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Boxing Match at Newmarket. Murder of Cnpt, Roberts. 39 Jfopv of a Letter from the Right Honourable loti George Gordon to the Right Honourable the Marquis of Carmarthen, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, kc. he. See.“ My Lord,Mr. Tuffis, an American gentleman now ic London, is pofleffed of undeniable intelli-jrnce, ihat John Adams, Efq. (who is re-crrcrf by the King as Ambalfador from the Tnifed Stares of America) has his falary pud him qomeriy by Comte D’AdhimtT the p.-rtich Ambaflador. I thought it my doty to acquaint your Lordlhip with Mr. TutfVs communication to me 'for rhe immediate information of his MajtHy’s Council and Go-momenc, thar you may beware of Mr. Adams. 44 I have the honour to be,** My Lord,“ Your Lordfliip’s moft obedient,“ And mo ft bumble Servant,“ G. GORDON’. i« Ten o'Clock, Saturday night, IVclbtekJlreetTie Marquis of Carmarthen's Anfwer ad-drrffvd to the Right Honourable Lo d George Gordon, WeJbeck-ftrcet, and fo-perfcribed, *« Carmarthen.“ Monday night, May I, i?36. Lord Carmarthen prefents bis compliments to Lord George Gordon, and returns Sus Lordthip thanks for the note received from Lim yefterd*v.•* Right a on. LordGeorge Gordon'1Extrafi of a letter JraHt'Cbjltr, May 4.“ Oor county gaol fornrlhes the following lingular inftancts of'longevity : the ages of three perfons confiotd for debt am-m'-t exaclly to 2S8 years 1 and the united ages of fix othe's ire One of thefc poor people has been io prifon twelve years, and the others from three to five each. Myherious, furely, is tost policy which dooms to perpetual impri-fontrtenc perfbns whofe only crime is poverty ! In England, fays Voltaire, “ if a poor fellow cannot readily pay 1 htr!e money when his band* are arlibeVry, the betrer to enable h'rn to do itj th«7 load him with hand cuffs f* V/dl might our laws re(jedling debtors draw this farcafm from the French Wit.May 4. At ten o'clock in the morning, the t*o noted bruifers, ' Ifuntphriei and Martin jp-prarcd on their ftage, he^r fefe'market, in order to decide adifpute; yhich has long occupied 'the attentib'h orafl the tnamoratoi of that truly EnglHb fcicnce. 'The comBstant?, when ft ripped, appeared in ptint of ftp; materially difthrent; Hamphries,* tnidd'efirwf, jftlit, well made man ; Martin, much IhoVter, but equally mufcolar, and fquare fet: ' 1Tbe mode of .their fighting yras fnbitjfic ; the farmer ftood boldly qp-, and /lopped the blows oPbis adverfaij, witha aloft aftonilhihg dexterity; The fatreT fought at a difiance, and as often as he /Truck; fell; but feJdorn was able to get a wll fut bWw. in this madderathey continued the contefl fifty-five middle*, the bets running exceedingly'high, and tbfc odds much it! favour of Humphries. When Martin, however, found rhat he could gain hb advantage of Humphries by this mode of attack and defence, and chat hcmujl flaod Up*, be changed his fyflem, and they fet to with as much activity and fiercenets, as if ioft: prepared for the engagement. The bees changed atdfift to equal; but a fevefc blow convng from Humphries, which was called a true inoii drxij, they again ran in favour df him. In this way they fought three quarter* of an hour more, when a blow on the left fide, jull below the rib', given by Humphries, laid his antagonitt on the Rage, nevft to renew that fight again.And thus ended a manualexereifr, which,-xi we obferrrd, has long engaged the aticntidu of all ranks tn thiscountty, and induced the fl»wer of the French nobility to be fpeators of. Upwards of jr,oool. was depending on this battle, which terminated to the fatisfaC-tion of all prcfent in point of fuccefs.Though wc are no.great candidates forjutfh marcher, yet there rs a gcvid political rcafoa tor i?s prailice now and then. It infpircs tfi« lower order of people with an srdoor, intrepidity and courage, tint m engagements more important to national honour/ is the beft'ffi-mulative to prevent their ever gividg grtrjt?dto rhe natural enemies of their country. ’Orders, have been ilTued from rhr Treafcry for a ftacemene of-the accouqts of all Xtim turnpike trufts in the kingdom, to be made out for the ofc of Government, that they mary in fome mealure, be 'rahtlc Tervieeable to the exigencies of the State ? but whether Government will rakethem into their hands, or only lay a tax on them, is a matter as yet unJetef-mined, * • *They write from Saxmundham, in Suffolk, thst a gang of fmogglers having been air-appointed on thecoaft of having their horfts loaded with goods, by a fmuggljng vrflel being taken, in rheir return from the coaftplufi-dered feveral farm houfes of confiderable prt». perty, and were too numerous an? all too well armed for the people to make anv refifl-ance. * 7 yThe particulars of the death of Capt. Roberts, of Shoreham, who was inhumanlv mtfr-dered in France, are as follow : the Captain being on his travels frcm Paris to Dieppe, he had occafion to change his horfc, and halting at a houfe on the road for that purpofc, at a time when none happened rb be at home, rather then wait the return of one which u'as rather uncertain, hb chofe to walk forward, dcfiring, at the fame time, if one (hoold return foon, that it might be fenc after hid ; he accordingly fet our, but hid not'gone long before a horfe came home, which,*agreea1jly to his deflre, was irqmediarelvdifpacehetf after him, by a fervant in the hoofe, who Wr-taking the Captain, very politely lighted for him to ruo'snt, and tv hick he'tfaj aboot to la I G whe
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Mon, May 01, 1786
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