Star.
London, England, 1824-06-10 00:00:00

THE GIIEAT FIGHT.

Spring and Langan, after their severe contest on Tuesday, were
conducted to their respective inns, and were immediately attended.
by two medical men each. Langan was dreadtully beaten about
the head, and could not see ; h.: was bled, awl every possible pains
were taken to allay the ittainnuitim arising from the blows he had
received. He seemed, however, more wounded iu .pirit than in
body. He acknowledged that the fight had been fairly won, and
gave his brave antagonist credit t'or his manly conduct. Belcher
said, " We have been licked, but. we have done our best : had luck
now, better another time." There were nearly -050 collected for
Langan on the ground, and the Officers of the 98th Regiment and
other Gentlemen promise to make a further subscription. This,
with the £lOO to which he is entitled Crum the town ut Chicheste.
will make him some little arneuds, although not more than he ha.
himself lost by the issue of the battle. Spring 'hews much more
punishment than was at first itiugined, his face especially, is much
muised, and both eyes are blacken, d. lie was also very much ex-.
hausted front his f.,115, and his hands, states, yesterday, were
swollen to the size of a couple of
large apple dumplings
bring bled, he was put into a warn bath, Isom which he received
. After
considerable relief.
Spring now retires from the Rin?, and leaves the honour of the
Championship as a sort of bone of contention between Josh. Hudson
and any one who may challenge his pretensions. It is believed
Langan will have a shy with josh. 114 he fancied the affair before
his undertaking with Spriug.
Spring arrived in town yesterday, in an open harouche, with blue
streamers displayed, and was oecasiunalif cheered as he
_plated
;shoe the Strand.

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Journal-a • a Tour in Asia Minor, with comparative Be-
: marks on the Ancient and Modern Geography
Country. By WILL. MARTIN LICAILE, F.R.S. of that
4c. Bvo.
The tour which serves as the basis for the present
voluthe was made in the year 1800. Ac the cauntry
described has undergone no chaiige, and our previous
accounts of it are very defective, the work is not ren-
dered the less interesting by the delay. On the con-
trary, it has probably received improvement, Colonel
Leake having been at much pains to collect whatever
useful information he could from the volumes of pre-
vious travellers; to whom he renders due justice in his
preface.
The difficulties in the way of travelling in that coon-
try .are many. On this subject the author remarks that
—" In Asia Minot, among the impediments to a tra-
veller's success, may be especially teckoned the deserted
state of the country, which often puts the common
necessaries and-conveniences of travelling out of his
reach ; the continual dispute> and wilts among the per-
sons in power ; the precatious authotity of the Govern- •
ment of Constantinop:e, which tendering its protection
ineffectnal, makes the traveller's success depend upon
the personal character of the G:rvernor of each disttict ;
and the ignorance aad the suspicious temper of the
'folks, who have no idea of scientific travelling ; who
cannot imagine any other motive for our visits to that
country, than a pi elm:aims for hostile invasion, or a
search after ti easui es among the tit as of. antiqeity, and
whose saspici.ins of this nave are 4.1 coarse most
st: ong in the p: ovinces which, like Asia lltnor, are the
least frequented by us. It the tiaverier's prudence in
tinsel fOrtune should obviate all these difficoities, and
samod protect him ft om plague, banditti, and other
perils of a semilotrbarous state of society, he has still to
dread the loss of health, arising fr urn the combined
effects of ebonite, fatie tie, and privation ; width seldom
fails to check his corer before he has completed his
pr: jeered tour. Asia Minor is still in that state in w hich
a disguised dress, an assumption of the medical charac-
ter, gi eat patience and perseverance, the sacs ifice of all
Earopean comforts, and the concealment of pecuniary
means, are necessary to enable the traveller thoroughly
to iavestigate the country, when othet wise qualified for
the task by literary and scientific attainment-, and by.
an intimate knoa ledge of the language and manners of
'the people.'
It typears, hawever, that the natives—that is such of
them as can afford the expense, perform their ow
journeys in a manner not a little luxurious. Take the
following as an instance:
" We met a Mollah travelling in a Taktrevan,loung-
ing upon soft cushions, smoking his Narghile, and ac-
companied by si lenclidly.dressed attendants on horse-
back. Ilis baggaoc horses were loaded with mattresses
and coverings for his sofas ; with valises containing his
clothes; a large assortment of pipes ; tables of copper,
cauldrons, saucepan;, and a complete batterie de cuisine.
Such a mode of travelling is undoubtedly very different
from that which was in use among the Turks of Osman,
and 0 khan. The articles of the Mollah's baggage ate,
piohably, for the most part, of (seek origin, adopted
from the conquered nation in the same manner as the
Latin, borrowed the art, of the Greeks of a better age.
In fact, it is in a great degree to Greek luxuries, with
the addition of cotr.m and tobacco, that the present im-
becile condition of there bat barians is to be ascrii;ed ;
and ' Geaceja capta ferum victorem cepit,' applies as
well to the Task a; it once did to the Roman; for
though Gre,:ian nrt in its perfection may be degraded
by a comparison with the arts of the Byzantine Greeks,
yet, in the scale of civilization, the Tin ks did not bear a
higher proportion to these than the Romans said to the
ancient Gteeks."
Colanel Leake's descriptions of the towns and locali-
ties of Asia Minor are very fall, as are also his illustra-
tions of aacient geoio :Thy ; but for these we must refer
our Readers to the wee k itself, assuring them that they
will find in it or( at variety and extent of research, with
numeroas quotations and references which cannot fail
to prose acceptable to c!as,ical rea.'ers.

The King and Queen of the SANDWICH ISLANDS paid
II visit on Saturday to the Royal Military Asylum.
Their Majesties were attended by Sir WILLOUGHBY
ConnoN, and appeared much delighted with the esta-
blishment, the nature of which was explained to them
by the interpreter. Their Majesties were received by
the full band, playing God roue the King, and were
highly gratified with the skill of the juvenile musicians.
The band consists of all the usual instruments. The se-
nior pet former is not snore than fourteen, and the
youngest seven years old. It is, indeed, a scene of no
ordinary gratification to witness the healthy appear-
ance and happy looks of a thousand of our gallant Sol-
diers children, who are generously protected by their
country, and destined probably at some future day to
evince their gratitude by fighting her battles. After
having seen the children at dinner, their Majesties wit-
nessed the various gymnastic exercises, for the intro-
duction of which we are indebted to captain CLIAS,
and which are so admirably adapted tq invigorate the
frame, and in particular to form expett and able sea-
men. Their Majesties afterwards breakfasted with Sir
WILLOUGHBY GORDON: and were saluted at their de-
parture by the hearty cheers of the youthful regiment,
which was drawn up before them.
DEATH OF THE SICILIAN DWARF.—We are sorry to
announce the sudden demise of this most intereAing
child. She had been for some time afflicted with a cough,
and the untoward changes in the weather, durila
eeve-
ral days of last week, had a vi-ible effect on the general
state of her health. Thursday last she was exhibited as
usual, and received upwards of two bundled visitors;
towards the evening a languor appeared to come over
her, and on her way from the exhi'eltion-room she ex-
pired. Miss Cracharni, the name by which she was
known, was the daughter of a musician ; she was born
at Palermo, in Sicily, and on account of her diminutive
site was considered, a phenomenon. The Duchess of
Parma, and a few dktinguished persons, were allowed
to see her, but she was not exhibited until she
was brought to England, in the latier ei:Li of last sum-
mer, since which she has been exhibited at Oxford, Bit-
mingliam,. and Liverpool, and of late in London, and
was undoubtedly the most curious of all the dwarti,h can-
didates for public favour that ever visited this tnetropolis.
Monday night, or early on Tuesday morning, the
house of Captain Brenton, lt.N. N 0.4, Patk-lane, was
broken into by some daring villains, and a large quan-
tity of wearing apparel and some articles of plate car-
ried nway.

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