The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-04 00:00:00

THE LATE FIGHT.

Last night most of the houses frequented by the fancy were
filled. At Belcher's there was scarcely a possibility of obtaining
standing room; Crawley made his appearance, he exhibited but
little punishment, except about his eyes, and the mark left on his
os frontis, by the floorer he received in the second round of the
fight ; he was in the highest spirits, and was overwhelmed with
the polite gratulations of his numerous winning friends. Paying
and receiving was thr order of the night, and the blunt, if not
willingly parted with, was posted with the greatest good humour.
Another match was talked of between the men, but nothing was
definitively arranged ; indeed it is thought an offer would be made
to the friends of Ward, first to match him with another—a good
one, though not at present standing so high on the pugilistic list.
Crawley came to town on the morning of the fight, without feel-
ing the least inconvenience. Jem Ward came town yesterday af-
ternoon ; he feels his punishment much.
There were souse offers of bete made on the forthcoming fight
between young 'Gas and Robinson, but no takers ; and it was
whispered, that it might be any one's fight, this probably arose
from 6 to 4 having the offer, and to take
.2
to 1.

COINERS.—On Wednesday evening the whole
the apparatus and base coin discovered at th:, three establishments
from which the eight individuals now in custody were taken, was
removed to the strong room of Hatton Garden Office, and filled
three carts. It had all been previously collected at one of the
three houses, and guarded by a body of officers until the time of
removal, though there has not been yet time to ascertain the ex-
act amount. One lot .consisted of one thousand one hundred and
ten finely-executed half crowns, and another of two thousand half
sovereigns, all ready far circulation. On the night of the remo-
val, and while all the officers were busily occupied, one of the
houses they had just left, situated in Tiverton-street, near the
Elephant and Castle, and which was left in charge of the people
occupying the next house, was entered by some thieves, and
stripped of all the furniture that could possibly be removed with-
, out running the risk of discovery. Fortunately this morning two
of the officers of Worship-street, in passing through Golden-lane,
saw a covered cart at the shop-door of a broker, under somewhat
suspicious circumstances, and finding it to contain beds and other
articles of furniture, they detained two individuals who were with
the cart ; and, on inquiry, the articles found were proved to be
part of those stolen from Tiverton-street. The broker was after-
wards taken into custody as a receiver, part of the property, par-
ticularly some articles of silver plate being found in his shop._
Shortly before the last removal a letter containing orders for coun-
terfeits to a large amount was received from Birmingham, and
is expected to be the means of leading to further important dis-
coveries.

A REHEARSAL, NO JOKE.—Jack Withers, a noted
highwayman, who flourished and got hanged above half a century
ago, was returning with some of his hopeful companions over the
Marylebone-fields, at four o'clock one summer's morning, after a
country excursion in the way of business, when they observed a
gentleman walking alone, making all kinds of impassioned ges-
tures, and talking, what to them was incoherent nonsense. This
gentleman happened to be Vanbruggen, the celebrated player,
who was getting his part; but the thieves not knowing him,
supposed he was deranged, and about to lay violent hands upon
himself, and, as there is sometimes a glimmering of what is called
honour among that class, they were prompted by humanity to
watch his movements from behind a hedge in the field where
they stood. At length Vanbruggen, who was studying the cha-
racter of Varanes, in the tragedy of Theodosius, exelairned, in
the passionate language of the part,
" I charge thee not !
" But, when I am dead, take the attending slaves,
" And hear me, with my blood distilling down,
" Straight to the temple; lay me, 0! Aranthes,
" Lay my cold corse at Athenais' feet."
When Jack Withers rushed forward, exclaiming, "By --, the
poor gentleman is going to kill himself for love." Jack and his
companions, to the amusement of Vanbruggen, seized him by both,
arms, and entreated that he would be advised, and have better
thoughts than to drown himself there. " What a plague is all
this for," exclaimed the actor, " I am not going to hang, stab, or
drown myself. lam not in love—l am only a player getting my
part." "A player, are you ?" replied 'Withers ; if we had
thought that, you should e'en have drowned yourself, and been
too, before we would, have taken all these pains for the last
half hour, following you up and down. However, as we have
met, you can have no objection to pay us fur this trouble." Upon
this Jack and his companions rifled Vanbruggen's pockets of his
watch, and 108. in silver, and marched off with his silver-hilted
sword, threatening to realize the cattistrophe of the player, by
running him through the body with it, if he did not remain in
the field till he finished his rehearsal.

The quantity of Scotch whiskey ,that leaves the port
of Leith for the London market is almost incredible ; upwards of
4,000 puncheons have been shipped for this place within these
three months.
The price of pork, wholesale, at Cork, according to
the Cork Market returns, is only 235. the 'cwt. or about 21d.
per lb. The London pork-butchers, we believe, charge in gene-
ral 10d. per lb.
In an attack made by the smugglers on Saturday
morning last, at No. 57, Tower, near Pevensey Sluice, in this
County, on the Coast Blockade, to enable a cargo to be landed,
aid which was frustrated.by the steady conduct of the seamen be-
13nging to that district, two petty officers and two able seamen
were dangerously wounded, as well as some of the smugglers,—
Brighton Paper.