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London, England, 1829-01-28 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

LONGHOLLOW-i, a CWuntry Tale. 3 Vole.
LONDON, 1829.
. 'We have been more than usually gratified by
the perusal of this affecting, instructive, and
'ery unobtrusive tale. It is evidently the pro-
auction of a female (the name, notwithstand-
ing,on the title-page we take to be a fictitious
one, and for a calm, quiet sensibility, a gentle
strain of tender affection, and an easy famili.-
L.
flow of humour, does credit to the tiead and
heart of its fair author. The scr..T,e as
implies, is laid chiefly in the ....e name
Middle walks of rustic lifo _ountry, in the
bOurhood of Sidmouth. -, and in the neigh-
the valley of Long,' ' Devonshire, near which
Wed. The per. is supposed to be situ-
Inost: part. .sonages of the tale consist, for the
Abe -m„ of two respectable country families,
lir,
...mtagues and the Blandfords, out of whose
4, calm and unsullie,et as they aro,- a series of
'incidents is wrough:t up, meditative, impassioned,
advr.:uturous, to lin eminent degree ;
yet in no one
the t t •
4t
s ric e•
respect entstepping the limits of
probability. In her mode of
oeal.tnani,• agin.g her characters, and restricting the
.
be. 1 ..tes h'er tale, the authoress before us
,ty{t, iwAistinct resemblance to Miss Mitford.

411 e too, has taken up a favourite village,
IlsietiAed it with beings of her own refined crea-
.%n, described its individualities, its minutest
Points of interests, thrown a dim religious halo

Over its little humble Gothic church, shed a
sunshine over its green sward, and a pictureique-

tress .over its humblest inhabitants—and, in fact,
given it a local habitation and a name, which
no one can pOssibly mistake. But here all fur-
ther parallel ceases. M iss Mitford caricatures
Itier descriptions and her characters, exaggerates
it he beautiful, and loses simplicity in straining
after effect,—the natural-fault of a poetic frame
9f. mind. . The authoress of " Loughollow," on
'the contrary, with an equal relish for nature, and
'far superior refinement-in the detail of character,
never once loses sight of probability : she keeps
strictly within the pale of the tritest truth, and
every where purposely subdues her descriptions,
from a sort of overweening anxiety to be
ample, natural, and unsophisticated. Hence the
tale. of « Longliollow" to those accustomed to
'the stimulants of fictitious history—to the mere-
tricious allurements of sentiment—the wildness
9f romance, or ! the senseless heroism of" such
faultless monsters as the world ne'er saw," will
be but an insipid composition ; but to those
who wish to peruse a tale of artless and natural
feeling—who wish to recognise the emotions of
thou own hearts expressed just in the way they
would themselves have expressed* them—to
those whose tastes are thus sound and unpol-
luted, we strongly recommend the perusal of
'this delightful novel. If they desire, in parti-
cular, to see the female character adequately
'rendered, they will here be delighted at every
Page; .and once fairly introduced into the so-
E~y of the simple enthusiastic and high-minded
in Montague—the flower of the tale—the
lively Gertrude Blandford, the affectionate Mary
134tgley, and the unassuming and deeply -sensi-
tive Susan Paulett, whose catastrophe, just sub-
sequent to her marriage with young Frankland,
the blighted child of a parricide, is really one
of the most affecting episodes We ever read—
the reader once introduced into such society,
will not easily forget it. As a specimen of
the touching manner iii which our author draws
flat hacknied incident--a death-bed, we will
extract the details of Mary Bingley's death: who,
we should premise, fell a victim to consumption
a few days previous to the one appointed for her
Marriage with Henry Herbert
This evening Mary's parting with her lover had been
kmost tender- and solemn. Mow deeply he was affected,
r. and Mrs. Montague and Ellen too well imagined, from
the circumstance of his not taking leave of them at his
gePartnre ; and Mr. Montague, after removing Mary as
Neal to her chamber, finding Ellen in the parlour on his
return, told her with much emotion that he feared it was
the last time he should have to perform this little service
/or their beloved friend. Even where hope is no more,
how affecting is every turn that marks the progress of the
closing journey to that bourn whence no traveller returns !
44 Soon after Mr. Herbert left her, Mary's countenance
and voice suddenly changed, and her mind for the first
tbe wandered, and continued to do so at intervals during
tile greater part of the night. She had for some time conti.
40ed to carry about her a little sealed packet: it con-
tained a few billets which she had received on various oc-
casions from her lover. Her wandering senses now be-
came collected ; but oh ! how changed were her tones
from those with which she was wont to address her friend.
LLay this next my heart,' she said. The kneeling Ellen
"tot over her to catch every accent.
" I have cherished a wish .. a hope ..it is
41"1 • . . but all things are receding from me.'
fit The looks of the dying sufferer became vacant and
0,41),;"cd. Again her senses wandered and she uttered
whlti!n coherent words, broken and inarticulate, from
but
d Ellen could only understand that her Henry, her
tar Henry,' would communicate to Ellen her ' one
None
of the family bad retired to rest. Mr. Mon-
(Xlcaat in the parlour, Mrs. Montague and Ellen, never
ut !tett the bedside, and the faithful domestics continued
4t lent and mournful attendance.
1: I Have you any thing more that you wish to say to
to ,In.y love ?' said Mrs. Montague, during an interval
,Itotch the sufferer's thoughts appeared to be collected.
Nothing; she replied, but to thank you and to
7 Yen . . . all is finished, but to die!'
1/4 Showers of tears fell from Ellen's eyes upon her hand
so,,thei'e mournful words; and the dying girl then be-
,e., her to leave the room, with such an expression of
to and earnest tenderness, that Ellen no longer hesi-
-111,7 to comply with her wishes; and though the lips and
imiOrchead which she kissed for the last time were already
i..52'd damp in death, yet site exerted all her fortitude
Pay'sin the parting scene ; but when she reached the
lti:1! and beheld her father, she sunk overpowered into
!ok:ralo• One of the servants soon afterwards brought
41 m!'easage to Mr. Montague, which she communicated
hoell'hiaper. Mr. Woodville immediately followed. He
t 11,71 the tearless eye and fixed and pale countenanee.of
ttl,!, I arrived,' he said, ' hut just in time to see our an-
her flight to heaven.'
1h Tears now gushed freely down Ellen's cheeks ; and,
11474 alternately to the bosoms of her father and her
tr, and the friend whom next to them she most re-
lithe felt the appeal, and promised to be comforted.
Ellen became more composed and Mr. Wood-
:4 th''4l departed"+ she entreated to be allowed to return
Re Plumber of death, to watch, one la,t hour, by her
Sts,,g°Ol in life she had been so fondly united ; and after
41,,Iten.,‘der expostulation on the part of her parents, they
Z:14:10:1;
jaeticohnesernttcoslthteo
doorher o request;the a and her
.moththeerer
sheac-
t)ly her to leave her. I was Zed to be alone with
41*i:4rY Bingley,' she said, r shall I shrink from her
' u%
4% When Ellen entered the chamber, there was a
111,44 r which site found herself unprepared, and for a
, t the stood terrified and appalled. No hand now
'te:ltt4,,blitat lonely bed, towards which she almost dreaded
her eyes: in the further part of the room sat two
tk*olden in mute attendance : as she approached where
°I 147 beloved and lately loving Mary Bingley, the form
I+l.lo a few hours_ before, warm with life and fond

; with feeling, was now cold AO ittAie 'anti eeiiSelen
as u
clod of the valley; 1-0111.1 tae Straigttened
limbs
the shrunken counter' we the hrott,loi eye?) the body
prepared for the gram, bar ymithful Itt'att agetin
and, for a moment, she ,to ,1 shuddering and agh:A. but
the shock so deeply felt too a gave place to other feelings;
and, desiring the young women to lcaVe the the
then poured forth, over her who could ul bear them,
expressions of endearment and
os turned to him who bad
so largely
ra-
ther than relieved, her tilt'',t eitivia, Until exhausted
oi
yet to sustain the 0--
:k which she had endured, and must
e. - — . are in all she suffered.
• these thoughts were uppermost in her mind, when a
horseman entered the-court-yard at full speed. She started,
or the tramping of the steed was well known to her. In
'about an hour he appeared in the parlour, and had an
affecting interview with his friends, before he left Long-
hollow.

" On the day which was to have made her his bride,
Mary Bingley was laid in the burying place of the family
of her lover. Of all the friends that attended the ftiner?l,
he was the only one who returned to Longhollow : he had
not seen Ellen since• the morning of the fatal event ; a
week's grief had affectingly changed both ; they. met with
more tenderness than had ever marked their intercourse
before ; and as they sat together, although conversing on
no other subject than their• mutual loss, yet both appear-
ing to derive consolation from the union and interchange
of their grief and regret, Mrs. Montague invited Henry
to stay with them the remainder of that mournful day.
" Mr. and Mrs. Montague, deceived by the appearance
of Mr. Herbert's almost exclusive attention to her who,
betrothed and dying, seemed the sole object of his thoughts,
had for some time believed that the sentiments he enter-
tained towards Ellen were those only of the most exalted
friendship. But bad they not thus deceived themselves,
they would not, at such a juncture, have imagined that a
heart which was still suffering from the recent infliction of
the most poignant grief and regret, could, at the same
time, entertain such feelings and passions as Henry Her-
bert that evening manifested. Such is the heart of man—
such was Henry Herbert's ; and so dangerous are some of
the most generous of his sex, when objects of that amiable
confidence which women of the purest and noblest minds
are, in the simplicity and inexperience of youth, most apt
to bestow.
" The day had been exceedingly fervid, and as the even-
ing advanced, Ellen observed that she had a little duty, a
sad task, to perform : this was to water Mary's favourite
flowers, and Henry walked into the garden 'With her.
After she had accomplished her purpose, they, almost un-
consciously to themselves, went on until they reached a
little arbour at the bottom of an adjoining orchard : this
spot had been their summer retreat, the scene of many de-
lightful hours; their hearts melted with so much tender-
ness, that they seemed to dissolve into one, but fraught
only with love and sorrow for her whom they mourned ;
they sat down on the bench in the bower ; they became
silent and absorbed, and the shades of evening drew imper-
ceptibly on; the air was soft and balmy. Ellen gazed on
the evening sky, where the stars were now appearing one
by one : she became abstracted from every thought but
that of her departed friend : at length a deeply-drawn
sigh from Henry recalling her attention, she perceived that
darkness was falling around them. She now proposed to
return to the house; he acquiesced, but besought one mi-
nute's delay. There was something in the altered tone of
his voice, which struck her with alarm : the powerful
emotions of his over-fraught breast could no longer be re-
strained : at the feet of Ellen he declared his passion for
her : at this moment, so solemn, he pleaded the sanction
of her whom they both mourned—her dying sanction,—for
it was in their last interview that Mary had acquainted
him with what had been the one cherished wish of that
heart, in which they had never been divided. But at the
same moment he abjured all hope—l►e asked no return of
her affection—he besought her only to forgive and pity his
rashness, his love and his despair.
" Wholly unprepared for such a declaration, the hour,
the spot, the mention of her deceased friend, and even be-
yond all these, the internal struggle with which those sen-
t►ments burst with a vehemence that seemed to denote ter-
ror, rather than those hopes and fears which usually agitate
a lover's breast ; quite overpowered her mind, exhausted
as it had been by recent and repeated shocks ; her feelings
prevented her utterance ; and as Henry bent his forehead
on the hand which she did not withdraw, it felt almost
as cold as that death-brow which her lips had so lately
pressed.

" In a few almost inarticulate sentences, interrupted
by deep sighs, she at length expressed her surprise, her
grief, her pity, her regard—Alas ! her affections were--
engaged.

Your affections engaged !' exclaimed Henry, in a
tone of mingled,•lstonishment and desperation—' Your
affections engage; t'`. repeated, while his whole frame
became agitated fm-violence of his feelings. Ellen was
silent.

" Tell me, Ellen,' he said, tell me my doom at once :
this is no time for reserve : you have been too long re-
served with one towards whom you professed, at least,
the confidence of friendship. Your affections engaged !
When? Where? To whom? Although I had not dared
to hope fur your love, I dreaded not this; but tell me my
doom at once, and if it be as you say, oh ! that fiat might
be present death !'

" Alas!' she said, why would you have me repeat
what it sceinsso terrible for you to hear.' •

" Ellen spoke in a tone of extreme tenderness, and held
out her hand, which he had suddenly relinquished. The
colour which had before forsaken his countenance returned,
and his eyes assumed an expression almost frenzied, as he
pressed it to his lips and to his heart. Surprised and per-
turbed, Ellen was rising as if to depart, but he drew her
back on the seat.

" 'Ellen,' he said in a tone of fearful desperation, 'the
specious rival who has won your affections, shall never wed
you—Ellen Montague wed another ! Hell is in the thought
—I swear that it shall not be. Obdurate girl ! if my late
be in your power, yours is also in mine; and my name's
disgrace—my soul's perdition—your terror—your hate—
all are less than the horror of yielding Ellen Montague to
the arms of another. But can it be that Ellen Montague,
whom I deemed so pure, so passionless, so:divine, should
have listened to the breathings of love? Can man have
become the inmate of Ellen Montague's breast ! Then why
not Henry Herbert? Can Ellen Montague indeed feel
woman's love ! In what is Henry Herbert unworthy such
love?'

" As lie strained her to his bosom, during this speech,
Ellen endeavoured to release herself from his grasp ; but an
arm of iron could not more effectually have mocked her
efforts. Alarmed as she was, her presence of mind did
not altogether forsake her.
" ' Release me, Mr. Herbert,' she said firmly, ' release
me from this unmanly violence.'
" He relaxed his grasp, but did not withdraw his arm ;
she struggled no more; she sat still, pale, and almost as
cold as a marble btatue, while with a mien and voice calm
but inexpressibly mournful, she said, I fear you not,
Henry ; for to)self I have nothing to fear at your hands;
if but for a moment, one thought injurious towards ler
who has So long loved and trusted you as a brother, has
found a place in your generous bosom, years of remorse
will follow this momentary madness. Suffer me to go,
Mr. Herbert : I forgive you, but you will not soon forgive
yourself.'

" Ellen again essayed to rise : he no longer attempted
to prevent her, but sighing deeply, and rising at the
same time, he put her arm within his, and pausing
a moment, and pressing his hand upon his brow, as if to
still the distracting thoughts that were crossing his brain;
they left the arbor, and walked towards the house, slowly
and silently."

We have givey a longer extract than usual
from this delightful tale, so must conclude by
recommending it strongly to our readers' notice,
as a work of modest but durable pretensions.
The incident s we would particularly point out,
are those descriptive of the midnight marriage
between Susan Paulett and Frankland, in a
ruined chapel, where the latter's parent had shed
his grandfather's blood ; and the adventures
that befel Mrs. Betty Broom, a fat, humble,
country woman in one of her trips to the
great Metropolis. As far as mere style goes,
the authoress may defy the most hypercritical
exactness. Her language is the " pure well of
English undefiled,"—easy—unambitious—idio-
matic—and at times approaching to an im-
passioned eloquence that makes its way at once
to the heart. Thus characterized, her tale can-
not fail to succeed, and most delighted shall we
be, from a mere principle of justice, to hear of
its extended and permanent popularity.

It is with pleasure we observe it remarked
that the carpet manufacture at Kidderminster is in a state
of much briskness; that the weavers are fully employed ;
and that the best understanding, exists between the work-
men and their masters.--Birmingham Gazette.

tHE COAL MONOPOLY

TO TIIE EDITOR OE TILE SUN.

Slit,---Your last cdm►rient on the boa! Meeting,
held here bft the Bth of Dcc. last, gave such general
satisfaction, that I am induced to send you fresh
materials for bringing them again before the public,
as there is not, nor cannot be, any system of mono-
poly pursued here that is so generally prejudicial to
the interest of all classes of society, as that adopted
by the Coal Owners.
The report I before handed you was, with one
exception, quite correct, so much so that the parties
concluded that a reporter had been im the room.
In giving you the names of the Nobility who com-
posed that meeting, I inclosed that. of Lord Dur-
ham, who did not attend, in consequence of which
no definitive arrangement could be concluded
amongst them, it having been intimated that his
Lordship required a greater share of the plunder
than his colleagues thought him entitled to.
On the 19th instant another attempt was made,
by summoning a meeting at their Council Chamber,
situated at the Cross-house, Westgate-street, in this
town, the most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry
in the Chair, present my Lord Ravensworth, the

Hon. T. F. Liddell, M.P., the Honourable Member,
Matthew Bell, Esq., the Honourable Member, Wm.
Rusiell, Esq., H. Lamb, Esq., Wm. Brandling, Esq.,
R. Brandling, Esq., James Losh, Esq., James Potts,
Esq., John Buddle, Esq., the principal Secretary
and Stage Manager, with a deputation from each
Colliery on the Tyne and Wear; but on opening the
business of the meeting it was found that my Lord
Durham was again absent, and on some questions
relative to his Lordship's views, on the subject of
regulations as they are pleased to call it, being put
to his Lordship's representatives, Messrs. Loraine
and Hill, they declared their inability to answer,
having no directions from his Lordship on the
subject.

This declaration, so contrary to the expectations
and feelings of the meeting, naturally created con-
siderable confusion, being a bar to any further pro-
ceedings, without leaving my Lord Durham out of
the compact, and the Noble Chairman, in conse-
quence, made a motion to the effect, (and this
country would have for ever prayed had it been
carried) that the restriction should be abandoned;
this was seconded by H. Lamb, Esq., the represen-
tative of the Berwick and Craister Wallsend Col-

fiery, when the dismay and confusion depicted on
:he countenances of those puny members who ure

nursed and exist only by the practices pursued by
a certain part of the trade, and who, like so many
ii.cubuses, are hung about the necks of the larger esta-
blishments, and without which they could not exist
for one day, were most appalling; but instead of the
meeting being dissolved, never to meet again, for
such diabolical purposes, it was agreed to adjourn

it until this day, in order to try what effect remon,
strance may have on his Lordship, as the conside-
ration is, a renewal of the system, or a certain re.
duction of the Coals here at least ss. to Bs. and 10s,
per Chaldron ; so much for the disinterested con-
duct of our representatives.

Now, Sir, I would wish to put you in full pos-
session of the nature and workings of this job,
which I perceive your correspondent from Whitby
does not understand. It has never, you must ob-
serve, been the object of these jobbers to prevent a
supply of coals, for the more they sell the better for
themselves, but for the purpose of securing an
enormous price, which they do in the following
manner.

You are aware that the London and Coasting
markets are calculated to consume a certain quantity
of coals; the high prices obtained and secured by
the system pursued has been the cause of so many
Collieries being opened, that if necessary they could
supply double the quantity of coals required.
The difficulty then is, not as to the propriety or
impropriety of the plunder on the public, but how
the spoil is to be apportioned amongst themselves,
and as it seems only right that certain high person-
ages, who it seems are the greatest sufferers, or who
make the greatest sacrifices, should be sufficiently
indemnified, I highly applaud the conduct of my
Lord Durham, in asserting his high claim to con-
sideration in the coal trade, or what would for ever

immortalize his name, free himself from the tram-
mels of a connection, which is a disgrace to nobility,
and a depopulating pest to the country. It works
thus :—one halfof the Collieries are equal to the pro-
duction of the quantity of coals required; fresh Col-
lieries, which ought not, nor would not, have ap-
peared for a century, have been opened year after
year, and as they arrive at maturity they claim a part
of what they call the vend, under the pretence of
keeping up the price, and so regulating the job, as
to obtain it, that many of the great Collieries have
been reduced from a vend of 80 to 100,000 chid-
(lrons a year, to half the quantity, merely for the
support of establishments which are like as many
leeches feeding on the vitals of the country.
Now, Sir, it is an admitted fact, that if the great
capitalists would free themselves from their present
connection with the trade, and work their mines to
the fullest extent, that they might double their quan-
tity in many instances, and more than remunerate
themselves for a reduction in price to the public of
from ss. to 105. per chaldron.
The total vend or shipment of coals from the
Tyne and Wear we will suppose 500,000 Newcastle,
or 1,000,000 London chaldrons, 2-sths of which
go from the "Wear and 3-sths from Newcastle ;
this quantity they take as a basis to be apportioned
amongst them, according to the nature and quality
of the coal and the facility of sale. I will suppose
I get 25 or 30,000 chaldrons for my share, upon the
basis that would afford me 2,000 or 2,500 chaldrons
per month ; but the Committee say I am not to be
left to my discretion how I am to sell or dispose of
my quantity, they will do that for me, and they ac-
cordingly meet once a week to determine what
quantities are to be allowed to be sent from each
Colliery, in order that the issues may he so regulated
as to enable them to secure to themselves the
present enormous prices. In January they will say
you must do nothing, the market is already over-
stocked, and the ships are laid up. Next month,
February, they will order a double quantity to be
shipped, as the club insurances take place, and the
Ship Owners will be all on the alert. In March, they
will find that the job is likely to be overdone, when
they will beat a retreat, and limit my quantity to
500 chaldrons, by which means they are enabled to
command whatever price they chose to ask, as it
frequently happens, on the arrival of a large fleet of
ships, that the vends of the best coals for the month
are filled up in one hour; the second 'best follow ;
the third, and fourth, &c. get their quantum of sales
made up in the same way ; and those who come
last must either take such as they can get, or stay
till the commencement of the following month, when
the new issues take place; this is the effect of what •
is termed regulations, restrictions, &c.
I am happy to say that this day's Council has
ended as the two former; the jobbers have not
succeeded in seducing my Lord Durham ; I trust
he will long continue to oppose such disgraceful
measures, and that with a/rec. trade in coals. The
Coal Owners themselves, such as ought to be Coal
Owners, as also the Ship Owners, and every one
else connected with the trade, \ vil 1 again feel the
happy effects of the destruction of this as well as
every other restrictive system of trade.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,-
AN ENEMY TO MONOPOLY.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 24, 1829.

SPO LIVING IN'TELLIGENCIL

SPARRING AT THE BIRMINGHAM FIVES'-
COURT.

Several very scientific sets-to have been displayed at the
Fives'-court here, this day, for the benefit of Davis and
Manning, who fought a shoat time since upon Wolver-
hampton Race Course.

The Court was crowded to excess, and many swells
were obliged to return, not being able to get a peep. It
was generally allowed by the " Reg'Jars of the Fancy" that
a more numerous and respectable assemblage never collected
within the walls of the Brummagem Fives%court.
The Masters of the Ceremonies were " the Swell Horse-
dealer, the Pink of Brum., and the Tidy Tinker." These,
however, were not sufficient, after the first two displays,
to keep the coast clear, so great was the anxiety ex-
hibited, and the crush so tremendous to get to the centre
of the Court, where the different aspirants for pugilistic
notoriety showed off, that it was deemed necessary to ap-
poiat several deputies to assist in keeping a proper ring,
and orders were given at the doors not to admit any more
persons.
The first set-to of any note was between the " Swell
Gun-lock Finisher" and " Lang Tom the Carpenter."
These men went to work in first-rate style. The counter-
ing and stopping on both sides was very excellent; and,
although the " Long-one" jobbed the " Swell" very se-
verely, he would not be denied : it was, however, difficult
to say which had the best.
After the account, was closed between these two out
and outers, " Goodman the Patten card of tailors," (who
fought Preston in the same ring as Davis and Manning),
and Pat Kelley, who fought Larkins, made their appear-
ance—anxiety was the order of the day—Kelley having
challenged the " Pet of Brum, Larkins," to fight for 50/.,
the Pet's friends being al3rmed at the weight and length
of their customer, declined the offer ; but Pat having been
very uprorious about , fighting, and having used several
very ingcnteel expressions about the Brummagen Pet, a
resolution was passed uuanimously at Arthur Mathewson's,
on Friday last, that he should not return to the " Land
of Praties" without a customer. Several attended pur-
posely to see what this blustering Irishman could do with
the " good" man; and long before he threw off the gloves,
there was a general cry of " Oh, you muff," for to the
great astonishment of all present, " the Pattern Card" did
what he pleased with Pat. Whether he was gammoning
on purpose to get a match we know not, but true it is
that he had no chance with the tailor. He exclaimed, on
taking off the gloves, " sure now, sparring is not like the
fighting—if there be any gentleman' that thinks me a
muff, if he will be after fighting me, he will be rendering
me a grate big piece of sarviee ;" whereupon Preston
came forward and stated that he would fight Kelley for 100/.
in three months; 501. in two months ; 25/. in a week, or
for 101. this day or to-morrow. A row ensued, but no
terms were arranged—doubtless there will be a match.
After order was a little restored, a curly headed gentle-
man appeared, and challenged any 9i stone man in Eng.
land for 50/. ; he stated, that he would prefer Ned Stock-
man. No one appearing on the part of Stockman, it was
no go. He then said he was ready to set-to with any man
near his weight, when Long Tom, who had previously
done a good day's work, accepted his polite offer. Imme-
diately upon the curly headed one stripping he was recog-
nised as the " Little Show Boy." He nodded and winked
to his friends, as much as to say, " 111 soon polish the Long
one—but he found his mistake, for Long Tom gave him
pepper after the two first rounds. The Show Boy's friends
cried out " wait for him Punch," and sure enough he did,
for perhaps a better round for countering, jobbing, and
getting away was never witnessed—the applause was tre-
mendous. The next round was nothing but real fight-
ing, and it was deemed necessary by the Master of the
Ceremonies to interfere, and upon the men leaving off
it was discovered that great execution had been done, for
both their physogs were severely damaged. Several other
admirable displays were exhibited, a.nong which Manning
and Preston, and Davis and Shropshire Perkins, who did
their best to amuse. Phil Sampson did not attend, agree-
able to his promise, to set-to with Davis, the game Welch-
man, which gave very great disappointment. Phil is very
anxious to fight Whiteheaded Bob, and Davis's friends wish
him to fight Ned Neal,—a great deal of chaff WWI had re-
course to but no matches made. We think that Davis
would make a most excellent fight with Neal, indeed, we
never saw a man so likely to lick Neal as he is,—he can bit
very hard, possesses good science and courage, an admi-
rable thrower, and can get away well from mischief. Such
a man would prove what Neal really is. As to Ned Neal's
repeated challenges to Phil Sampson, he knows it only to
be idle bombast, for Sampson has declared several times
that he would not fight any " dancing-master."

THE FANCY.
ARTICLES OP AGREEMENT BETWEEN WATSON AND LOVE.

LOCK.

James Lovelock agrees to fight George Watson, a fair
stand-up fight, half-minute time, in a 24-foot ring, for
25/. a side, on Tuesday, the 10th of March. One sove-
reign a side is now deposited in the hands of Mr. Burn ;
four sovereigns a side to be deposited at Mr. Burn's, the Red
Horse, Bond• street, on Wednesday, the 28th inst. ; five sove-
reigns a side to be deposited at Mr. Gaynor's, the Queen's
Head, Duke's court, Bow-street, on Wednesday, the 4th
of February; another deposit of 5/. a side to be made at
Mr. Cribb's, the Union Arms, Panton-street, on Wed-
nesday, the 11th of February; a further deposit of five
sovereigns a side to be made at Mr. Eales's, the Bromley
Arms, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, on Wednesday, the
18th of February; and the final deposit of five sovereigns
a side to be made at Mr. Burn's, the Red Horse, on Wed-
nesday, the 25th of February. Each of the respective
deposits to be made good between the hours of eight and
ten in the evening, and the party failing on any occasion
to make good his deposit within those hours, to forfeit the
money posted. The fight to take place within 30 miles
of London ; the choice of the place of fighting to be tossed
for at the last deposit. In case of magisterial interference,
the referee to name another place of fighting, at which
the party failing to appear and fight shall forfeit the
money. If the fight should not from unavoidable circum-
stances be decided on the day named, the battle-money
shall not be given up till fairly fought for. An umpire to
be appointed by each party on the ground, and also a re-
feree, whose decision, in the case of any disagreement be-
tween the umpires, shall be final. Mr. Cribb to be the
final stakeholder for the whole amount of the battle-money.
JAMES LOVELOCK.
(For George Watson.) JAMES BURN.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
ArpotarTstarrs FOR THIS WEEK.
Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Aylesby
Village; Wednesday, at Fox Dales; Friday, at Kettleby
Tharp ; and Saturday, at Hendale Lodge—at eleven.
The Blackmoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stourton
Inn; and Friday, at Stock-house—at ten.
Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Wednesday, at the Shoulder
of Mutton ; and Saturday, at Alderney Cottage—at half-
past ten.
.The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed-
nesday, near the Race Course; and Friday, at the Dyke—
at half-past ten.
The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every
Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race
Course ; and Friday, at Tellescombe Tye—at half-past ten.
The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at
St. Andries ; and Friday, at Crocombe Park-gate.
The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Winsford ;
Wednesday, at Booth-lane Toll-bar-gate; Thursday, at
Minshull Guide-post; and Saturday, at Sandiway Head
—at half-past ten.
Mr. Price's Hounds, on Tuesday, at The Gint (Nant-
glyn) ; Thursday, at Cefn Liwyd-bridge,; and Saturday, at
Gwaenynog—at half-past ten.
The Westacie Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Swaffham
Race Course; and Friday, at Necton Tuna—at half-past
ten.

General Wm. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr.
Abbott's, Wicker' Castle Acre ; 'Wednesday, at Beetly ;
and Friday, at West Lexham—at eleven.
The East Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Firly ;
Thursday, at Chailey South Common ; and Saturday, at
Hellingly—at a quarter before eleven.
The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Badsworth-
hall ; Thursday, at Heil-house—at half-past ten ; and Sa-
turday, at Acton, at half-past eleven.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Shuckburgb-hill ;
Wednesday, at the Kennel, Thinchurch ; Thursday, at
Bourton; and Saturday, at Princethorpe Village—zit half-
past ten.
Mr. Mcynell'm Hounds, on Monday, at Egginton ; Thurs-
day, at Eton Wood; and Saturday, at Blithfield—at half-
past ten.
The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Bunney Park ;
Tuesday, at Cotes-turnpike ; Thursday, at Great May ;
and Friday, at Martinshaw Wood—at half-past ten.
The Conoek Harriers, on Monday, at Catterly Banks ;
and Friday, at Imber Furze—at eleven.
The Gratisden Hounds, on Monday and Friday, at the
Kennel—at ten.
Mr. King's Hounds, on Monday, at Holn-bridge ; and
Thursday, at Park—at ten.
The Whitehaven Harriers, on Monday, at Barrow
Mouth; and ‘Vednesday, at Moresly—at eight.
The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Mitford-
bridge ; Wednesday, at Wainbody Wood ; Friday, at Al-

veston Pasture; and Saturday, at Austey Wood—at half-
past ten.

- Mr. G. Mure's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stowl ingtoft—
at half-past ten.
The Cumberland Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Galt;
and Friday, at Middiescaugh Woods—at ten.
The Lamhton Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Shotton ;
Tuesday, at Chester-le-t.treet; Thursday, at Brandon;
and Saturday, at Sunderland-bridge—at ten.
Sir G. Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hardataff
Common ; and Thursday, at Norton—at ten.
The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at
Red-house ; and Saturday, at Whixiey—at half-past ten.
The Ilurworth Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Haughton-
bridge—at ten.
Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Westhido Vil-
lage; and Friday, at Credenhill—at ten.
The Cleveland Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Court-
green—at nine.

The Haydon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Threpwood ;
and Saturday, at Kinneyheug Crags—at nine.
The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Milby—
at half-past ten.
The Murpeth Harriers, on Friday, at the Kennel—at ten.
Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Walton
Heath—at ten.

H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Saturday, at Chahlen
—at eleven.

The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Saturday, at Lock's Bo'
torn7-at half•past ten.

Mr. Meager's•Harriers, on Friday, at Harley-green.
at half-past nine.

_ .
Mr. Cod r ing to n's Hounds, on Friday, at Grove Quarry
—at ten.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN

IRELAND.