Gazette and sentinel., 1860-05-19
The Two Eistic Lions.

III Eugldhd ON layers l. tut great
est man Of the day. The mere an
nuuucemcnt that he would walk IN iiyde
Park would thruug every avenue and
foot Of grass contained within It's I'm
meusc boundaries. In the House Of
Commons, at the clubs. at dinner par
ties. III tine newspapers, ana IN tact III
every grouping II Two people together,
whether in the draWInE-routu or the pot
house, it is the topic of CONVERSATION.
From all parts Of the country suhsCrip-
tions are pouring III for Saycrs: from
IL to 42j. At Newmarket the sub
s~cription has reached 5000; in London
it will be Uvcr $1,000. In the House Of
Commn,s they have taken up a pound
subscription. When Lord Palmcrston
was asked for his subscription OF 81, he
replied, make it Ii for the brave lad"
From all that We a gather at the clubs
and through the newspapers, we should
not be at all surprised if the subscrip-
tons for Savers reached $4,000, or So
600. This amount is more than was ev-
er subscribed in such Il short space Of
time FOX " a war hero.
The Sporting Life says:
\ few nights = Tom and I|Iccuau
met at Owen Swift's. Whilst at the
latter place a gentleman came in, ami
without Speaking u word or taking any
thing 10 drink. put into Toms hand "a
new E5 Bank of England note, and then
walked out Of the house. On the same
evening Lord Stamford requested Tom,
when leaving EPSON, to pay him q visit,
as Lady Stamford wished particularly
To see him, as she had a handsome pre-
sent to make him. The House Of Com
mons, on Friday, collected nearly 4200
for him, all grades Of politicians sub
scribing. Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Gideon
intend giving him $50 each, and a COM
mittee Of gentlemen, with two noblemen
at their head, will be appointed to in
vest the money for him, SO that he can
receive it in weekly sums. At George
Byer'S Black Horse, Uxcndcn street. on
Saturday night, two gentlemen came in
- the ha-. and uuc gave George twenty.
ana the other ten pounds for the brave
Tom Savers, as It reward for his pluck
and gallantry.
The newspaper agents state that the
sale Of papers surpassed anything ever
known During all the excitement Of
the Crimean and Indian war 40 such
sale was ever reached. The capturcof
Sebastopol, the relief Of Lucknow. the
battle Of Solfcrino. had not such an cr-
feet upon the public mind. The Times
sold $4,000 extra copies; the Morning
Post, Is. 600: Bells Life. III. coo: the
Sporting Telegraph. le0. 600: the Sport
Ing Life, 81. 600: Frank L%cslic's, "a. 600;
The Field, 5000: the Weekly Times.
81, 00O; Reynolds 10000; Star, 60, 900.
These facts we have learned from un
doubted authority. You will perceive
Punch has Il three column poem OH the
fight, and two illustrations. II of which
is by john Leech. If England and the
United States had been at war for seven
years, and they had fought q battle be-
tween contcuding armies of hundreds
Of thousands, the effect upon the public
mind would be no greater.
Every maj who was present is looked
upon as IA hero, and surrounded by a
gaping crowd 10 listen To his recital of
the events connected with it. OF one
thing your readers may be assured
Sayers was disappointed in Heenan, and
SO were the public; they did not expect
so much pluck. Mr.. MorisSey had
spread the report that he would show
the white feather, and hundreds were
induced to stake their money two to one
on Savers. The result. however. has
proved that u more royal fellow than
EIeenan never entered the ring. We add
mire our Tom; he is game from the head
to the foot. As to the condition of the
men, we al answer from personal
knowledge Tom Savers is perfectly
we'll with the exception of his arm; an
examination by "a physician at Charing
Cross Hospital shows that the liga-
ments and bones Of the right arm are
fearfully injured by a blow which he re-
ceived from Ueenan.
The surgeon certilies that he will be
unable to fight for two months. John
Heenan is in excellent condition. ready
and willing to fight at q days notice
They were both at Newmarket races
yesterday, walking arm-in-arm up and
down the course, and apparently upon
the most friendly terms. They would
both be willing to consider it a drawn
battle if it were not for interested
friends but ill-advisers. They were
willing to accept the proposition which
we made to them in the office Of Bells
LIE a"i which Mr.. Bowling, the refe-