Star.
London, England, 1829-03-11 00:00:00

THE FANCY PARALYSED.

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JEll WARD AbID 11010N' RTRRE-11TSTIFICATI011
AND NO FIGHT.
Yesterday was appointed for the decision of the lost
talked or and touch discussed will between jets' %V.,,d.
the soi digs[ Champion of England. and Simon Dime.
for 1001. • side ; and the cricket ground at Leicestel,
in consideration of 501. to be given to the meo, was the
place named for meeting. Byrne having been matched
by certain liberal members of the Fancy at Greenock,
in Scotland, and Ward by certain of the L nrion emu
teort, the interest of tte contest was, of course, yety.
widely extended, and the good borough of Loewe,
had to congratulate i self upon the influx of as
extraordirary number of visitors, oho, during the
whole of Monday, poured in from all cleaners; Nos.
tingham, Bit mitighatn, Northampton, Sheffield, Man.
chaster. and other more distant towns, all sending in
their re pectise quotas. E. et y jou had irs extra in.
but the George and the Stag :old Pireasant,
which were 'selected as the ben. .ranters of the mew.
bees of the P. it were tl.rongerrlmost to suffocation.
Ward and Byrne arrived within a few miles of the
borough on the Sunday, but prudently kept at a drs.
,ance till yesterday morning. when they mitered die
town and woe up their residence in prisatehouses clout
to the cricket ground, the friends of both stating them
to be in good condition .rid ripe fir action.
Ward entered the town in a carriage and fo n, on.
der the auspices of the Gentleman at *hose instance
Leicester had the prefer !nee. and. was accompanied by
Peter Crawley and Hatt y Holt, who were selected to
act as his second and lotk-hnlder. 11l me claimed the
countenance of Tom Aping and Torn Ile) nolds. De-
r n; the previous evening, a M rgistta e. had intimated
Nis intention to prevent h.rstinti s in his barliwick ; but
it was hoped a c. nsiderati•in for the interests of the
borough would induce him to forego his threat. On
the Tuesday morning, however. he was as good as hat
word, and issued his was rants for the apprehension of the
men if they should attempt to fight. in the place named.
Notwithstanding this act, it was still. imagined the exe.
cution of, the warrants might be evaded, The ring was
formed in the centre of the cricket go Und, which is a
spacious area surrounded by high brick walls. A
number of waggons were introdeced to farm the outer
circle;.and it was determinedd• that none but persons es
foot should be admitted, and, this on payment of an ad-
mission fee of three shillings. The waggons were then
taken possession of by tee corps pogilistitue, and the re:
ceipts at the door Were intended to make good the con-
templated reward to the combatants for coming doom
As the morning advanced, the arrival of strangers
exceeded .all. calculation. The surrounding country
seemed to have swain the whole of its popula inn; and
among the more prominent of the throng were the
Memhere of the differentliunts n the neighbourhood,
who for this day, abandoned the chace, their scarlet
costume giving a truly sporting character to the as-
semblage. .
the multitude collected round the Cricket•graend
became gradually more numerous; but the greater part
of them being unable to pay the proposed lees, their -
impatience and mortification increased with their
strength. and at length reiming all coniroulithey burst.
in one of the gates, and aboUt five thousand rosbed is
Mtge torrent, and were fellosred brothers a.s fait air'
therarrifred; In this vt ay,' by eleven o'clock vim* da,:
f ten 'him-sand persons were assembled. The wags .
all obtained octopants it sss a head, and the 9.lniott
bustle and merriment prevailed.. . . . -- . %
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S'icer Ace thii it Wass r union red. and the hews primed!.
to se-button ' true, that the constables bad - Envoi;
on the ground with their warrants, and that the/ woe
imperatively commanded not to per mit the fight; to take
place irithe bolough.• tnis was not no be resisted, and
a Co rued of War was held in the house in which We'd
and his friends 'mete stationed; when the stakehdldet,
to whom the nomination of new ground, in the met
of magisterial interference; was lett, sug4ested Them's-
ton Gap as the next place of meeting. 1 his was a dio
tenet of 22 Miles, and was objected to by Manbalthougli.
highly approved by the Melton lads: The borders of
Nor thampton were then named ; but after at deal of cow
fusion, it was discovered that the warrants issued had
only reference to the borough, and that if the fight took
place in the county, no interference would be offered.
This set ail hearts at rest, and a field closeTo the village
of Wimblestone, abouttvio-miles distant, was tram. d as.
the new arena,: sihither,the Commissary and his As-
sistint immediately proceeded, followed by thecrowd
in one den •e mass. • ..
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Up tothi; time nolOspicionizisted that there o.aa any.
disinclioation on the parr of either cif the erten to come
to-tile scratch.; on- the -contrary, Peter Crawley and
Hatiy Holt were dressed in their.propei costume, and
seemed to require only the "wore" to lead their rout°
acting. the'peoki.mitra the spot chosen, however, re
some other cause, seemed now to produce a mystei lost
whispering ranting Ward's friends, and 'at last the troll
bur's' forth—he did not intend to fight! A thunderbolt
could tiot havepreduced mote astonish-Lent in the ate
(limns. I.lolries and cross-questionings, of ci urse, toot
place—Ward said he was ill, and was not fit to fight
for two-pence ; while Crasele y insinuated " Le dared
not win the fight." Something had occurred, in tact.
whieli pot his fighting out of the question, and he wan
determined not to rob' his 'friends, who had 'bow ;
sands upon him. The whole affair was involved is a ,
mystery, which we were unable to unravel, thought it 4
was petty evident some 'attempts had been 'made re
induce Ward to do wrong, which either his own eoweleneewsell
not. permit him to persevere in or the interests of his Mends 'ill
not render it prudent to peruse :and, therefore, as the sakerreerss,
a forfeit was determined upon, and declared aesoreinelo
Byrne afterwards threw up his cap in the new ring, sod 11"
duly declared entitled to the battle monney, and will receive it 'J
to-morrow evening, at the Castk Tavern Whom. A
Philip Sampson than challenged Byrne for two huodred.powdes t 1
and Byrne, in reply, said be would fight Sampson, ur any we is
England, or that potn, bet must first obtain the sanction el kit
fsiends.—A light between two Nottingham mei, named Addis's
and Randle, for £23 a-side, then took place. Fonrone rani
were fought in fifty minutes, Atkinson winning cleverly, thi
tbelighter man of the two, and its the teeth of the odds of taw a
four, which were betted largely against him. The sports did as
conclude till after four o'clock.

• —F_z OIBTUS.
At thitlilace, Foam, *it Lady of the Blattoi of Loadold
a miat... ' • • '
Thrtaily Sauroot•Whitbreadi Esq. 11. P. of a tlaughter.

DIND.
Cerand mike Pert., aged 42, on the eih November IA 10
Port 8.1, io Smith America, when 'he was busty murdered b/
banditti, foe the sake of plunder.

CORtiAlliCa ANON; AEK-LA NE. Mown 1I•
The ilea/lag Trade *as estresusly lively this asoralab• *ln
befog sway arson buyers at 'market s Sae samples of Wiest fset
sogoested iset Ilbaudsys improvement: Nada& Derby sbo W.
fie pies of last market-day. Osta, although is gond offili
essikiartid our last crreney.
nsroaeassies sutra worsair.
Wheat, English (qrs.) SOO Foreign
Irish . Oa* English
Foreign Irhli
Bldg, Xvillisk • • 11400 Foreign
lrhh now (sacks).

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