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Boxing.—-.The astonishn*eteurs will, indegreebe excited by*th«*edtnvof the B^ic^HSfa highfollowing account of a pu^rli^tic contest betfixtthe. fttirdy Moliaeux, whoEngland to combat folr 200 guineas, front to six weeks notice, and Powers, w,ho isa second raier, about equal with Ioghert}V*bul a stonju heavier. The cause of the battle, orwhichman iuone danight rather be termed a turn up, was in consequence of an gtt-g^mmflBdike allusion to tawny complexion on the part of Powers, who,( with more euergy than elegance, swore destrmvtion tohe hadsince.intellithe fraternity of hlaqk millers, altboisigh been vanquished, by Richmond some titqeMighty words arose, which would be uu-ible were we lo describe them; but onpoiutev *p L' ^ • -* *insults over and'oygr being given to Moli-ueux, jin the house of Richmond, whose forbear-ance entitled him to praise, jVIolineox and Powers stripped, not for hundreds but for love (technically terming it), uud that, love on rough stones!* J -V# « ^Powers was backed jn strength by two or three, who entered Richmond’s hoifKe with hjm; and asthe wrath of the multituderesent was pre^etni-^ r *' m ** - s v ’* -1neatly] displayed against thq blacks*' Richmondstood by his friend, and young Belcher, who hadwitnessed the whole affair* rent pyotectipu uiso toiVTnl i iipn .
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London Pilot
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Mar 18, 1811
Page 4
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Peter R.
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