The Statesman. — 1821-03-16 (London, England)

BOXING. A rue match and treat to the amateur took place yes• terday on Barham Downs, in alerts and Bucks, as the spot divided the two counties. It was between George Granger, a tried good man, who beat the Bath hatcher and others, and Thomas Hauling, better known by the name of Huntingdon Tom, for 3(hrs. a side. It was a el:*rt hot merry fight of four rounds only, in twentynine minutes. Round 1. Harding hit his adversary away from hint as a machine would chaff; but tiranger ttsaac• his stand, oropping the claret from every organ, and be g nuexrd hi. adversary by a belly go first. 2. Had either tried science, it would have failed ' • they went to work like slaughtermen, at a bullock's head. ;tad hit away fearlessly for six minntes, when Granger was thrown a tremendous snmmtrsti, which brought forth an involnntary heave from the lungs, like a pas iour using his instrument. 3. The men bad been busilv engaged for fifteen Imitates, and five more were employed at the piping sp. teat : a manly rally followed, amt Granger was hit down by a blow roundly delivered on the ear, and the claret 4. Harding was all abroad: he was weak toil insensib:e, tiranger won the light 11-q hitting hit:: down, ald drawing two of his jaw teeth.  Prorsrataxissi.—Crisp, the celebrated pedestrian, i•••• backed for three httnilrml guineas to walk against :s.s;otlier celebrated pedestrian, from London to Liver-1 p 01. They are to start from Hyde Park I:6rner on sster Monday morning, accompanied by two I'mpires sai horseback. They are to halt on the road at %et places, and to sleep but two niehts on the way. Ile I thst takes the least time in walking their respective staces to be declared the winner. Many bets are depending on Cue occasion, but at present Crisp is the frvonrite. No 110:14 nen V. brothers of the sister kintren bare the name of blundering. and are allowed to s;•rak : hut it was no blonder they having the while of one of the .£21,0110 Prizes in the present Lottery, as the entire of 4,053. Class A, .£41,000 was sent to Pnblin; and whether it is owing to the foregoing Sitt:CeSS, or To-morrow, Saturday, being the day of their Saint, cm which dap the Lotter!, entiee!ri finishes, we are not aware, but from the number of Irish adventurers, and orders from all parts of Ireland for Tickets and Share'. we should not be surprised if tbev expect to speak trice to a .£21,000, or even as ire of them, who wrote to an Office-Keeper, expressed • I imself, desiring Three Tickets, said, " I hope you will get use the Three Twins Next Saturday," alluding, no doubt, to the Three A'21,000, uhich must ha drawn To-morrow. A suicide of a singular kind took place lately near 'Lanark. A gentleman's gardener, having suffered his work to fall behind, and afraid of the reprimand which he thought he merited, gave his melancholy t'ougbts the direction of self murder. He had previously keen afflicted with the desire of lifting his hand against himself, and mentioned to his son that he was afraid of what be. would do when he next became ill. On that occasion he had procured a rope, awl was about to hang- himself upon a tree in the • Pardon. when lie recollgctea the passage in scripture which says, " Cursed is he who hangeth upon a tree." oppestede teminiscence Nand him for that time. •Ilya *kis ominous • appiebensions were ultimately realised; for be was seta *fits found drowned iu a tub pond.  111 L