fought two battles in Lancashire. He is nearly six feet in height, not 22 years of age, and much resembling the senior Belcher in his day. He was pitted against the black, as being a fresh young novice, full of courage and agility; but the general opinion of him may be estimated by the betting in the ring, three to one on the black, and seven to four that the black and young Belcher, (who fights Silverthorne on the 6th June), would both win. At one o'clock Rimmer appeared in the ring, with his seconds, Jones and Powers, having previously thrown in his hat as a token of defiance. The inner ring, which was roped, was 25 feet diameter, 15 yards from which was formed, with vehicles about eight deep, a spacious outer ring. Molineux appeared soon after his adversary, attended by his seconds, Richman and Gibbons, and after some difficulty in beating out the ring, they set to. [We are really ashamed to give such details to our readers; but it has been thought necessary to shew, as fully as possible, what were the amusements, which, during the early part of the nineteenth century, occupied the hopes and fears of the greater part of the metropolis of Britain, and, more or less, of the whole empire.] The Battle.-1. After about two minutes sparring, Rimmer hit short left and right, neither of which told, and he got away, and sparring was renewed. At setting to again, the black put in a left-handed blow on his adversary's neck with some force, and Rimmer returned it very slightly, and fell upon his blow.-Four to one on the black. Rimmer shewed first blood. 2. Rimmer again made play, by making another effort to hit right and left, but he again ill judged distance, and again got away. The black patiently waited on him again, until a smart rally took place, in which the black made some good stops, and the combatants again disengaged. Another rally took place, in which the terrific blows of the black made considerable impression, and he knocked down his man by hits right and left, with equal quickness and force.-Five to one on the black. 3. Molineux, elated by success in the last round, viewed his adversary with a significant smile, and sparred low, in a manner to shew his adversary he disregarded any effort he might make. The black waited, a as he had done in former rounds, until Rimmer made play, and he then hit him, followed and repeated his hits, and Rimmer went down apparently without cause, but that of avoiding a re petition of blows already received. 4. Rimmer presented himself with a head covered with blood, he having in the last round received a blow on the temple, which doubtless reduced him to a state of temporary stupidity. Molineux again hit him over his guard on the head and neck, right and left, in a manner which excited the sympathy of the ring, and he fell as from a pistol-ball.-Eight to one on the black, and no takers of odds. 5. Rimmer, in great distress, made a wild long hit at double distance, 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 rally followed; after several blows had been exchanged, Rimmer fell over the black's legs. 8. Both hit over, and Rimmer fell. 9. In this round Rimmer again summon. ed 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 his adversary for a few favours in the last round, and, for the first time, he was so intemperate as to make play; he followed Rimmer and milled him to every part of the ring, and at length floored him. 11. A rally commenced by Rimmer at least shewed him a game 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 the 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 Molineux went in and threw him. 14. Rimmer, in rallying, closed; a trial of strength took place, and both were thrown by Lancasterian ingenuity in Rim mer. 15. Rimmer retreated to every part of the ring with Mx close, at nearly length, and the latter at length got a stomacher at him and floored him. Rimmer lay on the ground prostrate, when another scene ensued, which, however, rarely happens. The antipathy against a man of cofour being considered a pugilist of first rate, has caused a 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 in 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 artist. Lords to cope with the sturdy black. It is only necessary to state of Molineux, that he is a very ugly customer. He hitting, which if not so pleasing to the has gained by practice a quickness of eye as that of a Gully, a Belcher, or a Crib, is at least as mortifying to the feelings; and, as has been before observed, it will be a matter of troublesome speculation again to find his queror. He won the battle with 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 present. con A dreadful accident happened early this morning. A house, the corner of St Andrew's-street, Seven Dials, fell down whilst all the inmates were in their beds. The number is not yet ascertained, but two persons have been already taken out dead, and four or five shockingly wounded. Those whose business it is to look to the state of old houses in various parts of London, ought to consider what a serious duty is imposed upon them, and how care ful they should be not to let any such old tenements stand. and gentlemen bustled in with sweeps and ploughmen, fighting men and assistants, who received, indiscriminately, horse-whipping; the assembly amounting to at least ten thousand pedestrians inclosed in the spacious ring, and every one at his own game. In this state, which lasted twenty minutes, those disposed to make their exit were unable; and at length Crib put himself in a bustle, and by assistants again elegantly dressed, was, on Tuesday The body of a young lady, very beat out the ring. It is an etiquette in fighting, that if either of the men in com- morning, about six o'clock, discoverbat leave the ring, in such a case he loses ed floating on the Serpentine River, in the battle, and consequently both men were Hyde Park. A red ribbon was tied again set to, great pains having been taken over her eyes, and she appeared to during this bustle to get Rimmer to stand have been in the water about a fort-. on his legs again. The combatants fought night. The body was immediately six other rounds, to the discomfiture of conveyed to St Margaret's workhouse, Rimmer, who received about ten other where a coroner's jury sat, and returnblows, and he at length resigned the combat, unable to stand. ed a verdict-Found drowned. The body remains to be owned. Observations.-There need but few remarks on the combat; it was impolitic to match a young novice against a professor of terror like the black. The blow in the third round, followed up by the two others in the subsequent round, doubtless reduced Rimmer to a state of insensibility, and he had no chance after of displaying any one requisite An unfortunate accident occurred yesterday, about two o'clock, by the falling of an old house, in Craven-place, at the back of Wild-court, Wild-street. The house was uninhabited, and part of the old materials had been sold by the landlord (Mr Thomas) to a Mr Squires, of Gray's-inn-lane, who em ployed workmen to pull down the building. Mr Thomas observed that the men were exposing themselves to much danger in the course of their labour; but, notwithstanding the warning he gave them to be on their guard, they proceeded very incautiously. The consequence was, that one man was completely buried in the ruins, and on being dug out, was found dead; and another man was severely wounded. The dead body was carried to the Red Lion public-house, for a coroner's inquest to sit upon it. On Tuesday the foundation-stone of the new church in Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, was laid by the Right Honourable the Lord Provost and Magistrates. A glass case, containing several coins, as also the plan of the building, and other papers, was deposited in the foundation, and a copper-plate, on which was the following inscription : "The foundation stone of this church was laid on the 14th day of May, in the year 1811, in the fiftyfirst year of the reign of his Majesty, King George the Third, by William Calder, Esq., Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh.-Robert Reid, Esq., architect." " This church has been much wanted for the accommodation of the inhabitants of the New Town, and will, when complete, be also highly ornamental to the city. The synod of Angus and Mearns have unanimously resolved to transmit to the General Assembly the following overture, brought forward by the Rev. Dr Nicoll, minister of Mains and Strathmartine : "Whereas, from the great rise in the expence of living, the provision for ministers widows is decreased in value far beyond what was contemplated by the original founders of the scheme, and has become altogether inadequate to their support: And, whereas it is evident, if a remedy be not applied without delay to the growing evil, its pressure must soon be severely felt: It is humbly overtured, that the General Assembly do take this most important subject under their serious consideration, and devise a plan which may, at no distant period, afford relief to.. the present sufferers; and which shall contain in it the means of preventing in some measure the recurrence of similar evils. That for the purpose of carrying such a plan into execution, a subscription through the churches and universities be recommended, and an application made to Parliament to impose a small addition to the annual rates; or such other means resorted to as may suggest themselves to the wis dom of the Assembly, and as may be found to meet the general approbation of the contributors. Several persons were much amused with an extraordinary sight, last Friday, in the orchard of Mr Goglar, in Whapload Drove. A cock was heard to make an unusual noise, and on the cause being sought into, it was discovered that the bird was maintaining a fierce conflict with a large snake, which repeatedly reared itself up and darted at his antagonist. The fight continued for some minutes, when a labourer in Mr Goglar's employment. interposed, and killed the reptile. It: was three feet long, but of what is considered the harmless kind; and the cock had received no injury. A few days since, a person walking over his farm, near the Hazles, in the parish of Stanton, Shropshire, observed a large crow strike violently at something on the ground, and soon rose with a fine leveret in her claws. The cries of the little captive, however, soon drew the attention of its pa rent, which actually pursued over two fields, jumping at the crow, which could not rise more than six or eight feet from the ground, and was at length obliged to drop her prize; which poor puss immediately took up in her mouth, and carried in triumph to her hiding place. A most miraculous and providential escape occurred on Monday last, near the paper-mills, at Two Waters, in Hertfordshire, which, it is to be hoped, will lead to an inquiry into the conduct of those who are intrusted with the management of the locks and bridges upon the Paddington canal.-A postcoach, in which were a gentleman and three ladies, in going up to the draw bridge near that place, found it had been left half open; the carriage had got so far that it was impossible to turn, the road being so narrow, and the declivity great. The driver, finding the perilous situation, got from the box to endeavour to keep the horses from backing, which he could not accomplish, so that all were instantly plunged over a precipice near ten feet high, by which the carriage was dashed to pieces, and the horses narrowly saved: one of the ladies was much bruised, the others slightly. Such unpardonable neglect in the persons who are employed by the company, ought to be most heavily punished, as an example to others. TORNADO. -About the hour of three o'clock, on Tuesday, the 9th instant, a whirlwind, such as was never before witnessed, perhaps, in this country, arose in Dundalk. It took an easterly direction, and whirled every thing which came in contact with it into the air. The noise at first was tremendous, and in a short time hay and straw were flying in the air, until they appeared to touch the clouds. One cock of hay, in particular, which lay in an exposed situation, was carried round several times, and then into the air, and some of it was seen to continue there for upwards of ten minutes. The clothes upon the hedges were whipped up, and floated in the same way for a considerable time, and some of them were afterwards found nearly a quar. ter of a mile from the spot on which they had been at first spread; others were carried out to sea, and totally lost. This tornado has, we hear, been general in an easterly direction. ROBBERIES AT THE OPERA-HOUSE. -Bow-STREET.-Yesterday, a man was brought before Mr Nares, on a charge of being the person who has perpetrated the robberies that have lately been committed at the Opera, without the least suspicion against him, he being supposed to be a man of consequence, from his constant attendance at public places. Townsend, who attends at the Opera, pledged himself that the robberies were not committed by any known thieves, or even those suspected of thieving; still, however, gentlemen complained of being robbed in the pit. At length it was agreed by the magistrates, that six persons belonging to the office, who were not likely to be known, should attend in the pit, dressed in a style so as to ap-. pear as part of the company, which they did last Tuesday: but they did not see any suspicious character, nor any improper conduct whatever in any person. They attended again on Thursday, and took their seats in different parts of the pit. A little before ele ven, Nichols observed a man, who although he had every appearance of a gentleman, being dressed in black, a large gold watch, chain, and seals, a large opera hat under his arm, and using an opera glass, pursue conduct that he deemed suspicious; he accordingly followed, and watched him closely, and when he was on the left side of the pit, he saw him feel, and knock his hand against some gentlemen's pockets, to ascertain if any thing was in them, and suspected that he put his hand into their pockets; but if he did, he was sure he did not take any thing out. From that part he went into the avenue in the centre of the pit, com claimed acquaintance with him, as serving him and his brother with coals, and also as a frequenter of the Opera for 20 years past. Mr Harrison recollected him as a frequenter of the Opera, so much, that he used to bow to him, but denied any knowledge of serving him with coals. Humphreys, on searching him, found a silver hunting-watch without a maker's name, but with "fast" and "slow" on it ; a double row gold chain, with a slider, two large oval gold cornelian seals, one plain, and the other with G. N. engraved on it, and a gold key; a silver Opera ticket, No. 42. G., with an admission on it for 15 years, from May, 1794.-Mr Richardson, of Portmansquare, identified the snuff-box as his property. The prisoner was committed for trial. monly called Fop's Passage, where Nichols followed him, and saw him pursue similar conduct. He removed from thence to the right of the pit, where he saw him lean upon the rail, feeling a gentleman's pocket who was sitting close to the rail, put his hand in, and take out something, and put it into his left-hand inside pocket, and moved off. Nichols was apprehensive of laying hold of him, fearing he might be mistaken; but followed him, and beckoned to Humphreys, who was a short distance from him, and desired him to go to the gentleman and ask him if he had lost any thing; the gentleman answered in the negative. Humphreys went and informed Nichols, who desired him to go again to the gentleman, as he was confident the man he was following had taken something out of his pocket. On Hum- The following melancholy detail phreys applying a second time to the was cast ashore, inclosed in a box, gentleman, he ascertained that his poc- near Roschearty, Scotland, and directket had been picked of a large valued "To the Finder." We fear there able silver-gilt snuff-box. In the mean is no hope of the vessel having escaped. time Nichols had been following his Perhaps a greater instance of presence man to several parts, and in the water- of mind than that evinced, under such closet he observed him examining some- circumstances, by the writer, was scarcething. Immediately after Humphreys ly ever known :came up to Nichols, and told him the gentleman had been robbed, and at the same instant the man had got up the stairs, and was getting into the right side of the pit; Humphreys, however, followed him closely, seized him by the collar, and pulled him backwards, and secured his hands. He then called out to know if the officers were going to rob him; the officers replied, "Yes, of a snuff-box, which he had robbed a gentleman of." Nichols put his hand into his pocket, and took out a snuff box, which, on being held up, a gentleman owned. He was taken to the watch-house, where, in the course of the night, he tore his opera hat to rags, and threw it out of the window. Mr Harrison, the manager of the Opera, attended, when the prisoner "North Sea, April 18, 1811. On board the Gobiten, from Gesle. "In distress, being near to sink, as the brig has sprung a leak two days ago, and the water always increasing, notwithstanding all our attempts to preserve it, we have now come very near the last moments of our lives; wherefore we beg him or her, who may find this letter, to inform the public of our misfortune. The brig Gobiten, Captain Aberg, went from Hull the 14th inst., in order to seek for Gottenburg; but having come at the middle of Dogger, the wind, which previously was fair, went easterly, when the brig got the leak, notwithstanding the sails were shortened in a proper manner. We have been obliged to cut the masts, but all seems in vain. Except Charles |