The Statesman. — 1822-07-31 (London, England)

BOXING ON WIMBLEDON COINISON. The brittle between Jobs feessisk. *Pori • tad 4" evernature a peeled for the ring, mid J Leaney, formidable and brave competitor of Curtis, touts ivae yesterday, on the spot stated, for a stake of 60 gm'', a. So good and manly a fight has seldom been witncs.eci.— An Aina.eur and Achilles seconded Teesdale, and Spring and Curtis, acted for Lenney. Betting 2tol on Ter'. dale, and weights about equal. It lasted as hoer and fifty millets, aid after the Iles. three roue is it was all hard fighting. These rowels occupied more than a quarter of an hoer in enanorivriiig. breaking the ground. Asc. to endeavour to get to eaten other, and no blood was spilt, or a bit of any conserrenre y placed, until at the end of the third round Teesdale placed a hit upon the tip of his adversary's smeller, Nom which claret hem is abundance, and in a trial of strength both went down, but Leong gained the fall. Round 4. Leaney placed a good right handed blow over his ad • ies left eye, which drew blood in streams, a rally followed, from which the combatants parted and =to work, and both went dews, bat Lenney west strength. 4. Teesdale was pipeing, aid he dropped his hasdd as was supposed, to draw his adversary to fleet fighting, Teesdale having the length. A rally followed, bits were isichaaged, and Teesdale was throws. 6,7, and 8. Teesdale stood unguarded, stooping hii breast down, and evidently distressed for wind. Lenney bad made some excellent parries of his adversary's left 1111.11 i, hat belted the worst of the rounds, and was kept constantly bleeding with left handed solohiag, bet. his eoefidence remained unshaken. Teesdale led until the 11th round, Lenney being too short to get at him, but here be showed some rare gam! qualification's, and bad the best oflhe rhund, and tbie* his adversary. The claret flew in all directions. The 17th round again produced extra pine, and Lenney bad none the worst of a smart rally; and in the 18th both were too mach tired for destructive work. The 19th was a gallant fighting round upon equality, and Lenney threw his ad 20. le this round it was no difficulty in naming the winner. Leeney was bit to a stand, and his head was ens contesed masa. He, however, went on, and fonglit some of the remade successfully, until the 42d, when be was floored with a rem right-handed logger, and was deaf to time. RIIMA/t/Ll.—Both 'hewed themselves brave men ; bat Teesdale ent-fonght his adversary, and had coofidence to keep on in transient adversity; but he is not the slashing bitter lei was supposedlte be,although be finishes well. He has received les quantum of paelsbinent. B 's WIT .—A liair•dresser at Halifax informed one of his customers, the other aseroiog, that be bad just been fleiehing off an attorney in that place, who had departed soon after to York, to attend his profits• sional duties at the Assizes. On which the gentles,' inquired if be. the barber, bad 'ay cause to try theve. No." replied the operator. " I had . much rather share a lawyer thee let a lawyer shave me." A shipwreck as Inexplicable is its origin, as it was fatal in its cosset' , occurred on Sunday last, the 21st instant, near the month of the river Tay. Early in the moraieg the mast of a vessel, with all bee sails set, was observed standing upright in the water, a RV tle to the E toward of the Lady Bask; and shortly thereafter the crew of the smack DAUM, when off  Broughty Castie,picked up the body °fames. which was ascertained to be that of J. Cooper, muter of the sloop Active, of Dodge. It was now coojectured she wets the unfortunate I; which proved to be the ens. Two hosts were immediately dispatched to the spot. and she was found to be sank under only a few fat of water. How the accident occurred is noknowas and must for ever remain so ; the wb sic crew, stontistlog of the master and his two suns, being drowned is the deep. The body of the Captsis, when found, was still warm ; and his watch and the s►ip's papers were in his pocket; but the b.sdies of his suns have not yet been got.—tie hes left a sidow' and two children to lament this affi.ctieg calamity.—(Glessoes  Chronicle.) Stactus.—Yesterday afternoon, shoat five o'clock. it respectable looking wan, apparently about 35, was: walking 'Ion: the Terrace at tireenwieb, and was ob. word by those who passed to have an air of distraction.' He suddenly stopped. and potting a pocket pistol to bis right ear. fired, and instantly fell. He never spoke nor stirred afterwards. The blood flowed from bath earl, and the ball having passel entirely through the brain. part of which protruded through the wound, appeared' under the skin of the left temple. The spectators of this fatal scene immediately gathered round, and fife. Locker, the Secretary of the Hospital, came-out from bis apartments, and sent Instantly for the surgeona, but the spark of lift was already tl.d. On his examining the pockets of the deceased. POMP papers were towed. which indicate that the unhappy suicide was Mr. IS. 11. —, a medical student of Ony's Hospital. On subs.. Tient inquiry at that I et,Titution Ir3r9, that this no. fortunate gentleman was a tingle tone, of excellent character, and spent much time its ress.ting religious books. He is the son of a clergyman in a ,itstAnt county. ilhont four years since he was c.mfineJ in of the Lunatid liospita:s in this metropolis, and there can•be no doukt • recurrence of the dreadful salad/ sarg.l him to this • fatal deed.