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HISTORICAL CHROUICL-E. 



^bhoirence of rhefe favage fpec- 

 ^acles, and our public amufemcnts 

 are now for the moft part of a 

 more elegant kind. Some modern 

 entertainments of a fimilar nature 

 are now much gone into difufe. 

 Bull-baiting, bear-halting, and 

 cock-fighting have aheady afTunied 

 the fame horrid afpe(5l. The un- 

 common rage which has of late 

 taken place for thofe vulgar battles 

 called boxing matchtb, is on thi 

 account the more unacrountahle. 

 The battles of Humphries and 

 Mendoza have intcrcfled the pub- 

 lic as much as the mod important 

 political deliberations. I'hofe of 

 the firft rank have honoured them 

 with their preftnce; and thoufands 

 have e,xpe(51ed the event with the 

 utnii;{l anxiety. A future age may 

 perhaps philofophife upon them as 

 a national curK.firy. Wc fhall give 

 an account of (>iic of thefc undig- 

 nified fliews, as recorded with all 

 the ferious foleninity of a judicial 

 trial. 



This day the long expetfted bat- 

 tle was fought between Big Ben 

 und Johnfon, in a fmall fiL-ld at 

 Wrotham in Kent. ITp'wards of 

 2000 perfons were alTemblcd on 

 this occafion ; Johnfon havhig Joe 

 Ward for his Iccond, and Mendo- 

 2a for his bottfc-holder; — and Big 

 Ben, with Huirphries for his fe- 

 coiid, and W. Ward for his bottle- 

 holder. Col. Tarlefon and Major 

 Hanger officiated as un.ipires, and 

 Mr. H. Afhton as arbitrator. Af- 



nift with great courage, fldll, atrd 

 a(5tivity.; he was much lefs bruifcd 

 than Johnfon, who was carried off 

 appar«ntly, very much affeded iii 

 mind and body. 



There was a fccond battle be- 

 tween the Ruffian and Juhnfon's 

 brother, which was a very feverc 

 trial of ftrength without fkill. 

 They were both dreadfully beaten; 

 but the Ruffian had his jugular 

 vein opened, and bled fo copioufly 

 from the neck, that they were o- 

 bliged to take him from the ftage 

 to fave his life. 



The emperor has eflablifhcJ the 

 ftates of the Milanefe in the pof- 

 feOion of all the rights and privi- 

 leges of which they had been di- 

 verted during the late reign. 



There has been no public build- 

 ing which has of late attradled fo 

 mach the general attention of the 

 nation as Someifet houle. The ex- 

 pcnce has already amounted to 

 ,^34,700 1. ; a fum of 33,501!. is 

 further to be expended, exclufivfe 

 oi what may be neceflary for re- 

 pairs. It is foonj t'> undergo u re- 

 gular furvcy, at the particular de- 

 fnt of a great perfonage. 



Bajlia, Nov. 10. General Pao 

 li is re-eftablifhed in his former 

 charge of general of the national 

 troops, and has been appointed 

 Prcfident oi the General Afl'tmbly 

 of the Ifland of Corfica. At the 

 opening of the AfTembly, that ge- 

 neral made a fpcech, in which he 

 drew a faithful picture of the mif- 



ter fighting fof 29 minutes, a moft I fortunes of his country, and coa 

 defpcrate blow, which Johnfon gratulated the Corlican nation up 

 received on his right ear, brought im its accefiioii to the glnry <f the 

 Jiim to the ground ; and at the French nation ; he afterwards ex- 

 a4th round he gav© in. Johnfon I prefl'ed his gratitude to the Engliih 

 tvas knocked down 17 times, fell nation and their beneficent king, 

 ouce by accident, and feveral times for having generoufly fucccurcd 

 dropped on one knee. Ben never him in his misfortunes 

 fell but when he .was knocked On the night betwixt th* 18th 

 <iown, and flood up to his antago- I and 9th Nuvcinbei, ;- etcadfui 



