The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-12 00:00:00

THE RING.-FIGHTS TO COME.

March 18.—Dick Acton and Jack Nieholls,2s7. a
March 25.-41arry Jones and Bill Savage, 25/. a side.
April 2.—80 b Castles and Paddy Flynn, 251. a side.
April B.—Brown and Sampson, 2501. a side, ball way
between Birmingham and Bridgenorth.
April B.—Piefinch and Young Gas, 1007. a side—same

ring.
April B.—Dobell and Bailey, 100/. a side.
April 29.—Ned Neal and Baldwin, 2501. a side.
May 27.—Jem Ward and Carter, 50/. a side.

'ATI.. Secretary HustussoN ha: been indispos-
ed for some days past, but is now a r:oeat deal better.

approvedtiouNE,iiasN :nt ‘
j"cuo LlFEconstruction, B
neteioon6m,AT—
lf,o.lert.etdhe, 2.alLt I
the
boat,icleolnyiah/dr,: fC43n the
1 ‘ola
is.
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in the Groves, Hull. Its dimensions are, length '27 feet,
breadth 9 feet 6 inches, and depth 4. feet. It is to be
stationed, for the present, at Saltfleet or North SomerenAts,
where it will be sent, with a suitable carriage, in a few
days.—Boston Gazette.

During the severe gale, on Wednesday after-
noon, a sloop, belonging to Fer;iby Sluiee, went down :in
the Humber, and we regret to add, two young men, named
HowEr,t,, sons of the owner, perished, A third person,
we are told, was taken from the top of the
steam packet,—Boston Gazette.

We understand that Colonel the Right Hon.
Lard DOUGLAS has resigned the command of the Forfar
and Kincardineshire regiment of Militia. His Lordship
was Colonel of the regiment for the last twenty-Fix years,
was universally esteemed as a commanding officer, and wai
always regarded by the officers and men with the highest
respect.—Caledonian Mercury.
THE OLIO, OR MUSEUM or ENTER
TAINNIENT.—This is a pleasant rambling miscellany, con-
taining a varied selection of Tales, Anecdotes, Jae
Millers, Historiettes, small Poems and Essays. There are
also two Wood Engravings, one of which is excelleo:r, and
the other respectable. 'The type also of the wort; deserves
praise, it is clear, and neatly executed. We 51-,311be
to find it succesifid.

ten.l.:9table. He
I"c4
habiliments, and
WILLIE
pearance and disgusting babit:leieindell
knowir in this neighbourhoodoa fbro.oanridhsipiitteb.uredt
hdoilityl'oanpg.,
of a cold caught from lying but dur,ag the night in the late
storm. From his uncouth saggedbeard„.
erratic manner of living, WiLLl,4;vr iirAnnitr. was a marked
--i-ntothol:::ulithaonud4esitsB„vcic.ianbitovi-it;.
character. 'From his earliest years he h.ad.a dispmition
about the fields, and in-
curablydir-
gerv.ettboavtieirne
tti,lieua,orrmky, a.ann,.di
and how he made a shirt to figure in these opp9sitp services,
is not recorded. Latterly he mostly confined his reSidence—
town to which he could have undisturbed access. Notwith-•
standing his forlorn condition, . however, he maintained a
sturdy indepentl,enee. of mind to his la.stliour, never acknow-
ledging the dotitution his squalid appearance indicated, and
iii if
nn
gs residenceuuininmtee
rr:af.
oni it could
ihautumn
in l :p
part,
n ,;,.
seldom, and that only from a few, and under the extremi •
ties
ee of hunger,
tileshap would
and even then, unless in a
better mood than -usual, his benevolent reliever iniglit
reckon himself fortunate if he escaped without some surly
growl, or an offensive epithet, for his pains. But there were
occasions when Wita.ir would condescend to thank a fa-
vourite benefactor, and even to mutter, in his hurried.
tone " God bless you ;" but this was rare. It was always
with the greatest difficulty, that some, from compassion,
allould he deign to accept pecuniary assist-
ance of
alms ;
and others from a regard to public decency, could get him
to exchange his rags for their cast off clothes. Friendlyviolence had often to he resorted to, to effect their piirpof es
Once, on visiting a Nobleman's mansion in the neighbour-
hood, he was coal' pelled to make the exchange--and, to pre-
vent him from resuming his disgusting tatters, these were
carefully buried; but no sooner were his friendly assailants
withdrawn, than "the man of shreds and patches" dug up
the old, and deposited the new in their place. It was re-
cently contemplated to have him put on the establishment
of the Lunatic Asylum; on learning which
,WILLIE felt in-
dignant, and, to preserve his ragged independence, left the
place for some time. But he has at length paid the debt
of nature; and to the public, to whom he has so long been
literally a bugbear, it may be satisfactory to know that
this annoyance has been swept from our struts,—Perth
Courier.