The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

THE FIGHT.

ROn the men standing up the disparity in bulk, height, thews,
sinews, and strength, was indeed fearful, Caunt standing 6 feet
24 inches, his antagonist 5 feet 9 inches; the champion's weight
14st. Sib., the Nottingham hero 12st. 11b. Caunt looked as
hard as he was big ; bendy, even at his fighting weight,
looked fleshy. A little measuring of distance, feinting, and
posturing took place, neither remarkable for its science or
gracefulness; Ceuta seemed as eager to be at the little 'un,
and " catawampcusly to chew him up," as an alligator going
often-mouthed at a spaniel pup. Caunt tried both hands in
succession, but Bendigo shifted, and got cleverly away. Wild
hitting on the part of Cauot, at last Bendy made his plant, and
during some exchanges not remarkable for precision, the little
'an gave Caunt such a shoot over the right eye, that the purple
fluid instantly followed. Caunt went at him ding dong with
more haste than discretion. Bendy got down cleverly to
avoid the Bruin's hug of the giant. Shouts of uproarious de-
light from the Leeds division ; first blood for Bendigo. This
settled many bets, as odds were demanded in favour of Bendigo
on this single event.
After thirteen rounds, Caunt began, under the d;rection of
Wharton, his second, to let out his blows much better. Ha
caught Bendigo on the body, but nothing to signify. Bendy
broke ground, was on all sides of the ring, and at last a rally of
right down hammering took place, during which, as Caunt
swung partially round from the force of a missed blow, the
Nottingham hero caught him a blow on the right eye that
grassed him.—(Uproarious shouting. " Who'll have Bendy at
evens?") First knock-down blow for Bendigo.
The character and style of the remainder of the fight may
he,judged from the sample here given. Suffice it to say, that
with alt ernate advantages, the fight was protracted to 93 rounds,
the details of which we will spare the reader. The confusion,
the ou'er ring being broken in, and the riotous violence of the
crowd, made the position of umpires, referee, and reporters,
any thing but safe or enviable. In the 92d round, Bendigo struck
Caunt very hard in the pit of the stomach—it was a winder.
An appeal and wrangle, was got up for the sixth or eigi.t
time, and while several respectable men declared that Bendigo
struck Caunt below the waistband, others strenuously denied
it ; the referee, who was almost crushed by a mob of roughs,
ordered the fight to proceed, and in the 93d round, Bendigo
having been partially down, sprung up, renewed the fight, and
went at Cauca, the latter supposing the round finished, and
probably wishing to husband his strength, certainly sat down
almost deliberately. Another appeal was made—the umpires
disagreed, and the referee decidedly and emphatically declared
that Caunt went down without a blow, and had lost the battle ;
and thus ended the grand tourney in the triumph of Bendigo,
after an unsatisfactory fight, which lasted two hours and eight
minutes, during which 93 rounds were fought.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Yesterday,
about noon, the passers-by on Blackfriars- bridge were considerably
alarmed by a married woman, named Harriet Cellgrove, residing
in Parson's Court,. Bride-lane, attempting self-destruction, by
jumping off that bridge into the river in a most deliberate manner.
The unhappy creature, it seems, was noticed by several persons
wandering over the bridge in a somewhat excited state, and, on
reaching the recoils of the second arch OR the Surrey side, she
deliberately mounted the seat, thence on to the balustrade, and
threw herself over. It being low water, where she fell was scarcely
covered ; and, being perceived struggling, two watermen, named
Muor and Miller, immediately went to her aid. On being re-
moved to the Royal Humane Society's House, in Upper Ground-
street, although no bones were broken, she was found to be fright.
fully lacerated about the body, and the police instantly conveyed
her to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she remains in a very
bad state. The cause of her attempting the rash act is said to be
domestic unhappiness.
THE LATE REVOLTING DEATH IN A BROTHEL.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE BOWL—Yesterday morning a middle.aged
woman, of respectable appearance, waited upon the parochial
authorities, for the purpose of being shown the wearing apparel
left off by the man, unknown, who died in a brothel, in Plum-
mer's-row, Commercial-road East, early on Tuesday morning last.
On being shown the articles, the poor woman immediately fell into
hysterics. On recovering from the fit, she stated that her hus-
band's name was James Williamson, a basket-maker, and that he
belonged to Hull, not Birmingham. She had been married to him
a considerable time, and was the mother of seven children. Since
the inquest on the body, on Thursday evening, the parish autho-
rities
i" have commenced proceedings against the avowed tenants of
th
houses of ill.farae an Plummer's-row, with a view to their ex-
tirpation.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT THROUGH THE FALL OF A
Later.—Last evening, about seven o'clock, as a young man of the
name of Masson, in the 'employ of Messrs. Warman, the grocers,
in Drury.lame, whilst lighting the gas suspended in front of the
shop, the iron-work which holds .the lamp. from some cause, sud.
denly snapped, and the lamp. which is a very large one, together
with the piping, fell into the street. The young man was thrown
off the ladder, in his fall severely fracturing his arm and shoulder,
besides otherwise bruising himself. The nursemaid belonging to
Mr. Parke; of Lincoln's Inn• fields, who was entering the shop
with one of the children, was struck with the lamp, and much cut
with the broken glass, The child, fortunately, was not, hurt,