The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

A MB E 7 11.

FATAL CONSEQUF;CES OF INTOIICATION.—On Tuesday
John Kel y, a labourer, and ENza Leek: a common prostitnie,
were charged before Mr. Henry with having caused the death
of their illegitimate infant, six months old.
John Constable, a policeman, 4:3 L, deposed that on that
morning, while o❑ duty at Tower-street station-house, a person
named Saunders came there, and said he wanted him to take
two persons into custody for having caused the death of their
child. He accompanied Saunders to the house. No. 24, in
'tower-street, a ,d upon entering the bed-room in which the
prisoners were, he found the body of a female child on the
bed. Both the prisoners said they went to bed very mush
intoxicated, and on awaking in the morning found the infant
dead.
Stephen Saunders said he had the management of a lodg-
ing-house, No. 24, Tower-street, and that o■ the night be-
fore the prisoners engaged a bed there fur the night. Both
were intoxicated at the time, but having known them for
some time, he did not object to let them the lodging. They
went to bed with their infant, who then appeared in good
health, and he braid nothing more of them until that morn-
ing, when the female came down stairs running, and ex-
claimed, " Oh, my poor child is dead." Witness went up
stairs and found the female infant dead in the bed with its
clothes on, and it appeared to him that it had not byen stripped
alt night. In reply to the questions of Henry, the wit-
ness said both the prisoners seemed very much affected, parti-
cularly the female ; and from what he had always seen of them,
he thought they were both very fond of the infant.
A certificate from Mr. Wagstaff, a surgeon, who had exa-
mined the body of the child, was put in, and from it it appeared
that the child's death had been caused by suffocation in being
overlain during the night, and that there were no marks of vio-
lence on the body.
'f he female prisoner, who seemed to be in much grief, said
that herself and her companion went to bed much intoxicated,
and upon awaking that morning she placed the child at her
breast, but finding it did not suckle she became much alarmed,
and awoke its father, arid they then found it was demi. She
ran down stairs and told the landlord as soon as she could,
and shortly after the policeman came and took them into
custody.
Mr. HENRI- remaikod that the eve was a very shocking
one, and there could be no doubt the death of the unfortunate
infant had been caused by being overlain by one or other of the
prisoners. He then remanded the prisoners to a future day to
give time for an inquest. to be holden on the body.

THE eiG HT FOR THE CHAM-
PIONSHIP.

Tuesday this affair was brought to issue at Sutfie:d-green,
in the county of Northampton, atter two adjournments, includ-
ing in their transit the counties of Buckingham, Oxford, and
Northampton. It may, perhaps, be necessary, fur the informa-
tion of those who are not adepts in the mysteries of the ring, to
state that this contest fur 2001. aside, the championship, and its
accompanying trophy, the belt, was the result of an ancient
envy and heart-burning between the competitors, this being
their third tourney in the listed field. In the first Caunt was
worsted, he having struck his adversary while down ; in the
second Bendigo was adjudged to have lost the fight for falling
without a blow ; and a third "passage of acres" would then
have come off, had not a serious accident, whereby Bendigo
fractured his kneecap, plated hint for a considerable period
hors de combat. After lying by for upwards of two years, the
last-mentioned pugilist again dared his rival, and the other
responded to the call. The articles were signed, and the day
fixed for Tuesday, the 9th of September.
For some days previcus to the event rumour pointed to the
vicinity of Newport Pagnell, in the county of Bunks, as the place
whereat the fistic veiuie would be laid, and this ,
doubtless, was a main cause of the vexatious shifriogs of place
_the galloping. across country—the knocking-up of man and
horse, and the knocking down of vehicle., which, through' ut
the entire day, Linn:gilt back vividly to the fancies of ancient
ring-goers, the humours of .‘ the road to the tight," as chanted
by Mathews. Eleven was named as the hour, but at five
minutes before ten the veteran commissary, Tom (Myer, had
pitched the stakes and completed an admirable hu; er and inner
ring at a place called Whaddon-field, about six miles from
Stratford, which is about the same distance from New-
port Pagneli. Here. for two hours. slid some six
t housand persons broil in a September sun ; but at
five mil utes past noon a horseman. fiery hot with haste,
informed the multitude that these had been migisteri,l inter-
ference, that the stakes must be pulled up, and the fight would
not take place in Bucks. High and low, those who rode and
those who padded the hoof, were quickly on the move; Strat-
ford is again reached, arid thence, at about hail-past one, all
started to the fixture at Sutfield-preen, pasir.g through a por-
tion of Oxfordshire. There a second ring was formed and sur-
rounded by at least 10,000 persons. A long and annoying del,y
now toJk place in the appointment of a referee, and it was not
until the men hail been nearly an hour in the ring, that a gen-
tleman, a sexagenarian sportsman, well-known on the turf, in a
word, " the old squire," was prevailed or, to accept the onerous
and thankless office. The seconds for Caunt were Wharton
and Young Molyneux, the black ; for Bendigo, Nick Ward,
brother to Jein Ward, and Johnny Hannan. At five minutes
to four, all being ready, the men shook hands, and threw them.
selves in an attitude for
THE FIGHT.
On the men standing up the disparity in bulk, height, thews,
sinew., and strength, was indeed fearful, Caunt standing 6 feet
2i inches, his antagonist 5 feet 9 inches; the champion's weight
14st. 81b., the Nottingham hero 1-st. 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; Gaunt seemed as eager to be at the little 'un,
and " catawampously to ehaw him up," as an alligator going
open-mouthed at a spaniel pup. Caunt tried both hands in
succession, but Bendigo shifted, and gut cleverly away. Wild
hitting on the part of Caunt, at last Bendy made his plant, and
during some exchanges not remarkable for precision, the little
'un gave Caunt such a shoot over the right rye, that the purple
Bendigo.
Thi,
fluid instantly followed. Caunt went at him sing dong with
more haste than discretion. Bendy got down cleverly to
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settled many bets, as odds were demanded in favour of Bendigo
on this single event.
After thirteen rounds, Caunt began, under the direction of
Wharton, his second, to let out his blows much better. He
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 Gaunt
swung partially round from the force of a missed blow, the
Nottingham hero caught him a blow on the right oye that
grassed him.—( Uproarious shouting. " Who'll nave 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 al ernate advantages, the fight was protracted to 93 rounds,
the derails of which we will spare the reader. The confusion,
the outer ring being broken in, and the riotous viol nee of the
crowd, made the position of umpires, referee, and reporters.
anything but safe or enviable. In the 9•2,1 round, Bendigo struck
Ceuta very hard in the pit of the stomach—it was a :cinder.
An appeal and wrangle, was got up for the sixth or erg t
time, and while several respectable men declared that Bendigo
streck Caunt below the waistband, orb rs strenuously denied
it ; the referee, who was almost crushed by a mob of neighs,
ordered the fight to proceed, and in the 931 round, Bendigo
having been partially down, sprung up, renewed the fight, and
went at Caunt, the latter supposing the round finished, and
probably wishing to husband his strength, certainly sat down
almost deliberately. Aim her appeal was made—the umpires
disagreed. and the referee decidedly and empha scaly declared
that Gaunt went down withom a blow, and had lost the battle ;
and thus ende,i 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.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOLS, GREENWICH, AND
THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM SCHOOL, I'ENTONVILLE. —On Saturday the
boys of the latter school, with Captain Lamont, R.N., one of the
Directors, and the officers connected with that Corporation, paid a
t)dteiodn.togTehtiele
together,
iil,tll,rtektiin ofi
nbo,t,llll
visit to the royal establishment at Greenwich. The weather, for-
g
ensi ojot, interestinghiiiestablishments
wi,tried
inaanrheilliaettit
tunately, was remarkably fine, and the scene was altogether of the
nagndderarrit
nearly 1,000 ; and the precision with which they went through their
drill exercise, together with their happy and contented countenances,
excited the admiration of a very large concourse of spectators. The
contrast afforded by the dress 01 the two establishments added not
little to the beauty and interest of the scene. The one being that of
the Tars of Old England, whilst the others, as is well known, consists
of the Royal Stuart tartan of Scotland, with the kilt and plaid of the
Gael. The amusements .-/f the day were greatly heightened by the
performances of the juvenile band of the Royal Hospital Schools,
who, out of courtesy to their visitors, chiefly played the airs of scot-
land. The urbanity and kindness of Mr. Rouse, the excellent Secre-
tary and Superintendcnt of the Royal Schools, were conspicuous
throughout the day. The Painted Hall and the Chapel were also
visited by the Caledonian boys, and by way offinale to their delight-
ful treat, they had a run in the royal park of Greenwich.
SUICIDE OF A PoRTUGUESE Elf .—Tue,lay Mr.
Baker held an inquest at the Rose and Crown, Queen-street,
Tower.hill, on the body of Abraham Fonseca, a Portuguese Jew,
aged twenty-three years, by trade a tailor. It appeared from the
evidence that deceased had for some time past been in a very low
and desponding state of mind arising from his being engaged to
marry a young and handsome female of his own persuasion, but he
fancied that his work had become so slack that he should sot be
able to maintain her with credit. On Tuesday week last he said
to a fellow-workman that he should not live long, and wrote Utters
to his intended and his brother, stating that when they received
them he should be no more. Since that period he had disappeared,
and nothing more was heard of him until his body was found yes.
terday morning floating in the river off Alierman's.stairi, in a
shocking state of decomposition. There being no evidence to show
how he came into the water, the jury, at the suggestion of the Co-
roner, returned an open verdict of—" Found drowned."
BLIGFIT IN TOTII6 POTATO CKOP.—\‘ e regret to
learn that the blight of the potato crop, so much com-
plained of in Belgium and stveral of the Irish counties, has
affected the crop, and that to a considerable extent, in our own
immediate locality arid the iul rounding districts. We are assured
by a gentleman of vast experience that the injury sustained by
potatoes from blight on his domain is very serious—that they are
entirely unfit for use ; said he suggests that potatoes so injured
should be immediately dug out for the use of p,gs, as, if they are
allowed to remain in the ground, they will become, from the in-
crease of the blight or rot, useless even as food for swine.—
Wateribrd Freeman.
M. Blanchet, Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires
of France at Tripoli, in Barbary, left )(families on Thursday for
hip poet.