The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-22 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION (►F PRIZE MONEY.

The Queen Charlotte, for sundry small seizures made by the
Linnet, tender to the said ship, between August, 1822, and Feb.
177e3; and the Starling cutter, also for sundry small seizures, on
the 9th of February, at the house of 31r. (Hover, Portsmouth,
where the same will he recalled.

His Majesty's schooner Hornet, Captain Higley, arrived at
Greenock, Monday sennight. from the Irish station, for the
lntr-
pose of receiving repairs, having experiences! some injury during
the late gales. . .

MAI iZer JANUARY.—Tbe following is a complete specifica-
tion of the ships that paned the Sound in the year BM:—
From the From the From the From the
North Sea. Baltic. North Sea. Baltic.
English . 1517 1499 French - 17 15
Ilanoverian 149 157 Mecklenburgh 214
252

Hanish 331 341
Swedish - 546 5117
Norwegian 4114 462
Prussian . 7411 7H7
Russian - 154 1.12
Dutch . 216 245

llamburgh 12 11
Bremen - 20 21
Lubeck . 2fi 3:1
Indenburgh 24 18
American • 77 81
Porn:Knew _t . .
___l

Total—From the North Sea,

44,576; from the Baltic., 4,627.

FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

We have received another communication from Rey-
nokls, on the subject of the late fight:—

TO THE SPORTING WORLD.
Gr.arvxmzw—l addressed you on last Friday evening concern-
ing Langan's treatment, and conscious in my own mind of the truth
of that statement, I did not anticipate any reply • much less did
I expect so ridiculous, so lame, so poor a defence,' as that Spring
set forth in the Despatch of last Sunday. lie lays the principal
part of my statements are rank falsehoods; but I throw the lie
back in his face. for I defy say man in exiatence to contradict
single assertion that I made in the letter alluded to. Blft why not
have said in what part I was wrong ? I could then have answered
him. Unlike him, I will answer his letter by giving good reasons
why he had better not have taken up the pen, for I am confident
the more it is dragged before the public the better for Langan.
Ile says, when- his friends meet him. they ask why he did not
win the fight sooner? and he says, in his defence, that his hand
broke "like glass." By the by, •1i could recommend him to be
cautious how he enters the ring spin with the Irishman ; for, as it
appears he is made of such brittle materials, Langan may crack
bun all to pieces, if he gets him on a stage. In consequence of his
hand breaking. having so little room to use his superior science,
and Langan's second, Josh Hudson, behaving so well to make his
man win, it was impossible, Mr. Spring says, to finish the contest
sooner, and that he thinks himself lucky in whining at all. • I as.
sure you, Gentlemen. I think his luck was in getting the battle
money ; but to the latest moment of my existence I will hold up
my hand against so barefaced a robbery. What diFvenee could It
have made to him haring more or less room ? It would not have
finished the fight sooner; for running away would not beat Langan,
and Spring's power of punishment with the bands lwl left him.
In fort, towards the latter end of the fight, the fortune of the day
entirely rested on the best thrower : but in this, I say again, that
La.igai was foiled by Spring's friends, the lowest order of betting
men, who had got money heavy on Spring. Of this mercenary,
cowardly crew, we were surrounded *eves deep; the men that
ought to beat out the ring, to a man, had bet their money on
Spring. Was it likely thnt they would flog men away who were
lending a helping hand and foot to make the threes-to.one safe ?
The compliment to Josh Hudson, in my opinion, was badly timed ;
and I am confident Josh feels it fits him awkwardly ; but at all
events it proves that Spring is not deficient in gratitude. lie says,
in consequence of Langan demurring to the stakes being given up
to Spring, the umpires were written to for their decision, mod they
have given it in his favour.

In the tiro place, as his umpire was chosen by himself. and ours
was chosen by his, we might easily anticipate the answer. Our
umpire says positively that Spring won the battle--he was nok in
the rim; for several rounds—of course, a very incompetent judge.
Spring's umpire confesses in his letter that hs has no knowledge of
the rules of fighting, but says that Langan did not get up to time,
sad wilfully avoids saying whether Spring did or did not. He wha
aware, by stating the fact that Spring did not get up, that the bat.
tic must have been a Jrow. He seems offended that the reporter
of the fitht should say that he has cot raised himself in the opinion
of the i'ancy by this battle. The truth is sometimes unpleasant ;
but that he should be offended at a truth so plain, shows he must
be i.. possession of a larger stock of vanity than I gave him credit
for. Well might the reporter say he has not raised himself, to al-
low a notice, more than a stone less, and two inches shorter, to
stand successfully before him for nearly three hours, though backed
by a ruffianly mob. Ile says, one-third of the time would have
been sufficient, if the ring had not been broken and his hand had'
remained sound. There I difliv with him; for if Langsn's hands
were tied, he could not have beaten him in one hour.

spring charges me with keeping up invidious distinctions be-
tween English and Irishmen. Permit me to say, there is not a man
in existence who more highly respects the true-bred Englishman
than myself; but there are ruffians in all countries. Those that
il:-used Langan in the ring, did it from mercenarmotives—they
would have done the same to a yorkshireman. But what made
the umpires give such a decision must be, from tender feelings of
country or pocket. I am, Gentlemen, with great respect,
Your humble servant,
Cheltenham, Jan. 19.
THOS. RHYNOLDS.

P.S.—After I had written the above:Wiringiis.ilautaZsPut
into my hands, in which I had an opportunity of reading Mr.
Spring's second letter. The first part of it this letter has answer.
ed ; hut he says Langan made no titionplaint. This I deny ; for
he told me and Josh repeatedly that he received kicks, and that the
mob were preventing his throwing Spring. Ile also says that Lan-
gan's kicks were phantoms of the brain ; but I assure 111 r. Spring
there was something more than imagination, for a number of re-
spectable persons in Worcester will hear witness that Langan's
loins and back had the impression of the toe of a shoe as plain as if
it had been printed. In hr. first letter of the 111th, in the Detpatee,
he says lie wishes Langan's conduct out of the ring was equal to
that in it: but, singular to rclat:, the conduct he praises in the
Lkipoich, In the Eng/Worm:a which came out the same day he says
my conduct was not right : but this is excusable ; for it is evident,
from the styLy of the two letters, that they are not the production of
one hand.—T.

PUINCE Hour.xLons.—The Preston Chronicle con-
tains a letter horn the Rev. Inn. Benson, l'.P., Wolver-
' hampton, on thy subject of an account ofa miracle, said to
have been wrought cn a Miss Marsh, through the inter-
cession of Prince llohenlohe, which first appeared in the
chronicle. The following is given by Mr. Benson, as a
correct version of the affair :

" When the late Miss Marsh found herself given up by her me-
dical attendants, she commended herself to Ood, through his co—
equal son, Jesus Christ, with particular fervour, but with an equal
resignation to his divine will, as she was instructed to do, should
the Amighty see it to be more for his honour and her eternal wel.
fare that her mortal course should then terminate, rather than be
prolonged to a future period. t)f course she solicited the prayers of
her friends here, and she hoped in the prayers of her fellow Ca-
tholics throughout the church, and part ieularlY in those of the pious
Prince Holienlohe and his friend Martin :Michael, who, though she
could not immediately communicate with them, she had reason to
believe offered up their prayers for the Catholics of this kingdom
who desired the benefit of them. It bliss Marsh had recovered by
slow degrees, and io the ordinary way, we should have said :hat tt
was a natural dispensation of the Divine bounty. If she had rem-
revel in an instant, as Winifred White did, frum a currature of the
spine and hemiplegia, we should hare said it was a supernatural or
miraculous dispensation of the same bounty. As it has been, we
say that (lad had heard the prayers of the deceased and her friends,
as was most conducive to his glory sad her eternal welfare. But
our townsman in the mask. :sneers at theziuFernatural cure of
teed White."