introduction to the sport wal a
foot-race, with nine competitors, for a trifling prize,
in which the following were engaged—T. Mien, S.
Frankland, R. Rudd, G. Brown, J. Andrews, J.
Fothergal, J. Duckworth, M. Johnson, and J.
Illingsworth. The race was won, after three heats,
by S. Frankland.

The wrestling commenced with the light weights,
and was contested with the following results :
J. Adcock threw W. Thompson ; B. Brownthrow
B. Williams ; J. Smith threw Barrow ; J. Hilton
threw T. Lomas : W. Jenkinson threw J. Hillings.
worth ; J. Johnson threw J. Gilchrist ; W. Banks
threw C. Atkinson ; J. Custley threw T. Benson ;
J. Lancaster threw J. Scott; J. Thompson threw G.
Casson ; W. Bannister threw H. Fearon; E. Stanley
threw G. Brown ; J. Bowman threw J. Tharbarn ;
E. Charlton threw I. Duckworth ; T. Mien threw D.
Dickson ; J. Little threw M. Jackson ; J. Gibson
threw J. Thurlwall ; A. Scott threw T. Smart ; W.
Scott threw J. Stamper ; T. Webster threw D.
Wilson ; J. Brown threw R. Atkinson ; G. Gib-
son threw J. Roberts ; S. Thompson threw J.
Brough ; P. Barnes threw T. Bentham. ; J.
M'Gowan threw J. Rawlingshaw ; W. Rigg throw
J. Martingdale ; G. Parke threw J. Bishop.
SECOND ROUND. —J . Little threw W. Walker,
odd man ; T. Charlton threw James M‘Gowan ; J.
Smith threw J. Gibson ; A. Scott threw W. Jen-
kinson ; W. Banks throw J. Hilton ; J. Bowman.
threw S. Webster ; J. Thompson threw W. Rigg ;
P. Barnes threw T. Adcock ; G. Gibson threw W.
Bannister ; E. Stanley threw J. Johnson ; T. Mien
threw W. Scott ; J. Lancaster threw B. Brown ;
J. Thompson threw J. Custley ; J. Brown threw
G. Parkes.

THIRD ROUND.—W. Banks threw T. Mien ; J.
Bowman threw E. Stanley ; Lancaster threw P.
Barnes ; J. Thompson threw A. Scott ; J. Smith
threw James Brown ; J. Thompson threw E.
Charlton ; G. Gibson threw J. Li.tle.
FOURTH ROUND. -W. Banks threw J. Bowman;
J. Thompson threwJ. Smith ; J. Thompson throw
G. Gibson.

FIFTH ROUND.—Banks threw J. Lancaster, old.
man ; J. Thompson threw J. Thompson.

FINAL FALLS.

FIRST FALL. —J. Thompson threw Banks.
SECOND FALL.—J. Thompson threw Banks.
The winner is a corporal of the Guards. Toflin,
the great favourite, withdrew through accident.