der, a bricklayer of Brentford, on Hounslow-heath; the former was seconded by Johnson, and the latter by Ward. Newton was a man advanced in years for a pugilist, but possessing astonishing strength and length of arm; Golder was of much inferior bulk, more active, and in prime age. The combat commenced at a quarter past four, and lasted with alternate success until after five; Golder shifted and broke ground with astonishing adroitness, and in the end forced his antagonist to give in. Newton seemed to be a much better man, and it was acknowledged by all the amateurs present, that a more severely contested battle had never been seen, both the eyes of Newton being closed, and his face in one continued wound, before he yielded. They fought more than 20 rounds, no falling, but all HARD

April 17, 1788, a boxing match was fought between Elisha Crabbe, a Jew, and Stephen Oliver, the wellknown Death, on the Turf, at Blackheath. It was observed in the course of the contest, that Death had the advantage in fair boxing, and Crabbe in closing, when he was generally successful in flinging his adversary to cause him to fall uppermost, and sometimes on his head. Although Crabbe had received many very smart blows, he did not appear much hurt, but Death was wounded in the face, and had a large gash above his right eyebrow, which, by discharging its blood into his eye, obstructed his sight, and very much contributed to the unfavorable decision of the battle; the contest lasted 35 minutes, when Death received a knock-down blow, and the Jew was declared the conqueror.

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The Prince of Wales, Col. Hanger, and most of the first pugilists and amateurs, were present.

On the same day there was a bye battle fought between Doyle and a sawyer at Deptford, which lasted 20 minutes, and terminated in favour of the latter.

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May 31, 1788, Golder, the bricklayer of Brentford, and Fry, of Kingston, fought a battle for 50 guineas, at Richmond-green, which was won by Golder.

June 9, 1788, there were decided three boxing matches which had long been expected and great bets were depending on: the first was between Jackson and Fewterel, a Birmingham man, who had ever proved victorious and won 18 battles; Johnson was Jackson's second, and Ward, Fewterel's; Humphries and Dunn were bottle-holders; Captain Hamilton and Mr. Smith the chosen. umpires. Fewterel was a man of extremely great bulk, so much so, that at first setting to it was doubted whether Jackson would be able to knock him down, but this he never failed to do, whenever he could make good his blows. The contest lasted an hour and seven minutes, its decision being very much procrastinated by Fewterel's frequently falling without a blow, and when down, remaining so long on the floor, as often to require the interposition of the umpires, to remind the seconds of time; Fewterel, however, gave up the contest, and Major Hanger, by command of the Prince of Wales, who was present, made Jackson a present of a bank note.

The second boxing match was between Watson, a Bristol man, and Elisha Crabbe, the Jew who beat Death. This was the best battle of the three, and lasted lasted three quarters of an hour. Ward was the second of Watson, and Ryan, Crabbe. In the course of the fight Watson displayed great science as a boxer and amazing activity; he also in the end proved victorious.

The third battle was between a butcher and a watchmovement-maker, in which the latter got beat, until he had absolutely no MOVEMENT in him.

July 1, 1788, a boxing match for 50 guineas was decided between Jones and Tyne, at Croydon; the former was seconded by Joe Ward, and the latter by Johnson. Tyne evidently possessed the advantage of science, independent of his great superiority arising from the old shy mode of shifting and dropping; Jones on the contrary stood manfully up to his man, and made many dexterous efforts, which, however, were frustrated by the illusive and debasive system of his antagonist, who always fell whenever he received or put in a blow. Jones had in point of beating the worst of the battle, but still the best prospect of ultimate success from his superior strength and bottom; until by following up a blow too far, he struck his antagonist unfairly, somewhere about the waistband of the breeches, when Tyne was immediately declared the conqueror.

August 6, 1788, the stand on the race-ground at Brighton was covered with nobility and gentry, to see the decision of three boxing matches on a stage erected for that purpose. The first heroes who appeared were Jones and Watson. For 18 minutes they both fought with astonishingly great spirit, and the blows were principally aimed at the head; at the expiration of even

this short time, Jones feeling himself too weak to contend with any very sanguine hopes of success, yielded the palm to his opponent.

The second battle was between Joe Ward and Reynolds. Ward evidently possessed superiority of strength and fought manfully; Reynolds was extremely shy, shifted, shewed but little sport, and on the first fair hit on the face, gave in.

The third battle, which unfortunately proved a fatal one, was between Tyne and Earl; the latter was much the tallest and strongest man, and was becoming triumphant very fast, when Tyne struck him a blow on the side of the head, drove him against the rail of the stage, when he fell, and instantly expired. The Prince of Wales, greatly to the honour of his heart, immediately settled an annuity on the wife and family of Earl, and took the positive determination never to be present at another pugilistic contest.

December 31, 1788, a stage of 25 feet square was erected in front of a public-house at Knavestock, in Essex, whereon were to be decided three boxing matches. Notwithstanding the unfavorable time of the year, and the dreadful inclemency of the weather, a considerable number of spectators assembled to witness the contention. At one o'clock the stage was mounted by the first combatants, Will Ward, of Bristol, the unsuccessful opponent of Johnson, and William Wood, coachman to Captain Robinson; the former was seconded by Joe Ward, and the latter by Johnson. After the usual salutation, the conflict commenced, and although it snowed incessantly from the beginning

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to the end, the ardour of the combatants was not chilled, nor even the curiosity of the spectators damped. The snow, however, did not fail to have its effects on the battle, for the boards being rendered extremely slippery, the pugilists were unable to keep their feet, and each in his turn, as well in giving as in receiving blows, was brought to the ground. Ward fought, in his usual style, with much shifting, but displayed great agility and science. Considering this Wood's first essay, and that against one possessing great experience in the pugilistic art, he shewed an infinite deal of courage and prowess, but fought with too much impetuosity, and by this means exposed himself to the more deliberate skill of his opponent. For the first 20 minutes the battle was admirably sustained on both sides, in five minutes after the right eye of Wood was perfectly closed, but he continued the fight to the end of the half hour with most astonishing firmness, when being blind, he was forced to yield the victory.

The second battle was between Bryan, usually called Big Ben, and one Corbally, an Irish chairman, for 50 guineas; Jackson seconded Ben, and Dunn the Hibernian. The former proved the conqueror.

The third contest was of inferior cast, being between James, a waterman, and one Smith, both young in the gymnic art of pugilism; Jackson and Dunn were the seconds also on this occasion. After the conflict had lasted a quarter of an hour, Smith unfortunately in falling broke his arm, and thus hastily terminated the combat.

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