The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-01 00:00:00

silluiilog the kliohempoker for the bar,' rind placing
the braces under the cat riage in •the room of the
perch. Sometimes the testator trove the carriage
himself, . while the witness sat inside. He brought
• the witness to his house at Egham, when he made
.him take down a paling, which separated the lawn
front the high ruiaL leaving the whole open. He
next had 11. e staircase taken down, because it was in
the way; he then had a long step-ladder placed on
a Itarge-malingany table, and reaching to the first-
flour window, by which means he got in and out of
the upper roots s.
This witness was proceeding to state many other
eccentricities, when the Jury thought he had gone
far enough.
Lady Gardner, the relict of the laten Sir John
Gardnet, stated, that she had known the testator
many years—he had formerly visited. in her family,
and was always considered very ecCentric, but had
seen little ol iiim for eight or nine years previous to
Janualy. 1808 ;' on the tthli of that month she re-
ceived a very incoherent letter from him, and soon
after came him,elt—be talked wildly, and expressed
his wish that she and het sister should accompany
him into Statibrdshire, to assist him in the arrange-
ment of .his affairs. The next day he sent her a
letter Nitti a proposition of- marriage, and inclo,ing
the -copy of a letter he intended .to send to a Lady,
then living with him, discarding her. . •
Several other .w itnes,es were also examined as to
various Other ElaS of inanity committed by the tes—
latdr, but none of them to sp.ak to the precise time
of making his will. .
After a very able reply from Mr. Serjeant LENS,
"on she part of the plaintiff, the Learned Judge was
proceeding to suns op the evidence; when the
Jury told his Lcirdship the); were perfectly satisfied,
and immediately returned .a verdict for the plain-
tiff, by which, the validity of the will W:l3 csia,
Wished.

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amateurs of the fist mustered
full strength yesterday, at. George's.row, psst•
dineson, where two batiks, wok plaee
rgnifiess each, wiihrm addition of stab,cription putscS.
The candidates for fame who first set.:tes were
Spicer, a costes...monger (and another of Caleb Bald-
wits's pupils floor the Holy Laud); and a ten-stone
Black of reported courage. Caleb Baldwin second-
ed Spictr, and Richman did the same by the Black:
In the first round the. Black nearly closed one of his
adversary's eyes, but he had strength against hint,
and it ,preSailed aher a battle of halt an hour, with a
good (ie.&of pueishment on both sides. • •'
MADDOX mei) CoTTREL.—A second bSttle took
piece 'betwixt these veterans of tale fist.—Cottrel
having fought t enty -six bat' les, and- 7 •IJA:Ne'T
'was heat but by Horton, s ho was beat by Crib.;
and Maddox has fought even more times, and in
his best day stood high on the list. Cottrel is a
Bristol man,
,who came to London some years ago
to fig..' Gully. This battle lasted thirty-tise mi-
nutes, and the combatants were fully employed ai
punishing. Maddox pursued his systesn•of going
in and milling, and Cottrell retreated and hit with
troth hands, with considerable force; Maddox was
at length ceinpelled to give in by a loss of his
powers. Caleb Baldwin seconded Maddox, and
Richman seconded Cottrel. It l 3 needless to state
that the ground was very bad for the profkssots.
A third battle took place bet weed two strangers.
Wednesday morning, about t,esen o'clock, a des-
perate battle was fought in a field near the Sir'
George Whitmore's Head, Huston, between two
Irish labourers of Jhe names of Sullivan and Kelly,
for a trifling wager. The contest; which was very
obstinate on both sHes, lasted upwards-cif One hour,
hard fighting,. which terminated in favour of Sulli-
van. They were both s dreadfully bruised as to
be carried to their respeaise habitations by their
countrymen, not being able to walk. • •
PROVINCIAL BOXING.—A most sanguinary battle
for one hundred gnitieas," and a subssrption purse
of twenty, in imitation of the London asknaseurs, was
fought on Monday, in the presence of an, ithmense
concourse of speetators, at Ha zely Cominion, Hants;
betwixt ad Oxfordshire matt, of the name of Wood-
cock, and a professional bruiser of fame it) the courtly
of Somerset, of the, name of Tring who was backed
by the amateur, Captain Hicks. In the first round,
which lasted four minutes, 'Ling was knocked
down, after a dreadful.conftioi, and the' testritoses
3uent rounds were as courageously maintained will)
reciprocal advantage. In the fourth round both
combatants were blind, and they fought in that State
20 minutes, when Tring got a broken jaw,. and was
beat nearly lifeless. It was strength opposedscienee,
and the former'prevailed. A bull-bait, and 'a back-
sword match followed the battle.
A valuable diseoVery has been lately made respect-
ing the species and qualitrof the pioe-trees growing
on the Lovat estates, .now in the possession of the
Honourable Colonel FRAM, on the
.sides of the
navigable tide-harbour, called Loch Beauly. ' 'When
these estates tell into possessiOn of Government on
the • attainder of Lord Lovat,' the Commission tor
managing property of this deseriptien recoMmended
seedling plants of the finest American fir tribes to
be cultivated on them, which was accordingly done,
Col. Faii.Stim tins lately caused longitudinal and trans;
verse te ions
.elto be Made,' which unequivocally'
evince they have produced genuine turpentine-tim-
ber ; and will briar perforation with shot without-
'
splintering or driving out she knots
will bend,
any -shape in 'ship-building externally, and supply'
to'
knees, beams, and spars, to resist decay in water,
in ships, boats, bridges, fronting wharfs, and the
like. It is intended that specimens of this timber,
which is as transparent as a honey-comb, by placileg
a candle behind it;from Ow light of the esochelmily,.
shall be speedily towarded to the different sea-ports
where such timaes may be required by theinthhe.
On Saturday the driver of a hay cart, imprudently
riding on the shaft, in Goswell-street, fell therefrom,
when she wheel Went over his leg, and fractured it in a shocking manner. •
Sunday atiertfoon, about two o'clock, as a we elderly Gentleman, apparently in good
health, was 'going down Cheapside, he. n suddenly
dropped dow dead. He was immediately 'taken
on a shutter into-130w Church:

lisbe4 by WILLIAM APMIc,FII kI 1, PS, Sr,!9. G;
far the pcper, Late.; for the Fclieo• &e. ,(post-pnia),at