Star.
London, England, 1829-03-26 00:00:00

A Sliver Cup, value 50 Nor 9: by O.S. Foljambe, EA. lAst sub.
Four miles.

Mr. Harrison's b b Egyptian, aged
Mr. Clark's cb m Fair Forester

Won easy by two lengths.
The Ringston MU Stakes, of g sows. earls.
Mr. Tasbiergb's Haan, !Me
Mr. Clark's b m Fair Forester .. ..
• Won easy.
THE BERKELEY STAG HOUNDS.

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Tueeday last was again a fortunate day for the Berkeley Stag
Hounds; they met at Cranford-bridge, and after Fanning to Dray.
ton, and back to Cranford Park, they stretched across the fine grass
country to Harrow, and from thence to Kingsbury Springs, near
which the deer was safely taken, after a chase of an hour and three
quarters over the best country.

FIGHT BETWEEN TOM BROWN, OF BRIDGE-
NORTH. AND J. DOBELL,
AT DIU' HILL PAIIM, lICAR BRIDOSSOITIL

This major affair, in which the two biggest men in
the P. R. were pitched against each other, was decided
on Tuesday. at Deux-bill Farm, in the franchise of
Wenl ek, shout lour miles from the is cloud-capped
towers 4 of Bridgenorth, and 144 miles from London.
Blown, who, it may be recollected, conquered Tons
Shelton, and w is concreted in turn by Phil Sampson,
was backed at 3004 to Dobell's 2501. and in addition
to this, agreed to give Dobell fifty ponds for permit,.
sion to name the place of contest.
Dobell is well known as the 'slashing host of the
Black Bull, in St. John-street, Smithfield; and on two
foriner occasions fought and defeated Bailey, a botcher',
with whom he bad hid a professional dispute. His
good fortune on these occasions seemed to have raised
him as pretty considerably" in his own estimation, as
sell as that of his friends; and during a little chaffing
match at his own house, in which Brown Mid.he would
fight him 6001. to 4001. he expressed his willingness to
accept tne challenge. Subsecprtnt consideration iodated
Brown to think he had offered more odds than the re•
port of Dobell's prowess justified, and he therefore feß
back a point. and in a fresh challenge proposed fighting
3001. to 2601. To this Dobell acceded, and the whole
of the " ready" was posted in twelve meetiogs....
Tuesday last was fixed for the important trial, and
it was not till the Thursday before that Dobell was
informed that Bridgenorth was to be the place of ren.
devious. He bad trained under the auspices t f Harry
Lancaster, at Hendon. Middlesex; and on Saturday
morning he set out " bolus" on the box of the Wonder
coach, for Towcester, where he sojourned for the night,
exciting the wonder of the yokels, by the madeeful
sze of his muscles, and the eqiially wonderful
stakes he had dernding on the issue of the battle,
an issue which he could only anticipate in one way,
namely, in the defeat of his antagonist. On Sunday
he pursued. his j..urney to Birmingham, and pitched
his tent at Arthur Mathewson's, in the course of
the next day prodncing no small curiosity among
late " B•unis, as he paraded his immense proportions
'through their crowded streets. Had the celebrated
figure of Achilles eli.mounted from its pedestal in Hyde
k'ark, and gone down to dance a hornpipe round the
figure i f Nelson, they could nut have opened their soot.
clogged 'quintets with greater astonishment. On the
Ihlonday afternoon he set out for Bridgenorth, which he
reached the same evening, and fixed upon the Royal
Oak for his quarters. He complained of a slight cold,
and the fatiguing effects of his long journey ; but still be
was cheerful, and met his friends with confidence.
Brown had trained at the New Inn, Shipley, and in
naming Biidgenorth for the scene of action, was influ-
enced by a desire not only to gratify his townsmen, but
to wipe out the recollection of the stain which his de-
fe it by Sampson had thrown upon his reputation. He
WAS also assured that no interference was to be appro•
hended horn the Magistrates of the Borough, as they
were both out of the way. Brown also complained of a
cold—so that so f there was no advantage on either
side. On the Monday evening he arrived at his brother's,
the King's Head, at Bridgenorth, in company with
Tom Spring, Tom C'ibb, Ned Neal, Harry Holt, and
other celebrated members of the Ring ; but it was,
soon discovered that some of the fastidious inhabitants
of the D•nough would not have their peace broken 111
upon by a hostile mooning, and that an application had'
been made to a Nlagistrate In a warrant to apprehrisdl
Bicra to. The hint of such a plot was sufficient to pro-
duce a change of position, and Brown being popped
into a post chaise with Neal, made his retreat out of
the Borough, to the house of a friend, about two miles
distant, where he sojourned for the night. D
remained perfectly undisturbed.
The ensuing morning a Magistrate was seen scudding
about the town in search of persons to swear in as
special constables to prevent a breach of the peace in
his jurisdiction, and all hope of fighting on the race
course, as was intended, was abandoned. A consults-
lion then took place for the purpose of choosing new
ground. when the Stakeholder named Deux-hill Farm,
about four miles distant, and altogether out of the reach
1(4 the grabbing propensities of the Borough Beak, as
the new place of assemblage. Tbitber the Commis-
%sty and the waggon-train pursued their course, and in
due time a very excellent ring was formed. In the
interim the•crowd continued to pour in from all parts
of the country, sod a very large concourse of specter
tors was collected round the arena. We could not help
contrasting the appearance of this motley throng, bow.
ever, with that which we witnessed when Brown fought
Sampson. In point of respectability there was no com-
parisons and as to numbers, we should think they did
not an•ount to one-tenth. In fact, the late " Hoax at
Leicester," and the shameful conduct of Jem Ward,
seem to have excited such disgust among the re-
spectable Patrons of Pugilism, that scarcely one can
now be found to give it their countenance.—
The innocent alike share with the guilty, and, how-
ever honourably or fairly a match may be made,
the public suspicions have been so much excited that
betting is almost at an end. This was particularly the
_ease in the present match, and we have seldom Gen
less moneyed speculations. It is true, some bets at 7
and even 6 to 4 were taken by the immediate friends
and admirers of Dolma, but this was to a limited ex-
teat; and on the morning of fighting not an individual
could be found to take 2or eves 4e to 1, although it
was repeatedly offered. It was discovered in truth that