The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-05 00:00:00

PUCILFSM.

At half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday, Mr.
Jaqcson, and some of the chief Members Of the
PUgilfstic Club; arriv-ed at the Cock, at Sutton,
Where the men were quartered, and shortly after-
wards the signal was given fora move to the scene
of action, which Was situated on an elevated plain
about two miles distant. The raiii,which conti-
nued to pour down with little iptermi6Sion, had
no effect on the minth of those who had arrived,
and they proceeded to the ring in the highest

THE BIRMINGHAM YOUTH. AND HUDSON.
A few minutes before one " Brummagem" entered the ring,
and was soon afterwards followed by. Hudson. The former was
attended by Spring and Randall, and the latter, by Purcell and
Oliver. On stripping, they both appeared to be in the finest
condition ; but in point of flesh and muscle, Hudson was mani-
festly the best for choice, and lie was backed freely at six to
four. To describe each round of the fight, as it occurred, would
be more than our limits would permit, as well as prove tedious
to the reader. The contest proceeded with mutual biavery to
the 14th round ; but Hudson, although a good-deal hit, was
clearly the best man, and was backed at two to one. The odds,
from thenceforth, gradually increased, till the twenty-eighth
round, when Brummagem, whose knees' for the previous s:wen
rounds had tottered beneath his weight, received a finishing
touch on the ear. He fell, and was unable again to face the
scratch. lludson, although greatly disfigured, was still in com-
parative vigour, It is but just to state, that the Birmingham
Youth entitled himself to the praise which he rcteived, and
proved himself upon this occasion, as he has upon many others,
a man of great science, and for his weight, a powerful hitter._
In point of personal courage he is not excelled-by any pf co-
temporaries, but with Hudson he was overmatched. -

SCROGGINS AND PARISH.- •
These Heroes were next in the ring, and from 'their well-
known qualities, were hailed with general applause. They both
looked uncommonly well; but Parish bore the palm in point
Of personal appearance. 'Parish was seconded by Spring and
Harmer, and scroggins by Randall and Paddington Jones:—
'The fluctuations throughout this fight, which lasted till the
66th round, were of the most extraordikary description. -The
odds were repeatedly changed from Parish. to Scroggins, and
again- from Scroggins to Parish. Parish, by his superior
science, defeated many of the well meant visitations of 5cr0,,,,-
gins's left hand, and excited, by the elegance of his stops, the
admiration of the throng. - His skill, however, was almost con-
stantly overthrown towards the end of each round by the impe-
tuosity of Scroggins, who bored, in upon him with resistless
fury, and in a close generally threw him a heavy fall. Many- of
these struggles took place at the ropes, over which the men wereoc-
casionally suspended for several moments. In some instances
Parish contrived to turn the tables in this way against his adver-
sary ; but he was clearly the weaker Irian of the two, and was dread-
fully shook by the effectof his falls. Still he maintained the com-
mand of his science. At the 42d round, Parish began to exhibit
strong symptoms of distress, and was thrown with violence. In
the 52d round Parish rested his head on Spring's shoulder, as if
overcome, which Randall took as an indication of defeat, and
threw up his hat to announce the victory. Parish, however, was
not yet done, and by the determined manner in which he came
to the scratch, spewed that there was still much for the deter-
mingd bravery of Scroggins to overcome. The same tactics were
followed up by Scroggy throughout, and at the sixty-third
round, it was that Parish had no chance :he became ex-
ceedingly weak, and only stood up to be knocked down. While
there was a chance left, however, he would not say " enough ;"
and in despite of his second's advice, stood up for three more
rounds? in each of which he was grassed. He was making ano-
thervain effort to rise from Spring's knee, at the 67th round, but
his head fell back, and nature forsook him. Scroggins was im-
mediately hailed the victor amidst loud shouts.
It was observable throughout this contest, that , Parish, who
is a man of rather superior manners and address, and is there-
fore nicknamed " The Dancing Master," Was regarded by many
of the fighting men with strong prejudice, and every effort was
Made, on their part, by offering long odds against him, and
using abusive epithets towards lum, to break down his spirit.—
In defiance of these illiberal attempts, however, lie fought with
determination and coolness to the last—never Was thrown off his
guard by passion—never lost sight of the science in which lie
excels, norm a single instance evinced a disposition, by unfair
subterfuge, to escape the vigour of his antagonist.

RICIIMOND'S BLACK AND SMITH.
General attention was now bespoke for the set-to between the
new Black and Smith, the waternian. No sooner had Blackey
stripped than his appearance excited general astonishment. His
frame was of the most gigantic structure, his arms were of pro-
digious length and size, and what added to the singularity of
their appearance was, that they were tatooed, from the shoulder
to the wrist, in the most superlative style of African worknian.
ship. Smith, who was also a big man, formed a striking con-
trast to his antagonist, from the extreme whiteness of his skin ;
and it was pretty evident, from the manner in which he con-
ducted himself, that he had no desire that that colour should be
changed. In the third and last round he either actually received,
or pretended to have received, such a blow.from ono of Blackey's
mallets, that he was rendered apparently insensible. The thing
was pretty evident, and Mr. Smith was hailed with general
groans and hisses. With this display the amusements of the
day were brought to a conclusion, and the well-drenched specta-
tors returned to town.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

yott THE PRESENT VirEEK.

His Majesty's Stag Hounds will meet on Friday, at Long•
ford.

The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Tuesday, at Potter's-
lane ; Friday,' at Chelsham.
Jolliffe, Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wat-
ton Heath ; Saturday, at Chaldon.
The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Limpsfield ; Sa-
tury, at Hamsey Green. •
.The Harriers meet every day.
The Hampshire Hounds, on Tuesday, at Oliver's Battery;
Wednesday, at Anfield Common.
. _

The Waiabledon Hounds, on Fridays at Stephen's Castle
Down.

The Quorndon Houods, on Wednesday, at Howthorpe,
Leicestershire ; Thursday, at Stanton ,Village ; Saturday, at
Medbourne Guide Post.

Lord Anson's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Black Brook ;
Friday, at Twyeross ; Saturday, at Netherseal.
The Sheffield Harriers; on Friday, at Kimbetworth.
Lord Scarbrough's Fox Hounds, -on Wednesday, at Silvr
Wood ;. Friday, at GrOve House.
The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Darfield Bridge;
Thursday, at South Hindley'; Sattirday, at Hiekleton.
The Hatfield Harriers, on Wednesday, at Belton ; Friday,
at Woodhouse.
Mr. Meynell's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Wootton Park ;
Saturday; at Black Slough.

FREEMASONItY.—On Friday the 23d ult. the
Royal Sussex Lodge of hospitality assembled in
full costume at the White Lion in Broad-street,
Bristol, (Brother NIIH.ETT'S,) to celebrate• the
Birth-day of H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, the
Illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master
of The Craft in England ; •Brother RicitAßD
SMITH, `V. M., in the Chair. Brother Moggridge,
the W. Y. G. M. for • Bristol, -honouied the con-
fraternity with his presence. The assemblage
was numerous beyond any former celebration, the
wines were excellent, and the dinner served up
in very superior style, and .did 'great credit to
the landlord. .The Sons of Apollo and of Am-
phion (which latter gentleman, by the bye, must
have been a good Mason, or be never could so
cleverly have built the walls of Thebes) runs-.
tered strong upon the occasion ; and the catch
and the glee went sheerly round, until Old Time
was tired of turning his • glass, and. the noisy
guardians of the morning began to sing small.—.
Several Brothers sang excellent songs, ,of which
in particular, -one froM the pen and .mouth of
.Macready, convulsed the room with laughter,
and was loudly encored. Thoharmony was in-
terspersed with loyal and masonic toasts, amongst
which the Grand Patron of the Order, His Ma-
jesty George the Fourth, Was most enthusiasti-
cally quaffed with nine, in the good way and in
high style. There was no face in the room which.
did not express a heartfelt joy from first to last.
How nierrily we live I hat, :Masons be,
Roundelays till we slag with werry.glee•

PORE[GN LITERATURE.

(No XVII.) . .
RESIDENCE of a .11REN.'Cli OFFICER ill

or Levet desciiptire of the ancient• and modern state of
Calabila; the character and manners of the inhabitants,

and the poiitieiii and military events which took plaCe dur-

ing its occupation by the French.

By what strange arid deplorable fatality does
it happen, that those countries which are most
favoured by Heaven, and on which nature has
lavished her clidicest gifts,,.should be precisely
the very countries which man has endeavoured
to render inhabitable ? In the new hemisphere,
witness Mexico, Peru and the shores of La Plata ;
in the ancierit world, look at the northern .coast
of Africa, exhaustless Egypt, - India with her
myriads of inhabitants, and the smiting• fields of
Asia Minor; and in Europe, contemplate Greece
with her thousand brilliant recollections, and all
that part of Italy which exten6 from the Pontine
Marshes to the Sicilian sea, in every instance do we
find the present condition of these countries very.

different from their ancient state,. as recorded in
history; and all.of them give us cause to exclaim,
What beautiful countries! what miserable. and
wretched inhabitants! reflections, alas !
which are very commonly associated.
But what is generally. 'understood by a fine
country ? . It seems easy enough .to, reply to this

question, but perhaps there are few questions
which have called forth more contradictory an-
swers. It would take up too much space and
time, and might, perhaps tire the patience of our
readers, to inquire what is best suited to civi-

lized man, and would procure for him the great-
est portion of happiness in this world ; indeed
there would be little hope of resolving this point,
for men are'not yet agreed as to the meaning of
the word happiness, and notwithstanding their
boasted wisdom ar‘still ignorant of what is best
adapted to them. There exists in fact such con-
trariety of opinion, that the most material and
palpable objects are regarded by different men
in quite opposite lights.
In proof of this discordance of sentiments and

opinions, I Shall detail a conversation respecting
a fact which would seem to admit of neither
doubt nor deception ; and this digression-, in-
stead of diverting me from the main object of this
article, will lead me to it, and serve to throw
some light on the subject.
I met, about twelve years ago, in a party at
Paris, a French officer who had just returned from
Naples, and had passed through the same provin-
ces which are described by the anonymous author
of the present work. I was introduced, to this
gentleman as a traveller who had seen the same
part of Italy twenty years before, and the follow-
ing dialogue took place between us : Ah ! Sir,
said the officer, what an abominable country !
Sir, I replied, you did right to anticipate me,
for I was going to exclaim what a delightful
country ! Is it possible ?—That is my. opinion.—
What ! you could_ be pleased in this miserable
kingdom, in which every thing- is in disorder,
where not a single thought is bestowed on the
welfare of the people, or the convenience and
safety of the traveller.—What ! do bad roads,
torrents without bridges, stagnant and infec-
tious waters, towns whose streets are filled with
ordure, villages whose miserable inhabitants
scarcely wear the human form, inns at which
the least danger. you run is that of being starved
to death, or devoured by innumerable insects,
a people whose physiognomy exhibits an union
of ferocity, meanness, and hypocrisy, do these
things constitute a delightful country ! or are
hills and mountains on which you experience the
cold of Sweden, vallies and plains in which you
are almost suffocated with the heat, as if you
were among the sands of Sahara, deserts uninha-
bitable, or infested by robbers, lands badly cul-
tivated, or suffered to lie waste, and above alrthe
continual .dread of.being assassinated by the very
men who have shewu you the greatest attention,
by those who cringe and address you by the

title: of Your Excellency, or Most illustrious
Signor, are. these circumstances such as should
obtain for this country the appellation which
you have bestowed upon it! Softly, • Sir'
I travelled. before the war,, and during fine
weather. - I did not go into that country to
maintain the cause of King Joseph or King
Joachim ; I. did- not eat and drink at the ex-
pence of my hosts ; I •heard of robbers, but saw
none ; the Laino and the
.Crati did not roll in
muddy streams, but rivers of fresh and li►r2pid'
water flowed through groves of myrtle, porne-
granate-trees, and laurels. In the space of ten
leagues,' found a greater variety of beautiful situa-
tions, abounding in -the: picturesque, than are to
be seen on the whole line of road (one hundred
and fifty leagues) from Strasburg to Havre de
Grace ; a•magnificent sky, aml a clear and trans-
parent atmosphere,,enabled•me to discern objects
at the distance of from: twenty five,,to thirty
leagues ; mountains covered With perpetual snows,
barren rocks, and-narrow and obscure dells, in a.
few hours were succeeded by woody hills and

blooming vallies in which the orange, the citron,
the bergamot, and the lemon, dispute the honour
of embalming the atmosphere ; here were pines of
amazing size which afford a grateful shade to the
weary traveller, there a wood of chesnuts, and a
little farther vines loaded.with enormous grapes
of a muscat flavour ; on the other side, the,man-

na-bearing ash, the honeysuckle, myrtle and ar-
butus, interspersed with the cactus and the aloe,
which made the doubt whether I was in Europe
or Africa ; towns almost always pleasantly
situated, and delightful prospects which suc-
ceeded each other like the scenes of-an Opera:

in every direction a fruitful soil, producing de-
licious fruits or covered with flowers, excellent
wines, tolerable bread, frequently good 'fi,h,
abundance of game, and finally inhabitants x.yho
treated me like a friend, because his Excellency
demanded nothing from them or paid for what-
ever he asked. You must confess, Sir, that I
must have been of a very difficult disposition in-
deed to please-if. I had not found, this country
very. agreeable. It is very • plain-, ),,,eplied the
Officer,.tha,t you -travelledquite at
.youi ease, and
were not obliged to creep at a snail's pace through
the defiles of Campo-Temesi, or pass through the
forest ,of Syla, or traverse the. gulf of Ragliano
for were you compelled to descend the preci-