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.80X11•04; ' • 10 seconds. The Bieck has acquired science equal
• to Cribb, and it would not be too much to denominate
The pending battle betwixt the formidable cham- him as good an inghter. He is quick and weighty,
pion, Cribb, and the powerful Ahlineux, Which has particularly with the left hand ; and generally when.
been the first and only consideration amongst the Cribb hit him on the body with the right hand, he re-
Sporting World, took place on Saturday at Thissle- . turned it with the left on the head; but Cribb's game
ton Gap, in the cranny of. Rutland, eight miles from was never excelled, he having been a good deal pu-
Grantham, bordering on three other counties. A,' nished on the head alone. The Champion has won
25 feet stage was erected on a stubble grond, with- a main, and certainly Molineaw: could have no chance
out the slightest opposition ; and before I'2 o'clock in any combat with him. Whether the impression
several thoncands of persons had collected, the one- of having been before beat by the Champion was the
fourth of whom were Nobility and Gentry from the cause of a sort of despondency,laddy termed fencing,
surrounding country. Not a bed could be had within or whether a want of patronage by the higher orders
20 miles from the seat of action on Friday night.— in the fancy had preyed on Molineaux's spirits, we
Very little preface is necessary with respect to the are not in the secret to know ; but he has fallen off
biography of the combatants; Cribb having been much since he lately fought Cribb, and his intempe-
known to be the best bit of man jirsh Nature ever cast ranee gave his antagonist his mode of punishing, an
in her mould, whose gluttony beggars description, who which tie excels all others, that of hitting with his
possesses science inferior to none, and courage supe- left hand, when followed quickly. It has been a
rior to any one on the boxing list. Molineux fought matter of surprise to many of the amateurs, that the 1,
this formidable champion a hard battle of thirty-nine Black should have been beat so quickly, when he so
rounds in fifty-five minutes, a few months since ; and obstinately contested a battle of thrice the duration
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victory in that combat was so long doubtful, that .so recently. The only inference to be drawn is that '
the Moor was backed at even in the latter part of the Cribb was full of flesh in dint combat, and far from ;
fight. This was• a most obstinate and sanguinary being in good condition y and Molineaux certainly has I
combat, the equal to which record can scarcely fur- not the stamina he then had, although he has acqui- 1
nish. The Black's prowess was regarded by Cribb's red the necessary science of boxing. The four rounds
friends with a jealousy which excited considerable following the first were contended with that sort of
national prejudice against him; and although the furious desperation on both sides which has never '•
task of a second combat was regarded will featful been equalled. Cril,b's hits were insupportable to ,
anxiety by the fistic amateurs, inasmuch as the laurels the hardiest frame, and certainly had the Black pos-
of a British Champion were in danger of being wres- sessed more courage than it is possible for man to be
ted from him by a Baltimore man of flour, ye; a gifted with, he could nut have withstood such mur-
challenge
was sent Cribb, which he wasix-nind to ac- derous hits.
cept, although lie had publicly declined fighting. Cribb's sight, although he is a good deal punished I
Neither of the men weighed sa much, by nearly a in the face, is not affected. He received no body hit; i
stone, as in the former combat—Cribb having fought there he is scarcely scratched by the war. On being 1
this battle 13 stone 5 or 6 pounds, and Molineatix joked withafter the fight, about his captivating ap.
something more than 13 stone. Captain Barclay, by pearance, he observed, he would sooner go through.;
a science of training peculiar to himself, bad reduced such another fight than undergo another training up
Cribb from upwards of 16 stone to his present weight tthe Highlands of Scotland, after his patron and trai- i
by Scots L:viii,gobut he had still kept his stamina pure nor, Captain Barclay. He will benefit £4OO by his I
_Molineaux had not to boast of patrician patronage .1 victory, but he has solemnly declared, that nothing
and consequently his training was left chiefly to him- I shall ever tempt him to fight another battle.
self : and, although he has conducted himself stew- Another battle took place betwixt George Cribb, the
dily, yet the want of that sort of countenance which champion's brother, and a stout countryman, from
gives men confidence, subjected him often to despon. Nottingh imshire, when the latter won in half an
dency, not favourable to training.'From this Circunt hour. The winner was two stone the heavier of the
stance alone rosy be attributed the immense odds, two. The battle consisted of 13 well-contested
which were 3tol on Cribb, and 6to 4 about first rounds. At setting-to young Cribb was the fa-
' knock down. The combatants mounted the stage at vourite, but after the 9th round betting was 2to 1
twelve o'clock, and at eighteen minutes past, having against him.
viewed each other with significant glances, they pre- I The towns of Grantham, Stamford, and in short
pared for combat. Gully and Jne Ward- seconded I the whole North Road, have reaped abundant har. 1
vests on this occasion. No interruption whatever
Cribb, and Richmond and Bill Gibbons honoured Mo-
lineaux by their aid. • was offered.
THE SET-TO. Among trit spectators who appeared to feel a pc-
lloundt. Sparring for one minute, when Cribb made play, culiar interest in the fight, were Lord Yarmouth, the
right and left. The right-handed blow told slightly on the body Hon. Berkeley Craven, Major Mellish, Capt. Bar-
of the Moor, who'returned it 'lb.:tidy on the head. A rally fol-
clay, Sir Francis Boynton, General Grosvenor,
lowed. in which three blows were exchanged, when the Black
was knoched down by a bit on the throat. The blows were not Thomas Goddard, Esq. Mr. Maitland; Sir Henry
at length to do much execution, and the knock-down was nut Smith, the Marquis of Queensbury, Lord Pomfret,l
clean. Betting as at setting-to. Sir Charles Alston, its.
2. Cribb 'hewed first blood from the month at setting to. A
dreadful rally, by mutual consent, was commenced, and Cribb
jut in a good body hit with the right hand, when Molina' re- We stated in our last • some particulars relative to
turned it on the head with the left flush. Each fought at half- • an attempt on the house of Mr. Uleyate, of Shepherd's
arm for superiority, and hits, in number about six, were ex- Bush. On Saturday Read, the gardener, WAS again
changed with ficree. Closing followed, when Cribb was thrown i
I brought to4Bovostreet, when the bettors of a prison
in a trial of strength.-5 to 2on Cribb.
s. Cribb's right eye was nearly closed in the last rally, and having brought him to his senses, he agreed to' be
another here followed c.; a Fangttinal y nature, after 'Lasting for sworn, and deposed, that when he 5:11A the lights
wind,ln which the Black was deficient. Cribb put ill a dreadful mentioned before, he was about calling out, suppos-,
doubler in the body of the Moor, but although he was hit away.. ing the maid had come down for some victuals for
and renew!(!he kept his legs, renew!(! the child, the rally with a fury which excited
but at that moment the pistol went off.—
alarm amongst the Cognoscenti. Cribb in the rally hit right and .
left at the body and head, and the Moor fought at the head alone, He thought he struck the man with a bayonet, but •
and was so auceetsfal with the left hand, that he plamed some • was not certain, tall called out loudly for his master,
dexterous flush hiss, and Cribb bled at the mouth. and wi..s des- l who at length came down with a pistol in each hand,
imaged in both eyes. The rally lasted a minute and a half, and
and his mistress near him, It lding a light. They '
in a close, Cribb was thrown a heavy fall. This fall evinced the
astonishing and superior strength of the Black. lie grasped 1 made a great noise against the wainscot, in hopes the
Cribb round the body with one hand, while he supported him- i neighbours would come to their aid; butt no one an.
self with the other resting upon the railing of the stage, and in swered. At the bottom of the stairs, they discovered
this position gave him a cross-buttock, throwing hint completely•
a knife and some sticks, as before described, and in
over with force upon the stage. lo an ordinary spectator the
the kitchen a deal of blood, which they at first thought
Moor was winnfog the fight in a hurry, but the champion's tried
game made Hai yet a favourite; although the odds were reduced et as liquor spilt from some jars of preserves ; but, on
to about 7to 4 current. examination, this proved not to be the case. They
4. Cribb's head was much disfigured, and the Black's wind searched the house all over, but could find no one,
was treacherous. The former bled from every organ, but he
smiled, renewed the rally with heroism never excelled, and hits and concluded, that if he had not struck any of the
in abundance were exchanged, ('rill, still fighting at the body- robbers, one of them must have wounded another in
mark with his tight hand, and the Moor at the head. Cribb fell the dark. In the kitchen where lie observed the light,
I with a slighrtbit, and manifested first weakness.--Betting As in they found the window open, which he was confident
i the kto round. was shut over night. Having satisfied themselves
I .5. Rallying was renewed by Molineaux, and the execution on
both sides were terrific. The Moor had the best of the deter- that no thieves were in the house, his master, after
mined rally, and Cribb fell from a blow, and received another firing a gun ti:r alarm them if within hearing, retired
in falling, which excieel murmurs and applause from the parti- to bed, but the maid and he in going into a room to
zans of the combatants; but on reference to the umpires, it was ascertain it the 'window was• shut, found the wainscot
decided rota, CI ibb's hands being at lib. rty.
6. The Black, fatigued by want of wind, lunged right and left, ' shattered, and, on further search, discovered that a
but he was avoided, and he made a good stop of Cribb's right pistol ball had perforated it, and lodged about an inch
hand. Cribb put in a destructive right-handed blow at his Inaly deep in the wall behind it, which he got out, and
mark, whiele doubled him up.. From $ sudden puff from his gave to his master. In the morning his mistress dis-
mouth, he seemed as ff the wind was knocked out of him, and
covered the point of the bayonet to be bloody, which !
got away pitifully distressed. He appeand frantic on renewing
a rally, anxious to go in, but alarmed at the consequences, and although he had bled a fear drops at the wrist, he was
he capered about like a elancing.master' to the amusement of confident had not occasioned it. This is the substance '
Cobb and his friends. He hit short, and was abroad, Cribb ful- of his evidence,. but which contains nothing to throw
lowed him round the stage and did astonishing execution, and
floored hint sVi•h a blow at great length. Tills round brought the any light on this :nysterious transaction.
odds to .5 to lon Cribb. 4 The value of Dr. FREEMAN'S GUTTA Samarium
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V. Molineaux run in on a rat'y intemperately, and did some • h
execution, but Cribb hit him several blows as violent as can be
has been so
day can bea proved, that nothing of the present
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competition with it, in all the dile..
figured, about the neck and jugular, and after a rally of one
roam the:. s Moor fell front kiwis and weaknnas. - rent stages of a certain disease, which it effectually •
a. Malraux, in the fo-lorn hope, again rallied at ill-judged cures and eradicates from the habit, without exciting
distance, and after Cribb had again nobbed him, he got his head the
saliva-
under the left arm, and fibbed until the Moor fell. No takers ie painful feelings and exposure that attends
non—without debilitating the constitution in any de-
of odds.
P. Lombard-street to a China orange Molineiux was dead gree, or even requiring confinement from business or
heat, anti fought to encounter Cribls's death-like blows. In restriction of diet. heT radical virtues of these ines. I
running in, Cribb met him with his left hznd, and broke his jaw, timable Drops have proved their claim to public ap.
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and he fell like a log. He did not come to time within half 1 probation for more than
minute; hut Cribb's appetite wns not to be satiated—he gave
away this chance, dancing a hornpipe about the stage, when the
battle was host; but although a chance was given, he did not ac-
cept it, But went in again and floored his man, after hitting him m .
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I 10. Molineux with dlficulty got off his second's knee for fresh
punishment, hut he made a desperate unsuccessful effort, and cannot be recommended too strongly, as they will re-
fell from distress.'
11. This round ended the fight, after Cribb had given away stubborn gleets, and every weakness that affects the
another chance shout time, but the Moor's senses were bit out of ceive a safe,..speedy, and complete cure, in all ?aIP
bladder and organs of urine. By its efficacy many •
him ; and after he received another knock-down, he was unable women have become mothers, who for many ears
again to stand, and victory was announced by Gully and Cribb, y
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accompanied by shouts of applause from the populace. hnd been deprived of that happiness.—Sold wholesale I
After the battle, Cribb, accompanied by his friend and retail, at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Cheapside,
Gully, set out for their head-quarters, at the Bull on of Pateraester-row ; and retail, by Balarn and corner
Sharp, i
Witham Common ; and Molineaux, who had laid Portsmouth ; Hall and Johnsen, Gosport ; Allnutt,
down on the stage, as soon as he could be removed, Weston, Mallory, and Jones, Port iea ; Trewinan,
proceeded with his friends to the Royal Oak, at Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilbert, and Hoz-
Grantham, where he was immediately put to bed. land, Plymouth; Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and Mac-
A surgeon immediately attended, and it was aster- donald, Glasgow ; Smith, Manderston, &nu, and
tained that his jaw-bone and two of his ribs were frac- Cargill, Edinburgh ; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck,
Hull ; Gregson and Billinge, Liverpool ; Stains anttured, and that he is in a very dangerous state.
REMARKS. Lynch, Manchester; Bowen, Norwich; Knott and
The assemblage gave mutual applause to the cons, Lloyd, Birmingham ; Gregory, Brighton ; and most
batanta during the fight, which lasted 19 minutes and Medicine Venders, its bottles, at 2s. 9d. 4s. 61 .5c 225.

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AMERICA.
PROM THE NEW-YOKIL PUBLIC ADVERIIII6I.
By the schooner Susan, Captain M'Gaity, which
arrived here yesterday from Campeachy, we fuse
been favoured with the following particidars:-Abmit.
two 'o'clock on Sunday (A•ign‘a 16), one nide fr,art
Long Branch, with the wind S. S. E. thr schoolwr
•Susan was returning N. for Sandy 11 "k. when a
British frigate appeared in sight, sit tai the
southward of the high lands, standing in. When she
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•canie up with the Sirs .n she fired a gun ; tip Sns oar
then hoisted American colours ; thefrigate i!: n ,ieed
three more guns, and steered to the westw.ad. to cut
the schooner off. When she got within a CAW{
length of the Susan, she put her beim hatd.a.port,
' with the apparent intention of running her damn.—
: Seeing this, the pilot of the Susan ordered the beim
a-starboard, to prevent the two vessels running soul,
which was accordingly done. An Officer ni the 16-
gate then desired the schooner to put her rieern Lard-
a-port ; she had then is guns pointed at ier 4it the
rnain.deck, and the marines had their musk t. r. ady.
The man at the hens, intimidated by these ll' site
appearances, did as he was ordered, and the fri:ate
came stern on the starboard bow of the Susan, car. .ied
away hi•r bowsprit, split her night-heads. and pond
the stern from the buts of the Omsk to the sealer's
edge. The frigate then sent her boat on board.
the Officer said, that they had took her to be a French
privateer, and that they meant to run the Susan Joan,
as he understood there were twiny on the cu..' and
a number fitting out in New. York. After a little
conversation, be left the vessel, and. said be %%veld
send a boat to her assistance ; but when rea:hed
the frigate, they made sail, and stood to the south-
ward, and in a short time afterwards they tired at
and boarded a ship standing to the southwar t.
MU:MN Passi GANG.--1, is stated in the Verladla
Paper, on good authority, that 100 American citizens,
who were principally engaged in the rafti bus nem
on the river St. Lawrence, have Iscen impressed by
the British within a few weeks back.
The Court of Inquiry directed by-the Secretary of
the Navy-to investigate the affair . between the Presi-
dent and the Little Belt, consists of Cominod.ae De.
catur, as President, and CaptainsCharlesStewart and
Isaac Chauncey, as Ailociate Members, and Nathan
Sandford, Elq. as Judge Advocate. The Court is to
be held in this city, where all the Members now are ;
and we understand that they will ems on the busi-
ness of their apprintment in a few days.
We have had occasion to speak of the great num-
ber of Irish Emigrants lately arrived in this country.
The number daily increases, and daily instances are
presented to our view, of their impressment by Com-
manders of the British ships of war which blockade
our harbours. They are systemat4:. in their cruelties.
They inquire for the soils of aged non and women,
who have r.o support, and who are incapable cs; la.
hour, and press them in preference to oilers, on whom
there is no claim.—This refinement on barbarity ies
constantly practised. •

~ Saturday morning, Davie and Phi/Nu, who woo
convicted at the late Middlesex Sessions, for k tpuir
a Little-Go, or priva,e Lottery, in the neighbourh..o3
of Brompton and KnightbeiLige, were Bogged at the
tart's tail on the Bromptun road.
Thursday last, as Captain RAT, of the Rem r
bound for Gibraltar, war coping from se sb.p, wh,ch
lay between Ryde and Portsmouth. accompani.A by
a Pilot, they were overtaken l.y a very rough sea,
which completely upset the boat. - Captain RAY not
be;ng ahle ts) swim, was supported a consid.Table taste
by the Pilot ; but a wave separated them, and the
Captain sunk. The Pilot had to swim nearly tea
I miles before he was taken up. The body of Captain
RAY was not found for some time.
A farmer's boy, near Gosport, was attacked by an
enraged buff, on a common, and finding no means of
escape, threw himself fiat on the ground. The bull
tried to tom him, but could never catch hold of him
' with his horns ; the boy firmly remained in the same
' position, and drew from his pocket a knife with whict
he usually eat his victuals, and taking a delibetats
, aim, thrust it into the animal's eye. The bull took to
flight, and the boy escaped with only a few bruises.'

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