The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-03 00:00:00

BOXING.

SPRIG AND LANGAN.

This fight, which has been so long anticipated, was last night
nettled at Cribb's, where there wan a numerous attendance of the
Fancy, particularly in the itrterest of Spring, with a winkling/I
the flowers of Erin, who were in favour of the Pat-lander. Tao
was a great deal of spatrrZ as to the preliminary arrangements.
Langan sent in his pm s, which. with few exceptions, sett sp.
proved by the court; t ough front the noise that prevailed the par.
lie:Jilin did not exactly reach us. Langan offered to fight oo
'stage, elevated six feet high above ground, which wan agreed to.
A deposit of fifty pounds to-night--agreed to; the next deposit on
St. Patrick's Day of fifty pounds a-side, to which wadeable be.
citation was expressed, for this reason. on the part of Spring. that
Reynolds, the friend of Langan, was to have a benefit to or about
that time, which wan calculated to produce 1201., and Langan, pre.
sumed to be a sharer of half, was violently negatived by Sidr.:iga
nglsl
supporters, and plausibly met by Spring bagel.
meignantly repudiated any intention to shy off fee sub a
raison (for it was only at this period of the debate that he made his
appearance). Langan, however, gave way to his customer in this
' point, rather then lose another opportunity, and " the thing was
done." It was then agreed that hfty aside were to be Inn dose
kefore the benefit of Reynolds—namely, on the Ilth of March.
The stage is tat to be turfed, and the bonds on which they am se
to fight are to be three inches thick. It wag :nettled that the rum
was to be made up 1001. at each side. The fight to take place oa
the oth of June, at 100 miles distance from London, and the coma
missary-inehief (Jackson) to name the place. The articles was
signed, and the crowds who waited to hear the Ault separated
satisfied with their respective friends. Spring, take his cadet
altogether, btf,aved modestly, and Langan was more sparing of the
shiliclaii than might here been, and, in point of fact, than rally
was expected by the amateurs.

EXTENSIVE lII:RGLARY.—Yestera ay information Was
given to Mr. Read, the bead officer of the Hatton-garden police
establishment, of a most extensive robbery and burglary. ecru-
mimed on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning, in the
house of Mr. B. Davenport, Church-row, I lampstead. a merchant
carrying on business at No. 2, Dunstan's-court, 31incing-kme.
The burglars had to scale four high walls in the rear of the house,
and aro, s the garden. The entrance was eifirted by patting in s
little bar, between the iron bars of the back ki,:chcn window. which
were oniv five inches apart. The bay is aupposed to have opened
the hack dour, and admitted his accomplices, who, en
account of the strength of the door between the front and
back kitchen, were unable to farce it open. They broke a hole
through the party-wall, wide enough to admit a boy, who atm-
in carrying off the following articles of silver plate, whit*
were unguardedly left in the kitchen over-night, where the servants
had it to clean, as company was expected next day :—Two dorm
table spoons ; two dozen and ten tea-spoons ; two dozen of dessert
spoons ; eight salt spoons ; eighteen large forks; eighteen entaUer
ditto; one fish-slice ; one pair of sugar-tongs' four silver pint
mugs ; one butter-knife ; one milk jug ; and four knife-rests.
It Is aupposod the boy handed the property out at the bole 'to his
comramons, that none else entered, and that It was carried off
in a large shawl taken from the premises. The robbery was con-
fined to the kitchen, and was not discovered till the servants got
up in the morning. Some part of the property was dropped in the
garden., and from marks of the feet in the ground, it is supposed
one of the robbers was crippled in one foot. Isis suspected the
villains had seen the servants cleaning the *Me 'lndex the day by
looking in. at the kitchen window. A reward of 501. ts setae on
the conch:dad-of the °bender or °Renders.

BIRTHS.

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At Kelly, in the county of Forfar, the lady of the lion. ( r!lsi
Ramsay. of a son.
Feb. 39, at IVateringhuiT. Kent, the Lady of Ca:A..tdanater
lion. Eaet India eornpary'a perrire, of a daughter.
Feb. xi, the Lady of (iuy Warwick, Eon. of a son.