Star.
London, England, 1819-06-02 00:00:00

AYRES AND DEAF DAVIS.

The fight between these brave little heroes under
ten stone came on second, but we are precluded from
going into detail upon it from the length of the great
combat. These men are the best of their weights that
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ever stripped for a prize. The fight lasted nearly two
hours, and it was all strong action. Ayres is a Ran-
dall fighter, exquisite when in, and in going down in
the 9th round, he practised that great pugilist's art
of hitting when in the act of falling. Like Turner,
Davis sets-to with the right foot in advance, and his
left is the punishing hand. Ayres led at starting, and
out-fought his adversary by avoiding his heavy hit-
ting hand. Davis, however, was backed at six and
seven to four at setting to, and the odds varied in
nearly every round. Davis was damaged in the eyes
in the first round, and Ayres had science enough to
pink him, until at last he shut out day-light.—Tom
Jones and Owen seconded Ayres, who won cleverly
at last ; and H. Lee and Randall, Davis.

Monday afternoon, a young woman, who had im-
prudently got into a swing at Greenwich Fair, was
taken with a giddiness in her head while the machine
was in motion, and called to the owner to stop it, or
she should fall out ; she called several times, but the
mar. did not attempt to stop it, and when irwas at its
height, she fell out head foremost, and struck with
such violence upon the ground, that she was killed
on the spot. She was quite dead when taken up.—A
man was standing near one of the swings yesterday,
and when it was in full motion, it struck against the
upper part of his face, and tore off the flesh of one of
his cheeks and broke his jaw-bone. He was taken to
a surgeon in most dreadful agony.
Monday afternoon, a young woman, named Mary'
Casey, fell out of a swing at Tuthill-fields Fair, by
which means her arm was dreadfully broken, and she
was otherwise much bruised.
Wednesday morning, a young man, an inhabitant
of Lynn' went into the Plough public-house, in King-
stree!, producing a pair of pistols, which lie observed
wanted repairing. After theft passing through seve•
cal hands, the landlord took one to examine, and ins
advertently pulled the trigger, and caused the dis-
charge of a ball, which entered the groin of a young
Man named William Boyd, and caused his death in
about ten minutes.
An extraordinary Polyanthus is now growing in
the garden of Mr: Maims, of Chatham ; the stem
'of which has the appearance of a strap, an inch and an
eighth in breadth, consisting d seven stews united in
one, bearing a bunCh of flowers 95 in number.

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Ste—ls it not si'd.p—aii—ng that %while ib alany per:*
sons of judicious sentiments in statistics are complain-
ing of the COnseqeences of Paugeristri, yet that the
City of London and its viciitity,should be so tardy in
the taking steps for its redresi? It is dbiindantly
-established, that whatever remedies may 1* agitated
in Parliament, yet that the chain-3 ring of actiOn Witt
be with the people themselves that to get.tidelthfs
disordered state of our society, the culture of Igd;
in the present circumstanc'eifof ouF manufactiaresMer
ing considered our alone foendation Of hope, must be
set about by those who sk-ould dispel the glodinines
of our co edition, and enliven our prospects. That
Flainault Forest would be a very eligible scite for tlO
Metrophlitan. poor to be employed eni,csiinot WM,
time of day be disputed; and thi great loss alreltdy
sustained by the delay in setting about 'hit great bb-
ject being incalculable, should surely stimulate to en
immediate exertion. Had the establishment been
formed two years since, how cheering tht effects in
moral influence, increase of caiiifort, and augfnen=
cation of produce, which, ere now, would have been
filling our markets ; and which last, indeed, must be
deemed an absolute creation, since it ivould In nd
other case have been raised; and nothing as a set-off
worthy our notice can be alloived in the argument
from the present labours of workhouses. But besides
the immzdiat 3 benefits td thesZ places, how:impolt tit
might not such an example have been throughout
the country ? The Reports of the Overseers, pub=
lished from time to time, might have been the means,
of stimulating to its adoption Universally.
The unproductivcness of so many millions ofdraste;
and even other lands, would ptpbably by this time
have been giving way en a most importapt teak..
Indeed, could our ancestors have anticipated our re-
missness, at an epoch when all our mouths are, gilect
with exclamations on our increased population, what
astonishment would they not have felt! Oar
dren, too, cannot but have, reason deeply to lament
the inertness of this generation, while those efforts,
which in their nature are ,se facile, are neglected,
and which necessarily entails on them a burthen so
miserable in its kind, and extensive in degree: 'The
Legislature has now, by the Poor Laws Amendment
Bill, authorized' Parishes universally to take land and
let to the Poor. Let us hope that active measures
will be adopted to enable the country to receive that
amelioration which the adoption of this plan is cal-
culated to afford, and which appears to be the only
rational means that have yet been suggested for rout;
ing out Pauperism.—l am, &c.

, EDWARD Monne BALL, Esq. On coming of age;
with a munificence corresponding to his ample fors
tune. has remitted to the Rev. MORGAN Lewis 100/&
to be distributed among the Poor of the Parit.h of
Lambourn, where he was born, and has an estate.

An American ship, the Maria Theresa, has reeentit
arrived at Bourdeartx from New York. Among thd
passengers are his Majesty CORNELIUS SALAIOSTA{
King of the Indian Nation of Oneida, and seven per.'
sons of his, Court, Princes ani Princesses, who Troa
pose to travel in Europe.
Maattottottom-sraerr.-Yesterday, seieraf per's
sons having the most distressed appearance; were
brought to this Office charged as vagrants: One
was a black man of a peculiar appearance, who stands
by the White horse Cellar with Religious Tracts. In
vindication Mackey gave it fa. his opini In that it was far
better to procure an honest livelihood by disposim of
religious books, than to go about wronging his neigh,
bouts by committing theft. The Magistitite said;
that it was certainly a better plat. to procure on ho+
nest livelihood, than to commit a breach of the laws ;
but why did he make a particular choice of standing
near the White Horse Cellar ? His reply was, bea
cause he got more castomers there than any *here
else !
.But why don't you get a ship and go to yout
own country ?—A. Because I can't get one.....Magita
trate—Wel4 but the White Horse Cellar won't bring
you a ship nor to the Llndon Docks.—The African
felt what was said, and replied, " Ah I Massa, if me
go to the Docks, stop there all day, and come home
wed an empty stomach, no one s;ite me dinner when
me tome back. Me get honestdiniter in Piccadilly,
and they can't hang me without me steal r—He was
discharged, on promising not to go there again.
UNION-llALL.—,Numerdus impositions have tatetv
been practised, and to a very great amount, on Pawn-
brokers in this district, by persons offering vitrions
articles of jewellery to pledge as being madeof gold,
and having a stamp on them, in imitation of the gold
stamp. In several instances he parties practising the
imposition have been successful, as the base quality
of the metal was not discovered until after the pledge
was taken in by the pawnbroker and the party had
decamped, the pawnbroker being satisfied by• the
existence of the stamp at the time. Monday, how.:
ever, Mau King was brought to the Office, and era.;
mined before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged by Mt. Tur-
ner, a pawnbroker at Newington, With having offered
to l• im in pledge a large watch seal as gold, the same
having a stamp upon it resembling the gold stamp,
which was ant gold, nor was the stamp-aponitahe
true stamp, but forged.—Mr. Turner, and' another
pawnbroker, who attended at the Office, and who
had alio been imposed upon and defrinded by simi-
lar practices, produced 17 wedding-rings left with
.them in pledge, which, whets genuine, are of a supe,
riot bi• pure gold, and worth about £5 per ounce,
whereas those produced at the Office were worth
about Ss. per ounce, and the stamp upon the whole
of them was forged.—The prisoner was then re-
Madded, with a view, If possible, of discovering some
of her confederates, as there are strong reasons for
suspecting that she was connected with an extens4eo
and dangerous gang. Upon her being brought be-
fore the Magistrate again yesterday, it did not al),
pear that the officers or the pawnbrokers' had been
able to disco,er any of the patties who had pledged
the other articles ! and the prisoner having only
offered te: pledge the seal without succeeding in ob.
taming the money she wanted, she was discharged.
CORN-MARKET, DIARK-L ANE JEJNE is

We have not had any,arrivals singe Mondah and
what little fine Wheat remained over from that dap
sold readily at Monday's prices. Fine fresh Barley
was also better sale, but not at any advance in Ogee,
(lats fully support our last quotatiCon, and fitic fresh
Corn was in demand. lu Beans and Peas there is
no alteration.