Star.
London, England, 1821-11-06 00:00:00

SPARRING.

A good muster of the Amateurs attended yesterday at the
Royal Tennis Court, to give Ned Turner another turn. He is
Mill a favourite with the Fancy, and with care, attention, and
mining, it is thought he might recover his lost ground. The
sets-to wt re Iy no means attractive, none of the big ones exhi-
eking—although Oliver, Spring, Shelton, and Kendrick, were
present, and ruffianism being the order of day. The princi-
pal rovelty was in witnessing Adams, Seroggins, and tbe I3ir-
witam Youth, stripping for one man, Radaer, the hardy
Welshman and glutton. The latter boxer had been very busy
with Mr. Leshington previous to making his appearance on the
cane, u.d the spectators loudly expressed their disapprobation.
Adams soon left Rasher; Scroggins had some rounds; but the
Bruin:bans Youth endeavoured to supply the appetite of this
inordinate glutton. Hasher said he would fight Sampson the
nest morning for £5O of his own money. 'lle wind-up, be-
twea Randall and Turner, was, as usual, excellent. The chg.
agers were numerous : Young Helasco mounted the stage, and
offend to fight the Sprig, t, Myrtle for 123 a-side. The Jew had
hen defeat-Al by the latter. Brown, in reply said, if Helmer)
tame down to his weight it should he a match; he would also
give Alln above his weight to all England for £loo—(.4pplowse).
Giclyeon offered to meet the Pie Boy in a month for a wore : the
latttet said it should he a fight. Sampson challenged Isle of
Wight Hall for £5O a-side; and Martin, in first-rate swig, toggery,
appeared, and informed the audience that he would fight Ran-
dall for from sC3OO to £5OO any time the latter thought proper.
The principal theme of conversation in the Court was the battle
between Oliver and Bill Abbot for logs. a-side, to take place
this day, within sixteen miles from London. It originated at
Xenisey, and two guineas a-side were immediately put down,
and, according to expectation, the blunt was made good at Cribb's
on Saturday night. Oliver, it was observed, was making him-
self t. :o chap, hut So said " he would not suffer his friend to for-
feit." Two to une was immediately offered.

•
Josh. Ilndson and The Safelk Champion are matched to fight
for .C.;O a-side hi the same ring that GAS and Neate contend, on
the 11th of December

An affair of honour, between a Gentleman from
the Scottish Metropolis and a Gentleman from Cupar,
was settled on the West Sands of St. Andrew's, last
Saturday week. The parties and their friends met so
early as six o'clock in the morning, and the ground
having been measured, and the other preliminaries
settled, they filed. The first round was ineffectual,
but at the second, Mr. P—'s ball went through Mr.
A—'s coat, without doing any injury. The seconds
tun interposed, and a reconciliation took place.
MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF RENFREW.—POn.
Saant to Requisition, a respectable Meeting of the
Nublemen, Freeholders, Magistrates of Towns, Jus-
tices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply,
was held on Tuesday, at Renfrew, to take into con-
sideration the state of the Corn Laws. Several Gen-
tlemen delivered their opinions at great length, con-
tending that taxation was the primary source of all
our evils, that an equality in bearing the burden of
the National Debt ought to subsist between the land-
isA rer and fund-holder, and that a moderate protect-
duty on grain would be more beneficial to the
country than the present prohibitory system.— A
t:^moitttee, consisting of three of the landed interest,
also three of the manufactut ins interest, was ap-
pointed to prepare a Report on the subject, to be laid,
beloie the County at another Meeting, which is to be
held ou the first Moaday in December.