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Yesterday a pitched battle was fought
in
St. George's-row, Paddington; between
Hanker, who is a pugilist of the juvenile
school, and Brown, a coachman. This
fight was determined on, in the school of
pugilism, on Wednesday night, and yester-
day morning a ring was formed by the nu-
merous spectators, soon after which the
champions attended with their seconds,
Tom Jones, and O'Donnel, young Belch-
er's rival. At the commencement of the
fight, Hanker was the favorite, who in the
first round received a straight hit, which
shattered his nose dreadfully. The second
was a well fought round, which also ter-
minated in the favor of Brown. In the
third round, Brown again put in his favorite
blow with effect, for he laid open the tem-
ple of his antagonist, and it was doubted
whether he would be again able to face his
man. He however recovered and fought
the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th rounds with skill
and spirit, but in the 8th round it was evi-
dent that he was inferior in strength to his
antagonist, although he put in some good
hits until the 26th round, when the veteran
Joe Ward declared Brown the victor, after
fighting 40 minutes. They were both se-
verely beaten. Several gentlemen ama-
teurs were present, and most of the pugil-
ist of the day.
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