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E for 1788. 47aim, be laughed at him with a confcious fiir-riority of his power of defence. Refpefting the faetts, left was loft than 4t*as expected, for the knowing tribe edged in the early part of the battle : all the odds that they had laid were di-minifhed by the temporary fuccefs. of Mendoza. ' ' ;In abatement of the exquifite Hall difplayed in the conflict, we maft obferve, that Mendoza' aed^ unworthy of himfelf,. for when doled in with Humphries, he fcrewed hifrnofe, and thrult his knuckles in. his eye. JThisrvhe did* report fays, by way of retaliation ; for .his an-' tagonift/ confcious of his fuperiqr.’ • ilrengtb^. f | frequently endeavoured to fruftrafe- the mil • of his adverfary, by doling in uppifiMm, Mendoza had obvious difadvantage in* the -choice ofhisfecond, who was grenily.inferior. in point of ftage-tricb, to the vetcraii .John-fon. Ryan, who recently fought the latter, offered to fecond Mendoza, winch, however, he refufed, being more defirous of fruiting a* Jew than a Chriftian, on the occafion.Mendoza, from the blow given him under the ear,,fwallo\ved more blood than he evacuated. :The amateurs prefent, -were CoIqhel.Fitzpatrick, Captain Alton, Alderman iNewnbam* Mr. Sham, and Mr. Hervey .Coombe. .Mr. Hopner, who executed, the portrait of. Hum-.. phries, was alfo on the fpof. 'Mr,.Bradyll was in the town, but not a fpeflator of .the aflion. : “The victory of Humphries is rather to be imputed to the accident of Mendoza’s, ftraining-. his ancle, the angoilh of .which made him faint* than to the effelt;3 of the laft hlaw'fcpwever well; placed. The Jew finding^himfelfr from the violent extenfion of the ftnews of his leg,..which fwelled 'exceedingly*;. uoible. to Rand, .without fupport,-wifely refigned tbe palm. to. his adverfary. / . \• Had Mendoza beat Humphries rt was hifiln-tf fuion, immediately on hfs return.! 9 towh^ to hav^ gone before. fn^Xord Mayor,ind/have made an .affidavit* that. he. would neve;*;.’again fight a pitched .battle; but having, from’aclci- . dent, ptoveef nnfucceftful,.it is genendl^ex- . pefted .he will again challenge Ais*. viqraus ' pppnneht •: , ’ ’/ • j• . Humphries. came from O.dUiam ^yefterday,-* arid Mendoza, and Hisfecond, T)avidBenjamin_ (the Jew oaftry cook), are hourly experted-in Duke’s place-/ ’ , . -The origin of the ditpufe helvveen; thejew and Chriftian boxers, |irofe from the’foltowing*. circumftancc. Some t£me paft, Mendoza,-being in want -of cafh,. borrowed 20I. of a gentleman amateur of the fcieiice, under the idea of its * being a depoftt fo/rari intended .battW This-, coming to the knowledge of . Humphries# be -waited on the lender, and informed, him, -that, he had beeniihpofed on, no battle-being:in-tended ; iacohfequence of this difcovery, -Meo- . doza was.arrefted at the fuit-of the gfentlexrrah, , by Humphries, who is a bailiff’s follower- This, Iranfafiion: Mendoza never forgave.Mr. Bradyl, the patron of Humphries, and who highly efteems him for the decency of, his r manners, was not prefent. at the. battleV hut* fent his fervant to bring him the earlicft accountf;-pf the event of the confiiR- , The. melTcnger.v arrived in town about nine o’clock, with a letter from Humphries, which was delivered to.Mr*' Bradyl at jCramer’s concert. Itwasnearfyas foRows:“ Sir,. €i I have, dons *the; and am-in go .dhealth at this pcefent writing. Humphries.” *.Humphries did not -ftrike one ftrokc for four: that hereceived, and yet fuchwas.theJupmor efficacy of his blows, and the. confequence of fcieotific direction, that at the.end of jhe battle, the Jew was completely exhaufted, and. fo fickened by the blows he had'received, as to becarried off the-ftageTifelefs,'white5 Humphries was nothing impaired.
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London Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Jan 10, 1788
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