The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-27 00:00:00

FIGHTS YESTERDAY.

JACK LENNY and YOUNG BROWN for TWENTY-
FIVE POUNDS A-SIDE.
The lads of the Fancy mustered in creditable
numbers at the Ferry-house, opposite Woolwich, to
witness the display of old English boxing, so natu-
rally looked for in heroes of such magnitude as the
above. Although the Fancy were a little divided,
many of them having gone to the fight of Perkins
and Jem Raines, yet the wehicles rolled down with
good loads, and at the usual hour all was sunshine
and anxiety. Lenny came in first, and looked
" quite charming.' His amiable opponent soon fol-
lowed. Lenny was nursed by Dick Curtis and
Frank Redmond, and Bishop Sharpe and David
Hudson " looked arter" Brown. Both were
in good condition, and the ring was formed in a
superior manner by Joe Fishwick, the worthy Com-

missary.
Round Ist.—At three minutes to one the men set to ;
Lenny, after a little sparring, planted a ruin'un with his
right, and repeated it under the car of Brown, who fell
forwards, from the last blow.
2. Lenny kept fighting first, and planted several pretty
good ones, hut was several times hit away cleverly by
Brown, who was uppermost in the fall.
3. Lenny went in, and drew the claret front the nose of
Brown ; he then followed in, and after a struggling rally
both fell together, Lenny under.
4. A desperate rally at the ropes, in which Lenny had
the best. He repeated the dose, and had all the best of
short arms at in-fighting.
5. Brown still cool, notwithstanding the hits. He
fought on the defensive, and, in another rally, Lenny
slipped down almost without a hit.
6. Brown jobbed, but the other • was always ready.
Lenny went in, and both rallied sharply till both fell.
(The Brownites quite comfortable.)
7. Brown gave him a full job as he came in, and floored
him by the right hand afterwards.
8. Lenny crept in after the other, but again had the
worst of it, and went down easily, to avoid punishment.
9. Nearly the same—Lenny received the left, and went
down carefully.
10. Brown had a terrible right-hander on the ear ; he
returned one full on Lenny's head with his left, which hit
him clean away, but Brown again had the right on the
ear, and fell weakly.
11 to 14. In all these rounds Lenny 'et-ept in, but
Brown fought coolly and well, and brought the odds round
in his favour. Lenny found he had got his work to do,
became considerably more cautious, and when in the hug
always went down carefully, to avoid the unpleasant en-
tertainment provided for him.
15. Lenny was well stopped, but he rallied again, and
fell as usual.
16. Lenny, after a little rum-bustling, went in and
planted 3 or '4
terrible hits, which nearly smothered Brown
in his own blood!. He staggered and got the sun in his
eyes, which gave Lenny all the best, till he shuffled down,
as usual, after a harmless struggle.
17. Brown seemed to have lost his fighting, and was
rather confused from the best hits. He, however, still
kept as cool as possible, and got through the round by
being badly hit again.
18. Brown had all the worst of this, and seemed nearly
drunk (the go-cart lads in hysterics.)
19, 20, 21, 22, and 23. Lenny still had the best of
these rounds, and had cruelly punished Brown, who
seemed hardly able to stand from weakness. He tottered
about close in one corner of the ring, while Lenny was
badgering him at every step Still,' what could be seen of
his countenance was cool and determined, and he certainly
fought as game as possible. In the last round, however,
Lenny wept in, and caught the other several powerful hits
on the head ; Brown instantly fell under the ropes beaten
and senseless, and was deaf to the call of time.
REMARKS.
This was a good fight, and as well contested as it
could have been. Brown had the worst of the few
first rounds, but he turned the scale by cool fighting,
till Lenny put in 3 or 4 smashing hits in the 16th
round, which certainly won the tight. Brown still
fought game and cool, but he wanted energy, and
seemed hardly to know the advantage of his length
in meeting the other as he came in. The light last-
ed fifty-three minutes in the hot sun, and Lenny,
thought the winner, was considerably puzzled be-
fore the sixteenth round.

JOHN PERKINS AND JAMES RAINES, FOR
TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS A-SIDE.
A pugilistic contest took place between the above
named parties, opposite Pentibook toll-house, about
one mile and a half to the southward of Egham,
Surrey, and as both parties were comparatively
novices, although young men of great promise in
pugilistic fame, their attempt attracted a very