Star.
London, England, 1805-01-08 00:00:00

BATH, 7ANU,4FIr 6.

• The tkil at the Lower Root's on Friday eve;tin7,
If not (Wale moll numerous attendance of the (calor,
had to boafl of an affemblage of rank and beatfty, of
the fill brilliance and fafhion.
The hilarity of thefc Rooms may nosy be raid to
have commenced; and an accurate lilt cf the Nobi-
lity, who may, in future, remit to them, we Tall, as
occ4fion offers, not fail to give.
The dancers Lill night were more to be diflin-
guifhed for rank than nur•.tbers ; though the GothlAs
of the light fantallic toe nerer more cheerfully
rnli-
vened her voLries.

The ptohibition which exias at both the !toots
aganit the Cempany purfuing the tn::ry dance
eleven o'clock, we xre inforn:td is a rcgulation.isOi-
tined by the Corporation—a regtilsti•m to which the
first Peers cl the ltealm are obliged to fuhrni r
CIA in, however, has In reconciled the Ei co.:;tor:s
to this Houle, for the terminAtibn oft cir
mcbts at thofe places, that the fignal of the Mager of
the Ceremonies for the Muficiaus to retire, which
will fometimes happen in the middle of a dance, is
fubmitted t fans animadvcrii-n or apparent regret.
A RKl'..ll. j —The Earl of Scarborough, Lady C. Drumm:tate,
Dowagcr Lady Affiburton, I.ady Napier, Lady Mary Myer-,
night Hot:. J. Monckma -n, Rirlit Hon. W. Dundas, Hos. A.
C. lhadbaw, Sir W. Woolley, fl'ir 0. Younle, Sir John and i.vry
/whin, Sir J. Andrews, Sir R. L'arlow, Generals Delancey, Ha-
toy, Cluny:lgoe, Colonels Malfe7, &Von, &c. &c.

Laa n'ght, as Mr. Port was Lid dead on the bier,
in the charaEter of Rona, at Drury-lane Theatre, he
rolled off, and it was fame time before the attendants
were able to replace the corpfe in its fituation ; but
we could not learn that it received any ittury by the
Call.

Monday evenlng J. Emerfon. a deferter from the
Staffordthire Militia, and fuppofed m be ene of the
culprits concerned in Realing thequstres poultry,
being purfued by a ferjeant from his regiment, in
endeavouring to efcape from a window, in a court
in the Higloireet, Birmingham, fell and broke his
leg in three places. He was taken to the Infi:stary.
Thurfday fe'nnight the Patin:in carrying the lc-t
ters from Bury to Bolton le-fvfoois, Lancalhke, hav-
ing left his horfe at an inn-door on Cocky-moor, the
letter bag was :lolen, and not found till a•few days
afterwards, when the bags had been opened, and ie.
vend letters taken out.

Tstz ROUGH Kiss.—On Friday, as a Gentleman
was playing with his dog, which was of the New.
foundland breed, at Perring's Hotel, in Duke-fireet,
Manchetter fquare, the dog leaped with great force
to kifs his mailer, and (truck him Inch a blow in the
mouth with his fnont, as to throw him down. The
Gentleman's mouth was cut againtl his teeth, for
which offence the dog (hewed wonderful marls of
penitence ! m _

BCllNG.—Notwitlifianding the unfavourable Rare
of the weather, yeßerclay morning, an unafual num-
htr r f the amatcuis of boxing flocked down toWood
Green, about twit, miles north of Highgate, to wit-
nefs a pitched battle, between the well-known Geo.
Maddox, who is almoß in his soth year; and a young
man of the name of Cribb, about 32, who never
before entered the life. He is employed at Wapping
as a Coal-beaver, and is well-known among the fra-
ternity by the name of The Black Diansond.°—.
The fecond to the Old Man was Tom Jones ; and the
Black Diamond was feconded by Black Sam, who
tome time fince fought Maddox, and was beat by
him on Wimbledon Common. They entered the ring
about twelve o'clock, and on (tripping, appearances
were much in favour of the youth : he is :c well-made
man, (lands about 5 feet to inches, and thews a great
deal of bone—Maddox is two inches that ter.

The fir( round confined more of fparring than
fighting, the Diamond liruck firlt, but no damage
was done on either fide.

The fourth round was well cqntefied, in which
Maddox had confiderably the advantage, and &nich-
ed it with clofing his antagonifl's right eye. Odds
in favour of the Old Mao. two to one.

From this to the joth round, nothing of conf
quence happened ; each fought as hard as he could,
and endeavoured to outdo his antagonift by Banding
belt up ; but when this period arrived, the Old Mars
finding that his antagbnitt was a bout med man, and
not to be beat by chance of fatigue, ufed every effort
to deprive him of his other eye, which he feverely
hurt in the 4ott► round, at which time they had ex-
aetly fought one hour-4 tot againit the old man.
From the 4oth to the szd round there was nothing
but hard fighting, and the odds changed but little,
tmtil the 53d, when the Old Man hit the Black Dia.
mond a fevere blow a little below his left eye, which
nearly deprived him of his fight altogether. They
had now one h^ttr and a half of fevere fighting ex.
Rely. The battle continued, and every round until
the Goth the Old Man contii.ued to lofe ground, when
fome of his colleagues knocked up another fight at
one fide of the ring, and his feconds led him off, de-
claring it to be a drawn battle ; the feconds of the
Black Diamond demanded the purk, which being
refilled, a general engagement in(tantly enfued, in
which Caleb Baldwin, Tom Jones, Black Sam.
Dutch Sam, and feferal other gemmen of the fill.
took a very alive (hare, and in which tome one trete-
cheroufly cut the Black Diamond on the head with
a Rick.

Order being again reamed, the young man de
minded either his prize, or that hit antagonift thonld
again come to the combat ; this being lo fair a pro-
pufal, it baffled the ingenuity of the friends of Mad-
dox, and rather than tale their money, the Old Mn,4
again came from a hackney-coach, when the batti-z
wds renewed, and lalled lumen rounds more, makiry,
in all ferenty-fiz, which were fought in two hours and
su

The lafi fi x teen rounds, the Old Man fought hard ;
and about the fourth, fume flight hopes were enter-
tained of hie winning ; but the firength and vigour
of faith revelled. The purfe was made up by
fame Gentlemen amateurs, twenty guineas for the
winner, and five for the infer. The Black Diamond
having Only ju ft entered the likhas yet but few frianos
in k; in confequence of which he experienced mu: l
unfair play; he is all excellent fparrer, but fig .e
rather round.

The rain tell in torrents daring the whole time of
the fight, and the fpeastors were to entirely Ina Lid
through with rain, that they are likely to pay dz.t:
for their day's alaskaasi is beholding this brutai ex