The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-29 00:00:00

BOXING.

Yesterday the fight bet wee:i Martin anti Cab•
bage, from Bristol, for 100 guineas a-aide, took
place at lfarnbarn, a village n•ar Salt-tt►ll, 24
miles` from London. . Martin first entered the
rine, followed by his seconds, Oliver and Randal;
and Cabbage soon followed, wi►h Cribb and Clark,
as his seconds.—• Betting w,ae 7 to 4 on Cabbage.

Round 1. Ma.tin hit -his athersat♦ over the side of the
head, which produced first blo,,di Cabbage missed his hit,
and in a close Martin was thrown.

t. Martin hit his adve;;;;;;4;Ver the eye, and Cabbage
made a slight return, and in another close both proved thee•
selves novices ►►t the weaving syst.•rm. and Martin was agait►
thrown; and from his bad eundiiion be was not expected to
stay long.

S. Martin hit his adversary a left-handed stomacher,
Randal, which produced an involuntary grunt; and Cabbage,
when close enough inithrew his blows away, and in a hugginK
match Cabbage was thrown; and as it was seen he was but
of lath. use, betting was reduced .o ti to 4 upon him.
Martin missed his left-harried blow, but gave Cabbage a
rattier with the right on the chest. The round ended with a
hugging match again at the lopes, and both were down.
Of the la rounds fought, it will he only necesga. y to par-
ticularise those ir► which changes took place; Martin had all
the hittiog his own way, and changed the odd* in 11,s favour
in the 7th round, Cabbage having horn hit welt left and
right, and one of his peeper: queered; but betting was very
fiat: as it was doubly hazardous to back Martin's condition,
and his adversary was a known game one.
16. Martin contrived to place one hit iii every round until
this, with the left hand at the head, or the mark. He hut DA
his fist in Cabbage's body, to use a tia;lk fighting phrase,
which erimsoned it well ; and in this r,unii, it there wits a
knnck•duwn blow, Mattiu gaffe it, hut it was rather a pasts
down from the ropes. .
4t. Cah.l,age's left eve was in darkness, and his features
were much distorted, and Martin had a turn at the other eye
in this round. hot he was thrown.

Cabbage had no chance atter this but by Martin's condi-
tion, and the rounds were of a hoggiug nature against the
ropes, but Martin was chiefly down.
76. The fight ended here in favour of Martin, wh, lit hit
antagonist several times about the neck and head, and threw
him, and twisted his neck so that he could not come again ;
he lay upon the ground nearly a quarter of an ho,r, UR if
lifeless. tie was bled front the arm, aid he bled freely Irons
the right ear, but he recorered.

SECOND FIGHT.
THR SHARPS FLATTP.D lat oNs OP THEIR MI-

TAinTlas.

The scientific Cooper, who beat the formidable
Mwineox in Scotland, fought Hickman, 'he gas.
man, for a purse of 501 , and from Coop-r'e put
gilist.c acquirements, 2to I was beeging. The
secnnde were, Oliver and Gibbons tor Cooper, a►id
Shelton and Randal for Hickman.

Round 1. Cooper sparred low for hitting, and every mo-
ment it was expectesl that Gas wiitild br smashed. He, t,ow-
ever, led upon Cooper and bit him bravely with the Eight
hand, through his guard, upon the nose, which drew claret,
and Gas closed and threw him wit bout any mischief.
2. A very severe round commenced VI Gas, and hits were
exchanged until the blood dew about In all nir...ciior, trona
both. Cooper returned with the right hand up in the head
before the rally. Cooper dropped his adversary by a scien-
tific and heavy hit upon the neck with the left haul.
S. A desperate round also, and severe fight itc, till both
were covered with blood. Gas placid his right-handed hit
upon the bead, after hitting with the left ; and he was floored
in a rally. Betting as on setting to.
4. Both sheaved utf upon the piping system, but Cooper was
the weakest of the two, and he was thrown after receiving a
smart bit on the head.

5. Cooper was bit down at the close of a gallant rally.
C. Both distressed, and they closed and fell irregalarly,
7. Cooper parried the right hand of his adversary, and hit
him over the nose thrice, by breaking his ground, and Gas
was thrown.—Cooper the favourite.
8. Both tired, and down in a close.

9 and to. The men had partly recovered themselves, and
bit away in a winner which sistoniuhed ; but at the dose of
the 10th, round, Cooper was bit five or six times, and dead
beat.

The 12th raund was all for Gas. but he was smartly hit in
the tath hy superior science; but Cooper fell very weak.
14. Cooper was hit to all parts of the ring► an:l thrown,
when Gas was declared tbc victor. to the disapp..lntiiieot of
all deep ones, as he disregarded bitting. and would not be de-
nied. We Lave no room for observations. Both were ter-
ribly beat.