New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-05


our country who has engaged TO subdue another rs
ouires outside aid to help him as was gwen 70 eayers
IN the 39b round he is considered 10 De peatep III
short wherever humanity lustifles such inerelence
the verdict ia given against the man WnoSo cooq
and hopeless condition requires Inc pfac'o''i
ton OF such sentiment. Al
In conclusion, wish to say for myseI t9s' ~ 'nS 20
hsste of writing my long report tne oatte Psls vi
which has been published here in an ilusraeo e1 r
few errors crept in which could not be corfec,ea o
that 90 lion, 90 had no time allowed me 10 eltoef re-
vie nv manuscript or read It's proof. One OF these
errors was The omu sion Of the word " at IN tne lac.
line of one Of the closing rounds when, IN fpeahps
of the conduct of thepersons who broke uto .ne ,e
it should read they kicked at and struck al hn, in
stead of "kIcks6 and struck him ,
send with this corrected copy Of that report, ana
If yen will lay It before the gentleman who prepared
your ably written account Of "Wednesday aac ne WIZ
point out any errors have made therein, will cheer
fully correct it for perusai IN America.
As.,, B. London April gt e. truly ySiEg6hoE Wilkes.
REPLY OF THE REFEREE.
The referee in bis own vindi,ation, has published
the folio wing statement of how and In what manner
he wss conveyed from the ring:
owe have taken some pains TO trace out the actual
state Of the case the struggle az the ropesWhen
We were forced out Of our place by the cro~d-and
ao as to the fact of Heenans having struck the sec
onds of Sayers after the battle was virtually over aud
we are informed by gentlemen OF position, who were
pretent, and who had an opportunity of seeing that
once If not twice. while Heenan had Tom on the ropes
the latter got his knees the ground and was iited
up again by the Boy and again held in his vicious
grip il ibis the case, and We see not the slight
st on to doubt It's truth it is fortunate thing fof
Heepan that the referee was prevented from SEEING
for had be Witnessed this act he must have unqueston
ably decided against Heenan. by the rules OF the rlS
a man on both knees is down. and II interfered with
after that event before time is called he IL entitled
TO the money. On the other point, we have only The
statement Of Macdonald 70 contradict the testimony OF
sore twenty or thirty gentlemen, besides our own re-
porter as TO Heelans having struck down and kicked
Jenny Welsh snd knocl ed Say oil hsss como Knee
As TO his kicking Brunton, the evidence Is not con-
elusive but in the OF Welsh aud the Cham oion we
have no doubt, especially We corroberated by
the account in Leslies Illustrated Paper alluded TO
blow which uas written by Mr. Wilkes Of WtLkeS's
Shirt of the Times. That account says: "Heenan,
fndic that II ongh Sayers could not or would not,
rise from bis seat in his corner and his seconds re-
fur ed to award him the victory that belonged to him,
Shy throwing up the sponge, ne advanced upon MIN
in the mdst Of his seconds, and struck him where he
sat-" This admission ia tantamount 10 an acknowl-
edgmeDt Of defeat by foul blow; and yet DIR. Wnses
calls On every i'm partial Epglehman to award the belt
u Ueensn Oar own opinion of the matter IL this
that as the men were fighting in crowd without any
order or regularity and as HeenaD was almost DINO,
and ba noodle was doubtle IN state OF considerable
confusion he did not quite know what ne was aoou.,
and NAV therefore be excused for the unustabe act
Nevertheless had the referee been present, he would
la We had do his duty and no one would nave more
regretted this than himself We omitted altogether 70
state that the referee ws only enabled 70 approach
the rpg-sfer being driven away-througn the efforts
Of some of HeeDan's friends.
The referee further observes Of Mr. Wilkess version
of the fight, and his direct imputstion on him:
THAT il was deliberate on the part OF our cotem-
porary we do not believe but, as he has not WITH
drawn but only modified his observations, We are leo
TO hope that be only goes by heaTsay. Had he actual
In, hut tool nj n yyOQld
that long before the 38h lit snould be the 3th round
was concluded, and while the men were on the ropes
there was uhve sal rush to the ring side, IN when
those who seated were overwhelmed the referee
among the others and utterly prevented from seeing
what went on. TIE accusation OF improper conduct
on the part of the referee, IN leaving the r1ng Is 10
uiust and the direct mpuation that ne cid 30 OF ais
own free WILL and not, as wss actually the Gaze, IN
tie face of force against which he and those around
him were helpless 10 unjust, ano calculated 70 DO
such injury 10 bis character in America that We on
his part and st his request at once and distinctly deny
the truth of the whole charge We do not insinuate
for a moment that MIR. Wilkes intended to COL gey the
imputation which appears or the lace OF tne
report, but hope, and are disposed 70 oeneVe
that be was msled by others and in the hurry
of writing the report allowed words 10 escape from HE
sen which he omitted to correct. That the ring was
b. in BY the friends of Ssyers alone we also deny
We are eatisied the police who bad been grad aally
Increasing in humber, commenced pressure Irom
without, and being aided by certain gentry, VINO were
ect TO stock welers shops from the pockets
Of the rpectatoIs the pressure gradually reached It's
eliminating point at or about the time named, when
The Irg broken in, spectators and all being grad
uslly forced either into the ring itself or else alto
gather away from it's precincts. AS TO who cut the
ropes-if they were cut-we cannot say; but this we
dc say If il be true that the lie OF Sayers was In dam
ser and if be actually had touched the ground with
his knees il was perfectly justfabe act. Hugging
is OF fighting and though there lie no written rule on
the subject mau should be released when 1t comes
TO such near thing IL is stated 10 have me on
Tuesday. For ourrelves, we did not see the occur
renee from The esuses above stated, and can there
70 offer no further opinion on the subject. That
the battle ended so unsatisfactory 10 all per-
shBs is deeply to be regretted, but there was
10 help for 1t. On all previous occasions the pre-
~ nee of one policeman has been sufficient 10 suppr s
mill and it was only the great crowd, and the close
u 81 with which it was packed, thai prevented the
Blues from earl or manitestDg their presence On ne
snhsc: of the JiDe-keepe'e, we have 10 state tnat
II cks and Ma4ien have been suspended for twelve
month from the office Of the ring coDstabes and nave
beer ucted Of their paw for Getting their DUTY and
interfering with the battle, and Grant and Adams have
received no pay for being guilty of similar oenses in
minor degree. Those who distinguished themselves
night ell IN the OF Order were inspectors Dun
csn Bepdoh Dan Collins, Jerry Noon, Young Sulii-
van Your TYLER and last, but not least Clarke OF
Liverpool, and Bob Brete. All the others were
either indifferent too much interested IN the hgnL.
Their p8nes may be ascertalned by referring 70 our
LAST week paper; we nave not ume 10 enunerape
them. A worse ring for Championship light we
saw but for this the spectators were in great
measure 10 blame for following the advice we gave
them and seating themselves at least twelve feet from
the ring. AL scrambled to get as near as possible, and
thus were the wel-dsposed constables much retarded
in their duty"
The swell mob were extremely busy during the
fight and numerous gold watches were taken, espe'
cially frcm American strangers" Eight gentlemen
hotel lost their wstches-one OF them valued al
ECO
We understand that the rival combatants, Sayer
ard Heensn, nave left town, and that, accompanied
by their friends they will meet at EPSON where the
races commenced TO- day. and discuss the question Of
no rapemol of tha foht Thu rafarae has advised