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his adversary, and broke his note in a rally, which lasted fig

minutes. Both wept down in a close.
3. The nailor bled profusely, but he fought very game and
placed some telling blows. Each fought to a stand still, and
Johnson was thrown..
4. Both went weak to the scratch, piping, and heaving at the
pompe'). After a parley to get wind, the nailor ran in upon his
adversary and cross-buttoeked him.
5. A long and manly round, with heavy bitting; .but the su-
perior method of Johnson gave him many advantages. Both
were twice hit to a stand still, and their heads were groggified,
as if Seager's daffy had been operating. The nailor was thrown
a heavy fall.
6. This round was a finisher. Both went ding dong to work,
and in a rally the black dropped his adversary by a hit under
the left lug, which won the cause by a nonsuit. The nailor fell
as if shot, and was deaf to time. Johnson won, but with severe
punishment.
A second battle was fought for a purse of ES between White
and Paget, regular country yokels. Their blows were upon
the mowing system, and at times told. Paget had a knack of
throwing out his left band tolerably strait at the head, but he
curred it in the fourth round on the receipt of a mere tap on
the eye. He retreated, and asked his second if he thought he
should have a black eye? He was hit again in the same place
in the sixth round, and he exclaimed, " I'll fight no more, I'm
sure my eye is black now." Much merriment was excited by
the combat.

ROWING.
THE FUNNY CLUB WAGER.

Yesterday afternoon the admirers of aquatic sports were
highly gratified in witnessing the above Rowing Match, for
Prize Wherry given by the Gentlemen composing the Funny
Club. Fourteen of the best watermen on the river had been
chosen to contend for the prize, and it was rowed for by seven
pair of oars, each boat being designated by different agouti,
viz. scarlet, purple, light blue, orange, green, pink, and yellow.
Previous to the appointed hour, the river above Westminster-
bridgevresented an immense cluster of boats moving in all di-
rections, and the hilarity of the scene was farther enlivened by the
fineness of the weather, and the great concourse of persons who
assembled on Vauxhall and Westminster-bridges; the barges
also on the banks of the river were crowded. About four
o'clock the competitors started from Westminster-bridge to row
round a boat moored off the second windmill beyond Vauxhall,
return down the Surrey shore round the beacon on the same
shore below Westminster, and then through the centre arch of
Westminster-bridge, the three first boats to be entitled to con-
tend for the grand prize; which was, after a spirited contest,
declared in favour of purple, orange, and green; the fourlit
boat, pink, came in at the stern of the victors, and great praise
the populace gave them for contending the heat so manfully;
pink being second on going up, was fouled in going round the
boat .off the second windmill, but came in fourth as before de-
s.:ibed, leaving the other competitors a considerable distance
behind. This heat was considered among the amateurs a good one.
At half past six o'clock, the successful candidates hi the
former heat, viz. purple, orange, and green, prepared to con-
tend for the rand prize, started front Westminster-Midge
round a boat moored a little below Battersea-bridge, thence
down the Surrey ihore to the prize wherry, stationed opposite
Cumberland-gardens, wbich was ‘s on, after a masterly trial of

,kill and exertion, by Knowlton and Chandler, gteen, amid
loud applause..
GAME.

in spite of a backward spring, an untoward rummer, and a
winter of frightful length and severity, bort hares and partridges,
it is said, prnmiae to be plentiful. Grouse, on the other hand,
are expected to be scarce, and have been rather so for some years
past—a fact which it is difficult to reconcile with the acknow-
ledged increase of the great ornament of our moors, the black-
cock.—Dnosper Courier.