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London, England, 1822-09-30 00:00:00

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Tie Vett pugilistic matches between Spring and Neate, and
RaedaU and Martin, art coming into shape as to time. The
Nonpareil has started fur Margate, by Way of commencing his
training ; and Spring, Martin, and Curtis are Aso preparing For
the country.
Ceara as. Waanstr.—These two men are stain matched For
4.0 aide, to matt esrly in November.
FEMALE BOXING.
Yesterday morning, as early as Awe o'clock, the roads laid-
log to the fields between Kennington, Camberwell, and Brix-
-11114 were covered with costermongers, diburies, and dookee-
carts, all moving in the direction of the left field., to witness a
hind of pitched battle between two women. named Martha Fla-
herty sad Peggy Carve, for a sum of money, deposited by two
alispersons. The stakes were 171. 10s. and it is said this
twe out of some issuseing at another female combat on the
sane rend, about a fortnight .since. The parties are both
from the settlements of St. George, the Martyr, and are by
profess* awsing-east women at convenient houses • but we were
also inheansi they occasionally turned their haa:is to the ,lei
business, mai coosequently had a very full attendance of friends
ein that trade; the Atm having got stied, a little travelling was
expected, to avoid which, the time was anticipated by an hour
and a half. The attendance was select, bat positively those
present were the very pissks of their profession, and were finished
in all but one or tells partkodars,'namely, Images% or lrumperia-
tion—but we are digressing.
At half-past five the ground, in a sheaf field, was cleared, and
a ring formed, of 32 feet every way. Martha FLiberty, a lady
of comosiusaliag height, then entered, attended by two seconds,
a fighting hackney-man, and a female bottle-holder ; the groupe
aU appeared leaky, and Martha drank nearly half a plot of gin
before Peg Carry dared her lily castor on the ground.
No special provisions, always eaceptell, or regulations of caw
bat were entered into, Martha having loudly declared is Mail
give Peggy plenty of time. Accordingly the ladies had%
were placed by their manly seconds at the scratch, and rift
twinkling of an eye exchanged lounging hits and elated, aid,
after a prilley-hati.4 match of three minutes and a half, Peg
tipped Martha the Irish Ring, which almost &weed her, but in
two minutes she again came to the seasick having been re-
covered by a erste of the cordial.
Tedious it would be to record the fourteen rounds of this
battle, which was always preserved in the shape of advantage by
Peggy, she having all the advlptages of breeches and strait hitting.
She displayed great acctunplitiments in steering and planting a
fib.—The contest occupied the ladies thirty-seven minutes, and
only two scientific stands-up were displayed,—these were the 2d
and 10th rounds; in the former Peg sparred cautiously, and
Patty being rather shy, and feeling somewhat awkward front
the effects of the fling, stood on a firniguard, but the skirmish-
ing of eg seemed to puzzle her at first, and she still preserved
attitude, until Peg let fly a strait hit at her smeller, which she re-
ceived (parrying not being thought of by her), but she, in a man-
ner that would reflect credit on the admirable skill of Randall,
or on the powers of Gas, went in, and placed a most tremen-
dous left-handed hit upon the left cheek, which laid it open and
'hewed the bone—this aent Peg to the ground like a Waterloo
bullet. The rest of the fight was in favour of Peg, who was
declared the winner, and received the money.

It is reported that in order to impress more fully sia
his colleagues the necessity for the accession of Mr.
CANNING, Lord LIVERPOOL, in the late discussions,
laid before them the plan of the new financial arrange-
ments which he has it in contemplation to propose in the
ensuing Session. One important ri tof these arrange-
ments, we learn, is the substitution of a Tax on Pro-
perty for Assessed Taxes, which are to be repealed to
the amount of some millions a-year. In this way it is
hoped that the Country Gentlemen may be quieted,
without any sacrifice on the part of the Exchequer
(the amount of Property Tax equalling that of Assessed
Taxes repealed), and that consequently the Civil and
Military Establishments of the country may be pre-
served from further reduction. Besides the expecta-
tion that monied men will be made to pay ft.tich
more by a Property Tax than they do at present,
while the Country Gentlemen will pay less, Ministers
may also have in view the reaching those who now
consume their revenues abroad, and the tempting
those to return whom the Assessed Taxes have driven
away.—Moraing Chron.
COVENT-GARDEN.—This Theatre is advertised to
open to-morrow, with alterations and improvements ;
the principal of which is, that the basket has been
thrown into the front boxes of the dress circle, which
are now, in consequence, seven seats deep, and ad-
mirably secured from noise and external currents of
air. This is a great improvement, both morally and
dramatically. At the head of the tragic list, in ad-
dition to Mr. C. KESISLI (the Manager), stands the
name of MACREADY. Miss PATON has been engaged
at a high salary; together with Miss M. TREE and
Miss HALLANDIL LISTON, it is said, does not return.
BARTLEY joins the company, and several provincial
accessions are spoken of.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—This Theatre was ex-
tremely welt attended on Saturday evening, to witness
the second representation of the Beggars' Opera, with
the new Macheath, and Miss PATON Polly. Miss
PATON is certainly one of the first vocalists on the
English Stage, and, throughout the variety of songs,
" from gay to grave," allotted to her in the present
instance, displayed a power and flexibility of organ,
together with a taste and scientific skilfulness of
execution, which we have seldom heard equalled.
The Gentleman, Mr. DAVIS, who played Mac•
heath, appeared even to greater advantage on Sa-
turday than the preceding evening. The success of
his debut seemed to have inspired him, on this occa-
sion, with more energy, both of action and voice, than
we had anticipated at first ; while his appropriate
playfulness in some of the scenes, and the fascinating
delicacy, but depth of expression with which he de-
livered *vocal passages of a tender character, drew
forth the cordial approbation of all persons of taste
and sentiment. We have seldom, if ever, seen Mac-
heath more appropriately attired.
The LARNE, 20, Captain ROBERT TA yr, is arrived
at Portsmouth from the Mediterranean station, having
been relieved by the HIND, 20, Captain Honourable
J. Rous. The LA ERR left Malta on the 16th of Au-
gust. That island was then in a perfect state of
health. The quarantine from the lonian Islands had
been lengthened. The lONIKON yacht, Captain 11.
Eustts, R.N. had sailed for Genoa, to bring his Ex-
cellency the Governor. The disposition of the Bri-
tish squadron in the was as follows:
The ROCHEPORT (Vice-Admiral Sir GRAHAM MOORE)
had sailed for Genoa, to communicate with Sir Trio-
SIAS MAITLAND • the MARTIN and CHANTICLEER,
were refitting at Malta, and would shortly sail for the
lonian Islands, where were the ,Euaracua, HIND,
and IlimeoLa ; the CAMBRIAN and ROSE were at
Smyrna, protecting the British factory ; the DISPATOH
and MEDINA at Naples. An American corvette and
schooner came into the Bay, and anchored at Gibral-
tar, while the LARNE was lying there. Oa the 11th
she fell in with a French squadron, consisting of a
line of battle ship, two frigates, and a corvette, about
sot) miles N.E. of Cape Finisterte. Ilielotana spoke
with the sloop BEAVER, Captain NIACLEAN, on her
way to Rio de Janeiro, on the 15th of September,,in
lat. 46 deg. 53 min. N. long. S deg. 7 min. W. Oho
is ordered into harbour to be paid of,

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FROM Tat DUlLtlit TATRirot
• Fi•iclOy night, Messt:. MIA Smith, of Captain
Wilcock': hnl e. suttee :ea in rp..l.ehending the
noted James Fitzgibbon, Patrick darti, Aka Moloq,
and Thoraris Collins, all of whom are charge : with
the wilful murder of Ulick Burke, Esq. iii February
last, neat Cappa. They aie lodged in Rathkeale
Bridewell.
Friday night,, the Rev. Sir William Reade, Bart;
returning to his glebe at Tomgrany, in the county of
Clare, was attempted to be assassinated by a fellow
who darted from behind a *all, and discharged a
musket at him, the contents of which (two balls)
struck the opposite wall, and Sir William escaped
by the fleetness of his horse. - This active Magistrate
was after apprehending two mt.n on information, and
bad given them in charge to be •conseyW to Tom-
grany Bridewell. Every exertion to apiirehend the
delinquent who fired was promptly made, but with-
out elect.

Saturday night, some villains threw stones at Cap-
tails Middleton, of the 42d, when visiting the guards,
near the Square.
Major Nicholson has lodged in Kilkenny Jail three
brothers, named Ryan, for murdering James Egan,
at Rathlogan, on the 11th inst.
Within the last few nights parties of ruffians visited
several houses between Clarina and Adare, in this
county. They flogged a farmer named Lynch at
Briskee, and .the dwelling of Mr. Craven Parker was
attacked by an armed party, who beat him for not
sending out his servant to be flogged by them.
Monday night, John Fraley received a flogging,
near Rathkeale, from a party of ruffians. He was
suspected of giving information.
From private information which had been received;
indicating that a meeting of these itlfrituated insur-
gents who have hitherto disturbed this part of the
county was to take place on Saturday night last,
Lieutenant MiLIGAN, of the Rifle Brigade, quartered
at Newcastle, attended by a patiole of his men, and
a few of Captain WILCOCK'S police, marched from
Newcastle to the mountain of Glenduff, where they
were joined by other patroles of the Itifles from their
respective outposts. Lieutenant MILIGAN having jd-
diciously arranged his plans, and formed his men
into subdivisions, they cautiously proceeded along the
different byeroads, and the extensive chain of moun-
tains of Morristown, Dromrae, Glemor e, and Rath-
cahill, by which manoeuvre they succeeded in appre-
hending fourteen men. After a fatiguing march of
upwards of SO miles through mountains and bogs
they arrived next day at Newcastle, where the pri=
sorters were lodged in the Bridewell.
As a girl of the name or Catherine Hickie was
walking on the avenue leading to Cappa-house, on
Saturday last, about the hour of eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, a man, whose lace was blackened, seized
her, and dragged her into a grove that stands by the
avenue, and there,with a razor, cut her throat across,
but providentially the design of the ruffian is frus-
trated, as there are sanguine hopes entertained of the
girl's recovery.
One of Mr. Raymond's offices, at Hollywood, lately
occupied as a barrack, was burned on Monday night
by Whiteboys.
A very unpleasant occurrence took place at the
seat of a neighbouring Gentleman, and a Magistrate,
'in this neighbourhood, on Monday. One of his sons,
a youth about sixteen, hearing a considerable num-
ber of fellows at a ditch side, planning the robbery
of the orchard, settling as to the bringing of sacks
for carrying off the apples, &c. communicated the
circumstance to his-father, and proceeded to the
orchard about the hour he heard appointed by •the
plunderers, accompanied by one or two others, and
unfortunately armed with a gun loaded with ball.—
On entering the orchard, he saw and heard a num-
ber (over thirty) at work, gathering up the apples.
In order to frighten them away he shouted loudly,
when the fellows ran ; and in order to hasten their
departure he fired his piece over their heads, when
the shot unfortunately tuok effect on the body of a
person named Dee, who was on one of the trees,
shaking down the apples to his confederates. The
ball passed through Dee's body, and his situation is
imminently dangerous. The party were prepared
for ample plunder ; and barricadoed the orchardnian's
house with large stones to prevent his interruption.

By the late Returns it appears that in England
there are 294,088 females more than males—inWalesi
16,464—in Scotland, 126,35'2—making a. total in
Great Britain of 434,904—a1m05t .half a million La.;
dies fair, doomed by the unlucky course of nature to
single blessedness—which is rendered worse by the
waste occasioned by at least one hundred and fifty
thousand inflexible bachelors
CORX F.XCHANGE, SZIPTEMIIia 30.—We were welt
supplied with Wheat this morning from Essex, Kent, and Sofa
fork; but there being a demand for that of tine quality of dde
year's growth, such kind was readily taken off on full as good
terms as on this day se'nnight ; but there was no demand for old
Wheat, and the prices of that description are quite nominal.--•
Vine new Barley is in request, and fully supports Monday's quo-
tations. The Oat trai+e is brisk, and appears a shade dearer,
owing to short supplies. In Beans and Peas there is no altera-
dup.—Current prices:
&soma.
Vint, Kent and
ilhaea, New 34546501d20540s
Suffolk Norfolk
.4.4..5010 ldd
2200$
s 3482:
Rye... 185 20s
Barley New 28 31$ 01d165 20$
Malt 46s 52s

Small Beans 24s 27s
Tick ditto ...... . ... ...l 8s 22s
Oata, Potatoe „SO. 1161
-- Poland 211 24s
—..— Feed ... ........ iBs 110 s
Flour, per Sack 40$ 4.5 s
Baltic Red, Hambro' or
Brabant red a OS

White Peas 2ss 26s
liollKs 2Ys 3O
Grey Peas 26s 2Es

Rapeseed, per Last Alto £29
FOIL =i.
Wheat, Dantsic • Os

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OP BRITISH CORE,
(wancii GOVtIOII isilmaisnou),
For the Week aiding Sept. SI, 1822, made up from the Returns
of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eng.
land and Wales.
Wheat 40s 6d I Oats 17s 7d I 13eans 231 6d
Barley 258 11 d Rye Ilas lid Peas ass ad

Sonaa.—Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted front the Returns made in the Week ending 05th Sept.
1822, e9s. lid. per cwt. exclusive of Importation Dudes.
SMITMIttLD Maarten, SIPTIDSIBT it 30.—We are again moss
abundantly supplied with all descriptions of meat, and nothing
but the cool state of the weather enabled the Salesmen to obtain
last tl4)',. prices for the best quality; but the inferior sorts are
guar
Jrtt r,. Od. to 311. Od. per stone of Sibs.; Mutton, 21.0 d.
to 2... 841. Veal. Ss. W. to slue
Lamb, Ss. Od. to is. Od.-.Cattle at
IWO ; Sheep and Lambs, C9,750'
load: Hay, 31. 3+. to W. 17s. ad
V. 10e. to 11. 111 s.

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Pork. ed. to 3a. Od.
et Starter : boss, 3100; Calow,
Pigs.2oo.—Hay and &Or per
Clover, 41. Oa. to 41. TOE. Straw,