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Yeiierday the lemons began at incuia jmucv,. yrhcjh'fix pri loners were capitally convifted.HUMPHREYS and MENDOZA.So high was the public anxiety on the iffne of the bruifing match which was decided yefterdav,• that neither the diRance from town, nor the ftate of the weather, could prevent a. large body of people fiom aflembling at the Tcene of aflion m Odiham. Several hundreds of people paid half a guinea a piece to gain admilfion within the paddock, where the flage was eiecled. The pad-; dock was well defended againft the multitude by Tring, Ryan, Dunn, and a number of the ‘ other of the RrongeR men in England, who with ; clubs looked.likefo many giants; but what can . refiRthefhockofan Englilh mob? The pad-* dock was broken down, and the torrent rulkedin. ;The combatants mounted the Rage exaclly at one o'clock, and,- after the ufua! falutations,; Mendoza inliantly began the onlet with all the*. heat and.;iriipetuofity of a inan determined on=viftdry...' He threw himfelfin-with much afctU-vity, and difplayed much (hewy enterpjze/: whde Humphreys retried and avoided the blows. The latter bore hiinfelf with great re-ferve, and the Jew was accordingly the alTailant in the fiift fix or (even rounds; In thefe Mendoza being moie hazardous and more fuccefstul than Humphreys, the bets, which weie two to one in favour of the latter bclore the battle, changed to fix to four, fcvento four, and at lad two to one againft himr Scvenl blows ol Mendoza had their eifeft. He cut Iluinplues s under the left eye, and of ccmrle endeavoured to follow up the wound, but in this he was dilap-poihted by the fuperior addrels of his opponent.The Rage, from the wctnefs of the day, was extremely llippery, and lor fbme time neither of them could keep their feci (o as to give fiim-nefs to their atlion. To remedy this Hum-pbieys threw off his flioes, and get a pair of worded Rockings, in which/ without flioes, he continued the battle with improved footing.• After they had fought .18 ig minutes, Humphreys began to manifeflhis fuperior fki 11, and the .bets again, changed in his favour. He planted a . dreadful blow on the neck, or near the jaw of the Jew, which fickened, and almofl difabled‘ him. He continued the battle, however, with much determination of fpirit, until cxtravafated blood and exhaufled wind made him fo hclplefs, that he lay cn the flage unable to rife, and yielded thecontefl.A battle in which there was fo much dexterity and fkill, with.futh equality offtrength and mulcle, perhaps never was fought,, and certainly there never was a conteR on which fo much money depended. The battle Iafled 29 minutes. The Jew.was carried off the Rage totally ex-haufled, and feemingly lifclefs. Humphrey* was not out of breath, and fulfcred uo material injury from the blows.Humphreys was leconded by Johnfon, and Mendoza by Jacobs.In confequence of the above battle, it is faid that,upwards of 2o,qoo1. fierling of bets, will be transferred from the Jews to the Chriflians.The-Rory of Johnfon the bruifer’s generofity, publifbed in a morning paper, is not exa£tiy true'; though in its true fiatemenc the anecdote is highly :to his honour. A companion in the fame employment fell^wn with a burthen, and bioke a bone, whichdifabled him for two months, during all which time Johnfon worked over hours, and earned twenty-feven {hillings a week more than ufual, which he regularly delive/edto his confined friend. Thus we fee that thepractice of boxing is by no means inconfiflent with the moR generous emotions ol the heart.This morning, between one and two o’clock, a terrible fire broke out at the corner of' Bow-flreet, Covent-Garden, which confumcd four houfes, and gieatly damaged three others. It burnt fo rapidly for four hours, that the w hole iireet on that fide the way was in the greateR danger of being entirety deflroyed; but by the aftivity of the firemen it was got under about fix o’clock. We are happy to hear that no lives have been lofi, though fome were in immincm danger. The flames were fo very rapid, that but little property was faved, a confiderabfo havock having been made before water was procured.Too much praife cannot be given to Mr. Spencer, mafler of the Garritk’s Head Coffee- ; houfe in Bow-flreec, and Harlequin of Drury-lane Theatre, for his great exertions to fave the lives and property at Mr. Merry field’s, which ■were extended even to the hazard of his own /life, for in the laft effort he made, when he got up flairs, the fiair-cafe fell, and he was obliged to make his efcape out of the chamber window. We are forry to find, howeveV, that from the burfling of a looking-glafs, Mr. Spencer received a violent cut, and was otherwife muchhurt.The inhabitants are under great obligations to Sir Sampfon Wright, who on the firR alarm ordered the Guards from.thc Savoy to attend, to protett the property refcued from the flames.On Thurfday laft as the ftage coach from Lancafter to Ulverftone was croffing the Sands with five ladies and a gentleman, paflengers, it was ovei turned in the deeped part of the channel by a hole in the fand; providentially the cartcarriers were paffing at the fame time, by whom
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Bristol Journal
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jan 12, 1788
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