Star.
London, England, 1825-03-29 00:00:00

ANOTRER IVO•GO FOR THE FAMCY.

YOUNG DUTCH SAM AND LEWNY ; BISHOP SHARP,
AND GIPSY COOPER.
The son and heir of the renowned batch Sam, for-
getful of his great descent, set out in life an itinerant
newsman, and pursued that path of literature, albeit
unknown to fame, till the spirit of his sire stirring at
last within him raised his young soul's ambition, and
called him forth to deeds of arms. And when the
bright realms of the Fancy, over which his father
reigned, lay shining before him, not even Mr.
Richard Martin--

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That, like the Pelican,
Nourishes pity with his tender Mil"—
could seduce him longer to remain in an inglorious ob-.
sanity. Alike regardless of the censures of this age:
or the terrors of the lase, be threw his hat within the
ropes, and placed his hopes, his fortune, and his fante,
at the mercy of any man of equal weight and equal
daring. A person was soon found ready to take up the
gauntlet, and give our young hero's powers and preten-
sions a trial. Lenny, who has fought all the best little
men with unequal success, was willing to take the po-
lish off the tyro, and a match for 501. was made, and
yesterday appointed to decide it. But, cruel officers of
Union Nall ; why should you interfere ; or why should
suspicion ever spoil our sport? If the Ring be open to,
suspicion, what profession can escape ? And you, Lenny
—must you be stigmatised as the ally of pickpockets or
the crony of a conveyancer ? There are some things so
extraordinary as to exceed our wonder, as a e relate them;
but of all the rare occurrences in these eventful days, this
fact doth most surprise us—that a gentleman boxer—a
pugilist of weight—a man of science, should be wanted
by the officers of justice, and taken to Union Hall !
But the thing has happened to our and the world's dis-
may ; and Lenny, instead of being yesterday at the
scratch, held up his hand at the bar, charged a i.h de-
predations on the King's community. Young Dutch
Sam bore this misfortune as well as could be expected,
and consoled himself for the absence of his friend by
drawing the whole stake, to which he is entitled it
seems, by precedent.
The friends of fighting, who had ventured to the
Barge-house, in Essex, were unwilling to return horns
without seeing some sport for their money, and a purse
was collected for the Sailor Buy (Jones), who was lately
beaten by Stockman, and a waiter on the Piccadilly
stages, of equal weight, but of interior tcience. Jones
suo.l disposed of the stranger, who was unable to make
any stand against the quickness and science of his op-
ponent. In the meantime, Bishop Sharp and the
brother of Gipsy Cooper, having fallen foul of each
other in their cups, agreed to decide the quarrel by a
fair fight, and stripped for love, with all possible share
of friendly animosity. Their appearance was hailed
with great applause by the Gentlemen, beggars, bakers,
and bargemen, who were going away in the dultsps at
the badness of the sports ; and the ring was. formed
with renewed satisfaction. Bishop Sharp beat Gip-
sy Cooper three several times ; frightened Read of
Chelsea out of his wits, earned a great name in his
vocation, and was looked upon as one of the best
eleven-stone men in the Fancy.
Tom Cuopet, on stripping, appeared a slender-limbed
lad, under ten stone, and it was a fearful sight to see
him opposed in pugnacious warfare to s formidable an
antagonist. But a big head is as good as a big body,
and a brave spirit can at any time give away a stone.
Comparisons are odious, as Mrs. Malaprop says, but if
any person wishes to have an idea of this Gipsy Cooper's
appearance, there is a description of a young savage,
called the Whistler, at the end of the tale of the Heart
of Mid Lothian, that will suit him exactly. The sun-
burnt complexion, the matted black hair, and the wild
and restless datk eye of our young Egyptian, will make
him even the more picturesque object of the two.
Bishop Sharp was attended by two strangers unknown,
and Cooper by Barney Aaron and Western.-10 to one
on Sharp.