The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-01 00:00:00

BOXING.

ROBINSON THB BLACK, AND FANGIL.—A Se-
vere battle was fought on Wednesday last, near
She Dock, in Ayrshire, between Robirison and a
Highlander of the name of Fangil, a brave young.
man, who had served in the late campaigns in
one of the Scots regiments. Our Correspondent
states, that the Highlander challenged the Black
at a whiskey-house, and they fought for 2/. and a
subscription amongst about 200 persons. He
describes, the battle as follows :—The Highlander
was hit about smartly in the first round, and Ro-
binson, though the.- heaviest man, broke his
ground ; but he was. rushed upon, and hit down.
The 2d, 3d, and 4th rounds were much in favour
of the Black, but he nevertheless received some
hard bloWs. In the Bth round the Black received
a blow under the ear, as awkward as it 'vas forci-
ble; and he fought four other rounds very disad-
vantageously before he recovered himself sutti
ciently to measure his length. lie led again in
the 14th round, which was manfully maintained
for three minutes, when Faugil was knocked
down, and his lights queer. Robinson went to
work, avoiding closing, and fiaished his adver-
sary in the. 18th round, after fighting 42 mi-
nutes.

A boy of one of the public schools had, fOr
some n►isdemeantour, been sentenced to write an
impromptu upon Queen Elilaheth's motto, Nihil
Desperandum. Upon a slight consid&ration, lie
drew up the following :
Nccsr despair, my father said,
• Who once was bald upon his I►ead : •
But upon that barren soil,
By use of Rowlatas Macassar
Tie rairi'd a mighty crop of Hair :
Nil Desperandum—Neer despair.

LADY DEIWY'S JEWELLS.—It is somewhat curi-
ous that there is no truth in the stol7 of the loss
of these jewels, which seems to have been h
senseless Hoax.

KEAN is now in Dublin, where he is engaged
to perform twelve nights, for which it is under-
stood he is to receive one thousand pounds add a
dear btuefit.—(Morning Paper)

'AC'

We are desired by a Gentleman well known to
the Public, to State the following circtanstitwe
which Occurred on Saturday evening in St.Jatnes's
Park Gentleman allucled to was examin-
ing the IVaterioo Gtin recently plAced there, and
while he was thus engaged; two men app
him, and entered into conversation, asking what.
good could result front placing such things in such
a situation. He observed, that they Were tro-
phies of national valour, and commemorated all
atchievenient whiCh had delivered all Europe
from oppression, and conferred immortal honour
on Gieat Britain, whose perseverance alone had
led to so important and glorious a teStilt. The
men imniediately began to thin ail he said into
ridicule, to complain of all wars, to revile Go-
vernment, arid to hint that nothing but a Revdltt=
lion could render the Natinn happy. All
seditious jargon was, however, delivered with such
cautious terms, and rather allusively thati direct;
that after giVitig.. them a suitable and warm ad-
monition, he left thew. Struck, however, with
what they said, and With their manner, he thought
proper to remain near the Spot, and to Observe
their condttpt. He saw them proceed co the
Egyptian Gun, and enter into conversation %vita
the Centinel; whO in a few moments directed his

bayonet to them, and t'vey thought proper to
move off.—The Gentleman went to the centinel
,and found that they were beginning to endeavoui:
to n►ake him discontented with his station,' but he

put an end at once to their insidious incitewents,
by the powerful arginnent of his weapon.—We
have no doubt that these Apostles of Anarchy,

are in various places acting in the same man-
ner, and are only to be checked by the Act
which was last bight so happily renewed irt
the House of LordS. circumstance hap.;.
pened about seven in the evening of Satur-
day last, rind we mention the time, because
we conceive that the Centinel on duty deserves
some notice for his prompt and loyal opposition to
the artifices of Sedition and Rebellion. The Gen:.
tleman Who communicated this fact to us is too
wise to be deceived by appearances, and too re;*
spectable to state any matter, coining within hii
own observation and knowledge, in which the
Public may not place implicit confidence.