The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-09 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MARKETS.--(:%t per Load of 36 Trusses.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow flay £2 S to .£2 10
Best Kew Meadow Hay 9 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 4
Clover Hay a 8 5 0
Oat Straw £1 Bto£l 12 f Wheat Straw 112 118
Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted.

SM I THFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15
Best New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 0
Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 0 .. Generally 3 0 4 10
Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 12—Wheat Straw 112 ' 116
A short supply, and a very dull trade, at Tuesday's prices.

STEYNING MARKET.—ApriI 6.
Beef. 3s. Sd. to 4s. 461. Veal 46. Sd. to 58. 4d.
I
Mutton 4 4 5 0 4 0 4 6
Lamb
Supply limited, and trade dull.

The Right Hon. ROBERT GORDON left town
yesterday afternoon for Dover, from whence he will pro-
ceed by route of Paris to Naples, having, it is understood,
been appointed to succeed the Right Hon. STRATFOILD
CANNING in his special mission to carry into effect the
treaty respecting the affairs of Greece. Previous to his
departure the Right Hon. Gentleman had a long confer-
ence with his brother, the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the
office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and on leav-
ing the office entered his carriage and four, and immediately
left town.

Despatches were received yesterday by the
Marquis de PA LILELLA, and also by Viscount ITABAYANA,
the Brazilian Minister, from the Emperor PEDRO, at Rio
Janeiro. The Marquis and the Viscount were in frequent
communication during the day with Prince ESTERHAZT,
the Austrian Ambassador. The Brazilian Minister pro-
ceeded to the Foreign-office, and had an interview with
the Earl of ABERDEEN. Prince ESTERHA TY, the Aus-
trian Ambassador, visited the Duke of WELLINGTON, at
the Treasury, and also transacted business at the Fo-
reign-office.

Despatches were sent off yesterday evening
from the Colonial-office, for the Hon. General PONSONET,
the Lieut.-Governor of Malta.

A deputation of sugar-refiners attended at the
Treasury yesterday, and had a conference with the CHAN.
CIZLLOR of the EXCHEQUER:

Mr. Secretary PEEL received despatches from
his MAJESTY yesterday afternoon.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--On Wednes-
day evening was married by special license, by his Grace
the Archbishop of YoRE, Viscount STORMONT, eldest son
of the Earl of MANSFIELD, to Louisa, third daughter
of CUTHBERT ELLISON, Esq. M.P. The ceremony took
place at the house of the latter in Whitehall-gardens, im-
mediately after which the happy couple left town for the
Earl of MANSFIELD'S villa, Caen Wood. The lovely
bride was splendidly attired in blond lace, and was given
away by her father.
_ _

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the thanks of the Court
were voted unanimously to WILLIAM ASTELL, Esq. and
JOHN Lout!, Esq., Chairman and Deputy Chairman, for
their zeal and attention to the Company's interest during
the last year.
Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East In-
dia House for the election of six Directors, in the room
of WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq., JOHN BAILLIE, Esq., Joins
PETTY 311:sPRATT, Esq., Sir ROBERT TowNSEWD FAR-
QUHAR, Bart., JAMES BEVETT CARNAC, Esq., and
JmEsq., who go out by rotation.
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the scrutineers, who reported that the election had fallen
on JOSIAS Do PRE ALEXANDER, E 5,..,
'WHEAT CAmr-
DELL, Esq , NEIL BENJAMIN EDMONSTONE, Esq., Hon.
Esq., and JouN GoLpS-
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FIGHT BETWEEN YOUNG DUTCH SAM

AND NEAL, FOR 100/. A-SIDE.

This superlatively interesting affair came off on
Tuesday last, by special permission, at the park of
E. L. Charlton, Esq., near Ludlow, In Shropshire,
142 miles from London, the combatants having re-
ceived a valuable consideration of 504 each on con-
dition of exhibiting their pugilistic powers, skill,
and science, at that remote and otherwise little fre-
quented part of the kingdom. Under the tempta-
tion of such a bait, the sordid love of money easily
prevailed over the more generous passion for glory,
and induced both parties, notwithstanding their dis-
agreements on other points, to consent to dragging
their admirers to so unconscionable a distance, or to
leave them to the sad alternative of not beholding
so interesting and much-talked of a contest at all.—
Let it not be said, then, that the popular art of self-
defence—vulgarly called milling—is a worthless,
barren, and unproductive acquirement, since, as it
were, a premium, or rather a retaining fee of .50/.
for a single exhibition is tipped to each of the two
youthful professors of this much-admired science,
who, although both ranking already pretty high
in this gymnastic accomplishment, still cannot be
said to he absolutely at the top of their profession,
like such first-rate and first-sized pugilists as Spring,
Peter Crawley, and Ward, who add those gifts
of nature, superior size and weight, to the ac-
quirements of science, which consist in gracefully,
adroitly, and effectually giving, as well as man•
fully and unflinchingly receiving, a quantum sqf-
.fleit of lo:ock-down blows, black eyes, and bloody
noses, the inestimable trophies of pugilism, whilst
many a much elder and regularly college-bred barri-
ster travels the Home, Northern, or Western Cir-
cuit, year after year, without pocketing as many
shillings, in the shape of fees, wherewithal to buy
hair powder for their wigs. It is just that, on one
hand, pugilists should be allowed to turn their la-
bours and the sweat of their brows, to the best ad-
vantage; but, on the other hand, it is a great nui-
sance to the public at large, upon whom the ring,
after alli depends for encouragement, that hundreds
of sportsmen, and those indispeniable trumpets of
fame—the Press, should be put to so much incon-
venience and expence, to travel hundreds of miles
over remote and almcst pathless tracks of country
to describe prize-fights, which might just as well
take place within a reasonable distance of the me-
tropolis. Such a course, calculated merely for the
benefit of a few, but extremely inconvenient and
ruinously-expensive to the many, must, in the long-
run, if persisted in, defeat its own purposes, which,
it may be easily foreseen, the Prize-ring will find to
its sorrow. The slightest reflection must satisfy
pugilists that the 501. or 1001. thus subscribed for
them by inn-keepers, post-masters, and coach-pro-
prietors, of whatever district they may favour with
an exhibition of their prowess, must be extracted
out of the pockets of the sport-loving public, to-
gether with much larger sums, a great part
of which would probably find its way directly
into their own purses, as a reward of their exer-
tions. We shall no longer dwell on this subject,
except by observing that we really believe the roads
in Shropshire are the very worst in England, and
extortions on travellers are there carried to a greater
extent than any where else, as many charges exceed
those of London by 200 per cent. But to revert
to the grand business of the day. We must call the
attention of our readers to the condition of the com-
batants. On the morning of the fight we found
Neal, with his seconds and backers, at the Angel
Inn, at Ludlow, where he had arrived by the mail on
the Sunday before the fight. To us he appeared
considerably thinner and paler than we remembered
him to have been at several of his preceding fights;
but, as many connoisseurs would rather see a pugi-
list pale than flushed, we shall not dispute the cor-
rectness of their opinion; however, though pale, he
certainly did not. look yellow or sickly, as has been
asserted by some. He had trained at his old quar-
ters, at Milford, in Surrey, and professed to be quite
well, and confident of winning. The reduction of
his bulk had become necessary, as the articles limited
his weight to l Ist. 10Ib. When the hour for weigh-
ing approached, the scales were so besieged by the
crowd, anxious to behold the two combatants, that
it was deemed expedient to transfer them to the
yard of the Angel Inn. Thither Sam and his friends
repaired from the Crown, where they had esta-
blished their head-quarters; and, on going into the
scales, Sam,who had originally trained at Shirley's, the
New Inn, Staines, and afterwards at Virginia Water,
and looked exceedingly well, fresh,and in good spirits
—was said to weighllst. 61bs. for we could not ap-
proach near enough, on account of the crowd, to
count the weights placed in the opposite scale—
making 41bs. less than the weight he was limited to.
Neal next divested himself of his garments, and was
found full 31bs. lighter than what he was entitled to
be—though Sam's backers asserted that Neal was,
at the utmost only an ounce or two lighter than the
articles of agreement allowed him to enter the ring.
This ceremony being gone through, and the discus-
sions respecting the 501. bonus for each of the pu-
gilists being adjusted, by withdrawing the same from
the Ludlow bank, and depositing it in the hands of
the stakeholder, with an express understanding that
either of the combatants failing to enter the ring,
such defaulter should be excluded from the benefit
of his allotted share, the parties prepared to move
forward to the scene of action, the ring being fixed
by Oliver and Fogo in Mr. Charlton's park, about
half a mile from the town. Neal, accompanied by
his seconds and backers, proceeded thither in a ba-
rouche and four, accompanied by a postchaise and
pair, (containing the Reporters of the London
Press) and a great number of pedestrians.
Sam and his friends, who were still at the win-
dows of the Crown Inn, followed immediately in
the same direction, in a carriage drawn by four
horses; pretty smart April showers fell at intervals
as the
,procession moved along; the whole town
was in commotion, and wore a holiday appearance,
all the windows being lined with well-dressed fe-
males. No other carriages and equestrians were,
however, admitted into the park; the stakeholder
himself met with some difficulty in gaining admit-
tance from the Squire's gate-keeper. The ring was
capacious and well kept, furnished with abundance
of waggons for the convenience of the spectators
and, though many thousand individuals attended,
there was not a single attempt of breaking it, nor
any other confusion or riot, save and except a pu-
gilistic intermezzo between two amateurs, during
the progress of the rounds. The ground itself was
a beautiful piece of green turf, firm, and pretty free
from slipperiness, notwithstanding the occasional
showers. - Neal, the tried conqueror in fourteen
pitched battles, was from the commencement of the
match the favourite at considerable odds-6 to 4,
7 to 4, and lastly at 2 to 1, and so continued ;
though it ought not to be dissembled that in certain
parts, Birmingham and its vicinity, for instance,
Sam was the favourite, it being supposed that he
possessed far supperior science, and that he would
be sure to blind Neal in a very short space of time.
The inhabitants of Birmingham came probably to
this conclusion by the credit they gave to the asser-
tions of Philip Sampson, their townsman, one of
Sam's seconds; the correctness of which was
speedily justified by the event. It had been, more-
over, hinted that Neal was far from being so well as
be ought to be.

At 27 minutes before one o'clock (London time)
Sam entered the ring, attended by his second and
bottle-holder, Dick Curtis and Philip Sampson, and
threw up his hat in token of defiance, thus unde-
ceiving those who might have entertained any doubt
of his meaning to fight, and to earn his share of the
100/. subscription. He was loudly cheered by the
spectators. Neal, who was waiting in a carriage
outside the ring, followed shortly afterwards, Spring
and Harry Holt waiting on him in the capacity of
second and bottle-holder. As he approached the
ropes, supported by his principal backer, he also
flung in his hat, at a short distance. He was like-
wise greeted by his numerous friends, amongst whom
were gentlemen of rank and station. Sam's colours
were yellow, with the initials of his " nom-de-

guerre" b. S. and the modest motto, " Nil despe-
randum." Sam's friends gained the toss for choice
of position, and according placed their man with his
back to the sun, which occasionally peeped out be-
tween dark clouds ; but, a good deal of delay occur-
ring in the preliminary arrangements, Neal, who was
anxious to tight, complained to Sam's backer that
such dilatoriness was unfair and prejudicial to him-
self. However, both men having been stripped for
some minutes, their great coats loosely thrown over
them, being removed, they were led to the scratch,
and, after complying with the usual formalities, the
fight commenced.