The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-28 00:00:00

BOXING.

An off-hand match was fought yesterday moor
ing, at Barn:jug-pm), eight miles from WA:
wyn, Herts, between Harry Plank, a man °I
some skill in this fashional;!e art, hod George
Ford, a Leicestershire man of athletic poreeil•
The match was for 40 :;slineas a side. I'b
hackers were, Captain Hands, for Plaok, awl
Ford was backed by subscription. Walton, tiro
cricketer, seconded Ford, and Wm. Jones of*.
ciated for Plank.—Seventeen gallant rounds WIC
fought in 42 minutes, as follow :
In the first round, Plank placed a left-bandel
hit upon his adversary's mouth, which shook tbe
ivories, and in following with his rigist hand, 1
was met on the ear by Ford's left hand, whicb
warmed the wax, and floored him. Betting sotis
even at going off, but Ford was now backed at i,
and 7 to 4.
2. A smart rallying round, decidedly in favour
of Plank, whose quickness painted his adversary's
head in all manner of forms. He was hit awto,',
when performing active operations, by a blow i°
the throat, ‘vhich produced a mountebank WC;
but instead of going doken, he recovered anti brie
ed upon his adversary, and threw him.
3. Both were waiting for wind, and it wa 0
long time cowing ; at length Plank floored kris
adversary by a hit in the mouth, and he drop'
ped two of his grinders.
The six rounds were manfully .fsrOgitts
and although Plank was contending at:ainst $
man I?.ilfs, heavier titan himself, yet Ire bull'
trim in a manful style, and from his st•rZj
hi had equal advantages.
This round reduced the fight to somethlog
a certainty, es Ford's right eye was complete
ly closed, and the lett was damaged. Plank' ob'
ject seemed to be to sew up the other, hut 12i4
tactics were clumsily returned upon by his wive'
sary's left hand, which floored him.
11. Ford's head was so disfigured, that his w.r4
world not have known him, and his opponent
gave up the notion of closing the other peeper'
from the blow heknapped in the last rotund. 1306
were too much tired to do mischief, and they went
down together in a close.
12. Here Plank won the fight by placing s
chance hit on his adversary's temples, and ofr,
though he srood cutting op five other rounds, ti‘
WAS then obliged to say eneao).

EXTRAoRDINARY GnosT.—On
,the evening 14,
the 2d instant, as the person who has the care
the dock in St. Patrick's Church was procee•dia
to wind it up, he was inform, d by the sextons
wife, that there was a most frightful ghost in I"
church, and she cautioned him to take care of OW
'Thinking there was some trick laid for trioh
he took the precaution to lock the door on goivg
in, to prevent any person from foilowing
Having wound up the clock, he was returnia
through the aisle when the noise of foo'tsteps 04'
denly struck his car ; on turning-round -to legal
the cause, what must have been his astotriabmoil•
on seeing a female figure, with liazgard couple'
riance, staring eyes, and long black disherelleJ
hair, following close behind him, asid mutter'
ing something incoherently as site advanced.--#
Struck- with terror at the sight of this e%'
traordinary appearance, he stood 'rev ioniels
for some time, and then recoiled -some pac4:4
towards the door ; the spectre followed,
struck him on the face with a string of bea4f.‘ -
which she held in her hands, anti, in a sdsrsa
tone, exclaimed, " no' person release ITO
from those fiery dragons that are continually tor;
meeting me 1" Ile now, assuming cote age, rts!)(
forward on the Ghost, and • seized her by the
arm ; lie soon discovered that she differed eelf
much from those. apparitions comniynly seen,
being neither able to elude the grasp of her 0.9'
tagonist, nor vanish from his sight. The scrota°
which now ensued brought the sexton to fife sp,olo
when it was discovered that this frightful Speetil
was nothing more tb.n a poor maniac who itita
been shut up in the church after divine service/
unknown to the :.extort.