The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-07 00:00:00

SPdRRING.

The lifSeml)l4v. art the Fives-Court )•estenbay
overflowed it, for the benefit of Seraggins, who be-
came entitled to the privilege, from his defeats in
combat by Turner, who is idiom to experience a
similar ill! valit4ge Gar bin prowess, arleic:a gave hint
best. The sets—to were few, hut there was lunch
diversion, uhsl the following were. most deserving
or notice

Spring anal Harmer inmate a fine ect.to, with equal science
and advratiaras. Spring only once entered the ►ing with
Stringer, a powerful man, but a novice. and he reduced ale.
feat as a eta tinily. In his set-to with Renner (an old prole-
titioner), ke heal • Ihr worst of is ; nasal with his youth,
length and weight. he Mill fight Irani fur the championship.
Richmond anal .1. Lancaster.—These men shrwril air la net-
rale science, in a king set-to, anal made some skilful parries,
whirl) would have to'cl heavily. Richmond seemed nal if
7•isar had told upon him, ■nd these wan sisal Ilse energy
about him which, with lain right hand, has so often solidus d
his adversaries in the ring.

Cropley and a linkrr niaile a good but the linker
had length upon him, notwithstanding whirls the formidable
opponent of the tiMilumenon Dutch !tam lost none of his
science, as litre exemplified, although there was none of his
former execution in delivery.

Oliver awl Stringer, the man whn was defeated by Spring,
Few°, hut it was :01 on one aide, as was anticipated. Thr
Yorksbirentan, h•inivce, did bin best; hut right beat might.
Gidgeoa, a Jew, larurd•to with another of his tribe, and
it was a novel ))))) resembling the attitude Ilf John-
son sail l'eri ins ; the one of Saneho Puma form, and the
other a lengthy shaikiw, t3irtgrusi gut within his opponent's
length, and paid away unmercifully.

Two line irl.llll2' limo of the Lire Coarris set-to, hot they
were terry awk wns 11, antriicithcr of them likely to liotonte •
Maw. Attitude, which war very ungraceful with them,
twinned to he every thing; Lilt neither L.td a million of ha-
ting, a•J there is too wadi of there for tioseei.

Scruggius haring secarril the huifle•bnr, closed the
ammwment at dark with Purcell, a man of „,nil science.
It wa* a bout of three ►mends only, het there was more hit-
ting iu it than all the rest. Scrogain. %hewed that he was
ant to be 111111271 ed at bloodless fighting, ■nd that sparring
with gloves and lighrt■r are very distinct thing.. The set-to
gave much satisfaction ; and Scenarios, in g►aceless Collgef.,
delivered a speech, thanking the Gemmel,. and telling them
of the next day's sport, foe Reynolds's b.mcdt.
There acre nu new matches made.

The Tottenham convict ship, with the Derhy
noir rA on 110.1r414, 5.4 atilt tictniortt la the Nose. Se-
veral other pei.oos warner(' to tritimportation Nre
olhout to itrucerd the sante vesowl to New South
Wok,.

A letter from Cif:n:ll4, tinted Dee. 30t1t. tor.ys.—
" Ou Sitorday hiviit three et froetory tellowd, pro-
bably in It tiote of intoxication, broke into the stable
of r twos of the mettle t.f *roptx, at Nev.-Abbey,
taeatr this town, uo:1 were care)io4 :swhty lon horse.
Toni N t41,41.1e41 unt at pitchfork, and barn%
overtuken one of thew, of the. name Muitery,
endeavouring to gct over a wall, 4truek Nan with
the for°