The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-24 00:00:00

DEATH OF CUltTls, THE BOXER.

In 'our report of pato ti,ty we gaiFe. a doploruhle.
account ut the state of the vanquished
Curtis, by the superior hitting of Turner,
ho made his debut as a pugilist—sinee that re-
port Curtis is nu more. One instance of the sort
has occurred within these 25 years, of a man dy-
hog nutlet the operation of hitting ; but we pro-
ceed to the relation of this tale with the best re-

port which can at present be obtained, 'the writer
'if this article having been present on the spot,
and furnished us with yesterday's report.
The deceased man was desired to give in every
round, riot only by the umpire, but brhis seconds,
and he persisted in his notions of winning to the-
-I"st. 11.'4) SO melancholy 311 occasion► we mention
game, we lament munch that it shotild have led to

that foal;ty which has befallen. him. In our
renurt of the bAttle yesterday, we stated that Cur
!is was as dead as a 'linacker's lacquey. The ex-
pression WAS used technically, and it was applied
to m,kny other combats where men have been'eVen
worse beaten. At the close of the fight Curtis fell,
end the manly manner of his opponent did him
credit on this occasion, as it bad dine throughout
the combat. Curtis at length 'fell, 'when 'some
suPPosed he had.the best of the fight, which, from
the exertions of the men, had rednred.both to
simptetoas. He, fell in earnest, and the moment he
Ml hie left -hint. •- -
The deceased was *conducted over the water as
a brave laser, in a lifeless state. 'At the inn at
ll4uipron his case shewed mire prominent danger
than had been anticipated. 'Die fetnalts were
alarmed, and surgeons were promptly tent for.
lie iyas bled, and the blood flowed freely. lie
WA exhausted in the fight, and hiS death is much

•
re grilled, as he was a brave main.- -` above is
the, account of the litigiliAtic Reporter, and a
.aeboidal to a Country where there.is any in:Ocoee
CO civilization.

There is no instance on record of Sixty Thou.
sand Nandi to he had fur little more than Sixty
r„nntls, and yet the 31st day at the present Month
will forni,h is new Ara in Lotteries, inasmuch as,
tor the first time, there are Three Prizes of

420,000, besides lots of minor ones of Two and
One Thousand, and 011 to be drawn in Out Day.
A correspondent, who has remarked, that when
a fire breaks out, it is a considerable time 'before
any water can he obtained, owing, he believes, to
a want of information as to where the plugs lie,.
and as to the means of opening them, suggests as
a remedy, that there should be a greater number
of plugs, and that every housekeeper should be
furnished with the means of turning the water
on, in case of an alarm of tire, without the ne-
cessity of applying to a tnrocoek for that pnrpose.
Yesterday morning the prisoners committed on
charges of Felony were removed from the several
gaols in the City of London and County of Mid-
dlesex, to Newgate, preparatory to taking their.
I trials at the ensuing Sessions at the Old Bailey,
l which commence on Wednesday next.
The Sessions for the County of Middlesex be-
gin at the Sessions House, Clerkeawell, on l\lon-
day next.

AGitiC CLIUitE.

TO THE EDITOR OI"11112: SUN.

Stlz,-,-That rich province of the new Nether-
landish Empire,l(Mg called 1-11/lIiiMI, has, it is 3nt~t,
during the list 25 years of the CrIHICS of follies-of
France, antra the fears and tvastes of England,
greatly improved iu agriculture-and-prothiction
SO MUCII, the •notwitlisiatiding its close p.iptila-
lion, and the little sound heads and caps-, and
large hodies and spreading petticoats, of its nu-
merous prudent people, they; tit this titer, 410 not
thenowlves cons‘une more than five parts of thirty-

fire, or onc-seventh, of the total- produce of the
well managed soil of their territory this he
correctly nod truly stated, it deserves much re-

section, inyead; In many consitkratimis

The first of manufactures, because the most im-
portant ;Ind essential to us in its products and
uses, is the mantilacture of the soil ;--the most
anrient,-dronourable, and powerful of all machines
still, and the most economical of human labour,
is the plough; moved by the brute and tpdet torte
of the patient ox, (who makes, besides much bet-
ter food than spades and mill-stones will, if we
discard him)—trom our soil, if we manufacture it
aright, repay, the toil of those who cultivate it,
we can have food, raiment, and habitations good
liquors, to support and cheer ; stone, fuel, pot-
tery, china, glass,'und all the useful metals, play-
houses and. halls, bridges and palaces, colours and
plantings, churches and penitentiaries; what more.
do we want, but sugar and tea, cotlek: and wine,.
which Europe, Asia, and America are glad to ex•
• change with us tor at little of our urptus produce
of ingennity, slciii, and initchiner).
And of ill this, too, we have means enough,
as in 'Holland, for more than INlCi.the number a

the present -inhabitants of these Islands; with
fair sufficiency for every one who is industrious,
economical, and prudent ; and for the young, be-
fore they should ►abatir ; for the 'aged., when y
should rest from their labours of half a century.
When the difficulty of the passing hour is re-
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ferre'd to, let it be .remembered, thei at this time
30Ibs, of excellent potatoes can still be had for
one shilling !---so that a good food is not yet dif-
ficult to procure. The stout hearts
.ond uobla
courage of many of the -brave men of Salarnmtea
and Trafalgar, Waterloo and Algiers, were nou•
6,110 and formed on the sustenance of this good
root—now in Stich excellence,of quality and great
, abundance in this tnetropolis.
km.. 42, Md. R.