The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-28 00:00:00

WRESTLING MATCH.

On Friday last, the Anniversary Contest between the Youths
of Wesunorland and Cumberland took place, at the Welling.
ten Cricket grounds, near Sloanc.square, Chelsea. The can•
didates were confined to these two counties, and amounted to
id least 150. The prizes consisted of a superb Silver Vase,
magnificently chased with emblematical devices ; Gold and
Silver Snuff.hozcs ; and other articles of a very elegant de.
scription. Their mode of wrestling is 'different from that
practised in other parts of England. The candidate,
do not, as is usual, take' hold by the collar 'and elbow
or by the collar alone, but place their arms respectively,
one over the shoulder, and the other underneath the arm of
each other, and grasp their hands across the loins, in what is
called a sailor's grip. The principal ingenuity seemed to be
exerted in making this grip—end on it appears chiefly to de-
pend the fate of the struggle. Another smgularity.attending
this mode of wrestling is an extraordinary protrusion of the
body; and in some instances su far was it carried, that the
frames of the candidates formed a very obtuse angle with the
ground. • The principal wrestlers'were—Messrs. Robert Halls,
Dodson, Lamb, and Graham. The contest at the close was
confined to Messrs. Halls and Dodson, and was decided in
favour .of the former, who was declared the winner of the cup,
The other prizes were then distributed.

PROTESTANT ,PETITION.—The petition from
" the undersigned Protestants," complaining of
the pecuniary and personal inconveniences which
the Members of the Reformed Church sustain
through the consequences of Catholic disability,
will he presented to Parliament bnmediately
after the rbcess. It hai already been signed by the
Duke of Leinster, Marqui4 of Sligo, Lords Char.
lemont, Leitrim, and several other Peers, as well
as by Colonels Talbot and White, Mr. Brown.
low, S. Rice, &c. &c., Members of Parliament,
landholders, and persons of mercantile An pro.
fessional respectability.

POWER. of NUSIC.—WHEN YANIEWICZ, the
musician, first came to this country, he lived at the west end of
the town.. One clay, after paying several visits, he found him.
self- a little out of his latitude, ant. called a iicknepeottc,h, when
the following dialogue ensued :
Coacionian (shutting the door).—Where to, Sir?
ran.—tionle, mon anti, you go me home.
Coachntan.--liome, Sir, but where?
gar, I no know • de name of tha street has escaped
me out of my memories. ehave forgot him, vat I Khali do ?
(Coachman grins.) Ah ! you are gay I Come now, you under•
stand de mustque, eh ?
Conehman.—Music! What's that to do with the street?
! cm- yarn-. Von shall see (burns a tune). Vat
is,dat ?
Coaclitnan.—M albrook.
• ren.—Ah ! by gar, dat is him, Marlbro%street ; now you
drive tae home, eh

There is a toast, we understand, in the city,
Which bids fair to be a rival to the Three C.'s ;
it is the Four W.'s--Wood, \Vaithmusu,
and W enables.
Mr. Vox Wench is decidedly the Lion of the
day. We understand that he has received, on
various r occasions, upwards of 50 guineas an even-
ing'for his attendance at the concerts of the No.
bility. The two Oberons,which ureabout to be pro.
duced at the whiter theatres, are totally. distinct,
both in theirtsubjeck and design. That at Drury-
lane theatre is founded on WIELAN Ws poem ; the
other, we understand, is an adaptation, by Mr
PLANCHE, from the Midsummer Night's Dream
of SUAKSPEARE, the music of which, by WE,lleit,
is most highly spoken of. The copyright is sale
to have been already purchased at the price o•
1,000 guineas. • •
'At the meeting of the Committee of Manage
merit of the York Musical Festival, held las

TU6adity, it was resolved, that the sun of 1,9001.
tieing the surplus of the profits of the late Musical
FestiVal, should be divided in equal portions
amongst the Infirmaries of York, Leeds, Hull,
'arid Sheffield, making 4751. for each.
ErrnAct vnoM A Farstcu PA The
English Ministry have adopted the principle of
Free Trude, and yet they pass an Act to abolish
Lotteries, which have given freely to the Public,
without any expellee to the State, upwards of
One Hundred Millions of Pounds Sterling, in
Capital Prizes, during the last Century. Surely
every person ought to have the liberty to pay
Eighteen or Nineteen Pounds for Twenty Thou-
sand Guineas, as long ;as Mr. Btsu will offer
such terms ? but no !—we' find the British Par.
!lament have determined there shall be no more
Lotteries after the present and one more drawing."
FIRE.—A very alarming fire broke out this
morning, about four o'clock, in Chapel-court,
Southwark, which destroyed the house of Mr.
Dowlingi green-grocer. ; A most, miraculous es.
cal,6 was effected from the burning house by a
youth; Of 17, a son of Mr. Dowling the lad
Slept In a back attic, and it was thought had es.
auped, when he was seen at the front attic win-
dow impiniing assistance, which could not be
rendered him ;he, however, with great ;presence
of mind, climbed up from the. window a distance
or six feet, up the front of the house to the roof,
and thus Sailed his life.