The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-08

Heht 10 long with h rsn arm disabled by the terrible
blows Of Keenan, But surely Keenan, deserves perhaps
more credit for having disabled Saysrs than SAyers
does for having bunsed up and blinded Heenans Dyes
Az Faxnborough SAyerss friends and hackers numert
osly exceeded tnose Of Heenan In the proportion OF Ten
TO one.
II the English party, the stronger, had been snxiou.
that the fight should 70 on think thss the doctrine Of
one The Amsrean rsrtS tSe vesker fearing their man
would be beaten had wished IL 70 DO stopped think the
Doctrine points out to that their wishes would
a HEAVY WEIGHT.
SAL wuA yon viii allow ms 70 draw the attention OF
"A Heavy Weight" whose letter was inserted in your
columns q this day. ondAy) the following ruls Of the
PushSac Association
Rule -Ths. whore man shall have hs s,tsgcpis ssross
3: 81
es sr: as n rouss ssd III NE nae. o. -
seconds obey he directions OF the referee shall be
bow "a Heavy Weight" can make the above rule tally
with bis assertion the Boy fought entirely
MONDAY, April 23 LIGHT WEIGHT.
tom SAVERS IN LIVERPOOL.
II Ia currently reported In Liverpool that Tom Sayers
would In days, pay 10 that Town order TO
be presented with testimonial a. token OF the esteem
10 which be n held by numerous body OF gentlemen
his lse fight with Heenan. The sum NJ present
upon Geo The subject presentation 70 Hsenau
pool and peUly all the American captains in the port
have inumsnc their intention Of making him present Of
something substantial
THE PULPIT AND THE PRIZE FIGHT.
From the Liverpool Post April %
Several Of the clergymeu Of the town. their doourses
yeseIosy, improved the occasion" Of tbs late prize
tight by comments generally condemna ory and the
terroon, that robust moraist, the Rev Bugh Stowen
Brown made the championship the theme OF his closing
~ part The audience being OF cur,ously
character. An event, be ssd had just come OF which
had produced great exceEen In this country aud which
when the reached America would produce still
greater excitement there Ii had been the topic Of AL
mems conversation since Tuesday last en- quiet
country villages, IN busy towns, where factories weere
greeate for business, ordly Of the rich,
ana the humble cottages OF the Door around the festive
places scraps broken vicuas, club houses coffee
bousss pot houses, a0d railway carriages Of all CLASSES
other whole absorbing theme bad been turned
over earnestly csnvassed For our
lives We haa not been compelled to AK sbou, tue
Mr.. Glads,oDes budget, with IL cheap vine aud
creased income TAX, had been forgotteu-Lord John
Russell's Refosm bill, insignificant enough 1t best, bad
dwinded insgnncenoe iDviHibe. Tory papers had
orfotcn 70 abuse Mr. b. gnt Savoy, France, tho
proeabiiy OF INVASION rife corps-ot those issie tnes
We had had no spesk-and they had eli deferen.
italy given place another subject, which the people
Of this enlightened country took deeper interest Not
lost IN itnos all the musny In India the stormng Of
Sebastopo-pot all the revolution Of lssS any greas
eee . u '1 upTer an = hss Which p.Ia
throughout The length and breadth OF the land the to
graphs he'd been busy ana al he bcwspspes had favor
Cd with aftsr column o precious
formation, which had been most eagerly devoured And
what had Il all been abouts What had been the cause
Of such unprecedented sgitatons Had We been In
vaded BY the French and were they marching on Lon
don wth SEQ 600 had the Thames caught Ere had
houses OF Parliament been blown up BY some success
uI Guy Fanxf cloud lausbter) No, but two men had
met Tuesday morning. fought two hours, beat each
other black and blue, covered each other with bruises
aud blooddid their very uttermost not n i, 10
quer other-one binding his antagonist the other
attempting 10 sirange him till be black the face
SPECTATORS, and this vas tbs event which bsd created
such scnsaon very few Of us had Witnessed before
TESTIMONIAL TO JOHN C. KEENAN,.
MERCHANTS rRoYEssoRs AND SHIPPERS REPRE-
sENrED-A COMMITTEE TO SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rABLEp-A HINT AT HOS
TILrrHs BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES.
Since his encounter with Hesnaa, upon the memorable
l7n Of April, the gallant sayen has been receiving
post agreeable and complimentary "pound"-ing from
his friends The British public recognise the efficiency Of
bank notes, the genuine "poor man ssssn, - healsrs
Of the wounds and bruises received by the pucky
the p. r., and they snowercd upon him thick and
fast a. Heenshs blows; and we sure that
In the the other, he win not be the first
cry "boIs, enoushl' The "bulls and "bears" Of ths
Change welcome the champios with golden smiles and
the Bsitsb boa greeu him with . pssronizing growi
Honest, respectable John Bali spears Of him "bru
tel prize nshier for the bcnsat OF shs children but
Ably ALPS . sovereign Into his hand, and with proud
chucke says the world In aside, "hes smart" Tom
sces his battered counsaanos reflected In svsr nuugs
rings his fingers pleasantly recall tho p. r., or the
rrsnss bis bufetsd car; diamond pins" reward him
for agility GOLD chains suggest the cut ropes The
encrcliBg arm Of his opponent, and watches keep him
ever "upe." All these gins Briiiania sends aaony.
mcusly, through Bus Lrs, 70 the man dd his foe
her honor gaining no, victory, but, IN all probssty,
. "drsw" for himself and big haul for the betting
referee and thus abe rewards vAlor pluck And erdur
me no less brave and game Hsensn, whose smbhsn
Ike his blows, secs no, below VIC oen, looks Win
appreciation Of his merits AZ yet his Adah IL
only aJe~"-e which his nsh; has brought him; but a.
ready re~ard more valuable and. believe,
acceptable, begins 10 be talked Of The English have
msdc this s'internationA hxht Write IA they may
q ns American tendency 70 anlos, ns very certain
anything more than q personal contest for Oh
ject q personal ambition until the Enslsn papers
made II, ~ they male the races IN vhcn Prioress
gagged test 81 natou developemcnt strength sta
nina The Brth lion took NJ this petty CONTEST, and
long INDUCED In mouthings and denances unworthy Of
eminenuy respectable animal. before the Ame -icsn
Eagle which Was Just then engaged in smoothing down
~ tall feathers ruled by Kansas troubles,
sve DEMONSTRATIONS Hecnsu DID no, regud a. an inscr-
national contest when he veut England Morrsssy
that he viewed In no such light 81 the time he sailed
ample the journals Of This country nternsuonA
importance the affair. But the rs>s thrcw down the
gauntlet and the NEw YoRS HERALD took up, and bosn
countrts choee and backed each its own man. since
England then regards the contest intsrnAfonA one,
loads defeseo hero with golden mementocs % tne
Asht, seems no than right snsa Americs should
b-sow similar marks Of her approval upos me ue''r'os
Heensn
.~bo with the customary generosity and warm hearted
ness Of s~lers Increased the Beeeca Boys nxhtns
ueIsht bv a couple Of hundred pounds sterling,
ara roi,owipx this example and moved BY the
Hrpsrp's edis,rtl suxesstons. meeting OF the
friends OF Hsensn va held 81 tne hshs sAoon, last
evening The meeting vas called by advertise
men,s IN tbs paper. and BY neatly printed circusrs
directed 10 Keenan, friends, which spoke Of him We
schsrpsou OF The world" and u Sayers "the late
champion Of England" About aft persons, Of most re-
spccsabse sprssrsno>ship csptxhs merchants prcfes
sors and leading sporting men-were present Cs0tsln
jams N. Turner was elected Chsirman, and Frank
Hough,srn, Secretary. Nr Turner made fec remarks
briefly announcing The object Of the meeting aud eulo
eir'ne Heepas's spirn an determination.
On molten, Messrs Ward, Burnett and Mccarthy we're