The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-31 00:00:00

VA TER.

PUGILISiii.

JosEra HonEs AND JAMES HERBERT, FOR 251
ASIDE.—One of the most remarkable and spiritedly-
contested •encounters of late years was brought to
issue on Tuesday, on the well-known tilting-ground,
Woking-common. The men's previous performances
were limited ; the one (Hoiles) to a single public dis-
play, the other (llerbert) to a couple of fistic tour-
nays with Adams ; the first a draw (wherein Herbert
was thought to have best), and the second a victory.
In the sparring-schools, and at various glove-saloons,
both were highly esteemed, and hence the interest
attached to 'their maiden essay, which brought a
crowded gathering from bath east and south ends,
Ilerlwrt being patronised from the oriental quar-
ter, whilst Hoiles claimed the suffrages
of the Borough lals. East and James Welsh waited
on Holies; J. Gill and Brown on Herbert. Tne
style of Hoiles, who, though lighter at the scale, had
length and reach, was astonishing for its quickness,
activity, anti readiness in every position and: emer-
gency. In the first four rounds he led off on Her-
bert's face, but not without getting from the little
Hercules opposed to him one or two fearful half-arm
hits on the close. lu-fighting, however, or out,
Hodes was always busy, and seemed not to have re-
ceived his nick-name of " Tne Spider" without rea-
son, for his claws (clutched 'tis true) and his feet
were here, there, and everywhere that could be an-
noying. Herbert, about the middle of the battle,
got home strongly with his right on Hoiles's body,
and seemed for a moment to justify the 7 to 4 and 2 to
1 which had been laid on him; but a change came again
—the Spider had him in his clutch, and threw him
repeatedly. His vision, too, was interfered with by
the continual pops, many of them heavy ones, which
his opponent lent him ; and after struggling two
hours and fifteen minutes, against hope and every
chance, in the 100th round, his seconds interfered,
and " The Spider" was hailed as victor.
BRUNTON AND DUFFTN.—These men contended
for 101. aside in the same ring. Brunton is known
by his defeat of Hussey ; his opponent has a local
reputation about the City Canal. They fought 43
rounds in 46 minutes, during which Brunton exhi-
bited the possession of a considerable amount of
science, and a perfect knowledge of the straight use
of his left hand, while his hardy looking adversary
displayed no other capability of stopping a hit than
by presenting his head ; a plan, the result of which is
never long in doubt: and, accordingly, down went
Mr. Duffyn for the last time, and up went the sponge
for the first, at the close of the time abovementioned.

ASSAULT OF Aams.—Yesterday evening the mem-
bers of the fencing class of the Whittington Club gave a
grand assaut d'armcs at the rooms of the club. The
combatants were Messrs. Law, Cotton, Latham, Hooper,
Lusignan, Pearce, Fennings, Montagu, and Marshall.
The assaults were principally with foils, in which the
various exhibit:-tuts displayed much dexterity and grace.
Mr. Lusignan and Mr. Hooper had a bout at single-
stick, in which each gave some very clever hits. Mr.
Fennings and Mr. Montagu fought with the sabre, and
in a very long and well-contested match, showed some
beautiful strokes. At the close, Mr. Shury, the profes-
sor of fencing to the class, exhibited scverAl very clever
feats with the sabre, of the Saladin and Richard cha-
racter, such as cleaving a bar of lead, dividing a leg of
es ialckhhoafn dt
bkeefec chi eaft,s a
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a
pmefurftaottorhmnetersdec,uvaesnrhdiinogna were loudly applauded. The large room
was crowded.

AN INVERNESS SEAMAN.—We observe from the
American papers thst a fine American ship, the Charles-
ton, from New York for Savannah, was destroyed by
fire at sea in the end of September last. Captain Mor-
rison seems to have behaved on the trying occasion pith
great pros: nce of mind, prudence, and courage, and by
his exertions the crew and passengers were bayed. The
latter, thirteen in number, drew up and published the
following resolution:—" That our lasting and heartfelt
gratitude is due to Captain Morrison f,r the anxious at-
tention shown to us, and for the coolness and intrepidity
displayed by him during those hours of trial; and to his
officers and crew for their daring exertions on our behalf."
This testimony must have been highly gratifying to him,
es it is to his friends here; and for ourselves we are vary
l'appy to hear, in this honourable way, of an old friend,
Captain Morrison having served for some time as a
printer in this office seventeen or eighteen ye!ltra ego.e
Many changes have passed in the long i;lr"rvatti e 14th11
iii-fAted CO: rieston gaited front N
of St•p'ewber
-ti suffering severe
She experienced violent gales, the
the mate's watch,
i, juries, up till the 21st,
wh-"t hold. Every aper-
ture°o'l merchandise.
She with a valusuletheeaerwsg7:
fire was discovered raging in the
atin the tire, but
says Captain Morrison, ‘4,1 sail
in lain. Soon after,
rd; bore away for it, and set
arts discovered to
leeward; bore
found it to be the
signal of ilibtres&
Captain Thatcher, from was closed with the view of suffoc g
brig Philura.
him of being
, Now York fur
when ha
kindly offered to render all possible assistance, and re-
mained by the ship. The weather being still boisterous,
Savannah; informed
and the sea running high, the captain could not risk his
boat out; the weather in the meantime modentil,g, the
fire made much progress throughout the ship. Prepa-
rations were made to send the passengers on beard the
brig. At three P.M., succeeded in getting t'-e 1 aisen-
gers on board the brig; the officers and crew remaining
until 7 Pal , when they could not stand the smoke.
The fire made its appearance through the decks before
the captain and crew left. The wind was blowing hard
and weather squally, and it was with much difficulty
they got on board the brig about 8 o'clock P.M., by
wh•eh time the ship was in flames fore and aft."—lnver-
ness Courier.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANT.—It Will
be recollected that in November last the Electric Tele-
graph Camrany, through the A ttorney-Gcneral, ap-
plied to the Court of Queen's Bench for liberty to file 'a
criminal information against Messrs. Willwer and
Smith, of Liverpool, for an alleged libel, published in the
Morniag Herald on the 11th cf. October last. The ap •
f conditional order was then granted, at d
the hearing of the case was, wes urid:lbtand, fixed for
yesterday. After the disposal of a t w casea in that
court, however, an appl'eatton was made by the Attor-
ney-General for an enlargement cf tl-c rule to next
term, in order to enable him to examine the mass of
evidence produced by the defendants. The application
wai not opposed by the defendants' counsel, Sir F.
Thesiger,

!ting of the Tate-
tt the Princess's
Tl•street, for the
__pply wat and
propriety of supporting the Watford Company. the
Alderman Sir Peter Laurie presided ; and on the
platform were observed Mr. Chicheley Plowden,
M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Walpole Eyre, Major
Moore, Mr. Chapman, Mr. W. Williams (late M.P.
for Coventry), Mr. John Blake Kirby, Mr. Peter
Lauri', and other county magistrates. Nearly the
whole of the members of the Marylebone vestry, and
about 1,500 people were present.
ant
ihlaeetduernagto.ifngetherereaptolfalnethe Wat-
ford:l)lr NoSj cCc tiplLly explainedPt es un Atdbmeet
evils to which the parish of Marylebone was
Bu.ntlethettehde,
iA4I
and moved a resolution to the effect "That the pre-
sent supply cf water to the parish was impure in
quality, deficient in quantity, inconvenient in its dis-
tribution, and exorbitant in its cost."
Mr. Fay seconded the resolution, and it was carried
nen? con.
Mr. PLOWDEN, M.P., moved the second resolution :
" That having heard an accredited statement of the
of and proposition of the L-indon (Watford)
Spring Water Company, this meeting is of opinion
that the establishment of such company is calculated
to remedy the Existing evil, and entitled to public
corifid,,ece and support."
Mr. CHAPMAN, a county magistrate; seconded the
motion ; on which
Mr. Wm), ALP., called upon the meeting to re-
fuse to sanction any scheme of water supply, unless
that scheme gave the power of local and Farochial
control over tlle expenditure and management of -tine
distribution of the water.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. KENSETT denounced the proposition of the
Ilon. Member for 13odmin as chimerical, and said he
wanted to see a sort of universal suffrage with regard
to water, by the ratepayers taking the shares them-
celves.—(Oh, oh, luid great uproar.)
"Air. AMBROSE Mooar, one of the directors of the
compaar, rose to reply to the observation of MO.
Wyli. He candidly admitted that the company did
• slot intend to admit the principal of parochial repre-
sentation at their hoard , and in answer to a question
put by a ratepa3er as to the price to he charged for
the water, he referred to the Bill, which showed that,
whilst a house rated at 20/. per year was to pay 20?.
per year, or 5 per cent.; the house rated above 1001.
per year was only to pay 2f per cent.
This declaration was the signal for the most des-
perate uproar and groaning on the part of the meeting.
Mr.W. WILLIAMS denounced the Bill, which would
tax the poor man 5 per cent. while it let the rich man
off for 2i per cent. upon his water.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. MOORE again attempted to address the mectizig,
but they would not hear a single word.
Mr. P.tTEN, the projector of the company, then
came forward, and said he had been all his life strug-
gling to get the people of London pure water and
cheap .water.---(0h, oh.) lle was convinced that by
his plan Marylebone alone could be supplied at 11.
per house, or save 40,000/. per year. He did not
draw this Bill, and he utterly and entirely repudiated
it, and called on the meeting to do the same.
After great confusion,
The CHAIRMAN himself moved a resolution—" That
ten gentlemen be appointed as a committee by the
meeting to meet the directors of the company, and
insist upon a proper adjustment of the scale of charges
in the Bil', and that they adjourn to receive a report
of that committee."—(Cheers.)
Tnis was ultimately assented to, and the following
gentlemen were appointed' as such committee, viz,
Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Plowden,
M.P., Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Kensett, Mr. Chapman,
Mr. Soden, Mr. Glacier, Mr. Joseph, and Mr. Peter
Laurie.
The meeting then separated.