Star.
London, England, 1827-08-28 00:00:00

LAMBETH REGATTA 4

Yesterday the seventh Annual Prize (a new Wherry), given by
the Ladles and Gentlemen of Lambeth Parish, was rowed for by
six pair of oars. The watermen all ibelonged to Lambeth Stairs.
The following were the men—

ma;theid
Stratford .
Wi150n....... .......................
Noulton
Maynard
Wilson

} Bine
Red
Orange
Brown
" ""*—* Green
William Rolls
Richards ..... Yellow
Wylde link
Arthur
The prise was to be pined in three beats. lbey were to start
from Westminster Bridge, row round a boat cue Nine Rims, return
down the Surrey shore, round Carey's Bath, and back to Lambeth
Stairs. The two first boats In the first and second heats were to
start for the third or grand heat. They started at four o'clock, and
after a long and strong pull, in the heat of the sun, Blue took the
lead and came in first at the winning point, followed by Red. The
second heat was won by Yellow and Orange. The but trial af-
forded a good display of skill and activity, but Rue preserved she
superiority shewn in the Int heat, and gained the wherry. The
'laws were received on shore In triumph, and Palace.yud, Lam-
beth, was a scene of merriment during the evening.

WRSSTLING MATCH.
Yesterday being appointed for the first of three days' play, be-
tween the Cornwall and Devonshire Wrestlers, considerable in.
terest was excited among the patrons of this truly English sport, a
great number of whom were in attendance at the Eagle Tavern,
City road. The Gardens adjoining the above Tavern are peculiarly
adapted for such an exhibition, and front the excellent arrangements
tnade by the Committee, each of the speetaton were enabled to see
the sports without any interruption. The Match was for thirty
sovereigns. Those wbo threw two fair back falls, er one fair back
fall, and could afterwards hold out with two others for ten minutes,
to be considered double players for the following day. About two
o'clock the sport commenced, when Pyle successively contested
with Finney, Austin, and Chappell, and in the result he was de-
clared the first double player.
The next bout was between Chappell and Scott—and from the
known goodness of the men, excited considerable interest. The bets
were in favour of Chappell, who, after a severe struggle, threw his
opponent aheavy back fall.

Clarke then 'grew his castor iu the ring. and Chappell eagerly ac-
cepted his challenge, but the umpire called time before a fall was
given by either party.

A novice, who pve his name Croot, then entered the ring amidst
shouts of laughter. The spectatots ridiculing the idea of his con-
testing with such a known good one as Clarke. The latter, how-
ever, found he had his wog k to do, and time was called before either
was thrown.

Avery then said he would go in and finish the "new one ;" but
after a severe contest he found himself mistaken; and the yokel held
rut until time was called.

Copp then threw his castor in the ring, but the Committee de-
'cided ft to be unfair to match such an expert wrestler against
a novice.

Avery and Trevick—This was an excellent bout, and decided in
f . of the latter.

Archer and Copp.—This bout was soon over, and given In favour
of Copp. . _

Seieral excellent bouts •followed, and the sport continued vatil
dark, when the following men were declared double players for
the following day, els. Pyle, Chappell, Clarke, Copp, Parish, Tre-
vick, Steer, Rowe, and Tozer.
The sports of the day altogether afforded a line treat to the spec-
tators.

PETER CRAWLEY'S BENEFIT AT THE TENNIS.

COURT.

Peter Crawley retired from the ring some time ago, under the
favoured circumstances of being the conqueror of Jem Ward, since
which time he has been little before the eyes of the Fancy, which
has hurt his interest a little with the pugilists, many of whom
threatened not to set to for hint. Peter had a most attractive biU
of fare drawn out, but notwithstanding which, and the long vacation
at Court, and his being the Ex-Champion, his appeal for patronage
had little effect. Yesterday the Court was very thinly attended.—
Lennox and Clarke as usual commenced. Scroggins had the best
of a set-to with Ned Brown. Sam Foote and Anderson had a
slashing go—Foote bad the best. Oliver and -Ned Baldwin. It
was a hard bout—Baldwin was master: Oliver was clarified.
In the Glove Fight, advertised to take place between Pick and
bl•Cartby, for .51. the winner to be considered he who had the best
of it at the end of half an hout-.--Piek took the lead during the first
three rounds—MiCarthy then led, and kept it till near the close,
when Pick turned it more in his own favour. The match was so
equal that the umpires gave it in a divided prise.
Elias Sprey (the coppersmith), upwards of 60 years of age, who
fought the Game Chicken, set to with another aged cove, Jack
Furby. Sprey knocked Fur by down, and both went to work, to
do it as well as they cmild-..but they were parted by desire of the
spectators. Charley Jones had the best of a turn with Burgliar.—
Young Spring the conjuror, sported his flexible frame with Adams.
John Belasco took the lead in a set to with Hollen, and the wind-up
was with Peter Crawley and• Dick Acton, a friendly affair.
So many being at trailling, independent of other circumstances,
thinned the list very much ul sp s.

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EXCELLENT Twat ON diD OAK CONHON. 31"iii111
HIKE DRISCOLL (THE BLOoLISBURff CHICKEN) Atitt
MIKE Roo* gni, FOR TEN POUNDS A-SIDE 7HsittbAT.
Of the origin of this match there are various reports, but the one
most generally accepted is—that it "was en affair of honour, is the
account of which might be introduced all the incidental phrases of
a fracas of gallantry—such av, beauty--charms—endue advantage
—female Innocence—broken hearts, &c. ice. the particulars of
which we do not mean to detail. We only noticed them to say.
that it appeared to have constituted this a " Pugilistic Wel all for
Love." One of the swains was injured at his heart by the other, sad
he sought redress by his hands at the head of his adversary. Who-
ever was the favoured fair one can boast of two very game lovers-a
and the world may take a lesson of the " big English spirit" which
nobly pervaded the manly and daring bosoms of the two dauntless
heroes, that could thus settle their disputes so effectually without the
aid of " deadly lead,"or the " murderous steel of the assassin." They
did It in the fair vulgar old English style, and just to whet their
imagination a bulli, !n!. a side was put down to fight for.
The battle excited an uncommon degree of interest among an ex-
tensive circle. Driscoll, the Rleanyhury Chicken, was blessed by
the countenance of the worthies from the Seven Dials, and Brookery
had the smiles and blessings of all the holy land of Sc. Giles's. The
little Village near the Common was deluged with company, the
cross-roads in every direction teemed in columns of pedestrians,
and the Eines highway was clad with vehicles; a vast number of
hackney coaches were in request ; the oldest frequenters of the
I common, on similar occasions, do not remember of ever witnessing
so many people assemble there at one time. The carriages," of all
sorts," formed an extensive circle, in some places two deep, and on
a moderate calculation the pedestrians would master to above eight
thousand, every one o whom appeared to have a particular Interest
in the one or other of the combatants, which was the means of
tailing out many '•big words" and lots of chaMng,New and interm-
its; of its kind.
At a few minutes to four o'clock, the veteran commissary Bin
Gibbons, had completed the fixing of the stakes, and Mike Driscoll
entered, attended by Mike Curtain and Paddy Felin. Brookery
shortly answered with his castor. He was escorted by Tom
Woolley and Dan hd•Carthy. On stripping, both men seemed
prepared for their work, as far as condition went ; their weights
varied little--they were about nine stone ten pound—the Chicken
seemed to have been batched by a blacker ben than the other; he
was dark cornplexiened and had a hardy appearance, but he was
steady and ctinfident in his demeanour. Drookery's skin was as
clear and delicately fair as any Lady of the land—his frame was
manly, but he seemed at first to labour under a little perturbition ;
on his entry his limbs were just a little on the totter • but that is not
to be wondered at, considering the name that the totter;
has had,
as being so very rum a customer.

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Woolley woo the to,. fur the eon, and at four o'clock they set•to
amidst shouts of a now Chicken," now Mike ;" but although the
hubbub was deafening, the ring was kept throughout the fight with
astonishing regularity.

Mt nasty.
Round 1. Chicken showed off the best attkude. Brooker), was
right leg..first ; but there was little time occupied in idleness--tbey
were at stork in an instant, and had paced across the ring up to the
ropes side-ways. Driscoll attacked with vigour, and fought out
left and right. Brookery kept his ground, and met him with a
heavy right bander in the mug that knocked the Chicken off his
legs—this round did not occupy quite a minute.
S. Commenced with a close, in which each man was completely
exposed to the other, and there followed, on each side, a weighty
shower of hod, hits, take and give quite regular of a sickening
complexion. Brookery received one in the mouth that slightly
brought first blood—but they kept togetker till both went a grazing.
Driscoll rather under in the fall.

3. Chicken was most eager in the attack, and used left and right,
but displayed exceeding bad judgment of distance.—Brookery con-
fined his offensive operations to the use of his right band. Chicken
played for the bead—Brookery for the bread-basket; and he began
to introduce, occasionally, a singular chopping hit at the muzzle
with the right,that seemed to tell how hind he could hit ; there were
then several heavy exchanges, in which the Chicken kept the favour
of his friends, and in a rally Brookery was planted on his seat of
honour.—" That's the way, Chicken ; I told you how it would be."
Was determinedly contested, and for a length of time the busi-
es*. and manly up-standing fighting was such as not often to be
witnessed: as yet neither had become the favourite, and it seemed
u if they had set upon this round tat, strike the standard of estims-
don. Chicken suffered considerable loss of progress from the num-
ber of blow, he threw awsy,:hitiing just as much as Paddy shot at,
—but be did net always miss, he punched Brookery's head no
little with his left, but Brookery appeared to like it, for he alzaag
.Kuck the dour to him, and, at the suggestion of the second,
more use of his left—be gave the Chicken a tremendous right-
bander in the loft eye, that left " his mark"—in a short struggle
Brookery was thrown. Some of the " thorough judges" declared
that the sight of this round was worth going a hundred miles for.
5. Driscoll went up bravely, and, beat en mischief, brought the
claret by a nosey., but Brookery would not give an inch of ground.
They then exchanged a few single bite, and sparred longer than at
any other period of the fight. Driscoll put la two of his left-handers
at the head. Brookery planted two of his chopping right.handers,
both of which told a sad tale, and in a struggle Chicken was down.
6. Chicken was none the better of the last round, his hitting
short was more frequent, but he jobbed at Brookery's head-piece
repeatedly, and knocked about his knowledge-box with great free-
dom. Brookery still tried to get in, but he could not easily over-
come the obstacles which the Chicken threw in his face. He
however would take no denial, and in the end Chicken was down
at the ropes.
7. Driscoll, with the left hit at the body—fatigue became appa.
rent on both sides. Brookery particularly for a time seemed to fail
off much, and Driscoll, nothing loth to have a cessation, partook of
the indolence until he was aroused to vigilance by a repetition of
Brookery's chopping hit at the left eye, which brought the claret in
a purling stream. They closed, and Chicken fell forward, in mak-
ing an up-hit.

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S. Both weary—s few exchanges, Chicken fell from weakness
while hitting.
O. Exchanges in out-fighting. Brookery was backward, and
Chicken made an effort to be lusty, but Brookery was on the look.
out, waited for him, and met him with a sharp right hand-facer that
lent him down clean and clever.

10. Brookery, with his chopping hit in roll play at the Chicken's
nob, which groggified him, and he went down weak.

11, Is, and 13. Brookery had the beat elk. Chicken was twice
down weak, and once had a clean flower.

14. Brookery went in to finish, but the Chicken would not stand,
he grassed easily.
15. Chicken Roofed cleverly.
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16 to 18. Chicken no chenie, be was weak and groggy—once hit
down, and twice fell weak, almost as soon as he was brought up.
19. Brookery pressing in, the Chicken reeled outside of the ropes,
but kept his feet.
20. Chicken knocked down when trying to close.
21. Brookery hitting away at will. In a weave the poor Chicken
was floored, not to come again.
The battle lasted half an hour and one minute.
Re —This was a brave manly fight. The amateurs were
in raptures, and declared it one of a very superior description. There
was little or no propensity to hugging ; it was in reality a stand-up
fight, and for the first rounds was equally and determinedly con-
tested. The Chicken 'hewed good Ideas as an artist, but his know-
ledge of distance is very deficient—he hits round a little, but he
inclines to use both hands. Brookery's right hand is his favourite
11 operator ; and his chopping, in which be is particularly active, is a
very punishing bit, which be managed to plant almost near the
ume spot, until the effects were sadly pourtrayed on the left aide
of the poor Chicken's bead—and the eye was quite sheltered from
the rays of the sun, whatever it might stiffer from the swelling:—
Both their bands stood well. Brookery was little the worse at the
finish, either from punishment or fatigue. The Seven Dialers left
in high glee—St. Guess was all in the dumps.

A lad, who had lately gone to service, having had
salad served up to dinner every day for a week, ran away. When
asked w►y he had left Displace, he replied, " They nude me yeat
grasa summer; and aw wur afraid they'd mak me year hay 'ith
winter, and aw could no stand that, so aw wur uff."

•
bammel Orse. or Norske, is a celebrated kind of
cheese made in Norway, of whish the natives are so fond, that it is
difficult to purchase any of It. In making it they use butter milk
mixed with yeast. It resembles excellent old Cheshire cheese with-
out any rankness; and is sometimes kept ten yeses before it is
brought to table.
PtRILS SY LAND.—Friday, as the market coach was
proceeding trom York to Wakefield, it was unfortunately over-
thrown, owing to the restiveness of one of the horses, which ran
against the toll-bar at Aberferd. Several of the passengers were
slightly injured, 'corrupt whom were, Mr. Aram and Mr. AT.
lassos, of York; Mr. ItuTscaroao, of Stamferd-bridge; Mr. WSW,
of Hull; and Mr. W IT; of Wakefield. Two or three others
were also bruised; but the coachman, we understand, suffered the
roost. The passengers were forwarded from Abtford to Wake.
bald by post-chaises.

FAIR.

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TO Till EDITOR.
Sflt.—l wit lilt week at cdfdiferwelt Pair. As ftiii
allay possibly have omitted to semi a repartee, I think it is but fag
that I should favour you with a fair account of it, sod I hope it
snit ?rose a pleasant fare to your fair re.ders. The first object
whiCh sttilles the eye of the viaitoroas Illichnsi6o's lofty and mag.
nificent Iliad*. lin the Platform, in from, was a crowd of gor-
geously dectiiatrd actors, whose garments glittered In the sun.—
These theatrical jentry perform various teats and snanniuvres suffi-
ciently attractive to the owners pf light purses; bet those whose.
circumstances enable them to satisfy their curiosity, do net care to
gaze long on the exterior spectacle. With a silver ticket I non
reached the boxes; and obtaining a playbill, was surprised to
observe the price of admission, to that part ef the house, to be two
shillings, though only one shilling had been demanded of me. This
civility was, perhaps, occasioned by My being mistaken for clog of
the " Gentkeeen of the Press," in consequence of accidentally basing
a pencil in my band at the moment I entered. ~The performance
commenced with an entire new Melodrama, called " The Scottish
Chieftains, or the HAMITID Tows' !!" after which we had a fa-
vourite comic song by fir. Clarke. The whole was concluded with
"an entire new Harlequinade, called the Mersin Covaita!!"
have no time to offer a detailed criticism ; but I UMW Out omit to
I observe that the performers amply merited the applause they
received.

I was next attracted by a handsome bill headed " Wonder of the
World!!! Toby the Swinish Philosopher, and Ladles' Fortune-
teller I" This bill, which was distributed gratis, was adorned with
an excellent portrait of the Philosopher himself, contemplating a
timepiece. It is stated in the bill that "be is in colour the nun
basistyid of his race; in symmetry, the most perfect ; and that " he
is beyond all conception "which last piece of information is not catty
very odd, but rather idadapted to " ears polite." This sagee.teus
creature has a perfect ltdowledge of the alphabet; can spell and calk
accounts, "tell the points VON slaw," and the hour by a person's
watch. The reader must not suppose, however, that be has the
gift of speech ; his way of commuuicating information is through
the medium of cards, numbered and lettered. The Lady who ex-
hibits his accomplishments requested him, after his having told the
hour, and convinced the company of the correctness of his ortho.
graphy and arithmetic, to inform her which among the Ladies pre-
sent would be first wedded. The" Ladies' Furtunstelltr," after
a moment's consideration, pointed, with his snout, (" in symmetry
the most perfect") to a very pretty and youthful Lady, whose
blushes increased her charms; and when questioned in bow many
months the happy event would occur, the sapient gentleman grunt-
ed at the card marked 1.
The next exhibition I entered was that of the " Original living
Skeleton from Pall-mall." I was happy to find that belied grown
a very decent fellow. His bones in fact were much better covered
than my own or than ten in twenty of his visitors. I bad not pro.
ceeded far from this place *hen I came to anodes " Original living
Skeleton from Pall-malL" Here I was also gratified by obseiving
that, notwithstanding the skeleton's languid look, he would hate
outweighed an host of Bond-street Loungers.
Mingling with a thick crowd of penny spending people, I found
myself in the presence of a man whom the bills stated to be a..Burd
mese from Ava. Having spent some years in India, I knew at
once by his features that be was a common Bengalis. LaMar. I
addressed him suddenly in the Hindoetanneelanguagei Toad Nis-
gads/ he admits hi (you are a native of BengaL) Ha Sahib (yes, Sir),
said he. On further inquiry, he informed me that he had not been
long in England, and that Ms employers had induced bird. by tbd
promise of a handsome present, to make the round of the fairs with
them as a Burmese. - Ile added, that he uoder•tood a little of the
English language, but could not speak it. On leaving this exhibition,
I got into another booth, where I was also promised the sight of
an isnaosiney tall Burmese. Instead of a Burmese, however, a huge
negro, very gaudily dressed, made his appearance, and gratified as
with the following brief oration : " Jenteleson sad kiddiesaals tfst
higkesiiii•se mon yen staler saw. I ons motive of ST. Krrv's. Wiff
japery's resuessewwi me to your friesuis I" Neither the showmaN
nor the visliors, appeared to know that an imposition *as discovered
by this speech, and that St. Kitts was not Ava.

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Being oovr somewhat weary, and it glowing late, I pot off thy
visit to the wild beastlier to a future day, and proceeded to that re.
splendent booth entitled, the Crown sod Anchor Tavern, which Is
three hundred and flfty-six feet in length, and 58 feet yide. On
paying a shilling, I was admitted into a part divided dff for the ball.
It conalned some thousand people, and was so crowded, that Rttlu
space was left for the light fantastic toes of the company: A few
dances were managed, however, tolerably well. I neveri
In my witnessed mote intenfe rapture betming ffont sal many
faces at the moment. He toast have a strange and stalest
bout who cadd e gaped wits unkind [(dins on that joyous
assembly.--Lendon Irteldp Reeler. Di