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Show HEENA.3T At"CTV,: ' - 1 1 It Would Ttave hec'n scarcely crcdiled 1 two weeks since, that the combat between iiecnon mid-Sayers wpuld.so entirely cn-' cn-' cross jiublic nttention ns Jt Ioes to-day. TliB cxcifaheiit 'seems to be on the increase. in-crease. The t'otidon- Tim dcyoti's its. columns to the controversy, niid both religious re-ligious os well ns.the.morc worldly papers entertain their readers with their opih-iouS opih-iouS pro nhd con, Last jtight the subject was again alluded tp iu the House of Commons,' and led lo an excited ami iingry discussion. - The sporting papers have had an unexampled, sale in consequence conse-quence of the reports which they contain in reference to this subject. The feeling Of animosity between the twd men and their adherents is greater than ever, The Americans demanded tho belt, and were backed by many Englishmen here, who believe that Heeuau did not receive Mr play. Mr. Wilkes, of New York, on he-hftlf he-hftlf of Mr, Hcenan and the Americans here, addressed a letter to tho London Itwwj, which was published oa Friday morning. , m, Ilecnan went to tlie Timet office personally per-sonally to contradict the statement that he wus anxious for a draw. We aro informed in-formed that he had an interview with, the editor,. The result of this letter was most curious', cu-rious', ho was inundated with letters of every description , The illustrated paper which contained tho American account was returned marked with ail sorts of remarks, more forcible than elegant; many letters contained con-tained threats that if Hcenan ever entered tlie ring again he should not leave it nlive, iind that they would shoot him like a dog, On tho. other hand, the editor of JM-'j Life, linn received letters fropi all parts of the United Kingdom containing remittances remit-tances of nil immense amount lor a tcstl monial to Saycrs, On ITriday morning' the di.rfercnt seconds se-conds And backers of the principals loot at Bell's Life. Tho reporters, of the London Lon-don 'iSm, Mr, Howling, the referee, and the President of tho railway which convoyed con-voyed the parties to the fighf, were there. Mr. Saycrs was. there, his face looking ! very well, but his nrm was in v. sling. Mr. Heeuan was not there, although wo saw him that morning out riding, and apparently ap-parently perfectly well, The various, parties evidently were not on tho most friendly terms. Sayers-eycd the Americans Ameri-cans very savagelyf and did not sceux w . Ins usual good pirits, I The resident of the railway gave n his return, and tho total nmountof tickets Isold proved tp bo seven hundred and sixty, at 15 each. There were seventy rco tickets, which were given to the ! press and ring keepersjnot a single Amen-I Amen-I can correspondent received a ticket, but 1 each had' to pay his $15, The -President ; thowed several forged ticket!, and said . j tljere.had been probably over one hunr drcd used; TI1I9 aVIU account fpr th'o'prc-seuce.oftha th'o'prc-seuce.oftha plck-pdchcts. ". . . The' American! suffered much from these gentlemen. The special artist of a Well known Amcrictm illustrated paper was tho iyorst suffcfer. While htt was .husily engaged U sketching one hand holding hi hook nnd tlie other, hi pencil the, thieves' quietly and dextcrionsly went to, work and cleaned every pocket, frpm hl$ watch tp his;'pockobo6k. . , Tho total nmoiuit of money to be. di vided Was. $10,203 the railway keeping oric-hnlf, the 'other, liciug djvldfcd betwecu! Siiycreaild'If ccnatf. Jtacdqnald rccciveii 2.600 iii L'old for 1 f eciia 11. 'After having settleti this .business the fight becanio the subject,, Hecnana friend? : -wanted the ight (ocomo off t(ii? week, or else the party bhjcctlng' should lose. The rule? of tho ring are that the fight must come-offjwithm the. week or all bets aro to bp, withdrawn.. Of course the betters 011 Saycrs, who had laid their money two to .One' against Hcenan, 'dcslrcdHo' make fresh bctsv.ns the oddiieduld pofbe p great,' The friends of. Saycrfc fiiinlly ptc-'.vailtdupon'.'Jfff- Dowiiiig,- the' editor of ficll't Tfifti to.accppt a ccrtlficato from a physician that Shyers' arm was. iiot1 .in n eotulitioh. to fight, and to wait until it was well,:-The friend, of Hccfihitrcplicd that if Mr,. Hccpan'a eyes hnd'ieeithliud,np sucli .favor wpiild, have beenjj slipwii him, and that siieh aourse ns wnsreepminended was n'grfiiisVthc, rule's 'oCthe'.rlhk., - They' woroi hVwiivor,. coqipelfcd to fteqhicFce. .Mi. Sayerstpok," but little part iii tlie dfs-cussion. dfs-cussion. Jioiie ciin doubt, hisiliravery br willingtieSs; t'0 -fight. Hie moment . hp is.iti .bonditioii. I fesays i the blows jvhleh Hcenan Hce-nan leveled ni him were terrific, nfid' thnt ouccwhen' lils seconds lifted him fropi the" ground hdicould yaot-Sce the rlog,;or Any--IhiiigaUpiit liiro.j r,:-; , .J' f - Many of the frfcpd? iof liotli , parties suggest tinit Sa'yerashall present'tho:'bel 'to 'llpcnan7 out. KriapecF'tp 'hjjn. a;n bravciman, axiiV'fpV'itTB'f'pluoju cfprnlng acro3S4,he;.jUta0ti.C,?lVdtthrtt .afterwards Hceuaii.fihnllgivo it back, lC- Mrj Jleennuays,t.hat may Jue -all, very pretfy, lint' ho' lina b'ce'nc'a"cctscd of want of 'conrago, nnd'tji;t he dp'es.' not' 'intciid uhtliftt-wiiWri' tlwoXprjhrteeeksi.'-We 'are "afraid 'that poor Tow, will get the1 -worst pru. 1 The number x)f pcrAons';pf'Tauk wlio. . were njkthc fight Was unexinnptcd in scene's , pOhntilud- The editor of MhLift was, surrounded by .tueso ,piaiingu!.nt ' iioliietnen, the'jriirqhis of Stafford being ph, his' right, whife the-Duke of 'leuufprt wns ou his left ' Miinjof tho Karis who were announced n bciiig'presentliava addressed ad-dressed letters to, the, papers iloi-yiug it, the Uarl of Islington being of jhu num-,bi.r. num-,bi.r. Ttyo rcHlons " papers , c'luir'go" the Jlishpp Of Oxford wttli being present; he is well known as. being fond of sport, and therefore the public would not he greatly surprised if it should turn out tp be trjie, Tom SnycTs wis, received to-day by the stoek-brokcrsnttheitoyai Exchange. He arrived there nt one o'clock p.m. The M-cnc was quite exciting.- Uesldcs the portly and dignified moneyed men, who hud assembled to do honor to the rcprc. scntntivo of muscle, there was. an immense crowd of imperial mass who shouted till their ltfngs were hoarse. Saycrtf, upon hit arrival, was presented with by. the stock-broktrs of London, aiid JulQ (ins received from the Liverpool Stock exchange A. Y. JItwtd. |