Star.
London, England, 1827-10-10 00:00:00

BOXING.

EIGHT ORTWRISN CURTIS AIRD JACK SISDAIAL
This offan. lawns taut iti durniel'a
place yustet.tay Cattitroas, op, frequei tly. tstken the
' h. IJ, •and his feats,hathilltri so often *scribed, shut
I tole r:nvelty would be foudd
His science and grod grneralthip, as well as his itiva•
iiable success. lolly justify his title of the Petg and
such si as rlie cnnfisfence of his friend's nu this occasion,
.that be waS hacked 4 rote huntretl ancrtue ty pounds
to one kundred in the ba tie money; and in the batting,
the odes traded from 7to 4to Sto ii his fau.air,

Tisdale, although not so prominent in the list of &tie
heroes, yet stood high Is_the opinion of those vrho'had
witnesst d his trowels. His last battle, previous to thit
of yesterday; took place about five years back. when he
was opposed to Lenny (the cow boy), for 4.51. a side.
In this fight be was eictorioos, although he breite his
right hand in the first round. He had previously fought
and conquered COX. the Nortek's Groom, a roan consi.

Jerahly heavier than himself, and of great pugilistic
lure. He also fought other battles against sepetior
advantage:, in weight and strength, in all of which he
was successful, having never been beaten. His age is
about SO, that of Curtis 2.5; so that in addition to ex-
perience and skill, he had youth 'gait st him. By the
articles it was stipulated, that neither of the men should
exceed Sst. 121 h. and to this point due attention was
paid. Curtis write ed upwards of 9st. previous to going
trim training ; but, by a regular course of exercise, he
brought himself much within the mat k, without secto-
r
cing his strength. Early in the last week Curtis moved
from his training ground, at Hartley-row, to the New
Inn, at Staine., where he remained till yesterday. Hav-
ing purchased of Tisdale, who had won the toss, the
Frovaege of n iming the place of fighting., he chose an
txteusive meadow on the banks of the Thames, nearly

opposite the Egham Race-course, within two milts of
Staines, and in the county of Bucks. Thither of course
Tisdale was obliged to go; and on Monday afternoon
he took up his quarters at the Swan inn, on the Surrey
side of Staines Bridge. The morning of yesterday wa►
any thing but favourable to a numerous taut out of
amateurs; but notviithstandmg, such was the attractive
character of the- watch, the assemblage of all classes
was infinitely grea►er than has been witnessed for many
nsonths. Dry had scarcely dawned when vehicles of
every description lined the road; the town of Staines
at mid-day was thronged to excess—the quarteri of the
men, of course, forming the principal points of attrac-
tion ; but the Bush Inn was not less thronged, and here
'some of the first rat• Corinthians sported their flash
gs in tip-top style. At half past nine in the mos 0-
Mg the men proceeded to scale, meeting half way by
mutual agreement. They were weighed on a patent
machine in their milling costume, when Curtis was
found to be eight stone nine pounds and three quarters,
while Tisdale only reached eight stone eight pounds,
thus giving to the Pet, in addition to his other advan-
tages, that of weight. After weighing, the men retired
to test, while the Commissary and his assistants were
busily engaged in preparing the inner and outer ring.
It rained incessantly till twelve o'clock, when a gleam
of sunshine revived the spirits of the multitude, and all
proceeded to the scene of action, where an immense
irpra
crowd was assembled. Shortly before one, Tisdale
entered the ring, accompanied by his second and bottle-
holder, Jack Randall and Bill Cropley. He was loudly
cheered, and appealed in high spirits. Curtis came
tot ward in ten minutes afterwards, accompanied by
Josh Hudson and Young-Dutch Sam. He was warmly
greeted in turn, and walking up to Tisdale, shook his
',unary with great good humour. The circle of in-
tt udets close ro the ropes was den beaten out, and the
men peeled for action. At two minutes alter one they
were conducted to the scratch, when the superior
strength and height of Curtis became visible to all,
while the admirable symmetry of his ft an e produced a
general feeling of admit ation. There trete appearances
of a slight rash on his back, hut in every r.thcr respect
he was as perfect as a race horse. Tisdale also looked
'well as to condition, but the contrast in point of muscle,
and other requisites, fu.ly just& d the partiality which
existed in favour of his opponent. Pier.ous to setting-
to, there were many bets as to time, some backing Cur-
tis to win in half an hour, others in 45 minutes, and a
great majority in less than an hour.