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BOXING.^ ^ iV' tThe match between Molineux and Rimmer, for ICO Guineas, place yesterday at Mpulsev HiVrsjt. Molineux is‘ well ftlt;5wn ty his latfe battle with Crib, Rlfttmer, his antagonist, mc.de his debut on this occasion, having loUght about two battles in^Lan cash ire. He is nearly six feet in height, not 22 years of age, and much resembling the senior Belcher in his day. He ^as pitted against the Black, as being a fresh young novice,fiitl wcouragie and agility ;^but £h'e general opinion of him may tie efctlinated by the betting in the ring, $ to 1 on the Black At one,o'clock Rimmer appeared in the ring, \yith his seconds Jones and Powers, having previously thrown in his hat as a token of defiance. Th6 inner ring, which was roped, was 25 feet diameter, 15 yards1 ffom which was formed, with vehicles about 8 deep, a spacious outer rjng. Molineux appeared soon after hisattended W his'seconds, Richman and Gibbons, andafter some difficulty in beating out the ring, they set to.THE BATTLE.1. After about two minutes sparring, Rimmer hit short left and right, neither df which told, and he got away, and sparring was renewed. At setting to again, the Black put in a left-handed Jjlow on his adversary’s neck with so ' e force, and Rimmer returned it very slightly, and fell upon his blow.—4 to 1 on the Black. Rimmer showed first blood.% Rimmer again made play by making another effort to hit right and left, but he again ill-judged his distance, anil again got away. The Black piatiehtfy waited on him again, until a smart /ally took place, in which the Black made some good stops, and the combatants again' disejngaged. Another rally took place, in Jyhich the terrific blows oft lie Black made considerable impression,'arid’he knocked down Ills man by hits right and left with egu,al miickne§s and force/—£ to 1 on the Black.S. Molinfcux elated by success in the last round, viewed Iiis adversary witfi a significant smile, and sparged low, in a rhanner to show his adversary he disregarded any effort he might make. Tfcfc Black waited as he had done in former rounds, until Rim-mmade play, and he then hit him, followed and reptated tis hitSf, until Rinimer ‘ went down apparently without cause, but that of avoiding a repetition of blows already received.% Runtiier prosent', d himself with a head coyered with blood, he haVing in the last round received a blow on the temple, which, doubtless, reduced hiiil to a state of temporary stupidity. Moli-tieux: again hit him Over his guard on the head and neck, right tm*d left, in a manner which excited the sympathy of the ring, and he fell as from a pistol ball.—8 to 1 on the Black, and hotakers of odds., i ,5. Rimmer, in great distress, made a wild long hit at doubledistance, and fell on his blow*6. Rimmer again hit short, and fell from weakness.7- In this round Rimmer for the first time had the best of fighting; he hit Molineux with his left hand, and a courageous JraUy followed; after several blows had been exchanged, Rim-iiier fell ovor the Black’s legs.8. Both hit over, and Rimmer fell.9. In this roiina Rimmer again .summoned every effort to change the battle. He hit his adversary away in a rally, and he also threw him in a close.10. Molineux went in with ferocious courage to repay hisadversary for a few favours in the last round, and for the firsttime, he was so intemperate as to make play; he followedRimmer, and milled him to every part of the ring, and at length floored him.11. A rally commenced by Rimmer at least showed him agame man. Several blows were put in by both, but Rimmer hit widely without judging distance, and gave his head doubled in his chest, which stopped several blows, and he at length fell.12. Rimmer, after placing an ineffectual hit on tfie Black’s body, Lancashired him, by running in, in a state of phrenzy, lifting Molineux off his legs by the thighs, and throwing him.■Loud bawling of Foul, fair / c.13. Rimmer planted a hit on the Black’s mouth slightly, and Mblineux went in and threw him.14. Rimmer, in rallying, closed; a trial of strength took place, and both were thrown,, by Lancashirean ingenuity inRimmer.15. Rimmer retreated to every part of the ring with Moli-neaux close, at nearly length, and the latter at length got a Siomacher at him ana floored him. Rimmer lay on the ground prostiate, when another scene commenced, which, however, rarely happens. The antipathy against a man of colour being considerd a pugilist of first-rate has causeda good many uncharitable declamations, and the ardour of these people so illiberally disposed, aided by the assistance of those who had taken the odds, broke the ring m a moment, and surrounded the men in action. ^ Rimmer at this time was, technically speaking, dead beat, and in a state of childhood. The scene which here presented itself would baffle the skill of the. first artists. Lords and Nobles bustled in with swasstants, who receivedsweeps and ploughmen, fighting men and indiscriminately, horse-whipping. Theassembly, amounting to at leafet ten thousand pedestrians m. closed in the spacious ring, and every one at his own.game. In this state, which lasted twenty minutes, those disposed to make their exist were unable ; and at length Crib put himself in a bustle, and by assistants, succeeded in again beating out the ring. ^It is an etiquette in fighting, that if either of the men in com* bat leave the ring in such a case, lie loses the battle, and con® sequently both men again w?re set-to, great pains having been taken during this bustle to get Rimmer to stand on his legs again. The combatants fought six other rounds, to the discomfiture of Rimmer, who received about ten other blows, and he at length resigned the combat, when unable to stand.Observations.—There need but few remarks on the com-bat; it was impolitic to match a young novice against a professor of terror iike the Black. The blow in the third round, followed up by the two othiers in the subsequent round, doubtless reduced Rimmer to a state, of insensibility, and he had no chance after of displaying any one requisite to cope with the sturdy Black. He has courage, but he hs a losing nack of giving his head when lye hits; and, above all, he had a timidity in going too near his adversary, and he consequently hit half a length short. It is ontf necessary to state of Molineux, that he is a very ugly customer.He has gained by practice a .quickness of hitting, which if not so pleasing to the eye as that of a Gulley, a Belcher, or a Crip* it is at least as mortifying to the.feelings; and, as has been before observed, it will be a matter of troublesome speculation again tofind bis conqueror. He won the battle \vith all imaginary ease, with only a cut lip, and two or three other slight hits.It is no exaggeration to state, that 15,000 persons were pre® sent, and the oldest amateur does not remember more at an/ Similar exhibition.Another battle took place after that between Molineaux atjd Rimmer. The combatants were a promising young Jew, and a Gentile of Caleb’s school. It was a brisk fight, in which considerable science was displayed, but the Tew was beaten by an unexpected biow. Dutch Sam and Caleb Baldwin seconded their favourites. Rimmer had not arrived in Loudon1 ' * - . 4at noon yesterday, and we understand he was put tot bed from the ring in a very bad state, from the beating he received on the head. It appears that Rimmer was beat in the first round by the hit in the neck, and the repetition of blows in the second jmd third rounds reduced him to a state of insensibility, from which he never recovered. It also appears that Rimmer received a hurt in his hand in sparring at Powers’s benefit last week, which gave him a disadvantage, but he was altogether unequal to the Black.A third battle was fought between two men, near Wands-*» x/ * * ^worth, on return from the fight , and one of them was so dreadfully beaten as not to be expected to recover.LAW REPORTS.COURT OF KING’S BENCH, May 22.JUDGMENT.*/ *THE KING V. JOHN LUN, SEN. JOHN LUNf JUN. JAMES• »LUN AND WILLIAM LUN.♦The defendants, the father and three sons, were this dayup for judgment, having been tried and convicted before Mr. Justice Grose, at the late Assizes for Huntingdon* for a conspiracy, in endeavouring to persuade the Non-com-missioned officers and privates of the garrison of Norman cross, to permit a quantity of straw to be conveyed into the Garrison, for the purpose of manufacturing the same into plat and straw hats, by the French prisoners of war confined there.Messrs. Best and Sto/ccs addressed the Court on behalf of the prisoners; stating that they were all poor men, and at the time of committing the offence were ignorant of the laws.The Attorney-General, for the prosecution, left it to the Court to dispose of the defendants as their Lordships should thinkproper.Mr. Justice Grose, in passing the sentence of the Court, animadverted on the nature and mischievous tendency of the crime for which they had been convicted ; and sentenced Wiiliam Lun to be imprisoned in the Jail of Huntingdon twelve calendar months, and the other defendants for six months each in the same Jail.Atone o’clock Lord Ef.lenborougii sat at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, when some undefended causes, and others of no pubii interest, were disposed of.PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT.SIR FRANCIS BUELT/i’T, BART. 'V. GOLEM AN, SAME V*EARL MO IE A.lt;At the sittirn of the Court, Mr. Serjeant Shepherd applied to the Court to app .»hn a day in the next Term for the trial, atliar, of these two causes. He observed, that the trial of the
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