The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-07 00:00:00

ROCHESTER, Nor. 6.

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On Saturday evening,•jost as the Blue Ey'd Mail
Cfiathatn. Coach had mused the corner at the bottios
of Streod, the off fore wheel soddenly broke, by witicti •
accident the coachman and outside passengers. wi.ls
the exception of a boy, were precipitated to the ground.
Mr. Thomas, of Chatham, grocer, had his should,*
dislocated by the fall ; the others escaped with slight
contusions. As the coach approached the bridge, a •
gentleman ieside opened the door and leaped out, the
horses proceeding at a furious rate across the bridge.
into the High-street of Rochester, where they Isere
stopped by Mr. Batten, who was accidentally passing
at the time, and who, at the imminent risk of his
life, caught the harness of one of the leaders, and.
kept his hold while the horses were in foil speed,
until be reached the reins and e'lecked their fnither
progress. During the whole time, the boy above-
mentioned was clinging to the roof of the coach and
calling out for help. It is hardly necessary to ob-
serve, that no blame whatever attaches to the driver. .
The Bann sloop, Captain Blois, was paid oil yes-
terday and recommissioned by Captain Phillips, late
of the Wye.
We wish to cadtion the public against receiving
base silver coin. a quantity of which is now in Gil,
ciliation in this neighbourhood, as many as nine half
crowns having been passed in one evening last week.
at a pubic-h.buse in Chatham. The utterers appear
to be soldiers.
On Wednesday last, whilst the Commodore coach
was•standing at the 0f6.7e-door, in Chatham. a dust
cart drawn Isy a pony, which bad been carelessly left
by the driver. run against a valuable 'wire belonging
to the proprieties, Messrs. Chaplin and Co. the shaft
passing in at the dank and protruding through the
back part of the thigh, in consequence of which she
died in a few minutes.
Yesterday while two boys named Johnson and Hop-
kins of Gravesend, were digging sand at Shornr, the
bank fell in on them, and when dug out they were both
dead.
As Mr. Noyes, coachmaster, of Canterbury, and his
friend, were returning from Dover on Thursd ty even.
ing, in a light tilbury, with a spirited blood horse, they
had the misfortune to encounter a loose post-horse which
had run away from the boy : the concussion was so area e
as to kill the post-horse on the spot, and completely an_
nihilate the tilbury. Mr. N. only saved himself by his
quick presence of mind and wonderful activity ; his
friend, we are sorry to say, was not so fortunate, being
severely bruised ; but we are happy to learn he was
considered oat of danger on Sunday.—(Rochester

BOXING.

Events have so often come off wrong of late in the
sporting circles, that the cog:ascend have bcgnn to get
awake to certainties; but in the present instance they
were all of one opinion, and takers of four, live and *lieu
six to one could not he fonml,-Oliver was so great a fa-
vourite against W. Abbot. The match was made at the
moment when the last fight was over, Ned Brown, stut-
tering with the merit of the Tuscan grape, having'chal-
lenged that Abbott should fight Josh. Hudson for 10/ .
hut Josh, thinking that it was fun, said, and that truly,
that he had a match in band, and as it was for a good
stake in six weeks with the Suffolk Champion, he had
no leisure time upon his bands ; but Abbott might be
accommodated as soon as he liked after that event was
off. Oliver leaving Hampton village next had a chal-
lenge, but he had rather cross the water to the Hurst,
and have a turn for a go of Ure ruin, than Gght for 101.;
but, badgered into it, a friend staked two gdneas aside,
to be made ten each, to fight on that day week. The
ring was 24 feet ; the seconds were Tom Jones and
Scroggins for Abbott, and Ben Burn and Gibbons for
Oliver. As we have before stated, the certainty was so
great that it was useless offering odds at any price.
Oliver being more than a stone over his adversary in
weight, and more in length in proportion.
TIIE BATTLE.
Round I. Abbot hit short, and Oliver placed a right-
handed blow upon the eve, which gave it a crimson hue.
Abbott was thrown in a close. Offering odds was useless.
2. Abbott missed a good right-handed hit, and after
closing both were don n.
3. Oliver placed a body blow, although not very ef-
fective. The men rallied each other to the ropes, when
much hugging and pulley-hauley took place; both went
down.
4. Oliver bit his adversary in the throat, and threw

him.
5. A gallant fightine. round, and some good exchanges
at hitting in favour of Oliver, who threw his adversary
There were no takers of odds.
6 and 7. Oliver threw his adversary from the close.
S. A good fought round, Abbott making the play. He
was parried, and hit heavy on return ; and a courageous
rally followed, when Abbott drew first blood from Oli•
ver's mouth, hut he was thrown.
9. A gond round, with exchanges of blows in favour
of Oliver, who drew blood in return from his adversary's
nose, but both were waracitled by fast work. Abbott
placed a good right-handed blow on the head at the
close of the round, butt he was again thrown.
The next six rounds Oliver had so decided an advan-
tage in hitting, that any odds were begging; but yet
Oliver's blows made no visible effect. Abbott was thrown
in every round.
16. Oliver had so much the best of this round, that a
sovereign was begging for half a bull (crown.)
17 and IS. In the last of these rounds Abbott was
reduced to a stand still, and when in he tried every ma-
noeuvre for a resting-place, but Oliver held him up, and
weaved at him till he was tired too.
The next four rounds were fought in distresP, and
produced nothing to rei.lark upon. Both men were
bleeding freely.
23. This produced the first clean knock down blow
from Oliver in the throat, after a good rally.
24. Oliver received a heavy: right-handed hit on the
ear, and he returned the tyc upon the eye, both went

down.
25 and 26. Abbott seemed very tired of his match, and
tried to get down as soon as be could; Oliver was too
much exhausted to Burt his adversary.
27. Oliver had a most decided advantage, and in
close Abbott strove to get one knee on the ground,
Oliver exhausted himself with punishing him.
28. Abbott went down from weak nen, and in the 2911'
he got a crack on the head which groggified him, and
made him drop it on his second's shoulder. A guinea
to a shilling was in vain offered upon Oliver. •
29. Abbott made a round to get down.
30. Oliver made the play, and over exhausted, he was
knocked down—even bating.
31. Oliver made the play, but he received a helve
right-handed blow under the ear where Neate hall ono&
it so tender, and •he was. beat out of time. it was a
heavy blow, and Abbott was cheered oat of the rin.. a.
the winner. Oliver was the worst beat—it lasted 53

minutes.
Some skirmishing for trifles followed to keep the
1 game alive.