The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-12 00:00:00

GREAT BOXING MATCH.

No battle for many years had excited so much interest as that
which we are about to record. The men fought on the 4th of
May, MP, and Randal won cleverly; but since that, and not
many months ago, Turner, who had fought a gallant battle
with Randal, le,:t the second fight with Martin, after winning
the first, and this induced the backers of Martin to make the
present match, for a sum no less than 3001. aside. Randal was
at the time of match-making BESPOKE, according to the opinion
of some; but his ardent friend the General took his word that he
would leave off the effusions of HODGES, and being 27 next
muss, could get well enough to win this fight. Randal realised
his promise, and he never went into a ring in such a condition
to conquer as yesterday. The frame and tone of the man were
invigorated, and his muscles firm and hard ; he was backed
at 3to 1 to win. Martin's notion of himself was quite as grand
as his adversary's, and thus they began their work. At least
20,000 persons were assembled. To dispose of this said
20,000 assembled required room. The Commissary-General,
who still clings to the money getting GAME, has a friend
named Jarvis, a good caterer for REAL flashing in the wilds of
Copthorne or Crawley Downs, and the Commissary and he
worked the white bag game; and that the motley crowds should
not escape their polite attention to their interests, they caused
placards to be issued, directing the groupes, for the benefit of
Martin and Randal, to assemble in a meadow on Jarvis's
Farm, where they were taxed according to appearances. Some
country gentlemen however, interfered, and insisted that the
battle should not elite place there, the approach to it being a
narrow-lane, where many accidents occurred. Randal was in
waiting at Crawley Common, a mile and a half distant from
the other place, and the ropes and stakes were removed thither.
In this bustle, helter-skelter was the order; gigs upset, horses
too tired to get up, bloody noses, and all the other et cetera,
not often seen. The mass at length got together, and between
two and three o'clock Randal entered the ring, unbuttoned a
loose Benjamin, and peeled as if for a sparring match. The
opposite party distinguished themselves in white casters,
backers, seconds, &c. and they advanced full of confidence to
the combat; but strange to tell, this great artist Randal ran
away with it all in one round. The seconds for the phenome-
non were Harry Holt and Tom Jones, and for Martin, Spring
and Turtle. _
ROUND FIRST AND LAST.—Four minutes elapsed in mea-
surement for the first blow. Randal confined himself together
very close, waiting for his antagonist to make the play. Randal
made a left-handed hit to draw his adversary to close quarters,
but it was parried. Martin hit out left and right, but his were
parried also. Randal placed a heavy hit at the wind, but it
was an inch above it, and it left its mark on the breast. Martin
got into a close, and was served worse than Randal had ever
served any of his adversaries. He never leaves them unpun-
ished, and delivers them from one hand to the other, as he would
a school-boy, grasping with the arm he is not at work with--
He never executed so well ; Martin was hit dead at the time,
and was floored as if a pistol ball had given him a finisher ; he
was hit in both juular veins, and dropped claret copiously.—
On time being called, after lying on the ground till then, he
was as dead as a knacker's lacquey, and had no sense to the
call. Randall won it m seven minutes ten seconds, with one
solitary slap in the mouth.
A second battle was fought for 25 guineas aside, between
Parish and Lusbrook, watermen, and it was in their way a truly
china game. It was brought to a wrangle, and there was to
feather-weight interest about it.

eILCFLARD FISHERY.—Another week had nearly elapsed,
and we were without information respecting the fishery; but
on opening our letters yesterday evening we were gratified to
learn, and with the greatest pleasure communicate to the
public, that one of the seans belonging to Mr. Blewett of Ma.--
razion, enclosed a shoal of pilchards on Thursday evening, mid-
way between the mount and the Pier; the quantity taken was not
ascertained when our letter was dispatched, but the utmost acti-
vity prevailed. This is the first catch for the season by the scans
in the Bay, to be followed, we hope, by many others in succes-
sion. Several other scans, it is supposed, would havebeen shot,
had not the awful state of the weather, on Thursday evening,
prevented the fish from rising; these were taken by some fish
having been observed to jump out of the w; ter. We have the
satisfaction to add, from another correspondent, that on the
same evening twenty-five hogsheads of very fine fish were taken
in Gerrards Bay.—(Cornwall Gazette.)
. FATAL OccunnExcE.—On Saturday morning last a me-
lancholy) circumstance occurred at Sellinge, in this county.—
A man, named Hayward, lodged in the house of a small
farmer named Impett, of Sellinge, and on the above morning,
after Mrs. Impett was gone to milk her cows, he came into
a room below stairs, and, having a gun in his hand, said
to a child (of Impctt's,) L6I will go and shoot your mother."
He then went to the place where the woman was engaged
in milking, and accosted her by saying, " I have loaded
my gun, and will shoot myself." She remonstrated,
and intreated him not to do so when he immediately
replied, " No; I will not shoot myself, but will shoot you,"
and instantly discharged the contents of the gun into her side ;
the whole charge lodging in her body. The poor woman lin-
gered till seven o'clock the same evening, when she expired.—
Hayward told his brother what he had done, and also mention..
ed the same to another person. lie is now in custody to await
the decision of the Coroner's Inquest. The poor woman h
left six children, the youngest only seven months old.—(Maid-
as
stone Journal.)
Ax INFANT SMOTHERED.--On Tuesday, an inquest was
held at Ancoats Brow, before J. Milne, Esq. coroner, on the body
of an infant; when it appeared on the inquiry, that the father and
mother of the deceased, Irish people, went to bed drunk, on Sa-
turday evening, and that about five on the Sunday morning,
a lodger was alarmed by the cries of the mother, the infant being
dead. It proved very evident, that the unfortunate infant lost
its life through the drunkenness of the parents; and, under
the circumstances, the jury found a verdict, " That the de-
ceased had been overlain by its parents." At the same time they
regretted most exceedingly, that they could not, by any existing
statute, make an example of them.—The Coroner thought
they might be punished for a misdemeanor. It is shocking to
think, that this is the second case of the like description,
within a fortnight, through drunkenness:--(Leeds Intelligencer,
Sept. 10.)

ATAL MISTAKE.—On Friday night, a lovely infant, the
child of Mr. Richards, Master of the Diocesan School, in
this City, met a prematur:, death under the following cir-
cumstances :—Mrs. Richards, having occasion to go from
home for a short time during the early part of the evening,
left the servant girl in charge of the infant, which, becom-
ing very cross and uneasy, the girl took from the cupboard
what she supposed to be a cordial occasionally given to the
child, and administered a small portion of it. The infant
presently became more violently affected ; in which state
the mother found it on her return home ; and on inquiry whe-
ther the young woman had given any thing to it, she told her
she had, shelving her the bottle from whence it had been taken.
The afflicted mother immediately discovered that the supposed
cordial was a poisonous mixture termed Jacob's water, and in a
state of distraction, cried out, " You have poisoned my child."
—Medical assistance was immediately had recourse to, but
in vain ; the infant continued to labour under excruciating
agony; convulsions ensued, and about midnight, its short
earthly career was terminated. The young female who had
been the unhappy, but ignorant cause of die calamity, on being
told that the mixture was poisonous, said she had taken some
herself; to her also medical applications were administered,
which we are happy to say proved more salutary and effectual
than to the more feeble and tender victim of her indiscretion.—;
We sincerely trust, the above occurrence will operate as a cau-
tion to parents not to suffer deleterious substances to remain
within reach of their servants or children.—(Chester Courant,
Sept. 11.)
On Thursday night last, about ten o'clock, a boy of the
name of Charles Pierce, was apprehended in the act of damag-
ino• the Maidstone bridge, by throwing the coping stone from
oft top, (in company with another person, who escaped),
and was on Saturday taken before the Mayor, (John Wise,
Esq.), and convicted- in the penalty of 11. and cots, and in de-
fault of payment was committed to the House of Correction for
one calender month.
Workmen at present are employed in digging
a trenith, immediately behind the garden of Holyroodhouse palace
and chapel, which will extend from the base of Salisbury Crags
to the Abbey Hill, for the purpose of conducting to a breweryat
the latter place, a stream of water-which flows from a fountain
known •by the name of MAGov's WELL. This spring is
much resorted to by the neighbouring inhabitants, and is
on a level with and borders on the stagnant pool at the foot
of the Crags. In digging the trench, a great number of human
bones, and some handles of coffins, have been thrown out, even
some yards southward of the line which divides the garden from
the open space behind the chapel. From this, it would appear,
that the burying ground attached to the ancient abbey, sub-
sequently the pansh church of the Canongate, and latterly a
chapel royal, extended at some former period into the park
or ground known by the name of St. Ann's Yards. Some of
these bones are in a state of tolerable preservation ; but most
of them, from their extreme decay, notwithstanding the dry
and sandy nature of the soil, are evidently of great anti-
quity. It is known, that the use of the ground, as a burial
place, was discontinued, with one or two exceptions, after the
appropriation of the chapel by James It. to divine service, ac-
cording to the Catholic ritual.,--(Edinburgh Courant, Sept. C.)