JACKSON'S OXFORD JOURNAL England, Mar. 13, 1790. On Wndnesday last the two rival Champions, Ja- combs and Payne, met by Agreement at Stoke Gold- ing, near Coventry, and after making good their re- spective Deposits, adjourned to a Field near the above Place, where a Stage was erected, when a terrible hard-fought Battle ensued, in which Strength and Resolution were as much shown as in any Combat of the Kind ever remembered; but after a very hard Engagement, which lasted upwards of two Hours, and consisted of ninety-five Rounds, Jacombs was obliged to give in. Jacombs was the Favourite at betting to; but his Conduct, during the Battle, came very far behind the cool and manly Behaviour of Payne; as it is evident he placed more Dependence in throwing his Antagonist on the Railing, and such brutal Shifts, than in fair and open Fighting. They were both struck off the Stage several Times, during the Battle, but caught by the Spectators, who were exceedingly numerous. After the Battle was decided, another commenced, between two much less Men, Kirby and Towe, which was also agreed on before; and, after a very spirited and skillful Contest, was won by one decisive Blow given by the former. A Battle was fought on Monday between a Brent- ford and a Hounslow Man for Twenty Guineas. Johnson was Second to the former; Ward to the latter. The former gained the Victory, which he would hardly have done, had not his Antagonist wanted an Eye, which was against him

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