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London, England, 1814-05-04 00:00:00

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. t The first general meeting of the amateurs of the
• fist took piste yesterday at Coombe Warren. The
"ernrtl) +tants on this occasion for a purse of 50 guineas,
were Richmond. the black, who hap before signalized.
himselt in the fief 1 of combat, and gained the reputs-
tion of a man of first rate science. and Davis. a navi-
• gator, who, besides having been distinguished by pro.
vincial notoriety, has beat two men in a ring oir Lon-
don amateurs.

• On this event a square of t? 5 feet was formed with
three rounds of rope, the stakes of which were taste-.
fully painted with the letters P. C. At half-past 12,,,
the caterer of mihing sports shewed himself, and the
combatants followed soon after, each apparently pant-
ing for the honcans of the day. S. .on after one o'clock
'the men set to. Betting was at first 11 toB and .5 to
4 on Davis. hut from general appearances it got to
even, and Richmond for choice before setting to.—
weight of Richmond was a'roct 12st. 2lb. and
that of Davis, I.2st. Bor 1014. Belcher and Gibbons
seconded *Richmond, and Joe Ward and Whele, Davis.
Round I. Davis made play with the left band. which Rish•
mond stopped, and rrturre•t slightly right enclitic ,seetning rather
out of distance. Davis pressed onward and planted a good Wow
wide the right baud on Richmoi d's temple, which brOught him
down Betting 7tol on Davis.
2. Bt•th went in and rallied, and some smart fightlnt took place.
Davi. Wed freely during the rally, but Kichmot.d was again knock-
ed down,ailtismigli he availet-bimielf of superior science against
more weight and strength. 2 tot on Davis.
3. R ictimondpiried his adversary smartly with his left band
on the head, but Davie went in boxing, and closed, and tbr. w
urn. •
• 4. A smart rallying round commenced by Richmond with a
left-handed teaser. Davi. returned angrily, and Richmond went
down with a 41;4 hit on the mouth. Davis still bled 're ly.
. 3. In this round the Black shewed much daring and science.
lie first met a rally which he broke away from, and in retreating
isoMted his adversary, who hit, or rather Awes' loosely. Rich•
mond, in retreating, at length made a stand, and rut in a terrific
bl $w on the mouth, which g•kured- b:m. Even betting on Rich-
mond. . •
"6: Richmond followed up his successes, and availed himself
of his superior science, and again gs ailed his mat.
7. Davis shewed weakness, and symptoms of lasing. He fol.
lowed his adversary in hurtled temper, and Richmond, by a rat-'
sting bow on the jaws, put the head of the form r into :hancery,‘
Ind Davis seemed to hit wide, over-handed, anti out of dis-
tance. '
11 Davis rallied, and with sonso•succoss. He planted aMt on
Ids adversary's mouth, but without i %Hating effect. Richmond
t .turned on the retreating system with much affect, but in closing
Le Was .brown.
n. Richmondiplanted a good hit under his adversary's ear, and
retreated Day/. went down.
in. Bo la closed and Richmond down.
11. Richmond made a good stop, when a close took place, and
bsoyeee,ved a severe throw.
12. I avis batch. inuid to bleed from the second round, and
be followed his-a .versary, hitting over, or rather Aiwing, iU
round ibe ring Riclim. rid excelled Des Hayeseven infiApirative
steps, in re•reating. but he at length made a stand, and put in a
blow agam on he mouth n ith the right hand, a fuels separ: tad the
tipper by of his antagonist from. the nose, and whli which he wept
down I eat. Any mails.
13. Davis made I.i. la.i effort, but it was of no avail: he was
again kuocked down, and the combat ended. 11 is .mood leaped
,over she rope , nearly five feer,with nn other hi-s than one near
th. temple in the err round, and a slight one On the:mouth, of ro
• airsa quence. '1 be battle lasted twenty minutes. The lo' r was
dr. adfully hit.
In this bode there'was a specimen of what a man
of fifty and trpwardS, of first rate science, could cto".
against a fie-h man, under thirty, and of supefick
I:ngth and strength. Richmond found at the cont.,
Thencement of the fight, that his a•ivers.iry was not to
be pinkd away by, let-handed jatieg. and a few rat
tiers with his demolishing right hand s on set the event
at rtst. He judged kis distance writ admirable skill
and never hit without his blows telling. By the re-
treating system in the last round but one, his htiws
.'told with double effect, by gathering Lino.elf for a
hit when his adversary was boring upon him. Ot
Davis-we can say but little, he is a go'd figh er
among novices, but such a man as the Black can beat
all such of any weight, even at his adv..nced age.
A second battle was taught the mast courage-
ous description, between Smith, of Hammersmith, and
Nara, the conqueror of Ballard, two of the gamest
little men ever pitted, for 2.5 guineas. It is impossi-
ble to do justice to the courage and perseverance of
these heroes. They fought with reciprocal advantage
`for "a length of time, but Smith 'was the heaviest man,
and a right-handed punisher, whilst • his antagonist
gave with the left. Our limits will only permit us to
state, that Smith won dearly, and both were unable
to walk 4T-tne, from mere punUment.—This battle.
lasted 56 minutes.
The aeliole of the sports gave universal satisfaction.
Ind the millers and amateurs adjourned to the 17th in-
stant.

- Friday an Officer of the Guards, at Portsmouth,
for a wager of twen y guineas, walked fifty miles in
!sixteen hours—being considerably within the time‘,
all•iwed. The ground was measured on the ram.,
?arts, from Spur bridge to the top of St. Mary's-
street. He started at two in the moining.
Monday se'nrsight, as Lieutenant Itrenante.ox, of
the 20th Li;lit Dragoons, was proceeding from tl e
room in which he had been spending the evening
with the Officers of the Scots Greys to his chamber,,
at the Swan Inn, Chichester, without a light, he fell
from the landing place of the first floor into the are.t,
and received a very severe hurt in his back, and is
also much bruised in other parts of his body ; he was
.taken up in a nearly senseless state. He is now much
better, however, and in a lair way of recovery.
A young man was yesterday thrown from the top
of one of the Hampstead coaches, in Gray's-Inn-lane,
by a sudden jolt, and had both his legs broke.
Bow-s-rneen.—Yesterday, a person of respectable
appearance; who said he had lately arrived from the
country, was charged with uttering to a tradtsman Ht
the Strand, a fictitious note for Aes. The note, in fact,
was for LI. but the word jive was clumsily pastes
over the word one at the corner, so that it was easily
detected. In tre'fence he s.tid, he took it nn the road
to town, but could not tell where or from whom ; he
was therefore remanded. •
Monday evening a hearse, which was returning
from attending a funeral in the country, was robbed
between the Elephant and Castle and St. George'.F
Church, in the Borough, of a bag, containing a large'
Velvet pall, some ostrich feathers, and other funera'
decorations, of considerable value. The villains had
to pick she lock of the hearse door before they could
lectimptish their oqcct ; and it is somewhat sur-
pttw,g, that at the tin e they succeeded imoonansittin
-the rchhery ardi wett.n y
,tiding on the toorof'.,__lC o
...fere were ten persons
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