The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1821-10-23 (London, England)

ROUNDS. I. Leeway made the play, and Curtis broke his ground, lamed to again, and floored his adversary by a kit-haarded Mt. fiellawed by the right. 2. Curtis made the play, and rat his adversary on the left erie,lerew, floral which torrents of claret flowed, and breaking his ground be returned, and. made • he/My right. banded blow untie r hue adversary's jaw, ..honey, imiliensayed, stock close at his work, but his bits were at toe winch distaste-fur biamerminp. In a ere* Aire was a trial of • strength, which was rather in femme sr Lesney, who gave the fall, bat Curtis. b.at etenaiag einiergb to-keep himself upperntom.-2 to lint Curtis.  . . 3. Both net of wind. Lenny placed a blow on the 111:twat, and hie adversary threw him. -4 ..A. 60144 6064 Mooed, in which hits were exchanged shoat the bead quite disorderly. In a sally bulls were, . bringing alter the rope.; bet the, were nut bled in the Rau dell school Of wearing. Curtis having his right at liberty, pelted upon the kidneys of his ad y, whose bath was not in its place in strewn material Hurry. 8. Unary ag-iiu made She play, and regardless of fear, got as near his adversary as he cuatil, but ('u. tie bed all the trine, of fighting with him, and lie thuored his adversary. ....-3 to 1 ou Curtis. I. Leone, made a good hit, but like a skilful fighter, Curtis returned upon him, end laid open a contused right cheek lose bit, horn whisk the claret dew like a waled-nil in a second to the very inexpreesiGhs. 7. Lenney's head was like a plumb pudding, exhibiting all release, and it was made worse in this ruuud by a heavy enterer-4 to I on Curtis. To the judges of fighting the brittle was considered won in this trawl. It M %inn . yto go any great length further into this led, keeping in view sumtspartirulai mice. In the Bth round, Carols having lost no blimil, 'hewed himself the strongest man in throwing, orbital the contused head of hie aellersitry presented an exchequered spectacle. In the 10th snood lieufey made a brave eland, and bit his adversary un the ear, 'bat lute of blood hail so wehheued him that be (ell alive Lie blow, and hind no chalice After. la the 12th round Lenney. fell in tryitig In hit, and his head was 10 to I heavier than his legs. Isi the lain ruuud Curtis let lunar, and skewed some of the Less (1,11.1111 of Jens Belcher. In the •18th round Cnrrisliii Isis ail • ry dower by a heavy hit in the threret, which would iesVe stopped all the heavy china men of the slay, too ibe !nave Lenney yet would slot ore denied. Cas made souse inspiring obeervaineas, but Lentary'd bead was loci grogey to edify ; and after tbe 28th round, when *wired by a belvy hit, he as SW deaf to time, with his bead reclined no his *mind's •Iniulder. Curtis was carried Amor iin triumph sew as a r, . g upright flows a friend's Outriders t be is tli in.ist fisimbe•d lighter of the day. We left Leunry in un Itreriatu stale. Some nun ices divided spoil afterwards, is what they term. ed fighting,  . . A bird orvery uncommon arrpearirOce, called. in Northumberland, the golden-herded wren, sr.sserrr on Friday near I.nrigtown. It is about the size idttd• humming Inril, has a beautiful tuft of bright rrd out Hi hood. mid the feathers of its Wing iitt of variegated colours.  to Torrington market, List week, herrings were sold at 2,, per hundred, The be•t tees of mutton and pork were sold last week at PI, munih at :lid: per lb. and inferrr joints considerably lower. 7 hen, as to fish. with which that market was last week abundantly supplied, particularly in soles and plaice—a pair of the former, weighing eight Pounds, were sold at one shilling, and a plaice, then in its highest perfection, weighing fifteen pounds, for nine-pence. A melancholy eiceorrence took place in Gorillas. Glasgow, on Tuesday afternoon. Two men celled at a house and had a bottle of ale, one of them went to the door and almost immediately a report of a pistol was heard. The landlord entered the mom and sate The unfortunate suicide lying en the Woor. The man had placed the pistol to his fusebead, and the upper portion of his head was completely hlevres-elf. He belonged to Kirkintilloch, where he ore-spied a resivctable situation fur nearly 40 years. •