19 OCTOBER 1867, Page 2

It seems probable that the last prize fight has been

fought in England. On Tuesday the Champion, Jem Mace, and O'Baldwin, who was to have fought him for the Belt, were arrested by thg police, and bound in heavy recognizances not to break the peace. An effort was ined.e to transfer the fight to France, lrnt it was found that the recognizances would be equally estreated, while, we may add, the champions would not be treated with equal leniency by the French police. Swords and pistols are winked at in -France, but not fists. Mace. resisted violently when arrested, and at first boasted that he could obtain any bail, but was ulti- mately obliged to beg Sir Thomas Henry to reduce the amount from 2501. to 1501. We hope this is the final end of a " sport " which, if ever defensible, has long since degenerated into a brutality.