The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-17
I.tere.s,ne TO sporting are..

JOHNNY WALKER w. LORD DRvALANRI0
Our readers are aware that prize fght, to oous
or in England some months since, was prevoassd
by one of the men not coming to tie scratch. Ths
parties were Johnny Walker and Hayes. There vs.
considerable cross firing about the matter, unta ths
following letter appeared in Bells Life II Lss-
DOM ..m8r
10 1m EDITOR OF BILLS lUE IN LONDON.
cannot refrain from noticing the letter from walse
fallacy Of Its contents unable to discover Win
nous character Of the letter signed W.iksrs BaeIss
declining 70 81 on with the match a. it l. we'll kaesn
gentleman whom Walker deceived In his Aght With
Tom Lana, previous to his departure to America, sAl
give Walker another chance Of regainng his lost pod
ion, ifng 70 pay all expenses attending his train
ing, which appeared likely to be heavy Walker believe
80 sEn s:cssy get S:. IT, as
mot ?. nson &c -
psny, when bis friends imagined he training
his brother at Newmarket Did he ever say sinsis
word TO bis hackers about hs taking pubic house b.
fore his Eight cane os Does any imagine that
old stale one however clever he may be- 60
ty a skipping roper Walker had 70 excuse for he hsd
My to mention any private difficulty to his bscAsr
whose only instructions to him TO spare
able expense whom he k ed with him and to est
well as fesh air and strong could
make him: The eyes Of the public are, no rever, nav
opened. WALKER has option but to his best:
when be stands In the ring he may begin to regret
skipping propensies something than that 10 re-
quired to compete successfully against like Hayes
and 80 TO his cost he will find. Yours, &C.,
We find the following in the Parliamentary pre-
ceedings Of June 24:-
Mr.. Olviers wished to ask question Of the nobls
lord the President Of the Council relative to cass
which had appeared in the papers of that morning,
and which had Teferrnce to noble lord, memper
OF that house. He would read the first paragraph
OF the case, which would explain the question b
was desrous to put. The paragraph was a. follows
RADNsSv. vEcoUNT DRUnAHRn
This was action for libel brought b. the plaintiff
pugilist known as Johnny Walker against Archibald
Douglas Eeq commonly called viscount Drumlaurig 70
recover comper in damages for alleged libel pub
lished in the form OF letter in Belts LIFE IN Losdow
newspaper be having been his hacker 10 prize 0eht
with one Hayes. The damages laid at Ell 0OO and
judgment Was SLOWED to go By default The present
proceeding was to execute writ of inquiry for -
sessn emit Of damages. tsr
He wished to ask the noble lord the President Of
the Council whether il was the intention Of her Ma
jestys government to institute any inquiries rela.
tive to this case, and also to ask him whether he
was Of opinion that noble lord having propensities
of this hind was fit to be In constant c0mmunic alton
with her Majcstyl (Murmurs and cries Of "0rder."l
Lord j. Russell did not know that there was any
such case in the newspapers until his attention had
been called to it by the honorable m ember, and Ia
did not think that there would be any necessity to
institute an inquiry on the matter. (fiear.)