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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, DEC. 8. thinks himself as good as he was, but he is much
oulsey Hurst was the field action yesterday' ~ jlf ofslower, and is not such a man as when he fought
I ( JAW.- Williams wee put to the bar this morning, between .Afertin and &rots, who fought for a turner, nor are his Mows any thing like so effective.:
charged 'Under an Indictment for uttering a fulled stake of 200 guineas, in a- feet roped-square.- He.tarned the odds in his favour once, but
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£1 note, with intent to defraud lames Chalmers. se •n, was the of the price ring after very transient suciess. He had
.no chance
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_ _ .it will be recollected that this prisoner was tried on beating Knowles , until Turner snatched the pert of the battle but be placing his right handed
I tianntiay last, upon an indictment charging bins lanrels from him i and that he was too tired to do. Martin had
combats. Martin who was bag
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with having sold several forged Bank notes to a per- a baker at Kenn much length upon his adversary, as well . science,
had acquired much science,
i. . ion of the name of Underwood. The Jury upon that and he gkve his to the ,ft and in his cone. and fought very steady. He was told, in the middle
•.. e imeasiem: refused to convict the prisoner, upon two bats era cnineria
Sieuirds-IF, the disbelief of the teletitnoity of the ton Johnsen, sand lately with Paddinet
hh genius was crowned with success. bur/
principal witness, Underwood; and San the de- He is a Sae young' man turned 21, and Scroggins, his reply :
of me battle, to go in and nefran it, when his adver-
was: weak ;but there was much Generalship in
" I am winning
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i leiency of proof that the•notes thus sold by the pri- is Air alkhrtorm, ii 87. me weight of Martin is can Ido better?" He .is young in the ring, and prac-
i seiner were actually forgeries. about llferrebadahat of his adversary 10st. 7or 81b. bee makes perfect in boxing, equal to any other art.
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Mr. Serjeant Bosanovirr, on the part of the prose- Martin was walking on the outside of the ring
cation, now addressed the Jury, and observed, that it when mains crossed the water from Hampton, Serene disciples of Laster pronounced that neither
Randall nor Martin were game men, from their
' seas determined not to adduce any eVidence against the and they I/rew in their-hats and prepared for COM- faces ; but however learned they may be in the
1 . ornoner• on this charge. The testimony which could bat at a quarter before one o'clock, wren before the Pacing of a horse,. the pugilists have falsified that
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De broughtforward was so mingled with that which cosestissary was ready for them. Notwithstandinn assertion,otherwisenet ve won.Scroggins
out a former occasion the Jury had declared their un- the wetness of the morning, nearly as many people again :hewed extraordinary game and manhood.-
Willingness to believe, that he would not now ties- Were present as at the fight between Turner and The battle lasted precisely two hours.
C upon their time lb detailing the facts of the case. Randall on Saturday. Average betting was from Mr. Jon es, of Low-Lawton, returning, last night,
advisers of the Bankhad been consulted Bto4tolS to 8 on Martin. Seconds Burn and from the fight at Moulsey, was hustled by some men
- dponleg occasion, and the ultimate determination Oliver for Martin, and Belcher and Richmond for at the corner of Jewry-street, and robbed of upwards
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iris to relinquish the proseentioo. Scroggins. of £l7, and a gold watch.
No evidence having been adduced, the prisoner was THE 3RT-TO: ' At Blackburn,. near Edinburgh, there are roses,
of course Acquitted. Pint ftstnad'-43e"ggisa Qis kft astd 6* st ids 'her' polyanthuses, and gilliflower in fill bloom, and every
sere but missed his hits, and a tally to sone took oboe without .
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11 4 This is the fourth prosecution of the Bank for utter- b " • he gal to woo Si ostoith. . thing else as green as it was in June.
big forged notes, all of which have failed. hum teenier. Se tate t a
2. Screggins made skit-handed feint m see where he could Friday, a Gentleman of Glasgow received two
1i -I Loma° Netterville was indicted capitally for steal- pkint his right and effective hitting ha n 4 meld Martin missed his hares from Perthnsire. Ou opening. one of them, it
ing a great quantity of wearing apparel, the property teenbanded hit and broke from him. Twe se three slight hits was found to contain a young one ; a very uocom-
-1 6f James Chalmers, Esq.
The prisoner, it appeared, was employed as a jour- mks. Bock went down, but blank wider;•-istaieg es: at tit* monproof of the mildness of the weather.
• , Nastuitiaiu (in a northern aspect) were a few days
Tiernan painter in the house of the probirchtor. On
the 'day the property was missed, the prisoner ab- doss.
"c:tirnemencrachaniedement: but they weye &granges, don to to 4.
eve.
mullizwlcroutereeienshangsbevmded, anda
tilling,' close
dam, since in full bloom, in Mr.
lose both went down. In •
bat it was scarcelyW. G. TAPLIA'S garden,
i visible at the ntauth.
wended, and. went to Bath. On his return to town - • . _ at Andover; and in Mr. TELrea's garden, kidney
4. &mown pined some ingenious Mary Andrew via, to beans
. were gathered on Thursday, fit for the table.
he was apprehended, and some of the property wan get his right-handed hit, and ha placed It with some effect on Young rooks were aho observed on Saturday, in West-
found upon him. The property altogether amounted the back of Martins ear. Martin, who kept himself in a steady bury Park, the seat of Lady GAGE, near Westmeou.
• to a much greatewsum than 40s. but a doubt exist- ',enure, returned the blow by one with the left hand, sad ano- There is note in the sktilibery of DAVID KENNEDY,
1 then hit each was exchanged. hugging followed, but neither
;rig whether it was all taken away at one time, Esq. of Crosby, near Carlisle, a laburnum-tree in
were espett hands at tr•nring, and Mania was thrown.
. s t l'he Jury found a verdict Guilty of stealing to the & Scroggins hit short, and he received throe times, wken he full, bloom.
value 0f;393. slipped down. Monday sennight, a fine Fishing Eagle was shot
The rest of the day was occupied in hearing cases 6. Martin placed a good tight-handed hit on the body of hit
in the parish of IVoolferton, in the county of Norfolk,
of a trivial nature. adversary, and fell wkh the blow.
7. Scroggins had the best of this round, and he turned the the property of lie Holm HENLEY, Esq. of
.. In the evening, when a trial was going forward, odds, for the first and only time. In his favour; he made his left ,Sandingham, the adjoining parish, by Thomas Wat-
-1 - the Foreman of the London Jury begged the Recorder bald tell upon the body, and his right slightly upon the eye, and son, his game-keeper. It was slightly wounded in one
would order all the witnesses for the prosecution out manta fell weak against the ropes.-Lven betting. and sto I wing, and on falling from the shot, was held by its
of Court, except the one under examination. on &noggins. I well wing by a water spaniel, until the keeper could
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The RECORDER seemed surprised at the request. adversary, a he lunged w
Ile requested to know why the Jury had made so un- only told. In a short rally
rou&ndecrogginhh s sheaved mach confidence and piety in clanging ,
precrdented an application. He never heard of such which drew first blood, visililevsall :hell sboistehciahan"tors, but Ins the
left
a thing before. • •
The Foreman said, their application to' the samel
effect the night before had been attended to. gins for forThitoicMeanin. et round a creek, a distance of a furlong and a half.
Scroggins was Mt an the mouth, The bird is now alive, and in the possession of Ilsterte
Ins trial Hoare HENLEY, Esq. at Sandingham. On the same
teas
thil"VC.-8611 even betting' and Sanag' r day, a rough-legged Falcon was taken in a trap, in
2.. A good milling round, to the advantage of Martin, who the parish of Woolferton, by one of the above-men-
broke and bit, but his blows meetly went over his adversary's' tinned Gentleman's warreners.
t 'The Reconvert observed, that it might bare been headofrom a happy knack lie has of putting it on env side. shrug- It is seated that an infusion oldie anMorantnin odo •
t done the night before, but St was not to be considered gin' hit au", and he received a heavy fall. return, or early vernal sweet-scented meadow-grass
10. etartei waited to receive his adversary, and be 11134410,0111
wpreeedent.
his body clearly with Ids left hand, and the head with the right, ..
from old meadows, well fed and mowed, and well
The Foreman of the Jury said, It had been tsb- but be wee thrown. in a close. afters trial at weaving when hug-' got up, has been proved to be more aerceable and
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1 ' served freitiently that witnesses seemed to act is it ging at the ropes.
they thought it indispensably necessary to deriate in 11. Scroggins .
parried *straight left'handed kit, and thieeved- any ea that can be procured
nutritious beverage than any that is to be made from
from China. This tea
, to Ms adversary, that he did.not find bins so easy a customer as .
4 no respect from die evidence' that went before on the
i . , same side.he espected-'. Don't you r said he. Martin let over his ad- is odoriferous and s.accharine, and is said to be nu-
t • ' rcrsary, and Scroggins threw Men, but from an overbalance in tritioas, exhilirating, and, instead of relaxing, to give
1 . . The Itreostota said, the application was nothing the fall he had the worst of it.
a tone to the fibres of the stomach, to create appe-
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12-,s 'than an i.isinuation that respectable persons were 12. No blow was struck, and Scroggins was ttirown.
gailty of perjury. " However.," said ' he, " Gentle-"
men of the Jury (four or five of them harisen), if
h. is your torte, be it 'sol"
examination vccre then excluded.
____ l3. Counter hits were e amazed, and a good round followed,
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to the advantage of Ssrospn
Tho' witnesses trot under le ft no 1111? reSeleet.
• Both 's, hut his Maws were net those of ti
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Fkroegius who fought the conqueror of Dutch Sam; they been
down.
A 14. Struggle's had one side of his head a littlel ,
e and promote digestion. A Cockney Gentle-
au, who is said to 112'.*C made the discovery, has
called by his female friends-" The Emperor of
Ilay-tea I"
swollen, and be Thursday, the case of twopersons charged in
mud at the nose, but Martin at this time exhibited no slot of a Grew_„,....„1 having sold
a vegetable powder to the
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS,'DEC. & . hit. Three distinct rallies took place. and Martin had the best ~ "''''' *1 -,..,1
iia breaking and mccting his adversary with the left hand. filar. piusiic as collie, came to be decided before the
cis was thrown. Justices. One of the individuals admitted that he had
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k 'LIU URY RES PLC TI N 0 THE INCITEMENT 'lO , 15. Martin benke and caught his adversary runningia at lam been in the
CONt ;SIT MURDER. averaltbwes. Both down. habit of mixing the powder in question
with coffee, and vending it when so mixed, as genuine.
William Kay, an ill-looking fellow, was put to the 56. One of the best rmanda in the light &Mains placed his
right-untied hit upon Idartin's ear, which was retse'oed, and In ofthis the fide with
consequence
• bar, charged with wilful and corrupt perjury, in-, „int „bet hits were exchanged.At the latter part of the him, was mitigated to 1:10: and the fact having
. having sworn that a young man of respectability round Scroggins was met in running in, and pur.:*hed. been completely substantiated against the other, he
narftsl Cooke, had empleyeal hhn to assassinate Mr.
17. Martin Planed two bits and Stanggine cc; and Marti" was sentenced to pay a fine of £4O. The article was
Shears, coppersm, o ithf Fleet•market, on Saturday, Pineal the falls•but bath were weak
la. A smart rally to the ropes, and in wrestling far the fall also condemned, and ordered to be destroyed. It may
the 7th of Is,overnber.
both went 'seer the ropes out of the ring. be proper to mention, that the extent of the penalty
' , Samuel Keen, clerk at Bow-street, read over the 19. Both were distressed-next to a heiplets state. Martin attached by law to this offence is £lOO.
statement made by the Prisoner, at Bow-street, when planted a slight blow, and his adversary, in endeavouring to
The adulteration of ground pepper, by mixing it
• he swore that Mr. Cooke hired him to murder Mr. follow in, fell-2 to lon Martin.
• Shears, of Fleet-market; and also swore to the place buittoh.eSeroggins planted a rattler Martin's bead with
on the side of , . .
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a spurious article, composed mostly from the
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arrangements for that purpose. In addition to this, Martin.-Scroggins r wellto
received two blows in return. In a close both fell. mustard musk, LOA known the Public to
21. At this set-to Oliver betted Belcher two gamete oneon admit of a doubt. A very close imitation of whole
an in like a wild man, and bit at shadows, '
i i •pepper is now manufactured to a considerable extent,
1 ' Mr. Henry Cooke, the Prosecutor, repeated the and. Martin was too weak to kit-likla more than 0200, and
and can hardly be known from the genuine until
.. circumstances attending his knowledge of the prisce 3c2lggini fell'hod the hest
of the
round,
and
acreenies's head broken, it appears to be formed in the same way as
k net, who was recommended to him by his misery began to swell, and he rotted about as if he had been at a blue confections, upon a small seed, and from a composi-
alone, - min party. Martin bit him a left-banded body blow and •
was tam of small coal, earth, and flower. It is often mixed
' viating it. lie also stated the occasion on which be thrown 'we close, after baying been weaved about the d
"a at by the in the proportion f to three
retailers
, - bad employed the Prisoner to mend his pistol ; the the e*P"' ide bled freely from the nose.
, Is. Martin operated upon his man by the or six hits, and According to the returns made by the Ministers of
l , prisoner having told him that he was a gunsmith, ace feu tired.
I . and was able to work at his trade.-The prisoner 24, as, and C 6, were similar, as &roving only plated one Scotland to tl e House of
the different in
had said, with this pistol and its fellow he bad been blow hi the three rounds, but ise'kept his adversary in unwilling Commons' order, there were 4,650 lunatics in that
art of the island, of whom 636 are maintained solely ,
1 ' employed to blow out Mr. Shears's brains on the 7th emptay. Both were down weak in each round.-Betters silent. r
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rat . otember next. Ir. Ikrisgins made a strong hit on the head with his right by their parishes. But in this total are not included
a Mr. Shears, jun. son to the gentleman whore name hand, and Alartin retu
rnedtwo, but at the ropes be fell in a
slanting direction, with neither knee oh the ground, when the lunatics in Edinburgh Bedlam and Charity ,
had been mentioned in so alarming a manner, proved throggins manfully walked away from him. Workhouse, and the Glasgow Asylum and Town Hos-
t;ital in which establishments there are 183 lunatics
that Ms father had left London long before the hour U. Martin plat . a flush left-handed hit upon the bead, and P ,
i. the Prisoner said he had been directed to murder him, &winks returned upon the body with the right. third fighting Ind idiots. This return. gives about one lunatic to a
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i at the ropes. and Martin was thrown. pelation of 870 individuals.
• 1 Which was at a quarter past eight, and neg ativ
'cd U. &mains placed his right-handed blow, but be again re-
eiery other important part of the Prisoner's state• caved two In exchange. Both down. P°
The shifts to which they are put in Dublin to pro-
ta ment+ tie, house, he said, entertained an unexcep- 30, Et 32. and 33- Both were eamiea in a weak aute. vide for the destitute are not a littleodchk.is now
reposed to build a Theatre, and appropriate its pro-
i tiopable opinion of Mr. Cooke, who mold not have 3wiclutti
,„.. thblowswvrerneinav:ided, and Zdartin'a hits grew fesbk* P
err °end. fi tlt ge the Society for abolishing beggary.
I been inßueaced by any motive of revenge or avarice. --ii. -116;,t-,;-.ec,-;i;ci --a -v • r•
smut hire on the right eye, and Rev. Mr. But, of Sheffield,haiing some time
In fact, 'Sr. Cooke's father and brother. as well as seas ender is the fag. since inveighed from the Pulpit t Theatrical
• himself,might be seriously injured beaby.tualcata- I' Ism& 14. Bllfifilat 1011141 widget hitting.
Mgt occurrence to Mr. Shears. ' 117.•Mardn thawed meet strength. and be was wigi as al, Amusemenss,thi Manager of . eld Theatre,, has
ime, but he threw several blows away. Martin gave the.firet published a letter in reply, in which he Says, I con-1
This statement was confirmed by other witnesses. knock-doarn blow in the fight with the left hand in the body. , tend it is an infringement upon• the rights afforded
• ' 'The Jury immediately returned a verdict Guilty. se, 3s, 40, and 41. Both men were much distressed, sad me by the law, to make the precise theare that I have
I, # After some consultation witlnthe other Magistrates there was but little bitting. Bosh down in every round.
' . on thelleadt. in which all agreed that the crime 4L I'm* broesbt Mirth' round mahi. and here Its placed °Pt ned an object of your attack; and so strong is my
•convictiop on the subject. that if I could only prove
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&OW 134 'asked by the Sitifeat punishment the law tore by '''''" and 414
50th round there is nothing more to remelt, that you had kept a tingle individual away, 1 would
could
.inflict, 'the ClitatatiA-N addressed Kay. He than. that tr was the general oputton a strong hit would have
told Lis be • had been convicted of -one of the most dose much towards deciding the battle, and Scroggins tried for bring an action against you for damages
Bow-arautr-Snouts Cenap.-air. HORSLEY art-
ateeeials.' ;iliac,, under circumstances of peculiar erg . is by /very =scum until he was so tired he could scarcely
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alaY•whila Martin broke span kin awl game eepeoug peered yesterday at this Office, to thank Mr. Biasux
hill pa the bled. for die active eminence which be had lent in pursuit
' pinion liageaded yew, entrusted his property to you, In the 50th round
did me 21122 r bodily to =Mit of his child. He related most of the particulars con-
' sad. Ton out Pt the situation of a beggar, and !lbw: and Oliver was set eursadiseadva victory for taicett in the aeeetwte already given. confirming the
i -you repot his kindness by charging him with no less re
slid tbe rbtepreezeit la dams to dm bow ropes, end
a crime than inciting you to..cormuit. murder. lt is ea% aid the :big M: per spin now ar as
upon au thaw. delpicablynbject supplication of Reanett. for mercy.
• 1 met likely that, if he bad any intention of depriving aßelines stated that his season for taking away the
gi . i'aal" err ten other meads to tral,:n.,____,l* Woo. eat chow gam, -to lay Mr. Horsley under contribution,
Now creature of life, he would have employe-a a 'zee iamb *ere the life of the tmttin
. . .. °‘"w" /ills wse. however, bee akrusly,given E.VOO to his dis-
i! • ateeider, and in such a situation of life ; but It •is eel. lit,dlgg dilli the "'yr owl" ••••009001 as be the bet.-
tetiekt *hid no such intention, and his charlotte;
..a_........•••=w. Ins istrilimist lashige mods our silehe row, graceful eeisaben. The wife of Return was ester-
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te the ed do (litregyins dim one )pir. Horday's tattoo,
from
- Mtn. rim& . ;Flo: necessary were yesterday for-
. ybidtilasis not linear; bat it is probable: it was to lia Moaralliiiiiko wry relit ::..
\ , ettbet insole,: lroetithately,. you dui ncit •'eticcecee, 2.11;.11404ts le slifams eil.iiiisiss. ismidel ism J. r 4 Bathurst's Office far the surren-
. retie oiliiiite the iseatest'po4iNmest ,f/let sliermie=itnashusilliirs. , clegled to be triad's England. The child
dealt ti ' Your 'argue is-Alat • jrlihatvallssrmiber tligiielheadaall
hts.h and. wilier Ase . vary moll :. the father carries
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, , • lir cone hour, betiseit lt end.ll 'ffiliethilistotat 'lSat siwolsertediii mss. ged with visitors, ostaisstsly
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