Star.
London, England, 1821-12-12 00:00:00

BOXING.

GRAND FIGHT BETWEEN NP. AT AND HItICIIAN.
ALIAS THE GAS-MAN.

This fight, which had excited so much interest and
expectation,. not only among the boxing amateurs,
but among the sporting men in general, took place
yesterday, in the plains above Hungerford, 66 miles
from the metropolis. It was one of the most tremen-
dous encounters recorded in the annals of the art, and
left far behind the celebrated battle between Johnson
and Big Ben. Its issue also disappointed most of the
knowing-ones, for though both combatants were knows
to be desperate hitters, yet the dreadful punishing
right hand of Gas was expected to bear him through
triumphantly. Neat and Gas entered the ring in high
spirits, each anticipating victory. Tom Belcher and
Harry Harmer were Neat s second and bottle-holder,
Spring and Shelton second and bottle-holder to Gas.
ROUND%
The first and second rounds were to the advantage of Gas,.
and, from his known nulling qualitits, betting rose two to one lit
his favour.
The third round was more equal, though he still maintained
some superiority.
The fourth round, though not the last, proved decisive of the
fight. Neat, by his superior weight (14 stone to 12), and by his
i style of fighting, made it apparent to the judges of the art, that
he must be the winner. His left hand did dreadful execution.—
Gas, who has the habit of breaking from his man and then rush-
ing in with desperate violence, received two tremendous hits,
right and left, which floored him, and took the fight out of him.
Fourteen other rounds were, however, fought after this, but
he never recovered sufficiently to render the ultimate issue doubt.
ful. In the 10th round, he shewed extreme weakness—the blood
flew in torrents front his eyes and mouth ; he received a tee.
tnendous blow, which felled him like an ox—and it was thought
the gas was Mimi!, extinguished. Poor Gas was literally beat
done blind, and he was otherwise punibbed in the most dreadful
manner, being, at last, in a state of total insensibility ; whilst at
the conclusion of the eighteenth round, when Neat was declared
the victor, he neither had lost a drop of blood, nor had a scratched
face to thew.
Much money has been lost by the issue of this battle,
the whole of which did not last more than 24 minutes.
At a late hour last night Gas was' in so complete
a state of exhaustion, that he was not expected to live.
This must do away with any idea that this battle was
a cross.
The second fight, between the Suffolk Champion
and Joshua Hutson, did not take place, in conse-
quence of some misunderstanding.
The ring was attended by the amateurs both of
London and Bristol, and the company was more
than usually select.

SHOCKING MURDER —Saturday an Inquest was
taken at Great Torrington, in Devonshire, on the bcid'y
of Mary Stevens, a single woman, and a verdict of
Wilful Murder returned against Philip Chappd, a
good looking young man, by trade a glover, who
was on Monday morning committed to the county'
jail at Exeter, under the Coroner's warrant. It ap.
peared that the miserable girl was courted by Chap.
pel, and pregnant. They had been seen walking to•
gether on Friday evening near the spot where the
body was found on Saturday morning, laying on a
bank near a mill-pool. Bruises appeared on her fore-
head, yet from other circumstances it is conjectured
she had been drowned in the mill-pond and drawn
out again. She was an industrious girl, who sup-
ported herself by going out to work.
Coax EXCHAIION • blaaa-trier, Dec. 12.—We had very fele
buyers of Wheaktkis morning, with which article our Market
, continues ovyriueded, having no demand for the rough and Jere-
! riot samples, the value of which is quite nominal, and even that
lof prime quality met very heavy rale Ztionday's prices cos.
trary to general expectation, there was no reduction in the price
of flour. Barley continues exceedingly dull in sale, and only
,1 the prime malting samples could be disposed of. Oess are le.
per quarter cheaper, the arrivals since Monday having Weaver,
4 large. New Beans wag tasSitahlr, algoaugh oliend an ?two

VAS&

THE GREEN ISLES OF OCEAN:*

Au= Alfgc Cambrian Twee

TIIE WORDS BY MRS. 11EMANS

Where are they, those Green Fairy Islands, reposing
In sunlight and beauty on Ocean's calm breast?
What spirit, the things which are bidden disclosing,
Shall point the bright way to their dwellings of test?
ah ! lovely they rose on the dreams of put ages,
The mighty have sought them, undaunted in faith;
But the land hath been sad for her warriors and sages, •
For the guide to those realms of the bloused--
death !
Where are they, the high-minded children of glory,
Who steer'd for those distant green spots on the wave?
Ito the winds of the ocean they left their wild story,
In the fields of their country they found not a grave !
Perchance they repose where the Summer breeze gathers,
From the Sowers of each vale, Immortality's breath;

But their steps shall be neer on the hills of their fathers,
Foe the guide to those realms of the blessed—is death!
• The " Green Islands of the Ocean," or 0 Green Spots of the
Floods," called in the Triads, " Gsversidertes Dieu" (respecting
4Thich some remarkable superstitions have been preserved in
Wales), were supposed to be the abode of the Fair Family, or
souls of the virtuous Druids, who could not enter the Christian
Heaven, but were permitted to enjoy this Paradise of their own.
G , a distinguished British Chieftain of the fifth century,
went on a voyage, with kis family, to discover these Islands;
but they were never heard of afterwards.
This event, the voyage of 31sasont Sitars, with his twelve
Bards, and the expedition of Hamm, were called the Three
Losses, by disappearance of the bland of Britain.— Vide IT.
0.
.Thigke's Cambrian liiegreeity. AlseoCemebr• Briton, Vol. I. p. 124.

Among the many interesting anecdotes recorded
of the memorable field of Waterloo, the following is
a fact highly deserving of publiCityl—Three bro-
thers, Scotsmen, each remarkable, no less for his tall
handsome figure, than his soldier-like deportment,
and belonging to different regiments, had not seen
one another for many years, having been fighting the
battles of their country in different quarters of the
globe. They fought at Waterloo, and, like the Al-
ban Curiatli of old, were all three wounded ; but each
unconscious of the other's fate or presence on that
glorious day, till their first mutual recognition of
each other, .in the same apartment, in the military
hospital. where, by a. singular chance of fortune,
they had been conveyed. These brave fellows all
happily recovered ; and, what is very remarkable,
they are three of seven brothers who have all served
in the British Army.
Henry Neil, blacksmith at Longformacus, and
farrier to the Eagle Troop of Berwickshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, on returning from Kelso on Friday the tld
ult. where he had been drawing some money, pe-
rished in the moor near Cattleshiel, at the place
called the Full-ford. It appears that, under some
false impression of the mind, he had thrown off part
of his clothes, as his coat was found at a few yards
distance from him. His hat was also off his head,
and his braces unbuttoned lying below him. He
was found on his back, with his arms folded over his
breast. There were no marks of violence about him,
and he had all his money on him, amounting to about
£3O. On parting with an acquaintance on the north
side of Greenlaw, about half-past four o'clock r.sa. he
expressed his dislike to crossing the moor, and said hal
would almost travel any distance rather than go that
road. It is understood that, many years ago, his fa-
ther had got a fright (from which he never recovered)
at the very place where he lost his life. It is a cu-
rious circumstance in the history of this family, that
one of their ancestors came to Berwickshire, as farrier
and blacksmith, in the victorious Scottish army, after
the battle of Bannockburn, in the year 1314, and
'settled at Longformacus, where his descendants have
remained ever since in the same profession.
Friday senniglp, two cows and a bull, supposed to
be the only existing remains in Scotland of the an-
cient Caledonian breed, were removed from a field
near Ardiossstn, where they have been kept for nearly
thirty years, to Mr.CORISETT.S, of Doughall, a dis-
tante of twenty-two miles. Being in their wild and
untamed state, they became quite unmanageable on
the road. The bull rushed at one man on horse.
back, and tossed both over a hedge, threw down
another man and horse, and attacked several horses
and carts and people on the road, in the most furious
manner, but luckily his want of horns prevented him
from doing any material injury. It was at length
found necessary to fasten the bull and one of the
cows on separate carts, which was accomplished with
considerable difficulty, and in this state they were
carried to their place of destination, where one of the
cows died in about an hour from fatigue, and the
bull was not expected to survive. These animals'
are of the common size, but of a very handsome
make ; they have no horns, and, with the exception
of the ear, which is brown, their bodies are white.
Thursday, a fine boy, named Simpsox, while attend-
ing the engine rope of a coal-pit at Merriestone coal-
work, lost his hold, fell to the bottom, and was killed.

CARTLANDCRAIG BRIDGIL—This magnificent no. 1
dertaking may now be said to be almost accom- 1
plished, and three noble arches open a broad and '
spacious way over that stupendous chasm, which na-
ture seemed to present as an insurmountable barrier
to the progress of the traveller. While this structure
does honour to the talents of the engineer (Mr. Tu.-
roan), the admirable manner in which it has been
constructed, and the efficacy with which machinery
has been made to facilitate the whole operations con-
nected with its masonry, do great credit to the inge-
nuity of the contractor, Mr. Moro. Its altitude is
said to be superior to that of any other bridge in
Great Britain, and the view from its centre, in. point
of beauty and sublimity of scenery, cannot be ex-
celled. These, however, are only minor ccinsi-
derations when contrasted with its utility, serving as
it does, as a useful medium of communication on the
Clydesdale and Stirling roads, which, diverging from
the west end of the bridge, will open by one route a
new communication between Carlisle and Glasgow,
and by another between the west of England and
north of Scotland. These great roads, with the nn-
nterous bridges, canals, and other national improve-
ments of a similar description, now in progress in the
. country, owe their origin, at least their more imam;
diate commencement, to the late pressure of the
times, which induced public-spirited individuals to
snake strenuous exertions, and considerable sacrifices,
in order to find bread and employment for the in.
dustrious labourer and artizan.

OLD.-13AILET SESS7ONS.

Yesterday, Richard Ago and Mary Beck were in-
dicted, the first for stealing a silk pelisse, the p.m-
pug' of W. Orde, Esq.. KT. the latter for receiving
it, knowing it to have bi&•stolen. This was another.
indictment for the purpose of convicting Mary Beck,
who had been acquitted on Monday on another
charge, arising out. of the very extensive robbery of
Mr. Orde's house, the particulars of which home been
already stated. The pawnbroker's boy not being
able to swear that Mary Beck was one of the two
women that pawned the pelisse, the Jury acquitted
her, and found Jago Guilty—Death.
The prisoners were next indicted, the first for steal-
mg, and the other for receiving, a cloak, the pro
of-Mr. Orde; when Mary Beck was again acqurtea
and Jago found- Guilty—Death.
They viere again indicted for having stolen a Court
plume of feathers, the property of Mr. Orde; but,
no evidence being offered, the prisoners were con-
Sequently both acquitted.
Charles Lamb wits indicted for stealing a watch
from the person of William Murshall.
The prosecutor was -in a field near Hampstead, and
laid down to rest himself, in the hay season. He fell
asleep ; and when he awoke he missed his watch. The
prisoner was a fellow-mower with the prosecutor.—
None of the witnesses.could .prove anything against
the prisoner, as it appeared that the watch had been
taken by a fellow-labourer named Richards, not in
custody. The prisoner was consequently acquitted.
W. Crigkton was indicted for robbing Charlotte
Williams, of a shawl, on the highway.
The ptisoner is a respectable-looking man, and the
prosecutrix a girl of the town of the very lowest order.
She lives in Lucas-square, Whitechapel. On the Bth
of November, about seven in the evening, she was in
the Star, in Well-street, with the prisoner, whom she
had not known before. They sat in the same box till
one in the morning. The prisoner was quite stupid
drunk, and she only a little intoxicated. She asked
him to go home with her, and he was going, but she
found him so much in liquor that she endeavoured to'
leave him about five yards from the public-house; she
was sober enough to know that she had a shawl on.
Prisoner came after her, and insisted on going with'
.her. He caught hold of her shawl, and it being un-
pinned it came off. The watchman came up, and,
wok bold of the prisoner. She did not charge him.
Common SEHJ&ANL-" Uentlemen of the Jury,
there is no pretence for calling this a highway-rob-
bery.“—ln this the Jury agreed.
Mr. ANDREWS, fur the prisoner, said, the whole
was the getting up of the watchman; and the Parish
should know what sort of guardians of their lives and
property they had.
One of the Beadles said, he should take care to re.

present hts conduct to the Board.
The watchman (a young fellow) had the impudence
to apply to the Common Berk-ant for his expenses,
even after he had heard him say that he should not
be allowed them.
The COMMON SERJRANT indignantly refused them;
and told him, that his conduct had been most infa-
mous.—The prisoner was acquitted.
William Grant was indicted for stealing a watch,
and some silver spoons, by breaking into the house
of R. Renner, in Brook-street, Ratcliffe.
The prisoner was discovered coming out of Mr.
Renner 's house by a neighbour, who bad been in-
formed that there were thieves in it. When asked
whether he belonged to the house, he said he did, but
being followed, he gave the person a push on the
shoulder, and ran off. He was soon stopped, and
the watch and nine table-spoons were found on him.
He acknowledged, at the watch-house, that the pro-
perty belonged to the house from whence he had
come. Renner was at sea at the time, and none of

the witnesses knew where he and his wife were now
gone to. The prisoner was consequently acquitted.
The following were convicted of felonies, viz.—William
Masai, Robert Clark, Michael Daley, and John Hitching., for
stealing a hoz from a waggon. Mason, Clark, and Daley, were
sentenced to be transported for seven years; and Hitching. to
be imprisoned one year in the House of Correction, and whip-
Fed; klisabeth Kinsey, foe stealing a watch; Richard Hall and
Humus Collyer, foe Stealing a copper-pot; John Roberts for
stealing a saw and a jacket; Robert Nightingale, for steaijug;
Joseph Stratton, for stealing a handkerchief—lie was sentenced
to be transported for life ; Charles Moor, for mean six yards
of cotton ; and Robert Perry, for stealing 40Th.. of lead—they
were sentenced to be transported for seven years; Susan Mays,
far steeling a watch; John Mallard, for stealing ifb. of gum
arable; and Jebn Long, fur stealing paper.