New York Clipper (May 1862)

5^" V-/ N E W Y O Bi K O LI P P E B .g. 37 _ iSmSg* *ort: toe, Witt A. fioDgJi'. oomiwr. ¥f- {^^^TSSlt ffo nSSS^eS with thrt 'dojer UWe oi a«yai»ain»>ipUa»tAnbTim,». X. ;• ^^^^^^ Oeorfle WikoBeld, whom ba defe»lea wtOr. Ho Boms cd it the Gre«ne Street tteQ_mawtBe | J^viuiiiit*. tpii'show^hl^^MB^ TSntiffO yiifiwi luv vpiiuuvai gave jiuu* an — —' - . . j WonaePWM once more deeluca ttie Tlctor. HewM tMW^ il tStaj. »o4 pl»yed «t the Greene Btreet nuuSer WoUlnsten A. Ueeob. . . _ nombSrof theWalnot Btrca^,P^^'>'I^^^^S^ SdU^biUterpreaelyfo/uiepurpoBoby tJ. brotk»HeiW^ rsnttlnedfortwoBesBons. . fflia then ro-mted BMomore "^"^ ^^f hlabe«t«pedmonB-allhoughWll'n-^*«'"°5*''??' Blohmond. . . v • sttubed to I lur nndar 3(Ub, fior roogh water qiulltlae were piOTed beTon(^ a Daring the Foa of IMO, wo mot her at Beltlmore, MtMneo ^ a^^^ cirearoffoMdJ8,fortho8hotttlniehe.hasbeen ,» the F*oot Btreet Theotre. ■ ^ ■ . itnJi. xower, hie ecarcely a paralla], porUonlarly in boete ttat rcqnlre vMrt Mnuj U a woman of alrong VSSSX^EmS strength and wdojanco^ and l^t y«ar. whonever ho rowed, tta- and warm-hgarted; of a yootlo '"^■^S.^^Ua SSjfc ttoe favored him- thta year he elgnkueod hlmnoH by beatlAg tton. forgiving. eelf-aoOTlflclng, and Vrt^onara aSmoBt Towna, of BhleUe, one of the beet rowors toballaetkedboafe. been a eerlos- ()f tronUee, triata. * " He baa been trained by Jamea ttiU. and conld not haye beon ln " »«nmBiM.i. bettircondition. DoorlglnnUylntondodtorowln the CJiamplon of the Tbamoa, by Olasper, more partlenlarlyM.hehad oeen eo ■noceaafdl prevlooaly to her, and being considered oo*:? b^rongh-wator boats ovor buUtbyttlat telebratcd artist; but as age la making Inroads to her constltatloii, hU backers secnitd for flm a boat bum by Matlhow Taylor, which ,1b coneldercd by Jadgea to bo' a flnb spodmen of the art; and as ho rowed ner aa- mlrably, hla backon wore very confldont . KroylonB to the race, (to4was Uld on htoi.ondfitidDick's friends been tooUned, they might have hod hatsful of money.. Jialf-put aUnaa the tlipe battlos, and In many respects a scene of tnnmpn«.i S P O B T S ABB OA D. . T H B' K X.H O * • «.--«ari^M^j*aah-£afraalde.' \(relah,tobe»i* ! Max SA-PetM Morris and John Hartley-** ».«<»,.« "^^ kjin-obartored by ifirryCOaaperi carrying the offlcla^ J, Adiuns for Taasdale, Harry Oltspor for bis brother, and Ur. ^. '•: ■ —TiAMiiW iitot i ■ 'Ploketttofereo; Mr. W. Blakoly was Stakeholder. As the tline . fn?i2S?»StM AMde. ateatoh-wdoUt :wi* was weU' anlted for Working men to attend, the bridges and ••-"T^™/SlL^ ■ ^ ' qtiays. were thickly stndded with human betogs, and tte new « TT. Jmli. n>sla ud'Tom Brown—£fi a dda. Blimtog-1 <in»y Pieaentcd snoh an appearance to one movuig mam as was jl,_Hanim« Davis aa xom Brown-to a auw. aumu^ JojKely ever witnessed at Tmy previous contest ^llsoil pnt bff • ■' ■ • ■ ,; I I ilrst from the Close, when Iho LtUe 'on Immediately followed, BnanuHiM. «0 a side, it 9st, ^-^^f^^J^„^ pe» wontte toss, imd So^, Z^OTthSdo. Teasdale, toateadof ien, whloh baa caused Immense <»<>'^S?5Si.!f ?iS^^5tMS itoUng unaaiBm^S)ulr^\taBvlnolis opponent, tock Slflot, waa taod to «^'«P^J? ^^„St2SdiS t^eftSie^SufSwe^f toS^w^^ anrf^»ltt5ugh hisbaciirs oonseoneooo of the tatorference of the S beckoned him to come tdthe north aide, he, with an nnaccoufct- ^qrce, "^ae* to a ^'atad^tton 0^^ abtolhS,!^ delcnntoJd to hwe tUo breadth of tte river be. «hooso a referee, tte aftolr /2l*fr3*taSit tween them. During the day the wtod hatfbeenfl.W. Jrat af<ar fifsfr tt«"th''Jr£a.^r.?i.'M"^ i^-->f^^ "is? "'^ fiSSton. Birmtagham. both men betog f°<^''y,°^"3.l mently ho hid to roi the whole distance on a loo shore. Clas- , hai wlthto their weight. A meeting '"toboidd on Tuesday J^'/'poelUon at tte abubnent of the. flrst arch, and night to appotota rrfeteo, ond to name the whereabouts '<>» » J^J^i^Pa'^oP™iSS,"„,;^JJ^t'l^o'^ loettoa on the next day. ^-loaa ,a. he repeatedly aakcd what he w«s dotog yonder. At last tt was In reieranco to the above analr, we nave, oy lajer savioes re-1 ,^ Jjt ft » m.uJ\iiSi, vna rintennlned to risk his fime, but tt,ez.mot at Wodsley Bri^jBS. BI«ffordayre^(tte_placa^^ »» Di?k MhSy kSW It^oi the starttofl f .r •TOtoh. ' Clasper Immcdlatdy crept doee to Iho north side, while TcasdUe by wllktoson; who won the toes for choloe), at an early the momtog, bnt to consenuottce of the toterferencepf the police, a remove was rendered Imperative. After croaatog thenrant, . and visiting Little Heywood, the blues were agdn to great force. The baokors and advisers of both men were uoMiult respecting kept steamtog away is well as any man could under the drcnm' stances. Whon they wore opposite the Bklnneis' Bam, Clasper must have had upwards of a ungth the best of lt.° Indeed, from this potot it was a gutoea to a penny on the little 'an. On row- hddinto, iA«nHeppleraryolaverlybnttookedhim. Inthenert hdd, Hsppto nearly got UtUa on IjSs tnttook, bnt the Pttsr, to devameaf, avoided ttelmpendteg defeat ,A«"»>™pJay,5Ut. tlepnttoabnltodk,andBenthUantagoiil8ttogrM, ftieytook hold agato, when Hepple tried twicelo Ua the other, but UUe oUckedhlm. and Hepplo wss obUged to put Um down agato. Little, ihlnktog that his turn had eomf, tried an onlalde chip, bntnotflndlog this toanlt,hoput (n anlnslde hank; Hepde. however, gatherod upon him. turned him, and throw Mmr.bJit both men came to the gronnd so nearly together, that the mn- piros decided Ifwa* a dog fan. On tdUng hold •JU'J •™Jf only occupied a' " * ' ' ■**""" aDdUltlawasqi For iho priao v> —- ——» -».--. world, there were elghte-four competitota, the contost_^f«r wMoh eonclgded as foJtowBi-^HaiTlngton and Mat Blalr, boOipowettai men and finished witatlers,' each appeared to • have bumDote or Iriends. Amo6g those Vninodlately. nionnd {ho ring, cries of "Oan on, Joe,''^"Had away. Mat," rose on <^»y%™"$," must be confessed that Harrington appoarod to be tho fivprlta. The contest displayed some itolshsd and sdenUflo wrestling; bnt JuBtastheyTiad got each.'cther toto a very critical ppsiOon, towhlchiveryellght.aoddenl might decide the event dlher .way. Harrtogton wiejipootedly BUpped his hold, and threyf him- sdf atfnmongthtipon the gropnd. » ,™ It was at once apparent that an accident bad oconrtod, mnn the pain the poor fellow seemed to bo snBerlng. ProvlouBto the wrestUng, Ho had hurt his leg, and Just at the moment victory seemed lo bo to his grasp, a severe sprain of the aunp Umb prevented him from eonttontoi "play," and he dedared that ho ttlt himself unable to. .contest for the fall, which was coue- quently awarded to Hat, Blair. The two standeia were thereToTe Mat Diamond hla I Wothor Joseph, who laid down toMatthejf, wherenpou the'Iattor bocamo entltlod to the prize. The whole of the nieli'*h6 feU to the second- and sncceeding rounds Tccelvea mOhoy 'proportlonatotothenujnber of rounds they took part in.'-: '' ' . „„,« - _j Fortbeprleeof flO. at ntoo stone seven pounds, Tiffln iuid Uicholson were the final conteelanlB. Bottlng,.a.to 1 on TIfto. TIfBn'thrawto thohJnk. and put him down,,iBtotoa the&ist fall. In the next Iwnt Mlcholson swung TUBn, but bad to set him down-again. Tlffln hnproved his hold,, and-the otheTk finding hla elraatlon becemtog Uckllsh, slipped to shank to save hlmsdf: TllBn, however, gathered upon falm, and threw him to fine etyle, with the hank to. Tiffin consequently won the prize, this betog the second yoar to succession., ^ Aprlzeof £32 fbr men of on weights was next on theliat,uid Wra. Jamleaon and Blchaid Wright successfully pulled through to the finish, and were pitted together for the final fell. They were loudly applauded on maktog their appeannce.to tte arena. Borne time was lost in taking bold, and the audience became im* MM«(<|W-#alah a deid mere monev fer Urn than (or. Ban4|K soni ltin,it..TMta|nomitof the needtol obanged hands onlhe ^bhc. "at oonne, which is a dtcaitoui ronto, measues^M yard*, 9 ft, ooaseqnently, it was neeeeairy to make ilx,l*pa^ mtooslOO yards, to cotopleto the two mHos, All the'iuu«Bi*> llmlntrleaDavlhg beeln daly arranged, utstho men agreelut* finlah at the top of the straight run, they at oooe dlsrobettsBd toed the mark, when s vary good start wasefiecled, 8ander«ptf st onca kaktog the'lead, and, on anivtog oppeitteihe atandthe flrst Hme, he was about ton yards to advance, :7«iy utue altsA* Hon took plalie during the next droult, Alblson seeming oontant to make a wnltina race of It until comlna down the beck attetch the next Umo,'when ho began to put on the steam, bntfianddrtom waa on the alert and did Iho samo, leavtog Alblaon failher to the rear. Almost fMm thla point it was evident that Banlanon hoA the nee to hand, aa he kept sraddally wldentog thegapbotweM them until trrivltag at the bottom torn to the last taprVhaie AlMsdn govo'np, completely pumped ont, and thai alloved Ban- dorson to walk In at his lelBare, it- s'the bokt- the Annie he tho'noit move, and on ottampt ■was made to » I iTr 5i,~tto ropoateO^ to diflbulUes, whloh, allora vMtamomitof "o^y•d^cusrio^TO for»time tt^wSeridSSt^fffiwroSJh^ge^ taitwaarecelvlfai lunod Iff Morris Boboris betog chosen by i^o rospective backers ^p, of the principals. Hdl^agrptdat^once,but_» WjlkIn~n,^or|g^kiS^e^StTeSSliSSf^ddthrugh^^ hebiZt roosons S.verd ^itaFwi-li-d T^onelble parU«^ all of whom wire I K^j,?* Ud bl-Xnt jM^''^dto gotog up' _ unston House, many doclared that bJa totentlpn ^lore tho Southern Homlspbore: todeed,lie^!>ll so far aatcm while Olisiior wss rowing up the meadows, that' many of the spectators on the deck of the aaribaldl atratoed {heir opUce to'catch a glimpse of ai white'sped: thatmusthavebeenatleasthalfamlLstotherear. AstheboaLi anproaohed the high end of the Meadows (to a sailing phraso) the • seas - were ronntog mountains high, and some were con- flduit that they measured fk«m the trough to the top fonr feet, and aa Dlck'a boatwas only 1)^ high at the stem, great fetis were entarlatood that after all the "little'an" would be aub- the authoritlos wero at every available spot to great nuihbers, ■id <in«iiy at the dusk of eventog, a return was made home. | wardsTTba men and ttackeis havuig bad a oonsultatton it was I eiomtiatanto, tho sttkeholdcr named 'Wednesday, May T, 'as the day, Imt hoe rel\i80d to jiame the referee, leavtog that to the '. themselves. It is to bo hoped that ah totoreattog match a»»£ns'i:i^r^^ •Oklr to a aallflbcloiy condddon. . : ^ '^^ todloatid tho prow of Itasdale could be per- 8aaBFEnooTnmnHSAaBm3iatoEaii,BETWSKRHiiaiEBDAVia odved. He had goneaahore, his. beautlfal cratta mere wreck, an Ton Bbowv. at ciioa-wziaBT, fob £5 a bidb.— OnMonday bjiiudf completely discomfltted at his folly. OUsper rowed momlng, April 21, at a very early hoar, these comparative novices the romatoder of the distance, dotog the whole cooisa to 87 mto. met at Oallfomla (not of goIdHllggtog notoriety), about five mUes g^g. He waa taken on board the Oaribaldl, and was almost out of Btrmlngbam, to settle their ciAlms. Hammer bad fbr hla dthough hie boat was seven! times overhead, yet sttandants Posh Price and a friend, Tom Brown betog - eaoorled thcro waa not more water to her than the once cdebrated Crmn- byBenOarringtonandnnoldpal. Frellmtoariee being adjusted, I t>Ie would have taken at a draught The'foolishness and nttib- Ur. Harrison accepted the office of referee,' and the men qnlOly bonneas of WiLion wiU have a aeriona effect with hla baokers^on gottobustoess. onatripptog.Hammorshowedmn^toofleabv, \^ fature chanoea, for a more fOollsh aotcould not havaheen whUe his opponent, although tablfnt to the same &llln«, waffto done, not only to taktog such a conrse, bnt the dlstanoe he had bettor oondlflon, and botogTialfa stone heavieI^tTOta<*eB taller, to row waa a farther. This Is Blohard Olasper'B and longer to tho readi, appeared an awkward onstomer for liutrace; bat whether Ms friends 'will allow him to zemato to Bammor, and tho sequd proved that ho was so—aa from the I tbatoplnlcn. time will try. ■ - ! I'H oommmcement hojo^^^^^ lead^-md slthough ] gco™.'ItaqBbH™TnmBirrw™<Jj>H»toci™ SnTbli ^ with any efreot^whileBrewn'. who drew first blobd Stt^ih^vd Mdire£ST».n(Ur5S to the firel round by 'a epanktoa, hit on the nose, and obtained J* {J'S^SSJ ^^toJ&^X^m'^iit^Vw^.,., hearilytobepleaaantoondderab^dt^^ ^:^,:i!'^°^n'^^^^A^\^\^^^^tl^^^^» o'Sock a brge number of spectators took up their portUoifli'on after fighting fifteen """^b o? the Tyne, ospooially whero a commiodtog view veiy bnmandy ">™';jSii^5S?Jf^'.V^M. ASS IiS^iSSm could be obtained. Aboit a quarSr past eight o'doek the njen 5^'^: ^S^^ ""SSS^t w™?5?^.if^T to I'^ »«ok nP ttelr podtlons, BalmV on STnorth dde. and af& a ^S!^^^^\^^^iV:„J^fSi^^^^!j^} lltae BU*ense^ey started. Both menwpre qnlcUv atwork; Brown. After tho fourth round, a tolwentbeggtog. . . kntu w£^atono4 apparent that aim's tatenOoJ was to beat his Tan tiTB noBT BETWEEH Tbouas ADD Hoi.ii(.—The stoke-1 nun as soon as possible, as hla sbrakas Were muon quicker than holder having called a meettog. both the men and their backera I ig uaually seen to a .boat race of this character. 'When they net on Friday morning, April'IB, to make a final arrangement I ^^ere oppodto theBottle Works, 61m bed lessoned the atari by teepeottog the late oonteet The friends of Dan Tbomos, the | one-hal^ and on reaching the Qrlhdstone Quay Bit suoceeded to woek provfons, had stated' thoy would bring proof that the Nolan I brtogtog his boat levd. Tmm thla potot to the Shot T6wer, party, when thdr man was being beaten, had fetdied tho poUoe, Balmbra rowed a splendid oo^ and tor a time Sim's previous' and the opportaql^ was afforded, them to prove the same at the exertions seemed to navo told on hlmj hht he waa deddedly the lato meeting. Kothtog definite was proved, and Uie mere toot of I gtrgnger joan, and when oppodte the tem he drew haU a even one "blae" betog at thortog side perfooUy justified the I loQoth to advance. Balmbra made some splendid spnris, but nfereo to etopptog the fight; and; on thepdlceman ordering the I codd not keepthepace; and at Clasper's Boat'Eoase, film led to doalat, olther was Justlfled In leaving the ring I The I by two lengtiia. The race waa scarcely to" ■ - - patient When Dick got hoU, Jamleaon pnt hla arms down, and trice ler^o. liOnd cries of "Pat them out," from the impatient audience. To put a st<n> to this ansatisOctoiy state of thtogs, the bell wastong to cell together the compeUtore to. the sack race. Jnat at this tlnw the two men got hold. Jamleson tried to hlpe Dick, bnt Bick-atopped him, end tried ahank on his own aooount, but failed in effecting a change, Jamleaon; at a critical moment, put to a.hlpe, ond threw Dick, the whole afblr only occnpytog a few momenta Botween this and the tts two final -falls Uiara Tss a sack'race. On resnmtog bnstoess, Jamleson took Wright up on bis breast, and swung him half round, end trled'tohlpe him, but Blck stopped him. Nothtog .deterred, Jamleson agato picked him up, and swans him, and, by a Bkillfu I sti-oko outsidersent Dick to grass. The eMe to whldi Jamleson thus follo-wMl np hla sacceas at Bomsey 'Wood, on Oood Friday, was recdved Willi lend cheering. The DBass-OBUCFiOH Pbizb for picked men, open to all the v.'orld, came next on the d6oket for which a stnrdy set of thirty- two men entered, whlcli, like the event immedlaldy previous, resulted to Wright and Jamleson baring to contend for the fina folia. Aa thla Is oonsidered a very Important event to wreatUng eiports, we bere give the nomes of the competitota:— FmsrBoomk—9I00S—W. Hepple, Qroenhead; W. Thoznwsite, Metw^Ue; J: Maltrass, Weardale; T. Davidson, Oastleslde;-J. Emmorson, Weardale; H. Iviaon,-Carlisle; W. Jamleaon, Penrith. T. Kirknp,.Longtown; B. Pattinson, Camwhltton; B. Wright, Longtows; M^ Blalr, Allendale^R. Blalr, Allendale; O. Olaister, Oreenah Hall; I>. Weaimoiith.-Weardale; J. Weannoalh((Wear- dole; and T. Bowlandaon, 'Wharton. Fell— 0. Kennedy, Bteple- ton; W. Charlton, Bedmire; B. Smith, Abbey; J. Craig, Albn- dale; J. SemmervlUe. Elrkltoton; J. Eeatf, Hsltwhlstle; J. Ew- bank, Hampton; T, Phillips, Slapleton; W. Watson, Weardde; J. Fiaber, Appleby; J. Btory, Wigton; W. Armstrong, Carilale; J. PaltiiiBon, Weardale; J. Blalr, Allondalo; W. Little, Qreenhead; and W. Bobson, Mldgdiolme. SiooiiD Bourn—SiooD—Wright, Pattinson, J. Wearmoutli, M. Blalr, Emeison, Bowlandaon, Jamleson, and Mattrass. Tnan Boinn>.—Sio6n—Wright, Pattinson, Bowlandaon, and Jamleson. In the fourth round Jamleaon and Wright were sno- ccaatnl, when they forthwith proceeded to contend for the final falls. On msktog their appearance they were^eted with- loud applause. 3he play to the flrst Weaae was splendid, and was voclferoasly choered, tte stmgclo being a most exdttog one. Several fetote were made by both men, but Jamteeon stuck doae- ly to Dick, gathered upon nlm, add finally gatoed the fan by s half.buttock. Dick, probably thlnktog bis turn had come, grap- pled Jamleson manrolly. Jsmloeon, however, managed to tuni &ck and gat him toto somewhat a favorable position fOr biptog, but tho iMler move Colled. Dick, Ihiprovtog on the same tactlos, triad a hlpe suocesaftillr, and felled nls antajgonlst. m the neii ttoul; fbrtana> fhroied Jainleeon, who disposed of Dick by a stroke and hlpe, and gatoed the iUL Jamlesoh consequently won the prize,-amid :tbe meet vodferoua cheering. - After dress- tog hHniMif, Jamleson pnt on the aplendld Ohamplon twit prori- ded by tte munificence of Lord^ Deoias, and passed out of the ring, amidst loud and reiterated cheers from all around, attend- ediSy a large body of admlren and trienda. With the -wrestUng fbrinis pitoe-tbe KewossUe Easter Bpottecamstoaauooesalu and satisbctory termination about eight o'doek to tho eventog, as the ahades of dealinlng day were driwtog round. OBion o> m woao 'Qoix.—Tety few wdds ever took sneh a run, or were saddled'With. M> many meanings, u this mono^l. laUe; and, however strange the.word," it la bHH more strugs that net one of onr lericogrSphers; tram Bailey to Johnson, ever attempted on explonatioD, or gave/a deri'vattonof it niercaSoB is very obvloua; it is because It fiasihojnoontog, nor is derived from any laagiiage to the world eVOT' Iknown, nom the-Bobylcn- loh confusion to Ihit day. When Btoturd Daly waa'apitonteBcC the Irish theatres, he ipent the' ey^ning of a Saturday to com> pony With many of the i^lta an4 i^ien of 'nshion'of the day; bet- ttog was totroduced. when tho menagor sbOied a large'ium tkat he would hear spokes, all through the principal streeb of Dnh* Ito, by B certain hoar next day, Sunday, a word havtog no moan- tog, and being derived from so known' langoifgo-^wagers w*(« laid; and stakes deposited. Daly repaired tolho theatre, and do- epatched all the servants and eupemumlemias with the word "QTHzj" which they chalked on every door and every shop wtodow to town. Shops belngehnt all next day, everybody gotog to and coming from their dlserent places of worship, saw ths'word, sad eveiybody repeated It ao that "quiz" wlis heard, all through Dnbun. The dnmmstance of so atrasgo a wold betog on amy door and wtodow caused much entpiise; and ever stoce, ehouia a strange atory be attempted to paaaconent It draws f°rth tb« expreamon—ifauare{ii{B<flf.«u. ■■ {J. Loss or a TixB-iooTH OoiiB.—An BngUsh Uelhodist preadier, who spoke to a meeting out Weat, told the following stOiy}— "It la bat a little while stoce I was travelling along one of on great rivers soRounded by theideepforrest latoppcdataruds shanty by the low river side, and there I found a poor fimUy M gre-Sra-t alBlBtlon-ah I They were all slok; their children wars ahlvortogaiid starving; thdr heads frowsy and dirty; andOwss informed by their mother that thoy had tat Uin'r/nMoolh amb-ah / They was Ignorant of the go-ospel, and didn't seem to eare ab4llt il'ither;forwhenI reasoned -with'em the woman wse all the tine lamenting the loes of her fine-tooth eemb-ah I •Have'ylin s Blbletoyoarjcabtol'saldltohsr, Tes, theerontheoatoh-alL' ptottog to a narrow shelf oyer .the smoky fife place, 'but wo dont read toto It; ba'nt read anyeon't bnt otaca't when little BUI died wllk the ager, for as much aa tew months I' I got on a dye tab, my tren8,fibat stood .to the corner, and reaohed up and took down the blesstd book, •all coviered with doat, and what dQyes think it-'wss I opened to-ah ? What do yon think It was I found thexs-to satisfy the longings of that poor voman-oh ? It was the long-lost the long-wanted fine-tooth comb I Oh,-my hearon, idfSi ibtfUn / If she had only sarched skripten, how berfflna would a been eased; for «he would hare found.harfins-tootti comb, oomb'd the frowzy heads of her children, and made her peace with her Maker-ahl itakeholder, thenforo, hos ordered tho men to fight agato on ■ay 27. and to weigh tho day before, at tlio nsualhour. Whether this will meet thoi riows of the men and their backen rematoe to be seen, bnt anything is better than a draw, however much it maybe a hardship for tho combatante to undergo another pre- paration tor the original amount ~ ' " bytt Sim want to a winner by three lengths. i^donbt sfler thla, and navo made an oxounlon to London on Batorday, opd managed to secure Thomas while quietly housed, snd carried him off. to answor for hla IacA<a before a Berkshire bonoh of beaks. The referee was token tho next day, hut both were let out on ball.. Noliin, to "avoid" betog taken under tho paternal wing of the aiaglstraoy, Laslefl tho goletiesof thometropollsforatune. - P. B.—In oonsequonce of the apprehension of Dan Thomas and thereferoe for their parttdpatton In tho lato fight between Dan :Thoma8 and Joe .Melon, for £200 a side, at Set. lOlb, tte aifair at p'Mseut Temolna In abeyance. Dan Thomas and his baoken refose to allpiv a draw, .and as Nolan's party are of the some mtod, nothtog remains but to wait patiently until after the Ae- alalon of tho magisterial bench tftOut Berkshire Bosslona to July- Habbt Boboio'e FanxwxLi, BENErrr.—Harry Broome was to take a farewell benefit at Asttey'e Theatre, on Monday, AprifSB, . pnrions tolils going to Australia, when than would be the usual entertainment, and the Female Blondto, who walked aotoss the niomos, had eiansented to perform on a single .wire. WBEBTLINa . WsssiUKd At Haonm Wtot—In addition to other aporil lal Tho rural blues are eald to I this ground on Apii^ IB, some good wrestling took plooe, of whloh aqtiat;io|s. skiff baob on THS V^RB.. A Cool Oeip.t-Aii apparanUy unsophisticated yonth went in- to one of onr .refectories, a few daya' ago, and askod for soma- thtog to appease bis hunger. The keeper gave him a very good dinner aftarwhich theyouthsald to his friend:—'.-r - "if you overcome ourway, calh", "Thatwon'tdo. -Tour dinnorls a quarter;"- . . : ■O, I luto't got no money, bdtlf you'D come-np to AB^hany ooun^, I'll give you a bettor dinner for nothtog." i -.1 ■ "Why," Bold tho keeper, "you are very codl. •Why, yes, I'm a very cool chap—so much so that mother makes me stand to the pantry to hot weather, <o kap meat fnm ^oiUtigl" , ■ - MtmiTE Oasviko.- tenant to Us "Hlstoryot Wales," ilvos. the foUontog account of the ingenuity of an artist:—"At Hafiton, to Shropshire, the seat of toe Myttons, is preserved a carvtog^ mnob resemlillng that mentioned by Welpole to his .'Anecdotes of Patoting,' 'Vol. II., p. 41. It Is the portrait of Charles L, foil- faced, out oaten apeachatone; ab9'velsUscrown; hlaf^and dothes, whloh ore vandyck' dresa, are patotod; on the rievene Is an eaglf, transfixed with an arrow; and round it Is tfiia n^ptto:— .'IfeaSsred this arrow.'-' The whole is most admirably executed, arid is set to gold, vrith a crystal on eadi side. It is supposed te be the work of Nioholaa Brlot • great carver of the mmt^' to tho time of flbarles 1." ' . ' .-- . . ■ ' - < *—— ~ ' TsB {liL TBix Took Boot.— A'good stoiy is told of a BosteBi' - ion's lint appearance to polite. sodety to Arkansas. The eoat- pany wmsngageid-to dancing,"knd the loveliestfiemale.prasant ooonplM'sohalrntur'-thewtodew; withoutajiaMiite. .flteiiiphig up to toe lady,'wlth'a'pdpliatlng heart he'eiolBliqed:-^ -^'l fWIBycmdome the honor to grace me with yoar copipar fbr the next sstr ;. Her lustrous eyes Shone with unwonted brUUanoy, whl]a hea; peady teeth glistened, her heavy, snowy bosom rose and, feB Witt loytal rapture, as she replied:- ' "7es-alr-ree I for I've sot' andsot till I've most tnk root IT PEDBBTBIANlblt. OBBAT "MTWiBM BIOHABp OLASPm. ANb .TEiygpAIJt. WILSON, FOB.isO. This emt, wUdi has attracted the attentton.of tte lovots of : InaUag on tte .niielbrtto last few weeks, oameoifon Batarday «v«Blng, April 19, but not to so satialkotory a manner as oould < have .Men wlahod. - .Ttib exooedtog good took whloh attended -Wilson'sboating career last year, ana tte no less great snooess of Olasper, mads tte rooo looked for aa one of tte greatest aquatic evaatsof tte year.' Blohard Olasper Is tto yonngoat bratoer of > Itiat odebrated name, bat mudi lighter than any of his brotton, though for sdenoo and gamaness fa not Burpaaeed by any of ' ttom. . He la ttlrfy-aeven yean of age, has soramblod np to tte hdgh^ of S feet a toobos, and has a oumbrous bulk of Set db. He 'has^oen tte moat wondotful diifl rowor over known, and, as ho ^osseesos a large share of doterinlnaUon and solf^iateiem, men of '^ynzA are no dolrlmont to Dlokey.for many times ho has S*??,.?" against mon many stones bcovloT than himself, and Hoked ttem. "Ills boating commenced to 18*4, on tto Xhamea, with the hMdling of tto lines, steering his brottere and Dndo Bed on to vletory for tto iUO prize, open to all ptovlnolals, at ttatporitKlbotoifnluetoon yeare dd, bathe oould not turn tte "fJ"*»'?ir'J"- .^J.l"' y»" ho-wna more fortouato, and, for toe fliwt time in history, with good generalship he la*Sei tto aams orew too Wtonen of the ohSmploriship of tte world, ito kanner over alnoo baying floated .oi» too ^e. As Blohard was oonddorod too light to Uke on par to tto fttur, ho devoted Usprindpd boating timotoakis n^g, as boforo noticed. Us bnmp of seU-eatoein Is very prominent Ho would row any man, hefeht or weight being no oWoot But hla greatest oppi • pent waa hla brothor-inJaw, JaiSaee Ouidlish, and wo'beUOTO tksy rawed ogatoet oaoh other ntoe Omea to reoattas and ' toalchee, Blohard having a majority of one In his^avor. He tteo rowed eevoral pal^oarod reoea wllh uU br«ttor Harry, and Was gcnlorally suooeossfbl, and in 18B1' waa bow oonl - mim <tb his bretbora at tte Uonley-on-nuanDs BeatUa. vhm ttey rowed and defeated tho cdobrated.X^on orew wUoh was oomposed of throe of tto diomplona'e^tte d'hames and « i<«war of firet^das ability, ttelr fsaii bolna nSbarl ' OoOihbhs, James MoeronBor, Thomas Oole and' WilUuu Po6oS '' -betog tte best otew tto Oisapon over contended anlnst bil tha Thames.' Aft^ this ovontulckyoonflnod hlmqdi'to'lMsi'oott.' ; tuts, rowing and beating muiy good.tnen'.. Folr'obptitflitirkaoH he w«i' eooipUtelj^ dolnesUeaMd; ohd,' probMi^;'Tii)io«H' hot have appaarod agato at tto oar had not a promlalng vofror oaaisd WiBlsuiIiniabyohaUaggedhim toapuuegtrttiimt. Disk ma the Allowing is ah account Thedayoommencedby WyattrDe- voh) and^railama(Cornwall). Aitaravery.-short.iwut,-Wyatt threw his man by tte to-look, and kept tte zing. ' Wyatt (D) and Banbury tten camo togettor, tto latter being thrown by tte to- lock, and Wyatt became a standard. In-ttenextbont oetwlen B, Mills and Btoyles (D), some cautions play ensnedi and, aft«^ some time, botn commonodd kicldng, at whidi tte public atelyabowed-ttelrdisapprobatton, and tte ipen ceoaed- wilh ttelr feet In their final grasp. Stories, to fUltog, jnrt fiis arm, and .Hilla stood the rioa against &Mtooar.(P). Siima fine play enaued. Mills eventually tbrowtoghlsman by the to'Iock—mils becoming a standord. J. Bopcr (D) and Hurswell, of Botterhltte, tten oome tocotoort when, after aome good play, the last-named was graaaedDythoto-Ioek,avery fhi? iUl,and Sopor stood tte ring. Q, Dnrio (D) then entered the ring agato'st Boper. On taktog hold, ttey Immediately struggled' for tte Coll. which bdng on undedded one, ttey again took hold, and after a shortboutBoporttrewUBoppenentandbeoamBastandard.' J. aiamriUe (D) and A. Luscomne (D) were the next to enter t ihe latter, throw his man aft^r a short time, and atood tte ring against TIeman. Borne excellent foils wero made, tte mon be- tog wdl matchod, the ihll resulting tofavor of .I>usaombe, who ttanwasmadoa etandard. Banbury (D) and 8noll.(0) next contested, Bnell soon threw his man by tte "hack , heet" and hdd tto rtog against .Oardner (D). The last man .waa soon thrown by tto "back heel," and Bnell became a standard. F. Qonld(D) and King (a Onardsman) next contended, Ktog being ttrown two nndodded falls. On agato taktog hold, some good play ensued, King betog thrown, Qonld standing tte ring, ^ng agato entered, but was agato thrown a flno full, Oould being de- olarod astendard. ^ing agato oba]losgedforthering, and was ftontod by Bhickbum, of Llneoln, who ploj-cd time, snd Bloiik- bxim stood tte ring against B. Bnell. Borne good play was made to thla bout the men playing time, and Bnell aiood tte irtog against Gamble (D) tto latter 'bdng thrown by tte fOre-hlp. Boboris tten entered agoinat Bndl, and, after some rodly fine WTCetltog, played time, and dosed tto sports. . A WnxsTURd EHOOTmTEn.—On Mohday, April 91, the long, ponding mateh between Joseph Acton, of Hunt neair Ashton, and Bamud Wodstenholnie, of 01in6n, to wrestle tto boat of throo baok-falls, Lanoasbire mahion, catch as catch ean, for tte sum of £S5 a sldo, Acton being cAtoh-welght and Woelstonholme not to exceed 0 sooro 101b wdrtht came off at Suffolk Borough Ohrdens, The atUoloS also sUpnlnted ttot tte men wotck to- wrestie in stodttog feet; all foul aote barred out, and ndtterman to be mbbed Witt any'groaso, roato, or otter pemldons drags. Tho betting oommenced at evens, and soon rode to a to't on Woobtenholmo. Boon after tliree o'doek the mon entered tte. T wmri MnxB Hassioap^— TUs event was decided at Bromp-' ton April 18. aboat 600 people being preaent—of which a very good sprinkling Were to tte reserved seals. The followtog eight noted nien aeoopted and ran>-Jonos, of Islington, at sorotch; Btapleton, of Staleybridge, 110 yards; Andrews, of Holbom,IHO; B. Mai^ tte WdTwlatuhilre Antelope. 600: Jackson, tte Ameri- can Dear, 770; TOddy Bay, holf a mile; Oouldtog, of Stepney, three quarters of a mQe; and Myere, of Newmarket one mile. In tte first mile tte men did little more than settle down to ttelr work. In tte Beodad, Btapleten and Jonte passed Andrews; and Stepleton also got befon-Oouldtog and'Myots. In tte third. Old Jackson gave Utile Toody Bay the go-by, and Jones, who was mnntog to itoo folan, passed Oooldug and Myers; and to tte oourse of tte fonrtt mile, Jones ran post Manke, who immediate- after broke down badly to tte right leg, and retired. In tte fiftt' mile, Qouldlng gave up, ttuB roductog tte compettton to six; and to tto slxtn, Jonea pasacd Stepleton, and then, while rnn- ntog tte eovontt inlle, got all among tto old 'una, and possed them one atlai tto other, and shortly after, Myen retired. At tte elehth mile, Andrewa cried a go; and at tte end of tte ntott, Jaekscnwos leodtos by about sixty yards, Jones lytog second, headtog- Bteploton By a good Up; Jackson, Jones, Btapleten, and Toddy B<a were tte four left running, and tte toterest was weU sustuned. In tho deventt mUe, Jones got to bent for the first time, and to groduoUy did he tocreaae his lead ttat tte race appeared setUed,'^ and only -resolved IteoU into a qnesUon of staying. Steploton succumbed to tte thirteenth mllo, and roUredTJones still loadtog, and golng'wiill; Jackson second, and Teddy B«y third. Toddy was an immense fitvorite Witt tto crowd on tte hill, a perfect roar groettog him every time ho passed, that end of tte ground, but when "Mr. Toddy" called out for "snmmnt to eat," and was forttwltt ftus niahed wttt a conple of rounds of diy .toast which he managed to imlf while runntog, tto cheers and laughter were uproariims, and the merriment reached Ito dlmax,when, to ttefoUe.wlng odle; Toddy threw his left shoo. Ootog round for the fifteenth mile, Jsekson called ont "he oould not catch Jones, so should keep Toddy oompony," and thla brace of old-'ons ran "ann-to- amr' round tte -book stntoh, but on roiielvtog a whisper from tdends that Jonoa was gotttog dow, tto American Deer at onca quitted Toddy's company, and storied off wjtt renewed vigor. The oxdtement kept inoroastog, as lap after lap Jackson grad- ually neared Jouos, and passed him to tho dghtoontt mile, tooreoslng his lead Ilttto by littio. Jones, trem tte great efforts ho hod made to pasdng dl his opponents, soma wiih one mllo start, otters throc-quArten, and so on, bod literally run himself toaBlAsd-aUll, andf, alttough tte collont fellow ran on to tto oommenoement of the twenllott mUo, nature wis dead beat; ho fdl 'ttom sheer oxhaustion, and waa carried off tto groundi Jaokson ttus wtontog, with great ease, tte flrst prize, of £20, and Toddy Bay tte aooond prise, of £4,' Jackson (tte Oli [ Amorloon Doer) bronght bade the memory of otter years; ho ran at tte last ss strong as a Uos, and tte Itoe, freo s^le to which' bo went after Jonos, and ont him down, will be long nmombetod by ttose who had tte gratification of wltnosalng tte light of ottor days Oaro np agato, BcvzHMlLBWiLstiia Matoil— On Monday, April 31, a seven milea' 'walklng-matoh camo off at Ipewloh, to tto presence of s largo nnmbolr of speataton, botween James Smltt, of Ipswitob,- oha Thomb Andrews, of Sudbury, for a bet,of £10. On .tte KKCpno TBS Puoi.—A wedthy Quaker to indloha, whose fonr beautiful hoisas were tte admiration of tte place, was aaked toaid pecuniarilytotteformationof areglmentofcavalry. He replied: "IMend, tton knowesttbat I. cannot give ttee money pr hoisos for war—war is wioked—but as for my fonr horses, tt istmethattwowin serve my needs; and Mend, I will eay this tettee, ttat my steble door Is-oot locked; and if I see tteo on one of my hones,' and thy friend' James on anotter, I win keep tte peace'towards you both." The steble. door was found'un- looked, and tte Quaker did. not go befbre tte maglstratiaUieB. ^0 of his ftoe hoises were missing. on his baoS, and got tte flrat ttrow. According tosgneihefit, tho men had ten minute df on Interval, durtog which time dlghi odds wero offend on Aoton, by many noisons on tte Wrong aide of tte odge. At lengtt, tt6 r«roroo calling time, both men agdh' ptaced tComsolvea In attitude; but after wreatling for,twd^ mtonlos, during which time there wore some sharp pointo dlii. playsd by bott men, Aoton got behind his opponent and tgalil Bent him to grass, ttus wtontog bott throws In sixteen mtoutea, Oeuhpiorsbip WnisruKO at Nbwoastlb.— The annual Jiporla at this place, tocluAtog wrcsUing, runntog, and loaplng, oom- menced on Monday, April U. As tto two latter wore only cf a modloon sort ttoy are passed over, to.give place to tte jnelit- lUg, whloh wot flnt«Itsd. For tto Lord DeoTos prize of £10 MortliunibsTlandinohi'ttore wore fifty-flve.enlrle^, which r«aial>. sdlnW.'BeMehttd' wT Little havUg tb SOBtehd fnrtUe'flnal fU). After • Ottie play, Hepple slipped In a hank, and thei[tei oam«*^dowa tegatbor, ttough It irw dUBoalt (e lay witoii slgnd batogDlvoD,bott men started off at a brisk pace. Smith taking a sUgntleAd, Which homAintebiod for some little time; Andrews, however, kept dosonpon bis opponent's heols.- The men oompleteQ tte ilrat mile to 7 mto. 8* eco., and Andrews tton put on a Hpnrt tod'took tto lead, but he did not keep it fbr loilir, asSmitt again put on tte steam and went to tte front Both men,dnrtogt^o next fbur or five radea, lost and ragatoediho Ickd; bnt nolttor of them waa at any tlmo more than a yard to tto rear. On entering tte lost lap, breast to breast it was voir ovld^t ttat bott meantto wto, and, botogloudly cbooredby tho speotMiiiii; ttoy strained ^yeiy nerve, .On nachtog tts last 'oomor, Androwa pntonaflneqpurt and won devorly by about A yard. Th'e'soven miles wore .walked to t7 mto. .SOaec. 'An- drews is anamatsnr, and this was tte first match'to which ho has walked Witt a profeeslonaL \. ' A.lHro Mob ao.-0a Saturday, April 19, Sioh Alblsonaad James Anderson ran a race of . two milosfor £2S a side, at the Oopenhagen Grounds, Manchester.--' f adgtog itom tte fiist-rato Amdltjon of each ipav.'wlipn slrippqd, it was evldtat ttatndfiioF erttaid had left a ilone tuit«nl«a for this contsat BetUna oommsnoed at tvsns, and zoaato 0 to 4 on SandeAcn; hutlt soon t*tesd retud, tnA beoMiia tta Mons odds en Alhlaoo, tiMM How Leap EnBAOBonrABr.—Ibe followtog la an aoooimt of a leap Uiathaa been measond, whloh waa token by a grey horss tte last tine tte PytChley hounds met at North Klt^wertt, Bog., UarahM, tottsooureeof tteron.' The fence was an px. fence, staked and header bonnd; and when measured from where ha tookofftowherehelanded,'was 19<yatd«l foot 8toohes„overn ' marl pit, which was not seen till tte rider went at tte fence. If he hod not got over, tto hone must have broken his bock, as the pitwasofaomedoptt. .The horse Is tte property of tteTia- count Inpcstre, BSd is cdled Latter. FowzH er A LavoB.—The man that laughs is a doctdr.wittovt a diploma.' Bis face does more good to a dok.'room than a bushd of powders or a gallon of bitter draughts;' Poople an al- ways glad to seo him. Thelrhandalnsitoctlvelygohalf way ont to meet his grasp, while ttey turn tovolnntaiily from tte dam* my toadh of tto dyspepUo who speaks to tho growing key.'' He Uughs yonout of your faults, wUlo you never dream of botagM- fenSed, and you never know what a pleasant worid yon are amf to, until he pototo ont tte sunny atieaka on ite pattway,' WlBTiiBa To'iBC LoBD.—An exdunge stetes ttat at tto break- - ing of grennd' for tte cemmoncement of tte Lynchburg and iSnneeee Ballroad, to Lynchburg, a dergyman stowly and solanmlyread a nunnsaript piayor, at tte conclusion of whlek an old negro man, who hod been resting with ona flDot on his snade. Uld hisarmi on tte handle, looktog ifitenUy to tte Ohap- Iain's fWe, atralgbtoned hlmaalf bp,'andrem«k(!d voiyMUhly: ••WeU. I reckon dot's do fast time de Lord's eber ben writ to on desubjeoof TaOroads." ' ' .. . TIOBT-Bon Wouiro.-A bd by tto name of Whottbid, teveO'' teen yean of ago. appeared on Monday, AprU U,oa aMpd tw» inchoatodremforonee, stretched aotoss tteTbhmes at Bamptco Cehri Bridaermg. The. rope was quite 8laokTttai.£aet,sw»ytog tte whole time, ao ttat dnrtog a pari ,ef tto time hla fWt.were quite under waterl All who saw fim wore hlgMy gratified attts . performance. An offer la made to back him to;WBlkan%rope igatoBt any novlu, for from'ie.touOh Bide. . " . ;y BuooisarDL HoiTniio.-A woodman employed to tte fmW be- longtog to toe "V>*y Of AlBlghem, to Befc^anhV^^^ dnce wusntog a boro, when pusa tookrdjjgo to a rebblthds toe ftSfofin old oST Heset^o work to dlg,l>|'oe^bj* ^i^. S ttofaglHve dlsfovercd an earthen vessel filled *Hh ».gtak ■ oomUty ctf BpanESgoldcoto of too^lienthcentury,-whiaihs 2SS?"yTd caS^ tome, and ttus tfas.'rtlsed .to oomlpa^te affluenoe. • . . ' Tmt AiMimr -Tho twenty.fonr lottors'of ,tts Alph^Uietnlay tions of tte letters. .'--.- ' Vtaowa o» a DiTn.--"Tho effect pw-J^esa «ff"-*5i^oS' tJtJ^mahont twenty mtontes to tto batt," said f mumam 5SSd^Stt emphasis, "tt«> Is nothtoa to this www tw^Msj boon said whea Mw* Johnson hnd Jiurt wom«a U6 a(K»t^n( OC ( A Bli)6»oii«Datio>f.^ °!?'fM'l(S*i!M^