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THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.

(From Belt's Life.)
Very great excitement has prevailed respecting the
termination of this fight. Fresh instances are reported
of the disgusting scenes and the gross outrages perpe-
trated on the roads to and from the field of battle.
Almost every person having the semblance of respecta-
bility was hustled or stopped, and every pocket cleaned
out, while some were actually thrown down, and their
boots taken off, to ascertain whether they had there
concealed their cash. The toll-keepers were in many
places surrounded, and "cleaned out" of all their takings,
in search of which visits were paid, with unblushing
effrontery, to their houses. Almost every publican was
robbed, the upstairs rooms often ransacked, and resist-
ance treated as a serious offence ; such gangs of preda-
tory marauders were never before let loose on the pub-
lic. It was openly said at Nottingham and elsewhere,
that any money betted against Cautit was safe, as it was
never intended to let him win.

It appears that thei:referee, who was present in the
Subscription Rooms at Doncaster daring the week, still
adheres to the decision he gave respecting the battle on
the field. He appeared to be strongly excited by the
statements that had been made with regard to his con-
duct, particularly by what Spring said in his speech at
the benefit of Gaunt, " that the referee decided under
the influence of intimidation, and that in fact from his
own acknowledgment in the presence of several persons,
he had not seen the last round." This the referee
repudiates very strongly. He acknowledges that
he said that he knew his own life and the lives of the
Editor of Bell's Life, as well as Tom Spring, Molyneux,
and several others would have been placed in jeopardy,
bad he not decided in favour of Bendigo; but he states that
no apprehension; arising from this knowledge had in any
respect biassed the opinion he gave upon the last round.
He denies that any appeal was made to him when Bendigo
struck Caunt onlthe abdomin in the 92d round. He described
Caunt as a great, big, overgrown fellow, awkward, and
no fighter, who could neither hit nor stop with precision,
and who depended on catching and hugging his man at
the ropes, aria hanging or falling upoehim. He spoke
with indignation of the length of the spikes in his shoes,
and designated him as a man in every way objectionable,
and said he would not mind fighting him himself " on
horseback," a position in which the referee, it is under-
stood, has already signalised himself. In answer to these
statements, it is urged that Caunt had no other means
of opposing his man but by the system he adopted, for
Bendigo invariably endeavoured to fall and elude him
immediately upon having delivered a blow, and that
Bendigo's plan of falling to avoid a return, and,
after a round was finished, jumping up again to
catch his opponent treacherously and unawares, was
unmanly, and contrary to the rules of fair fighting.
The report is, that llendigo, who was himself in the
town of Doncaster, apparently quite recovered from the
consequences of his late conquest, has, however, suffered
severely from the punishment given him, and that one or
two of his ribs were broken in the falls to which he was
exposed. During the last week a letter was addressed
to the editor of Bell's Life, as the stakeholder upon the
occasion, from a solicitor on the part of Gaunt, giving
him notice not to pay over the stakes without his con-
sent, under the penalty of legal proceedings being com-
menced against him ; but this, it is supposed, will be
withdrawn, after the decision of the referee, which is
contained in the following letter addressed to the editor
of Bell's Life, stakeholder, &c., and which, it is pre-
sumed, will terminate the disputes upon this knotty
question

TO THE' EDITOR OF " BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON,"
STAKEHOLDER, &C.
_ _

Sir,—An appeal having been made to me as referee,
through the medium of your paper, by Mr. Spring, to
reverse my decision in the late fight between Bendigo
and (Jaunt, on grounds unworthy of my consideration, I
request you will confirm that decision by paying over
the stakes to Bendigo, who, in my opinion, is justly en-
titled to them. It was with the. Rates rtluePine.i.. •• .1
rartieuiar request- or -my friends, dui the unti:
nimous solicitation of the backers of the men, that I
accepted the office ; but I shall always consider it one
of the greatest acts of folly I ever was guilty of in my
life. In discharging my duty, I endeavoured to do justice
to the contending parties to the best of m) abilities and
judgment ; and, arriving at the conclusion I did, and now
confirm, I was actuated only by a complete conviction of
the justice of my decision, and not from the intimidation
of the " roughs, as Mr. Spring states in his -letter. It
would redound more to the credit of the ox-champion, if
he termed my decision an error in judgment, rather than
a direct robbery. Such insinuations against a gentle-
man who undertakes the office of referee, merely to
oblige both parties, and unanimously chosen by them,
are not calulated to induce any gentleman in future to
accept it ; and, in taking leave of the ring, I should ad-
vise all my young friends to avoid so thankless and un•
satisfactory an office. Had I been under the intimi-
dation of the " roughs," I had several opportunities of
putting an end to the fight before the conclusion, by acts
on the part of Caunt.
A noble lord and several gentlemen who stood close
to me during the whole fight can corroborate this state-
ment. I most positively deny that I stated to any ono
that a man going down without a blow, after he himself
had treacherously delivered blows, was fair. In no one
instance, in my judgment, did Bendigo break the laws of
fair fighting. I must also contradict, in the most positive
manner, that I even stated to any person that I did not
see the last round, which Mr. Saunders, of St. Martin's-
lane has advanced. I saw every round distinctly and
clearly, and when Caunt came up the last round he had
evidently not recovered from the 92d. After the men
were in position Bendigo very soon c.,mmenced opera-
tions, and Caunt turned round directly and skulked
away with his back to Bendigo, and sat down on his
nether end. He never knocked Bendigo down once in
the fight, nor ever got him against the ropes in the last
round. In my opinion Caunt got away as soon as he
could from Bendigo, fell without a blow to avoid being
hit out of time, and fairly lost the fight.—l am your
obedient servant, TilE OLD SQUIRE.
Doncaster, Sept. 18, 1845.

HYDROPHOBIA.
THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND.

The following particulars, given by Mr. Tolfrey, in
his recent publication, will be read with interest, par-
ticularly by thote (and there are many in Brighton as
well as in Sussex) who personally knew the estimable
Nobleman to whom the melancholy details refer.
It will be necessary to observe that the conversation,
with which the account opens, took place at a tent
dinner-party in the woldg, given on the occasion of lay-
ing out the site of a new town :

As the Duke was sipping his claret, he observed to
Colonel Cockburn, I don't know how it is, Cockburn,
but I cannot relish my wine to-night as usual, and I feel
that if I were a dog, I should be shot for a mad one."
" What must have been the feeling th it could have
dictated such an extraordinary speech ! Was it the re-
sult of disease operating on the nervous system, and of
Secting the mind iu connexion with the accident itself ?
This is scarcely conceivable ; for, up to the moment of
the utterance of this singular expression, the Duke had
never alluded in any way whatever to the circumstance
of having been biten. The insidious poison lurking in
the veins may have given rise to sensations which called
forth the observation ; but under any circumstances it
must be quoted as a remarkable instance of prediction, if
not prescience. To thc majority of the party present
the words were unheaded, or perhaps looked upon as a
quaint and passing observation. Not so, however, with
Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles, who viewed the
matter in a more serious light ; for as soon as the meet-
ing broke up and the Duke had retired to his tent, they
held a consultation, and communicateditheir thoughts as
well as apprehensions to each other.'
The disorder unhappily made progress ; and the fatal
result is thus described by Mr. Tolfrey:—
" Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles pressed the
Duke to partake of some nourishment: but the tea and
coffee were untouched, and an impatient gesture of the
hand betrayed the Lufferings of the object of their soli-
citude at the sight of liquids. The meal was hurried
over with all practicable dispatch, and the Duke con-
sented to accompany the gentlemen down to the river
and embark in the canoe ; and it had been decided upon
that Major Bowles was to attend the Duke while Colonel
Cockburn rode from the place of embarkation to the
Rapids, there to make arrangements for the Duke's being
conveyed down the o:toway to Lachine, about nine
miles from Montreal. Leaning on the arm of his com-
panion the Duke walked to the river's side, but the
moment his Grace saw the water, a spasmodic seizure
told the agony he was enduring. lie was turning away
from the obnoxious element, when his Grace was En-
treated to muster resolution and enter the canoe. With
a desperate effort ho did so. exclaiming, as he rushed
into the frail bark, Charles Lennox never was afraid
of anything.'
" Major Bowles quickly followed ; the Canadian boat-
men shoved off, and the canoe, with its illustrious freight,
was soon floating down the current. Its course, how-
ever, was but of short duration ; fur a few seconds
had scarcely elapsed ere the Duke, in a paroxysm of
agony, seized one of the Canadian boatmen by the
throat, commanding him with frantic earnestness to row
to land.

" The mandate was of too imperative a nature to ad-
mit of a refusal or even delay : it was obeyed on the in-
stant ; and the canoe had scarcely grated on the strand
before the Duke had leaped upon the bank. and was
making for the woods. Col. Cockburn, who had mounted
'his hors/ for the purpose of apprising the Batteliers at
the station at the head of the Rapids of the Duke's ap.